US09980406B2
Electrical equipment, in particular for aircraft, comprising: a fixed frame delimiting a storage compartment having a front opening, a pivoting frame mounted to pivot on the fixed frame to occupy a storage position in which it is placed inside the storage compartment of the fixed frame and an accessibility position in which it extends through the front opening of the fixed frame, the pivoting frame delimiting a reception space having at least one access opening, situated behind its front, for the introduction of electronic cards and their removal when the pivoting frame is in said accessibility position in which said access opening is situated in front of said front opening of the fixed frame, the pivoting frame being provided with electrical connection means that can be coupled to electrical connection means of the electronic cards.
US09980402B2
An article includes a flexible electronic component and a flexible support coupled to the flexible electronic component. The flexible support is configured to support the flexible electronic component but also limit local bending of the flexible component. The flexible support defines a plurality of hinge points configured to facilitate movement of the article. The plurality of hinge points are positioned such that the article has a desired bending range.
US09980384B2
The circuit board includes a ceramic sintered body and a metal wiring layer provided on at least one primary surface thereof with a glass layer interposed therebetween, and when the cross section of the circuit board perpendicular to the primary surface of the ceramic sintered body is viewed, the ratio of the length of an interface between the glass layer and the metal wiring layer to a length of the glass layer in a direction along the primary surface is 1.25 to 1.80.
US09980372B2
A camera module (1) has an internal space (28) that abuts a wiring substrate (21) and is occluded, at least a part of a base material of the wiring substrate (21) is a porous portion (41) that is configured of porous ceramic, porous metal, organic fabric, or inorganic fabric and has interconnected air holes, and the internal space (28) is connected to the outside of the camera module (1) through the interconnected air holes.
US09980370B2
To provide a printed board that solves the problem of transmission characteristics deterioration, the disclosed printed board includes a substrate, a circular signal pad that is provided on the substrate, a doughnut-shaped ground pad, which sandwiches the substrate that surrounds, in a doughnut shape, the signal pad, and which surrounds the outer circumference of the substrate, and one or more recessed sections that are disposed on the substrate that surrounds, in the doughnut shape, the signal pad.
US09980364B2
Disclosed is wiring substrate, the wiring substrate including a substrate having a high thermal conductive layer, in which at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the substrate is a mounting surface for a variety of components; a window section formed in the substrate; and a connection terminal extended from an inside surface portion of the window section and bending in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.
US09980362B1
A flexible plasma surface treatment device is configured to conform to an irregular surface of an object to enable treatment of the surface with plasma formed by an electrode in the device. The flexible plasma treatment device includes a layer of flexible dielectric material having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first flexible electrode completely encapsulated within the layer of dielectric material, a second flexible electrode mounted to the lower surface of the layer of dielectric material, and a second layer of flexible electrically insulating material mounted to the lower surface of the layer of flexible dielectric material to expose a first portion of the second electrode and to cover a second portion of the second electrode at the lower surface of the dielectric material layer.
US09980361B2
Embodiments relate to a hallow cathode with integral layers of radiation shielding. The hollow cathode includes an inner cathode tube that forms a gas feed to direct gas toward a downstream end, where the directed gas forms plasma. A heater element is positioned at the downstream end of the inner cathode tube, the heater element to heat the plasma. The hollow cathode further includes an outer cathode tube with a keeper electrode to sustain a bias voltage across a gap at a downstream end of the outer cathode tube for igniting the plasma. The integral layers of radiation shielding are connected by offset radial supports and are incorporated as a single element with either the inner or outer cathode tube, where the integral layers are nested with torturous conductive paths to reduce radiation and conduction losses from the downstream end of the inner cathode tube.
US09980359B2
In a laser produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system, a plasma created from droplets irradiated by a laser pulse can become destabilized. The instability of the plasma can reduce the amount of EUV energy generated over time. While other systems seek to stabilize the plasma by varying a pulse width of the laser pulses, the systems and methods described herein stabilize the plasma by varying an intensity of the laser pulses. The intensity of the laser pulses is varied based on a comparison of the amount of EUV energy generated from current pulse to an expected amount of EUV energy. The intensity of the laser pulses can be varied on a pulse-by-pulse basis by an EUV controller that instructs a pulse actuator.
US09980358B2
A mobile X-ray apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device configured to emit X-rays; a controller configured to control the X-ray radiation device; a power supply configured to supply operating power to the X-ray radiation device and the controller from a lithium ion battery and control overcurrent that occurs during emission of the X-rays by the X-ray radiation device; and a charger configured to charge the power supply.
US09980355B2
A light emitting diode (LED) driver provided with a time delay circuit. The time delay circuit includes a power detector which detects whether alternating current (AC) power is applied and outputs a power detection signal when the AC power is applied, a time delayer which receives LED driving power, delays outputting the input LED driving power by a predefined delay time when the power detection signal is output from the power detector, and outputs a delay time completion signal, and a power outputter which outputs the LED driving power when the delay time completion signal is input from the time delayer.
US09980352B2
A system (100) and method for controlling a light in a residential or commercial location through a wireless communications link with a personal controller (10). The system includes a lighting module (300) and a system administrator (200) having a wireless communications module (202) operable for wireless communication with the personal controller and with the lighting module. The wireless communications module is configured to communicate with the personal controller using a peer-to-peer communications link, and configured to communicate with the lighting module using a communications link other than peer-to-peer.
US09980350B2
The present disclosure relates to a module for adding a defined functionality to a lighting fixture. In one embodiment, the module is configured to provide wireless communication capability to a lighting fixture. The module may include a housing that is removably attachable to the lighting fixture. The module may also include electronics that are contained within the housing and adapted to communicate with a driver module of the lighting fixture and wirelessly communicate with at least one remote entity to provide wireless communication capability to the lighting fixture.
US09980341B2
A multi-LED component comprises a component substrate comprising a common electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, a plurality of first LEDs, and a plurality of second LEDs all disposed on the component substrate. Each first LED and each second LED comprises first and second LED contacts for providing power to each corresponding LED to cause the LED to emit light. The first LED contact of each first LED and each second LED is electrically connected to the common electrode. The second LED contacts of the first LEDs are electrically connected to the first electrode. The second LED contacts of the second LEDs are electrically connected to the second electrode so that the first LEDs are electrically connected in parallel and the second LEDs are electrically connected in parallel.
US09980338B2
An illumination system that includes a light source device and an algorithm unit is provided. The algorithm unit is coupled to the light source device and outputs a control signal to the light source device according to a reflection spectrum of an object, a visual color matching function, a visual preference correction function, or a combination of the above. The light source device outputs an illumination beam according to the control signal, so as to develop target visual perception of the object while the object is being irradiated by the illumination beam. A method for developing target visual perception of an object is also provided.
US09980335B2
A control device may have a plurality of buttons that may be backlit to multiple levels, such as first, second, and third adjacent buttons positioned in order, and first, second, and third LEDs positioned to illuminate a respective button. The control device may be configured to illuminate the first LED to a first LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a first surface illumination intensity; illuminate the third LED to a second LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a second surface illumination intensity; and illuminate the second LED to a third LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to the second surface illumination intensity. The third LED illumination intensity may be less than the second LED illumination intensity, which may be less than the first LED illumination intensity, and the second surface illumination intensity may be less than the first surface illumination intensity.
US09980332B2
A circuit comprising a controller (2) for controlling a pulse width modulated input signal, and a driver (4) configured to supply current to a load (6) based on the input signal, wherein over the on time of each pulse width modulation period the driver (4) supplies current to the load (6) with a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency. The controller (2) is configured to control the duty cycle to set the output of the load (6) to a desired output level, and to dither the duty cycle about a point corresponding to the desired output level.
US09980329B2
An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube having two pins to receive an external driving signal; a rectifying circuit coupled to the two pins to rectify the external driving signal; a filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit to filter rectified signal; and an LED lighting module coupled to the filtering circuit to receive the filtered signal to emit light. The LED lighting module further has a driving circuit and an LED module, the driving circuit includes a controller and a conversion circuit coupled to the filtering circuit to receive and convert filtered signal into driving signal to drive the LED module. The LED tub lamp further includes an over voltage protection circuit coupled to the filtering circuit for detecting the filtered signal, the over voltage protection circuit clamps the filtered signal when determining the filtered signal is higher than a defined over voltage protection value.
US09980324B2
The invention relates to a method (100) and apparatus for controlling the heating of food ingredients. The method comprises the step of measuring (110) the spectrum of energy absorption of the food ingredients in a given range of radio frequencies. The method also comprises the step of identifying (120), in said given range of radio frequencies, the radio frequency for which the food ingredients have the maximum energy absorption. The method also comprises the step of applying (130) an electrical field to the food ingredients, said electrical field having a radio frequency corresponding to said radio frequency for which the food ingredients have the maximum energy absorption. The step of measuring (110) comprises, for a plurality of selected radio frequencies in said given range of radio frequencies, the steps of: applying an electrical field on the food ingredients having a radio frequency corresponding to a given selected radio frequency in said plurality of selected radio frequencies; and, measuring the ratio between the energy of the radio frequency electrical field reflected or absorbed from the food ingredients, and the energy of the radio frequency electrical field applied to the food ingredients. The plurality of selected radio frequencies are selected from said given range of radio frequencies by the steps of: for each of said given range of radio frequencies, obtaining a penetration depth of an electrical field having a radio frequency corresponding to the given radio frequency into the food ingredients, and including the given radio frequency into the plurality of selected radio frequencies if the penetration depth of the electrical field having a radio frequency corresponding to the given radio frequency is equal to or larger than the thickness of the food ingredients in the direction of the electrical field applied to the food ingredients. This invention allows reducing the heating time of food ingredients.
US09980318B2
Embodiments described herein provide for a distributed antenna system (DAS) including a host unit and a plurality of active antenna units (AAUs). The host unit is configured to send management information to the one or more RAN nodes. The one or more RAN nodes are configured to manage the RF signals based on the management information.
US09980314B2
The proposed approach contemplates systems and methods configured to transmit signals irregularly (sparsely) over a mobile communication network (carrier) in which reception gaps apply while increasing the likelihood that receivers will receive a signal at least once during a certain time period, called irregular signal period. First, a set of transmission offsets is selected, the transmission offsets defining a relative transmission time in a burst, such that if a burst would be transmitted using the selected transmission offsets, a receiver with any valid reception gap configuration would receive at least one signal in its whole duration. Then, during an irregular signal period, signals are transmitted in a sequence of one or more consecutive bursts using each of the transmission offsets in the selected set at least once, wherein the sequence of bursts may be preceded and/or followed by a period of no signal transmission. Finally, a receiver receives at least one of the irregular signals in its whole duration during one of the reception gaps of the receiver.
US09980313B2
A mobile communications device is described including a wireless transceiver, a radio resource control (RRC) circuit connected to the transceiver, the RRC circuit including at least one timer configured to measure at least one mode trigger, a mode selector responsive to said timer, the mode selector configured to transition among a plurality of support modes, each of the support modes corresponding to at least one task, wherein each of the tasks is associated with a task frequency, a context detection circuit configured to detect at least one context information, a task frequency adaptation circuit configured to adjust at least one of said task frequency to an adjusted task frequency, responsive to the at least one context information.
US09980312B2
A method and apparatus for performing a random access (RA) procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) establishes connection with a first node and a second node, and transmits an RA preamble to the second node. If a number of RA preamble transmissions reaches a maximum number, the UE stops uplink (UL) transmission of all cells in a group to which the second node belongs, and transmits an indication indicating that transmission of the RA preamble has failed to the first node.
US09980306B2
The invention provides a solution for Discovery Signal (DS) in the device-to-device (D2D) communication, and includes a UE device and a method therefor. In an embodiment, the UE sends a DS to indicate configuration information through which a D2D communication connection can be established. The configuration information is suitable for a DS with a bit of information or a DS with a sequence. Through the technical solution provided in the invention, configuration information indicated by a DS can be minimized and the requirement of establishing a D2D communication connection can be satisfied in the meantime.
US09980300B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a wearable device to make a link with a communication system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a disclosed method for a wearable device to make a link with a communication system comprises transmitting, by the communication system, at least one first signal. The method further comprises receiving, by each of at least two antennas of the wearable device, at least one first signal from the communication system. In one or more embodiments, each of at least two antennas is adaptively excited to steer in a direction towards the communication system and/or steer in a direction to null at least one interferer. Also, the method involves transmitting, by each of at least two antennas of the wearable device, at least one second signal towards the communication system. Further, the method involves receiving, by the communication system, at least one second signal.
US09980297B2
This disclosure provides an emergency handling method, comprising: receiving, by an emergency support function (ESF) entity, an emergency indicator indicating an emergency event from a network application server; handling the emergency indictor to derive related parameters including impacted network elements in a network; and triggering the impacted network elements to switch into a network emergency mode by sending an emergency command based on the related parameters. An emergency handling apparatus in a network is also provided. This improves efficiency of emergency handling in a network.
US09980295B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may detect cell congestion by selecting a preamble type as a function of priority level, transmitting the preamble to a serving cell, receiving a random access response (RAR) from the serving cell, determining a congestion state of the serving cell as a function of the received RAR, and/or responding to the congestion state of the serving cell. RACH functionality may be improved by allocating one or more sets of Physical RACH (PRACH) resources to a WTRU. The WTRU may configure the additional PRACH resources based on the allocation. A WTRU may determine a second set of PRACH resources based at least in part on a first set of PRACH resources. A WTRU may determine additional sets of PRACH preambles and may utilize modified PRACH preambles and/or modified PRACH preamble formats. The WTRU may signal additional PRACH resources.
US09980288B2
A method for data transmission in a communication network that is split into a plurality of segments including a transmission medium and at least one slave subscriber, each segment being provided with a segment master, and two respective adjacent segments being connected by a transition region, where a segment master and a slave subscriber, which is situated in the segment of the segment master or in a transition region connecting this segment to an adjacent segment, communicate via the transmission medium of the segment of the segment master, where the segment master assigns the slave subscriber at least one transmission time interval for sending messages, so that transmission time intervals assigned by the segment master do not overlap, and where a slave subscriber within a transition region checks, before sending a message, whether the transmission media of both segments connected by the transition region are free to send a message.
US09980286B2
A packet collision among a plurality of access points is avoided and QoS is ensured. An access point that shares a wireless channel with a plurality of access points to carry out communication is provided with a function for determining, based on information contained in a polling communication signal or a broadcast signal transmitted from another access point, an access point (preceding AP) that is to perform polling communication immediately before the own station to form a group within which the order of the polling communication is determined, and after determining that a polling communication period of the preceding AP has ended, starting the polling communication period of the own station in a wireless network.
US09980279B2
A dynamic time division duplex (TDD) mechanism for small cellular networks is disclosed. The mechanism dynamically allocates radio resource usage with commensurate increases in throughput and reductions in latency. For example, scheduling data comprising scheduling information data can be received by a device, wherein the scheduling information data comprises uplink allocation data. Then the device can switch from a first mode to a second mode as a function of the uplink allocation data, and transmission data can be transmitted in a subframe of a frame by skipping a resource allocated for the scheduling information data.
US09980273B2
Provided is a method by which a terminal performs a measurement in a cloud wireless communication system comprising one or more baseband units (BBUs), and one or more remote radio units (RRUs) connected to the specific BBU among the BBUs so as to directly provide services to the terminal through one or more cells. According to the present method, the terminal respectively receives a first measurement configuration message and a second measurement configuration message from a first BBU and a second BBU, which are connected, includes, in a first measurement report message and a second measurement report message, the results of performing a measurement on one or more first RRUs to be measured according to the first measurement configuration message and a measurement on one or more second RRUs to be measured according to the second measurement configuration message, and then transmits the first measurement report message and the second measurement report message, wherein when the first RRUs and the second RRUs include one or more overlapping RRUs, the measurement result of one or more overlapping RRUs is included only in either the first measurement report message or the second measurement report message.
US09980269B2
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing power allocation in distributed antenna systems and other signal distribution systems using variable and static gains. A power optimization sub-system can receive downlink signals from one or more base stations. The power optimization sub-system can group the downlink signals into a first set of downlink signals for which a static gain is to be applied and a second set of downlink signals for which a variable gain is to be applied. The power optimization sub-system can determine a gain for at least some of the signals to which a variable gain is to be applied. The determined gain can be sufficient to achieve a target metric. The power optimization sub-system can apply the static gain to the first set of signals and apply the determined gain to the second set of signals.
US09980251B2
A cell2 configured by only a DL CC2 being a resource for downlink is configured. The cell2 does not include a resource for uplink, that is, a UL CC to be associated with the DL CC2 by a DL/UL link. The link information indicating the above is notified a communication terminal device by a base station device using the DL CC2. A DL CC1 and a UL CC1 constitute a cell1. The downlink communication from the base station device to the communication terminal device is performed using the cell1 and the cell2, and the uplink communication from the communication terminal device to the base station device is performed using the cell1.
US09980240B2
Provided is a method for transmitting a transmission symbol in a transmitting device supporting a filter bank multi carrier (FBMC) scheme. The method includes generating a training symbol by including a training signal in at least one of an odd symbol and an even symbol constituting the training symbol; generating the transmission symbol by delay-overlapping the training symbol and at least one data symbol; and transmitting the transmission symbol.
US09980237B2
Individualized gain control of uplink paths in remote units in a wireless communication system based on individual remote unit contribution to combined uplink power is disclosed. The gain level is reduced for uplink paths of individual remote units that provide higher power contribution to the combined uplink power of a combined uplink communications signal received in the central unit. This allows the initial uplink gain of all remote units to be set higher to increase sensitivity, because the gain of the remote units that provide higher power contributions to the combined uplink power in the central unit can be reduced if the combined uplink power exceeds the desired threshold power level. The gain of the remote units that provide higher power contributions to the combined uplink power in the central unit can be reduced without reducing the gain in the other remote units that would otherwise reduce their sensitivity.
US09980231B2
A system for providing real-time always-on location is presented for maintaining the current location of a mobile device, while saving the battery by managing the GPS in a power-saving mode while the device is considered to be stationary. The system also provides a real-time location in an indoor environment where a GPS signal may not be available. Additionally, methods for driving detection are also presented.
US09980227B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for low-power scanning in a WLAN system. A method for a station (STA) scanning in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting a null data packet (NDP) probe request frame; and receiving from an access point (AP) a probe reply frame as a replay to the NDP probe request frame, wherein the NDP probe request frame can include a compressed service set ID (SSID).
US09980222B2
An endpoint device capable of communicating with a data collection device comprises a first communication subsystem for low data rate messaging, a second communication subsystem for high data rate messaging, and a controller in communication with the first and second communication subsystems, where the first communication subsystem may be used as a primary means of communications with the data collection device, and the second communication subsystem may be used as needed for high data rate communications with the data collection device. The controller may turn on the second communication subsystem for scheduled or unscheduled transfer of data at a high data rate, in response to receiving a wake-up command from the data collection device, in response to receiving an alarm event at the endpoint device, etc. A wake-up command may include a request for data between scheduled data transfers, a parameter change request, etc. Various methodologies are also disclosed.
US09980221B2
Provided is a method of communicating encoded traffic indication map (TIM) information that can reduce power consumption by reducing an unnecessary decoding process. A method of receiving, by a terminal, a TIM that is encoded in a hierarchical structure including a page, a block, and a sub-block includes receiving an encoded TIM from an access point (AP), extracting a page index from the encoded TIM, and extracting block bitmap information indicating whether blocks included in a page designated by the page index include a bitmap. Therefore, an unnecessary decoding process with respect to each delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) beacon can be reduced, thereby reducing power consumption of a low-power terminal.
US09980219B2
A IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system of an access point (AP) and one or more stations (STAs) reduces power consumption and increases battery life of power efficient low power STAs by decreasing the amount of time that a power efficient low power STA remains in an awake state. After indicating power efficient low power operation during association with an AP supporting such operation, the power efficient low power STA may enter the doze state from the time that the power efficient low power STA sends a PS-Poll until the power efficient low power STA receives the buffered DATA frame from the AP. While implementing the power efficient PS-Poll method, the AP can send the buffered DATA frame to the STA SIFS after the AP sends an ACK to the received PS-Poll from the STA.
