US09867320B2
Provided is an apparatus for mounting an electronic component having a plurality of board insert type leads on a board. The apparatus includes a mounting head having a first chuck unit which chucks one of the plurality of leads of the electronic component, a second chuck unit which chucks another one of the plurality of leads and a position adjusting unit which changes relative positions of the first chuck unit and the second chuck unit to hold the electronic component, and a mounting head moving unit which moves the mounting head to insert the leads of the electronic component held by the mounting head respectively into lead insert holes provided in the board.
US09867317B1
An apparatus may include a heat sink to be mounted to a printed circuit board. The apparatus may include a power supply mounted to the heat sink. The power supply may receive input power and supply output power to one or more components of the printed circuit board.
US09867315B2
A system to aid in cooling an in-line memory module may include a heat spreader including a channel to accommodate the in-line memory module, thermal interface material, and a liquid-cooler block including a heat-conducting cold plate and an internal liquid channel filled with circulating cooling liquid. Also disclosed are systems employing tubes to convey cooling fluid.
US09867306B2
An electronic device capable of being configured flexibly with modules of different specifications includes: a main body having a slot opening formed at the front of the main body and communicated with a slot space in the main body, slot rails disposed on at least one sidewall of the slot space of the main body and module slots communicated with the slot rails respectively; and a modular device, including electronic modules, each having at least one module rail slidably coupled to the slot rail. The module slots in the slot space are configured to be corresponsive to the module spaces respectively, and the module spaces serve as plug-in spaces for installing the electronic module and the module spaces are communicated with one another. The electronic device provides module application spaces for multifunctional applications and installing and applying modules of different specifications flexibly.
US09867296B2
A printed circuit board includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of pads on a top surface of the insulating substrate, a protective layer formed on the insulating substrate and having an opening to expose top surfaces of the pads, a bump formed on at least one of the pads and protruding upward of a surface of the protective layer. The bump has a curved lateral side.
US09867291B2
A first printed circuit board (PCB) assembly can include an embedded electrical connector configured to be mechanically coupled to a corresponding tab-shaped portion of a second PCB assembly, such as to permit insertion of the tab-shaped portion of the second PCB assembly into the embedded electrical connector when the second PCB assembly is aligned in a specified orientation. In an example, the second PCB assembly can include an approximately planar conductive antenna.
US09867285B2
An electronic device may include surface mount technology components mounted to a printed circuit board. The surface mount technology components may include electrical components such as resistors, inductors, and capacitors. In order to reduce the size of the electronic device, surface mount technology components may be stacked. A surface mount technology component may be mounted to metal members that electrically connect the surface mount technology component to contact pads on a printed circuit board. A surface mount technology component may be provided with integral standoff portions, and a second surface mount technology component may be mounted to the integral standoff portions. A single surface mount technology component may be used to implement different circuits depending on which face of the surface mount technology component is mounted to the printed circuit board.
US09867282B2
A method of manufacturing is provided that includes singulating a circuit board from a substrate of plural of the circuit boards, wherein the circuit board is shaped to have four corner hollows. The corner hollows may be various shapes.
US09867280B2
A reinforcing member for a flexible printed wiring board that maintains an electromagnetic wave shielding effect and a ground effect of the printed wiring board over a long period of time. A reinforcing member is disposed opposite a predetermined part of a ground wiring pattern and includes one surface opposing and in electrical conduction with the predetermined part of the ground wiring pattern. The other surface is in electrical conduction with an external ground member which is at a ground potential, the one surface and the other surface opposing each other. The reinforcing member includes a base made of conductive metal and a surface layer formed on a surface of the base to constitute at least a part of the other surface, the surface layer has higher conductivity and corrosion resistance than the base made of metal, and the surface layer is 0.004 to 0.2 μm thick.
US09867276B2
Electronic device and housing for such devices are described and claimed. In one example a housing comprises a first end cap dimensioned to fit within a first open end of the housing and comprising a first bracket having a first cam surface positioned to engage the second surface of the printed circuit board when the first end cap is inserted into the first open end of the housing. Inserting the first end cap into the first open end of the housing causes the first cam surface to urge the printed circuit board in a direction which compresses the first heat generating component against an interior surface of the housing.
US09867272B2
A system that generates short charged particle packets or pulses (e.g., electron packets) without requiring a fast-switching-laser source is described. This system may include a charged particle source that produces a stream of continuous charged particles to propagate along a charged particle path. The system also includes a charged particle deflector positioned in the charged particle path to deflect the stream of continuous charged particles to a set of directions different from the charged particle path. The system additionally includes a series of beam blockers located downstream from the charged particle deflector and spaced from one another in a linear configuration as a beam-blocker grating. This beam-blocker grating can interact with the deflected stream of charged particles and divide the stream of the charged particles into a set of short particle packets. In one embodiment, the charged particles are electrons. The beam blockers can be conductors.
US09867269B2
Systems and methods are described herein for generating surface-wave plasmas capable of simultaneously achieving high density with low temperature and planar scalability. A key feature of the invention is reduced damage to objects in contact with the plasma due to the lack of an RF bias; allowing for damage free processing. The preferred embodiment is an all-in-one processing reactor suitable for photovoltaic cell manufacturing, performing saw-damage removal, oxide stripping, deposition, doping and formation of heterostructures. The invention is scalable for atomic-layer deposition, etching, and other surface interaction processes.
US09867266B2
A radiation image detection apparatus, including an image receiving unit having a two-dimensional array of a plurality of pixels that generate electrical charges when being subjected to irradiation of radiation, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of pixels for detecting an image; and one or more pixels for detecting irradiation; an image data generation unit configured to generate image data based on an electrical signal output from the respective pixels for detecting the image, an irradiation detection unit configured to detect the irradiation of radiation based on the electrical signal output from the respective pixels for detecting irradiation, a communication unit that transmits the image data generated in the image data generation unit, and a control unit configured to include a plurality of control modes including a photographing mode generating the image data, an irradiation detection mode detecting the irradiation of radiation and a standby mode.
US09867254B2
A dimmable LED lighting system includes first, second and third types of LED light sources, and an LED driver to control the supply of current on first, second and third channels, respectively to the first, second and third types of LED light sources. The first, second and third types of LED light sources are selected according to their spectral power distribution (SPD) curves. The selected SPD curves together model a dimming color curve that is characteristic of an incandescent light source when the first, second and third types of LED light sources are separately driven with current at predefined power ratios that correspond to dimming levels over a dimming region of the dimming color curve. The dimmable LED lighting system can have a color rendering index Ra greater than 80 over the dimming region.
US09867242B1
Tuning a bias voltage supplied to a series of one or more LEDs in a constant current LED pulsing drive circuit may comprise the steps of: (A) setting the bias voltage to a test value, the test value being at least equal to the sum of the bias voltage second component and the maximum forward voltage rating of each of the one or more LEDs; (B) measuring an intermediate voltage present between the series of one or more LEDs and the constant current source when the LEDs are turned on; (C) determining if the intermediate voltage exceeds the second component of the bias voltage; and (D) upon determining the intermediate voltage exceeds the second component of the bias voltage, reducing the bias voltage applied to the one or more LEDs by an amount necessary to cause the intermediate voltage to equal the second component of the bias voltage.
US09867240B2
A filter circuit comprising a first feedback circuit configured to: receive a sensed-voltage-level-signal representative of a sensed voltage across a current sensing element; receive a voltage-set-point-signal; and set a regulation-control-signal for a current regulation device such that the sensed-voltage-level-signal tends towards the voltage-set-point-signal. The filter circuit also comprises a second feedback circuit configured to: receive a predetermined-threshold-signal; and receive a regulation-control-voltage-signal, representative of a voltage level of the regulation-control-signal. The second feedback circuit is configured to adjust the voltage-set-point-signal in accordance with a comparison between the regulation-control-voltage-signal and the predetermined-threshold-signal.
US09867239B2
An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube having a first pin and a second pin for receiving an external driving signal; a first rectifying circuit for rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit for filtering the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal; an LED lighting module configured to receive the filtered signal for emitting light; and a ballast detection circuit coupled to the first pin or the second pin, and coupled to the first rectifying circuit. The ballast detection circuit includes a switching circuit, and is for detecting whether the external driving signal comes from a ballast. And the ballast detection circuit is configured to control, based on a result of the detection, current conduction or cutoff of the switching circuit, to determine whether to conduct current by the switching circuit, which current bypasses a circuit path other than the switching circuit.
US09867226B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for radio link failure (RLF) failover in a multi-connectivity environment. For example, in certain aspects, a mobile device for establishing one or more first data flows with a first network entity, determining a link recovery configuration, the link recovery configuration having information related to establishing a second data flow in the event of a link failure at the first network entity, wherein the link recovery configuration comprises a list of network entities, detecting a link failure at the first network entity affecting a service associated with the first data flows, and recovering the service associated with the first data flows from the link failure by selecting a second network entity from the list of network entities and establishing the second data flow associated with the service based on the link recovery configuration.
US09867219B1
A wireless communication system includes a number of peripheral devices, a wireless communication device, and a terminal. The wireless communication device includes a first communication module and a second communication module. The second communication module includes a host unit and a device unit. The host unit is used to be wirelessly connected to the peripheral devices. The terminal supports the first communication protocol is used to connect to the first communication module, and the terminal supports the second communication protocol is used to connect to the second communication module via the device unit thereof. A method using the wireless communication system is also provided.
US09867215B2
A network node for a wireless network and corresponding methods for reducing collisions in a wireless network, a wireless network, a wireless sensor network and a smart building including a wireless sensor network. The network node includes a processor, memory and an antenna. The network node is operable in a promiscuous mode to: receive at least one acknowledgement, wherein each acknowledgement is an acknowledgement of a respective transmission sent by another node through the wireless network; determine, from the at least one acknowledgement, timing information relating to the timing of the respective transmission(s) sent by the other node; and use the timing information to schedule transmissions sent by the node to reduce the probability of collisions of with transmissions sent by the other node.
US09867212B2
A semi-persistent resource scheduling (SPS) allocation of a user equipment is deactivated in an LTE-based mobile communication system without requiring changes to the Physical layer-to-MAC layer interface and/or changes to PDCCH formats agreed by the 3GPP. A combination of NDI value and MCS index is defined that commands release of SPS resources. An alternative solution proposed defines a special transport block size that when signaled in a PDCCH commands release of SPS resources.
US09867206B2
Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) and Node-B to operate in a wireless communication network using extended evolved absolute radio frequency channel numbers (EARFCN) and evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency bands are disclosed herein. The UE may comprise transceiver and processing circuitry to receive a multiple frequency band indicators (MFBI) list that includes list elements corresponding to E-UTRA frequency bands on which neighboring LTE cells are operated. The MFBI list corresponds to an entry in the E-UTRA frequency and priority list or the E-UTRA frequency and priority extension list. The number of list elements for E-UTRA frequency and priority information corresponds to a sum of the number of entries in an E-UTRA frequency and priority list and a number of entries in an E-UTRA frequency and priority extension list. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09867200B2
Methods and systems are provided for use with wireless networks having one or more cell in which each cell includes a base station (BS), at least one relay station (RS) and at least one mobile station (MS). The at least one relay station can be used as an intermediate station for providing communication between the BS and MS. Methods are provided for an RS to initially access the network, access of the RS by MSs initially accessing the network, methods of allocating OFDM resources for communicating between the BS, RS and/or MS for example dividing transmission resources into uplink and downlink transmissions, and methods of inserting pilot symbols into transmission resources used by the RS. In some embodiments on the invention, the methods are consistent and/or can be used in conjunction with existing standards such as 802.16e.
US09867191B2
A user terminal configured to perform communication with an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network. The user terminal including a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment in accordance with a wireless access interface and a transmitter configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment in accordance with the wireless access interface. The user terminal is configured to receive an indication on a downlink of the wireless access interface of one of a plurality of different subcarrier spacing which the communications device should use to transmit or to receive the signals representing the data.
US09867187B2
Techniques for wireless communications over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, may include techniques for transmitting uplink data transmissions using allocated uplink resources. Allocated uplink resources may include an uplink channel comprising a number of allocated interlaces of resource blocks (RBs) for use by a user equipment (UE). An incoming data stream may be processed and data separated into each of the allocated interlaces of RBs for the UE. Such separation may be through demultiplexing the data stream to obtain data for the allocated interlaces of RBs. The demultiplexed data may be mapped onto associated resource elements associated with the allocated interlaces of RBs, and transmitted. Different types of uplink channels, such as a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and/or a physical random access channel (PRACH) may be allocated to interlaces of RBs in one or more subframes of a transmitted radio frame.
US09867180B2
In one embodiment, a wireless device network comprises: a plurality of device nodes using TDMA, the plurality of device nodes configured to transmit during a future TDMA frame of communication on channels having timeslots; and a timeslot allocation function comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to: receive signal characterization data characterizing a radio altimeter signal; using the signal characterization data, predict a frequency of the radio altimeter signal during the future TDMA frame of communication; identify conflicting timeslots for respective channels, wherein the predicted frequency of the radio altimeter signal overlaps with the respective channels during conflicting timeslots; and transmit a TDMA timeslot allocation, for wireless communications during the future TDMA frame of communication, to the plurality of device nodes, the TDMA timeslot allocation including non-conflicting timeslots where the predicted frequency of the radio altimeter signal does not overlap with the respective channels during non-conflicting timeslots.
US09867175B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for mapping, by a UE, uplink transmissions to one or more antennas of the UE. In one aspect, a UE may receive an uplink resource allocation identifying a set of resource blocks (RBs) from a base station. The UE may map subsets of the set of RBs to one or more of a plurality of antennas of the UE and transmit one or more uplink transmissions, using the subsets of the set of resource blocks, on the one or more antennas based at least in part on the mapping. Additionally, in some aspects, the UE may determine channel characteristics or CSI associated with the downlink from the base station and base the mapping of subsets of RBs to one or more antennas of the UE on the determined channel characteristics/CSI.
US09867171B2
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, method for wireless communication includes receiving an assignment of a frequency bandwidth for an uplink transmission of a station. The method further includes determining whether a portion of the assigned frequency bandwidth is unavailable for the uplink transmission. The method further includes selectively transmitting the uplink transmission based on whether the portion of the assigned frequency bandwidth is unavailable.
US09867170B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method comprising: setting a first cell having a first TDD UL-DL configuration and a second cell having a second TDD UL-DL configuration; receiving a PHICH signal in a subframe #(n−L) of the first cell, or receiving a PDCCH signal in a subframe #(n−K) of the first cell; and transmitting a PUSCH signal in a subframe #n of the second cell, corresponding to the PHICH signal or the PDCCH signal, wherein the relationship between the subframes #(n−L), #(n−K), and #n is determined in consideration of a parameter value set in a specific TDD UL-DL configuration, which is the TDD UL-DL configuration having the least number of UL subframes from TDD UL-DL configuration(s), in which subframes set as UL in the first or second cell are all set as ULs.
US09867169B2
The present invention discloses a method and a device for transmitting information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The method includes the following steps: a user equipment (UE) selects information from channel state information (CSI) to transmit (S1); the information selected from the CSI is transmitted on the PUCCH with one or both of hybrid automatic retransmission acknowledgment information and a scheduling request (S2), which enables a base station to obtain not only the information in the CSI but also one or both of the hybrid automatic retransmission acknowledgement information and the scheduling request from the PUCCH. The present invention avoids the problem of system downlink throughput degradation caused by dropping all CSI by the UE in the prior art, and avoids the problem that system downlink throughput is influenced by unnecessary data retransmission on a downlink carrier caused by ACK/NACK bundling among carriers.
US09867168B2
Technologies and implementations for wireless communication in a wireless network including transmitting downlink information on a first frequency channel to Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) User Equipments (UEs), transmitting downlink information on a second frequency channel during downlink portions of Time Domain Duplex (TDD) frame periods of the second frequency channel to TDD UEs, wherein the second frequency channel is the same as the frequency channel on which the FDD UEs are configured to transmit, and controlling uplink transmissions from the FDD UEs to occur only during uplink portions of TDD frame periods of the second frequency channel.
US09867163B2
The described aspects include methods and apparatus for activating a transmitter to communicate in a wireless network. A small cell can determine to activate the transmitter to serve user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The small cell can then broadcast a portion of a set of broadcast signals in a radio frame and broadcast a remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals along with the portion of the set of broadcast signals in a subsequent radio frame. By refraining from immediately broadcasting all broadcast signals, the small cell can mitigate interference to other small cells. In addition, a UE can determine whether to generate random access channel (RACH) sequences for proximity determination or uplink timing synchronization based on parameters received in a RACH order. Moreover, a small cell with an active transmitter can decode discovery signals from a device to facilitate handover determination.
US09867162B2
An electronic device and a method of providing a notification on a wireless charging state in an electronic device are provided. The method includes wirelessly charging the electronic device by using power received from an external device; checking a state of the wireless charging; when the state of the wireless charging corresponds to a certain condition, determining whether the electronic device is used by a user by using at least one sensor; and providing a notification based on whether the electronic device is used by the user.
US09867159B2
In a network arrangement for carrying out a location of locating objects that are arranged in a confined space and are able to be moved, the location being carried out by pulsed radio signals, wherein at least three communication-technically autarkic reference nodes that are spatially distributed and form a communication network are arranged in the confined space a communication protocol enables a location object that is arranged in the confined space to be localized by a trilateration carried out by a distance-based trilateration that is carried out by the at least three reference nodes.
US09867158B2
A mobile information terminal includes a setting unit configured to store position information for browsing patient information. The mobile information terminal downloads the patient information from a server via a communication unit to store the patient information in a data storage unit according to a result of comparing position information specified by a terminal position specifying unit with the position information stored by the setting unit.
US09867156B2
A method for synchronization by a D2D terminal in a D2D communication network through receiving a first D2D synchronization signal from at least one D2D synchronization source and performing synchronization according to a synchronization timing reference provided through the first D2D synchronization signal, and a method for negotiating whether to perform a role as a synchronization source with another D2D synchronization source through determining, when a D2D synchronization signal and a D2D synchronization channel are received from at least one D2D synchronization source, whether to maintain a role as the independent synchronization source based on negotiation information for negotiation between synchronization sources included in the D2D synchronization channel, and operating as a relaying synchronization source when the role as the independent synchronization source is not maintained, are provided.
US09867153B2
This application relates to wireless communication systems, and more particularly to distributed synchronization of “internet of everything” (IoE) devices to a common timing through opportunistic synchronization with user equipment (UE). Multiple IoE devices within proximity to each other establish device to device (D2D) links. When an IoE device receives an updated timing synchronization signal from a UE, the IoE device can broadcast the updated timing synchronization signal to other IoE devices directly or via a multi-hop forwarding scheme via the D2D links. Multiple groups of IoE devices can be synchronized to the same timing synchronization signal such that if and when IoE devices from the different groups come into proximity, the IoE devices will find each other and can merge into a larger group of synchronized IoE devices with minimal searching overhead and, therefore, minimal power consumption.
US09867135B1
A frequency-generating circuit includes a frequency synthesizer circuit and a reference clock signal processor. The frequency synthesizer circuit receives a processed reference clock signal and generates a radio-frequency clock signal according to the processed reference clock signal. The reference clock signal processor receives an original reference clock signal from an oscillator and processes the original reference clock signal according to an indication signal to generate the processed reference clock signal. The indication signal is generated according to a required reference clock frequency of a communications apparatus. When the required reference clock frequency is high, a frequency of the processed reference clock signal is a multiple of a frequency of the original reference clock signal, and when the required reference clock frequency is low, the frequency of the original reference clock signal is a multiple of the frequency of the processed reference clock signal.
US09867134B2
An electronic device may include finger biometric sensing pixels and a processor capable of cooperating with the finger biometric sensing pixels to generate a series of finger images at a progressively slower capture rate as a finger settling increases over time from initial placement of a user's finger adjacent the finger biometric sensing pixels. The processor may also be capable of cooperating with the finger biometric sensing pixels to determine a quality factor for each image in the series thereof, and select at least one image from the series thereof for matching and based upon the quality factor.
US09867132B2
Architecture that facilitates power conservation in mobile devices such as cell phones using prediction. The architecture is an algorithmic-based solution that transforms infrequently-captured geolocation data of an entity into a continuous probable location approximation. Given the location history and additional data about the recent location of the mobile device, the current location of the device can be estimated with some probability. Additionally, given the location history and additional data about the recent location of the device, the probability of the device actually being at a given point on a map is computed.
US09867129B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus identifies first entity and transmits a very low duty cycle signal (LDCS) configuration of the first entity. The apparatus may comprise, e.g., an LPN that is not in a dormant state or a macrocell. The apparatus may receive LDCS information for the first entity. The apparatus may determine the LDCS configuration and transmit the LDCS configuration to the first entity.
US09867122B2
One embodiment of the present specification provides a method for determining access on the basis of a policy. The method for determining access can comprise the steps for: receiving a plurality of policies including wireless LAN (WLAN) selection rules from a plurality of access network discovery and selection functions (ANDSFs) in a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs); selecting any one of the plurality of policies on the basis of preset location-related criteria; and determining whether traffic of a user is delivered to a 3GPP access or detoured to a WLAN access, according to WLAN selection rules of the selected policy.
US09867114B2
A wireless relay controls backhaul in a data communication network. Relay user equipment attaches to a wireless base station coupled to a data network core and receives a first backhaul connection. An Ethernet switch attaches to a network gateway coupled to the data network core and establishes a second backhaul connection. The relay base station receives status data for the first backhaul connection through the wireless base station. The relay base station exchanges wireless user data with served user equipment. The relay base station selects one of the backhaul connections for the user data based on the status data of the first backhaul connection and exchanges the user data with the data network core over the selected one of the backhaul connections. The relay base station may receive and use status data for the second backhaul connection or the user data media type to select backhaul connections.
US09867112B1
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (“SON”) for provisioning of services. In some embodiments, a computing system might receive, from one or more first sensors and one or more second sensors, first operational states of fixed broadband network nodes and second operational states of wireless network nodes, respectively. The computing system might analyze the received first and second operational states, might determine an optimal network pathway and/or an optimal network backhaul pathway, and might establish the optimal network pathway and/or the optimal network backhaul pathway, through a determined combination of fixed and wireless network nodes, thereby implementing the combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (“SON”) for provisioning of services.
US09867109B1
Disclosed are methods and systems for a user equipment device (UE) to avoid being served by a base station that experiences a threshold high extent of change of the base station's coverage identifier. In particular, the UE may detect a threshold high extent of change of a coverage identifier of a first base station, and may responsively configure itself to avoid being served by the first base station. In this way, if the UE is being served by the first base station, then the configuring may cause the UE to trigger a handover from being served by the first base station to being served by a second base station. Whereas, if the UE is not currently being served by the first base station, then the configuring effectively blacklists the first base station, such that the UE avoids attaching to and/or handing over to the first base station in the future.
US09867106B2
A handover procedure can be implemented using a codec-specific threshold as a triggering event for the handover procedure. A mobile device can initiate a communication session with a serving access point (AP). The mobile device can receive a codec established for the communication session, access a set of codec-specific thresholds stored in memory of the mobile device to determine a handover triggering threshold that is specific to the codec used for the communication session. The mobile device can measure a parameter of a radio signal from the serving AP, and when the measured parameter falls below the codec-specific threshold, a handover procedure can be initiated to transition the communication session to a target AP.
US09867103B2
Provided is a method for communicating performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving from a first access network a second access network search configuration for searching a second access network, and receiving traffic routing criteria from the first access network. The traffic routing configuration specifies traffic routing criteria for processing traffic of the first access network by routing to a second access network, determining a mobility state of the terminal, searching the second access network based on the second access network search configuration, evaluating whether a second access network entity discovered through the search satisfies the traffic routing criteria, and processing the traffic of the first access network through the second access network entity. The second access network searching and/or the traffic routing criteria satisfaction evaluating is performed based on the mobility state of the terminal that is determined.
US09867099B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cell access method, an apparatus, and a system, where the method includes: when user equipment camps on a first cell, receiving, by the user equipment, a first signal offset of the first cell and a random access failure threshold of the first cell; attempting, by the user equipment, to perform random access to the first cell, and counting a quantity of random access failures; and if the quantity of random access failures reaches the random access failure threshold, performing cell reselection, by the user equipment, by using the first signal offset for the first cell; and if no cell meets a service condition in cell reselection, performing cell reselection, by the user equipment, without using the first signal offset. Therefore, a service interruption problem of user equipment when random access to a cell fails in the prior art can be resolved.
US09867097B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a terminal receiving control information, which includes a modified physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) configuration, through a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), in a heterogeneous network system comprising a macro cell and a femto cell. The method for the terminal receiving the control information in the heterogeneous network system comprising the macro cell and the femto cell, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: the terminal accessing the macro cell undergoing a handover to the femto cell; and receiving PHICH reconfiguration information from the femto cell through the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), when the configuration of the physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) used by the terminal which has undergone the handover is modified.
US09867094B2
A handover method in a mobile CCN. In the method, when detecting a UE performing a handover, a source local CCNx node caches data directed to the UE. The source local CCNx node transmits a request to stop transmission of the data directed to the UE to a target local CCNx node based on a condition. The target local CCNx node requests the source local CCNx node to stop transmission of contents that are being cached. The source local CCNx node transmits cached contents to the target local CCNx node. The target local CCNx node requests a CCNx entry node to stop transmission of specific contents based on a condition. The CCNx entry node transmits contents to the target local CCNx node. When detecting, the UE completing the handover, the target local CCNx node transmits the contents received from the CCNx entry node to the UE.
US09867090B2
Dual Radio Access Transfer of an IMS in an alerting phase for the Packet Switched to Circuit Switched direction includes initiating an IMS media session towards UE and, during a session alerting phase, making a determination that a DRVCC transfer is required from a PS to CS, access, sending a SIP message from the UE to a SCC-AS, over the PS access, informing the SCC-AS of the DRVCC transfer, and responding to receipt of the SIP message at the SCC-AS by sending a SIP INVITE from the SCC-AS towards MSC. The SIP INVITE includes an identity of the UE as a called party identity and the STN as the calling party identity. The Transfer includes sending from the MSC to the UE a CS Setup message, whereupon the MSC is placed in a state in which it expects a CS Answer from the UE.
US09867088B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a location area management method and a core network controller, where the method is performed by a core network controller includes: receiving a location update request message sent by a UE in a first network standard; generating a paging area list including at least a first location area identity used to indicate a location area of the first network standard and a second location area identity used to indicate a location area of a second network standard; and adding the paging area list to a location update accept message and sending the location update accept message to the UE. According to the method and the core network controller, unified management is performed on location areas of different network standards, collaboration on an inter-standard location update is implemented, and management efficiency of a location area is improved.
US09867078B2
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for identifying subframes in a radio frame on which a UE may receive a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH) transmission. Specifically, the UE may receive multiple indications of uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configurations and identify one or more subframes in which the UE may receive the PDCCH or ePDCCH transmission. The UE may then monitor one or more of the identified subframes and base discontinuous reception (DRX) timer functionality on one or more of the identified subframes.
US09867070B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One technique includes receiving a service via a component carrier, wherein the component carrier may be in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. One or more signals transmitted on the component carrier may be measured to estimate channel state information of the component carrier in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.
US09867069B2
The invention relates to a method and device (14) of controlling bit rate of a terminal (11, 12, 13) included in a group of terminals. To this end, a method is provided comprising the steps of acquiring a predetermined QoS parameter for the terminal, which parameter stipulates target QoS to be given to the terminal relative to other terminals in the group, and acquiring either one or both of (a) at least one measure of a channel condition of the terminal and (b) at least one capacity measure of the terminal. Further, the method comprises the step of controlling the bit rate of the terminal on the basis of a reference weighting factor created by a combination of the acquired predetermined QoS parameter, the acquired at least one measure of a channel condition of the terminal and/or the acquired at least one capacity measure of the terminal.
US09867066B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system, a detection server, a control apparatus, a mobile communication apparatus, a network optimizing method, and a program which can execute optimization of network processing based on a change of use characteristics. A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes: a detection server that detects a characteristics change of a mobile communication apparatus based on an event notice transmitted from the mobile communication apparatus; and a control apparatus that determines control contents related to the mobile communication apparatus based on the characteristics change of the mobile communication apparatus detected by the detection server, and sets the determined control contents to a processing node that executes data transfer processing between the mobile communication apparatus and another mobile communication apparatus or control processing related to the data transfer processing.
US09867064B2
A method of configuring small cell base stations in a cellular network is disclosed. A constraint on a performance-related metric associated with at least a portion of the cellular network is received. In some embodiments, the constraint on the performance-related metric comprises a constraint on a performance-related metric associated with one or more macrocells. Measurement data from one or more small cell base stations is received via a control interface. One or more optimized values of one or more parameters associated with one or more small cell base stations are searched. The searching is based at least in part on the received measurement data and subject to the constraint on the performance-related metric associated with the at least a portion of the cellular network. The one or more optimized values of the one or more parameters to the associated small cell base stations are transmitted.
US09867057B2
An apparatus including: at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: request for using a part of a spectrum of a second communication network on the basis of a spectrum cooperation relationship between a first communication network and the second communication network, provide a service coordination information related to the request for using a part of the spectrum, the service coordination information indicating measures based on roaming mechanism offered by the first communication network allowing the second communication network to obtain compensation in the form of communication resources or traffic for using a part of the spectrum of the second communication network by the first communication network, and receive and process a response to the request for using a part of the spectrum of the second communication network and a service coordination response informing about accepted measures of those being offered in the service coordination information.
US09867052B2
A radio access node is configured to digitize a first analog radio frequency signal in order to generate first digital data indicative of the first analog radio frequency signal and is configured to digitize a second analog radio frequency signal in order to generate second digital data indicative of the second analog radio frequency signal. The first analog radio frequency signal is broadcast from a first mobile unit using wireless service provided by a first wireless service provider. The second analog radio frequency signal is broadcast from a second mobile unit using wireless service provided by a second wireless service provider. The first and second digital data are transported from the radio access node to the base unit using a shared transport medium. The base unit is configured to produce information derived from the first digital data and the second digital data that is used in performing base station processing for the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit.
US09867045B2
The invention is a method of managing communication between a host device and a secure element comprising two virtual profiles. The method comprises the steps of: running simultaneously both virtual profiles in the secure element, generating an incoming data from the host device by multiplexing a first command targeting one virtual profile and another command targeting the other virtual profile and sending the incoming data to the secure element, demultiplexing both commands at the secure element side and sending each command to the targeted virtual profile, getting response messages generated by both virtual profiles by executing said commands, generating an outgoing data by multiplexing the response messages and sending this outgoing data to the host device, and demultiplexing the response messages at the host device side.
US09867043B2
A secure device enrollment process to enroll a mobile device for access to a service can include receiving an application package including an application used for accessing the service via the mobile device. The application authenticity and the application integrity of the downloaded application are determined. The device integrity of the mobile device is also determined. An automatic enrollment message digest is generated to facilitate enrollment of the mobile device. The enrolment message digest provides an association between the downloaded application, the mobile device, and user identifying information of a user of the mobile device; and is sent to a server associated with a service provider to enroll the mobile device for the service provided by the service provider.
US09867032B2
A method of performing communication between a sink device and a source device in a Wi-Fi direct network is provided. The method includes receiving a user's input, on a sink device, for controlling audio/video (AV) data received from the source device, generating a message for controlling the AV data based on the user's input, and transmitting the message to the source device through a Wi-Fi direct link.
US09867026B2
Disclosed are a device discovery method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless access system supporting D2D communication and a device therefor. Particularly, the device discovery method can comprise the steps of: enabling a first device in an idle mode to receive a paging message from a base station; enabling the first device to switching to an active mode if the paging message indicates the first device; enabling the first device to monitor a discovery signal transmitted from a second device if the paging message indicates that the first device operates in a reception mode with respect to transmission and reception of the discovery signal; enabling the first device to perform a random access procedure with the base station if the first device receives the discovery signal; enabling the first device to perform a connection establishment procedure with the base station after completing the random access procedure; and enabling the first device to transmit, to the base station, a D2D discovery report after completing the connection establishment procedure.
US09867024B1
Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a two-way radio harvester and transmitter are described herein. One or more embodiments include a two-way radio harvester and transmitter comprising a rectifier connected between a receive element and a storage element to harvest and convert a signal into direct current (DC) power and store the DC power, a gate coupled to the storage element and a controller to allow the DC power in the storage element to power the controller when the gate reaches a power threshold and closes, and a transmitter connected between the controller and a transmit element to convert data containing information about preselected items by the controller into radio frequency (RF) signals to be transmitted by the transmit element.
US09867020B2
In accordance with one or more aspects, criteria including both a type of communication and a user signal are received. Additionally, a response to be stored as a pre-determined response is received. Both the criteria and the response are stored. When a communication satisfying the criteria (both the type of communication and the user signal) is subsequently received, the pre-determined response is sent to the device from which the communication is received.
US09867012B2
A method for detecting whispered speech of a user of a mobile computerized device, the method comprises: detecting, by the mobile computerized device, whispered speech context; and attempting to detect, by the mobile computerized device and by using whispered speech detection parameters, the whispered speech; and wherein at least one whispered speech detection parameter of the whispered speech detection parameters differs from at least one corresponding non-whispered speech parameter that is used for detecting non-whispered speech.
US09867005B2
A mobile device and a method performed by the mobile device for receiving a service from a server are provided. The mobile device includes communication circuitry configured to receive a signal transmitted from a wireless transmitter, wherein the mobile device is located within a detectable range from the wireless transmitter; and a processor configured to determine signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal, and send, to a server, a request for information based on the determined signal intensity information.
US09867004B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for range measurement between one or more wireless stations (STAs) and a first access point (AP). In various embodiments, the first AP may synchronize a clock of the first AP with clocks of one or more synchronized APs. The first AP may perform a synchronization session with the one or more STAs. The first AP may also transmit one or more Broadcast time-of-departure (TOD) frames to the one or more STAs. Each of the one or more Broadcast TOD frames may include a time of departure of a Broadcast TOD frame from the first AP. A second AP and a third AP of the one or more synchronized APs may also transmit one or more Broadcast TOD frames to the one or more STAs for range and/or position determination.
US09867003B2
Disclosed is a method of tracking a user's location. The method comprising: receiving coordinate of each of adjacent mobile devices therefrom, estimating a channel environment to select an optimal channel model, calculating distance between the user's mobile device and each of the adjacent mobile devices based on the selected channel model and calculating coordinates corresponding to a current position of the user's mobile device based on the calculated distance.
US09866987B2
Provisioning an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) in a user equipment (UE) device with personalized subscriber information. A request may be transmitted for personalized subscriber information. The personalized subscriber information may be received. The personalized subscriber information may be installed in an eSIM in the UE device.
US09866978B2
The invention provides systems and methods for providing hearing aid. An open ear canal hearing aid may be provided in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The hearing aid may include a part that contains electronic components, a passive amplifier, and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism may include bristles or balloons. The securing mechanism may have various configurations and be adjustable.
US09866974B2
A method operates a hearing device system that contains a hearing device and a database system, which is separate from the hearing device and is set up for communication with the hearing device. The method includes ascertaining a piece of location information for a current position of the hearing device and the location information is transmitted to the database. The database then ascertains whether an electronic device that is separate from the hearing device is situated at a prescribed physical distance from the hearing device. The presence of the separate electronic device within the prescribed physical distance is taken as a basis by the database system for creating for the hearing device a parameter set that contains a number of parameters pertaining to the signal processing of audible signals in the hearing device. This parameter set is used by the hearing device for the purpose of signal processing.
US09866970B2
A method of manufacturing a microphone includes preparing a substrate and forming an oxide layer pattern on the substrate and an oxide layer on a rear side of the substrate. The vibration membrane is formed over the substrate by injecting conductive ions into the substrate. A sacrificial layer and a fixed electrode are sequentially formed on the substrate and the vibration membrane by removing the oxide layer pattern. A first photoresist layer pattern is formed on the fixed electrode, and an air inlet is formed by patterning the fixed electrode. A second photoresist layer pattern is formed on a rear side of the oxide layer, and a penetration hole, through which a portion of the vibration membrane is exposed, is formed by etching the oxide layer and the rear side of the substrate. An air layer is formed between the fixed electrode and the vibration membrane.
US09866956B2
Various embodiments are directed to cooperation among communications devices having microphones to employ their microphones in unison to provide voice detection with noise reduction for voice communications. A first communications device comprises a processor circuit; a first microphone; an interface operative to communicatively couple the processor circuit to a network; and a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and arranged to store a sequence of instructions operative on the processor circuit to store a first detected data that represents sounds detected by the first microphone; receive a second detected data via the network that represents sounds detected by a second microphone of a second communications device; subtractively sum the first and second data to create a processed data; and transmit the processed data to a third communications device. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
US09866950B2
Articulating speaker assembly providing for pivotal adjustment of connected first and second members
An articulating speaker assembly includes a first member including a first driver and a second member including second driver. The first member and the second member are pivotally connected for selectively changing the profile of the speaker assembly. A central housing member is pivotally connected to each of the first member and the second member, wherein the central housing member supports a third driver.
US09866944B1
The external sound headphones are a set of headphones with two earphones. Each of the earphones is formed with a port. The port is opened and closed with a hinged cover. When the hinged cover is opened, the port allows external sounds to pass freely through the earphone while the external sound headphones are in use. The port allows the wearer to monitor their environment while listening to the external sound headphones. The external sound headphones comprise a headband, a plurality of sliders, a plurality of earphones and a cable.
US09866936B2
A portable package for mounting a stereo entertainment system to a motorcycle. The portable package comprises a cover enclosing a housing of a device comprising a FM (frequency modulation) receiver, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port configured to receive a radio plugin, an audio input, and a SD (Secure Digital) port operatively assembled in the housing. A plurality of speakers that are operatively connected to the stereo entertainment system for an audio output are attached to the cover. The cover is configured to magnetically attach the portable package to the motorcycle.
US09866928B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for data communication by performing RF sub-band multiplexing and demultiplexing by cascading a radio-frequency (RF) mixing module and optical dual-polarized (DP) QPSK modulator forhybrid RF/optical IQ modulation; and performing intra-transceiver optical superchannel switching through the RF sub-band multiplexing.
US09866916B1
A method for transmitting an audio stream based on a focus of attention of a user within a multi-screen venue is presented. The method may include connecting to a mobile device associated with the user. The method may also include tracking a user face associated with the user by using at least one camera. The method may then include determining the focus of attention based on the tracked user face. The method may further include determining a video feed corresponding with the determined focus of attention. The method may also include transmitting the audio stream corresponding with the determined video feed to the mobile device.
US09866899B2
Features of various implementations are used to control operation of a second electronic device from a first electronic device using indirect control methods and optical character recognition. In some implementations, communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box is configured in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying commands that can be used to control one or more features of a primary set-top box (e.g., DVR or VOD features) by a supplemental set-top box issuing commands to the primary set-top box via a wireless (e.g., IR) transmitter, and then using optical character recognition to identify the outcomes of those commands as displayed on a primary TV display or secondary display.
US09866898B2
At the time of an encoding process, a video elementary stream is generated and output by capturing and encoding a video image signal at a time interval of a video frame synchronous with a timing of a video synchronization signal, and an audio elementary stream is generated by capturing and encoding an audio signal at each audio interval. An audio packetized elementary stream where one packet has a stream length corresponding to the time interval of the video frame is multiplexed with the audio elementary stream, and the stream is output.
US09866891B2
A digital television can include a display; an interface to receive a control signal from a remote controller; a communication unit for internet access; a broadcast receiver; and a controller to display broadcast content received through the broadcast receiver, display a screen corresponding to a voice recognition mode in response to entering the voice recognition mode, the screen includes a symbol and text indicating the voice recognition mode, receive a voice command signal corresponding to a voice command through the remote controller in the voice recognition mode while the broadcast content is displayed, in which the voice command is input via a microphone provided in the remote controller, and the input voice command includes a search source and a search keyword, and display a web page corresponding to the search source included in the voice command, which includes a search window including the search keyword and a search result.
US09866885B2
A method includes receiving, at a service delivery platform from a first video source, a control stream associated with primary media content delivered via a video distribution network, where the control stream includes conditional access information associated with a second video source, wherein the conditional access information of the control stream indicates a restriction of the primary media content. The method also includes creating a substitution table, at the service delivery platform, based on the conditional access information including an indication of a geographic area, where the substitution table correlates the primary media content with substitute media content of the second video source, and when the restriction prevents access to the primary media content, the substitute media content is provided via the video distribution network. The method further includes sending the substitution table to the second video source.
US09866883B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for dynamic delay equalization of related media signals in a media transport system. Methods include receiving a plurality of related media signals, transporting the related media signals along different media paths, calculating uncorrected propagation delays for the media paths, and delaying each of the related media signals by an amount related to the difference between the longest propagation delay (of the uncorrected propagation delays) and the uncorrected propagation delay of the related media signal/media path. Calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed in response to a change to the propagation delay of at least one of the related media signals/media paths. Additionally or alternatively, calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed while transporting the related media signals.
US09866882B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a client device configured to communicate with a remote system over a network. The client device comprises a processor, a memory, an input device and a display. The client device is configured to detect an input event generated at the input device, to store in the memory a local time associated with the input event, and to transmit information characterizing the input event to the remote system over the network. The client device is configured to receive from the remote system a video signal comprising an event index of the input event. An event index is extracted from the video signal, and a round-trip latency is computed between the input event and a corresponding video output of the client device based at least in part on a local time associated with the extracted event index and the stored local time associated with the input event.
US09866872B2
An encoder extracts motion vectors from a frame I(t−1) preceding the frame I(t) being encoded and processes them to create an estimated motion vector field I(t) for the frame being encoded. A minimized difference between the motion vector field of the frame being encoded and the estimated motion vector field is used to generate transform parameters, which are transmitted to the decoder as auxiliary information along with the usual motion prediction information. The decoder receives the transform parameters. The decoder also creates an estimated motion vector field I(t) for based on a preceding frame I(t−1) and applies the transform parameters to the estimated motion vector field to obtain missing motion vectors. The motion vector field rebuilt using the reconstructed missing motion vectors is used for subsequent error concealment/decoding/displaying.
US09866868B2
Techniques for selectively transforming one or more coding units when coding video content are described herein. The techniques may include determining whether or not to transform a particular coding unit. The determination may be based on a difference in pixel values of the particular coding unit and/or one or more predefined rate-distortion constraints. When it is determined to not perform a transform, the particular coding unit may be coded without transforming the particular coding unit.
US09866865B2
A motion vector predictor candidate constructing unit performs prediction based on a motion vector of one of coded blocks neighboring a coding target block in the same picture as the coding target block, constructs a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates, and adds the motion vector predictor candidates to a motion vector predictor candidate list. A motion vector predictor candidate number limiting unit limits the number of motion vector predictor candidates added to the motion vector predictor candidate list to a maximum candidate number according to a size of a prediction block. A motion vector predictor selecting unit selects a motion vector predictor from the motion vector predictor candidate list. A coding unit codes information representing an index of the selected motion vector predictor in the motion vector predictor candidate list.
US09866860B2
Methods and systems described herein provide for combining multiple data streams representing respective videos into an output data stream. An example implementation may involve receiving a first data stream that represent a first video and a second data stream that represent a second video. The first data stream and the second data stream may include a first sequence of frames that includes first intra-coded frames and a second sequence of frames that includes second intra-coded frames, respectively. The example implementation may further involve combining the received first data stream and the received second data stream to obtain an output data stream of encoded output frames such that an encoded output frame includes a respective frame of the first sequence and a respective frame of the second sequence and that first intra-coded frames are combined with respective second intra-coded frames in respective encoded output frames within the output stream.
US09866858B2
A method of video operations includes generating derivative byproducts related to encoded video captured of a scene, initializing a first operation based on the encoded video, and initializing a second operation different from the first operation based on the derivative byproducts.
US09866854B2
In a data updating apparatus for updating first data having plural bits according to a predetermined data format, a detector detects a domain point at which the first data are different from second data including plural bits decoded by Slepian-Wolf decoding according to the predetermined data format. The first data is used for decoding encoded data on a non-key frame separated from a stream of frames by Slepian-Wolf decoding and transformed from a predictive frame associated with the non-key frame and generated from information on a key frame. A data updater updates a less significant bit in the first data than the domain point supplied from the detector according to a predetermined updating scheme.
US09866851B2
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit configured to store video information associated with a plurality of layers and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain information associated with a current access unit (AU) to be coded, the current AU containing pictures from one or more layers of the plurality of layers. The processor is also configured to reset a picture order count (POC) of a layer included in the current AU via (1) resetting only a most significant bit (MSB) of the POC or (2) resetting both the MSB of the POC and a least significant (LSB) of the POC. The processor is further configured to, for pictures in one or more AUs subsequent to the current AU in decoding order: set a value of a first flag indicative whether a reset of the POC is a full reset.
US09866846B2
A decoder for video processing includes a receiver configured to receive a bitstream associated with a video from a coder. The decoder also includes a processor configured to parse the bitstream to determine a percentage of at least one a number of six tap filterings or a number of alpha point deblocking instances, in a specified period. The processor is further configured to determine a voltage and frequency to be used for decoding the video proportional to the percentage of the at least one of the number of six tap filterings or the number of alpha point deblocking instances. The processor is configured to decode the video at the determined voltage and frequency. Other embodiments including a encoder and method also are disclosed.
US09866840B2
A 3D model can be modeled using “pattern-instance” representation, wherein an instance component may be represented as transformation (for example, rotation, translation, and scaling) of a pattern. Quantization errors may be introduced when encoding rotation information, causing different vertex coordinate errors at different 5 vertices of an instance. To efficiently compensate the vertex coordinate errors, the encoder decides a quantization parameter for compensating a vertex coordinate error. The quantization parameter is signaled in the bitstream as a quantization index. The quantization index, a quantization table the indicates a mapping between quantization indices and quantization parameters, and vertex coordinate errors are 10 encoded into a bitstream. The quantization table may be built based on statistical data. At the decoder, the vertex coordinate error is decoded based on a quantization parameter, which is determined from a received quantization index.
US09866833B2
An adaptive offset filter (60) adds an offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming an input image. The adaptive offset filter (60) refers to offset-type specifying information, sets offset attributes for a subject unit area of the input image, decodes an offset having a bit width corresponding to an offset value range included in the set offset attributes, and adds the offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming the input image.
US09866830B2
An image coding method includes: performing Sample SAO processing on Y signal, Cb signal, and Cr signal which are included in a target block; performing arithmetic coding on a first flag indicating whether or not an SAO parameter, which indicates details of the SAO processing, of the target block is identical to an SAO parameter for a left neighboring block immediately left of the target block; and performing arithmetic coding on the SAO parameter for the target block, when the SAO parameter for the target block is different from the SAO parameter for the left neighboring block. In the arithmetic coding on the first flag, a single context is used to perform the arithmetic coding on the first flag for the luminance signal, the chrominance Cb signal, and the chrominance Cr signal.
US09866821B2
Provided is a rectification apparatus of a stereo vision system and a method thereof. The method comprises: distinguishing variables and parameters preset in a determinant configured with parameters of the stereo cameras and rectification parameters for axial movement of the rectification, and converting the determinant into a linear function by substituting constant parameters for the parameters preset in the determinant; storing left and right images transmitted from the stereo cameras; sequentially performing a coordinate operation; calculating a weight and coordinates of a camera image plane; and linearly interpolating the pixel value by using the calculated weight and coordinates of the camera image plane, and then mapping the pixel value to the coordinates of the rectified image plane.
US09866803B2
An intrinsically safe video inspection system intended for use in a Class I, Zone 0 area is capable of visually surveying hazardous area locations; where the potential for fire or explosion exists because of gases, dust, or easily ignitable fibers in the atmosphere. The intrinsically safe camera of the present invention has the distinct ability to be used all areas that require increased safety and works in various hazardous environments, allowing users the ability to remotely view and inspect various mines, silos, and storage tanks. The inspection system includes a low power, high 3.2 megapixel resolution camera with digital zoom capability that allows for the close inspection and examination and utilizes an LED fiber light pipe for illumination needs. The video inspection system of the present invention provides for the illumination in various cavity sizes, while reducing the risk of unintended accidents.
US09866802B2
An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.
US09866793B1
An intelligent sensor assisted system that dynamically adapts to the video streaming needs of a network or sub networks of users in order to facilitate collaboration. This automated audio/video distribution system includes an identifier detector that allows the system to intelligently activate the cameras/audio devices located at a zone according to the user's needs. The system detects an identifier that is associated with a user. The system identifies all users in the cyberspace associated with the identifier. The system captures the audio/video of the user's activities at the zone. The system then transmits the audio/video feed to remote users in the cyberspace who share the same identifier.
US09866791B2
A method, system and computer program product for reducing network delay in video conferencing using random tree pushing. A plurality of nodes is randomly selected as next hop forwarders for a piece of content by a source who generates a video stream. Additional next hop forwarders are added to the randomly selected plurality of nodes to form a set of next hop forwarders until a total upload bandwidth of all next hop forwarders is no less than a bandwidth required to deliver the video stream to a set of receivers. The set of receivers in a video session is partitioned and each of the set of receivers is assigned to one of the set of next hop forwarders for forwarding the video stream to an assigned receiver either directly or through a multi-hop path.
US09866790B2
An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal and an information processing apparatus coupled to the first information processing terminal. The information processing system includes a storage unit configured to store codec data indicating a codec that can be used for performing communication between the first information processing terminal and a second information processing terminal other than the first information processing terminal; and a determining unit configured to make a first determination of determining whether there is a codec that can be used by both the first information processing terminal and the second information processing terminal, based on the codec data.
US09866779B2
An imaging apparatus includes a photoelectric converter that converts light signals generated from light received by three or more pixels into electric charge signals, each of the electric charge signals corresponding to one of the three or more pixels; an electric charge holder that holds the electric charge signals; an analog selective adder that generates added electric charge signals by adding electric charge signals of certain pixels among the three or more pixels by using analog addition patterns which are rules of adding pieces of electric charge information corresponding to individual positions of the certain pixels; an analog-to-digital converter that converts the added electric charge signals into digital signals; and an addition data compressor that compresses the digital signals by using a total number of pixels for which pieces of electric charge information are added in the analog addition patterns and thereby generates compressed digital signals.
US09866778B2
A sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter comprises a sigma-delta modulator; and an ADC filter that receives a segment of L binary samples from the sigma-delta modulator, L being a positive integer. The ADC filter includes a predictor circuit that determines whether a power consumption of a first summing method would be higher than a power consumption of a second summing method, based on a content of the segment, and an accumulator circuit that calculates an output using the first summing method in a case where the power consumption of the first summing method would be lower than the power consumption of the second summing method, and using the second summing method in a case where the power consumption of the first summing method would be higher than the power consumption of the second summing method.
US09866777B2
The objective of the present invention is to embody a convenient and reliable image sensor of an auto trigger scheme. The present invention provides a driving method for an image sensor in which pixels are arranged in a matrix form along row lines and column lines and which has a waiting mode and an image obtaining mode, the driving method for an image sensor comprising the steps of: when sequentially selecting a row line, applying a gate signal, and reading out a data signal for each frame in the waiting mode, calculating a variation between the data signal of the currently selected row line and the data signal of the same row line in the previous frame; and if the variation is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining that light has been radiated.
US09866776B2
An image sensor in which a first chip and a second chip are stacked comprises: a pixel unit; output lines each configured to output a pixel signal from the pixel unit; and an analog-digital converter provided for each of the output lines. The analog-digital converter comprises a plurality of sets of the following configuration: reference signal generation units configured to generate a reference signal, a comparison unit configured to compare a signal level of a pixel signal output to one of the output lines with a signal level of the reference signal, a counter configured to count until the signal level of the pixel signal coincides with the signal level of the reference signal compared by the comparison unit. The pixel unit is arranged in the first chip and the analog-digital converter is arranged in the second chip.
US09866771B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section and a signal processing section. The pixel array section is configured to include a plurality of arranged rectangular pixels, each of which has different sizes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a plurality of adjacent ones of which are combined to form a square pixel having the same size in the vertical and horizontal directions. The signal processing section is configured to perform a process of outputting, as a single signal, a plurality of signals read out from the combined plurality of rectangular pixels.
US09866758B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units. The distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit is closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at the wide-angle end. The second lens unit includes a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a third negative lens in this order from the object side. The focal lengths of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end and at the telephoto end, the focal length of the first lens unit, and the focal length of the second lens unit are appropriately set based on predetermined mathematical conditions.
US09866751B2
There are provided an image recording apparatus and an imaging apparatus. In the image recording apparatus and the imaging apparatus, a control unit identifies whether an input image input by an image input unit is an omnidirectional image or an ordinary image. An image editing unit, based on an omnidirectional image, converts the omnidirectional image into a panoramic image by developing the omnidirectional image in a circumferential direction. Then, the image editing unit records the converted panoramic image on a recording medium. As for an ordinary image, the image editing unit records the input image input by the image input unit on the recording medium.
US09866750B2
Disclosed are an image processing device, an imaging device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of, when recovering a deteriorated image due to a point spread function of an optical system, suppressing the occurrence of artifact and color gradation and achieving reduction in computational costs. The image processing device includes a frequency recovery processing unit which subjects image data acquired from an imaging element by capturing an object image using an optical system to frequency recovery processing using a frequency recovery filter based on a point spread function of the optical system, a gradation correction processing unit which subjects image data subjected to the frequency recovery processing to nonlinear gradation correction, and a phase recovery processing unit which subjects image data subjected to the gradation correction to phase recovery processing using a phase recovery filter based on the point spread function of the optical system.
US09866746B2
A photographing apparatus of the present invention, having a lens barrel including a photographing optical system for guiding photographing light flux and a camera body capable of being attached to and detached from the lens barrel, comprises an image sensor having pairs of focus detection pixels, a first memory for storing information relating to incident angle range of imaging light flux, a second memory, arranged in the body barrel, for storing information on light receiving sensitivity characteristic of the focus detection pixels, and a calculation controller for calculating information for focus adjustment control based on information that has been read out from the first memory and the second memory, wherein the information relating to incident angle range includes angular information of upper and lower ends of imaging light flux corresponding to image height.
US09866745B2
The disclosure proposes an auto-focus method and an image capturing device including a distance sensor and an image sensor having a lens and a sensing array. The method includes the following steps. First, distance sensor data and phase detection data are respectively obtained from the distance sensor and the sensing array. The lens is controlled to perform a course search within a focusing range by switching between a distance sensor auto-focus mode and a phase detection auto-focus mode based on the distance sensor data and the phase detection data so as to determine a fine-search range. The lens is further controlled to perform a fine search within the fine-search range in a contrast detection auto-focus mode so as to determine an optimal focusing lens position. Next, the lens is controlled to move to the optimal focusing lens position.
US09866734B2
A scene change is determined using a first and a second video signal, each representing the same scene or content, but at a different color grade (such as dynamic range). A set of prediction coefficients is generated to generate prediction signals approximating the first signal based on the second signal and a prediction model. A set of prediction error signals is generated based on the prediction signals and the first signal. Then, a scene change is detected based on the characteristics of the prediction error signals. Alternatively, a set of entropy values of the difference signals between the first and second video signals are computed, and a scene change is detected based on the characteristics of the entropy values.
US09866733B2
An in-vehicle display device includes video input section into which a picture output from mobile terminal is input and display connected to video input section via video output controller and video output section. An output section of video input section is connected to an input section of image characteristics detector, an output section of image characteristics detector is connected to a first input section of image discriminator, an output section of vehicle operating state detector is connected to a second input section of image discriminator, and an output section of the image discriminator is connected to an input section of video output controller. Further, image discriminator compares an output from image characteristics detector with an output from vehicle operating state detector, and controls an output to video output controller.
US09866727B2
An image calibration method and device. A deviation compensation coefficient of each pixel is calculated according to image data generated by strong and weak lighting parameters, and the deviation compensation coefficient is used to calibrate data of each image pixel collected and output by an image sensing unit. Therefore, the influence of inconsistency of each photosensitive element of the image sensing unit on the image greyscale can be eliminated, so that the effect of document medium image recognition is increased. The method in the embodiments of the present invention comprises: S1, acquiring a strong lighting parameter of each photosensitive element within a long exposure time and a weak lighting parameter thereof within a short exposure time; S2, acquiring image data of a sheet medium; and S3, according to the strong lighting parameter, the weak lighting parameter and the image data, calculating the calibrated image data of the sheet medium.
US09866726B2
The present invention is intended to inhibit off-hook using a hook key in an operation unit to make a caller ID function stably usable in an image communication apparatus connectable to a telephone line and having a caller ID display function. According to one embodiment, the image communication apparatus includes an off-hook unit configured to perform the off-hook using the hook key in the operation unit, a detection unit configured to detect polarity reversal of a telephone line, a receiving unit configured to receive an information service signal, which arrives via the telephone line, after the detection unit has detected the polarity reversal, and a control unit configured to perform control to inhibit the off-hook by the off-hook unit based on the detection of the polarity reversal by the detection unit.
US09866720B2
By dispersing within an image magnified pixels subjected to magnification correction with the use of pseudorandom numbers, an occurrence of a moire pattern in an image is suppressed.
US09866719B1
An image reading optical system includes an image reading unit including plural reading elements that are arranged in a first direction, a first reflective optical system configured to reflect reflection light which is irradiation light emitted from a light source and reflected on an object to be read, a second reflective optical system configured to condense the reflection light reflected on the first reflective optical system to the image reading unit, and an aperture stop including a plate shaped member formed with an aperture configured to regulate the reflection light reflected on the first reflective optical system in the first direction, the plate shaped member including at least one plate shaped piece bent at a preset angle with respect to the aperture along a tangent line of the aperture in the first direction.
US09866718B1
In accordance with an embodiment, a first light source configured to emit visible light; a second light source configured to emit invisible light; and a light guide section configured to reflect the light emitted by the first light source and the second light source in a longitudinal direction towards a direction of a reading area of an image.
US09866716B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus performing effective automated storage tiering. When the system control part of the CPU causes the image processing part to perform image processing of data read from the SSD having a processing speed higher than that of the HDD, the tiering control part measures a ratio of an idle time by the image processing relative to a usage ratio per unit time of the CPU, and determines a movement destination of the data.
US09866706B2
Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a communication device (smartphone or wearable device, e.g.) or other wireless communication participant (motor vehicle having a wireless communication capability, e.g.).
US09866695B1
A system includes a router to route an interaction by a customer to a contact center. A journey patience value is determined for the customer, where the journey patience value is based on a current journey stage of the customer. An action by the contact center is determined based on the determined journey patience value for the customer. The action is performed by the contact center based on the determined action.
US09866690B2
A system, method, and computer program product for customer contact management via voice, chat, e-mail and social network contacts includes a balanced service process (BSP) that includes a plurality of cause or response codes for maximizing first contact resolution (FCR) and CSAT. The BSP is incorporated within a contact center (single center, multiple centers and/or work at home), which receives voice calls, SMS messages, email, chat, or social media communications from customers. The BSP in real-time determines dispositions of such contacts, monitors and manages the performance of individual resolvers.
US09866687B2
A system for sharing, with the recipient of a phone call, data provided by a caller, comprising: A phone device, equipped and configured to collect data, link it to a recipient of an outgoing phone call, and send it, and a phone device equipped and configured to present the data sent to it by another phone device, as a part of an incoming call event. In various embodiments of the invention, the system is further comprised of a server configured to transfer the data between phone devices. In other embodiments the system is also comprised of a network enabling phone calls between phone devices. In some embodiments such sharing can be done by a caller using a single operation.
US09866681B2
In an conferencing system in which a plurality of communication devices electronically connect respective participants to one another, a method for mitigating the effects of substantially concurrent audio bursts from two or more of the participants includes identifying a priority attribute associated with each of multiple substantially concurrent audio bursts, comparing the identified priority attributes, and electronically suppressing at least one audio burst as a function of the comparison.