US09980218B2
Cell switch-off (CSO) methods for base stations (BSs) in a wireless network are provided. The CSO methods utilize quality of service (QoS) requirement information of user equipments (UEs) to determine which BS to switch off according to a pre-defined criteria. The criteria is defined so that impact of switching off a BS on the UEs may be reduced, and/or QoS requirements of at least some of the UEs may be satisfied if a BS was switched off.
US09980215B2
A method, apparatus, and user equipment for wireless communication using evolved data packet gateway (ePDG) communication. The method includes identifying one or more wireless access points and a received signal strength indication for each of the one or more wireless access points. The method also includes identifying which of the one or more wireless access points supports ePDG communication. The method also includes selecting a wireless access point of the one or more wireless access points based on the received signal strength indication and whether the wireless access point supports ePDG communication. The method also includes connecting to an ePDG server through the wireless access point.
US09980214B2
A SIM selection method of a wireless communication device connectable to a first SIM associated with a first subscription in relation to a first wireless communication system and a second SIM associated with a second subscription in relation to a second wireless communication system. The method comprises obtaining current values of first second and third parameters. The first parameters are applicable in relation to the first SIM and in relation to the second SIM, and comprise a geographical location of the wireless communication device. The second and third parameters obtained for the first SIM are applicable in relation to the first SIM only and the second and third parameters obtained for the second SIM are applicable in relation to the second SIM only. The current values of the third parameters are based on values of the third parameters associated with the geographical location and uploaded to a server by a plurality of other wireless communication devices. The method also comprises receiving a SIM utilization request from an application of the wireless communication device and selecting one of the first SIM and the second SIM for utilization by the application based on the current values of the first parameters, the second parameters, and the third parameters. Corresponding computer program product, SIM selector and wireless communication device are also disclosed.
US09980213B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for managing an exposure of a network to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. One representative method includes receiving, by an access point (AP) of the network, information associated with the WTRU; and selectively exposing, by the AP, the network.
US09980211B2
Inter-carrier scanning is triggered in a mobile device based at least in part on location thereof. Femto access point (AP) that can serve the mobile device can determine location through cell or sector identifier that is extracted via scan(s) of macro wireless environment of the femto AP. Femto AP can rank extracted sector identifier(s) and establish home macro sector (HMS) identifier(s), and also can generate scanning requirements for idle-mode scan(s) by a mobile device that operates in a HMS and is authorized to access wireless coverage through the femto AP. Scanning requirement(s) can force periodic inter-carrier measurements of a HMS wireless environment, and establish HMS-specific radio link quality threshold(s). Wireless network can receive at least one of HMS identifier(s) and scanning requirement(s) and deliver same to mobile device(s) authorized to exploit wireless coverage through femto AP associated with the HMS ID(s) and the scanning requirement(s).
US09980207B2
A responding device (14) is configured to transmit messages at transmission opportunity times that occur substantially periodically according to a transmission interval. Configured in this way, the responding device (14) receives a request message (16) from a requesting device (12) in a wireless communication system (10). Responsive to the request message (16), the responding device (14) determines to transmit a response message (18) at a response time that is distinct from any of the transmission opportunity times and that occurs after at least the transmission interval has passed since receiving the request message (16). The responding device (14) in this regard delays transmission of the response message (18) until the response time, by refraining from transmitting the response message (18) at one or more transmission opportunity times that occur after receiving the request message (16) but before the response time. The responding device (14) then transmits the response message (18) at the response time.
US09980206B2
In order to shorten the time in which an initial connection is established when switching directivity and then performing the initial connection, a frame timing control unit sets, until detection of an RACH signal, a transmission timing of a transmission frame for transmitting a search signal and a broadcast signal and also sets a reception-start timing for starting the reception of the corresponding RACH signal. A search/broadcast signal generation unit generates the broadcast signal and the search signal including reception-timing information. A beam directivity control unit sets, for a predetermined time starting from the reception-start timing, a directivity pattern such that the directivity is in the same direction as the directivity pattern for the corresponding transmission-timing information, whereby the beam directivity control unit controls a beam directivity operation unit.
US09980183B1
Facilitating a conversation using resources of devices within an environment is described. A user within an environment can be determined to be engaged in a conversation with another person via a mobile device. Characteristics of the environment can be determined and devices that can provide playback of content of the conversation or receive content of the conversation can be identified based on the characteristics of the environment. Playback of content and receiving of content can then be provided using the resources of the devices.
US09980170B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for determining a data call rate comprises determining if a supplemental channel (SCH) should be allocated, if the SCH should be allocated, potentially altering the data rate, requesting an SCH allocation at a current data rate or the altered data rate, and receiving a response to the request with the current data rate, the altered data rate, or a further altered data rate.
US09980169B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. A user equipment (UE) may signal a band-specific measurement gap indication based on the capability of a set of receivers to measure target frequency bands while monitoring a set of component carriers (CCs). The UE may receive a measurement gap configuration for a first component carrier (CC) associated with measuring the target frequency bands accounting for the band-specific measurement gap indication. The UE may then perform a measurement on one or more of the target frequency bands according to the measurement gap configuration while continuing to monitor other configured CCs for downlink messages and transmit uplink control messages during gaps configured for the first CC (e.g., using a different receiver). In some examples the measurement gap configuration message includes configuration options and the UE may select the measurement gap configuration for the first CC from the set of available options.
US09980168B2
This application discusses apparatus and methods of saving power using a quadrature receiver by enabling a single string reception mode of the quadrature receiver. In an example, a receiver for receiving communication information can include an analog front end configured to receive a modulated, information-carrying radio frequency signal at a first frequency band and to provide a digital representation of the modulated, information-carrying radio frequency signal at a second frequency band, a digital front end configured to receive the digital representation at the second frequency and to provide the communication information, for example, to a baseband processor. In a first processing mode of the receiver, the analog front end can provide either one of in-phase symbol information of the modulated, information-carrying radio frequency signal or quadrature symbol information of the modulated, information-carrying radio frequency signal at the second frequency band.
US09980160B2
Disclosed is a station of a mesh network, wherein the station is configured to transmit and receive data packets comprising a header which comprises a mesh mode channel switch announcement element and a mesh channel switch parameter element. The station also comprises: a controller, which is configured to initiate communication with at least one second station on a first communication channel; a transceiver, which is configured to transmit and receive data packets to and from the at least one second station on the first communication channel; a counter, which is configured to monitor an amount of lost data packets. If the amount of lost data packets exceeds a drop threshold, the controller is further configured to determine if at least one communication criterion is fulfilled. If the controller determines that the at least one communication criterion is fulfilled, then the controller is configured to move the communication from the first communication channel to a second communication channel during the remainder of the communication.The movement of the communication from the first communication channel to the second communication channel is unrestricted in time or time scheduled.A method for a mesh station as well as a computer program product is also disclosed.
US09980157B2
A transfer module transfers transmission target information on a predetermined transfer path including an information processing apparatus. This target transfer module appends transfer environment information indicating a degree of influence placed by the target transfer module on an information transfer result of the transmission target information transferred to the information processing apparatus and including at least one of module internal information about a transfer environment for the transmission target information in the transfer module or module surrounding information about a transfer environment associated with a surrounding of the target transfer module excluding an upstream transfer module to predetermined transmission information including the transmission target information received from the upstream transfer module to generate new predetermined transmission information, and transmits the new predetermined transmission information to a downstream transfer module.
US09980148B2
A method and system for collaborative spectrum sensing in a cognitive radio network is provided. The method may include: receiving through a cognitive radio network a plurality of sensing results of availability of a channel, where the plurality of sensing results are generated by a corresponding number of vehicles within the cognitive radio network, respectively, where broadcasting of the plurality of sensing results is controlled based on positions of vehicles within the cognitive radio network; and determining whether the channel is available based on the plurality of sensing results. By using the method, the efficiency of collaborative spectrum sensing can be improved.
US09980146B2
A network system comprising memory configured to store a device communication activity policy, and a policy verification processor configured to (a) receive a device data record over a trusted communication link between the network system and a device data record generator on a communications device, the device data record comprising information about a data communications activity by the communications device, the information configured to assist the policy verification processor in determining whether the communications device is operating or has operated in accordance with the device communication activity policy, (b) determine, based on the device data record, whether the communications device is operating or has operated in accordance with the device communication activity policy, and (c) upon determining that the communications device is not operating or has not operated in accordance with the device communication activity policy, initiate an error handling action.
US09980141B2
A method for authenticating a user using a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concepts, in a system including an operation server managing a database for storing a first telephone number of a user, a near field wireless communication device, and a mobile terminal, receiving, by an application program installed in the mobile terminal, a uniform resource locator (URL) of the operation server from the near field wireless communication device, accessing, by the application program, the operation server using the URL and transmitting a second telephone number of the mobile terminal to the operation server, and using, by the application program, a service provided by the operation server according to a result of comparison between the first telephone number and the second telephone number performed by the operation server.
US09980140B1
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method of establishing a secure wireless communication connection between an insulin pump device and a mobile computing device includes receiving, at a mobile computing device, a device identifier for the insulin pump device; obtaining, by the mobile computing device, device information for the insulin pump device from a remote server system using the device identifier; establishing, by the mobile computing device, a secure wireless connection with the insulin pump device using, at least in part, the device information; authenticating, by the mobile computing device, the insulin pump device based on asymmetric key verification using the public key for the insulin pump; and securely communicating, by the mobile computing device and in response to authenticating the insulin pump device, information with the insulin pump device.
US09980139B2
An example electronic device includes memory for storing a program for unlocking the first electronic device using a wearable electronic device; wireless communication circuitry; and one or more processors configured to execute the program stored in the memory to cause the electronic device to at least establish wireless communication, via the wireless communication circuitry, with the wearable electronic device when the wearable electronic device is in a wireless communication range of the first electronic device; determine whether the wearable second electronic device is authenticated for unlocking the first electronic device; determine whether the wearable electronic device is in a specific range of the first electronic device based on a signal transmitted from the wearable electronic device being worn; and unlock the first electronic device based on determining that the wearable electronic device is authenticated and is in the specific range of the electronic device.
US09980133B2
A user equipment (UE) sends, to a wireless access node in a wireless local area network (WLAN), a network access identifier (NAI) that includes an identifier for a cellular access network node. The UE receives an authentication challenge based on information in the NAI.
US09980131B2
A device includes: a short-range communicator which is configured to communicate with at least one mobile terminal by a short-range communication method; and a controller which is configured to determine whether a mobile terminal targeted for approaching is a registered mobile terminal if it is detected that the mobile terminal approaches the device, and controls the short-range communicator to receive the first authentication information corresponding to the device from the approached mobile terminal if the approached mobile terminal is determined as the registered mobile terminal, and authenticate a user of the device through the received first authentication information. With this, a user can be authenticated by a simple method of making the mobile terminal approach the device without inputting his/her authentication information, thereby improving user's convenience and strengthening security effect.
US09980118B1
A method to provide ambient listening on target devices is shown. The ambience listening can be initiated by the listener or by the target device. When a console initiates an Ambience Listening (AL) call regarding a target and the target is logged into more than one device, the PTT server presents the console with a list of all concurrent devices of that user. The console is presented with additional information regarding the target, such as the location, role selected by the user on each device, and the user's operational status on each device. The operational status includes, for example, an emergency state. This enables the console to setup one or more ambience listening session with one or more appropriate devices.
US09980115B2
A system for multiple network usage tracking, the system having a policy management platform having one or more processors able to receive and to calculate account usage data associated with an account profile, the policy management platform arranged externally from a network of at least one wireless carrier.
US09980113B2
In one implementation, a request to initiate emergency communications is received at a wireless local area network hotspot. A number of mobile communication devices connected to the wireless local area network hotspot and location information of the wireless local area network hotspot are determined. A distress message is generated that includes the number of mobile communication devices connected to the wireless local area network hotspot and the location information. The distress message is transmitted to a contact address for an emergency contact.
US09980108B2
A wireless area network terminal receives an unsolicited broadcast from a network to all wireless area network terminals in a predetermined category. The unsolicited broadcast includes an indicator that an emergency alert is waiting. The indicator triggers a request to be sent from the terminal to the network to allow the alert to be downloaded to the terminal.
US09980102B2
Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.
US09980097B2
Methods and apparatus perform location estimation among peer-to-peer devices. For the various methods, data of several different types, such as received signal strength, timing measurements, time stamps, actual transmit power, etc., is measured, stored, and propagated within a peer-to-peer network to enable each device in the peer-to-peer network to calculate positioning coordinates for one or more devices having unknown positioning coordinates.
US09980095B2
An electronic mobile device that supports a subscriber identification module (SIM) profile scans a base station cell that is associated with a different SIM profile in response to an inability to connect with a wireless network associated with the electronic mobile device's SIM profile. The electronic mobile device obtains cell information from the base station cell associated with the different SIM profile in response to the scanning. The cell information may include country associated data such as Mobile Country Code (MCC) or a System Identification (SID) data. Based on the obtained cell information, the electronic mobile device determines a current geographic location. The electronic mobile device may then adjust operation of a service, such as an application, of the electronic mobile device based on the determined country. Corresponding methods are also described.
US09980087B2
A method includes determining a first locating category of a plurality of locating categories based on an initial locating parameter. The method further includes selecting, when available, a first locating category option from the first locating category to produce a first selected locating category option. The method further includes selecting, when available, a second locating category option from a second locating category based on the first selected locating category option to produce a second selected locating category option, and a third locating category option from a third locating category based on at least one of the first and second selected locating category options to produce a third selected locating category option. The method further includes establishing location tracking communication from a first communication device to a second communication device regarding location information of the first communication device based on the first, second, and third selected locating category options.
US09980083B2
A peripheral device is provided, which can be coupled detachably with a communications terminal. The device includes at least one connector cooperating, when the peripheral device is coupled with the terminal, with at least one complementary connector on the terminal so as to form a wired communications link between the peripheral device and the terminal. The device has a first wireless communications module capable of communicating with a second wireless communications module on the communications terminal when the wireless communications modules are paired with each other; a reception module to receive an identifier of the communications terminal via the wired communications link; a generating module to generate a pairing code in response to the received identifier; and a transmission module to transmit the pairing code to the communications terminal via the wired communications link so as to configure a pairing between the first and second wireless communications modules.
US09980076B1
An audio adjustment and profile system is provided that can track individuals and speaker locations in an area to dynamically calibrate speakers to provide a uniform listening experience. The system can generate an acoustic model of a room and further calibrate speakers using the acoustic model. The audio adjustment and profile system can also use profile information associated with the listener to customize the listening experience based on the preference information in the profile information. The preference information can comprise mood preferences that emphasize certain frequencies and tones while limiting others.
US09980071B2
Audio processor having an input interface, a detector interface, a mixer and an output interface. The input interface receiving at least two input audio channels, each input audio channel being associated with a predetermined reproduction position of at least two loudspeakers on at least one loudspeaker axis. The detector interface receiving a position signal indicating an information on a position of the at least two loudspeakers with respect to an ear axis of a listener, wherein the ear axis and the at least one loudspeaker axis have an angle to each other, being greater than 0° and lower than 180°. The mixer mixing the at least two input audio channels to obtain the at least two output channels depending on the position signal.
US09980068B2
A method of estimating diaphragm excursion of an electrodynamic loudspeaker may be performed using audio signals. An audio output signal may be applied to a voice coil of the electrodynamic loudspeaker through an output amplifier to produce sound. A detected voice coil current and a determined voice coil voltage may be applied to a linear adaptive digital loudspeaker model that has a plurality of adaptive loudspeaker parameters. The parameter values of the adaptive loudspeaker parameters may be computed based on the linear adaptive digital loudspeaker model and applied to a non-linear state-space model of the electrodynamic loudspeaker. For the non-linear state-space model, a predetermined non-linear function may be applied to at least one of the plurality of received parameter values to compute at least one non-linearity compensated parameter value of the adaptive loudspeaker parameters, to determine an instantaneous excursion of the diaphragm.
US09980065B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods to provide improved connections for components of hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include an apparatus including a receiver case configured to house a hearing assistance device receiver, the receiver case including a spherical receiver spout having an opening. The apparatus also includes a receptacle housing having a spherical socket adapted to mate with the spherical receiver spout to form a ball and socket connection. An insert within the spherical socket is configured to establish a retained interference fit with the opening of the receiver spout when the connection is formed so as to create an acoustic seal therebetween.
US09980063B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for integrating a living-hinge in a hearing instrument. A system may include a living-hinge cover for a momentary, multi-function switch. The living-hinge switch may be used for volume adjustment. The system may be used to prevent debris ingress or rattling sounds.
US09980060B2
The invention relates to a binaural hearing aid device, comprising a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, respectively. Each hearing aid comprises a microphone unit, a receiver unit, an audio processor and a speaker unit. The microphone unit is configured to receive an acoustic front tone, indicative of a front part of a surround sound, and to convert the acoustic front tone into an electric front signal. The receiver unit is configured to receive a wireless rear communication signal, indicative of a rear part of the surround sound, and to convert the rear communication signal into an electric rear signal. The audio processor is configured to receive the electric front signal and the electric rear signal and to determine a processed electric rear signal with respect to the electric front signal, by adjusting a time delay between the electric rear signal and the electric front signal and by adjusting a sound level of the electric rear signal according to a sound level of the electric front signal, wherein the audio processor of the first hearing aid is configured to adjust the time delay and the sound level of the electric rear signal differently than the audio processor of the second hearing aid, such that the combined acoustic output of the first hearing aid and of the second hearing aid form the rear part of the surround sound.
US09980057B2
In an auditory prosthesis having an external unit and an internal unit for implantation in a recipient, a method of operation includes: characterizing an acoustic signal received by the auditory prosthesis; adjusting at least one parameter of the auditory prosthesis based on the characterized acoustic signal; and processing the acoustic signal to provide an encoded signal for transmission to the internal unit; wherein an amount of energy transmitted in the encoded signal depends on the at least one parameter.
US09980056B2
A method for suppressing acoustic feedback in a hearing aid device and a corresponding device and a system. A frequency range to be transmitted by the hearing aid device is divided into two frequency ranges that are separated by a split-band frequency. A transfer function of a feedback path is estimated in a frequency range and assessed for its behavior at the split-band frequency. Depending on the result of the assessment, the split-band frequency is lowered or raised and in the upper frequency range a phase and/or frequency change is applied for suppressing feedback.
US09980050B2
A loudspeaker is disclosed. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm with a fixed portion and a movable portion. The fixed portion is attached to the movable portion by a plurality of leaf springs. A coil is disposed over the diaphragm in the movable portion of the diaphragm. A magnet assembly is operatively disposed relative to the coil, wherein upon flow of current through the coil, the movable portion of the diaphragm moves relative to the fixed portion.
US09980044B2
A balance adjustment control method for sound/illumination devices comprises: allowing, by the control terminal, basic data, in which multiple pieces of sample sound data for the sound devices or human voices or sample illumination data for each illumination device are stored, to be input, the basic data including at least one piece of information among size information, open information, device information, and audience information of the performance area; extracting at least one piece of sample sound data or sample illumination data; performing at least one scheme by the control terminal; and performing at least one scheme by the control terminal, among a scheme of generating a sound balance adjustment signal for each of the sound output devices by comparing the input sound data and the sample sound data, and then transmitting the generated signal to the control device.
US09980042B1
A beamforming apparatus may have a domain conversion stage converting a plurality of time domain signals representing audio information to a plurality of frequency domain signals representing said audio information, a bandpass filter stage having a plurality of inputs connected to the frequency domain signals and having a plurality of outputs. A beamformer filter stage may have a plurality of inputs corresponding to the of outputs of the bandpass filter stage and a plurality of outputs. An inverse domain conversion stage, converting a plurality of inputs corresponding to outputs of the beamformer filter stage from frequency domain signals to time domain signals and having a plurality of outputs connected to an output stage.
US09980040B2
Various examples related to determining a location of an active participant are provided. In one example, image data of a room from an image capture device is received. First audio data from a first microphone array at the image capture device is received. Second audio data from a second microphone array spaced from the image capture device is received. Using a three dimensional model, a location of the second microphone array is determined. Using the first audio data, second audio data, location of the second microphone array, and an angular orientation of the second microphone array, an estimated location of the active participant is determined.
US09980036B2
A passive radiator is provided for use in a loudspeaker system in which the passive radiator and a driver are connected to one another within a speaker enclosure by an acoustic coupler having a coupler opening such that the driver and the passive radiator are located in different planes.
US09980029B2
A receiver-in-canal (RIC) assembly for positioning in or at an ear canal of a user. The RIC assembly includes a housing having an opening between an exterior space outside the housing and an internal space inside the housing, and a cable connection located in the housing and facilitating connection of a cable to the RIC assembly. Furthermore, the RIC assembly includes a first diaphragm extending in a first plane in the housing, and a first motor electrically connected to the cable connection and operatively connected to the first diaphragm. The cable connection is located relative to the first diaphragm such that at least a part of it can be projected onto a movable part of the first diaphragm in a direction perpendicular to the first plane and where the cable connection means is located in continuation of the first motor in a plane parallel to the first plane.
US09980028B2
Methods and apparatuses for user sound exposure limiting are disclosed. In one example, an accumulated sound dose exposure from a headset speaker is determined for a plurality of sequentially monitored time intervals during a current listening session, wherein the current listening session comprises a total session time. It is determined whether a predicted sound dose exposure for the total session time exceeds or falls below a permitted sound dose exposure limit, the predicted sound dose exposure determined from the accumulated sound dose exposure. A threshold intervention level at which a time-weighted-average limiter at a headset applies attenuation to an audio signal output at a headset speaker is adjusted.
US09980021B2
A scalable switch fabric using optical interconnects includes one or more line modules each including fabric interface optics supporting a plurality of optical output signals; an optical interconnect optically connected to each of the one or more line modules via the fabric interface optics; and one or more center stage switches, wherein the optical interconnect is adapted to shuffle the plurality of optical output signals from each of the one or more line modules to the one or more center stage switches. The optical interconnect can include two levels of shuffle to distribute each of the plurality of optical signals from each of the fabric interface optics to the one or more center stage switches.
US09980013B2
The present invention relates to a method and/or apparatus for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal for a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service. A broadcast signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: encoding each of packing frames, in which at least one frame among a left image frame, a right image frame, a depth map frame for the left image, and a depth map frame for the right image is packed, and signaling information for the packing frames; and generating a broadcast signal including the encoded packing frames and signaling information; and transmitting the generated broadcast signal.
US09980006B2
A device for enabling a user to cause programming associated with a channel to be presented is configured to enable a user to add channels to a subset of channels. Channels included in the subset of channel may be recalled upon activation of a dedicated button. Each of the subset of channels may be assigned a review buffer. The device may be configured to resolve review buffer conflicts.
US09980001B2
The present disclosure describes a networked amplifier in an audio video distribution system that converts a digital audio signal to and from an analog audio signal used in a video and audio system that uses a TCP/IP LAN (local area network) using TCP/IP as the communication protocol. The networked amplifier includes a network controller where the controller includes an embedded controller with a processor, memory, and storage functioning as a web server. Further included is a digital signal processor (DSP) that includes a pre-amplifier, amplifier, and an electronic crossover for frequency division. Also included are analog sensors that used for receiving and or gathering control information that enables internal auto adjustment. And further included is an analog driver circuitry.
US09979999B2
A method, computer-readable storage medium, reception apparatus, and information providing apparatus for generating a list of accessible channels. The method includes retrieving from a primary server terrestrial broadcast channel information associated with a predetermined geographical region. The terrestrial broadcast channel information includes, for each broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, one or a combination of a broadcast channel and a secondary server location associated with the respective broadcaster. Service information is retrieved, for each of at least one broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, from a secondary server associated with the respective broadcaster based on the terrestrial broadcast channel information. The reception apparatus determines, for each of the at least one broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, whether the broadcast channel associated with the respective broadcaster is receivable by the reception apparatus. The reception apparatus generates the list of accessible channels based on the determination.
US09979998B1
Described are techniques for synchronizing multiple devices within a group to enable performance of a synchronized action through the exchange of time data. A first device provides a timestamp or other time data to multiple other devices via a multicast transmission. Each of the other devices determines a time at which the timestamp was received and exchanges this data with one another. Based on the determined times, the other devices may be synchronized relative to a selected synchronization master device. One of the other devices may then determine a from the first device, and determine the time at which the timestamp from the first device was received, enabling the first device to be synchronized with the synchronization master device. Devices that are unable to receive multicast transmissions from the first device may exchange timestamps with the first device via an access point.
US09979996B2
A system and method for allocating tuner resources in a multi-room digital video recording system, wherein the system includes a server device having a plurality of tuners therein and a first client device in communication with the server device and allocated at least a first tuner from the plurality of tuners. A second client in communication client device generates a tuner request. The server device allocates the first tuner to the second user device and communicates a content signal through the first tuner to the second client device.
US09979995B2
A method for providing visual hot watch spots in content item playback on a content sharing platform is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a processing device of a content sharing platform, a duration of a content item into time interval segments. The method further includes, for each of the time interval segments, determining a score for the time interval segment in view of one or more signals indicating a popularity of the time interval segment to users viewing the content item on the content sharing platform, and providing a visual indication of the score for the time interval segment of the content item in a user interface presenting the content item.
US09979994B2
A system automatically and continuously finds and aggregates the most relevant and current information about the people and things that a user cares about. The information gathering is based on current context (e.g., where the user is, what the user is doing, what the user is saying/typing, etc.). The result of the context based information gathering is presented ubiquitously on user interfaces of any of the various physical devices operated by the user.
US09979988B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide for receiving data that indicates programs available to users, wherein the programs include linear television programs, video-on-demand programs, and pay-per-view programs; determining, by the network device, a popularity value for each program; comparing, by the network device, each popularity value with a threshold popularity value; determining, by the network device, whether each popularity value satisfies the threshold popularity value; assigning, by the network device, each program associated with each popularity value that satisfies the threshold popularity value to multicast delivery based on the determining, wherein one or more programs assigned to multicast delivery include one or more of a video-on-demand program or a pay-per-view program; and multicasting each program assigned to multicast delivery.
US09979984B2
A system on chip includes a video codec configured to output syntax information and data information, which correspond to each of a plurality of blocks included in each frame of image data, based upon a result of encoding or decoding the image data. A map generator is configured to determine whether each of the blocks is an update block based upon the syntax information and to generate a mapping table based upon a determination result. A display controller is configured to output the mapping table and data information corresponding to the update block to a display device.
US09979983B2
Disclosed herein are innovations in decoding compressed video media data. The disclosed innovations facilitate decoding operations with improved computational efficiency, faster speeds, reduced power, reduced memory usage, and/or reduced latency. In one embodiment, for example, an encoded bitstream of video media data is input from an external video content provider, the encoded bitstream being encoded according to a video codec standard. A decoder is then configured to decode the encoded bitstream based at least in part on supplemental information that identifies a property of the encoded bitstream but that is supplemental to the encoded bitstream (e.g., supplemental information that is not part of the encoded bitstream or its associated media container and that is specific (or related) to the application for which the bitstream is used and/or the standard by which the bitstream is encoded and/or encrypted).
US09979973B2
A method for encoding a sequence of high dynamic range pictures is disclosed. The method comprises for each picture of the sequence: obtaining a value representative of an average luminance of the high dynamic range picture; processing the high dynamic range picture so that the value representative of an average luminance of the processed picture is closer to a defined average luminance value than is the value representative of an average luminance of the high dynamic range picture; decomposing the processed high dynamic range picture in at least one first low dynamic range picture and one second low dynamic range picture of lower resolution representative of a global illumination of the scene; and encoding the first and second low dynamic range pictures and a data function of said value representative of an average luminance of said high dynamic range picture.
US09979956B1
An optical evaluation workstation evaluates quality metrics (e.g., sharpness, blemishes) of eyecup assemblies of a head mounted display (HMD). The workstation includes an eyecup assembly feeder, a camera, and a control module. The eyecup assembly feeder is configured to receive an eyecup assembly of a HMD, the eyecup assembly comprising an optics block rigidly fixed at a first distance to an electronic display panel. The camera is configured to capture one or more images of the one or more test patterns presented by the electronic display panel through the optics block. The control module is configured to modify at least one image of the one or more images using a transform, and determine a quality metric for the modified at least one image.
US09979954B2
Systems and methods are provided in which eyewear with time shared viewing is capable of supporting delivery of differing content to multiple viewers/users. The content that is delivered to each viewer includes a respective frame sequence that is displayed on a screen. The frame sequences are mixed when they are displayed on the screen. A lens assembly may be used by each viewer to view the frame sequence that is delivered to that viewer. For instance, a first lens assembly may pass a first frame sequence but not frame sequences other than the first frame sequence. A second lens assembly may pass a second frame sequence but not frame sequences other than the second frame sequence, and so on. The content that is delivered to a viewer may depend on a maturity of the viewer (e.g., whether the viewer's maturity is less than a maturity threshold).
US09979948B2
A 3D model can be modeled using “pattern-instance?representation. To describe the vertices and triangles, properties of the instance, for example, texture, color, and normal, are adjusted to correspond to the order in the pattern. The texture of an instance is encoded depending on its similarity with the texture of a corresponding pattern. When instance texture is identical or almost identical to the pattern texture, the instance texture is not encoded and the pattern texture will be used to reconstruct the instance texture. When the instance texture is similar to the pattern texture, the instance texture is predictively encoded from the pattern texture, that is, the difference between the instance texture and pattern texture is encoded, and the instance texture is determined as a combination of the pattern texture and the difference.
US09979945B2
Systems, methods, and media for reconstructing a space-time volume from a coded image are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, systems for reconstructing a space-time volume from a coded image are provided, the systems comprising: an image sensor that outputs image data; and at least one processor that: causes a projection of the space-time volume to be captured in a single image of the image data in accordance with a coded shutter function; receives the image data; and performs a reconstruction process on the image data to provide a space-time volume corresponding to the image data.
US09979944B2
An auto white balancing method for image data includes calculating block variances for the image data and selecting blocks having a block variance higher than a block variance value. The method further includes selecting patches included in a gray zone defined at a color space, applying a corresponding block variance as a weight to the patches of the gray zone, adjusting a first mean value at the color space, and selecting first patch candidates belong to a first distribution at a luminance domain from among patches selected with reference to the adjusted first mean value. The method further includes selecting a shrunken gray zone corresponding to an anchor point in the gray zone and selecting second patch candidates having a second distribution at a color space and a luminance domain, from among patches included in the shrunken gray zone, and calculating a final gain for the image data by combining a first RGB gain and a second RGB gain respectively extracted from the first patch candidates and the second patch candidates.
US09979942B2
Embodiments relate to color correction circuit operations performed by an image signal processor. The color correction circuit computes optimal color correction matrix on a per-pixel basis and adjusts it based on relative noise standard deviations of the color channels to steer the matrix.
US09979940B2
A projector that projects image light on a projection surface includes a light modulator that modulates light emitted from a light source based on image information to form the image light, a projection system that projects the image light modulated by the light modulator on the projection surface, a light modulator moving section that changes the position of the light modulator, a vibration detecting section that detects vibration acting on the projector, and a controller that causes the light modulator moving section to change the position of the light modulator based on the vibration detected by the vibration detecting section.
US09979937B2
A display system for displaying an image is disclosed. The system comprises a projector comprising at least one collimated light source and a controller for receiving image data and controlling the light source, configured such that, in use, an array of columns of image data representing an image are projected sequentially onto a reflector. Due to persistence of vision they appear superimposed on one another when reflected into the eye of an observer and such that, when the observer's eye moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of orientation of the projected columns the observer can view the image.
US09979934B1
Systems and methods can provide an indication of a weather condition. The system can utilize a processor that determines the weather condition from data associated with at least one camera at a remote location. The data can be compared to calibration data for the remote location to determine the weather condition. The indication can be provided to an aircraft. The camera can be a web camera, a traffic camera, infrared camera or other observation device.
US09979923B1
A system and method for video display aboard an aircraft, automobile, or other vehicle includes a housing and an assembly including a display screen partially or completely contained within the housing. When the display screen is impacted by an object or a passenger of the vehicle, brackets and support members absorb and dissipate impact energy such that the display screen is prevented from breakage or dislodgement due to absorbed energy. Instead, the display screen may absorb impact energy insufficient to break it but sufficient to direct or shift the display screen from its original position to a new position. The video display system may also include spring-loaded or actuated brackets to return the display screen to its original position after an impact, and sensors to alert a user to inspect, repair or replace the brackets, display screen, or other system components.
US09979915B2
Pixel array with shared pixels in a single column and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a pixel array includes a floating diffusion region, a source a source follower transistor having a gate coupled to the floating diffusion region, a plurality of first pixels associated with a first color, and a plurality of second pixels associated with a second color different than the first color and arranged in a single column with the first pixels. The first and second pixels are configured to transfer charge to the floating diffusion region.
US09979906B2
An optical system and method may relate to capturing extended dynamic range images. In an example embodiment, the optical system may include a lens element configured to receive incident light and a beam splitter optically coupled to the lens element. The beam splitter is configured to separate the incident light into at least a first portion having a first photon flux and a second portion having a second photon flux. The first photon flux is at least an order of magnitude greater than the second photon flux. A controller may be configured to cause a first image sensor to capture a first image of the first portion of the incident light according to first exposure parameters and cause a second image sensor to capture a second image of the second portion of the incident light according to second exposure parameters.
US09979900B2
Disclosed is a method for generating an image, comprising: obtaining a first image comprised of a first area being a plurality of images having different field of views of a real-life scene and captured from a location above the real-life scene stitched together to form a panoramic view of the real-life scene, and a second area which does not include the plurality of images; generating a second image which is a segment of the first image; determining whether the second image includes only the first area; and when the second image includes both the first area and at least part of the second area, the method further comprises: applying a border to the second image that extends along an upper boundary and along a lower boundary of the second image, the border being applied above the upper boundary and below the lower boundary.A corresponding device is also disclosed.
US09979896B2
The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, electronic equipment and a program which can remove cyclic noise from an image including the cyclic noise.An estimating unit configured to estimate cyclic noise components included in each image picked up under different exposure conditions for each image is included. The estimating unit estimates the cyclic noise components for each image through operation utilizing mutual relationship between the noise components under the exposure conditions. For example, the cyclic noise is flicker. The mutual relationship between the noise components may be expressed with a shutter function of the exposure conditions in frequency space. The present technology may be applied to an imaging apparatus.
US09979893B2
An imaging apparatus is capable of preventing unintended shooting setting when a through-image is displayed at a zoom position different from a field angle for reach shooting. The imaging apparatus includes a recording control unit configured to record a zoom position taken before a start of a function for temporarily changing the zoom position as a first position, a zoom control unit configured to perform control to move the zoom position from the first position to a second position when the function is started, and from the second position to the first position when the function is ended, and a control unit configured to perform control, when the zoom position is at the second position by the function, not to make any changes according to an instruction for changing specific shooting setting.
US09979880B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to obtain video data from a camera used in a video conferencing system. A user interface displaying the video data can be provided on a screen, wherein the screen is capable of receiving touch input. A first touch input associated with a function of the camera can be obtained. The first touch input can be received from the screen. An instruction for executing the function can be sent to the camera. The user interface can be updated in response to the execution of the function of the camera.
US09979869B2
A lens assembly and an electronic device are provided. The lens assembly and/or the electronic device includes a lens barrel, a housing configured to accommodate the lens barrel on one surface of the housing, and an image sensor assembly mounted to the other surface of the housing, the image sensor being configured to rotate around an optical axis of the lens barrel. The image sensor assembly includes a ring-shaped rotation member facing the other surface of the housing, and a plurality of balls interposed between the rotation member and the other surface of the housing. The rotation member rotates on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.
US09979863B2
A method, as well as a system and a computer readable medium based on the method, for reducing perceived noise. The method comprises the steps of determining an area of interest in the image, the area of interest being determined in dependence of a foveal vision of a user, and applying a stronger noise filtering in a peripheral area of the image than in the area of interest, the peripheral area being outside the area of interest and corresponding to a peripheral vision of the user.
US09979862B1
A buffering method for video playing includes: playing a video according to an amount of video buffer data and a predefined playing threshold, and monitoring a network speed; determining whether the network speed meets a predefined condition; and updating a previously set video buffer depth and the playing threshold according to the network speed if the network speed meets the predefined condition. A storage medium and device are also provided.
US09979842B2
An image forming apparatus capable of reducing the trouble of operation of the user, when being disconnected from and reconnected to an information processing apparatus for transmission and reception of maintenance work data for maintenance work. When the image forming apparatus is disconnected from and reconnected to the information processing apparatus for the above-mentioned purpose, identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus to be reconnected is stored in a storage section. An icon for enabling user to reconnect to the information processing apparatus identified by the identification information is displayed on a display section when the identification information is stored. The image forming apparatus reconnects to the information processing apparatus when the reconnection is instructed by the user using the icon.
US09979840B2
An image processing system includes first and second information processing apparatus that include a plurality of templates and identification information assigned to each template. The information processing apparatus include at least one processor and memory storing code that, when executed, causes the information processing apparatus to generate a plurality of layout images by laying out an image in a slot of each template using the templates, to generate layout information in which the pieces of identification information respectively assigned to the plurality of templates are described in an arrangement order of the templates in the plurality of layout images, to generate a data set in which layout data to be laid out in at least one slot included in each of the plurality of templates arranged in the arrangement order are stored using file names with consecutive numbers, and to send the layout information generated and the generated data set.
US09979831B2
A method for Cellular Text Telephone Modem (CTM) signal transmission includes: converting a CTM transmitter signal carried in a first sampling rate to generate a transmission signal carried in a second sampling rate, wherein the second sampling rate is different from the first sampling rate; and outputting the transmission signal carried in the second sampling rate to a CTM receiver.
US09979830B2
A clearinghouse server for routing multi-media communications, including telephony calls, between a source device and a destination device via a distributed computer network, such as the global Internet. The clearinghouse server can authorize the completion of a communication from a source device to a destination device and collect usage-related information for the completed communication. In response to an authorization request issued by an enrolled source device, the clearinghouse server can identify one or more available destination devices available to accept a communication from an authorized source device. The clearinghouse server can provide a list of the identified destination devices, typically organized in a rank order, by sending an authorization response to the source device. In turn, the source device can use this list to select a destination device and contact that selected device via the computer network to complete the communication.
US09979822B1
A method and system of controlling telephony sessions, the method comprising the steps of providing a platform server operated by a service provider, the platform server programmed to perform the steps of, providing an interface for use by a developer associated with a first client for specifying at least one interactive telephony (IT) application in a scripted language that includes application program interface (API) extensions associated with different IT functions, receiving input via the interface selecting and ordering the IT functions to specify at least a first IT application, storing the at least a first IT application in a database, receiving a call from a first customer, running the first IT application to elicit information from the first customer independent of the first client and in response to input received from the first customer, linking the first customer to a specific phone extension associated with the first client.
US09979797B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are to facilitate the utilization of cloud computing resources by a mobile terminal. From the standpoint of a mobile hub, a request for cloud services is received that has been issued by an application executed by a mobile terminal. An application agent is then created based upon the application that issued the request and a request is caused to be transmitted to a cloud service provider in response to the request for cloud services. A response is then received from the cloud service provider and a response is caused to be provided to the mobile terminal based upon the response from the cloud service provider.