US09866672B2
A method is provided for use in a communication system that includes a first terminal and an emergency center. The method includes transmitting, by a second terminal, an indicator indicating that emergency service is required for the first terminal, and automatically establishing a call session between the first terminal and the emergency center in response to the indicator.
US09866666B2
Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and method for providing call gating. For example, in one embodiment, a femto cell is disclosed that includes a processing unit configured to execute instructions to perform operations comprising: enabling a call gating function associated with a cellular device in response to receiving an activation signal from the cellular device, monitoring for an incoming call to the cellular device in response to enabling the call gating function associated with the cellular device; identifying a caller ID associated with an incoming call in response to receiving an incoming call to the cellular device; determining whether the caller ID is on a list of allowed caller IDs associated with the cellular device; and routing the incoming call to the cellular device in response to a determination that the caller ID is on the list of allowed caller IDs associated with the cellular device.
US09866664B2
An apparatus for assessing a mobile device comprises a housing with a faraday cage. The faraday cage may include a chamber having an ingress mechanism allowing a user to position the mobile device within the chamber, a wireless transceiver coupled to one or more antennas, and one or more imaging devices. The apparatus may also include one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the imaging device(s). When the mobile device is positioned within the chamber, the processor(s) may use the wireless transceiver to establish a wireless communication link with the mobile device, and use the imaging device(s) to capture one or more images of the mobile device. Alone or in conjunction with a remote server, the apparatus may use information obtained from the mobile device, and/or one or more images of the mobile device, to assess the mobile device for various purposes.
US09866660B2
Electronic devices may be provided with concave displays that reduce the risk of damage in the event of a drop while maximizing the internal volume of the device. Concave displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers including a flexible display layer. The flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid cover structure provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned.
US09866654B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a server in a server cluster. A request received from a client includes a session identifier (ID) identifying a session between the client and the server, and a correlation ID that is linked to the request. If the correlation ID is not included in an individual server-specific session microcache for the session, the request is processed to determine a response, the response is added to the session microcache, and the response and an indication of the correlation ID are sent to the client. If the correlation ID and a response to the request are stored in the session microcache, the response and an indication of the correlation ID are re-sent to the client. The session ID and session microcache are transferred to another of the plurality of servers in the server cluster to continue the session.
US09866650B2
Some embodiments provide a system for simultaneously monitoring a content stream that is streamed using any of a plurality of streaming protocols from different points-of-presence (PoP) from within a distributed platform in real-time without the need for manual visual verification. The system is implemented with different emulation engines, each providing client-side player emulation for a different streaming protocol. The client-side player emulation involves requesting and downloading content stream chunks from a specified PoP according to the streaming protocol that is used by the distributed platform to stream the content stream under test. As part of the emulation, each instance inspects the downloaded chunks without decoding or rendering in order to track real-time performance and any errors in the server-side transmission of the content stream under test.
US09866646B2
A method and apparatus for performing anticipatory push search for a homescreen browser of a mobile device is described. The method may include collecting profile data indicative of behavior of a user with respect to usage of a mobile device and constructing a user profile for an anticipated usage of the mobile device by the user. Furthermore, the method may include publishing a content search request based on the anticipated usage of the mobile device by the user, and receiving at least one content response from a content provider. The method may also include providing content from the content response to the mobile device based on the anticipated usage of the mobile device by the user, the content for populating an anticipatory homescreen browser displayed by the mobile device.
US09866644B2
A terminal, a message distribution system, a message distribution method, and a message distribution program are provided, which are capable of reliably delivering a push message to the terminal from a push server, regardless of a type of network utilized by the terminal, while reducing a processing load of the push server.The terminal includes a network status detection unit 11 which detects a status of a network connecting the terminal and a distribution device performing push-type message distribution, and a reception unit 12 which determines, based on a result of the detection, whether the terminal and the distribution device are located in a same IP address space, selects, if the terminal and the distribution device are not located in the same IP address space, a first communication method utilizing a pre-established TCP session, selects, if the terminal and the distribution device are located in the same IP address space, a second communication method utilizing a TCP session between the distribution device and the terminal, which is newly established by the distribution device when a message is distributed, and receives a message from the distribution device.
US09866641B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an information query method and device, which can reduce a waste of resources in an information query process, and decrease power consumption. The method includes: sending, by a requesting device in a broadcast manner, a first query request message, where the first query request message carries a first query condition and information about a group identity; and when the requesting device receives a first query response message sent by a responding device that meets the first query condition, sending, by the requesting device, a second query request message that uses the group identity as a receiving address, so that the responding device processes the second query request message.
US09866632B2
A method and system are disclosed herein for accepting multimodal inputs and deriving synchronized and processed information. A reusable multimodal application is provided on the mobile device. A user transmits a multimodal command to the multimodal platform via the mobile network. The one or more modes of communication that are inputted are transmitted to the multimodal platform(s) via the mobile network(s) and thereafter synchronized and processed at the multimodal platform. The synchronized and processed information is transmitted to the multimodal application. If required, the user verifies and appropriately modifies the synchronized and processed information. The verified and modified information are transferred from the multimodal application to the visual application. The final result(s) are derived by inputting the verified and modified results into the visual application.
US09866629B2
An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method enables the joining and/or recording of an ongoing peer-to-peer communication session in real time.
US09866625B2
Message transmission device, which performs processing concerning the transmission of messages to the terminal, executes notification processing for the transmission of a trigger packet to the terminal, said trigger packet indicating that an unsent message exists. Preparatory processing for transmission of the message to the terminal is executed. The order in which the notification processing and the preparatory processing is executed is determined in such a manner that the preparatory processing has been completed before a message acquisition request, which is a response for the trigger packet, is received from the terminal.
US09866618B2
An information processing apparatus capable of reducing the burden of user's operation for sharing uploaded images, in a case where image upload destinations set by the users using their own devices are different. The apparatus includes a device detection section that detects a device that holds image information, a device communication section that communicates with the detected device, and a server communication that communicates with a plurality of servers via a communication network. Server information indicative of an image upload destination set for each detected device is acquired via the device communication section. Image information held by each device is acquired via the device communication section. The acquired image information is uploaded to the servers corresponding to the server information.
US09866617B2
A communication system is adapted to provide access to application information on an application server utilizing a specific one of multiple radio access types. Access is provided via an access network using an access bearer. The capability of the specifically requested access bearer is sent to the application server to tailor the application information content according to the capability of the specific access bearer. The information content is then transmitted to the requesting device.
US09866613B2
Techniques described herein may provide a software development kit (“SDK”) for third party content providers (e.g., content providers external to a wireless telecommunications network) to provide toll-free content to users. Specifically, the transmission of such toll-free content, via the wireless telecommunications network, may not incur data charges to the user. Content providers may register content as being toll-free, and may include a script in web pages that link to the toll-free content. User devices may execute the script in order to validate links to toll-free content. User devices may further provide notifications that indicate that particular content is toll-free content.
US09866602B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates broadcast transmission in a distributed content delivery network. The system includes a node in the distributed content delivery network that plays a content stream received over the distributed content delivery network. The node includes a leadership-management apparatus that identifies the node as a peer leader in a local network of the distributed content delivery network. The node also includes a broadcasting apparatus. Upon identification of the node as the peer leader, the broadcasting apparatus obtains the content stream from a content source, broadcasts the content stream to other nodes in the local network, and adjusts a bit rate of the content stream based on one or more attributes associated with obtaining the content stream from the content source.
US09866595B2
A method for execution in a dispersed storage network operates to determine one or more slice names of one or more slices to consider for deletion; determine an access policy corresponding to the one or more slices; determine a current timestamp; and determine when there is no future slice availability for the one or more slices, based on the current timestamp and the access policy. When there is no future slice availability for the one or more slices, the dispersed storage network determines when reconsideration is available and sends a reconsideration message to a reconsideration entity when the reconsideration is determined to be available. The dispersed storage network deletes the one or more slices when the reconsideration is determined to be unavailable.
US09866592B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing, by a policy enforcement system, a plurality of policies and data associating a plurality of user credentials with the plurality of policies; receiving, from a client device, a request for data from a file system, the request further comprising user credentials; forwarding the request for data to a second node that stores the data from the file system; receiving, from the node, the data from the file system; selecting from the plurality of policies, based on the received user credentials and the data associating the plurality of user credentials with the plurality of policies, one or more policies that correspond to the received user credentials; filtering, by the policy enforcement system, the data from the file system based on the one or more policies; and sending the filtered data to the client device.
US09866588B2
A method at a user equipment capable of supporting at least two radio connections, the method including requesting from a remote server, using a first radio connection, a subscriber identity; receiving, at the user equipment, the subscriber identity over the first radio connection; using the subscriber identity to establish a second radio connection; and forcing the first radio connection to remain on a same network as the second radio connection. Further, a method at a user equipment capable of supporting at least two radio connections, the method receiving a subscriber authentication challenge over the second network connection; using the first radio connection to connect to the remote server to obtain an authentication challenge response for the subscriber authentication challenge; and sending the authentication challenge response over the second network connection.
US09866587B2
Identifying suspicious activity in utilizing a load testing service can include establishing an amount of domain calls to a domain, modifying the amount, and blocking domain calls exceeding the amount.
US09866581B2
A method and system for protecting and repairing a current virtual asset from damage by potential security threats, according to one embodiment. The method and system include monitoring a current a current virtual asset for potential security threats, with a virtual asset agent, according to one embodiment. The method and system include determining a severity of the potential security threats that are identified by the virtual asset agent, according to one embodiment. The method and system include creating a new virtual asset with the virtual asset agent and decommissioning the current virtual asset, according to one embodiment. The system and method receiving, with the new virtual asset, secrets that are associated with the current virtual asset to enable the new virtual asset to continue operations of the current virtual asset, according to one embodiment.
US09866576B2
A packet-filtering device may receive packet-filtering rules configured to cause the packet-filtering device to identify packets corresponding to network-threat indicators. The packet-filtering device may receive packets and, for each packet, may determine that the packet corresponds to criteria specified by a packet-filtering rule. The criteria may correspond to one or more of the network-threat indicators. The packet-filtering device may apply an operator specified by the packet-filtering rule. The operator may be configured to cause the packet-filtering device to either prevent the packet from continuing toward its destination or allow the packet to continue toward its destination. The packet-filtering device may generate a log entry comprising information from the packet-filtering rule that identifies the one or more network-threat indicators and indicating whether the packet-filtering device prevented the packet from continuing toward its destination or allowed the packet to continue toward its destination.
US09866575B2
A system includes reception of data at a computing network, generation of alerts at the computing network based on received data and on cyber sensor data, the cyber sensor data defining data attribute, reception of alerts from the computing network at a defense engine, detection of events based on the received alerts at the defense engine, generation threat data based on the detected events, generation of first cyber sensor data based on the threat data, and initiation of deployment of the first cyber sensor data within the computing network.
US09866568B2
Described herein are systems and methods for performing detection operations on secure ticket data to detect potentially malicious activity. Embodiments may involve obtaining encrypted data from an encrypted portion of a secure ticket, the obtained encrypted data having been communicated over a network; obtaining a decryption key corresponding to the encrypted data; decrypting the encrypted data using the obtained decryption key to generate decrypted data elements; comparing the decrypted data elements to at least one of known valid data elements and known invalid data elements; and generating an assessment based on the comparison, the assessment identifying whether the secure ticket is indicative of potentially malicious activity in the network.
US09866562B2
An approach for authentication is provided. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, an account attempting to access content. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, a file including at least authentication information. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, a location of the authentication information within the identified file. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, a length of the authentication information. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, the authentication information in the identified file based at least on the identified location and the identified length of the authentication information. The approach performs includes determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the identified authentication information matches previously submitted authentication information for the identified account attempting to access content requiring authentication.
US09866549B2
Antialiasing for picture passwords and other touch displays is disclosed. In some embodiments a client device for authenticating a user is operable to obtain a sequence of input actions for an image and obtain a partial hash from a Proof of Knowledge (PoK) server where the partial hash is part of a hash used for authentication of the user. The client device is also operable to calculate a hash for the sequence and determine if a part of the hash matches the partial hash. If the part of the hash matches the partial hash, the client device sends a communication to the PoK server to authenticate the user based on the hash for the sequence of the one or more input actions and obtain a response indicating whether the user is authenticated. In this way, sending some hashes to the proof of knowledge server may not be necessary, saving resources.
US09866545B2
Provided is a process including: receiving, with an intermediary server, a request to access web content at a web server; submitting, from the intermediary server a value by which possession of an access credential is demonstrated, wherein the value is withheld from the client web browser; receiving, by the intermediary web browser, instructions to store in web browser memory an access token; and sending, from the intermediary server, to the client web browser executing on the client computing device, instructions to store the access token in browser memory of the client web browser, thereby authenticating the client web browser without the client web browser having access to the value by which possession of the access credential is demonstrated.
US09866542B2
A system and method of responding to unauthorized electronic access to a vehicle includes: receiving data indicating unauthorized electronic access to electronic hardware in the vehicle; initiating an electronic hardware countermeasure in response to the unauthorized electronic access; generating a command set that instructs at least a portion of the electronic hardware to implement the electronic hardware countermeasure; and communicating the command set to the portion of the electronic hardware.
US09866533B2
A method is provided to share a content stored on a secured server. The content is associated to a first electronic device and encrypted using a public key of the first electronic device. The secured server stores a first re-encryption key from the first electronic device to a second electronic device. The method is implemented by the secured server and includes the steps of determining association of the content with the second electronic device, re-encrypting the content using the first re-encryption key, sending the content to the second electronic device for encryption using a second device public key and storing the encrypted content received from the second electronic device in association with the second electronic device.
US09866529B2
The systems and methods of the present solution are directed to providing Entity Tag persistency by a device intermediary to a client and a plurality of servers. An intermediary device between a client and one or more back-end servers can receive an entity requested by the client from an origin server that provides the requested content. The intermediary device can encode the back-end server information onto an ETag of the entity, cache the entity with the encoded ETag and serve the entity with the encoded ETag to the client. In this way, when the client attempts to validate the entity by sending a request including the encoded ETag to the intermediary device, the intermediary device decodes the encoded ETag to extract the identity of the backend server and sends the request to validate the entity to the identified server that originally sent the entity that included the requested content.
US09866523B2
A system for resolving domain name system (DNS) queries, contains a communication device for resolving DNS queries, wherein the communication device further contains a memory and a processor that is configured by the memory, a cache storage for use by the communication device, and a network of authoritative domain name servers, where in a process of the communication device looking up a DNS request within the cache storage, if the communication device views an expired DNS entry within the cache storage, the communication device continues the process of looking up the DNS request in the cache storage while, in parallel, sending out a concurrent DNS request to an authoritative domain name server that the expired DNS entry belongs to.
US09866522B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a network device for controlling DHCP pool exhaustion in dynamic network environments. Specifically, a network device determines that a client device is assigned an Internet Protocol (IP) address by a DHCP server. The network device detects that the client device is disconnected from a network associated with the IP address, for example, by receiving a de-association message from the client device; determining that a session or an entry corresponding to the client device has timed out; determining that the client device has failed to respond to one or more messages transmitted to the client device; determining that the client device has connected to another network different than said network; etc. In response, the network device then generates a DHCP release message on behalf of the client device, and transmits the DHCP release message to the DHCP server.
US09866517B2
Inter-modal messaging communication is described. In one embodiment, a method of communication includes receiving an electronic mail message to be distributed and determining whether the electronic mail message is a multi-modal distribution message. Respective portions of the message may be separated for each mode of distribution. The separated portions may represent portions to be delivered by SMS messaging and facsimile, for example. The method further includes the steps of transmitting a short message comprising the short message portion of the mail message and establishing a conversation comprising conversation attributes. The conversation attributes are referenced, in certain aspects, to maintain a conversation between an originator of the received electronic mail message and a distribution address of short message portion of the mail message. For example, upon receipt of a short message in reply, the short message may be forwarded to an originator of the conversation.
US09866514B2
A mechanism for automatically organizing electronic messages is described herein. Social groups of a particular user that may be representative of topics, people, projects, and the like can be automatically learned based at least in part upon historical correspondence of the user. Moreover, messages can be automatically prioritized based at least in part upon historical correspondence patterns. Electronic messages may be presented to the user in accordance with group information and how important the messages are to the user.
US09866500B2
A communication apparatus comprises: a plurality of storage units adapted to store a process corresponding to a packet; a first unit that refers to at least one of the plurality of storage units and searches for a process corresponding to an incoming packet; and a second unit that queries, from among a plurality of control apparatuses, a control apparatus associated with a storage unit, in which the first unit has detected a predetermined condition, for a process corresponding to the incoming packet.
US09866495B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for buffering data, which can perform highly reliable buffering processing on a received first data packet and further improve user experience. The method includes: receiving a first data packet; determining whether to perform accelerated transmission on data in the first data packet; and if it is determined not to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, using a first manner to buffer the first data packet; and if it is determined to perform accelerated transmission on the data in the first data packet, using a second manner to buffer the first data packet, where a buffer duration in the second manner is greater than a buffer duration in the first manner. The present invention is applicable to the communications field.
US09866494B2
The disclosed subject matter includes techniques for delaying network frames. In some examples, a system for delaying network frames can include a processor and a computer-readable memory storage device for storing executable instructions that can be executed by the processor to cause the processor to identify a network frame to be transmitted to a host device at a client device. The processor can also delay transmission of the network frame to the host device based at least on the network information and a frame deadline.
US09866490B2
A communication management system includes: a communication unit that respectively communicates with an information terminal belonging to one of a plurality of groups, via a communication channel assigned to the group to which the information terminal belongs, from among a plurality of communication channels; a control unit that controls a communication via the communication channel on the basis of a configuration value of bandwidth on the communication channel; and a bandwidth configuration unit that, for each communication channel, configures the configuration value of bandwidth on the communication channel, on the basis of data indicating time transitions of communication traffic volume of the group to which the communication channel is assigned.
US09866483B2
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods to identify high-priority traffic within a software defined network (“SDN”) and to route such traffic through physically distinct communication paths. Such routing may help to reduce network congestion faced by high-priority traffic and increase the reliability of transmission of such data. Certain embodiments may further be configured to generate a failover communication path that is physically distinct from a primary communication path. Still further, certain embodiments may be configured to suggest enhancements to a network that may improve a reliability criterion.
US09866482B2
A method of the present invention includes: determining, when packet congestion occurs or network bandwidth decreases, at least one to-be-discarded packet in a packet buffer; and discarding the at least one to-be-discarded packet so that at least one unbuffered packet enters the packet buffer to prevent discarding too many unbuffered packets, where the unbuffered packet is a packet that has not entered the packet buffer. The present invention is primarily applied in a packet buffering process.
US09866472B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for steering packet traffic through an online network. One method includes receiving, at a switch of a network, a packet of data; classifying, by the switch, the packet to a service function chain based on fields of a packet header of the packet, the service function chain including a set of service functions to be performed on the packet; setting, by the switch, fields of the packet header to identify the service function chain classified; and transmitting, by the switch over the network, the packet to a service function device that performs a service function on the packet, the service function being in the set of service functions.
US09866471B2
A path of relay nodes is set up in a mesh network (100) between a source node (102) and a destination node (104). During a phase of handling path request, PREQ, messages a cluster table is maintained in a node (123) and during a phase of handling path reply, PREP, messages this cluster table is utilized to establish node clusters (120) that comprise nodes that can relay subsequent messages between the source node (102) and the destination node (104).
US09866470B2
A computing device identifies a plurality of network interface controllers (NICs) of a computing device that are available for link aggregation. The computing device establishes a first link aggregator for a first set of the plurality of NICs and a second link aggregator for a second set of the plurality of NICs. The computing device activates the first link aggregator. The computing device activates the second link aggregator while maintaining the first link aggregator active to cause the first link aggregator and the second link aggregator to simultaneously handle network communications.
US09866469B2
A shutdown response system includes a network with a first network device and a second network device. The first network device sends a first data traffic flow through the network along a first data path that includes the second network device. If the second network device determines that a shutdown condition is within a predetermined shutdown notification range of a predetermined shutdown threshold, it sends a first shutdown response notification to the first network device. The first network device receives the first shutdown response notification and, in response, determines and stores a second data path for sending the first data traffic flow through the network that does not include the second network device. In the event the second network device shuts down, the first network device immediately begins sending the first data traffic flow through the network along the second data path that does not include the second network device.
US09866468B2
A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
US09866458B2
An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a network.
US09866454B2
A device receives web data, associated with user devices, that is generated based on interactions of the user devices with a network and one or more content provider devices. The device removes erroneous or objectionable web data from the web data to generate a subset of the web data, and categorizes the subset of the web data by assigning categories to the subset of the web data. The device performs an empirical estimation of the categorized subset of the web data to generate empirical estimations. The device performs a simulation of the empirical estimations to generate synthetic data that corresponds to the web data and removes private information relating to the user devices and users of the user devices, and stores the synthetic data in a storage device.
US09866441B2
Methods, systems and devices for network congestion control exploit the inherent burstiness of network traffic, using a wave-based characterization of network traffic and corresponding multiplexing methods and approaches.
US09866436B2
A system and method is disclosed for seamless network management monitoring when a device or Virtual Machine migrates. As part of a network management monitoring system and method, a separate distinct identifier is designated to each port and each device or VM being monitored. When a device is located a specific port a correlation between the distinct identifier of that port and the distinct identifier of the device is stored in a correlation table and monitored. Once this correlation changes, the network management monitoring system recognizes a migration has occurred and updates the correlation table to correlate the new port's distinct identifier with the device's distinct identifier. Parameters that were set up to be monitored for the device can then continue to be monitored at the new location.
US09866427B2
In some examples, a switching system includes a plurality of fabric endpoints and a multi-stage switching fabric having a plurality of fabric planes each having a plurality of stages to switch data units between any of the plurality of fabric endpoints. A fabric endpoint of the fabric endpoints is configured to send, to a switch of a first one of the stages and within a first fabric plane of the plurality of fabric planes, a self-ping message destined for the fabric endpoint. The fabric endpoint is configured to send, in response to determining the fabric endpoint has not received the self-ping message after a predetermined time, an indication of a connectivity fault for the first fabric plane.
US09866426B2
Apparatus and methods facilitate analysis of events associated with network and computer systems. Event data, such as security threats, are comparison matched with event rules of event rule sets associated with each network or computer system to determine whether the items are potentially significant. Additionally, the system-event data may be scored where the score is used for prioritizing system-event data as to their significance. Associated with the comparison matching are various analytics that further analyze event data for measuring and analyzing the system-event data according to various algorithms.
US09866421B2
A base station may generate and transmit a transport stream including a sequence of frames. A frame may include a plurality of partitions, where each partition includes a corresponding set of OFDM symbols. For each partition, the OFDM symbols in that partition may have a corresponding cyclic prefix size and a corresponding FFT size, allowing different partitions to be targeted for different collections of user devices, e.g., user devices having different expected values of maximum delay spread and/or different ranges of mobility. The base station may also dynamically re-configure the sample rate of each frame, allowing further resolution in control of subcarrier spacing. By allowing the cyclic prefixes of different OFDM symbols to have different lengths, it is feasible to construct a frame that conforms to a set payload duration and has arbitrary values of cyclic prefix size per partition and FFT size per partition. The partitions may be multiplexed in time and/or frequency.
US09866417B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a base station and a user equipment, related to the LTE Advanced system. The method for transmitting the DMRS disclosed in the present document includes: a base station transmitting a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports through frequency division multiplexing (FDM) and/or code division multiplexing (CDM) and/or time division multiplexing (TDM). The embodiment of the present invention further discloses a base station and a user equipment. The technical scheme of the present application greatly boosts the DMRS demodulation performance, especially taking into account its use in the 256QAM modulation method in future, balances interpolation performance of various PRB Pairs in one sub-frame, and it avoids a collision between a DMRS and a RCRS, a PSS/SSS as well as a CSI-RS.
US09866404B2
A method for establishing a new network connection using a router includes receiving notification of switching network modes of the router, and detecting whether a new network connection is established by the router. When the new network connection is disabled, the clients are disconnect from a LAN port of the router, a recertification request from the clients is refused, and the recertification request after a first predetermined time duration is received. Thus, a network connection is established.
US09866391B1
A method for permissions based communication in an example includes receiving an electronic communication from a sender to a recipient at a domain server. The electronic communication may include a permission request for permission to send subsequent electronic communications to the recipient. The electronic communication may be analyzed at the domain server to determine whether to deliver the subsequent electronic communications from the sender to the recipient.
US09866390B2
A data transmitting method suitable to a client and a server is provided. The method includes the following steps. The client generates an initial value. The server generates a first time in response to the initial value. The client generates a second time and a first verification hash code related with the first time and the second time. The server generates a random variable and a second verification hash code related with the first time, the random variable and the first verification hash code. The client generates a first transmitting data and a third verification hash code related with the first transmitting data, the first verification hash code and the second verification hash code. The server generates a first response message and a fourth verification hash code related with the first response message, the second verification hash code and the third verification hash code.
US09866387B2
A method for accessing a device by a user connected to the device and to at least two servers in different networks includes collaboratively generating parts of an authentication ticket on the at least two servers, collaboratively generating parts of a user session key and encrypting a combined user session key, authenticating with the authentication ticket at a distributed ticket granting server by collaboratively decrypting user request information using the combined user session key and comparing its content with the authentication ticket, collaboratively generating an encrypted user-to-device ticket and an encrypted user-to-device session key, and accessing the device by the user using the encrypted user-to-device ticket and the user-to-device session key.
US09866374B2
There is provided a computer program which, when executed by a processor of an information processing device, causes the processor to function as a secret splitting module and a control module. The secret splitting module is configured to recover secret data from at least two pieces of split data using secret splitting and the control module is configured to control reading out or writing each piece of the split data. Secret data is maintained within a virtual drive. The control module is further configured to read out first split meta-data from a first storage device, read out second split meta-data from a second storage device, cause the secret splitting module to recover virtual drive meta-data at least from the first and second split meta-data, and generate the virtual drive based on the recovered virtual drive meta-data. Corresponding method and system are also provided.
US09866369B1
A beacon includes an infrared emitter configured to emit beacon signals; an infrared-link emitter configured to emit infrared-link signals having a wavelength different from that of the beacon signals; an infrared-link detector configured to detect infrared-link signals; a memory configured to store a delay time; a clock configured to generate a clock cycle signal; and a microcontroller configured to, in response to receiving an infrared-link signal including a signaling code and clock synchronization data from an external beacon: adjust the clock to be synchronized with a clock of the external beacon; store the signaling code in the memory; and when the clock cycle signal generated by the clock indicates that it is a starting time of a clock cycle period, control the infrared emitter to emit a beacon signal including the signaling code with the delay time relative to the starting time of the clock cycle period.
US09866366B2
A switching circuit for use in a frequency division duplex (FDD) spectrum re-allocated for time division duplex (TDD) applications comprises a first filter configured to filter a TDD receive signal, a duplex filter configured to filter an FDD receive signal, and a plurality of switches configured to route the FDD receive signal from an antenna through the duplex filter to receiver circuitry and to route the TDD receive signal from the antenna through the first filter to the receiver circuitry such that the FDD and TDD receive signals share the FDD spectrum.
US09866359B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting a downlink ACK in response to an uplink multi-user transmission in a HE WLAN. In an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting an ACK in response to uplink data received from a plurality of STAs by an AP in a WLAN may be provided. The method may include transmitting a frame triggering transmission of a plurality of uplink data units from the plurality of STAs to the plurality of STAs, receiving a PPDU frame including a plurality of uplink data units from the plurality of STAs a predetermined IFS after transmitting the trigger frame, and transmitting an ACK frame including ACKs for the plurality of data units from the plurality of STAs.
US09866350B2
A streaming media packet processing method and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes receiving a streaming media packet and determining whether the streaming media packet is an error streaming media packet according to a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code of the streaming media packet. If the streaming media packet is an error streaming media packet, the method includes determining whether a transmission control protocol (TCP)/internet protocol (IP) header of the streaming media packet is correct. If the TCP/IP header of the streaming media packet is correct, the method further includes determining whether the streaming media packet is preset streaming media. If the streaming media packet is preset streaming media, the method further includes calculating a second CRC of the streaming media packet, combining the second CRC with the streaming media packet, and transmitting the streaming media packet combined with the second CRC to a processor such that the processor processes the streaming media packet according to the second CRC. Hence, an anti-interference capability of the WiFi chip during streaming media transmission and a transmission stability of a multimedia service packet are improved.
US09866349B2
Disclosed herein is a method of generating an encoded data packet over GF(2). The method comprises determining 303 a plurality of data packets in dependence on a Latin rectangle, wherein the plurality of data packets have equal length; and generating 305 an encoded data packet by bitwise XORing the determined plurality of data packets. The efficiency of encoding, decoding, and transmission over a network of data packets are all improved, as well as the security properties of the transmitted information.
US09866344B2
A frequency conversion device includes: an optical convertor configured to convert a source modulated light into an unmodulated light; and a frequency convertor configured to use the unmodulated light converted by the optical convertor as a reference light and convert the source modulated light into a modulated light that has a desirable frequency.
US09866343B1
An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) base station transfers a wideband measurement request for a wideband OFDM spectrum to User Equipment (UE). The base station receives a wideband signal metric from the UE, and if the wideband signal metric is below a threshold, the base station transfers a sub-band null request to shield a sub-band of the wideband spectrum to an adjacent base station. The base station also transfers a sub-band measurement request to the UE. The base station receives a sub-band signal metric for the shielded sub-band from the UE, and if the sub-band signal metric is above a threshold, then the base station authorizes use of the shielded sub-band for the UE. The base station receives a communication request for the UE, and in response, transfers another sub-band null request to the adjacent base station and exchanges wireless data over the shielded sub-band with the UE.
US09866336B2
A phased array antenna system includes an array of antennas having first antenna and second antennas disposed equidistantly from a third antenna. The first antenna is associated with a first gain and a first phase and the second antenna is associated with a second gain and a second phase. The first antenna receives a first reference signal corresponding to a calibration reference signal transmitted by the third antenna, and the second antenna receives a second reference signal corresponding to the calibration reference signal transmitted by the third antenna. The second receiver module is configured to adjust the second gain and the second phase associated with the second antenna to match the first gain and the first phase associated with the first antenna by comparing the first reference signal received by the first antenna with the second reference signal received by the second antenna.