US09979795B1
A client application server (CAS) can include a presence layer configured to compute a published presence state for a client of the given CAS that characterizes at least one of an ability and a willingness of the client to communicate with another communication endpoint. The presence layer can also be configured to provide the published presence state for the client to a presence layer of at least another CAS according to a subscription request provided from the another CAS.
US09979788B2
A content synchronization apparatus is provided. The content synchronization apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a device that the content synchronization apparatus can synchronize content with, a control unit configured to, in response to a synchronization command to share current content being played by the device being received, share the current content by acquiring the current content and state information corresponding to the current content through the communication unit, synchronize the current content with the device using the current content and the state information, and configure a display screen based on the results of the synchronization of the current content with the device, and an output unit configured to display the configured display screen.
US09979787B2
A network storage device that includes a plurality of storage regions configured to store data; and circuitry that selects at least one of the storage regions in accordance with instruction information, and synchronizes data stored in the at least one of the storage regions with a server connected to the network storage device via a network.
US09979783B2
A management process coordinates a number of servers to create a crash-consistent distributed snapshot. The management process instructs the servers to enter an ambiguity mode in which acknowledgement of barrier operations is delayed, instructs the servers to generate portion snapshots, and instructs the servers to exit the ambiguity mode and acknowledge barrier operations.
US09979774B2
A digital magazine server receives feeds of content items from various sources and formats content items from the feed for presentation in a digital magazine. The digital magazine server determines whether the content items from the feed satisfy one or more rules specifying presentation of content items by the digital magazine server. Content items from a feed are compared to the one or more rules to generate results specifying whether various content items satisfy one or more of the rules. To simplify review of the content items, results are grouped for each content item to allow the source of the feed to individually edit the content items to comply with the one or more rules.
US09979772B2
A data streaming method of an electronic device include receiving an information file of a multimedia content from a server, retrieving time information for a unit of data transmission in the information file, and determining an allowed reception time of the data transmission time for a data transmission. An electronic device includes a communication interface configured to access a server, and a processor configured to communicate with the server accessed through the communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to receive an information file of a multimedia content from the server, retrieve time information of a data transmission unit in the information file, and determine an allowed reception time of the data transmission time based on the time information of the unit of data transmission.
US09979770B2
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) accessing, by a computing system, data associated with a program schedule for a media program; (ii) based on the accessed data, selecting, by the computing system, a social media (SM) content item, wherein the SM content item was published by a SM user, and wherein the SM user is associated with a first SM account; and (iii) responsive to selecting the SM content item, causing, by the computing system, a SM platform to request the SM user to authorize a link between the first SM account and a second SM account.
US09979765B2
A method of streaming media may include opening a single connection between a client device and a media source; requesting a first media segment of a media stream corresponding to selected tier of a media title over the single connection; determining a download bitrate of the single connection; comparing the download bitrate to a predetermined bitrate of the media title; and in response to determining that the download bitrate is less than the predetermined bitrate, opening a plurality of connections between the client device and media source. The predetermined bitrate may be a predetermined bitrate of a next higher bitrate tier in a group of tiers containing the selected tier when the selected tier is not a highest bitrate tier in the group, and a predetermined bitrate of the selected tier otherwise. The method may further include, in response to determining that an aggregate download bitrate of the plurality of connections is less than a multiple of a download bitrate of an individual one of the connections, closing some of the plurality of connections so that only the individual connection remains.
US09979762B2
A data transmission method and a system thereof are provided according to the disclosure. A first type is determined for the data to be transmitted by the first data terminal in the local area network, data of the first type stored in all data terminals in the local area network is detected and is transmitted to the server in accordance with the first predetermined rule, where the first terminal is any one of the data terminals in the local area network.
US09979758B2
Systems and methods for generating and sharing interactive charts are described. The interactive charts are generated in an online portal that allows users to customize the interactive features of the chart. An online portal may also be provided to allow users to automatically embed interactive chart(s) in another website without reprogramming the code of the website each time the interactive chart(s) are changed or new interactive chart(s) are added.
US09979750B2
Provided are systems, methods, and computer-program products for providing network deceptions using a network tunnel. In various implementations, a network device on a first network can be configured as a projection point. A projection point can be configured as one endpoint of a network tunnel. The other end of the network tunnel can terminate at a deception center. The deception center can host a second network, where the second network includes network devices configured as deception mechanisms. By assigning a deception mechanism a network address from the first network, the network address and the network tunnel enable the deception mechanism to appear as a node in the first network.
US09979745B2
A method for transmitting information from a first security module to a second security module involves a system comprising the first and the second security modules. An anti-collision phase comprises a sequence of anti-collision queries, and a communication phase follows the anti-collision phase. The first security module transmits the information to be transmitted to the second security module in the anti-collision phase by sending responses of the first security module to the sequence of anti-collision queries, with the information to be transmitted being encoded in the responses of the first security module. The second security module decodes the information to be transmitted from the sequence of the received anti-collision queries. Furthermore, the invention discloses a first and a second security module, in particular for transmitting information.
US09979736B2
In one embodiment, a security system includes a central communication unit and a first surveillance device. The central communication unit is communicatively connected over a network to cloud storage, by way of a first transmission channel and a second transmission channel. The second transmission channel is redundant with the first transmission channel. The first surveillance device configured to record first surveillance data, and is communicatively connected to the central communication unit by way of a third transmission channel and a fourth transmission channel. The fourth transmission channel is redundant with the third transmission channel. The first surveillance device is configured to transmit the first surveillance data to the central communication unit, and the central communication unit is configured to transmit the first surveillance data to the cloud storage.
US09979715B2
Techniques are described in which to access a user's web applications, the user registers and signs on to an aggregator system using any supported login identity provider username and password. When the user registers for the first time, the system collects additional information to verify the user for a subsequent access to the system. The system also automatically creates a system secret username and secret, highly securely generated password, both of which are unknown and inaccessible to the user. The secret username and password are stored in an lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server or database or in a distributed cloud database system. The system also maps the login identity provider user name to the secret user name and password for subsequent usage.
US09979707B2
Dynamic key cryptography validates mobile device users to cloud services by uniquely identifying the user's electronic device using a very wide range of hardware, firmware, and software minutiae, user secrets, and user biometric values found in or collected by the device. Processes for uniquely identifying and validating the device include: selecting a subset of minutia from a plurality of minutia types; computing a challenge from which the user device can form a response based on the selected combination of minutia; computing a set of pre-processed responses that covers a range of all actual responses possible to be received from the device if the combination of the particular device with the device's collected actual values of minutia is valid; receiving an actual response to the challenge from the device; determining whether the actual response matches any of the pre-processed responses; and providing validation, enabling authentication, data protection, and digital signatures.
US09979689B2
A database system operates a feed system and communicates with different remote computing devices associated with different users. The database system may display feed items from the feed system on the remote computing devices and enable users to author new posts to the feed system. An authoring tool supports creation of new posts, and provides transparency as to which users will have access to the post. The authoring tool supports managing intended recipients, including users, groups, topics, files, and other entities. The authoring tool creates, and shows to the author, an automatic summary of recipients before the post is added to the feed system.
US09979680B2
A method of smart notification scheduling and modality selection includes identifying a notification. The method includes extracting context pertaining to the notification or a user of the client device in response to receiving the notification. The method further includes determining a priority for the notification based on the context. The method also includes determining a delivery schedule for the notification based on the priority. The method includes determining a notification delivery plan based on at least one of the context, priority or delivery schedule. The method further includes transmitting the notification to a display device.
US09979677B2
A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath daemon is provided. The datapath daemon is a run-to-completion process that performs various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The datapath daemon dispatches packets to other processes or processing threads outside of the daemon. Datapath operations at lower layers of the network protocol model are processed by the datapath daemon within its run-to-completion thread, while datapath operations at higher layers of the network protocol model are processed by data plane processes external to the datapath daemon.
US09979673B2
A communication system is provided. The communication system includes a plurality of remote terminal units (RTUs) outputting a state signal. The communication system includes a communication device receiving the output state signal from each of the plurality of RTUs and generating signal quality information, which is quality information on the received state signal. The communication system includes a control device obtaining the signal quality information and the state signal, determining at least one RTU among the plurality of RTUs as a load according to a preset condition in response to the obtained signal quality information, and generating system analysis information on the plurality of RTUs, which includes the at least one RTU determined as the load, on the basis of the state signal.
US09979671B2
Embodiments relate to management of hybrid workloads, including serial and parallel workload optimizations, in a shared pool of configurable computer resources. Resource utilization in the shared pool is dynamically tracked, and employed for assessing a set of servers a parallel access protocol should utilize for one or more I/O requests in conjunction with any serial workload optimizations. Accordingly, the load balancing embodies a diverse set of workloads to support dynamic and equitable allocation.
US09979670B2
Systems and methods for providing a connection of a client to an unmanaged service in a client-server remote access system. An unmanaged service may register at a remote access server and open a communication connection there between remote access server may be configured for providing remote access to the unmanaged service by a client. The remote access server receives keep-alive messages from the unmanaged service over the communication connection, which may serve to indicate that the unmanaged service is operational. The remote access server may a request for a client connection to the unmanaged service, after which, a terminate keep-alive message is communicated to the unmanaged service to terminate the sending of keep-alive messages from the unmanaged service in response to the request for the client connection to the unmanaged service.
US09979665B2
Reducing buffer usage for a TCP proxy session between a client and a server by a service gateway includes: determining a first round trip time (RTT) for a server side TCP session and determining a second RTT for a client side TCP session; comparing the first RTT with the second RTT; determining whether the second RTT exceeds the first RTT beyond a threshold; if so, then calculating a desired RTT based on the second RTT; and setting a timer according to the calculated desired RTT, where a TCP acknowledgement for the server side TCP session is delayed until the timer expires. The desired RTT may be calculated as a percentage of the second RTT or as the second RTT minus a predetermined value. The service gateway waits until the timer has expired before sending a TCP acknowledgement data packet to the server.
US09979659B1
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for decrementally calculating autocorrelation for Big Data. Embodiments of the invention include decrementally calculating one or more components of autocorrelation at a specified lag for an adjusted computation window based on the one or more components of an autocorrelation at the specified lag calculated for a previous computation window and then calculating the autocorrelation at the specified lag based on one or more of the decrementally calculated components. Decrementally calculating autocorrelation avoids visiting all data elements in the adjusted computation window and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption.
US09979655B2
A device may determine first information associated with a plurality of carriers. The first information may be associated with a plurality of user devices connected to a base station via the plurality of carriers. The device may determine second information associated with the plurality of carriers. The second information may be associated with a plurality of user devices camping on the plurality of carriers. The device may selectively perform load balancing in association with the plurality of user devices camping on the plurality of carriers based on the first information and the second information.
US09979654B2
Enhanced mesh network performance is provided by computation of a path metric with respect to multi-hop paths between nodes in a mesh network and determination of a path through the mesh network that is optimal according to the path metric. Information is communicated in the mesh network according to the determined path. Nodes in the mesh network are enabled to communicate via one or more wireless links and/or one or more wired links. The path metric optionally includes an effective bandwidth path metric having elements (listed from highest to lowest conceptual priority) including an inverse of a sustainable data rate, a number of wireless links, and a number of wireless and wired links. The sustainable data rate is a measure of communication bandwidth that is deliverable by a path for a period of time. Accounting is made for interference between contiguous wireless links operating on the same channel.
US09979636B2
Technical solutions for optimization of network resources are described. One general aspect includes a method, including measuring, by a controller, an attribute of network route being used to communicate a network flow between a first apparatus and a second apparatus. The method also includes comparing, by the controller, a predetermined threshold and the attribute. The method also includes in response to the attribute being non-compliant with the predetermined threshold, selecting, by the controller, an alternative network route to communicate the network flow between the first apparatus and the second apparatus. The method also includes routing, by the controller, the network flow to be communicated via the alternative route between the first apparatus and the second apparatus.
US09979633B2
A method is provided to control an IP core network, including first and second routers connected to an external data packet network and switches able to connect to a base station of a network for access to the first and second routers. The data packet network is able to send data streams through the IP core network destined for the terminals attached to the base station, at least one data stream currently being conveyed between the external network and at least one terminal. The method includes: establishing a rule for processing a stream by the first router, assigning the second router as backup router for the first router; transmitting to the external data packet network information relating to the assigning of the backup router; detecting an event relating to a failure of the first router; and transmitting to the backup router an established processing rule to be applied.
US09979631B2
Technologies are described herein for rerouting a service request between service endpoints. The service request is received, at a first web service, from a second web service. The first web service and the second web service may be components of a composite service. The service request is routed to an initial service endpoint configured to respond to the service request according to a service level agreement between the first web service and the second web service. Service criteria associated with the initial service endpoint are monitored. A determination is made as to whether the service criteria meet a performance threshold specified by the service level agreement. If the service criteria do not meet the performance threshold specified by the service level agreement, then the service request is rerouted from the initial service endpoint to an alternate service endpoint.
US09979627B2
Systems and methods for systems and methods for bare-metal network topology discovery. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive network topology information from a server, wherein the server is configured to collect at least one portion of the network topology information from one or more network devices via a baseboard management controller (BMC) circuit while the server operates in low-power mode; and provide a graphical display representing the network topology information, the graphical display including a representation of the server, the one or more network devices, and one or more connections between the server and the one or more network devices.
US09979624B1
Provided are systems and methods for large flow detection for network visibility monitoring. In some implementations, provided is an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be operable to receive packet information describing a packet at a cycle of a clock input. The packet may be associated with a packet flow being transmitted across a network. The integrated circuit may further generate a key using information identifying the packet flow provided by the packet information. The integrated circuit may further read a value for a counter from a counter memory using the key. The integrated circuit may determine whether the packet is associated with a large flow or a small flow using the counter and a packet size provided by the packet information. Upon determining that the packet is associated with a large flow, the integrated circuit may update an entry in a flow memory using the packet information.
US09979623B2
A method for updating information about network devices and/or network services available in a network, the information being stored in a memory, the method including: scanning data packets transmitted on the network, a data packet including at least a destination address field and/or a source address field; evaluating the destination address field and/or the source address field; and updating the information in response to the evaluating.
US09979622B2
In one embodiment, a cloud network provides cloud services to the one or more clients, where data usage of each client is monitored on a per client basis. If the data usage of any client is above a first predetermined threshold, then a WAN optimization platform is automatically implemented within the cloud network for the client having the data usage determined to be above the first predetermined threshold.
US09979620B2
A communication controller is described. The communication controller can exchange data on first and second communications channels (A, B). In a first mode, data transmitted on the first communication channel cannot be decoded on the second communication channel. In a second mode, data transmitted on the first communication channel is decodable on the second communication channel so as to provide loop back functionality.
US09979611B2
A digital telecommunications client-server system where a network server communicates by a protocol with a digital application located on a mobile terminal. The digital application includes a navigation module, a presentation module, a decoder interpreter module and a transport module. The digital application interprets data received from a network server located in a mobile core telecommunications network and displays interpreted data on a screen of the mobile terminal, with the interpreted data relating to a service or application. The digital application interprets a request of a user entered into the mobile terminal in response to the interpreted data displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal, and sends from the mobile terminal data interpreted from the user's request to the telecommunications network.
US09979609B2
In some examples, a method for managing service requests to a cloud computing system is described. The method may include receiving a service response from a cloud computing system in reply to a service request generated by a process executed on a computing device. The method may also include extracting processing capacity information of the cloud computing system from the service response. The method may also include determining an execution priority for the process based at least in part on the processing capacity information.
US09979600B2
A method performed by a radio base station, the method including determining that one of a Direct Memory Access (DMA) buffers of a communication link for a service provider has gone beyond a DMA buffer limit (empty or full), the communication link between a radio equipment control (REC) device and a radio equipment (RE) device that is operating based on a first bandwidth configuration of the communication link. The method further including in response to determining that the communication link is to change operation (due to reaching the DMA buffer limit) based on a second bandwidth configuration of the communication link, instead of the first bandwidth configuration, continuing operation of the communication link based on the second bandwidth configuration. The method further including that after going back under the DMA buffer limit, the communication link continuing operation based on the original first bandwidth configuration.
US09979594B2
A control apparatus includes: a database which stores control information for controlling a network; an interface unit which is connectable to a plurality of modules, each of which operates the control information based on a predetermined algorithm, and which operates the control information responsive to a database operation command issued by any one of the modules; and a control unit which controls packet processing in the network based on the control information configured by an operation executed by any one of the modules. The interface unit updates the control information responsive to a database operation command corresponding to information input/output or information deletion with respect to the control information.
US09979592B2
A server includes a network communication device, memory hardware, and data processing hardware. The data processing hardware receives sensor data and application data from a client computing device. The sensor data includes sensor measurement values from sensors. The application data indicates application states applications. The data processing hardware receives a request to provide event notifications to a first application from the plurality of applications upon an occurrence of an event. The request includes an event description. The data processing hardware identifies an event trigger that indicates the occurrence of the event. The event trigger includes an application state of a second application and a sensor measurement value for at least one of the sensors. The data processing hardware detects the occurrence of the event by comparing the event trigger with the sensor data and the application data, and transmits an event notification to the first application upon detecting the event.
US09979586B2
The phase modulation device (3) includes a first phase modulation element (11) which modulates a phase of a light flux in accordance with a voltage applied to each of a plurality of first electrodes in accordance with a first ratio of a second aberration component to a first aberration component of a wave front aberration generated by an optical system including an objective lens (4); a second phase modulation element (12) which modulates a phase of a light flux in accordance with a voltage applied to each of a plurality of second electrodes in accordance with a second ratio of the second aberration component to the first aberration component; and a control circuit (3) which controls voltages applied to each of first electrodes and each of second electrodes in accordance with a distance from the objective lens to a light focusing position of the light flux.
US09979585B2
Various embodiments are described of devices and associated methods for processing a signal using a plurality of vector signal analyzers (VSAs). An input signal may be split and provided to a plurality of VSAs, each of which may process a respective frequency band of the signal, where the respective frequency bands have regions of overlap. Each VSA may adjust the gain and phase of its respective signal such that continuity of phase and magnitude is preserved through the regions of overlap. The correction of gain and phase may be accomplished by a complex multiply with a complex calibration constant. A complex calibration constant may be determined for each VSA by comparing the gain and phase of one or more calibration tones generated with each region of overlap, as measured by each of the VSAs.
US09979578B2
The present invention provides an apparatus of transmitting broadcast signals. The apparatus includes, an encoder for encoding service data, a bit interleaver for bit interleaving the encoded service data, a mapper for mapping the bit interleaved service data into a plurality of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) symbols to build at least one signal frame, an OFDM modulator for modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09979561B2
An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for expanding the port count in a single Fiber Channel domain by adding modular Fiber Channel switches. Such a system includes a system enclosure that contains a plurality of Fiber Channel modules configured to send and receive Fiber Channel packets, the Fiber Channel modules providing a plurality of Fiber Channel ports and a switch processor coupled to the plurality of Fiber Channel ports and to a plurality of Ethernet ports. The switch processor is configured to apply a stacking header to Fiber Channel packets for transmission from one of the plurality of Ethernet ports over a stacking link to another switch processor in another system enclosure.
US09979560B2
The present disclosure relates to diagnostic apparatus and method for home appliance which make it easy to diagnose a breakdown of a home appliance, using a signal including product information and outputted from the home appliance, in which a signal is converted in accordance with signal distortion generated in the process of transmitting the output signal or in a terminal, so that the product information of the home appliance is easily extracted, accuracy of a diagnosis result is improved, an after-sales service for a breakdown of the home appliance is easily provided, and reliability of the product is improved by the improvement of accuracy of the diagnosis result.
US09979552B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that manages application specific identification of devices. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage storing identifier (ID) base data and a processor. The processor may be configured to validate a certificate of an application being executed on the apparatus. The certificate may contain a code signer ID for a code signer of the application. The processor may further be configured to receive a request for a unique ID of the application, generate the unique ID from the code signer ID and the ID base data and return the generated unique ID.
US09979548B2
A system and method of low-power cryptography is disclosed involving a computing device with an audio jack that communicates with a token plugged into the audio jack. Data is passed between the computing device and token over audio channels; power for all functions necessary for the token to operate as disclosed is also supplied by the computing device to the token over an audio channel. The token may be used as an identity and authentication security factor, for secure external key exchange, or direct encryption of small payloads.
US09979546B2
The present invention provides methods of, and computer programs and systems for, controlling access to a resource via a computing device configured to perform a method that enables new encrypted versions of a key, encrypted with code values in a sequence of code values that are valid at a future time, to be provided and made available for future performance of the method. This in turn enables a method of user verification that does not require access to a remote server in order to provide one-time passcode verification, and so provides an offline one-tome passcode authentication method that is self-sustaining.
US09979543B2
An optimized hardware architecture and method introducing a simple arithmetic processor that allows efficient implementation of an Elliptical Curve Cryptography point doubling algorithm for Jacobian coordinates. The optimized architecture additionally reduces the required storage for intermediate values to one intermediate value.
US09979541B2
According to one embodiment, a content key is split into split content keys and separately stored in a plurality of regions in a protected region of a memory device. Then, a common key is generated between the host device and the memory device, and encryption keys are cut out from the common key. When the split content keys are read from the memory device and transmitted to the host device, the split content keys are encrypted with the encryption keys and then decrypted with the encryption keys on the host device side. Subsequently, the split content keys decrypted with the encryption keys on the host side are combined with each other, and the original content key is thereby obtained. Finally, the content is decrypted with the content key.
US09979537B2
A format-preserving cipher including an encryption and a decryption scheme supporting non-linear access to input data by allowing the selection of portions of data from a potentially larger dataset to be encrypted, thus avoiding a necessarily sequential access into the input plaintext data. The cipher first defines a forward mapping from the allowable ciphertext values to an integer set of the number of such allowable ciphertext values, and a corresponding reverse mapping. It also supports exclusion of a certain set of characters from the ciphering process. An encryption algorithm is provided that encrypts the input plaintext data while preserving its original format and length, and a corresponding decryption algorithm is provided. The cipher advantageously embodies the encryption and decryption of multi-byte values, composite datasets, and credit card numbers, thus fitting a variety of industrial needs.
US09979535B2
A serializer may be provided. The serializer may include a first data output circuit and a second data output circuit. The first data output circuit may provide first data to an output node in synchronization with a first phase clock and a second phase clock. The second data output circuit may provide second data to the output node in synchronization with the second phase clock and a third phase clock. The first data output circuit may perform a precharge operation or an emphasis operation for the second data output circuit, in synchronization with a third phase clock.
US09979533B2
A serial data receiver may include an edge detector and a digital integrator. The edge detector may be configured to provide one or more edge detection signals defining an edge detection indication in response to a comparison between two successive samples of a receiver input signal. The edge detection indication may represent a detected negative edge, a detected positive edge, or no detected edge. The digital integrator may be configured to provide a receiver output signal in response to integration of the one or more edge detection signals.
US09979527B2
A communications apparatus includes a radio transceiver and a processor. The radio transceiver receives a plurality of feedback messages from a peer device. The feedback messages are transmitted by the peer device to indicate a result of UL data transmission. The processor analyzes content of the feedback messages to determine a preferred retransmission type of the peer device and records the preferred retransmission type of the peer device in a memory device. When the radio transceiver receives a first UL grant message indicating transmission of a first UL data and the processor determines that a forthcoming first feedback message corresponding to the transmission of the first UL data is unable to be received, the processor determines whether to retransmit the first UL data according to the preferred retransmission type of the peer device.
US09979525B2
A method for feeding back acknowledge/non-acknowledge, user equipment (UE) and system are provided, allowing downlink data of different networks to obtain correct feedback, and improving reliability of data transmission. The method includes: a UE receiving ACK/NACK resource configuration information delivered by a network node; determining the ACK/NACK resource according to the configuration information, the ACK/NACK resource being a time frequency resource used for bearing ACK/NACK on an uplink channel; and using the ACK/NACK resource to feed back ACK/NACK to the network node. The method is mainly used in the ACK/NACK feedback process.
US09979524B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a terminal-specific reference signal for a control signal by a base station in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method is characterized in that it comprises: transmitting a plurality of control channels and a first terminal-specific reference signal for the plurality of control channels to a first resource region; and transmitting one control channel and a second terminal-specific reference signal for the control channel to a second resource region, wherein the different descrambling identifiers are applied to the first and second terminal-specific reference signals.
US09979518B2
A method of configuring a network node in a wireless telecommunications network to use a secondary cell for dual connectivity communication, a computer program product and network control node operable to perform that method. The method comprises: determining at least one RACH preamble reserved by the secondary cell for use by dual connectivity capable user equipment; identifying user equipment meeting criteria for implementation of dual connectivity communication with the secondary cell; and communicating an allocation of the at least one RACH preamble reserved by the secondary cell for use by dual connectivity capable user equipment to the identified user equipment. Aspects may avoid or mitigate contention experienced by user equipment on RACH and thus may enable fast, contention-free access to a cell. According to some aspects and embodiments, a dedicated preamble can be configured for user equipment identified as a candidate suited to implementation of dual connectivity techniques. Use of a dedicated preamble may, according to some embodiments, both avoid possible contention and also be used, in some embodiments, as a means to identify user equipment by a newly accessed cell, for example, in the case of RRC connected user equipment.
US09979514B2
A method of handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of configuring an SPS functionality which utilizes at least one HARQ process; receiving a first new data indicator (NDI) addressed to an SPS cell radio network temporary identifier (SPS C-RNTI) of the UE for a first HARQ process of the at least one HARQ process; and considering the next transmission to be received by the first HARQ Process as a first transmission of the first HARQ Process when receiving a second NDI addressed to a C-RNTI of the UE for the first HARQ process.
US09979507B1
A training frame is generated, and the training frame includes a plurality of partial frames that include training information. The training frame has a defined duration. The training frame is generated by inverting a first bit in each of at least some partial frames, and including an info field frame in the training frame. The training frame is transmitted for training purposes.
US09979506B2
A transmitter optical module that implements with two or more laser diodes (LDs) therein is disclosed. The LDs are mounted on a common sub-mount independent of driving circuits and driven by the driving circuits in the shunt-driving mode. The cathode of the LDs are independently, namely, isolated from the ground of the neighbor LDs, connected to the ground within the driving circuits but floated from the chassis ground.
US09979505B2
A wall-mountable outlet comprising an enclosure and a faceplate mechanically coupled to the enclosure. An optical network terminal (ONT) is provided in the enclosure. In one example embodiment, the ONT comprises an optical-electrical (O-E) data module, and the O-E data module comprises an O-E converter. The O-E data module can further comprise a switch arranged to selectively couple at least one signal with the O-E converter. The O-E data module further can comprise a Passive Optical Network (PON) controller interposed between the O-E converter and the switch.
US09979504B2
A terminal device is intended to reduce a decrease in reception performance in response to inter-cell interference and inter-user interference even when multiple interference streams are received. The terminal device connected with a first base station apparatus receives a first interference signal serving as inter-user interference from the first base station apparatus, and a second interference signal serving as inter-cell interference from a second base station apparatus, demodulates at least one interference stream of the first interference signal using terminal information transmitted from the first base station, and suppresses the second interference signal using a reception weight.
US09979502B2
A radio transceiver apparatus configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals, the apparatus comprising, a sample clock configured to generate samples at a clock frequency fs, a processor configured to generate a transmission data stream signal, wherein the transmission data stream signal comprises frames separated by frame boundaries between the frames, and wherein the frames are comprised of at least one sample, and a sample clock correction unit, wherein in a first transmission configuration when the clock frequency fs is greater than a desired clock frequency fr, the sample clock correction unit is configured to insert at least one sample into at least one frame boundary between frames, or in a second transmission configuration when the clock frequency fs is less than a desired clock frequency fr, the sample clock correction unit is configured to remove at least one sample from at least one frame boundary between the frames.
US09979496B2
Some embodiments include a system for simulating electromagnetic environments that includes a channel emulator having a plurality of outputs, each output associated with a different operational path. Each operational path has a power amplifier, an antenna and a first coupling mechanism. The power amplifier is coupled to an output of the channel emulator. The antenna is in communication with a test region of the apparatus. The first coupling mechanism simultaneously couples power to the antenna and to a first measurement path when the operational path is coupled to the test region, so that a calibration state of the operational path can be determined and adjusted without interruption of a signal coupled to the antenna in the operational path.
US09979492B2
A method of sharing information by an information-providing device, the method including: determining, by the information-providing device, information of interest based on a first input to the information-providing device; generating, by the information-providing device, a sound signal including object information; and outputting, by the information-providing device, the sound signal, wherein the object information includes object identification information configured to be used to identify the information of interest.
US09979487B2
Provided are a method for processing an OS. The method includes: an OS sending node inserts OCh information into an overhead of an OMS of an OS; and/or, the OS sending node inserts the OCh information and optical carrier information into an OCh overhead of the OS, wherein the OCh information includes an identifier of the OCh, an NCF of an effective frequency slot of a media channel and a slot width of the effective frequency slot of the media channel, and a frequency slice granularity, and the optical carrier information includes: the number of optical carriers in the media channel, bit rates of the optical carriers in the media channel, modulation formats of the optical carriers in the media channel, NCFs of the optical carriers in the media channel, slot widths of the optical carriers in the media channel and a multiplexing method for the optical carriers.
US09979485B2
The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for cancelling interference noise in an optical communication system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for cancelling interference noise in an optical communication system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprising: a communication unit for receiving first signals including baseband signals and radio frequency tone signals from at least two subscriber terminals and for detecting a second signal in which the first signals are combined; and a control unit for extracting a first interference noise generated around the radio frequency tone signals from the second signal and for cancelling a second interference noise generated around baseband signals using the first interference noise from the second signal.
US09979483B2
Receiving a plurality of optical signals from a plurality of optical paths using a single optical receiver having a large-area photodiode having an active area that is optically coupled to the plurality of optical paths provides significant commercial advantages such as lower cost as well as reduced size and maintenance.
US09979478B2
A pico projector with visible light communication has three different modes for various applications.
US09979475B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided. The apparatus obtains a message for communication using visible light communication (VLC) through a light emitting diode (LED) luminary device and formats the message using a synchronization signal followed by one or more data signals. The synchronization signal and/or the one or more data signals are modulated using a Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) modulation scheme. The apparatus further receives a dimming level value associated with a brightness of light to be emitted from the LED luminary device, generates a waveform with frequencies based on the formatted message and a duty cycle for the LED luminary device based on the dimming level value, and sends the generated waveform to the LED luminary device for communication using VLC.
US09979473B2
A system for determining a location of a user is provided that comprises a plurality of transmitters, each associated with a predefined physical location and each comprising a light source to provide an optical location signal; and at least one head-worn locator device with an optical receiver for receiving at least one of the optical location signals. To allow the determination of a location of a user that is wearing the head-worn locator device, each transmitter is configured to provide location information in the respectively provided optical location signal, wherein said location information corresponds to said predefined physical location of the respective transmitter.
US09979472B1
In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor comprises code to cause the processor to determine, during a calibration of a coherent optical transmitter, a set of parameters associated with each tributary channel by sending a first signal to a digital signal processor (DSP) to adjust a scale factor of that tributary channel. The scale factor is associated with a tap characteristic of a finite impulse response (FIR) filter of the DSP. The code further causes the processor to determine a power imbalance between two tributary channels based on the set of parameters associated with each tributary channel. The code further causes the processor to send a second signal to the coherent optical transmitter to adjust a set of operational settings of the coherent optical transmitter based on the power imbalance and the set of parameters associated with each tributary channel.
US09979471B2
A method and apparatus for measuring a filtering characteristic, pre-equalizer and communication equipment. Wherein, the apparatus for measuring a filtering characteristic includes: a first measuring unit configured to measure multiple pieces of first average power of multiple first signals obtained after multiple first transmission signals pass through a transmitting end filtering module and are modulated, frequencies of the multiple first transmission signals being different; and a first processing unit configured to determine a filtering characteristic of the transmitting end according to the first average power, amplitudes of the first transmission signals and a first predefined correspondence relationship between average power of signals after passing through the transmitting end filtering module and being modulated and a product of amplitudes of the signals and the filtering characteristic of the transmitting end.
US09979467B1
A method of implementing troposcatter communications is provided. Transmittal of signals between receive and transmit antennas is performed in the time domain. After reception of a transmitted signal, the signal is converted to the frequency domain for signal processing. After signal processing, the signal is converted back into the time domain.
US09979464B1
An apparatus and method for combining transponder bandwidths comprises a wide-band virtual transponder for transmitting a single data stream. The wide-band virtual transponder is comprised of a plurality of narrow-band physical transponders. A plurality of elementary streams are statistically multiplexed to create the single data stream, wherein the single data stream is forward error correction encoded and demultiplexed into a plurality of transponder streams for transmission by the plurality of physical transponders. The physical transponders each use a different portion of a signal spectrum, wherein the different portion may be guard bands or a combination of legacy bands and guard bands. Upon receipt, the transponder streams are multiplexed to recover the single data stream, wherein the recovered single data stream is forward error correction decoded and statistically demultiplexed to recover the plurality of elementary streams.
US09979455B2
A method and apparatus for processing aperiodic channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE), receives a request for aperiodic CSI report, and assigns capability of the aperiodic CSI report for a master evolved NodeB (MeNB) and a secondary eNB (SeNB) in dual connectivity.
US09979453B2
Methods and apparatuses for receiving and sending reference signal, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for receiving and sending a reference signal, user equipment, and a base station. A method for receiving a reference signal includes: receiving resource configuration information of a reference signal, where the resource configuration information of the reference signal includes information about an antenna port configuration and a reference signal subframe configuration, the antenna port configuration indicates an antenna port structure, and the reference signal subframe configuration indicates a reference signal subframe for sending the reference signal on one or more antenna port groups; and receiving the reference signal according to the resource configuration information of the reference signal. In the embodiments of the present invention, a communications system can adapt to an antenna array structure and more antenna port quantity configurations, which is used for cell selection or MCS selection and scheduling, thereby improving a system throughput.
US09979451B2
A method and apparatus for hybrid multi-layer transmission includes receiving a multi-layer signal from a source device, wherein the multi-layer signal includes a plurality of sublayers. A quantity of the plurality of sublayers is decoded and partial information relating to the decoded sublayers is transmitted to a destination device.
US09979448B2
A communication control method includes: for each of plurality of receivers UE, calculating excluding channel matrices that include a plurality of equivalent channel matrices acquired by multiplying a transmit BF weight matrix corresponding to that receiver UE by each of a plurality of channel matrices corresponding to receivers UE other than that receiver UE, acquiring a first eigenvector that is included in a right-singular matrix obtained from single value decomposition of the excluding channel matrices, the first eigenvector corresponding to a noise subspace of the excluding channel matrices, acquiring a second eigenvector that is included in a right-singular matrix obtained from single value decomposition of a product of an equivalent channel matrix including the transmit BF weight matrix corresponding to that receiver UE and the first eigenvector, the second eigenvector corresponding to a signal subspace of the product, and obtaining a precoding matrix corresponding to that receiver UE by multiplying the first eigenvector by the second eigenvector.
US09979444B2
Hybrid intra-cell/inter-cell remote unit antenna bonding in multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) distributed antenna systems (DASs), and related components, systems, and methods. The MIMO DASs are capable of supporting distributed MIMO communications with client devices. To provide enhanced MIMO coverage areas, hybrid intra-cell/inter-cell remote unit antenna bonding is employed. For example, if a client device has acceptable MIMO communications signal quality with MIMO antennas within a single remote unit, intra-cell bonding of the MIMO antennas can be employed to provide MIMO coverage for MIMO communications, which may avoid power imbalance issues that would result with inter-cell bonded MIMO antennas. However, if a client device has acceptable MIMO communications signal quality with MIMO antennas in a separate, neighboring remote unit(s), inter-cell bonding of the MIMO antennas can be employed to provide MIMO coverage for MIMO communications.
US09979436B2
An apparatus and method to automatically adjust a gain of an analog signal adapted to be transmitted over a twisted pair of telephone lines between a first end (e.g., a DSLAM), and a second end (e.g., a modem), is described. The apparatus comprises an amplifier, and a control mechanism. The amplifier receives the analog signal from a respective first or second end, and transmits the received analog signal in the respective downstream or upstream direction. The control mechanism, which preferably is operative only during a train or re-train mode, senses whether the analog signal is within a specified amplitude range associated with a receiver at the respective second end or first end, and, responsive to a determination that the analog signal is not within the specified amplitude range, determines and generates a control signal. The control signal is operative to adjust a gain of the amplifier to a determined value.
US09979432B2
A serial transceiver that includes programmable distributed data processing is provided. The serial transceiver can include an ingress channel that receives serial ingress data and an egress channel that transmits serial egress data. The serial transceiver can also include first and second layers that are one and another of a transport layer, a link layer, or a physical layer (PHY). The first and second layers can include elements that process the ingress data and the egress data. The serial transceiver can also include a programmable controller, a first interconnect that connects the programmable controller to the first layer, and a second interconnect that connects the programmable controller to the second layer. The programmable controller can send first data via the first interconnect to the first layer, and the first data can be processed by one of the first layer elements.
US09979429B2
Embodiments are directed to a mobile phone case adapted in size and shape to removably fit around the exterior of a mobile phone. The mobile phone case comprises an enhanced grip area and a reduced grip area. The enhanced grip area has increased grip as compared to the reduced grip area. The enhanced grip area comprises substantially all of the area of the outer perimeter of the case.
US09979425B2
A radiation shield comprises a substrate polymer layer, a conductive layer having an aperture providing access to a front face of a cellular telephone, adjacent the substrate polymer layer, and an adhesion surface adjacent the conductive layer and the front face. A radiation shield comprising a first substrate polymer layer, a conductive layer having an aperture providing access to a touch-sensitive screen of the front face, adjacent the first substrate polymer layer, a second substrate polymer layer adjacent the conductive layer, and an adhesion surface adjacent the conductive layer and the front face. At least one opening provides access to the front face.
US09979421B2
A radio frequency (RF) transmit system includes an observation receiver coupled to receive a portion of an RF signal propagating along an RF transmit signal path and a digital pre-distortion (DPD) system coupled to the observation receiver and configured to receive one or more signals from the observation receiver and in response thereto, to adapt one or more DPD values of the RF transmit system over a period of time and a range of operating conditions of the RF transmit system and to provide one or more adapted DPD values to said controller.
US09979420B1
A radio receiver has a front end having a shared amplification path for both radio frequency signals and intermediate frequency signals. In one example, the shared amplification path can include a low noise amplifier and an attenuator. By amplifying both radio frequency (RF) signals and intermediate frequency (IF) signals with the same shared amplification path, gains in power efficiency, and reductions in cost and circuit size can be achieved.
US09979419B2
A front-end circuit includes a multiplexer, a circulator, reception ports, and variable filters. A port in the multiplexer is connected to an antenna. A port in the circulator is connected to a port in the multiplexer. The reception ports are connected to a port in the circulator with the variable filters interposed therebetween. The multiplexer outputs a communication signal having a frequency in a low band to the port and outputs a communication signal having a frequency in a middle band to a port. Each of the low band and the middle band includes a plurality of frequency bands. The middle band is a range of frequencies higher than those in the low band and does not overlap the low band.
US09979414B1
The invention introduces a method for accelerating hash-based compression, performed in a compression accelerator, comprising: fetching a string to be compressed from a data buffer; storing instances corresponding to the string in an intermediary buffer; issuing a hash request to a hash matcher for each instance, issuing a data request to an LSM (longest string matcher) according to a first reply sent by the hash matcher, and updating a state, a match length and a match offset of the instance according to a second reply sent by the LSM; and outputting the result to a formatter according to the state, the match length and the match offset of each instance in the original order of the associated substrings that appeared in the string.