US09866333B2
There is provided a Through the Earth Emergency Radio (TER) method and apparatus for creating a communications link that can penetrate the earth or other thick, solid barriers. The communication link is used to connect mobile radios or other conventional wireless devices located below ground and on the surface. The through the earth communication link uses a multi-carrier modulation method that minimizes the impact of AC power line noise by locating each carrier between the harmonic frequencies of the AC power line noise.
US09866330B2
In one example embodiment, a transmitter module includes a header electrically coupled to a chassis ground. First and second input nodes are configured to receive a differential data signal. A buffer stage has a first node coupled to the first input node and a second node coupled to the second input node. An amplifier stage has a fifth node coupled to a third node of the buffer stage and a sixth node coupled to a signal ground that is not coupled to the chassis ground. An optical transmitter has an eighth node coupled to a seventh node of the amplifier stage and a ninth node configured to be coupled to a voltage source. A bias circuit is configured to couple a fourth node of the buffer stage to a bias current source.
US09866327B2
Since a sampling frequency of RRU is always constant, A/D conversion may be performed with a sampling frequency higher than necessary with respect to a frequency band width of a radio signal.A sampling frequency change function, and the sampling frequency is reduced in a range where a aliasing component does not deteriorate signal quality of a desired signal component when the sampling frequency is decreased, based on radio band allocation information, or signal transmission between BBU and RRU is stopped in a no signal section, whereby a band required for digital RoF transmission between the BBU and the RRU is reduced.
US09866320B2
Optical communication systems and methods using coherently combined optical beams are disclosed. A representative system includes a first data source for sending first data at a first frequency of a first optical beam to a first aperture, and at a second frequency of a second optical beam to a second aperture. The system further includes a second data source for sending second data at a third frequency of a third optical beam to the first aperture, and at a fourth frequency of a fourth optical beam to the second aperture. The system also includes a first interleaver of the first aperture configured to interleave the first data at the first frequency and the second data at the third frequency; and a second interleaver of the second aperture configured to interleave the first data at the second frequency and the second data at fourth frequency.
US09866315B2
A method may include receiving, by a switching engine, an optical signal. The optical signal may carry a super-channel that includes a plurality of sub-carriers to be directed toward respective output ports. The switching engine may have a plurality of regions of pixels on which respective sub-carriers, of the plurality of sub-carriers, are incident. The method may include applying, by the switching engine, respective single beam steering gratings to first, overlapping, areas of the plurality of regions of pixels. The method may include applying, by the switching engine, one or more respective pluralities of beam steering gratings to second, overlapping areas of the plurality of regions of pixels. The method may include directing, based on the single beam steering gratings and the one or more pluralities of beam steering gratings, parts of the optical signal toward the respective output ports.
US09866308B1
A wireless transceiver including: an array of antennas; a plurality of transmit and receive path components; an array of microphones; a composite spatial diagnostic circuit and a rule execution circuit. The plurality of components form transmit and receive paths coupled to the array of antennas for processing wireless communications. The composite spatial diagnostic circuit couples to the array of antennas and to the array of microphones to successively sample respectively a WiFi environment and an acoustic environment surrounding the wireless transceiver and to determine from each set of WiFi and acoustic samples a composite spatial map of humans and wireless transceivers within the surrounding environment. The rule execution circuit executes an action proscribed by a selected rule when a related portion of the composite spatial map sampled by the composite spatial diagnostic circuit exhibits a correlation above a threshold amount with a spatial context condition associated with the selected rule.
US09866305B2
A method is presented for transmitting a data packet in a wireless local area network. A physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) is generated, The PPDU indicates that the PPDU is to be transmitted to a plurality of receivers. The PPDU includes a legacy-short training field (L-STF), a legacy-long training field (LTF), a legacy-signal field (L-SIG), a signal field and a plurality of data streams. The PPDU is transmitted to the plurality of receivers through a plurality of subchannels. The signal field includes stream information and subchannel information. The stream information indicates at least one of the plurality of data streams assigned to each of the plurality of receivers. The subchannel information indicates at least one of the plurality of subchannels through which a corresponding data steam assigned to each of the plurality of receivers is transmitted.
US09866302B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for reporting channel state information, a user equipment, and a base station. A channel state information measurement resource is determined by a UE according to an aperiodic CSI trigger signaling, so that a base station transmits a CSI-RS only when the UE needs to report the aperiodic CSI. Compared with transmitting a periodic CSI-RS by an existing base station, unnecessary transmitting of the CSI-RS is reduced, and energy of the base station such as an eNB is saved; and reducing the CSI-RS transmission may reduce resources occupied by the CSI-RS, thereby improving the spectrum efficiency of the system. In addition, reducing unnecessary CSI-RS transmission allows the interference in other cells by the base station being reduced; finally, CSI measurement resources are reserved only when the CSI needs to be fed back, the cost occupied by the CSI measurement resources is reduced.
US09866292B2
Good transmission performance is obtained even when the difference between the number of transmit antennas and the number of receive antennas is small. A modulation symbol is subjected to spreading and code multiplexing in a receive antenna direction of a terminal device, is subjected to precoding, and is transmitted. A spreading ratio of a spreading code for performing the spreading in the receive antenna direction is equal to the number of receive antennas of the terminal device. Spreading code multiplexing is performed in the receive antenna direction. Thus, it is possible to provide a base station apparatus and a terminal device providing good transmission performance by changing the number of multiplexing operations even when the difference between the number of transmit antennas and the number of receive antennas is small.
US09866283B2
A first inductive structure includes a data coil to transfer data by inductive coupling with a second inductive structure. First and second portions of the data coil are connected to one another at a center tap to conduct respective first and second common mode currents, induced by a common mode transient between: a first ground line coupled to the center tap; and a galvanically isolated second ground line of the second inductive structure.
US09866276B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for determining a usage pattern, and sending instructions to a plurality of waveguide systems to transmit or receive electromagnetic waves along a surface of each of a plurality of wires according to the usage pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09866275B2
A device for determining a common-mode signal in a power line communication network. The device includes a first line, a second line, and a third line that are connected to a first terminal, to a second terminal, and to a third terminal, respectively. The first, the second, and the third terminal are configured to be connected to a phase line, a neutral line, and a protective ground line of the power line communication network, respectively. The device further includes a common-mode choke configured to couple out the common signal from the first, second, and third line, and the common-mode choke is connected to a termination impedance which is higher than an impedance of the power line communication network.
US09866272B2
Provided is a connector system including a first waveguide having a first opening terminal and a second waveguide having a second opening terminal. The first and second waveguides transmit a high-frequency signal when the first opening terminal is in contact with or in the vicinity of the second opening terminal. A dielectric plate is provided on an opening terminal surface of at least one of the first and second opening terminals.
US09866269B1
A digital predistortion (DPD) system includes an input configured to receive a DPD input signal. The DPD system includes a first predistortion circuit configured to provide a first signal path coupled to the input to generate a first predistortion signal. The first predistortion circuit includes a first infinite impulse response (IIR) filter. A second predistortion circuit is configured to provide a second signal path coupled to the input in parallel with the first signal path to generate a second predistortion signal. The second predistortion circuit includes a second IIR filter. A combiner circuit is configured to combine the first predistortion signal and the second predistortion signal to generate a DPD output signal.
US09866267B2
Devices and methods for providing enhanced diversity reception and cosite cancellation are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a device for providing enhanced diversity reception and cosite cancellation. The device includes a transmit chain connected to a circulator further connected to first antenna and to a combiner. The combiner is connected to anti-cosite circuitry and to first detector. The anti-cosite circuitry is further connected to a secondary antenna. The first detector is further connected to a receive chain.
US09866266B2
A front-end circuit with a tunable filter is disclosed. In an embodiment, the front end circuit includes a first signal path connected to an antenna connection, a first filter arranged in the first signal path, wherein the first filter is tunable within a first frequency range, and an extra signal path and a first fixed filter arranged therein, wherein the first fixed filter has a passband for an extra frequency band, wherein the first fixed filter is not tunable, and wherein the extra frequency band is arranged outside or inside the first frequency range. The front end circuit further includes a narrowband antenna tuner configured to be set to a respective tunable frequency range, wherein the narrowband antenna tuner is arranged between the first filter, the first fixed filter and the antenna connection in the first and second signal paths.
US09866264B2
A method of processing signals may include identifying a plurality of critical elements of a parameter vector based on one or more predefined criteria, wherein the parameter vector represents a relationship between the input signal vector and the output signal vector; identifying a reduced parameter update vector having a plurality of elements, wherein the elements are selected according to a criterion related to the relationship between the input signal vector and the output signal vector; updating the plurality of critical elements of the parameter vector using the reduced parameter update vector to generate an updated parameter vector, wherein the reduced parameter update vector has less elements than the parameter vector; and processing one or more signals associated with the input signal vector using the updated parameter vector.
US09866262B2
A wireless transceiving device is proposed. The wireless transceiving device includes a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit and an auxiliary receiving circuit. The transmitting circuit includes a signal transceiving circuit. The receiving circuit includes the signal transceiving circuit. The auxiliary receiving circuit is coupled to the receiving circuit and includes an auxiliary antenna. When the receiving circuit receives a signal via the signal transceiving circuit, the auxiliary receiving circuit assists the receiving circuit to receive the signal via the auxiliary antenna.
US09866254B2
A mobile device protection jacket includes a covering jacket body and a back cover, wherein a front piece is provided on the covering jacket body and a side protection piece is formed on a periphery of the front protection piece in an extending and penetrating manner, so a holding space for holding a mobile device is formed between the front protection piece and side protection piece and embedment catching portions are formed on an outer edge of the side protection piece; and wherein embedment fixing portions are formed on an outer edge of the back cover at positions corresponding to the embedment catching portions on the outer edge of the side protection piece of the covering jacket body, such that the back cover can be jointed and fixed through mutual embedment and catching of the embedment fixing portions and the embedment catching portions of the side protection piece.
US09866253B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bendable device having rigid receiving space that include a bendable housing having a receiving space therein, and in the process of the bendable housing being bent, at least a part of the volume of the receiving space is free from bending influence, thus the at least partial volume of the receiving space free from the bending influence constitutes a rigid receiving space.
US09866249B1
The card holding member is able to hold a card including terminal members and is able to be inserted into a card connector, and comprises a frame portion opposing the side surfaces of the card, and a movable lock portion arranged in the frame portion which is able to engage and disengage from a lock portion of the card connector, the movable lock portion being a spring member made of a metal plate and including at least one corner portion, and the movable lock portion also being elastically deformable in the width direction of the card holding member.
US09866246B1
A digital transmitter channel optimization device can be employed within or in conjunction with a transmitter to perform a number of techniques in the digital domain to account for distortion introduced in the transmitter. The optimization device can be configured to perform such techniques on an arbitrary signal to thereby allow the optimization device to be used with virtually any transmitter. The optimization device may be particularly beneficial in wideband systems where accounting for distortion can be difficult to accomplish using existing techniques.
US09866245B2
A method and system of providing an active differential resistor. The active differential resistor includes a diode having a first node and a second node. There is a capacitor coupled in series between the first node of the diode and an input of the active differential resistor. There is a current source coupled across the first node and the second node of the diode and configured to forward bias the diode such that a Johnson-Nyquist noise of the active differential resistor is replaced by a shot noise.
US09866241B2
Techniques are described for an adaptive low density parity check (LDPC) decoder. The techniques include receiving a first set of values corresponding to a first low density parity check codeword and noise, performing a first plurality of iterations of an iterative decoding algorithm using a first set of decoding parameters to decode the received first set of values, comparing a metric with a first threshold, and upon determining that the metric is larger than the threshold: selecting a second set of decoding parameters for the iterative LDPC decoder and performing a second plurality of iterations of the iterative LDPC decoding algorithm using the second set of decoding parameters to decode the received first set of values and generate a first set of decoded bits.
US09866239B1
Embodiments of methods and systems for BMC decoding are described. In an embodiment, a method for BMC decoding involves performing a unit interval estimation of a BMC encoded bit stream, locating a bit boundary of the BMC encoded bit stream based on the unit interval estimation and a known sequence in a preamble of the BMC encoded bit stream, and measuring a time duration across multiple bit transitions from the bit boundary and decoding the BMC encoded bit stream based on the time duration and the unit interval estimation.
US09866237B1
Disclosed examples include switched capacitor integrator circuits including an amplifier, a feedback capacitor, a sampling capacitor, a loading capacitor and a switching circuit, along with a controller that operates the switching circuit to sample an input signal to the sampling capacitor during a sample portion of a given sample and hold cycle, to couple the sampling capacitor to an amplifier input during a first hold portion of each sample and hold cycle, and to couple the sampling capacitor and the loading capacitor to the amplifier input in a second hold portion of each sample and hold cycle to reduce the bandwidth and power consumption by the integrator circuit.
US09866234B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide digital-to-analog converters (DACs). One example DAC generally includes a first transistor configured to selectively couple a power source to a load. In a first mode of operation of the DAC, the first transistor is closed and couples the load to the power source. In a second mode of operation of the DAC, the first transistor is open and decouples the load from the power source. The DAC further includes a current limiting circuit selectively coupled between the first transistor and a reference voltage. In the first mode, the current limiting circuit is decoupled from the reference voltage. In the second mode, the current limiting circuit is coupled to the reference voltage.
US09866230B2
Systems and methods for converting analog signals to digital signals. A reference slice is associated with each of a plurality of active slices to balance the loading on an active sampling track and hold amplifier within each active slice. Alternatively, the reference slice is split into a portion having a reference ADC that is shared by a plurality of partial reference slices, each partial reference slice having a partial reference input module.
US09866219B2
An arithmetic logic operation device including a memory device configured to store a lookup table and receive an input of a bit string N bits long, N being an integer of at least 2, the input bit string representing an address in the lookup table at which is stored multiple-bit data of which a part includes a bit representative of the result of a logical operation performed between the bits included in the input bit string. The memory device is accessed to output the bits included in the data stored at the address represented by the received bit string. The arithmetic logic device achieves arithmetic processing in a relatively short time on a relatively small circuit scale.
US09866215B2
In one embodiment, a voltage comparator circuit includes a first comparator circuit to compare a first voltage and a second voltage and a second comparator circuit to compare the first voltage and the second voltage. The voltage comparator circuit may include charge storage circuitry and positive feedback circuitry. Such circuitry may boost current within the first and second comparator circuits to enable the voltage comparator circuit to output a comparison decision within a delay threshold in response to input transitions within a slew rate threshold.
US09866213B1
A high-voltage switch module, such as a cascode module, includes an electrically insulating heatsink with a patterned conductor layer on which high-voltage and low-voltage active semiconductor components are bonded, along with clamping, loading, and dynamic balancing components such as diodes, resistors, and capacitors. The heatsink may be alumina or aluminum nitride, for example. The conductor layer may be copper affixed to the heatsink via by direct-copper bonding or active metal brazing, for instance. High-voltage cascode modules may be formed using a low-voltage MOSFET in combination with a chain of silicon carbide normally-on n-channel JFET devices with a variety of configurations of clamping, loading, and balancing devices, for example.
US09866201B2
An all-acoustic filter includes acoustic directional couplers and acoustic filters. In one embodiment, the all-acoustic filter includes two acoustic directional couplers, pair of matched acoustic filters corresponding to either transmit or receive frequency bands, and another acoustic filter corresponding to the other of transmit or receive frequency bands. An all-acoustic duplexer may be realized monolithically in a small form factor, may be tunable, may support multiple transmit or receive frequency bands, or may include schemes for antenna mismatch correction.
US09866199B2
A vibrating device having tuning fork arms extending in a first direction that are joined to a base portion and are arranged side by side in an second direction. Each of the tuning fork arms has a structure that a silicon oxide layer is laminated on a Si layer made of a degenerate semiconductor, and that an excitation portion is provided on the silicon oxide layer. When a total thickness of the Si layer is denoted by T1, a total thickness of the silicon oxide layer is denoted by T2, and the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (TCF) when the silicon oxide layer is not provided on the Si layer is denoted by x, a thickness ratio T2/(T1+T2) is within a range of (−0.0002x2−0.0136x+0.0014)±0.05.
US09866194B2
An electric power transmission device characterized in that the electric power transmission device includes a power transmitting unit which wirelessly transmits an electric power and a power receiving unit which receives the electric power, the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit include a coil for electric power transmission and an inclusion unit made of a dielectric material covering the coil for electric power transmission, at least one of the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit includes an impedance adjustment unit which varies the impedance thereof, and the electric power is transmitted at a resonance frequency determined by an impedance of the power transmitting unit, an impedance of the power receiving unit, and an impedance of the conducting medium.
US09866188B2
A dead time circuit (750) for a switching circuit is disclosed. The dead-time circuit comprises: an input (752) for receiving a switching signal of the switching circuit with at least one supply rail having a ground bounce signal; first and second outputs (754a, 754b); a first feedforward path (756) coupled to the first output and arranged to receive the switching signal; a second feedforward path (758) coupled to the second output and arranged to receive the switching signal; a first feedback path (760) forming a first feedback loop between the first output and the second feedforward path; and a second feedback path (762) forming a second feedback loop between the second output and the first feedforward path; wherein each of the first and second feedforward paths includes a respective first and second delay circuit (764a, 764b), each having a time delay greater than a predetermined time period of the ground bounce signal. A switching amplifier is also disclosed.
US09866187B2
A class-D amplifier includes a signal processing block. The signal processing block generates a first processed signal representing a difference between a first differential signal and a second differential signal, when a duty cycle of the first differential signal is greater than that of the second differential signal. The signal processing block generates the first processed signal representing a reference DC level, when the duty cycle of the first differential signal is less than that of the second differential signal. A second processed signal representing a difference between the second differential signal and the first differential signal is generated when the duty cycle of the second differential signal is greater than that of the first differential signal, and the second processed signal representing the reference DC level is generated when the duty cycle of the second differential signal is less than that of the first differential signal.
US09866179B1
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for LNAs with high linearity and low noise for wideband receivers that receive high dynamic range signals. A multi-stage multipath LNA is disclosed in which outputs from various stages are amplified with variable gains and combined in parallel. A smart gain control unit evaluates the noise and non-linearity characteristics associated with each gain stage to configure the variable gains for the various stages to generate an overall LNA gain that minimizes the overall noise and/or non-linearity characteristics of the LNA while ensuring that the overall gain for the LNA satisfies the desired gain. The variable gains may be configured to change smoothly over the dynamic range of the input signal. Noise is minimized by reducing additional gain stages and by the smooth change in gain when switching between stages. High linearity performance is maintained by minimizing the number of gain stages combined.
US09866178B2
An integrated circuit that includes a die with an active radio frequency (RF) unit embedded thereon; a first port for receiving an output signal from the active RF unit; a harmonic filter that comprises a first harmonic filter inductor; and a first RF inductive load that is electrically coupled to the first port and is magnetically coupled to the first harmonic filter inductor.
US09866171B2
A measuring device for the property of a photovoltaic device and a measuring method using the same are provided. The measuring device includes several light sources and a feedback control module. The light color of each light source is different and includes several light-emitting elements symmetrically configured. The feedback control module is used for controlling illuminations of the light-emitting elements for measuring the property of a photovoltaic device.
US09866166B2
A four-phase switched reluctance motor torque ripple two-level suppression method in which power is supplied to adjacent phase A and phase B for excitation. The power supplied for excitation to phase A leads the power supplied for excitation to phase B by θr/4. An entire commutation process from phase A to phase B is divided into two intervals, phase A which uses the second set of torque thresholds while phase B uses the first set of torque thresholds. Critical position θ1 automatically appears in the commutation process, thus obviating the need for additional calculations. Total torque is controlled between [Te+th2low and Te+th2up]. In rotor position interval [θ1, θr/4], phase A continues to use the second set of torque thresholds, phase B continues to use the first set of torque thresholds, and the total torque is controlled between [Te+th1low and Te+th1up].
US09866163B2
Systems and methods for controlling the operating speed and the torque of an electric motor using an operational model are described. An operational model for the electric motor, including a plot of engine performance parameters, is used for reference, and a most efficient output path, which may pass through an optimal operation region in the operational model, is selected. The most efficient output path may be determined, for example, according to locations of a current output state and a to-be-reached target state in the operational model, enabling the operating state of the motor to reach the target state from the current operating state. By selecting a more efficient output path, the operating efficiency of the motor may be optimized, the life of a battery improved and/or the operating mileage of the vehicle may be increased, without significantly reducing the driving experience.
US09866162B2
The excitation circuit according to the invention controls an excitation current (lexc) in an excitation winding (2) of an alternator by means of an on-board network voltage control loop (Vbat+, 3) of the vehicle, and comprises a first MOS power transistor (9) which is connected between a first positive supply terminal Vbat+ (6), and a first excitation terminal (7), and is controlled by the control loop by means of a first control circuit (10), a second MOS power transistor (11), which is connected between the first excitation terminal and a second excitation terminal (8) which is connected to a ground terminal (5) and acts as a free wheel diode, whilst being controlled by means of a second control circuit (12). According to the invention, the circuit additionally comprises a control loop (15) of a drain-source voltage (Vds) of the second transistor.
US09866158B2
The present disclosure provides a method for monitoring a rotor position sensor of a PSM machine having at least three phases operated by a field oriented control, where the electrical angle of the PSM machine may corresponds with a rotor position. A first calculation of the electrical angle of the PSM machine may be based on a measured mechanical rotor position and the pole-pair number of the PSM machine. A second calculation of the electrical angle of the PSM machine may be based on the phase of a phase current indicator and regulated target currents in the d,q-coordinate system. The method may include a comparison of the values of the respective electrical angles of the PSM machine determined by the first calculation and the second calculation.
US09866153B2
A motor-driven appliance includes a motor and a control unit that controls a drive output to the motor. The control unit detects a state amount indicating an operational state of the motor to derive a fluctuation range of fluctuation in the state amount. The control unit detects whether the motor is in an unloaded state or in a loaded state, based on the derived fluctuation range to perform the drive output to the motor, based on the detected result.
US09866148B2
An illustrative electrostatic machine includes a shaft that is configured to rotate about an axis, a rotor electrode, and a stator electrode. The rotor electrode and the stator electrode are separated by a gap and form a capacitor. The rotor electrode is fixed to the shaft. The electrostatic machine can also include a housing that is configured to enclose the rotor electrode, the stator electrode, and at least a portion of the shaft. The stator electrode is fixed to the housing. A dielectric fluid fills a void defined by the housing, the rotor electrode, and the stator electrode.
US09866143B2
A switching device according to the present invention is a switching device for switching a load by on-off control of voltage, and includes an SiC semiconductor layer where a current path is formed by on-control of the voltage, a first electrode arranged to be in contact with the SiC semiconductor layer, and a second electrode arranged to be in contact with the SiC semiconductor layer for conducting with the first electrode due to the formation of the current path, while the first electrode has a variable resistance portion made of a material whose resistance value increases under a prescribed high-temperature condition for limiting current density of overcurrent to not more than a prescribed value when the overcurrent flows to the current path.
US09866142B2
Disclosed are a single-phase photovoltaic inverter and a control method thereof in which a small insulated transformer and an ordinary current transformer are used to measure a leakage current instead of a high-priced current transformer that is only used to measure a leakage current. The single-phase photovoltaic inverter that converts DC electric power supplied from a single-phase photovoltaic module into AC electric power includes an input terminal including a first input terminal connecting to a positive polarity of the single-phase photovoltaic module and a second input terminal connecting to a negative polarity of the single-phase photovoltaic module, an inverter unit configured to convert DC electric power supplied through the input terminal into AC electric power and supply the converted AC electric power to a grid, and a leakage current measuring unit connected in parallel with the inverter unit and configured to measure a leakage current delivered through the input terminal.
US09866140B2
A power converting apparatus includes a rectifier that converts alternating-current power from an alternating-current power supply into direct-current power, a short-circuit unit that short-circuits the alternating-current power supply via a reactor, and a control unit that controls a short-circuit operation of the short-circuit unit. The control unit changes the number of times of the short-circuit operation during a half cycle of the alternating-current power supply on the basis of a load condition and sets a period from a start to an end of the short-circuit operation during the half cycle of the alternating-current power supply after the change of the number of times of the short-circuit operation to be different from a period from a start to an end of the short-circuit operation during the half cycle of the alternating-current power supply before the change of the number of times of the short-circuit operation.
US09866138B2
A voltage source converter of the controlled transition bridge type, having three phase limbs, each phase limb having a high &de director switch (Sw1 Sw3, Sw5) and a low side director switch (Sw4, Sw6, Sw2) connecting a respective DC terminal (DC+, DC−) to an AC node for that phase limb. Chain-link circuits for each phase limb comprise a plurality of series connect cells, each cell having an energy storage element that can be selectively connected in series or bypassed. The chain-link circuits are operated in a voltage mode to provide a defined voltage transition at the AC node during a transition between one director switch being turned off and the other director switch being turned on. Chain-link circuits are connected to a common node such that, in use, a current can flow from one phase limb to another via the respective chain-link circuits.
US09866134B2
Methods of regulating an output voltage of a switched mode power supply having a variable input voltage and a power switch include adjusting a reference voltage to adjust a duty cycle of a control signal for the power switch. The reference voltage may be adjusted as a function of the duty cycle, in response to the duty cycle of the control signal being outside a defined range and/or in the response to a temperature within the switched mode power supply being above a threshold temperature. Other methods include selecting a reference voltage from a plurality of reference voltages based on a determined input voltage and generating a control signal for the power switch as a function of the selected reference voltage to adjust the duty cycle of the control signal. Switched mode power supplies and control circuits for implementing the methods are also disclosed.
US09866132B2
A system includes DC-DC power conversion circuitry having a first switch and a second switch on either side of a first transformer with a first pair of capacitors and a second pair of capacitors cross-connected across the transformer. Balancing circuitry includes a primary side of a second transformer connected between the first pair of capacitors and the second pair of capacitors of the DC-DC power conversion circuitry. Control circuitry is configured to determine a direction of power transfer through the DC-DC power conversion circuitry, align a primary side and a secondary side of the DC-DC power conversion circuitry based on the determined direction of power transfer, align the balancing circuitry to perform balanced or unbalanced operations, and control switching of the first switch and the second switch.
US09866126B2
A method and apparatus for isolating voltages while transmitting data signals. In one embodiment of the method, a modulation circuit modulates a carrier signal using an input data signal. A demodulation circuit receives the modulated carrier signal via a first capacitor coupled in series between the modulation circuit and the demodulation circuit. The demodulation circuit also receives the carrier signal via a second capacitor coupled in series between the demodulation circuit and the circuit that generates the carrier signal. The demodulation circuit demodulates the modulated carrier signal using the carrier signal.
US09866118B2
One embodiment includes a power supply system. The system includes a pulse-width modulation (PWM) system configured to generate a PWM signal. The system also includes a power stage comprising a gate driver, a high-side switch, and a low-side switch. The gate driver can be configured to alternately activate the high-side and low-side switches to provide an output signal to a load in response to the PWM signal, and to provide an activation dead-time between the alternate activation of the high-side and low-side switches. The system further includes a digital delay system configured to measure the activation dead-time and to add the measured activation dead-time to the activation of the high-side switch.
US09866117B2
A power supply circuit includes a pre-regulator configured to receive an input voltage and to generate an output voltage, and a switching current regulator coupled to an output of the pre-regulator and configured to regulate a level of current supplied to an output load. The switching current regulator is controlled by a switching signal having a duty cycle. The circuit further includes a controller that generates the switching signal. The controller monitors the duty cycle of the switching signal and controls a level of the output voltage generated by the pre-regulator by providing a control signal in response to the duty cycle of the switching signal.
US09866116B2
A digitally compensated circuit for a power supply having a plurality of integrated circuits. The plurality of integrated circuits has a digitally variable slope controller to adjust charge time of an inductor and voltage distortion and an adjustable voltage generator, which generates a modified voltage set point. The digitally compensated circuit has a comparator, which compares the modified voltage set point to a first feedback and turns off a comparator output signal when first feedback approaches or exceeds the modified voltage set point. An adjustable pulse width modulator generator produces an output voltage. A current monitor receives output voltage and provides a second feedback, which is transferred to the plurality of integrated circuits. An inductor receives output voltage and generates variable output power for a load, utilizing the digitally variable slope controller to reduce oscillation, system disturbances, and subharmonic oscillations over a dynamic voltage input range.
US09866105B2
According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an inverter including a rectification unit rectifying inputted AC power to DC power, a smoothing unit smoothing the DC power, and a power conversion unit received the DC power from the smoothing unit to convert the received DC power into AC power having a predetermined size and frequency, the method includes receiving an abnormal signal of the inverter or an electric motor for driving the inverter, determining whether a DC terminal voltage of the smoothing unit is equal to or greater than a low voltage failure level when the abnormal signal is received, determining whether the power conversion unit is operating, and blocking current output of the power conversion unit when the DC terminal voltage is equal to or greater than the low voltage failure level and the power conversion unit is operating.
US09866104B2
The present disclosure includes circuits and methods for controlling the operation of a switching regulator. Closing and opening high side and low side switches may be controlled so that an inductor current may be used to charge and/or discharge an intermediate switching node when both switches are open. In one embodiment, delays between a low-to-high transition and a high-to-low transition of an AC stage may be cycled over multiple periods of a DC stage.
US09866103B2
Circuit and apparatus for improving operating features characteristics of DC power supplies implementing three Phase transformer devices of the type such as 12-step and 24-step transformers. The circuit and apparatus reduces harmonic AC input current while providing almost unity power factor for DC power supply outputs intended for aircraft or marine applications where size and weight are concerns. The circuit includes a passive series connected nonlinear resonant LC circuit connected at each phase of the input to the three phase transformer With the three phase transformer having the added series nonlinear resonant LC circuit, the power supply is enhanced with current limiting for the entire transformer, rectifier and load, due to load shorting, input voltage transients, transformer winding short circuit or rectifier failure. Further, such apparatus provides limiting of power inrush currents during voltage application or turn on, while also providing EMI filtering.