US09979413B2
There is provided a method for uplink data compression, the method including transforming a signal from a time-domain presentation into a frequency-domain presentation, selecting a group of adjacent frequency bins from the frequency-domain presentation, generating a floating point number representation from values of the group of adjacent frequency bins, wherein the floating point number representation includes a mantissa for each of the frequency bins' values of the group of adjacent frequency bins, and wherein the floating point number representation further includes a common exponent shared between the mantissas, and outputting the mantissas of the floating point number representation, and the value of the common exponent shared between the mantissas of the floating point number representation.
US09979408B2
Apparatus and methods for phase synchronization of phase-locked loops (PLLs) are provided. In certain configurations, an RF communication system includes a PLL that generates one or more output clock signals and a phase synchronization circuit that synchronizes a phase of the PLL. The phase synchronization circuit includes a sampling circuit that generates samples by sampling the one or more output clock signals based on timing of a reference clock signal. Additionally, the phase synchronization circuit includes a phase difference calculation circuit that generates a phase difference signal based on the samples and a tracking digital phase signal representing the phase of the PLL. The phase synchronization circuit further includes a phase adjustment control circuit that provides a phase adjustment to the PLL based on the phase difference signal so as to synchronize the PLL.
US09979403B1
A clocking arrangement for transceivers in an integrated circuit device includes a plurality of fractionally adjustable phase-locked loops. Each respective one of the fractionally adjustable phase-locked loops generates a respective transmit frequency for a respective one of the transceivers. There is a respective clock-data recovery module in a receive portion of each respective one of the transceivers, and each respective clock-data recovery module includes a respective fractionally adjustable frequency-lock loop. There is a reference clock input providing a reference clock for a plurality of the fractionally adjustable phase-locked loops and the fractionally adjustable frequency-lock loops. The reference clock input can be a sole reference clock input providing a reference clock for all of the adjustable phase-locked frequency-lock loops. Alternatively, the reference clock input can include a plurality of separate reference clock inputs, each providing a separate reference clock to a predetermined subset of the adjustable phase-locked or frequency-lock loops.
US09979397B1
A lever shifter includes an output driver and a high-side gate driver. The high-side gate driver is configured to drive the high-side output transistor, and is coupled to an on pulse signal line that conducts an on pulse, and is coupled to an off pulse signal line that conducts an off pulse. The high-side gate driver includes a blocking circuit configured to enable generation of a drive signal to the high-side output transistor based on a voltage of a first of the on or off pulse signal line being greater than a first predetermined amount and a voltage of a second of the on or off signal line being less than a second predetermined amount.
US09979382B1
A method of detecting clock duty cycle and adjusting clock duty cycle to achieve a clock with low jitters, low noise, high common mode rejection and high power supply rejection for sampling circuit. Adjusting the duty cycle of the sampling clock can enhance data converter's performance.
US09979378B2
Mechanical resonators including doped piezoelectric active layers are described. The piezoelectric active layer(s) of the mechanical resonator may be doped with a dopant type and concentration suitable to increase the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the active layer. The increase in electromechanical coupling coefficient may all for improved performance and smaller size mechanical resonators than feasible without using the doping.
US09979359B2
Optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device causes the apparatus to transmit wireless signals with minimal out-of-band transmission at an optimized efficiency of the power amplifier. The variation of impedance characteristics of an antenna cause a change in the coefficients of a mapping function. The relatively fast variations to the power supply voltage of a power amplifier are applied to the mapping function to generate control signals which vary the impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device. The output of the mapping function includes control signals that control optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device as a function of the variation of the supply voltage to a power amplifier. The coefficients of the mapping function may be regularly determined based on a comparison of out-of-band power and in-band power transmitted by an antenna.
US09979358B1
The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a differential amplifier in cascode configuration. An input transistor is coupled to an output transistor via a peaking inductor. The output transistor is also directly coupled to a degeneration resistor. There are other embodiments as well.
US09979356B2
A method, packaged semiconductor device, and system for controlling a secondary amplifier output current based on an input signal received from an amplifier input, converting electrical energy to magnetic energy at a secondary amplifier output inductor, coupling the magnetic energy from the secondary amplifier output inductor to a primary amplifier output inductor, converting the coupled magnetic energy to induced electrical energy at the primary amplifier output inductor, combining the induced electrical energy with output electrical energy from a primary amplifier gain element, and applying a combined electrical energy including the output electrical energy and the induced electrical energy to a primary amplifier load are provided.
US09979352B2
A circuit including a power amplifier having a control terminal configured to control an output level of the power amplifier, a bias circuit in communication with the control terminal, the bias circuit including a tunable plurality of diodes in series configured to supply a bias voltage to the control terminal, and a control circuit in communication with the bias circuit configured to tune the plurality of diodes in series to create the bias voltage in response to a supply voltage of the amplifier.
US09979345B1
A rotor driving system has a rotor, a revolution sensor, a sensing circuit, a controller, and a rotor driver. The revolution sensor is configured to sense a revolution frequency of the rotor so as to generate a measurement signal. The sensing circuit is electrically connected to the revolution sensor and configured to convert the measurement signal into a current revolution measured value. The controller is electrically connected to the sensing circuit and configured to generate an estimated revolution frequency based on a historical revolution measured value, the current revolution measured value, and a reference value, and generate a rotor driving signal based on the estimated revolution frequency and a revolution control signal. The rotor driver is electrically connected to the controller and configured to drive the rotor to rotate based on the rotor driving signal.
US09979341B2
Methods and systems for programming an electric motor are provided. An electric motor controller configured to be coupled to an electric motor is configured to control the electric motor to produce torque when direct current (DC) link voltage has up to 100% voltage ripple. The controller includes a first power input, a second power input, and a third power input, an energized line detection device, and a microprocessor. Each power input is configured to receive power from an alternating current (AC) power source. The energized line detection device is configured to sense which power input has received power from the AC power source and output an isolated signal. The microprocessor is coupled downstream from the energized line detection device and is configured to determine an operating profile for the electric motor based on the isolated signal.
US09979340B2
A control apparatus for driving a three-phase rotary electric machine that generates torque including magnet torque and reluctance torque is provided. AC current supplied to two winding groups of the rotary electric machine have the same amplitude and the mutually different phases defined as 30±60×n[deg]. The control unit calculates d-axis current and q-axis current of 6 (2k+1)th order component superposed on a fundamental wave component on dq coordinate, to reduce a peak of the first order component in the phase current, thereby controlling the three-phase rotary electric machine. The control unit calculates current such that an amplitude of the q-axis current of the 6 (2k+1)th order component is larger than an amplitude of the d-axis current of the 6 (2k+1)th order component.
US09979333B2
The present disclosure relates to an inverter, and more specifically to an inverter that can be restarted stably by determining whether to restart it when power is supplied after a failure has occurred in the inverter due to a fault in the main supply.
US09979324B2
Provided is a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor provided at a rotary shaft of a surveying instrument to meet requirements for a rotation speed and a plurality of operation modes, and a surveying instrument for the same. In the present invention, the ultrasonic motor is controlled by a first signal having a square wave in a range of rotation speed of the rotary shaft from zero to a first speed, controlled by a second signal in which rises or falls of the square wave are sloped in a range from the first speed to a second speed, controlled by a third signal in which rises and falls of the square wave are sloped in a range from the second speed to a third speed, and controlled by a fourth signal in which the drive signal is continuously applied in a range higher than the third speed.
US09979322B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for modulating a voltage output of a hybrid converter system having first and second set of Si-based power electronic devices coupled to first and second voltage source, respectively, and a first set of SiC-based power electronic devices coupled to the first and second sets of Si-based power electronic devices. The method includes switching between operational states of the hybrid converter system based on a desired voltage output, wherein each operational state includes one of the Si-based power electronic devices from the first and second sets of Si-based power electronic devices and one of the SiC-based devices from the first set of SiC-based power electronic devices being switched on and the remaining power electronic devices being switched off. Each SiC-based power electronic device of the first set of SiC-based power electronic devices switches at a higher frequency as compared to each Si-based power electronic device of the first and second sets of the Si-based power electronic devices.
US09979319B1
A system and methods for active voltage balance of capacitors connected to a DC power source and to a three-phase three-level inverter, implemented by a controller comprising a space vector diagram is disclosed.
US09979317B2
A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high1.
US09979316B2
Methods and apparatus provide compensation for impedance changes in a network energized by an amplifier, such as a class E amplifier. In embodiments, bus voltage amplifier fundamental AC output voltage can be used to generate a feedback signal for adjusting impedance of one or more components in the network. In embodiments, the amplifier fundamental AC output voltage is determined from current to the load, wherein the load is coupled to the amplifier by an LCL impedance matching network.
US09979307B2
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.
US09979304B2
A sample-and-hold circuit includes a first voltage generation unit, a second voltage generation unit, a stabilization capacitor. The first voltage generation unit generates a first voltage according to a first predetermined delay time and a voltage corresponding to an auxiliary winding of a power converter. The second voltage generation unit generates a second voltage according to K multiple of a discharge time of a secondary side of the power converter during a previous period of the power converter and the voltage, wherein K<1. When a sum of the K multiple of the discharge time and a second predetermined delay time leads a first valley of the voltage corresponding to a current period of the power converter, the second voltage generation unit outputs the second voltage. When the sum lags the first valley, the first voltage generation unit outputs the first voltage.
US09979300B1
Systems and methods for enhancing peak power capability and hold-up time in a resonant converter having a LLC topology may include a couple choke transformer circuit that may control an inductance of the couple choke transformer circuit and improve power efficiency of the resonant converter. The resonant converter may also include a resonant tank circuit that may provide improved peak power delivery of the resonant converter. The resonant converter may further include a resonant tank control circuit to control the resonant tank circuit and may increase the peak gain of the resonant converter, increase a voltage range of the input voltage, and extend a hold-up time of the input voltage when an AC power failure occurs.
US09979295B2
A buck-boost DC-DC converter, which includes converter control circuitry, converter switching circuitry, and a first inductive element, is disclosed. The converter control circuitry provides a buck mode timing signal and a boost mode timing signal. The converter switching circuitry provides a switching output signal. During a buck mode of the buck-boost DC-DC converter, when a buck pulse-width of the switching output signal is less than a buck pulse-width threshold, the buck pulse-width is limited based on both the buck mode timing signal and the boost mode timing signal. During a boost mode of the buck-boost DC-DC converter, when a boost pulse-width of the switching output signal is less than a boost pulse-width threshold, the boost pulse-width is limited based on both the buck mode timing signal and the boost mode timing signal. The first inductive element receives and filters the switching output signal to provide a converter output signal.
US09979290B2
A switching regulator is presented. An embodiment of the switching regulator can include a high switch coupled between an input voltage and a switched output; a low switch coupled between the switched output and a ground; and a ringing switch coupled between a capacitor and the switched output, wherein the ringing switch is closed prior to transition into a tristate where both the high switch and the low switch are open.
US09979283B2
A DC boosting circuit includes switch connected to a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes first and second elements, and the second circuit includes the second element and a third element. The first and second elements store energy based on an input voltage when the switch is in a first state. The third element stores energy from the second element when the switch is in the second state. The second circuit outputs a voltage greater than the input voltage, and the first, second, and third elements are reactors or capacitors.
US09979277B2
A pulse width modulation (PWM) control device for converting a first PWM signal for a two-level power conversion device to a second PWM signal for a three-level power conversion device, the three-level power conversion device including a switch, the second PWM signal driving the switch through a drive unit. The PWM control device includes an input terminal for receiving the first PWM signal for the two-level power conversion device, a conversion unit configured to convert the first PWM signal into the second PWM signal for the three-level power conversion device, and an output unit that outputs the second PWM signal to the drive unit.
US09979271B2
In a power converter, switch-off of the synchronous rectification switch while the auxiliary switch is on causes the first capacitance of the main switch and the second capacitance of the synchronous rectification switch to resonate with the inductance of the second magnetic component. A parameter obtainer detects a voltage across a selected one of the main switch and the synchronous rectification switch, and obtains a parameter indicative of a corresponding one of rising and falling waveforms of the voltage across the selected switch while the selected switch is switched. A controller controls a switching control signal for the auxiliary switch to adjust switch-on timing of the auxiliary switch as a function of the parameter obtained by the parameter obtainer.
US09979268B2
A motor of the present invention includes a stator in which a coil is wound around a stator core, and a magnetic circuit unit having a rotor. The rotor holds a rotor magnet disposed facing the stator core and a sensor magnet for position detection with a rotation shaft in the center. The motor further includes an electronic circuit unit having a circuit board on which circuit components including a magnetic detection element are mounted, and a partition disposed between the magnetic circuit unit and the electronic circuit unit for separating their spaces. The motor has an auxiliary sensor magnet disposed facing the sensor magnet with the partition and the magnetic detection element in between. The auxiliary sensor magnet is fixed and supported by a rotatable auxiliary shaft disposed independent from and coaxial with the rotation shaft.
US09979260B2
The invention relates to a method for liquid cooling of an electric motor of inner rotor type having a rotor of hub type and a stator provided with windings. The method includes supplying a cooling liquid for cooling to at least one end of the hub of the rotor, feeding supplied cooling liquid at least radially in the hub by means of the rotation of the hub, and by means of the rotation of the rotor throwing thus fed cooling liquid towards the stator. The invention also relates to a device and a platform to practice the method.
US09979256B2
A rotary electric machine may include a rotor that includes a laminated core arranged on a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor has at least one end-winding cover that encloses the laminated core in the axial direction of the rotor shaft, the end-winding cover has at least one inner face facing the laminated core, and a balancing ring is concentrically arranged around the rotor shaft on the inner face of the end-winding cover.
US09979227B2
The present invention provides a line interactive UPS, which comprises an AC input, an AC output, a chargeable and dischargeable device, a DC/AC inverter, a rectifying circuit, a full-bridge inverter, a capacitor, a switch, a charger, a boost circuit and a rectifying and buck circuit. An output of the boost circuit is connected to an input of the full-bridge inverter. The rectifying and buck circuit is controlled to provide a rectified output or a rectified and voltage-decreased output. An input of the rectifying and buck circuit is connected to the AC input. The rectifying and buck circuit is operative to provide a pulsating DC to the boost circuit or the full-bridge inverter. The line interactive UPS of the present invention can provide a stable AC to the AC output and has the advantages of small size and low cost.
US09979217B2
An electrical power supply apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of rechargeable battery components, a solar panel and a control unit enclosed in a main body and electrically connected to the rechargeable battery components and the solar panel. The control unit controls the apparatus to alternately use each rechargeable battery component for outputting electrical power, and alternately charging each rechargeable battery component using the solar panel. The control unit further comprises an orientation sensor for detecting the orientation of the main body and determining the state of the apparatus based on the signal received from the orientation sensor.
US09979211B2
Predictive battery pack cell balancing apparatus and methods are presented in which active bypass current switching is controlled according to initial balancing bypass current values to balance the cell depth of discharge (DOD) values by the end of a charging/discharging time period, and according to continuous balancing bypass current values representing an amount of bypass current needed to maintain a present relationship of the cell DOD values.
US09979207B2
A chip is provided. A power transmission path and a data transmission path are coupled between an upstream port and a downstream port. A first detection unit generates a first trigger signal when a voltage level of the power transmission path reaches a first predetermined value. A first control unit turns on the data transmission path according to the first trigger signal. A second detection unit detects a voltage level of the data transmission path. When the voltage level of the data transmission path matches a pre-determined condition, the second detection unit generates a second trigger signal, and the first control unit turns off the data transmission path according to the second trigger signal. A setting unit sets the voltage level of the data transmission path when the first control unit turns off the data transmission path.
US09979206B2
A wireless power transfer system comprises: a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric.
US09979205B2
A method of providing wireless power transfer can include receiving multi-phase power at a transmitter portion of a multi-phase wireless power transfer system that is associated with an electrical equipment rack that is configured to house a plurality of electrical components and wirelessly transferring the multi-phase power from the transmitter portion to a receiver portion of the multi-phase wireless power transfer system at a power level that is configured to operate the plurality of electrical components.
US09979204B2
A load voltage control device, comprising: a load disposed in a tip portion; a power supply circuit and a controller disposed in a proximal end portion; and a cable connecting the tip portion with the proximal end portion, the cable comprising a first and second power supply lines, the power supply circuit comprising at least one power supply, wherein the controller operates to: obtain a voltage applied to the load based on a voltage applied to an input point of the first power supply line, a current flowing through the first power supply line, a voltage applied to an input point of the second power supply line and a current flowing through the second power supply line; and adjust the power supply voltage by controlling the at least one power supply so that the voltage applied to the load becomes substantially equal to a predetermined reference voltage.
US09979193B2
A method of controlling an output of a generation plant (2) that is connected to a bulk electrical power network (4) by an electrical route (6). The method comprises determining (31) a phase angle difference between a first phase angle representing a phase angle of a voltage waveform at an output of the generation plant (2) and a second phase angle representing a phase angle of a voltage waveform at a location within the bulk electrical power network (4). The phase angle difference is compared (32) to a threshold phase angle difference that represents a constraint on the electrical route (6). The output of the generation plant (2) is controlled (33, 34) based on the comparison to prevent overloading of the electrical route (6).
US09979191B2
A novel power allocation method, as early as in the procurement of electricity, takes account of network congestion and simultaneously enables logical and physical separation of network control and power allocation. An allocation component and a network monitoring component separately from one another detect tasks relating to the allocation of power and via predetermined interfaces exchange information or intermediate states relating to the allocation before the allocation is actually implemented for power control. This enables adaptive power control of power sources and consumer units and the flexible implementation of a plurality of requirements of a modern power distribution network.
US09979190B2
This invention discloses a method and apparatus for managing energy shedding by utilizing built-in energy storage capacity of electronic devices to realize load shedding by selecting disconnecting the devices from the electrical grid and operating on battery power and detecting appropriate periods to reconnect the devices to the grid to replenish the expended energy in the energy storage capacity.
US09979177B2
A device is provided for supporting a permanent cable splice during installation of one or more connected electrical transmission cables. The device includes one or more liners adapted to be affixable over at least portion of the permanent cable splice including the ends of the splice and one or more sleeves mountable over at least a portion of each of the one or more liners. A method is further provided for installing electrical transmission cable including connecting the second end of a first cable to the first end of a second cable using a permanent splice, affixing one or more liners over at least a portion including the ends of the permanent cable splice, assembling one or more sleeves over at least a portion of each of the one or more liners, pulling the first cable, permanent splice and second cable over one or more sheaves along the installation travel path.
US09979168B2
A perforation apparatus for use with cable jackets and related systems and methods thereof is provided. The tool includes a pliers assembly having at least a first jaw member positioned opposing a second jaw member, wherein relative movement of the first and second jaw members is controlled with at least a first handle and a second handle. A first knife edge is on the first jaw member and a second knife edge is on the second jaw member. Each of the first and second knife edges are oriented substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a length of first and second handles. The first and second knife edges are movable towards one another. A spacing device is connected to the pliers assembly, wherein the spacing device controls a closing distance between the first knife edge and the second knife edge.
US09979154B2
Provided is a semiconductor laser device having enhanced heat dissipation properties. A semiconductor laser device 10 comprises a stem 11, a cap 12 that is attached to an upper surface of the stem 11, a semiconductor laser element 13, and a power-feeding member 14 that is at least partially buried in the stem 11. The power-feeding member 14 comprises an element-side terminal 32 that is electrically connected to the semiconductor laser element 13, and an external terminal 33. The external terminal 33 of the power-feeding member 14 is exposed on a side surface or the upper surface of the stem 11, and an attaching surface 11b that is attached to a mounting object is provided in a lower surface of the stem 11.
US09979150B2
A socket pin for electrically connecting a semiconductor substrate to a test substrate, comprising: a pin head; a pin body configured to support the pin head; and a length adjusting part provided below the pin body; wherein: the length adjusting part comprises at least a portion protruding from the pin body and a resilient structure; and the length adjusting part is movable to change a length of the portion protruding from the pin body as the resilient structure distorts.