US09866096B2
The present invention relates to a linear drive (1), comprising a running track (2), at least one movement unit (4) with at least one magnetic element (5), which is linearly movable on the running track (2), a plurality of electrical primary magnets (3) which are stationarily arranged on the running track (2) and act magnetically upon the at least one magnetic element (5), wherein the primary magnets (3) can be activated individually or in groups for driving the movement unit (4), a magnetically activatable element (7) on the movement unit (4), wherein the magnetically activatable element (7) can be activated by at least one primary magnet (3) independently of the drive of the movement unit (4), and an actuator (9) and/or a load on the movement unit (4), the magnetically activatable element (7) being in operative connection with the actuator (4) and/or the load.
US09866092B2
A method of forming a rotor includes inserting a conductor bar into a slot defined by a lamination stack to define a gap between the conductor bar and the lamination stack. The method further includes, after inserting, swelling the conductor bar within the slot to fill the gap and form the rotor. A rotor is also disclosed.
US09866090B2
An electric machine such as for example, an electric generator, is provided having a lock system which enables a monitoring device to be housed in the machine such that the generator is not required to be purged. The machine, which can be filled with a gas, with a housing, wherein a first chamber is arranged on the housing, wherein a first flap valve is arranged between the housing and the first chamber, creating a fluidic connection between said housing and first chamber, and a second chamber which is arranged on the first chamber, wherein a second flap valve is arranged between the first and the second chambers, creating a fluidic connection between said first chamber and second chamber, wherein a monitoring device for inspection purposes is provided in the housing.
US09866084B2
A core segment sub-assembly has a first holding groove, which holds a start part of a coil wire of a three-phase winding, and a second holding groove, which holds an end part of the coil wire of the three-phase winding, at positions on an axial end surface of an annular covering part and shifted in a circumferential direction relative to a tooth covering part, on which the winding is provided. The first holding groove and the second holding groove sandwiches the tooth covering part and are separated more from each other as extending in a radially outward direction. The positions and the directions of the first holding groove and the second holding grooves are matched to the paths of the coil wire wound by a flyer type winding machine. The stator can thus be made suited to a winding process by the flyer type winding machine.
US09866077B2
A rotor for an electrical machine, in particular synchronous reluctance machine, is provided. The rotor is formed as a cylindrical structure having a magnetically soft element formed with an even number of salient magnetic poles openings for forming magnetic flux barriers. The openings are at least partially filled with a diamagnetic and/or paramagnetic medium and the diamagnetic and/or paramagnetic medium may axially and tangentially fix the magnetically soft element relative to the rotor. A method for producing such a rotor and apparatus using the rotor, including a reluctance motor, in particular a synchronous reluctance motor, that uses the rotor are provided.
US09866071B2
A wireless power transmission device includes an inner retainer fixed to an inner surface of a wall and supporting a power-receiving coil in proximity to a power transmission wall, and an outer retainer fixed to an outer surface of the wall and supporting a power-supplying coil in proximity to the power transmission wall, wherein the electric power is wirelessly transmitted between the power-supplying coil and the power-receiving coil.
US09866070B2
Embodiments are directed to a system for transferring power wirelessly from a transmitter to a receiver, the transmitter having a transmitter processor and a transmitter antenna. The system includes the transmitter processor configured to convert electric power signals to an electromagnetic field (EMF); associate each of a plurality of keys with one of a plurality of operating frequencies, and store the plurality of keys associated with the plurality of operating frequencies in a table; select one of the plurality of operating frequencies stored in the table as an active operating frequency, wherein the active operating frequency is assigned as the current operating frequency of the transmitter antenna, and wherein the key associated with the active operating frequency is assigned as an active key; wirelessly transmit to the receiver the EMF at the active operating frequency; and wirelessly transmit to the receiver the table and an identification of the active key.
US09866067B2
An electric power transmission system can include: a power transmission antenna that constitutes a series resonator with an inductance component of L1 and a capacitance component of C1, and to which AC power is input; a power receiving antenna that constitutes a series resonator with an inductance component of L2 and a capacitance component of C2, and which receives electromagnetic energy from the power transmission antenna via electromagnetic fields; a rectifying unit that rectifies an output of the power receiving antenna to output DC power; and a load to which an output of the rectifying unit is input, wherein, at times including when a coupling coefficient between the power transmission antenna and the power receiving antenna is k, if a load resistance value is R, the following relationships are established: L 1 C 1 = L 2 C 2 ; L 1 C 1 > L 2 C 2 ; and k L 2 C 2 ≥ R .
US09866061B2
A power supply apparatus with a protection function includes a pulse width modulation control unit, a pulse width modulation detecting unit, a switch unit and a feedback circuit. The feedback circuit detects a bus voltage. When the feedback circuit detects that the bus voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage, the feedback circuit sends an informing signal to the pulse width modulation control unit. The pulse width modulation control unit adjusts a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation signal and sends the pulse width modulation signal to the pulse width modulation detecting unit. When the pulse width modulation detecting unit detects that the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal is less than a predetermined cycle, the pulse width modulation detecting unit turns off the switch unit to stop outputting power to avoid a reverse current phenomenon.
US09866057B2
A user device can include a first battery configured to power the user device and a second battery configured to power the user device. The user device can further include a temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature of the second battery and a heating element configured to heat the second battery to increase an operating efficiency of the second battery when a temperature of the user device falls below a threshold temperature value. A switch can be configured to switch on the heating element to heat the second battery when the temperature sensor determines that the second battery is below a threshold temperature value.
US09866054B2
An charging control device includes: one or more slave groups including a plurality of slaves for charging or discharging a battery; and a master configured to transmit, to the one or more slave groups, a control signal for controlling operations of the one or more slave groups, and select one of a plurality of slaves included in each of the one or more slave groups as an alternative master, wherein the alternative master is a slave capable of performing some or all of all functions of the master.
US09866048B2
An electric power is fed from a wireless feeding device to a feeding device, and the feeding device feeds the electric power to an object to which the electric power is fed. The feeding device includes a power receiving module, a power circuit and a controller. The power receiving module receives the electric power from the wireless feeding device. The electric power is fed from the power receiving module or from an AC adapter to the power circuit and the power circuit feeds the electric power to the object to which the electric power is fed. The controller interrupts a supply of the electric power from the AC adapter.
US09866039B2
Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator; one or more receivers, wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link; one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators. The system includes a controller configured to determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes (common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode), and is configured to cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
US09866032B2
A power supply system for a house is constructed such that electrical power that will need to be supplied from an electric vehicle to a house in a delay time taking a power transmission delay into account is predicted, a prediction data of the predicted electrical power is communicated to a power supply control device via a house communication device and a vehicle communication device, and electrical power that corresponds to the prediction data is supplied to a power-supplying coil by the power supply control device.
US09866019B2
An exemplary control apparatus for an energy distribution system includes a connection to an alternating current supply system and a plurality of predetermined loads each having an energy storage capacity and being electrically connected as by a respective switching device to the alternating current supply system for a duration of a half-wave or a whole number times said half-wave. The respective switching devices are supplied electrical energy from the alternating current supply system for a respective control time period within a predetermined common cycle time period. The start and end of the respective control time periods within the common cycle time period are established prior to the start of said common cycle time period to create a substantially constant loading graph. The optimization procedure is based at least one load in lieu of a continuous control time period having at least two non-continuous block time periods of equal total duration.
US09866018B2
Systems and methods are drawn to controlling transistor gate voltages in load-switcher circuitry. A buffer may be applied to a load-switcher transistor to leverage the Miller effect. A slow gate charge circuit may be coupled to the gate of the transistor to control application of voltage to the gate and capacitances associated therewith. The buffer and slow gate charge circuit may be used in conjunction to control characteristics of the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor.
US09866011B2
A device and a method are provided for interrupting battery current using a latch relay for substantially high current interruption, which enable the latch relay to return to an ON position after operating to an OFF position. Accordingly, the latch relay for substantially high current interruption is operated to return to an ON (closed) position in only a normal state other than a short-circuit state by self-diagnosing the presence of occurrence of a short circuit before the latch relay attempts to return to the ON (closed) position after operating to an OFF (open) position. Therefore the latch relay may not become fixed and damaged due to the returning of the latch relay to the ON (closed) position during a short-circuit state, thereby guaranteeing the reuse of the latch relay.
US09866004B2
A cable hanger includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping projections engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.
US09865996B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film that can significantly reduce, when used as an optical film, the deterioration of the quality of video or still images formed by display elements.The present invention provides a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film having 2,000 or fewer spot defects per m2, the number of spot defects being measured by a defect measurement method;the method using an surface inspection system in which a CCD camera is placed so as to detect defects at an angle of 45 degrees relative to an LED source, defects of the film are read within a rectangular range of 300 mm in a width direction (the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction), and 150 mm in a machine direction (the scanning direction), while the film is scanned under the camera at a rate of 20 m/min;wherein first, defects having a bright area of 1.5 mm2 or less and a dark area of 1.4 mm2 or less are selected; andnext, in order to remove defects resulting from causes other than a corona treatment contained in these defects, a circumscribed rectangle of defect is set so as to have two sides along the scanning direction, and the number of only defects that have a circumscribed width of 2.88 mm or less, a circumscribed length of 2.3 mm or less, an aspect ratio of −39 to +27, an occupancy area ratio in the circumscribing rectangle of 4,000 to 6,950, and an area ratio of −3,100 to +5,200, is automatically counted as spot defects by the surface inspection system.
US09865990B2
A method of characterizing a monolithic tunable mid-infrared laser including a heterogeneous quantum cascade active region together with a least first and a second tunable integrated distributed feedback gratings, the method including operating the laser while tuning the first grating through its full tuning range, while holding the reflectivity function of the second grating constant, then operating the laser while tuning the second grating through its full tuning range, while holding the reflectivity function of the first grating constant.
US09865984B2
An optical fiber combiner comprising a coupling device having an input surface area, and you Ain, and an output surface area, Aout, wherein the input surface area Ain is greater than the output surface area Aout, and a plurality of optical fibers each having an input surface and an output surface, wherein the output surfaces of the plurality of optical fibers are coupled to the coupling device, wherein the coupling device combines optical power emitted by the plurality of optical fibers.
US09865983B2
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) includes a substrate having an aperture that allows light generated in an active layer of the VCSEL to exit the VCSEL after propagation through a first set of semiconductor layers. The VCSEL further includes an opaque bottom layer that blocks light generated in the active layer and propagated through a second set of semiconductor layers. The opaque bottom layer can be attached to a heat sink for heat dissipation thereby allowing the VCSEL to be operated at high power levels. The active layer is sandwiched between the first set of semiconductor layers and the second set of semiconductor layers. Unlike a traditional VCSEL where only certain wavelengths of light can propagate through a solid substrate that is “transparent” to these particular wavelengths, the aperture provided in the substrate of a VCSEL in accordance with the disclosure allows for propagation of many different wavelengths.
US09865970B2
A connector includes a housing unit which accommodates terminals which are crimped onto respective ends of a plurality of electric wires. The housing unit includes housings of a number corresponding to a number of the terminals, each of the housings configured to accommodate each of the terminals. At least one of the housings is formed by a material which has a dielectric constant at which impedance between each of the terminals is a desired impedance.
US09865968B1
A connector body configured to interconnect with a corresponding mating connector body includes a pair of longitudinal struts that extend from the connector body and are oriented substantially parallel to a mating axis of the connector body. The longitudinal struts each define an enclosed lateral slot having a closed end and a connector position assurance (CPA) device that is interlocked within the lateral slots and moveable from an initial position to a final position along the mating axis after the connector body is coupled to the corresponding mating connector body. The CPA device has a lateral cross bar extending into each of the lateral slots thereby retaining the cross bar in the lateral slots. The CPA device and the connector body are integrally formed by an additive manufacturing process.
US09865962B2
The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals received into the insulative housing; metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing; and waterproof material sandwiched between the insulative housing and the metallic shell.
US09865961B2
A connector including: a housing; a cover that is fixed to the housing so as to cover an opening of the housing; a slider that is housed within the housing, is provided so as to be slidable along the housing, and is configured to slide so that the housing is fitted to the partner connector; an operation-target part configured to slide the slider upon being operated; and a lock mechanism that includes a slider engagement part that is formed on the slider, and a second cover engagement part that is formed on the cover, and is configured such that the slide engagement part engages with the second cover engagement part in a situation where fitting of the housing and the partner connector to each other is complete, so that the cover is prevented from being separated from the slider.
US09865956B2
An electrical pop out device has a shroud and an outlet housing. The outlet housing is sized to be placed inside the shroud. A guidance mechanism connects the outlet housing with the shroud. The guidance mechanism includes multiple rack gears and multiple pinion gears. The outlet housing is moveable with respect to the shroud along a direction defined by the rack gear. A spring connector electrically couples the shroud to the outlet housing.
US09865955B2
The present disclosure relates to an access terminal for a card socket provided to an electronic device such as a mobile communication terminal and, more specifically, to an access terminal for a card socket capable of multi-accessing one card terminal provided to a card. The access terminal for a card socket, of the present disclosure, provided in a housing of the card socket for an electronic device so as to access a card containing various pieces of information or data includes a main terminal, an auxiliary terminal, and a connection unit for connecting the main terminal and the auxiliary terminal. The main terminal is provided in numbers corresponding to the numbers of card terminals of the card so as to access the card terminals. The auxiliary terminal is connected to the main terminal and selectively accesses the same card terminal accessed by the main terminal.
US09865952B2
A plug contact is provided for the provision of a press contact with a mating contact. The plug contact is composed of an electrically conductive material. The plug contact has a first contact section for the provision of the press contact. The first contact section has, at least in places, an electrically conductive organic coating, and the organic coating contains a metal, an alloy, and/or an electrically conductive polymer. A printed circuit board arrangement is also provided.
US09865949B2
An electronic device has a base plate and a connector. Multiple terminals are supported by a connector housing, wherein each front-side end of the terminals outwardly extends from a front-side surface and each back-side end of the terminals outwardly extends from a back-side surface of the connector housing and connected to a corresponding land formed in the base plate. The multiple terminals are arranged in a width direction and divided into at least a first and a second terminal group in a height direction of the connector housing. The connector housing has a first and a second step surface on its back side. The terminal of the first terminal group outwardly extends from the first step surface and the terminal of the second terminal group outwardly extends from the second step surface. The first step surface is located at a position closer to the base plate in the height direction than the second step surface. A projecting terminal length of the terminal of the second terminal group in a depth direction of the connector housing is made to be equal to or smaller than that of the terminal of the first terminal group.
US09865948B2
A plug connector includes a circuit card and a guide frame mounted to the circuit card. The circuit card is held by a housing. The circuit card includes a front edge and opposing outer edges. The circuit card defines a datum hole in a first surface. The circuit card further includes a set of contact pads along the first surface proximate to the front edge. The contact pads are registered relative to the datum hole. The guide frame has a base that has a post. The guide frame includes a frame member that extends from the base. An outer wall of the frame member is registered relative to the post. The post is received in the datum hole of the circuit card such that the outer wall of the frame member is registered relative to the contact pads, independent of locations of the outer edges of the circuit card.
US09865947B2
An electronic card connector comprises: an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals mounted to the insulating housing. Each terminal comprises two resilient arms, a contacting structure and a tail. The two resilient arms each have a first end and a second end, the two first ends of the two resilient arms are spaced apart from each other and fixed to the insulating housing, and the two second ends of the two resilient arms are connected to the contacting structure. The contacting structure comprises a convex curved surface for contacting the corresponding conducting pad of the electronic card.
US09865942B2
A shield wire for use with a terminal fitting has a ring (7) is fit laterally to an outer cover (4), and a braided wire (3) is folded onto an outer peripheral surface of the ring (7). A hooking edge (9) protrudes over the entire circumference on a front end part of the ring (7). A barrel (15) of an outer conductor terminal (12) is crimped to the folded braided wire (3). Thus, the hooking edge (9) of the ring (7) is widened into a horn shape to form a bell-mouth (16) with the braided wire (3) hooked to the hooking edge (9). Thus, a hooked sate of the braided wire (3) and the ring (7) is strengthened, so that a holding force of a terminal fitting (T) onto a shield wire (S) is enhanced.
US09865924B2
An antenna device that includes a coil antenna with a coil conductor wound around a winding axis. The device further includes a planar conductor with a surface and an edge end portion, where the surface extends in the direction of the winding axis and the edge end portion is adjacent to a coil opening of the coil conductor. A booster antenna is also provided and includes a looped or spiral coil conductor and is coupled to the planar conductor and/or the coil antenna.
US09865920B1
An apparatus includes a first reactive component coupled between a first antenna and a second antenna in a multi-band antenna system. The apparatus further includes a first operation circuit coupled to the first reactive component. The first reactive component and the first operation circuit together form a signal path to enable signal flow between the first and the second antennas when the first and the second antennas are operating at a first frequency. The first operation circuit disables signal flow along the signal path when the first and the second antennas are operating at a second frequency.
US09865905B2
A battery pack for an electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells arranged into at least a first row and a second row. The first row may be parallel to the second row. The battery pack may also include a coolant loop with at least one channel through which liquid can flow. The coolant tube may run between the first row and the second row. The battery pack may additionally include a thermal pad comprising a first side and a second side. The first side of the thermal pad may be shaped to conform to the coolant loop and the second side of the thermal pad may be shaped to conform to curvatures of the first row.
US09865899B2
An all-solid-state secondary battery, including: a solid electrolyte layer; a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode active material layer and a first current collector layer; a negative electrode layer including a second current collector layer, the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer sandwiching the solid electrolyte layer; and external electrodes connected respectively to the first current collector layer and the second current collector layer, wherein the positive electrode active material layer is formed of an olivine-type active material, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is formed of a phosphate having a NASICON-type structure, and wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains particulate precipitate having an olivine-type crystal structure that includes a same element as an element forming the positive electrode active material layer.
US09865891B2
A system for diagnosing a cooling water state applied to a cooling water pump control system is provided. The cooling water pump control system includes a speed controller that generates an output current instruction value of an inverter to provide power to a cooling water pump based on a difference between a speed instruction value of the cooling water pump and an actual speed measurement value of the cooling water pump. The system for diagnosing a cooling water state includes a pump speed prediction model unit that generates a speed estimation value to predict a speed of the cooling water pump based on the output current instruction value, and a pump state diagnosing unit that compares the speed estimation value and the actual speed measurement value to diagnose a circulation state of the cooling water.
US09865889B2
A solid electrolyte fuel battery having a fuel gas supply channel that is composed of a first anode gas supply channel part, at least a part of an inner wall surface of which is a fuel electrode layer, and a second anode gas supply channel part; and an air supply channel that is composed of a first cathode gas supply channel part, at least a part of an inner wall surface of which is an air electrode layer, and a second cathode gas supply channel part. The cross-section area of the first anode gas supply channel part is larger than the cross-section area of at least a portion of the second anode gas supply channel part. The cross-section area of the first cathode gas supply channel part is larger than the cross-section area of at least a portion of the second cathode gas supply channel part.
US09865878B2
An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes an active material layer, and the active material layer has pores having a pore size of 0.1 μm or more and 1.0 μm or less, and a total volume of the pores is 0.26 cm3/g or more and 0.46 cm3/g or less.
US09865874B2
Apparatus for preparing inorganic compound and method of preparing inorganic compound using the same
Disclosed is a hydrothermal synthesis device for continuously preparing an inorganic slurry using a hydrothermal method. The hydrothermal synthesis device includes a mixer to mix at least one precursor solution for preparing an inorganic material, injected via at least one supply tube, to prepare an intermediate slurry, a connection tube provided at a side of the mixer, continuously discharging the prepared intermediate slurry to a reactor, and having an inner surface contacting a precursor solution mixture on which abrasive polishing has been performed, and the reactor performing hydrothermal reaction of the intermediate slurry supplied from the connection tube by receiving a liquid stream heated to supercritical or subcritical conditions using a heat exchanger and connected to the connection tube into which the intermediate slurry prepared from the mixer is introduced and to at least one injection tube into which the heated liquid stream is injected.
US09865872B2
The present invention relates to a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery comprises a positive electrode containing, as a principal component, a lithium oxide having a layered rock-salt structure and represented by chemical formula: LixM1yM2zO2-d. In this chemical formula, 1.16≦x≦1.32, 0.33≦y≦0.63, 0.06≦z≦0.50, M1 represents a metal ion selected from Mn, Ti and Zr, or a mixture thereof, and M2 represents a metal ion selected from Fe, Co, Ni and Mn, or a mixture thereof. The lithium-ion battery also comprises a negative electrode containing, as a principal component, a material capable of intercalating/deintercalating lithium ions, wherein peroxide ion(s) (O22−) are contained in the positive electrode.
US09865865B2
Process for producing cathodesProcess for producing cathodes comprising a cathode material comprising (A) at least one lithiated transition metal mixed oxide, (B) carbon in an electrically conductive modification, (C) at least one binder, and also (D) at least one film, wherein (a) a mixture comprising lithiated transition metal mixed oxide (A), carbon (B) and binder (C) is applied to film (D), (b) dried, (c) compacted to such an extent that the cathode material has a density of at least 1.8 g/cm3 to obtain a compacted blank and (d) after compaction as per (c) thermally treated at a temperature in the range from 35° C. below the melting point or the softening point of binder (C) to a maximum of 5° C. below the melting point or the softening point of binder (C).
US09865857B2
A first laminated body includes: a porous film containing a polyolefin as a main component; and a porous layer on at least one surface of the porous film, the porous layer containing a resin. A second laminated body includes: a porous film containing a polyolefin as a main component; and a porous layer containing a resin. The laminated body is usable as a secondary battery separator having a higher dielectric strength. A third laminated body is provided in which occurrence of a curl is prevented. A nonaqueous secondary battery separator is provided disposed between a cathode and an anode, the separator including: a porous base material containing a polyolefin as a main component; and a porous layer on at least one surface of the porous base material, the porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin.
US09865852B2
A vortex separator includes: a housing having a cylindrical chamber therein; an inlet through a mantle of the cylindrical chamber, the inlet positioned at a proximal end of the housing; a pipe that enters the housing at the proximal end and extends axially through the cylindrical chamber toward a distal end of the housing which is closed; an outlet through the mantle, the outlet positioned at the distal end; and a catch basin at the outlet.
US09865851B2
A battery module has a cell unit including battery cells, a positive external terminal electrically connected to a positive side of the battery cells through a positive electro conductive member, and a negative external terminal electrically connected to a negative side of the battery cells. The positive electro conductive member extends a first surface which is one of surfaces of the cell unit. The negative electro conductive member extends of a second surface which is one of surfaces of the cell unit other than the first surface.
US09865848B2
A seal tape capable of preventing an electrode assembly from moving in a secondary battery, and a secondary battery using the same are disclosed. The seal tape for a secondary battery is attached to the outer surface of the electrode assembly which is received in a battery case, and includes a first adhesive layer having an adhesive surface adhered to the outer surface of the electrode assembly, a second adhesive layer having an adhesive surface at a side opposite to the adhesive surface of the first adhesive layer so as to adhere to an inner surface of the battery case, and a protective layer formed on the second adhesive layer, wherein the protective layer is entirely or partially removed by reating with an electrolyte of the secondary battery.
US09865844B1
A display device includes a display panel and a cover window disposed on the display panel. The cover window includes a first window member and a second window member. The first window member includes an impact absorption layer. The second window member includes an optical compensation layer and a film layer disposed on the optical compensation layer. The second window member further includes a coating portion disposed on the film layer or a third functional coating layer disposed on the film layer. The first window member is disposed between the display panel and the second window member, or the second window member is disposed between the display panel and the first window member.
US09865842B2
An OLED display panel and a method of encapsulating the same, and a display device are disclosed. The OLED display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed oppositely, a first sealing agent, a second sealing agent and a plurality of barrier blocks. The first sealing agent is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and forms a sealing space with the first substrate and the second substrate; the second sealing agent is filled in the sealing space formed by the first substrate, the second substrate and the first sealing agent; and the plurality of barrier blocks are disposed in the sealing space formed by the first substrate, the second substrate and the first sealing agent and are arranged along the first sealing agent at an interval.
US09865836B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate layer, a first electrode layer, a light emitting layer, and a patterned second electrode layer. The patterned second electrode layer includes a periodic grating structure having a grating period λg less than or equal to 200 nm and the patterned second electrode layer and the light emitting layer are separated by at most 100 nm.
US09865834B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes forming a three-layer laminate by laminating a first transparent conductive film, a metal film, and a second transparent conductive film in order from a substrate side. The three-layer laminate forms a plurality of anode electrodes arranged in a pixel region and a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged on an outer side of the pixel region. The method of manufacturing a display device also includes subjecting the second transparent conductive film and the metal film to etching and subjecting the first transparent conductive film to etching. A density of a pattern of the plurality of dummy electrodes is reduced as a distance from the pixel region is increased.
US09865832B2
A display panel and method of manufacture are described. In an embodiment, a display substrate includes a pixel area and a non-pixel area. An array of subpixels and corresponding array of bottom electrodes are in the pixel area. An array of micro LED devices are bonded to the array of bottom electrodes. One or more top electrode layers are formed in electrical contact with the array of micro LED devices. In one embodiment a redundant pair of micro LED devices are bonded to the array of bottom electrodes. In one embodiment, the array of micro LED devices are imaged to detect irregularities.
US09865831B2
To provide a polymer excellent enough in photoelectric 5 conversion efficiency and in light resistance to be suitable for solar cells, also to provide a solar cell using the polymer, and further to provide an electronic product comprising the cell. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a polymer comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (M1). In the formula, R1 is a substituent group selected from the group 15 consisting of alkyl groups, and alkoxy groups; each R2 is independently a substituent group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, and aryl groups; and each X is independently an atom selected from the group consisting of O, S and Se. The embodiments 20 also provide a solar cell having an active layer containing the above polymer and further an electronic product comprising that cell.
US09865829B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) with improved luminous efficiency, sufficiently ensured driving stability, and a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an organic layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the group consisting of a light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains a carborane compound that has at least one carborane ring with a silyl group on the carbon thereof.
US09865824B2
Organometallic compounds, organic light-emitting devices, and lighting devices employing the same are provided. The organometallic compound has a chemical structure represented by formula (I) or (II): wherein n is 1 or 2; each R1 is independent and can be hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, C1-8 alkoxy, C5-10 aryl, or C2-8 heteroaryl; each R2 is independent and can be hydrogen, C1-8 fluoroalkyl, or C1-8 alkyl; A is N, or CH; B is N, or CH; D is N, or C—R3, wherein R3 is H, or C1-8 alkyl; and R1 is not hydrogen when R2 is hydrogen.
US09865821B2
Organic molecule semi-conducting chromophores containing a halogen-substituted core structure are disclosed. Such compounds can be used in organic heterojunction devices, such as organic molecule solar cells and transistors.
US09865820B2
A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, wherein, in Formula 1, L1, E1, R1, X11 to X13, X21 to X26, a1, and b1 are described in the specification.
US09865819B2
PDI derivatives useful as opto-electronically active materials or for the synthesis of such materials. Certain compounds herein function as efficient electron acceptors and are useful as electron active components of electronic devices.
US09865816B2
A solution contains a functional material for constituting a function layer, and a solvent. The solvent contains a high-boiling-point solvent composed of one or more solvent components having a boiling point of not less than 200° C. The high-boiling-point solvent has a viscosity of from 13 mPa·s to 25 mPa·s, inclusive, and a surface tension of from 33 mN/m to 37 mN/m, inclusive.
US09865815B2
Methods of depositing silicon nitride encapsulation layers by atomic layer deposition over memory devices including chalcogenide material are provided herein. Methods include using iodine-containing and/or bromine-containing silicon precursors and depositing thermally using ammonia or hydrazine as a second reactant, or iodine-containing and/or bromine-containing silicon precursors and depositing using a nitrogen-based or hydrogen-based plasma.
US09865801B1
Integrated circuits and methods of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of producing an integrated circuit includes forming a fixed layer that includes a magnetic material overlying a substrate. A non-magnetic first tunnel barrier layer is formed overlying the fixed layer. A total free layer is formed overlying the first tunnel barrier layer, where the total free layer includes a first spacer layer between first and second free layers. The first free layer includes one or more of cobalt, iron, and boron. The first spacer layer is non-magnetic and includes a first spacer layer boron sink material that has a boride formation enthalpy lower than the boride formation enthalpy of cobalt.
US09865797B2
A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole over the resonator, a second layer disposed over the first layer, the second layer covering a gap being positioned above the through-hole and being communicated with the through-hole, and a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and the third layer sealing the gap.
US09865795B1
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for fabrication of silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers with a superconductive via for electrical connection to a groundplane. Fabrication of the SOI wafer with a superconductive via can involve depositing a superconducting groundplane onto a substrate with the superconducting groundplane having an oxidizing layer and a non-oxidizing layer. A layer of monocrystalline silicon can be bonded to the superconducting groundplane and a photoresist layer can be applied to the layer of monocrystalline silicon and the SOI wafer can be etched with the oxygen rich etching plasma, resulting in a monocrystalline silicon top layer with a via that exposes the superconducting groundplane. Then, the fabrication can involve depositing a superconducting surface layer to cover the via.
US09865789B2
A thermoelectronic energy converter device (100) comprises an electron emitter (11) being adapted for a temperature-dependent release of electrons (1), an electron collector (21) being adapted for collecting the electrons (1), wherein the electron collector (21) is spaced from the electron emitter (11) by an evacuated gap (2), a gate electrode (31) being arranged between the electron emitter (11) and the electron collector (21) for subjecting the electrons (1) in the gap (2) to an accelerating electric potential, wherein the gate electrode (31) has a plurality of electrode openings (34) being arranged for transmitting electrons (1) miming from the electron emitter (11) to the electron collector (21), and a magnetic field device (50) being arranged for creating a magnetic field with magnetic field lines extending between the electron emitter and the electron collector (11, 21), wherein the magnetic field device (50) is arranged such that at least a portion of the magnetic field lines pass through the electrode openings (34). Furthermore, a method of converting energy using the thermoelectronic energy converter device (100) is described.