US09979149B2
An adapter for electrically connecting a power tool battery pack with a power tool and/or a power tool battery pack charger. The adapter has a controller, and a wireless communication circuit connected to the controller for wireless communication with a computing device, the wireless communication circuit receiving data from the computing device. The controller can perform an action according to the data received from the computing device.
US09979146B2
A connector housing assembly is disclosed. The connector housing assembly has a connector housing and a mating connector housing. The connector housing has a cable receptacle open in a cable direction. The mating connector housing has a contact receptacle open in a contact direction. The mating connector housing is connectable with the connector housing in a first position in which the cable direction and the contact direction are substantially perpendicular to each other and a second position in which the cable direction and contact direction are substantially parallel to each other.
US09979137B2
A circuit board assembly and a method of manufacturing the same is provided, by which, when external pressure is applied to a cover, deformation of the cover caused by the external pressure is suppressed and no adverse effect is produced to electronic components on a circuit board. A cover of a circuit board assembly includes a first cover to cover a first surface of a circuit board and a second cover to cover a second surface of the circuit board. A projection portion projects from an inner surface of the first cover. When a complete circuit board assembly is formed by insert-molding using the circuit board assembly as an insert part, the projection portion suppresses deformation of the first cover and the second cover.
US09979128B2
Previously available multiport connector pairings that use floating devices typically include relatively generous lead-in chamfers surrounding receiving ports in order to facilitate blind mating. As port density increases there is less room for lead-in chamfers, and in turn, blind mating becomes more challenging. By contrast, various implementations disclosed herein include multiport connection arrangements that include a floating connection device at least partially included within a port, and a radial centering mechanism arranged in combination with the floating connection device. The radial centering mechanism imparts a force that biases the floating connection device along the axis of the port. In some implementations, the radial centering mechanism imparts a substantially balanced axial force in order to bias the floating connection device. In some implementations, the radial centering mechanism imparts a substantially radial force in order to bias the floating connection device.
US09979126B2
A lever type connector includes: a housing fittable with an opposite housing; a lever rotatably attached to the housing; shafts protruding from the both side surfaces of the housing respectively; and hole portions arranged in the pair of side plates respectively, the hole portions into which the shafts are inserted. Each of the shafts includes a protrusion protruding toward an outer side in a radial direction of the shaft at a distal end of the shaft. Each of the hole portions includes an opening prevention wall arranged at an edge of the hole portion and facing an inner side surface of the protrusion with the shaft being inserted into the hole portion. The opening prevention wall includes a plurality of insertion portions into which the protrusion is insertable.
US09979125B2
A fitting structure of a connector which fits a pair of housings to each other, the fitting structure is provided with a first step portion and a second step portion on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of one housing, and a third step portion and a fourth step portion on at least a part or an inner circumferential surface of the other housing. The first step portion extends in an axial direction. The second step portion protrudes more highly than the first step portion and is positioned on a rear side of the first step portion and extends in the axial direction. The third step portion is in contact with the first step portion and extends in the axial direction. The fourth step portion is in contact with the second step portion and extends in the axial direction.
US09979124B2
An electrical socket with a security fixing includes a base and a number of terminal portions. The base includes an inserting side. The inserting side defines a number of receiving grooves. The terminal portions are fixed in the receiving grooves to conduct electricity to a plug. Two clamping members are protruded from the inserting side and when the plug is inserted into the terminal portion, the two clamping members latch onto the plug to hold it in place.
US09979122B1
A second connector of an electronic device is mateable with and removable from a first connector along a front-rear direction. The second connector has a cable protection portion which is located on a protected portion of a cable to protect the protected portion. The cable is led out from the cable protection portion in a direction intersecting with the front-rear direction. The first connector has a receiving portion and a regulating portion. The receiving portion receives the cable protection portion at least in part in a state that the first connector is mated with the second connector. The regulating portion is located above the cable protection portion in an up-down direction and overlaps with the cable protection portion in the state that the first connector is mated with the second connector.
US09979114B2
The embodiments of the invention provide a connector, a socket, a method for providing signals to a connector by a socket and an electronic equipment. The connector includes a main body. The main body has a 180° rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to an axis of the main body. The axis of the main body is parallel to an insertion direction. Two detection contacts and several signal contacts are arranged on a surface of the main body. The two detection contacts are respectively arranged at positions symmetrical with respect to the axis of the main body. A diode is electrically connected between the two detection contacts. The orientation of the connector can be easily and accurately detected by a diode electrically connected between the two detection contacts.
US09979111B2
A locking part (13S) which is formed in an end part of a male terminal insertion side of a spring contact is fixed to a fixing part (11S) which is formed in an end part of a female terminal main body (11), and in this state, a joint (11T) at which one end surface and the other end surface which are positioned in a circumferential direction of the female terminal main body face each other, and a joint (T) at which one end surface and the other end surface which are positioned in a circumferential direction of a spring contact (13) each other, are positioned to overlap each other in a radial direction.
US09979094B1
The radar system include a plurality of radiating elements arranged in a linear array configured to radiate electromagnetic energy. The radar system also includes a waveguide configured to guide electromagnetic energy between (i) each of the plurality of radiating elements and (ii) a waveguide feed. The radiating elements are coupled to a first side of the waveguide. The radar system additionally includes a waveguide feed configured to couple the electromagnetic energy between the waveguide and a component external to the waveguide. The waveguide feed is coupled to the second side of the waveguide at a position between two of the radiating elements. Further, the radar system includes a power dividing network defined by the waveguide and configured to divide the electromagnetic energy injected by the waveguide feed based on a taper profile.
US09979093B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna apparatus, a base station and a communications system. The antenna apparatus includes: an antenna part, including a common radome; an active part, connected to the antenna part and including at least one active module, where each active module includes at least one antenna element, and an element reflector and a phase shifter and a radio frequency module that are corresponding to each antenna element, where the element reflector of the at least one active module is configured to implement an antenna function; and a common part, connected to the active part and the antenna part, and shared by the at least one active module in the active part, where the common part includes at least one common module. By using the above antenna apparatus, each radio frequency module can be flexibly configured, so as to simplify onsite replacement and maintenance operations.
US09979091B2
A radiofrequency assembly includes a module with an antenna assembly formed in a semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit can carry out at least one of the following functions: transmitting an electromagnetic signal, and receiving an electromagnetic signal. The radiofrequency assembly further includes a horn-like structure with a base portion adapted to fit on the module. The horn-like structure has an extending horn-shaped portion an input opening that encloses the antenna assembly when the horn-like structure is fitted on the module.
US09979089B2
Multi-element dual polarized antenna apparatus and methods of utilizing and manufacturing the same. The antenna apparatus includes two planar antenna elements. One antenna element is configured to communicate RF waves characterized by a first polarization and another antenna element is configured to communicate RF waves characterized by second polarization. Feed elements are disposed such that their longitudinal axes are parallel with one another while their transverse axes are disposed perpendicular with one another. Individual feed elements include planar feed structures disposed on sides of the feed elements that are facing the same quadrant. Arranging the antenna feed structure using the above configuration provides for an antenna characterized by improved improved port to port isolation and/or improved cross polarization discrimination without the use of additional components.
US09979081B2
A multiband antenna including a ground plane having at least one periphery, at least one non-radiative slot being formed along the at least one periphery, a first plurality of radiating elements mounted on the ground plane adjacent to the at least one periphery and radiating in a first frequency band and a second plurality of radiating elements mounted on the ground plane adjacent to the at least one periphery and radiating in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being higher than the first frequency band.
US09979078B2
Simple, low-cost and modular antenna apparatus and methods associated therewith. In one embodiment, a modular antenna element that can be used either alone or as a basic “building block” for larger arrays and sectorial antennas (i.e., by joining needed number of elements together) is provided. The same parts can be reused for various complete product designs, thereby advantageously reducing the need for customized parts (and the attendant disabilities associated therewith). Moreover, multiple antenna elements can be readily joined together via a common feed network (in one implementation, via the back portion of each element). The antenna gain and beam width are also adjustable through configuration of the array (and the construction of the antenna elements themselves).
US09979076B2
An antenna structure for a carrier connected to a station by a coaxial cable comprises at least the following elements: a break delimiting a first portion of length H1 and a second portion of length H2, forming a radiating element isolated from a second section by means of a current isolator, at the break, the core of the coaxial cable from the lower face of the break is connected to the braid of the coaxial cable from the upper face of the break and the core of the coaxial cable from the upper face of the break is connected to the braid of the coaxial cable from the lower face of the break, the first upper portion has a recess in the coaxial cable suited to inserting a short circuit for signals whose frequency is equal to the operating frequency.
US09979060B2
A flexible, asymmetric electrochemical cell comprising: (A) A sheet of graphene paper as first electrode comprising nano graphene platelets having a platelet thickness less than 1 nm, wherein the first electrode has electrolyte-accessible pores; (B) A thin-film or paper-like first separator and electrolyte; and (C) A thin-film or paper-like second electrode which is different in composition than the first electrode; wherein the separator is sandwiched between the first and second electrode to form a flexible laminate configuration. The asymmetric supercapacitor cells with different NGP-based electrodes exhibit an exceptionally high capacitance, specific energy, and stable and long cycle life.
US09979059B2
Provided is an electric storage apparatus capable of preventing a decrease in its performance for cooling electric storage devices. An electric storage apparatus includes an electric storage device, an end holder adjacent to the electric storage device, a frame sandwiching the electric storage device and the end holder, and a seal member arranged between the frame and the end holder.
US09979049B2
Provided are an electrolyte for a high-voltage lithium secondary battery and a high-voltage lithium secondary battery containing the same, and more particularly, an electrolyte for a high-voltage lithium secondary battery which may not be oxidized and decomposed at the time of being kept at a high voltage and a high temperature to prevent swelling of a battery through suppression of gas generation, thereby having excellent high-temperature storage characteristics and excellent discharge characteristics at a low temperature while decreasing a thickness increase rate of the battery, and a high-voltage lithium secondary battery containing the same.
US09979047B2
An all-solid battery that includes a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer. At least one of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer contains an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, and a difference between a resistivity associated with ion migration and a resistivity associated with electron migration is 0 kΩ·cm or more and 100 kΩ·cm or less in the electrode layer containing the electrode active material and the solid electrolyte.
US09979045B2
A bipolar battery, a manufacturing method thereof and a vehicle comprising the bipolar battery. The bipolar battery comprises a case comprising a first half case and a second half case; at least one bipolar plate with periphery sealed and sandwiched between the first half case and the second half case; and at least two electrical cores located at opposite two sides of the bipolar plate, respectively. With using the case made of flexible packaging material and sealing the peripheries of the bipolar plate collector and the case by sticking, it is easy to assemble and maintain the bipolar battery.
US09979041B2
An apparatus for automatically stacking a fuel cell stack includes a component pick-up unit configured to simultaneously pick up one separating plate component accommodated in a first magazine and one membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) sheet component accommodated in a second magazine, and load the components onto a start end of a component transfer route of a conveyor; a component examining unit installed at an upper side of the component transfer route of the conveyor, a defective component extracting unit installed at a rear side of the component examining unit, a component stacking unit installed at a distal end of the component transfer route of the conveyor, and a component pressurizing unit installed at an upper side of a transfer route of the stack guide.
US09979034B2
A power generator includes a power generator cavity adapted to receive a fuel cartridge, a protrusion disposed with in the cavity to engage a check valve of the fuel cartridge, a fuel cell to convert hydrogen and oxygen to electricity and to generate water vapor, and a passage to transport hydrogen from the cavity to the fuel cell and water vapor to the cavity.
US09979027B2
A fuel cell comprises an anode, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte layer. The cathode contains a perovskite composite oxide as a main component and contains a compound that includes at least one of S and Cr as a secondary component. The cathode has a surface on the opposite side to the solid electrolyte layer. The surface of the cathode includes a first region and a second region that is positioned downstream of the first region in relation to the direction of oxidant gas flow in which the oxidant gas flows over the surface. The first region and the second region respectively contain a main phase configured by a perovskite composite oxide and a secondary phase that is configured by the compound. The occupied surface area ratio of the secondary phase in the first region is greater than the occupied surface area ratio of the secondary phase in the second region.
US09979024B2
Provided is an anode active material including a transition metal-pyrophosphate of Chemical Formula 1 below: M2P2O7
US09979023B2
The present invention provides a positive active material including a lithium-containing compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a rechargeable lithium battery including the positive active material. LiFe1-x-zMxM′zPyO4. Chemical Formula 1
US09979020B2
According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The positive electrode includes an active material including Li1−xMn2−y−zAlyMzO4 (−0.1≤x≤1, 0.20≤y≤0.35, 0≤z≤0.1, M is at least one metal selected from Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, and Sn). The negative electrode includes an active material including a first oxide represented by Li4+aTi5O12 (−0.5≤a≤3) and a second oxide of at least one element selected from Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Ni, Zn, and Zr. The second oxide is included in an amount of from 300 ppm to 5000 ppm relative to a weight of the first oxide.
US09979010B2
Provided is a non-aqueous lithium-type electrical storage element having both high output and high capacity per volume. The non-aqueous lithium-type electrical storage element relevant to the present invention is a non-aqueous lithium-type electrical storage element having: an electrode body laminated with a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode current collector, a separator, and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material, and a negative electrode current collector; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including a lithium ion; and an outer casing.
US09979008B2
In an example of the method for making a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of an electrode, the electrode is exposed to an electrolyte solution in an electrochemical cell. The electrolyte solution includes either i) an organo-polysulfide additive having a formula RSnR′ (n≥2), wherein R and R′ are independently selected from a methyl group, an unsaturated chain, a 3-(Trimethoxysilyl)-1-propyl group, or a 4-nitrophenyl group, or ii) a fluorinated organo-polysulfide additive having a formula RSnR′ (n≥2), wherein R and R′ can be the same or different, and wherein R and R′ each have a general formula of CxHyF(2x−y+1), where x is at least 1 and y ranges from 0 to 2x. A voltage or a load is applied to the electrochemical cell.
US09978997B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device including a substrate having an outer part and a display part, a driving thin film transistor on each of a plurality of pixel regions within the display part of the substrate, a pixel electrode on each pixel region of the display part, an organic light emitting unit on each pixel region of the display part to emit light, a common electrode on the organic light emitting unit and a bank layer to apply a signal to the organic light emitting layer, and a first passivation layer, an organic insulating layer and a second passivation layer on the outer part and the display part, wherein the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer are removed from the outermost region of the outer part, so that the substrate is exposed to the outside.
US09978993B2
In one embodiment the organic light-emitting diode includes a substrate having a substrate upper side, an electrically conductive grid structure for a current distribution and an electrically conductive particle layer, which are located at the substrate upper side. The grid structure may be embedded in the particle layer. An organic layer sequence for generating the radiation is located directly on the particle layer. A covering electrode is attached to the organic layer sequence. The particle layer comprises scattering particles having a first average diameter and electrically conductive particles having a smaller second average diameter. The scattering particles are densely packed together with the conductive particles. The particle layer forms, together with the grid structure, a substrate electrode for the organic layer sequence.
US09978987B2
A light emitting portion (200) is formed on a first surface of a substrate (100) (upper surface of the substrate (100) in an example illustrated in FIG. 1). A sealing member (300) seals the light emitting portion (200). In addition, the substrate (100) includes a first resin layer (110), a first inorganic layer (120), and a second resin layer (130). The first resin layer (110) is formed of a first resin material. The second resin layer (130) is formed of the first resin material, and is positioned closer to the first surface side of the substrate (100) than the first resin layer (110). The first inorganic layer (120) is positioned between the first resin layer (110) and the second resin layer (130).
US09978971B2
Emission efficiency of a light-emitting element is improved. The light-emitting element has a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a fluorescent material and a host material. The second light-emitting layer includes a phosphorescent material, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound. An emission spectrum of the second light-emitting layer has a peak in a yellow wavelength region. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
US09978969B2
A display device that may compensate for characteristic deviations among pixels and impact picture quality is provided. The display device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing lines connected to the pixels, a sensing circuit configured to extract characteristic information of the pixels through the sensing lines. The sensing circuit includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADC) to convert the characteristic information into digital sensing data and to output the digital sensing data. A compensating circuit is configured to compare output values of the plurality of ADCs, to set a correction value, and to convert first data into second data based on the sensing data and the correction value. A data driver is configured to generate data signals corresponding to the second data and to output the data signals to the pixels.
US09978967B2
Methods for producing organic field effect transistors, organic field effect transistors, and electronic switching devices are provided. The methods may include providing a gate electrode and a gate insulator assigned to the gate electrode for electrical insulation on a substrate, depositing a first organic semiconducting layer on the gate insulator, generating a first electrode and an electrode insulator assigned to the first electrode for electrical insulation on the first organic semiconducting layer, depositing a second organic semiconducting layer on the first organic semiconducting layer and the electrode insulator, and generating a second electrode on the second organic semiconducting layer.
US09978962B2
To provide a long-lifetime organometallic iridium complex exhibiting yellow light emission with high emission efficiency as a novel substance. The organometallic iridium complex includes a ligand in which an unsubstituted phenyl group is bonded to each of the 2-position and the 5-position of pyrimidine. The organometallic iridium complex has a structure represented by General Formula (G1).
US09978948B2
Provided is an ink composition including the following components (A), (B), and (C).The component (A) is an anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (A1).The component (B) is an aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (B1) (in the formula (B1), one or more of Ar1 to Ar4 are a heterocyclic group represented by the following formula (B1′)).The component (C) is a solvent represented by the following formula (C1) and having a boiling point of 110° C. or higher and a solubility of 1 wt % or less in water.
US09978939B2
Resistive RAM (RRAM) devices having increased uniformity and related manufacturing methods are described. Greater uniformity of performance across an entire chip that includes larger numbers of RRAM cells can be achieved by uniformly creating enhanced channels in the switching layers through the use of radiation damage. The radiation, according to various described embodiments, can be in the form of ions, electromagnetic photons, neutral particles, electrons, and ultrasound.
US09978938B2
A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor structure of an RRAM device includes a first electrode and a second electrode with an insulating layer interposing the first and second electrodes. The conductive filament providing for a switching function of the RRAM device may be formed within the insulating layer. Further, a nitrogen-rich metal layer interposes the second electrode and the insulating layer. The nitrogen-rich metal layer includes a greater nitrogen concentration than that of the adjacent second electrode.
US09978934B2
This disclosure provides various methods for improved etching of spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) structures. In one example, the method includes (1) ion beam etch of the stack just past the MTJ at near normal incidence, (2) a short clean-up etch at a larger angle in a windowed mode to remove any redeposited material along the sidewall that extends from just below the MTJ to just above the MTJ, (3) deposition of an encapsulant with controlled step coverage to revert to a vertical or slightly re-entrant profile from the tapered profile generated by the etch steps, (4) ion beam etch of the remainder of the stack at near normal incidence while preserving the encapsulation along the sidewall of the MTJ, (5) clean-up etch at a larger angle and windowed mode to remove redeposited materials from the sidewalls, and (6) encapsulation of the etched stack.
US09978930B2
Methods for doping an active Hall effect region of a Hall effect device in a semiconductor substrate, and Hall effect devices having a doped active Hall effect region are provided. A method includes forming a first doping profile of a first doping type in a first depth region of the active Hall effect region by means of a first implantation with a first implantation energy level, forming a second doping profile of the first doping type in a second depth region of the active Hall effect region by means of a second implantation with a second implantation energy level, and forming an overall doping profile of the active Hall effect region by annealing the semiconductor substrate with the active Hall effect region having the first and the second doping profile.
US09978929B2
An electronic component includes a package substrate, an electronic component element mounted on the package substrate and includes an element substrate, a support layer, and a cover member, and a mold resin layer provided on the package substrate so as to seal the electronic component element. The cover member includes a first cover member provided on the package substrate and a second cover member provided on the first cover member. The glass transition temperature of a resin material of the first cover member is higher than that of a resin material of the second cover member.