US09865787B2
A chip substrate includes conductive portions, insulation portions, cavities and a heat dissipating portion. The insulation portions are alternately bonded to the conductive portions to electrically isolate the conductive portions. The lens insertion portions are formed on an upper surface of the chip substrate at a predetermined depth so as to extend across each of the insulation portions. Each of the lens insertion portions includes a predetermined number of straight sides and a predetermined number of arc-shaped corners formed in regions where the straight sides meet with each other. The cavities are formed inward of the lens insertion portions at a predetermined depth so as to extend across each of the insulation portions. The heat dissipating portion is bonded to a lower surface of the chip substrate.
US09865773B2
A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.
US09865767B2
The present invention provides an electronic apparatus, such as a lighting device comprised of light emitting diodes (LEDs) or a power generating apparatus comprising photovoltaic diodes, which may be created through a printing process, using a semiconductor or other substrate particle ink or suspension and using a lens particle ink or suspension. An exemplary apparatus comprises a base; at least one first conductor; a plurality of diodes coupled to the at least one first conductor; at least one second conductor coupled to the plurality of diodes; and a plurality of lenses suspended in a polymer deposited or attached over the diodes. The lenses and the suspending polymer have different indices of refraction. In some embodiments, the lenses and diodes are substantially spherical, and have a ratio of mean diameters or lengths between about 10:1 and 2:1. The diodes may be LEDs or photovoltaic diodes, and in some embodiments, have a junction formed at least partially as a hemispherical shell or cap.
US09865766B2
A method of making an ultraviolet sensor includes applying a metal-containing solution to a substrate using a spin coating technique to form a metal-containing coat. The metal-containing coat is baked and pyrolyzed to form a metal-containing oxide film on the substrate. The metal-containing oxide film has a cubic crystalline structure suitable for ultraviolet photodetectors in flame detection applications.
US09865761B1
The disclosure provides an emitter-less solar cell design featuring p-or-n type GaAs with alternating p-n junction regions on the back-surface of the cell, opposite incident solar irradiance. Various layers of p-or-n type GaAs are interfaced together to collect charge carriers, and a thin layer of AlGaAs is applied to the front and back surfaces to prevent recombination of charge carriers. In some embodiments, the layered and doped structure generally provides an AlGaAs window layer of about 20 nm doped to about 3×(1018) cm−3, a GaAs absorption layer of about 1200 nm doped to about 2×(1017) cm−3, an AlGaAs heterojunction layer of about 20 nm doped to about 3×(1018) cm−3, and a GaAs contact layer of about 20 nm doped to about 1×(1019) cm−3. Additionally, AlGaAs BSF-heterojunction layer and GaAs BSF-contact layers each have a depth of about 20 nm and are doped to about 3×(1018) cm−3 and 1×(1019) cm−3 respectively. The heterojunction layer, and contact layer are doped to a conductivity type opposite the absorption layer.
US09865752B2
An encapsulating material for solar cell of the invention contains an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, and a content of a fluorine element in the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, which is determined using a combustion method and an ion chromatograph method, is equal to or less than 30 ppm.
US09865744B2
The semiconductor device includes a power element which is in an on state when voltage is not applied to a gate, a switching field-effect transistor for applying first voltage to the gate of the power element, and a switching field-effect transistor for applying voltage lower than the first voltage to the gate of the power element. The switching field-effect transistors have small off-state current.
US09865740B2
An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a highly reliable semiconductor device including thin film transistors which have stable electric characteristics and are formed using an oxide semiconductor. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming an oxide semiconductor film over a gate electrode with a gate insulating film interposed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, over an insulating surface; forming a first conductive film including at least one of titanium, molybdenum, and tungsten, over the oxide semiconductor film; forming a second conductive film including a metal having lower electronegativity than hydrogen, over the first conductive film; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by etching of the first conductive film and the second conductive film; and forming an insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode.
US09865739B2
Replacement metal gate structures with improved chamfered workfunction metal and self-aligned contact and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a replacement metal gate structure in a dielectric material. The replacement metal gate structure is formed with a lower spacer and an upper spacer above the lower spacer. The upper spacer having material is different than material of the lower spacer. The method further includes forming a self-aligned contact adjacent to the replacement metal gate structure by patterning an opening within the dielectric material and filling the opening with contact material. The upper spacer prevents shorting with the contact material.
US09865735B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and device structures for horizontal gate all around (hGAA) isolation and fin field effect transistor (FinFET) isolation. A superlattice structure comprising different materials arranged in an alternatingly stacked formation may be formed on a substrate. In one embodiment, at least one of the layers of the superlattice structure may be oxidized to form a buried oxide layer adjacent the substrate.
US09865731B2
A semiconductor device includes a p-type metal oxide semiconductor device (PMOS) and an n-type metal oxide semiconductor device (NMOS) disposed over a substrate. The PMOS has a first gate structure located on the substrate, a carbon doped n-type well disposed under the first gate structure, a first channel region disposed in the carbon doped n-type well, and activated first source/drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the first channel region. The NMOS has a second gate structure located on the substrate, a carbon doped p-type well disposed under the second gate structure, a second channel region disposed in the carbon doped p-type well, and activated second source/drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the second channel region.
US09865725B2
A transistor includes a stack of III-nitride semiconductor layers, the stack having a frontside and a backside, a source electrode in contact with the frontside of the stack, a drain electrode in contact with the backside of the stack, a trench extending through a portion of the stack, the trench having a sidewall, and a gate structure formed in the trench, including an AlN layer formed on the sidewall of the trench, an insulating cap layer formed on the AlN layer, and a gate electrode formed on the insulator cap layer and covering the sidewall of the trench.
US09865718B1
A method of forming an IC including a power semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having an epi layer thereon with at least one transistor formed therein covered by a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer. Contact openings are etched from through the PMD into the epi layer to form a sinker trench extending to a first node of the device. A metal fill material is deposited to cover a sidewall and bottom of the sinker trench but not completely fill the sinker trench. A dielectric filler layer is deposited over the metal fill material to fill the sinker trench. An overburden region of the dielectric filler layer is removed stopping on a surface of the metal fill material in the overburden region to form a sinker contact. A patterned interconnect metal is formed providing a connection between the interconnect metal and metal fill material on the sidewall of the sinker trench.
US09865706B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and structures for forming precise fins comprising Group III-V elements on a silicon substrate. A buffer layer is deposited in a trench formed in the dielectric material on a substrate. An isolation layer is then deposited over the buffer layer. A portion of the isolation layer is removed allowing for a precisely sized Group III-V channel layer to be deposited on the isolation layer.
US09865703B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having an outer surface; a plurality of oxide regions, located outward of the outer surface, and defining a plurality of metal-gate-stack-receiving cavities; and a liner interspersed between the plurality of oxide regions and the semiconductor substrate and between the plurality of oxide regions and the plurality of metal-gate-stack-receiving cavities. A layer of high-K material is deposited over the semiconductor structure, including on outer surfaces of the plurality of oxide regions, outer edges of the liner, on walls of the plurality of metal-gate-stack-receiving cavities, and on the outer surface of the semiconductor substrate within the plurality of metal-gate-stack-receiving cavities. The layer of high-K material is chamfered to remove same from the outer surfaces of the plurality of oxide regions, the outer edges of the liner, and partially down the walls of the plurality of metal-gate-stack-receiving cavities.
US09865702B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laterally insulated-gate bipolar transistor, comprising: providing a wafer having an N-type buried layer (10), an STI (40), and a first N well (22)/a first P well (24) which are formed successively from above a substrate; depositing and forming a high-temperature oxide film on the first N well (22) of the wafer; performing thermal drive-in on the wafer and performing photoetching and etching on the high-temperature oxide film to form a mini oxide layer (60); performing photoetching and ion implantation so as to form a second N well (32) inside the first N well (22) and second P wells (34) inside the first N well (22) and the first P well (24); then successively forming a gate oxide layer and a polysilicon gate (72), wherein one end of the gate oxide layer and the polysilicon gate (72) extends onto the second P well (34) inside the first N well (22), and the other end extends onto the mini oxide layer (60) on the second N well (32); and photoetching and injecting N-type ions between the mini oxide layer (60) and the STI (40) adjacent to the mini oxide layer (60) to form a drain electrode, and at the same time forming a source electrode (51) inside the second P well (34).
US09865701B2
A Schottky barrier diode includes: an n+ type of silicon carbide substrate; an n− type of epitaxial layer formed on a first surface of the n+ type of silicon carbide substrate; a plurality of p+ regions formed inside the n− type of epitaxial layer; a Schottky electrode formed in an upper portion of the n− type of epitaxial layer of an electrode region; and an ohmic electrode formed on a second surface of the n+ type of silicon carbide substrate, wherein the plurality of p+ regions are formed to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval within the n− type of epitaxial layer.
US09865694B2
A plurality of gate trenches is formed into a semiconductor substrate in an active cell region. One or more other trenches are formed in a different region. Each gate trench has a first conductive material in lower portions and a second conductive material in upper portions. In the gate trenches, a first insulating layer separates the first conductive material from the substrate, a second insulating layer separates the second conductive material from the substrate and a third insulating material separates the first and second conductive materials. The other trenches contain part of the first conductive material in a half-U shape in lower portions and part of the second conductive material in upper portions. In the other trenches, the third insulating layer separates the first and second conductive materials. The first insulating layer is thicker than the third insulating layer, and the third insulating layer is thicker than the second.
US09865693B1
A semiconductor memory device and a semiconductor memory cell thereof are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of semiconductor memory cells and an electric isolating structure. Each semiconductor memory cell includes a substrate, a first gate, a second gate, a first gate dielectric layer, a second gate dielectric layer, and a first spacing film. The first gate and the second gate are formed on the substrate. The first gate dielectric layer is between the first gate and the substrate, whereas the second gate dielectric layer is between the second gate and the substrate. The first spacing film having a side and a top edge is between the first gate and the second gate. The second gate covers the side and the top edge. Additionally, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device is also provided.
US09865688B2
A structure and method for forming a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, an oxide layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a fin comprising a semiconductor material disposed on the oxide layer.
US09865679B2
Compound semiconductor device, method for producing same, and resin-sealed type semiconductor device
In a semiconductor element having a compound semiconductor layer epitaxially grown on a silicon substrate, an object is to suppress generation of deficiency or problems of reliability deriving from the ends of the element that are generated when dividing into semiconductor devices by dicing. A compound semiconductor layer epitaxially grown on a silicon substrate is formed via a buffer layer made of aluminum nitride. In the periphery of the semiconductor device, a scribe lane is present to surround a semiconductor element region. Along the scribe lane, the aluminum nitride layer is covered with a coating film for protection against humidity and moisture.
US09865673B2
An on-chip magnetic structure includes a magnetic material comprising cobalt in a range from about 80 to about 90 atomic % (at. %) based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material, tungsten in a range from about 4 to about 9 at. % based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material, phosphorous in a range from about 7 to about 15 at. % based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material, and palladium substantially dispersed throughout the magnetic material.
US09865664B2
A thin film transistor array including a substrate, thin film transistors each including a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, an interlayer insulation film formed on the drain electrode, and an upper pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulation film, and an insulation layer having light shielding property is formed between adjacent upper pixel electrodes.
US09865658B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes an organic light-emitting display panel having a display area including a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area adjacent the display area; and a light sensing unit. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a first substrate including an organic light-emitting device on a first base substrate and a second substrate including a black matrix between the plurality of pixel areas on a surface of a second base substrate facing the first substrate and a reflective pattern formed on the black matrix. The light sensing unit is at one side of the organic light-emitting display panel.
US09865655B2
Semiconductor structures and methods for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a memory cell structure formed over the substrate. In addition, the memory cell structure includes a first electrode layer formed over the substrate and a resistance-change material layer formed over the first electrode layer. The memory cell structure further includes a second electrode layer formed over the resistance-change material layer. In addition, the resistance-change material layer includes a semimetal or a semimetal alloy.
US09865654B1
A semiconductor structure includes a front side and a back side opposite to the front side, at least a transistor device formed on the front side of the substrate, and an adjustable resistor formed on the back side of the substrate. The adjustable resistor includes at least a phase change material PCM layer.
US09865643B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, an imaging device, and electronic equipment configured such that an FD is shared by a plurality of pixels to further miniaturize the pixels at low cost without lowering of sensitivity and a conversion efficiency.In a configuration in which a plurality of pixels are arranged with respect to at least either of one of the OCCFs or one of the OCLs, a floating diffusion (FD) is shared by a sharing unit including a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels including pixels of at least either of different OCCFs or different OCLs. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor.
US09865642B2
A front-side-interconnect (FSI) red-green-blue-infrared (RGB-IR) photosensor array has photosensors of a first type with a diffused N-type region in a P-type well, the P-type well diffused into a high resistivity semiconductor layer; photosensors of a second type, with a deeper diffused N-type region in a P-type well, the P-type well; and photosensors of a third type with a diffused N-type region diffused into the high resistivity semiconductor layer underlying all of the other types of photosensors. In embodiments, photosensors of a fourth type have a diffused N-type region in a P-type well, the N-type region deeper than the N-type region of photosensors of the first and second types.
US09865639B2
It is possible to reduce resistance variations of a member connecting a through-silicon via to a line and improve wiring reliability. A hole through which the through-silicon via is to be stretched is created and an over-etching process is carried out on a wiring layer including the line. Then, by embedding copper in the hole, the through-silicon via made of the copper can be created. After the through-silicon via has been connected to the line made of aluminum through the member which is a connection area, the connection area is alloyed in a thermal treatment in order to electrically connect the through-silicon via to the line. Thus, it is possible to reduce variations of a resistance between the through-silicon via and the line and also improve wiring reliability as well. The present technology can be applied to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device.
US09865638B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor substrate having a first wiring layer which includes a first conductive pad, a second semiconductor substrate disposed on the first semiconductor substrate and including a second wiring layer which includes a second conductive pad, a first oxide layer disposed on the second semiconductor substrate and containing a second end of an intermediate connection which extends vertically through the second semiconductor substrate and has a first end electrically connected to the second conductive pad, and a third semiconductor substrate disposed on the first oxide layer and including a third wiring layer which includes a third conductive pad. The second end of the intermediate connection layer is electrically connected to the third conductive pad via a metal bond.
US09865633B2
A solid-state imaging device in which the potential of a signal line, which is obtained before a pixel has an operating period, is fixed to an intermediate potential between a first power-supply potential and a second power-supply potential.
US09865628B2
The present inventive concept relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a substrate; a first gate conductor provided on the substrate; and a gate insulator provided on the first gate conductors, wherein edges of the first gate conductor are recessed from edges of the first gate insulator, and the edges of the first gate insulator are respectively parallel with the edges of the first gate conductor.
US09865626B2
A method for a display device is discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes forming a substrate of the display device; forming a thin film transistor on the substrate; and forming a passivation layer of a photosensitive organic material on the thin film transistor, the passivation layer having a contact hole exposing the thin film transistor. The photosensitive organic material comprises an ultraviolet absorber. The method according to the embodiment includes forming a blocking area in a mask above the contact hole; and absorbing, via the ultraviolet absorber, reflected ultraviolet (UV) rays passing by the blocking area in the mask above the contact hole.
US09865624B2
A liquid crystal display includes a gate line and a data line disposed on a substrate, a reference voltage line aligned with the data line, and a plurality of pixels arranged substantially in a matrix form. In such a liquid crystal display, each pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a driving unit electrically connected to the gate line, the data line and the reference voltage line. In such a liquid crystal display, one reference voltage line is disposed between two adjacent pixels.
US09865613B2
There is provided a semiconductor device having an arrangement structure in which high-density line patterns having relatively small widths and relatively tight pitches may be formed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of line patterns that are spaced apart from one another. The plurality of line patterns include a plurality of main lines that have a first gap therebetween and extend in a first direction and a plurality of sublines that are bent from one end of each of the plurality of main lines. The plurality of sublines have therebetween a distance that is greater than the first gap, and may be spaced apart from extension lines that extend from the one end of each of the plurality of main lines corresponding to the plurality of sublines in the first direction.
US09865600B2
A device comprises a destination substrate; a multilayer structure on the destination substrate, wherein the multilayer structure comprises a plurality of printed capacitors stacked on top of each other with an offset between each capacitor along at least one edge of the capacitors; and wherein each printed capacitor includes a plurality of electrically connected capacitors. Each printed capacitor of the plurality of printed capacitors can be a horizontal or a vertical capacitor. Each printed capacitor can include a plurality of capacitor layers, each capacitor layer including a plurality of electrically connected capacitors.
US09865597B2
A semiconductor device is provided as follows. A first fin is formed on a first region of a substrate, extending in a first direction. A second fin is formed on a second region of the substrate, extending in a second direction. A first dual liner is formed on a lateral surface of the first fin. The first dual liner includes a first liner and a second liner. The first liner is interposed between the second liner and the lateral surface of the first fin. A second dual liner is formed on a lateral surface of the second fin. The second dual liner includes a third liner and a fourth liner. The third liner is interposed between the fourth liner and the lateral surface of the second fin. An epitaxial layer surrounds a top portion of the second fin. The first liner and the third liner have different thicknesses.
US09865595B1
A FinFET device is provided. The FinFET device includes a plurality of fin structures that protrude upwardly out of a dielectric isolation structure. The FinFET device also includes a plurality of gate structures that partially wrap around the fin structures. The fin structures each extend in a first direction, and the gate structures each extend in a second direction different from the first direction. An epitaxial structure is formed over at least a side surface of each of the fin structures. The epitaxial structure includes: a first epi-layer, a second epi-layer, or a third epi-layer. The epitaxial structure formed over each fin structure is separated from adjacent epitaxial structures by a gap. A silicide layer is formed over each of the epitaxial structures. The silicide layer at least partially fills in the gap. Conductive contacts are formed over the silicide layer.
US09865591B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a transistor region, a diode region, a gate line region, and a gate pad region. The gate pad region and the gate line region are each disposed to be sandwiched between the diode region and the diode region, and a gate electrode on the gate pad region and the gate line region is formed on an insulating film formed on an epitaxial layer. Thus, breakdown of the insulating film in the gate region can be prevented without causing deterioration in quality of the gate insulating film, upon switching and avalanche breakdown.
US09865590B2
A power transistor includes a plurality of transistor cells. Each transistor cell has a first electrode coupled to a first electrode interconnection region overlying a first major surface, a control electrode coupled to a control electrode interconnection region overlying the first major surface, and a second electrode coupled to a second electrode interconnection region overlying a second major surface. Each transistor cell has an approximately constant doping concentration in the channel region. A dielectric platform is used as an edge termination of an epitaxial layer to maintain substantially planar equipotential lines therein. The power transistor finds particular utility in radio frequency applications operating at a frequency greater than 500 megahertz and dissipating more than 5 watts of power. The semiconductor die and package are designed so that the power transistor can efficiently operate under such severe conditions.
US09865589B1
A mandrel is formed over an active region that includes a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region are reserved for the formation of a source and a drain of a FinFET, respectively. A portion of the mandrel formed over the second region is broken up into a first segment and a second segment separated from the first segment by a gap. Spacers are formed on opposite sides of the mandrel. Using the spacers, fins are defined. The fins protrude upwardly out of the active region. A portion of the second region corresponding to the gap has no fins formed thereover. The source is epitaxially grown on the fins in the first region. At least a portion of the drain is epitaxially grown on the portion of the second region having no fins.
US09865587B1
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device integrated on the same semiconductor substrate as semiconductor fin field effect transistors (FinFETs). The ESD device includes a three-dimension (3D) wrap-around PN diode connected to the semiconductor substrate. The three-dimension (3D) wrap-around PN diode has an increased junction area and, in some applications, improved heat dissipation.
US09865582B2
An electronic device comprising a semiconductor structure having a back end capacitor and a back end thin film resistor and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure includes a first dielectric layer, a bottom plate of the capacitor and a thin film resistor body. The bottom plate and the resistor body are laterally spaced apart portions of the same thin film layer. The bottom plate further includes a conductive layer overlying the thin film layer. A second dielectric layer is disposed on the conductive layer of the bottom plate of the capacitor. A top plate of the capacitor is disposed on the second dielectric layer.
US09865579B2
In a display device connected with an IC driver, particularly the reliability of connection between an IC terminal located on the outermost side and the IC driver is improved. IC terminals and flexible wiring board terminals are formed on a terminal region of a TFT substrate. A plurality of the IC terminals are formed at a predetermined pitch. The reliability of an outermost IC terminal is degraded as compared with the reliability of the other IC terminals caused by the loading effect in etching a protection insulating film. In order to prevent this degradation, a dummy terminal is formed on the outer side of the outermost IC terminal, and the loading effect on the outermost IC terminal is made equal to the loading effect on the other IC terminals. Accordingly, degradation in the reliability of the outermost IC terminal is prevented.
US09865577B2
A display and method of manufacture are described. The display may include a substrate including an array of pixels with each pixel including multiple subpixels, and each subpixel within a pixel is designed for a different color emission spectrum. An array of micro LED device pairs are mounted within each subpixel to provide redundancy. An array of wavelength conversion layers comprising phosphor particles are formed over the array of micro LED device pairs for tunable color emission spectrum.
US09865576B1
A solar cell hollow circuit is provided. The solar cell hollow circuit includes a substrate, a first conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed on the substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer is formed on the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is formed on the photoelectric conversion layer. A hollow surround area is formed on the substrate by the first conductive layer, the photoelectric conversion layer and the second conductive layer. The hollow surround area defines an opening and a positive contact or a negative contact corresponding to the opening.
US09865572B2
A display device including a substrate including a wiring electrode; a conductive adhesive layer including an anisotropic conductive medium, and disposed to cover the wiring electrode; and a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices adhered to the conductive adhesive layer and electrically connected to the wiring electrode through the anisotropic conductive medium. Further, the conductive adhesive layer includes a first layer disposed on the substrate; a second layer deposited on the first layer and including the anisotropic conductive medium; and a third layer deposited on the second layer, to which the semiconductor light emitting devices are adhered. Further, at least one of the second layer and the third layer includes a white pigment configured to reflect light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device.
US09865569B2
A structure includes an electrical interconnection between a first substrate including a plurality of protrusions and a second substrate including a plurality of solder bumps, the plurality of protrusions includes sharp tips that penetrate the plurality of solder bumps, and a permanent electrical interconnection is established by physical contact between the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of solder bumps including a metallurgical joint.
US09865568B2
Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) structures having recessed conductive contacts for package on package (PoP). For example, an IC structure may include: an IC package having a first resist surface; a recess disposed in the first resist surface, wherein a bottom of the recess includes a second resist surface; a first plurality of conductive contacts located at the first resist surface; and a second plurality of conductive contacts located at the second resist surface. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US09865551B2
Provided herein are multilayer structures having a reduced propensity to warp upon curing of certain components thereof. In one aspect, there are provided multilayer assemblies comprising a plurality of the above-described multilayer structures. In another aspect, there are provided methods for reducing wafer warpage upon cure of molding compositions applied thereto. In yet another aspect, there are provided methods for preparing wafers having substantially no warpage upon cure thereof.
US09865533B2
Various embodiments of a feedthrough assembly and methods of forming such assemblies are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the feedthrough assembly can include a non-conductive substrate and a feedthrough. The feedthrough can include a via from an outer surface to an inner surface of the non-conductive substrate, a conductive material disposed in the via, and an external contact disposed over the via on the outer surface of the non-conductive substrate. The external contact can be electrically coupled to the conductive material disposed in the via. And the external contact can be hermetically sealed to the outer surface of the non-conductive substrate by a bond surrounding the via. In one or more embodiments, the bond can be a laser bond.
US09865528B2
A cavity package is set forth along with a method of manufacturing thereof. According to one embodiment, the method comprises attaching a metal heat sink to a leadframe using an intermediate structure that is thermally conductive and electrically insulating; molding a plastic body around the heat sink and exposed leads of the leadframe to form a cavity, with partially and selectively exposed lead top surfaces, heat sink top surface, and heat sink bottom surface; attaching a semiconductor device die within cavity on to the exposed top surface of the heat sink using a thermal conductive material; wire bonding respective wire bond pads of the semiconductor device die to the exposed lead top surfaces and to the heat sink for grounding; and attaching a lid to the plastic molded body to protect the wire bonded device within cavity.
US09865527B1
A device comprises a substrate and an adhesive nanoparticle layer patterned into zones of electrical conductance and insulation on top of the substrate surface. A diffusion region adjoining the surface comprises an admixture of the nanoparticles in the substrate material. When the nanoparticle layer is patterned from originally all-conductive nanoparticles, the insulating zones are created by selective oxidation; when the nanoparticle layer is patterned from originally all-non-conductive nanoparticles, the conductive zones are created by depositing selectively a volatile reducing agent. A package of insulating material is in touch with the nanoparticle layer and fills any voids in the nanoparticle layer.
US09865522B2
Composite heat sink structures and methods of fabrication are provided, with the composite heat sink structures including: a thermally conductive base having a main heat transfer surface to couple to, for instance, at least one electronic component to be cooled; a compressible, continuous sealing member; and a sealing member retainer compressing the compressible, continuous sealing member against the thermally conductive base; and an in situ molded member. The in situ molded member is molded over and affixed to the thermally conductive base, and is molded over and secures in place the sealing member retainer. A coolant-carrying compartment resides between the thermally conductive base and the in situ molded member, and a coolant inlet and outlet are provided in fluid communication with the coolant-carrying compartment to facilitate liquid coolant flow through the compartment.
US09865517B2
The present disclosure provides a test element group, an array substrate, a test device and a test method. The test element group includes an array of Thin Film Transistors (TFTs), in which first electrodes of the TFTs in each row are connected to a first connection end, second electrodes of the TFTs in each column are connected to a second connection end, and third electrodes of all of the TFTs in the array are connected to an identical third connection end. The first electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode correspond to the source electrode, the drain source and the gate source of the TFT.
US09865516B2
A wafer and a forming method thereof are provided. The wafer has a die region and a scribe-line region adjacent to the die region, and includes a conductive bonding pad in the die region of the wafer and a wafer acceptance test (WAT) pad in the scribe-line region of the wafer. A top surface of the WAT pad is lower than a top surface of the conductive bonding pad.
US09865515B2
A semiconductor device fabricated using a high-temperature ion implantation process is provided. The high-temperature ion implantation process includes providing a substrate having a plurality of fins. A mask material is deposited and patterned to expose a group of fins of the plurality of fins and a test structure. A first ion implantation may be performed, at a first temperature, through the group of fins and the test structure. Additionally, a second ion implantation may be performed, at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, through the group of fins and the test structure. An interstitial cluster is formed within the group of fins and within the test structure. Thereafter, an anneal process is performed, where the anneal process serves to remove the interstitial cluster from the group of fins and form at least one dislocation loop within the test structure.
US09865509B2
A method for forming a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device includes growing a SiGe layer on a Si semiconductor layer, and etching fins through the SiGe layer and the Si semiconductor layer down to a buried dielectric layer. Spacers are formed on sidewalls of the fins, and a dielectric material is formed on top of the buried dielectric layer between the fins. The SiGe layer is replaced with a dielectric cap for an n-type device to form a Si fin. The Si semiconductor layer is converted to a SiGe fin for a p-type device by oxidizing the SiGe layer to condense Ge. The dielectric material is recessed to below the spacers, and the dielectric cap and the spacers are removed to expose the Si fin and the SiGe fin.
US09865508B2
Techniques for forming closely packed hybrid nanowires are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming hybrid nanowires includes: forming alternating layers of a first and a second material in a stack on a substrate; forming a first trench(es) and a second trench(es) in the stack; laterally etching the layer of the second material selectively within the first trench(es) to form first cavities in the layer; growing a first epitaxial material within the first trench(es) filling the first cavities; laterally etching the layer of the second material selectively within the second trench(es) to form second cavities in the layer; growing a second epitaxial material within the second trench(es) filling the second cavities, wherein the first epitaxial material in the first cavities and the second epitaxial material in the second cavities are the hybrid nanowires. A nanowire FET device and method for formation thereof are also provided.
US09865507B2
Impurity atoms of a first type are implanted through a gate and a thin gate dielectric into a channel region that has substantially only the first type of impurity atoms at a middle point of the channel region to increase the average dopant concentration of the first type of impurity atoms in the channel region to adjust the threshold voltage of a transistor.
US09865506B2
A stack type memory device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The stack type memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of active layers stacked on the semiconductor substrate, and a gate structure overlapping the plurality of active layers. The gate structure includes a side gate region overlapping sides of the plurality of active layers and a top gate region overlapping a top of an uppermost active layer.
US09865498B2
An integrated circuit may be formed by forming an isolation recess in a single-crystal silicon-based substrate. Sidewall insulators are formed on sidewalls of the isolation recess. Thermal oxide is formed at a bottom surface of the isolation recess to provide a buried isolation layer, which does not extend up the sidewall insulators. A single-crystal silicon-based semiconductor layer is formed over the buried isolation layer and planarized to be substantially coplanar with the substrate adjacent to the isolation recess, thus forming an isolated semiconductor layer over the buried isolation layer. The isolated semiconductor layer is laterally separated from the substrate.
US09865493B2
A plating jig that can form a metal plating film simultaneously on both surfaces of a semiconductor wafer by one plating process. The plating jig includes a base section and a cover section that can hold a substrate to be plated, and a center section that holds the substrate between the base section and cover section; the base section, the cover section and the center section each having an annular portion having an opening at a center thereof; seal packings each having a conductive ring disposed thereon being attached to each of facing surfaces of the annular portions of the base section and the cover section; the substrate to be plated being disposed inside the opening of the center section; and the substrate to be plated being held from front and back surfaces thereof with the seal packings attached to the cover section and the center section.
US09865492B2
A mounting apparatus for handling of a structured substrate which has structures. The mounting apparatus having a soft material layer for accommodating the structured substrate on a receiving surface. The structures of the structured substrate are able to be taken at least partially into the material layer. Fixing means for fixing of the structured substrate on the receiving surface are provided.
US09865486B2
Systems and methods for optimizing timing/power risk SVB using a customer-supplied, non-linear voltage slope. Chips are manufactured according to an integrated circuit design. The minimum operating voltage and hardware variations for each device in the design is determined and a process distribution for the chips is divided into process windows. Vmax and Vmin to support system frequency are determined for each process window. Vmin vs. process-bin mean and sigma sensitivity is calculated using information about specific devices. The voltage for each process window that generates Vmin for specific devices is identified. Power at the slow end and fast end of each process window is evaluated using the voltage to support system frequency. Pmax is determined. Vmax for each process window that generates Pmax is determined. A voltage is identified between Vmin and Vmax that maximizes the timing margin for system frequency while minimizing risk for Pmax. The chips are sorted into different process windows, based on the voltage identified.
US09865480B2
The present invention relates to an under-fill dam with high detection probability that is composed of a dry film solder resist and provided in the form of a fence around a chip device in order to prevent leaks of an under-fill material filled in a gap between a substrate and the chip device.
US09865474B2
An etching method using plasma includes generating plasma by supplying process gases to at least one remote plasma source (RPS) and applying power to the at least one RPS, and etching an etching object by supplying water (H2O) and the plasma to a process chamber.
US09865472B2
A method of etching features into a silicon layer with a steady-state gas flow is provided. An etch gas comprising an oxygen containing gas and a fluorine containing gas is provided. A plasma is provided from the etch gas. Then, the flow of the etch gas is stopped.
US09865463B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first photoresist layer is applied on a polycrystalline silicon layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. The first photoresist layer is then patterned and cured with UV rays. The polycrystalline silicon layer is etched, using the first photoresist layer as a mask, to form a gate electrode and a resistive film of the polycrystalline silicon layer. A second photoresist layer is applied on the cured first photoresist layer and patterned to form an opening portion exposing the first photoresist layer. Impurities are ion implanted through the opening portion in the polycrystalline silicon layer. The channeling of impurities implanted during the ion implantation is suppressed by the cured first photoresist layer.
US09865433B1
A gas injection system, including an extraction plate having an extraction aperture for allowing passage of an ion beam through the extraction plate, the extraction plate further having a gas slot for expulsion of a residue removal gas from the extraction plate. The gas injection system may include a gas conduit extending through the extraction plate between the gas slot and a gas manifold, a gas source connected in fluid communication with the gas manifold, the gas source containing the residue removal gas. The gas manifold may include a valve adjustable between a first position, wherein the residue removal gas is allowed to flow into the extraction plate, and a second portion, wherein the residue removal gas can be vented from the extraction plate. The gas injection system may further include a manifold cover coupled to the gas manifold.
US09865426B2
Improvements in the supply of high-frequency electrical power to ozone-producing cells can be accomplished using the systems and techniques described herein. Application of a DC-DC converter operating at a switching frequency substantially greater than a load frequency, supports generation of a high-voltage AC for powering such cells, while allowing for reductions in component size and reductions in a quality factor of a load tuning circuit. Controllable power inverters used in obtaining one or more of the switching and load frequencies can be controlled using feedback techniques to provide stable, high-quality power to ozone-producing cells under variations in one or more of externally supplied power and load conditions. An inrush protection circuit can also be provided to selectively introduce a current-limiting resistance until an input DC bus has been sufficiently initialized as determined by measurements obtained from the DC bus. The current limiting resistance can be a positive-temperature coefficient thermistor.
US09865419B2
An electrical relay device includes a housing, a wire coil, an actuator assembly, and a shell. The housing extends between a closed end and an open end and defines a chamber. The wire coil and the actuator assembly are within the chamber. The actuator assembly is configured to move between a first position, in which a movable contact is spaced apart from at least one stationary contact, and a second position, in which the movable contact engages the at least one stationary contact, based on a magnetic field induced by current through the wire coil. The shell seals the open end of the housing to seal the chamber. The shell has a pressure relief valve in flow communication with the chamber. The pressure relief valve is configured to open in response to a pressure within the chamber exceeding a threshold set pressure to reduce the pressure within the chamber.
US09865410B2
A switching system for switching between phases in a multi-phase power distribution system includes a switch for selectively connecting a lateral line to feeder conductors of different phases in a multi-phase power distribution system. Feeder terminals of the switch are configured to connect to feeder conductors of the multi-phase power distribution system. At least one output terminal of the switch is configured to connect to the lateral line. The feeder terminals are spaced about the body of the switch. A shaft and a rotatable contact member extending radially from the shaft are configured for rotating within the switch body to selectively connect the at least one output terminal to any one or more of the feeder terminals. At least one controller operates the switch to selectively change connection of the lateral line between the feeder conductors.
US09865395B2
A method for manufacturing a capacitor element includes singulating a mother block into a plurality of laminate blocks having a shape of an elongated, substantially rectangular parallelepiped, by dividing the mother block in rows; rolling each of the plurality of laminate blocks; and singulating each of the plurality of laminate blocks into a plurality of laminate chips having a shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, by dividing the plurality of laminate blocks after rolling in columns. The step of rolling each of the plurality of laminate blocks includes the step of moving the plurality of laminate blocks placed on a stage, along a direction in which the plurality of laminate blocks are arranged side by side, thereby sequentially pushing each of the plurality of laminate blocks to an end portion of the stage and causing each of the plurality of laminate blocks to rotationally fall from the end portion.
US09865393B2
A metallized film capacitor element includes a plurality of concentrically arranged cylindrical sub-elements, each sub-element including at least one metal coated dielectric film wound in a plurality of turns. The capacitor element further includes one or more thermally conductive sections provided between the sub-elements. Each of the thermally conductive sections includes a sheet wound at least one turn and having a higher thermal conductivity than the metal coated dielectric film of the sub-elements. A thermally conducting film is provided for improving the thermal conductivity of electrical power components. The thermally conducting film includes an electrically insulating film and thermally conductive and electrically insulating particles disposed on at least one side of the film.
US09865390B2
A coil component includes a first coil part including a multilayer substrate on which a conductor pattern is formed, a second coil part formed as a wire and stacked together with the first coil part, a core coupled to the first and second coil parts while penetrating through the first and second coil parts to thereby be electromagnetically coupled to the first and second coil parts, and a pressing member interposed between the core and the second coil part to allow the first and second coil parts to closely adhere to each other.
US09865384B2
A refrigerator including a first magnet provided at an upper end of a cover of an ice bucket and a second magnet provided at a ceiling of an inner liner. The ice bucket is fixed in a state in which the cover of the ice bucket is in tight contact with a front wall of an ice-making compartment due to magnetically attractive force between the first magnet and the second magnet.
US09865379B2
A thermal sleeve and method for protecting a temperature sensitive electronic member against exposure to heat. The thermal sleeve includes a tubular wall with an inner surface bounding an inner cavity extending along a central longitudinal axis between open opposite ends and a reflective outer surface. The thermal sleeve includes a positioning member constructed of a separate piece of material from the tubular wall, with an annular portion attached to the tubular wall and at least one resilient finger extending radially inwardly from the annular portion. The at least one finger extends radially inwardly along a plane from the fixed end along an arcuate path to a free end configured for abutment with a wiring harness attached to the temperature sensitive electronic member. The free end of the finger is radially expandable along the plane toward the annular portion to automatically adjust to an outer envelop of said wiring harness.
US09865376B2
Infiltration of water into a shield pipe is prevented. A shielded conductive path includes a tubular braided wire, a shield pipe connected to the braided wire, an electric wire bundle inserted into the braided wire and the shield pipe, a heat-shrinkable tube that is disposed so as to cover the braided wire and is thermally shrunk to bring the braided wire into intimate contact with an outer circumference of the electric wire bundle, a filler (18) with which voids between the electric wire bundle and the heat-shrinkable tube are filled, and a tubular waterstopping member that covers a region of the braided wire between the heat-shrinkable tube and the shield pipe in a state in which two end portions of the tubular waterstopping member are in intimate contact with an outer circumferential surface of the heat-shrinkable tube and the outer circumferential surface of the shield pipe in a liquidtight manner.
US09865371B2
Provide is a carbon nanotube composite material and conductive material to solve the problems of the prior art described above by providing a high conductivity and showing excellent durability against repeated stress such as strain. A carbon nanotube composite material of the invention is a conductive material having carbon nanotubes dispersed in a matrix including observing a peak in each region of 110±10 cm−1, 190±10 cm−1 and 200 cm−1 or more in a Raman spectroscopic analysis at a wavelength of 633 nm, and a ratio R/R0 of an electrical resistance R after a load of repeated stress of 100 times at 10% elongation with respect to an electrical resistance R0 prior to applying a load is 5 or more. In addition, a conductive material of the invention comprises these characteristics of the carbon nanotube composite material.
US09865370B2
A composite material for the realization of a component or a structural part, in particular for installation on-board a vehicle, adapted to integrate electrical devices and connections, includes a non-conductive polymeric matrix; a dispersed phase including at least one promoter of carbonization adapted to form carbonaceous conductive structures; and a reinforcing-fiber filler adapted to direct the distribution and orientation of the dispersed phase in the polymeric matrix.
US09865367B2
Systems and methods for separation or isolation of technetium radioisotopes from aqueous solutions of radioactive or non-radioactive molybdate salts using a polyalkyl glycol-based cross-linked polyether polymer. Some embodiments can be used for the effective purification of radioactive technetium-99m produced from low specific activity 99Mo.
US09865362B1
Method and apparatus for testing the memory components of an integrated Circuit (IC) using a routing logic and a built-in design for test (DFT) hardware processing device. Based on input provided from an interface controller to the IC, the IC is tested according to one of at least two modes. In a first mode, the built-in DFT hardware processing device executes a test that checks for faults in the physical memory of the IC. In a second mode, the built-in DFT hardware processing device executes a test that checks for faults in the error correction logic of the IC. By using the same routing logic and built-in DFT hardware processing device, tests of the memory components according to the first and second mode can be executed on an automatic and serial basis, even after the manufacture of the IC.
US09865349B2
Cell layouts for a memory cell, such as for ternary content addressable memory (TCAM), are disclosed. Some cell layouts include a well strap structure. A cell layout may include a p-doped well, an n-doped well, and a p-doped well sequentially along a layout. Another cell layout may include a p-doped well, an n-doped well, a p-doped well, and an n-doped well sequentially along a layout. A well strap structure may be in a p-doped well or an n-doped well. Various metallization layers having a mesh may be used with a memory cell layout. In some disclosed examples, a first metallization layer may have one, two, or four ground traces, and a second metallization layer may have two ground traces. These various ground traces may be electrically coupled together to form a mesh.
US09865348B2
A memory driving device and a method thereof applied for a RRAM array are provided. The memory driving device includes a voltage generator, a current detector, and a controller. The voltage generator generates a write voltage. An RRAM cell of the RRAM array is selected according to a selection signal for receiving the program voltage to generate a program current. The current detector detects the program current. The controller executes a driving procedure which includes: obtaining a voltage distribution for the program voltage; determining the initial voltage and the maximum voltage of the program voltage according to the voltage distribution; gradually increasing the program voltage from the initial voltage to the maximum voltage; determining whether the program current exceeds the reference current; and selecting another RRAM cell when the write current exceeds the reference current.
US09865345B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes: a word line driving unit for driving a plurality of word lines; a first circuit area including a first cell array arranged at one side of the word line driving unit; a second circuit area including a second cell array arranged at the other side of the word line driving unit; a bias voltage generation unit arranged between the first cell array and the second cell array; a first read control unit; and a second read control unit. The first and second cell arrays include storage cells having variable resistance elements, and the bias voltage generation unit generates a bias voltage based on currents flowing through a first reference resistance element included in the first cell array and a second reference resistance element included in the second cell array.
US09865337B1
A write driver is provided that includes a first write driver inverter that inverts a data signal to drive a gate of a second write driver transistor. The write driver transistor has a terminal coupled to a bit line and another terminal coupled to a boost capacitor. A ground for the first write driver inverter floats during a write assist period to choke off leakage of boost charge from the boost capacitor through the write driver transistor.
US09865336B2
A semiconductor memory includes a first data line, a second data line, a first coupling line, a second coupling line, a first plurality of transistors, and a second plurality of transistors. The first coupling line is configured to be capacitively coupled with the first data line. The second coupling line is configured to be capacitively coupled with the second data line. The first plurality of transistors are configured to transmit a first voltage to the first coupling line and the second coupling line in response to a first control signal. The second plurality of transistors are configured to transmit a second voltage to the first coupling line, the second coupling line, or a combination thereof in response to a second control signal and a third control signal.
US09865323B1
According to one embodiment, a memory device is connectable to a host, and includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory which is used as a cache of the nonvolatile memory and has a higher access speed than the nonvolatile memory, and a controller which controls access to the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory. The controller increments, when the controller receives a refresh command for the volatile memory from the host, a value of a refresh counter, and executes, when the value of the refresh counter exceeds a threshold, no refresh operation corresponding to the refresh command.
US09865320B2
This technology provides an electronic device. An electronic device in accordance with an implementation of this document may include a semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory may include free layer having a variable magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer formed over the free layer; a pinned layer formed over the tunnel barrier layer and having a pinned magnetization direction; an exchange coupling layer formed over the pinned layer; and a magnetic correction layer formed over the exchange coupling layer, wherein the magnetic correction layer comprises a first magnetic layer, a spacer layer and a second magnetic layer that are sequentially stacked, and the first magnetic layer has a saturation magnetization smaller than a saturation magnetization of the second magnetic layer.
US09865318B2
A transmission circuit may be provided. The transmission circuit may include a strobe control circuit and an output driver. The strobe control circuit may generate strobe driving signals based on information and a clock signal. The output driver may generate a strobe signal by driving a signal transmission line. The transmission circuit may drive the signal transmission line to a specified level for a predetermined time after transmission of the strobe signal is completed.
US09865315B1
An apparatus includes a detector circuit and a receiver circuit. The detector circuit may be configured to (i) identify a start of a command sequence associated with a directed access to a memory system and (ii) generate a control signal indicating a non-consecutive clock associated with the start of the command sequence. The receiver circuit may be configured to initialize an equalizer circuit configured to compensate for deterministic crosstalk coupled between a data line and a data strobe line to provide an increased margin.
US09865312B2
A semiconductor device includes an output driver having a variable current driving ability, for outputting an amplified data signal to the outside through a transmission line; a nonvolatile memory having a specific area for storing output adjustment data to adjust the current driving ability of the output driver; an output adjustment data readout unit for reading out the output adjustment data from the specific area of the memory in response to powering on; and a current driving ability adjustment unit for adjusting the current driving ability of the output driver on the basis of the output adjustment data read out from the memory.
US09865310B2
Solid state memory modules are disclosed having increased density for module size/footprint. Different embodiments also provide for improved interconnect arrangements between the memory modules and the corresponding field programmable gate array (FPGA), micro-processor (μP), or application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). These interconnects provide for greater module interconnect flexibility, operating speed and operating efficiency. Some memory module embodiments according to the present invention comprises a plurality of solid state memory devices arranged on a first printed circuit board. A second printed circuit board is on and electrically connected to the first printed circuit board, with the second printed circuit board having a pin-out for direct coupling to a host device.
US09865308B2
Individual time stamp data inputs generated by different viewers of a broadcast or other video output are used to identify parts of the video data to be used to generate a sequence of video clips or “highlights”. The individual time stamps for each event are aggregated to generate a single marker flag (93) for each event, defined for example as the median (95) (or some other point) in the distribution (90) of time stamps.
US09865304B2
The present disclosure relates to a file generation device and method, and a content playback device, enabling efficient access to arbitrary subsamples within a sample. Information for acquiring arbitrary subsamples (tiles) is disposed not by extending the sidx and the ssix, but by defining a separate box, a general subsegment index box (gsix), after the sidx and the ssix at the beginning of the segment file. The present disclosure may be applied to a content playback system equipped with a content server and a content playback device, for example.
US09865301B1
A method of forming a recording head for use with a data storage medium in a data storage device. The method includes forming first and second writers of different target geometries. A first recording measurement is performed on one or more storage media using the first writer. A second recording measurement is performed on the one or more storage media using the second writer. Based on a comparison of the first and second recording measurements to a predetermined quantity, either the first writer or the second writer is selected to be operational in the data storage device.
US09865298B2
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a stationary component, a rotatable component configured to rotate relative to the stationary component, and a conical pumping seal formed between the stationary component and the rotatable component.
US09865297B2
Method and apparatus for storing archive images to a substrate, such as a rotatable optical disc. In some embodiments, an optical medium has a substrate which stores a plurality of archived images in a human detectable form on a surface of the substrate and control data associated with the archived images to facilitate optical recovery of said human detectable images from the surface. The archived images are arranged as a sequence of tiles on a recording layer of the optical medium each tile having an associated length and width. The control data are arranged as machine readable information that identifies an overall content of the plurality of archived images.
US09865294B2
Provided herein is a method including forming a data zone guiding pattern and forming a servo zone guiding pattern. A servo pattern and a data pattern are simultaneously formed. Directed self-assembly of block copolymers is guided by the data zone guiding pattern and the servo zone guiding pattern.
US09865292B1
A slider having an air bearing surface is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording. A writer of the slider comprises a writer coil. A current source is configured to supply a modulated writer current at a first predetermined frequency to the writer coil. A writer heater is situated proximate the writer and configured to thermally actuate a writer region of the air bearing surface. A contact sensor is situated proximate the writer coil and configured to sense temperature changes indicative of changes in spacing and contact between the slider and a magnetic recording medium. A signal produced by the contact sensor oscillates at the first predetermined frequency. A detector is coupled to the contact sensor. The detector is configured to detect contact between the thermally actuated writer region and the medium using the contact sensor signal.
US09865290B1
In an in-drive erase process in a single-surface HDD, erase spirals on the surface being erased can be employed to control writer position. A reader-to-writer timing offset value is determined for a plurality of radial locations on the surface to be erased, and an erase window is determined for a radial location disposed between two erase spirals. The erase window includes an erase start time, which is based on a spiral exit time of a reader and the reader-to-writer timing offset value for the radial location, and an erase stop time, which is based on a spiral encounter time of the reader and the reader-to-writer timing offset value. The erase window prevents complete erasure of erase spirals, so that the servo system of the HDD can continue to servo off of the erase spirals. The erase spirals may be written with a lower slope than conventional spiral tracks.
US09865289B2
Magnetic tape media according to one embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks having physical characteristics of being written by an apparatus that monitors a lateral position of the magnetic tape media passing over a servo writing head during a servo track writing operation and writes servo marks to the magnetic tape media. A timing of the writing of each servo mark is based on the monitored position of the magnetic tape media.
US09865283B2
Devices that have an air bearing surface (ABS), the device includes a near field transducer (NFT) that includes a disc configured to convert photons incident thereon into plasmons; and a peg configured to couple plasmons coupled from the disc into an adjacent magnetic storage medium, wherein the disc includes a disc material that includes gold or an alloy thereof and the peg includes a peg material, wherein the disc material is different from the peg material and wherein the peg material has a real part of the permittivity that is not greater than that of gold.
US09865279B2
According to one embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device includes: receiving an audio signal comprising voice and background sound via a microphone; receiving a user's operation to set a loudness of the voice or the background sound; setting a balance between a first gain of the voice and a second gain of the background sound according to the user's operation; separating the input audio signal into a first signal of the voice and a second signal of the background sound; amplifying the first signal according to the first gain; amplifying the second signal according to the second gain; and outputting the first signal and the second signal at least partially overlapping each other via a speaker.
US09865277B2
Methods and apparatus for dynamically suppressing low frequency non-speech audio events, such as road bumps, without suppressing speech formants. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, maximum powers in first and second windows are computed and used to determine whether dampening should be applied, and if so, to what extent.
US09865272B2
A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark an audio signal includes receiving an audio signal and a watermark signal including multiple symbols, and inserting at least some of the multiple symbols in multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range. Optimization of the design incorporates minimizing the human auditory system perceiving the watermark channels by taking into account perceptual time-frequency masking, pattern detection of watermarking messages, the statistics of worst case program content such as speech, and speech-like programs.
US09865271B2
The present invention provides improvements to prior art audio codecs that generate a stereo-illusion through post-processing of a received mono signal. These improvements are accomplished by extraction of stereo-image describing parameters at the encoder side, which are transmitted and subsequently used for control of a stereo generator at the decoder side. Furthermore, the invention bridges the gap between simple pseudo-stereo methods, and current methods of true stereo-coding, by using a new form of parametric stereo coding. A stereo-balance parameter is introduced, which enables more advanced stereo modes, and in addition forms the basis of a new method of stereo-coding of spectral envelopes, of particular use in systems where guided HFR (High Frequency Reconstruction) is employed. As a special case, the application of this stereo-coding scheme in scalable HFR-based codecs is described.
US09865261B2
As provided herein, an audio signal (e.g., a user's spoken statement “check email”) may be received from the user of a client device accessing a webpage (e.g., a webmail webpage) utilizing a browser. The webpage may be parsed, analyzed, and/or mapped to identify one or more elements on the webpage (e.g., a send/receive email user interface element). The audio signal may be evaluated relative to the one or more elements on the webpage (e.g., such as by a dictionary comprising one or more audio signals paired to one or more audio commands) to identify an audio command. The audio command may be transformed into a text command (e.g., a script corresponding to a script action that invokes the send/receive email user interface element). The text command may be utilized to invoke an event (e.g., send/receive email) corresponding to an element on the webpage.
US09865258B2
A method for recognizing a voice context for a voice control function in a vehicle. The method encompasses reading in a gaze direction datum regarding a current gaze direction of an occupant of the vehicle; allocating the gaze direction datum to a viewing zone in an interior of the vehicle in order to obtain a viewing zone datum regarding a viewing zone currently being viewed by the occupant; and determining, by utilization of the viewing zone datum, a voice context datum regarding a predetermined voice context allocated to the viewing zone currently being viewed.
US09865249B2
A system and method of regulating speech output by a text-to-speech (TTS) system includes: evaluating speech that has been converted from text using an initial speech quality test before presentation to a user; applying a classification test to the evaluated speech if the evaluated speech falls below a threshold based on the initial speech quality test; generating an abnormal speech classification for the evaluated speech; and applying a corrective action to the evaluated speech based on the abnormal speech classification.
US09865247B2
A device may receive a speech signal. The device may determine acoustic feature parameters for the speech signal. The acoustic feature parameters may include phase data. The device may determine circular space representations for the phase data based on an alignment of the phase data with given axes of the circular space representations. The device may map the phase data to linguistic features based on the circular space representations. The linguistic features may be associated with linguistic content that includes phonemic content or text content. The device may provide a synthetic audio pronunciation of the linguistic content based on the mapping.
US09865233B2
Some embodiments describe techniques that relate to hybrid graphics display power management. In one embodiment, data corresponding to one or more image frames of a video stream are stored in a local frame buffer. A display device (e.g., an LCD) may then be driven based on the stored data in the local frame buffer or a video stream from a graphics controller. Other embodiments are also described.
US09865230B2
Visual inspection of alpha channel values is aided by displaying a partially transparent image rendered over an animated background pattern. The background pattern is user-specified or chosen automatically. The background pattern has colors, shapes, position, orientation, magnification, and distortion. The visual appearance of the background pattern is automatically altered, and the partially transparent image is redisplayed, this time rendered over the altered background pattern. The background pattern may scroll, rotate, change shape, pulse, morph shape, and/or change colors during animation. The background includes a checkerboard or another tessellation, a color gradient, a transparency heat map, a procedurally generated texture, and/or other patterns. A color identified in the partially transparent image may provoke use of a complementary color in the background. The image whose transparency is being visually inspected zooms independently of the background pattern. Animation of the background helps reveal unwanted transparency values, which the user edits as desired.
US09865228B2
A computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program codes embodied in the medium. The program codes when executed cause a computer to execute: detecting a connection status of an externally connected second display different from a built-in first display; writing status information indicating the detected connection status in a storage, changing over a display destination between the first display and the second display based on the detected connection status, and controlling a display screen according to screen specifications of the first display or the second display, which corresponds to the display destination after changeover; and reading the connection status written in the storage and scaling a display image at a magnification based on the read connection status.
US09865219B2
Disclosed is an LCD device and a method of driving the same. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to comprise a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate; a touch panel configured to comprise a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes; a common voltage generator configured to generate a common voltage; a touch sensing unit configured to supply the common voltage to the driving electrodes and sequentially supply a driving voltage to scanned driving electrodes, corresponding to scanned gate lines to which a scan signal has been inputted for one frame period, to detect a touch; and a driving voltage generator configured to generate the driving voltage.
US09865217B2
A method of driving a display panel includes generating a reference gate signal delayed by a predetermined period from a gate signal applied to a gate line disposed in a first end area of the display panel, the first end area being an area in which a RC delay of a data line is the smallest, receiving an input gate signal applied to a gate line disposed in a second area of the display panel, the second area being an area in which the RC delay of the data line is the largest; and selectively controlling a delay time of each of the plurality of gate signals applied to each of the plurality of gate lines according to a result of comparison between the reference gate signal and the input gate signal.
US09865202B2
The invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of preventing a reduction in display quality by suppressing the occurrence of flicker during alternating-voltage drive, as well as a method for driving the same.Overshoot drive is performed during a first frame period, which is shortened to such an extent that a “positive effective area” and a “negative effective area” are approximately equal in size. The duration of the first frame period is set to be greater than or equal to a quarter of one frame period at a refresh rate of 60 Hz but less than one frame period. This renders it possible to make adjustments such that luminance is inhibited from abruptly dropping immediately after a polarity change, and also luminance is prevented from becoming excessively high due to overshoot drive, and therefore, the occurrence of flicker due to flexoelectric polarization during alternating-voltage drive can be suppressed.
US09865198B2
A display device of active matrix type allows reducing display brightness non-uniformity that is caused by initial variation and fluctuation over time in a driving transistor for emissive elements in pixel circuits. The display device includes pixel circuits, a measurement circuit and a gradation voltage supplying circuit. Each pixel circuit includes the driving transistor and an input circuit. The measurement circuit includes a constant current supplying circuit for generating and supplying one or more constant currents to the input circuit of the pixel circuits in a time division manner. The measurement circuit A/D-converts output voltages of the constant current supplying circuit and calculates data relating to electron mobility and threshold value of the driving transistor. The gradation voltage supplying circuit supplies to the pixel circuits a corrected gradation voltage, which is data corrected on the basis of data calculated from the measurement circuit.
US09865197B2
A device includes an OLED pixel and a control circuit controlled at a refresh rate thereof. The device includes first and second dummy control circuits having similar operating characteristics to the control circuit. A controller and logic circuit switch on the first and second dummy control circuits and apply an input voltage so the first and second dummy control circuits output first and second output voltages. At a first time, the controller and logic circuit switch off the second dummy control circuit so a leakage current flows through the second dummy control circuit to ground, causing the second output voltage to reduce. Comparison circuitry determines a second time at which, due to the reduction of the second output voltage, a difference between the first and second output voltages is greater than a threshold. Determination circuitry determines the refresh frequency based upon elapsed time between the first and second times.
US09865196B2
A display panel includes a display area first and second gate line driving circuits. The display area includes a plurality of pixels is configured to determine how to process a data transmitted on a data line according to first and second control signals transmitted on first and second gate lines respectively and a second control signal transmitted on a second gate line and determine when to emit light according to a light emitting control signal transmitted on a light emitting control line. The first gate line driving circuit is coupled to the first gate line and for providing the first control signal thereto. The second gate line driving circuit is coupled to the second gate line and the light emitting control line and configured to provide the second control signal and the light emitting control signal thereto, respectively.
US09865194B2
A display system includes a graphic processor and a display apparatus. The graphic processor supplies a first image signal and a first synchronization signal. The display apparatus is driven in a normal mode in which a first image is displayed, during a first period, based on the first image signal and the first synchronization signal provided from the graphic processor and in a panel self refresh (PSR) mode in which a second image is displayed based on a second image signal stored in a frame buffer of the display apparatus and a second synchronization signal generated in the display apparatus, and transmits the second synchronization signal of the PSR mode to the graphic processor when a driving mode of the display apparatus is changed from the PSR mode to the normal mode. The graphic processor is configured to generate the first synchronization signal synchronized with the second synchronization signal.
US09865193B2
Provided herein is an image display apparatus including a receiver configured to receive first image data; a signal processor configured to process the received first image data; an outputter configured to output the processed first image data; a storage configured to store second image data; and a controller configured to cut off power supplied to at least one component from among components of the image display apparatus and to control the outputter to output the stored second image data to an area of a screen, in response to the image display apparatus entering a power saving mode.
US09865192B2
The present invention has an object to provide a video signal control technique capable of suppressing deterioration in display quality of a display device in which FRC is employed. A video signal control method for display device according to the present invention includes: (a) acquiring coordinate information and time information in a display screen of a display device; (b) selecting, with reference to an LUT storing a plurality of FRC parameters, a FRC parameter corresponding to the coordinate information and the time information; and (c) outputting the selected FRC parameter as a FRC parameter for controlling red and blue pixels and a FRC parameter for controlling green pixels opposite in phase to the FRC parameter for controlling red and blue pixels.
US09865189B2
An example processing system for a display device includes driver circuitry and a control circuit. The driver circuitry is coupled to a plurality of source line nodes in the display device, each source line node of the plurality of source line nodes coupled to a plurality of subpixel columns through a demultiplexer having a plurality of switches. The control circuit is coupled to each demultiplexer. The control circuit is configured to operate each demultiplexer in a first mode by successively activating the respective plurality of switches, and in a second mode by concurrently activating the respective plurality of switches.
US09865185B2
One embodiment of a light emitting diode (LED) lighting device comprises multiple LED light sources disposed on multiple elongated circuit boards, with each LED light source being electrically connected to one of the circuit boards. The elongated circuit boards are electrically coupled using electrical passageways to provide power to the circuit boards at intervals along the length of the elongated circuit boards, and the light sources disposed on the circuit boards emit light in the same direction perpendicular to the elongated circuit boards. The electrical passageways can be wires or groups of wires.
US09865176B2
Systems and methods provide automatic messaging to a client on behalf of a healthcare treatment professional by setting up one or more computer implemented agents, each specializing in a disease state, with rules to respond to a client condition; during run-time, receiving a communication from the client and in response selecting one or more computer implemented agents to respond to the communication; and automatically generating a response to be rendered on a client mobile device to encourage healthy behavior.
US09865172B2
[Object] To provide an information processing device for enabling a user to easily carry out effective photography depending on a subject or location.[Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a flight route generation unit that presents a template of flight route information showing a flight route of a flying object, and generates flight route information of the flying object, associating the flight route information of the selected template with a flight range of the flying object, on the basis of an operation performed by a user.
US09865170B2
Systems and methods are provided for real time dynamic triggering of a conspicuous signal for a vehicle on a path of travel. A sensor array detects environmental factors presenting a predetermined risk to the vehicle. A decision module assesses the environmental factors and the associated risks and determines if the conspicuousness signal is warranted and a type of signal to be made. An actuating module actuates the conspicuousness signal based on the determining of the decision module.
US09865168B2
A method includes: receiving, at a host vehicle, a plurality of messages transmitted using Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications indicating a heading angle and a speed of a remote vehicle; calculating an expected change in frequency of the plurality of messages received at the host vehicle based on the heading angle and the speed of the remote vehicle; measuring an actual change in frequency of the plurality of messages received at the host vehicle due to the Doppler effect; comparing the expected change in frequency to the actual change in frequency; and determining that the plurality of messages were not transmitted from the remote vehicle when a difference between the expected change in frequency and the actual change in frequency exceeds a predefined frequency change threshold.
US09865162B2
A control method allows an own vehicle to proceed through a specific intersection into which vehicles are permitted to proceed in the order that the vehicles arrive. The method includes setting a determination region within a lane other than a lane in which the own vehicle travels; determining whether the own vehicle reaches a certain position at the near side of the specific intersection; allocating a priority state to the determination region when the own vehicle reaches the certain position and allocating a non-priority state to the determination region in which the vehicle does not exist when the own vehicle reaches the certain position; changing the priority state of the determination region to the non-priority state when the vehicle no longer exists in the determination region; and allowing the own vehicle to proceed into the specific intersection when the determination region of the priority state is not present.
US09865161B2
A method, a remote controller and an electrical appliance for releasing a binding of a remote controller are provided. The method includes: acquiring, by the remote controller, a trigger event for releasing a binding; broadcasting, by the remote controller, a request to release the binding based on the trigger event for releasing the binding; judging, by an electrical appliance, whether a binding relationship between the electrical appliance and the remote controller needs to be released based on the request to release the binding; and releasing the binding relationship between the electrical appliance and the remote controller upon the judgment that the binding relationship between the electrical appliance and the remote controller needs to be released.
US09865158B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting false alarm. The method includes receiving a measured value that is measured when an alarm is generated from a target for monitoring, measuring non-similarity between the measured value that is measured when the alarm is generated and a pre-stored normal pattern, measuring non-similarity between the measured value and pre-stored measured values related to a past false alarm if the non-similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold value and providing the generated alarm to a user if the non-similarity between the measure value and the pre-stored related values related to the past false alarm exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
US09865157B2
A device interface and method for using the interface is provided. The device interface includes a packaging configured to be removably installed within a housing of a premises alarm device. An input component is housed within the packaging in which the input component is configured to detect an alarm annunciation from the alarm device and generate input data based on the detected alarm annunciation. A processor is housed within the packaging. The processor is configured to analyze the input data, generate event data indicative of an alarm event in which the event data is based on the analysis of the input data and cause transmission of at least a portion of the event data. A power component is also housed within the packaging in which the power component is configured to provide power to the device interface and to the alarm device.
US09865150B2
The present invention discloses a mm-wave radar sensor to be deployed in the vehicles for seat occupation detection applications. The key system relevant components are utilization of mm-wave integrated radar, specific planar high-gain antenna radiation pattern, and analyzing of the heartbeat and optionally also respiratory dynamics. The method of operation calculates probability of the seat occupation event regarding: detection of the passenger on the seat, detection of a baby or a child on the seat, detection of the presence of a baby or a child in the vehicle after the driver has left the vehicle, detection of the human or animal presence of intrusion in specific vehicle environment. In case that probability is above a predefined threshold, typically the interaction with vehicle control system is initiated using arbitrary automotive interfaces. Corresponding predefined actions are taken in that case. The predefined actions could be one or combination of the following: audio signal alerts to driver, inside cabin light condition change, engine operation condition change, opening of the windows or corresponding communication using arbitrary wireless means to outside vehicle environment. Optionally, the system is utilizing additional parameters like vehicle cabin temperature and/or timing information about engine stop and driver leaving the car. Preferably, the system is using 60 GHz or 77-79 GHz integrated radar front end working in Doppler operation mode, with 4×4 Tx and Rx planar radiation elements, with physical size typically in the range 4×2×1 cm, or smaller.
US09865139B2
The invention includes a system and method for determining and achieving an optimized rate of play of a gaming device for a given player. The system monitors play at a gaming device, determines whether adjustments to parameters that effect the potential maximum rate of play should be made, and makes the appropriate adjustments. Monitoring play includes measuring such things as force applied to input buttons and tracking unnecessary button presses at inappropriate times (i.e., while the reels are still spinning). Parameters that effect the potential maximum rate of play include reel resolution time, length of bonus displays, payout rate, and the like.
US09865134B2
The gaming system and method disclosed herein provides that the probability that a group bonus event will be triggered for a plurality of gaming devices in the gaming system is independent of the number of players that are currently playing such gaming devices. The gaming system and method disclosed herein further provides that different players that are wagering different amounts at different rates are provided different quantities of evaluation points such that if a group bonus event is triggered, different players are provided different group bonus event awards proportional to each individual player's wagering activity.
US09865132B2
Provided is a gaming machine that presents a prediction of the start of free games provided in bonus games to be easily noted by the player, to attain the player's expectation for the free games. When a free game trigger or retrigger is established, the gaming machine controls selection and implementation of predictive effects for indicating that free games are to be started (or retriggered) depending on the positions of the symbols to stop, before displaying stopped symbols.
US09865130B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for provisionally crediting a financial account of a gaming environment based on player funds received by gaming devices in the form of wagers. The financial account can be maintained at a financial institution. The player funds can be currency, electronic funds, or combinations therefor. Once the currency is physically transferred to the financial institution, the provisional credit can be converted to a full credit. Similarly, for wagers using electronic funds, once the settled funds are received by the financial institution, the provisional credit can be converted to a full credit. Using provisional credits, benefits from the funds can be enjoyed by the gaming operator prior to the physical currency and/or settled funds being received and processed by the financial institution.
US09865122B2
Systems and methods for determining a plurality of outcomes of a game of chance are provided. In a spinning reel game, for example, a first game event may be provided in which a plurality of symbols are spun up on a plurality of spinning reels to form an array of symbols, each spinning reel spinning up at least three symbols and at least one of the spinning reels being defined so that at least two feature symbols can be simultaneously spun up on that reel. A result of the spin is evaluated to assess whether two or more feature symbols have been spun up on the same reel. If so, a second game event is provided in which the two or more feature symbols and all other symbols spun up on the same reel are converted to special symbols. The special symbols have an enhanced play characteristic in comparison to the other symbols, and the outcome of the game is re-evaluated to establish whether any outcomes exist which define a winning combination. A prize or an award is awarded if one or more winning combinations exist.
US09865120B2
A gaming machine includes: a reel having an outer circumferential surface on which symbols are lined up; a reel driving mechanism which rotates the reel to rearrange the symbols; a magnet which is provided in the reel driving mechanism to change an external magnetic field in accordance with the rotation of the reel; a magnetic force detecting mechanism which detects a magnetic force of the external magnetic field so as to output a magnetic force detection signal; a reel setting unit by which the magnetic force detection signal and arrangement positions of the symbols are associated with one another; and a reel drive control unit which controls the reel driving mechanism so that the symbols are rearranged in a predetermined arrangement based on the magnetic force detection signal and the arrangement positions of the symbols.
US09865116B2
Described is a method for checking a value document having a polymer substrate and at least one see-through window, in which a digital transmission image of the value document is captured, the transmission image comprising pixels, in the image an edge brightness value for the brightness of an edge of the at least one see-through window is ascertained, using the edge brightness value, a threshold value for the recognition of a print removal is ascertained which is smaller than the edge brightness value but greater than the minimal brightness in the image, it is checked whether pixels which lie in at least one specified portion of the image and outside the at least one see-through window and its edge have a brightness which lies above the threshold value.
US09865115B2
A coin processing device including: a material detection sensor including first and second coils facing each other with a coin passage interposed therebetween; an outer diameter detection sensor including ring-shaped third and fourth coils that surround the first and second coils, respectively; a first oscillation circuit connected to the material detection sensor that oscillates a first oscillation signal in an individual connection state and a series connected state and is connected to the material detection sensor and the outer diameter detection sensor; a second oscillation circuit connected to the outer diameter detection sensor that oscillates a second oscillation signal in the individual connection state; a switching unit that switches the individual connection state and the series connection state; a coin identification unit that detects an outer diameter of a coin using the second oscillation signal in the individual connection state or the first oscillation signal in the series connection state.
US09865106B2
A method of wireless forwarding of service related content in a communication session. The method comprises providing a conversion circuit fixated in proximity to a service providing system and having a client side communication unit and a system side communication unit, intercepting, using the client side communication unit, a first wireless data message having service related content encoded according to a first communication protocol, generating, using the system side communication unit, a second wireless data message having the service related content encoded according to a second communication protocol, and transmitting, using the system side communication unit, the second wireless data message to the service providing system.
US09865097B2
Systems and methods for identifying matching properties between a group of bodies representing a geological structure and a table of properties by performing property matching on the group of bodies to convert each body to a respective compartment represented by a triangulated mesh of the bounding body.
US09865094B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a judgment unit for judging an anteroposterior relationship between a shot actual object and a virtual object for each part by use of depth information, and a display control unit for displaying a virtual image in which the virtual object is projected to be overlapped on a shot image in which the actual object is shot based on the anteroposterior relationship judged by the judgment unit.
US09865088B2
Technologies are generally described for systems, devices and methods effective to evaluate an augmented reality skin. In some examples, when an augmented reality skin, when an augmented reality skin is executed in a full mode, the augmented reality skin may produce a set of augmented data. The set of augmented data, when rendered, may produce a first set of media attributes related to execution of the augmented reality skin in the full mode. The augmented reality skin may be executed in an evaluation mode to produce the set of augmented data and to produce a set of preview data. The set of preview data may be rendered to display a second set of media attributes related to a preview of the augmented reality skin. A preview image of the augmented reality skin may include the first set and second set of media attributes.
US09865087B2
A method and system for reducing the amount of processing that an augmented reality platform needs to perform in order to provide an augmented reality experience to a user. The present invention enhances the efficiency of augmented reality processing by reducing the amount of tracking cues and images that need to be processed to determine the narrow pose of a mobile device that outputs the augmented reality experience.
US09865083B2
An apparatus and a method for rendering three-dimensional stereoscopic images are provided. The apparatus comprises a multi-view processor, an object device, a depth device, and a block filling device. The multi-view processor obtains depth related data of a first pixel and a second pixel which are adjacent to each other on the input image, calculates a difference between the depth related data and determines whether the first pixel and the second pixel are continuous according to the difference. The object device executes a process of object detection to output contour information. The depth device executes a process of object judgment to output distance information. The block filling device detects a hole region in each viewpoint image, searches a search region adjacent to the hole region for a number of original pixels, and fills the hole region.
US09865077B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mitigating redundant pixel texture contribution for texturing a geometry. That is, the geometry may represent a multidimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images (e.g., an image comprising color values and/or depth values) depicting the scene from various view directions (e.g., a top-down view, an oblique view, etc.). Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing a pixel of the geometry (e.g., due to overlapping views of the scene), redundant pixel texture contribution may arise. Accordingly, a redundant textured pixel within a texture image may be knocked out (e.g., in-painted) from the texture image to generate a modified texture image that may be relatively efficient to store and/or stream to a client due to enhanced compression of the modified texture image.
US09865071B2
Methods and systems for rendering text to simulate human penmanship are described. A text rendering engine converts a text string into an image that can be displayed using one or more seed numbers to influence the rendering and appearance of the text. The text rendering engine may render variations of each character of the text string using the seed numbers to select from a set of single-character or multi-character glyphs, or to modify a size, weight, slope, or Bezier curve point of the character.
US09865065B2
A graphics processing pipeline includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine attribute information for an object to be rendered for a set of sampling points from a compressed representation of attribute information associated with the object, when the set of sampling points is being processed by the graphics processing pipeline to generate a render output. The processing circuitry is also configured to use the determined attribute information to control the processing of the set of sampling points by the graphics processing pipeline when generating the render output.
US09865058B2
A survey application generates a survey of components associated with a three-dimensional model of an object. The survey application receives video feeds, location information, and orientation information from wearable devices in proximity to the object. The three-dimensional model of the object is generated based on the video feeds, sensor data, location information, and orientation information received from the wearable devices. Analytics is performed from the video feeds to identify a manipulation on the object. The three-dimensional model of the object is updated based on the manipulation on the object. A dynamic status related to the manipulation on the object is generated with respect to reference data related the object. A survey of components associated with the three-dimensional model of the object is generated.
US09865049B2
A method for improving image quality is provided. The method includes receiving image data of a substrate, wherein the image data is generated by imaging the substrate, and an image is generated from the image data. The method further includes generating a background representation from a background noise portion of the image, wherein the background portion includes signal information undesired for further processing and generating a background subtracted image by subtracting the background representation from the image. In this way, a separate background image is not needed to subtract the background from the image including the regions-of-interest to improve image quality.
US09865048B2
According to one embodiment, a radiotherapy information generation apparatus includes a region specific unit and a planning estimation unit. The region specific unit is configured to specify at least one area defined with respect to a tumor by analysis processing of diagnostic image data. The planning estimation unit is configured to display estimation information of planned dose values calculated based on the area and expected dose values of a radiation. Further, according to another embodiment, a radiotherapy information generation method includes specifying at least one area defined with respect to a tumor by analysis processing of diagnostic image data; and displaying estimation information of planned dose values calculated based on the area and expected dose values of a radiation.
US09865045B2
A novel disparity computation technique is presented which comprises multiple orthogonal disparity maps, generated from approximately orthogonal decomposition feature spaces, collaboratively generating a composite disparity map. Using an approximately orthogonal feature set extracted from such feature spaces produces an approximately orthogonal set of disparity maps that can be composited together to produce a final disparity map. Various methods for dimensioning scenes and are presented. One approach extracts the top and bottom vertices of a cuboid, along with the set of lines, whose intersections define such points. It then defines a unique box from these two intersections as well as the associated lines. Orthographic projection is then attempted, to recenter the box perspective. This is followed by the extraction of the three-dimensional information that is associated with the box, and finally, the dimensions of the box are computed. The same concepts can apply to hallways, rooms, and any other object.
US09865043B2
Multiframe reconstruction combines a set of acquired images into a reconstructed image. Here, which images to acquire are selected based at least in part on the content of previously acquired images. In one approach, a set of at least three images of an object are acquired at different acquisition settings. For at least one of the images in the set, the acquisition setting for the image is determined based at least in part on the content of previously acquired images. Multiframe image reconstruction, preferably via a multi-focal display, is applied to the set of acquired images to synthesize a reconstructed image of the object.
US09865042B2
In implementations of the subject matter described herein, the feature maps are obtained by convoluting an input image using a plurality of layers of convolution filters. The feature maps record semantic information for respective regions on the image and only need to be computed once. Segment features of the image are extracted from the convolutional feature maps. Particularly, the binary masks may be obtained from a set of candidate segments of the image. The binary masks are used to mask the feature maps instead of the raw image. The masked feature maps define the segment features. The semantic segmentation of the image is done by determining a semantic category for each pixel in the image at least in part based on the resulting segment features.
US09865041B2
An image processing apparatus includes a degree-of-degradation detector, a correction coefficient calculator and an adaptive gradation correction unit. The degree-of-degradation detector detects a degree of degradation of image quality for each of areas included in image data and having predetermined size. The correction coefficient calculator calculates a correction coefficient for gradation correction, for each of the areas of the image data. The adaptive gradation correction unit performs adaptive gradation correction appropriate to the degree of degradation of the image data, based on the degree of degradation detected by the degree-of-degradation detector and the correction coefficient calculated by the correction coefficient calculator.
US09865032B2
Techniques for focal length warping are described. Focal length warping, for instance, may provide an automated approach for correcting distortion in an input image to improve its perceptual quality. In at least some implementations, a focal length of a camera lens used to capture an image and an estimated camera distance are utilized to three-dimensionally reproject and warp the image to generate an adjusted image simulating a new focal length and a new camera distance. Implementations of focal length warping may estimate a camera distance based on facial features in an image.
US09865028B2
A memory stores video information obtained by photographing an object that reflects light in which embedded information is superimposed onto a plurality of components in a color space. A processor emphasizes a signal obtained from an image included in the video information on the basis of a result of emphasizing a first color component more than a second color component according to a spectral reflection characteristic in a range including the object, and detects the embedded information from the emphasized signal, the first color component and the second color component being from among a plurality of color components that correspond to a plurality of wavelengths, the first color component having a reflectance higher than a reflectance of the second color component. A display device outputs information on the basis of the embedded information detected by the processor.
US09865026B2
A car parking system comprises an exit control apparatus, and a host system that maintains records of a plurality of active optically readable codes (ORCs) that can be presented to the exit control apparatus of the car park for egress from the car park, wherein at least some of the active ORCs are associated with respective ones of a plurality of subscribers. The exit control apparatus is in data communication with the host system and comprises an optical code reader.
US09865025B2
A patient encounter documentation and analytics system includes a mobile computing platform and a server-based host platform. A mobile application in tandem with a wireless microphone collects voice signals during a patient-caregiver encounter, transforms the voice signals into audio data files, and uploads the audio data files to the server. A speech recognition software module digitally transcribes the audio data file into text. A text processing module extracts and organizes relevant clinical data based on keyword, key phrase and question/answer analysis. Relevance of words and phrases may be determined in view of, e.g., their presence, frequency and context. A diagnostic decision support module enables the healthcare provider to review the determined clinical information and provide a diagnosis associated with the encounter. A documentation skeleton module extracts diagnosis-specific text components from the transcribed text file and assembles an electronic medical document based on the diagnosis and the diagnosis-specific text components.
US09865023B2
A method of creating customized beverage products includes providing a multiple stream filing system suited for producing an array of beverage products. The method also includes receiving an order for a customized beverage product from the array of beverage products. The order indicates at least one characteristic of the customized beverage product. The at least one characteristic comprises one or more of the following: a beverage formulation, a beverage additive, a package size, a package shape, or label content. The method further includes instructing the multiple stream filling system to produce the customized beverage product. The multiple stream filing system produces the customized beverage product without performing an operation to reduce contamination of the customized beverage product with ingredients from a previously produced beverage product.
US09865012B2
Intelligent receipt scanning and analysis may include scanning a receipt that includes information related to a product. The information related to the product may be transformed to text, and extracted from the text by utilizing a machine learning process. The extracted information may be compared to known information for a plurality of known products to identify the product as a known product of the plurality of known products or an unknown product. The extracted information related to the product and known product information, from the known information, for the known product of the plurality of known products may be analyzed in response to a determination that the extracted information is similar to the known product information for the known product of the plurality of known products.
US09865008B2
Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for determining a configuration of a content item display environment. The method includes receiving a content item request for a content item to display in a content item display environment in a resource, the resource hosted on a first domain and the content item display environment hosted on a second domain, wherein the first domain includes a publisher side file; providing the content item along with measuring instructions operable to interact with the publisher side file to generate a child display environment, wherein the measuring instructions interact with the resource through the child display environment to cause measurement data to be generated, wherein the measuring instructions are prevented from interacting with the resource through the content item display environment; and receiving the measurement data specifying a configuration of the content item display environment and the resource.
US09865006B2
In general, a method for providing content to a user includes providing a content item to a user responsive to a received request. The content item is displayed to the user in a slot associated with a third party content site. The content item includes a first annotation providing information for or about re-publishing the content item. A request is received from the user to follow a content provider associated with the content item. The user is designated as being interested in updated content from the content provider. Designating the user includes presenting information about the user to one or more of the content provider or a social application that includes a content provider presence so as to allow for updates associated with the content provider to be followed by the user.
US09865005B1
Techniques for measuring the visibility of video content are presented. The video content, such as a video advertisement, may be played or presented by a video player, for example as part of a web page. Initialization code may be incorporated within a video player. The initialization code may examine metadata associated with video content to determine whether to measure visibility information associated with the video content. If a measurement flag is encountered in the metadata, the initialization code may initialize measurement code designed to measure visibility information associated with the video content. The measurement code may execute to measure visibility information associated with the video content and transmit the visibility information to a measurement server.
US09865001B2
A computing device receives one or more questions. The computing device determines at least one of an urgency factor, an importance factor, and a difficulty level associated with the received one or more questions and determines at least one of an availability factor, a skill factor, and a quality level associated with the received one or more questions. The computing device determines an incentive based on the determined at least one of an urgency factor, an importance factor, and a difficulty level associated with the received one or more questions, and the determined at least one of an availability factor, a skill factor, and a quality level associated with the received one or more questions.
US09864985B2
A transmitter to generate a signal to be read by a reader is described. The transmitter includes a driver circuit; and at least two inductors connected to the driver circuit. The driver circuit controls the current flow through the inductor and the current flow results in a signal such that the signal strength is above the detection limit of the reader for each of the inductors which may have at least one null region. Additionally, the inductors are positioned such that the null regions of the inductors do not overlap.
US09864977B2
Apparatus including an automated banking machine is operative to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that is operative to read card data usable to identify at least one of a user of the machine and a financial account. A computer associated with the machine is operative to cause card data to be read through operation of the card reader, and to cause a determination to be made that read card data corresponds to a financial account authorized to conduct a transaction through the machine. The computer is operative responsive at least in part to the determination to cause the financial account to be at least one of assessed and credited with a value associated with a financial transaction.
US09864976B2
A facility for initiating a funds transfer operation is described. The facility displays on a mobile device identity verification information for other people each associated with another mobile device within a maximum distance. For example, the displayed identity verification information may be a picture of the person. The user may select one of these in order to initiate a funds transfer operation to the selected person.
US09864975B2
Information management systems with time zone information, including event scheduling processes are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented scheduling method that can include identifying a difference between a participant time zone and a user time zone, reviewing availability information for the participant and/or one or more selected time preference periods for the participant, and selecting a time range for an event. The method can further include reviewing one or more selected time preference periods for the user. Another aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented method for associating time zone information with a contact in an information management program application that includes selecting a contact, analyzing contact information associated with the contact, and determining a time zone for the contact based on the analysis of the contact information.
US09864973B2
A collaboration server hosts software for collaborative composition and editing of a media project with project collaborators using different media editing applications each having their own native data format. Project collaborators, such as video editors, sound editors, effects and graphics artists, and producers access a shared project workspace which contains a snapshot of the current state of the media project in a canonical format, as well as source media files, native application metadata, and change notes. Each editing application includes a module enabling it to read the canonical snapshot representation, and also to flatten its native data model representation into the canonical representation for writing to the shared project workspace. A collaboration server hosts the shared project space, and includes a workflow manager for issuing change notifications and handling versions, and an application server for the shared project user interface. Change notes are generated manually and also expressed automatically in terms of machine-readable change primitives that serve to direct an editor's attention to portions of the media project needing attention.
US09864972B2
One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for intelligent data presentation are provided herein. Data can be presented on similar devices having different characteristics in different manners. For example, data may be rendered in a first manner on a first device having one monitor, the same data may be rendered in a second manner on a second device having two displays or a different display size. Financial information, sales data, banking information, etc. may be presented in a variety of ways based on capabilities or properties of a device accessing the information or data. Similarly, renderings may be selected based on interaction capabilities or interaction options a user may have with different renderings or presentations. In other embodiments, user interaction with an automated teller machine (ATM), call center, vehicle, or other interface can be based on device properties or device capabilities.
US09864969B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a commodity identifying unit, a commodity map generator and a commodity determination unit. The image acquiring unit acquires a number of images that are photographed, with photography ranges being varied gradually. The image identifying unit identifies a commodity and the position of that commodity based on the photographed images. The commodity map generator generates a commodity map from the photographed images, based on the commodity and commodity position identified by the image identifying unit. The commodity determination unit generates a commodity inspection map which represents differences between the commodity and commodity position shown in the commodity map and those shown in commodity layout plan information representing a commodity layout plan.
US09864958B2
A system, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing location based functions and mobile e-commerce comprising a central processing unit including a processor, a storage device, and programming stored in the storage device, a display device, an audio input device, an audio output device, a communications module, a commerce module, an image module, and a location module. The programming controls the operation of the present invention to provide functions based on location data, to facilitate commercial exchanges by wirelessly exchanging payment and product information with venders, to identify services such as venders meeting selection criteria, to wirelessly exchange select information with other users and systems, to restrict and/or monitor the use of the device based on authorized user parameters, selecting one of a plurality networks through which to communicate, detecting a trigger for performing an action based on a change in location and sensed data, storing a voice annotation with a computer data file, determining service providers and associated communication parameters, contemporaneously maintaining a wireless voice and data link, providing a system for selecting and delivering mobile advertisements, and many other functions and services that are described herein.
US09864946B2
An example disclosed example includes a housing; a printed circuit board carried by the housing and including an antenna feed aperture; a logic circuit disposed on a first side of the printed circuit board, the logic circuit to generate blink data comprising pulses and data; an antenna disposed on a second side of the printed circuit board, the antenna in electrical communication with the logic circuit via the antenna feed aperture, the antenna configured to transmit the blink data; a dielectric potting material to protect the logic circuit; and a seal to cover the antenna feed aperture, the seal to prevent the dielectric potting material from entering the antenna feed aperture.
US09864939B2
A service provider system obtains, from a request for registering a job to process electronic data, first user information regarding a first user who sends the request, location information indicating a data storage area at which the electronic data to be processed is stored, and second user information regarding a second user, and allows the second user to execute the job being registered.
US09864925B2
A computer implemented method to present digital images may include storing a digital image in a database and applying a digital image processing technique to the digital image to identify a region of interest of the digital image. The method may also include storing region data that identifies the region of interest of the digital image in the database and receiving a request for information associated with the digital image from a digital device. In response to the request, the method may include providing the digital image and the region data for transmission to the digital device, the digital device configured to adjust a cropping view of the digital image based on the region data to display the region of interest of the digital image.
US09864918B2
Systems, methods, and devices for predicting driver intent and future movements of a human driven vehicles are disclosed herein. A system for predicting future movements of a vehicle includes a camera system, a boundary component, a body language component, and a prediction component. The camera system is configured to capture an image of a vehicle. The boundary component is configured to identify a sub-portion of the image corresponding to an area where a driver of a vehicle is located. The body language component configured to detect a driver's body language. The prediction component configured to predict future motion of the vehicle based on the driver's body language detected by the body language component.
US09864912B2
A video camera is provided for video-based anomaly detection that includes at least one imaging sensor configured to capture video sequences in a workplace environment having a plurality of machines therein. The video camera further includes a processor. The processor is configured to generate one or more predictions of an impending anomaly affecting at least one item selected from the group consisting of (i) at least one of the plurality of machines and (ii) at least one operator of the at least one of the plurality of machines, using a Deep High-Order Convolutional Neural Network (DHOCNN)-based model applied to the video sequences. The DHOCNN-based model has a one-class SVM as a loss layer of the model. The processor is further configured to generate a signal for initiating an action to the at least one of the plurality of machines to mitigate expected harm to the at least one item.
US09864909B2
A method for providing target object surface information to a mobile device user is presented. The method includes receiving a request for target object surface information from a mobile device, determining the pose of the mobile interface device relative to the target object, and obtaining target object surface information for one or more measurable target object surface parameters. The target object data is used to assemble augmented reality surface information configured for viewing in conjunction with a real-time view of the target object captured by the mobile interface device. The target object augmented reality surface information is then transmitted to the mobile device for display to the user.
US09864907B2
A digital imaging system for real-time searching for expressions that appear on a microform medium, the system comprising a computer including a processor, a display, a temporary memory, and a non-volatile memory, and a digital microform imaging apparatus including a controller and an area sensor generating a real-time digital microform image of the microform medium. The controller is in communication with the area sensor and receives the image. The controller is in communication with the processor and outputs the image to the processor that temporarily stores the image in the temporary memory. The processor uses the image output by the controller to drive the display with the image being generated by the area sensor in real-time. The processor searches the image used to drive the display for instances of a search expression, the processor visually distinguishing identified instances of the search expression on the display.
US09864906B2
A document validation system receives a scan image of a document to be certified, analyzes the scan image to identify one or more characteristics of the scan image, and uses the identified characteristics to identify a security template. In response to a validation request, the system uses the identified security template to create a validation document that includes descriptive material comprising the location of one or more security elements on the document to be certified.
US09864904B2
An motion analysis device includes a processing unit that performs motion analysis of a subject using an output of a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes an angular velocity sensor capable of measuring angular velocity of at least 2500 dps, a second acceleration sensor capable of measuring acceleration of at least 50 G, and a first acceleration sensor capable of measuring acceleration of at least 24 G. The sensor unit is mounted on at least one of a golf club and a subject. The processing unit calculates a posture of the sensor unit at the time of motion using the angular velocity measured by the angular velocity sensor, and performs selection of outputs of the second and first acceleration sensors according to acceleration applied at the time of the motion and calculates a position of the sensor unit during the motion using the selected acceleration of the sensor.
US09864898B2
To provide a feature point input assisting device that can carry out the input assistance of the feature point.A feature point input assisting device includes a processor circuitry. The processor circuitry configured to set a first feature point in an input image including a stripe pattern formed by ridge lines. The processor circuitry configured to extract a second feature point from the input image by using the first feature point. The processor circuitry configured to extract a feature point, which is the second feature point having no corresponding first feature point, as an input omission feature point candidate. The processor circuitry configured to output the input omission feature point candidate to a display device.