US09978925B2
Systems and methods for selectively producing steam from solar collectors and heaters, for processes including enhanced oil recovery. A representative system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a water source, a solar collector that includes a collector inlet, a collector outlet, and a plurality of solar concentrators positioned to heat water passing from the collector inlet to the collector outlet, a fuel-fired heater, a steam outlet connected to an oil field injection well, and a water flow network coupled among the water source, the solar collector, the heater, and the steam outlet. The system can further include a controller operatively coupled to the water flow network and programmed with instructions that, when executed, direct at least one portion of the flow through the solar collector and the fuel-fired heater in a first sequence, and direct the at least one portion or a different portion of the flow through the solar collector and the fuel-fired heater in a second sequence different than the first sequence.
US09978921B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
US09978913B2
An outdoor luminaire comprising a blue LED chip having a maximum peak at a wavelength of 420-480 nm and a phosphor layer disposed forward of the LED chip in its emission direction is provided. The phosphor layer comprises a phosphor of the formula: Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ which is activated with up to 1 mol % of Ce relative to Lu, the phosphor being dispersed in a resin. In scotopic and mesopic vision conditions, the luminaire produces illumination affording brighter lighting, higher visual perception and brightness over a broader area.
US09978911B2
Provided is a GaN light-emitting diode (LED) device. The LED device may include a substrate, an n-type GaN layer on the substrate, an active layer on the n-type GaN layer, a p-type GaN layer on the active layer, a current spreading layer including a transparent conductive metal oxide material on the p-type GaN layer, a plurality of upper current injection electrodes provided on the current spreading layer to be spaced apart from each other, an upper electrode pattern extending to cover the upper current injection electrodes, and an upper electrode pad electrically connected to the upper electrode pattern. The upper electrode pattern may include first and second upper electrode patterns, which are sequentially stacked and are a silver or silver alloy thin layer and a transparent conductive metal oxide thin layer, respectively.
US09978895B2
An apparatus, method, and system, the apparatus and system including a flexible microsystems enabled microelectronic device package including a microelectronic device positioned on a substrate; an encapsulation layer encapsulating the microelectronic device and the substrate; a protective layer positioned around the encapsulating layer; and a reinforcing layer coupled to the protective layer, wherein the substrate, encapsulation layer, protective layer and reinforcing layer form a flexible and optically transparent package around the microelectronic device. The method including encapsulating a microelectronic device positioned on a substrate within an encapsulation layer; sealing the encapsulated microelectronic device within a protective layer; and coupling the protective layer to a reinforcing layer, wherein the substrate, encapsulation layer, protective layer and reinforcing layer form a flexible and optically transparent package around the microelectronic device.
US09978894B2
The present invention provides materials, structures, and methods for III-nitride-based devices, including epitaxial and non-epitaxial structures useful for III-nitride devices including light emitting devices, laser diodes, transistors, detectors, sensors, and the like. In some embodiments, the present invention provides metallo-semiconductor and/or metallo-dielectric devices, structures, materials and methods of forming metallo-semiconductor and/or metallo-dielectric material structures for use in semiconductor devices, and more particularly for use in III-nitride based semiconductor devices. In some embodiments, the present invention includes materials, structures, and methods for improving the crystal quality of epitaxial materials grown on non-native substrates. In some embodiments, the present invention provides materials, structures, devices, and methods for acoustic wave devices and technology, including epitaxial and non-epitaxial piezoelectric materials and structures useful for acoustic wave devices. In some embodiments, the present invention provides metal-base transistor devices, structures, materials and methods of forming metal-base transistor material structures for use in semiconductor devices.
US09978893B2
A system, method, and apparatus for layered bonded structures formed from reactive bonding between zinc metal and zinc peroxide are disclosed herein. In particular, the present disclosure teaches a layered bonded structure wherein two structures are bonded together with a layer including zinc oxide. The zinc oxide is formed through a method that includes processing the two structures by contacting the structures under pressure and applying heat to the structures to promote a reaction with zinc peroxide and zinc metal on one or both of the two structures.
US09978891B2
A solar cell module includes: solar cells each having a first main surface and a second main surface; a front-side transparent protective member disposed on a first main surface-side of the solar cells; a front-side transparent encapsulant layer disposed between the front-side transparent protective member and the solar cells; a back-side protective member disposed on a second main surface-side of the solar cells; a back-side white encapsulant layer disposed between the back-side protective member and the solar cells; and a back-side transparent encapsulant layer disposed between the back-side white encapsulant layer and the solar cells, wherein a thickness of the back-side transparent encapsulant layer in a vicinity of an edge portion of the second main surface of the solar cells is less than a thickness of the back-side transparent encapsulant layer in a region between the solar cells that are neighboring to each other.
US09978890B1
Embodiments herein describe a photonic device that includes a germanium photodetector coupled to multiple silicon waveguides. In one embodiment, the silicon waveguides optically couple to a layer of germanium material. In one embodiment, if the germanium material forms a polygon, then a respective silicon waveguide optically couple to each of the corners of the polygon. Each of the plurality of input silicon waveguides may be arranged to transmit light in a direction under the germanium that is offset relative to both sides of the germanium forming the respective corner. In another example, the germanium material may be a circle or ellipse in which case the silicon waveguides terminate at or close to a non-straight, curved surface of the germanium material. As described below, optically coupling the silicon waveguides at a non-straight surface can reduce the distance charge carriers have to travel in the optical detector which can improve bandwidth.
US09978887B2
A light detector includes a semiconductor die that provides a photo sensor. An interference filter is formed on the semiconductor die and has a pass band corresponding to a wavelength of a light emitting diode to supply filtered light in the pass band to the photo sensor.
US09978884B2
A semiconductor device includes an anode electrode, a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a conductive portion and a cathode electrode. The first semiconductor region is electrically connected to the anode electrode. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. The conductive portion is provided in the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region with an insulating layer interposed between the conductive portion and the first and second semiconductor regions. The cathode electrode is electrically connected to the conductive portions and is electrically isolated from the second semiconductor region.
US09978872B1
A non-polar, III-Nitride semiconductor fin field-effect transistor (hereafter “finFET”) includes both a fin and a Si(110) silicon substrate, the silicon substrate having a support surface parallel to a Si(110) plane of the silicon substrate. The fin includes a III-Nitride crystalline layer grown along its c-direction, so as to have sidewalls that are parallel to m and a planes of the III-Nitride crystalline layer. The c-direction is parallel to a Si<111> direction of the silicon substrate, such that two opposite ones of said sidewalls are parallel to the support surface of the silicon substrate. Related devices and methods of fabrication are also provided.
US09978861B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having an isolation region and an active region defined by the isolation region. At least one trench is formed in the active region and extends along a first direction. A gate layer is disposed on the active region and extends along a second direction, wherein the gate layer conformably fills the at least one trench and covers a bottom surface and sidewalls of the at least one trench. The disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device.
US09978857B2
To improve the performance of a semiconductor device having an IGBT. A p+-type collector layer is formed on the back surface side of a semiconductor substrate. A back electrode is formed over the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. Within the semiconductor substrate, an n−-type drift region is formed over the p+-type collector layer, and a first IGBT cell region and a second IGBT cell region are formed on the surface side of the semiconductor substrate. An embedded insulating film is formed on the surface side of the semiconductor substrate between the first IGBT cell region and the second IGBT cell region. An interlayer insulating film is formed over the first IGBT cell region, the second IGBT cell region, and the embedded insulating film. An emitter electrode is formed over the interlayer insulating film.
US09978844B2
The present disclosure relates to a high electron mobility transistor compatible power lateral field-effect rectifier (L-FER) device. In some embodiments, the rectifier device has an electron supply layer located over a layer of semiconductor material at a position between an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. A layer of doped III-N semiconductor material is disposed over the electron supply layer. A passivation layer is located over the electron supply layer and the layer of doped III-N semiconductor material. A gate structure is disposed over the layer of doped III-N semiconductor material and the passivation layer. The layer of doped III-N semiconductor material modulates the threshold voltage of the rectifier device, while the passivation layer improves reliability of the L-FER device by mitigating current degradation due to high-temperature reverse bias (HTRB) stress.
US09978837B2
An insulated gate bipolar transistor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a drift region of an insulated gate bipolar transistor structure, a first fin structure starting from the drift region of the semiconductor substrate and extending orthogonal to a main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a first gate structure of the insulated gate bipolar transistor structure extending alma at least a part of the first fin structure.
US09978832B1
A vertical superjunction edge termination structure for the drift region of wide bandgap semiconductor devices that provides a low resistance and high off voltage allowing the breakdown voltage of the superjunction drift region to be raised.
US09978827B2
Provided are an organic EL display device and a method of manufacturing the organic EL display device for preventing damage caused in a process of exposing terminals and for improving light extraction from the display. A glass substrate is removed from a panel that is formed by sequentially laminating a TFT substrate, a sealing film, a flexible substrate layer, and the glass substrate. A portion of the flexible substrate layer is removed that is formed on a position corresponding to a terminal part of the TFT substrate. A transparent thin film is formed on the flexible substrate layer, and a portion of the sealing film is removed by using the transparent thin film as a mask. The portion of the sealing film is formed on the position corresponding to the terminal part of the TFT substrate.
US09978822B2
An electro-optic device includes an element substrate. The element substrate has a display section and a peripheral circuit section. The display section has a plurality of pixels arranged therein. The peripheral circuit section is disposed around the display section and contains peripheral circuits. The display section has, for each pixel, an organic EL element and a transistor for driving the organic EL element. The organic EL element is disposed above the transistor with a light-reflective layer and an insulating layer in between. The insulating layer has a different film thickness in accordance with to the display color of the pixel. An insulating layer in the peripheral circuit section has the same layer structure as the insulating layer having a largest film thickness in the display section.
US09978820B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device including a dam structure disposed in a non-display area of a substrate and an alignment mark disposed outside the dam structure. The alignment mark is not covered by, and does not overlap with, the dam structure, because the alignment mark is disposed outside the dame structure. Thus, a scribing process may be performed smoothly.
US09978809B2
Various techniques and apparatus permit fabrication of superconductive circuits and structures, for instance Josephson junctions, which may, for example be useful in quantum computers. For instance, a low magnetic flux noise trilayer structure may be fabricated having a dielectric structure or layer interposed between two elements or layers capable of superconducting. A superconducting via may directly overlie a Josephson junction. A structure, for instance a Josephson junction, may be carried on a planarized dielectric layer. A fin may be employed to remove heat from the structure. A via capable of superconducting may have a width that is less than about 1 micrometer. The structure may be coupled to a resistor, for example by vias and/or a strap connector.
US09978803B2
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of unit circuits connected to a detection line, and a signal output circuit. Each of the plurality of unit circuits includes a light receiving device including an electrode connected to a wire and an electrode, and a transistor that controls electrical connection between the electrode and the detection line. The signal output circuit includes a light receiving device in a light-blocking state including an electrode connected to a wire and an electrode, and a detection circuit that outputs a detection signal according to a potential of a detection point between the electrode and the electrode when the light receiving device and the light receiving device are in a reverse bias state between the wire and the wire.
US09978797B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor element, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor element, and an electronic apparatus, which enable suppression of crack occurrences and leaks.The present technology has a laminated structure including an insulating film having a CTE value between those of metal and Si and disposed under a metal wiring, and P—SiO (1 μm) having good coverage and disposed as a via inner insulating film in a TSV side wall portion. As the insulating film having a CTE that is in the middle between those of metal and Si, for example, SiOC is used with a thickness of 0.1 μm and 2 μm respectively in the via inner insulating film and a field top insulating film continuous to the via inner insulating film. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging element used in an imaging device.
US09978792B2
A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels. Each of the plurality of first pixels includes a first filter having a visible light transmittance higher than an infrared light transmittance, and a first photoelectric converter configured to receive visible light transmitted through the first filter, and each of the plurality of second pixels includes a second filter having an infrared light transmittance higher than a visible light transmittance, and a second photoelectric converter configured to receive infrared light transmitted through the second filter. The plurality of second pixels are divided into a plurality of groups each includes at least two second pixels. The solid-state image sensor includes a synthesizer configured to synthesize a signal from signals of the at least two second pixels included in each group.
US09978785B2
An image sensor may include: a substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a first interlayer dielectric layer formed over the photoelectric conversion element; a channel layer including a first region and a second region, the first region being formed in an opening passing through the first interlayer dielectric layer, with a portion of the first region contacting the photoelectric conversion element, and the second region being formed over the first interlayer dielectric layer; a transfer transistor formed over the first region of the channel layer, the transfer transistor including a transfer gate which gapfills the opening; and a reset transistor including a reset gate formed over the second region of the channel layer.
US09978778B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a TFT substrate and a structure thereof. The method for manufacturing the TFT substrate arranges a connection electrode (83) that connects two dual gate TFTs in a third metal layer to prevent the design rules of a connection electrode and a second metal layer of the prior art techniques from being narrowed due to the connection electrode being collectively present on the second metal layer with signal lines of a data line and a voltage supply line so as to facilitate increase of an aperture ratio and definition of a display panel. The present invention provides a TFT substrate structure, which has a simple structure and possesses a high aperture ratio and high definition.
US09978777B2
A TFT array panel of a display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a first insulating layer including a first hole, the first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a second hole corresponding to the first hole, and a capping layer including a first inner portion, the capping layer disposed on an inner lateral surface forming the second hole, where an end portion of the first inner portion disposed in the second hole is separated from the first electrode.
US09978763B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first source terminal formed of a material and connected to a first source, a first drain terminal formed of the material and connected to a first drain, a first gate overlapping a portion of the substrate that is between the first source and the first drain, and a first dielectric layer between the first gate and the substrate. The second transistor includes a control gate formed of the material and overlapping a part of the substrate that is positioned between a second source and a second drain, a second dielectric layer between the control gate and the substrate, a floating gate extending through the second dielectric layer to contact a doped region in the substrate, and an insulating member positioned between the control gate and the floating gate.
US09978762B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate with a memory region and a logic region, forming a recess of the substrate in the memory region, forming a non-volatile gate stack in the recess, and forming a logic gate stack in the logic region after forming the non-volatile gate stack.
US09978742B2
A device is disclosed that includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a first PODE device. The second transistor is electrically coupled to the first transistor. The first PODE device is adjacent to a drain/source region of the second transistor. A control end of the first PODE device is electrically coupled to a drain/source end of the second transistor.
US09978735B2
Devices and methods related to an integrated circuit device are provided. The integrated circuit device includes a mother die and a daughter die, in which the daughter die embedded is in a substrate of the integrated circuit device. Micro bumps of the mother die and the daughter die interface together to form a direct down connection between the mother die and the daughter die.
US09978731B1
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a first connection member having a through-hole, a semiconductor chip with connection pads on its active surface disposed in the through-hole and a first encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first connection member and the semiconductor chip. A second connection member is disposed below the first connection member and the semiconductor chip. A first heat dissipation member is formed in the first connection member. A component package is disposed on the fan-out semiconductor package and includes a wiring substrate connected to the first connection member through connection terminals, electronic components disposed on the wiring substrate, a second encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the electronic components, and a second heat dissipation member formed in the wiring substrate. At least one of the electronic components is connected to the first heat dissipation member through the second heat dissipation member.
US09978720B2
An insulated chip comprising a semiconductor chip comprising at least one chip pad and an electrically insulating layer surrounding at least part of the semiconductor chip.
US09978711B2
A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body having a lower side with a lower chip metallization applied thereto. A first contact metallization layer is produced on the lower chip metallization. A second contact metallization layer is produced on a metal surface of a substrate. The semiconductor chip and the substrate are pressed onto one another for a pressing time so that the first and second contact metallization layers bear directly and extensively on one another. During the pressing time, the first contact metallization layer is kept continuously at temperatures which are lower than the melting temperature of the first contact metallization layer. The second contact metallization layer is kept continuously at temperatures which are lower than the melting temperature of the second contact metallization layer during the pressing time. After the pressing together, the first and second contact metallization layers have a total thickness less than 1000 nm.
US09978699B1
The invention discloses a three-dimensional complementary-conducting-strip (CCS) structure. Some two-dimensional mesh metal layers are stacked vertically and connected mutually via numerous vias to form a three-dimensional network structure, and one or more signal lines with three-dimensional trace style(s) are positioned inside and separated away the three-dimensional network structure. Moreover, each two-dimensional mesh metal layer is a planar metal layer with one or more empty areas. The three-dimensional network structure is grounded, the signal lines(s) is electrically connected to the device(s) and/or terminal(s) respectively, and the dielectric material(s) is used to electrically insulate the signal line(s) from the three-dimensional network structure.
US09978695B1
A semiconductor device includes a die pad, a plurality of first lands each having a first land first top recessed portion disposed on a first land first end distal to the die pad, and a plurality of second lands each having a second land first bottom recessed portion disposed on a second land first end distal to the die pad. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the first and second lands. A package body, which defines a bottom surface and a side surface, at least partially encapsulating the first and second lands and the semiconductor die such that at least portions of the first and second lands are exposed in and substantially flush with the bottom surface of the package body.
US09978694B2
Disclosed are a semiconductor package and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes a first substrate, and a first semiconductor chip positioned above the first substrate. A second semiconductor chip is positioned above a top surface of the first semiconductor chip. An adhesive layer is between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. A second substrate is disposed on the second semiconductor chip. The second substrate substantially covers a top surface of the second semiconductor chip. A mold layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09978691B2
A device (e.g., a Doherty amplifier) housed in an air cavity package includes one or more isolation structures over a surface of a substrate and defining an active circuit area. The device also includes first and second adjacent circuits within the active circuit area, first and second leads coupled to the isolation structure(s) between opposite sides of the package and electrically coupled to the first circuit, third and fourth leads coupled to the isolation structure(s) between the opposite sides of the package and electrically coupled to the second circuit, a first terminal over the first side of the package between the first lead and the third lead, a second terminal over the second side of the package between the second lead and the fourth lead, and an electronic component coupled to the package and electrically coupled to the first terminal, the second terminal, or both the first and second terminals.
US09978690B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate on which a first contact portion is formed; a lower shield plate provided above the substrate to avoid the first contact portion and including a magnetic substance; a semiconductor chip provided above the lower shield plate and including a second contact portion electrically connected to the first contact portion, and a connection member that electrically connects the first contact portion and the second contact portion; and an upper shield plate provided above the semiconductor chip to avoid the second contact portion and the connection member and including a magnetic substance. An end of at least one of the lower shield plate and the upper shield plate is bent toward the other one of the lower shield plate and the upper shield plate so have a side wall portion whose tip is connected to the other one of the lower shield plate and the upper shield plate.
US09978681B2
Semiconductor devices and methods for forming the same in which damages to a low-k dielectric layer therein can be reduced or even prevented are provided. A semiconductor device is provided, comprising a substrate. A dielectric layer with at least one conductive feature therein overlies the substrate. An insulating cap layer overlies the top surface of the low-k dielectric layer adjacent to the conductive feature, wherein the insulating cap layer includes metal ions.
US09978680B2
A structure and method for the formation and use of fuses within a semiconductor device is provided. The fuses may be formed within the third metal layer and are formed so as to be arranged perpendicularly to active devices located on an underlying semiconductor substrate. Additionally, the fuses within the third metal layer may be formed thicker than an underlying second metal layer.
US09978670B2
A semiconductor module forming a semiconductor device includes lead frames in which switching elements are mounted on the side of upper surfaces and heat radiation surfaces are formed on the side of lower surfaces, and bus bars disposed on the lead frames and connecting between plural switching elements. The heat radiation surfaces of the lead frames are arranged on one plane and upper surfaces of flat surface portions of the bus bars are arranged on one plane, therefore, a layout property on the heat radiation surfaces or the upper surfaces the flat surface portions is good, which facilitates creation of a heat radiation structure and so on.
US09978666B2
A method for is used for forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming an ILD layer on a substrate and a buffer layer on the ILD layer, wherein at least one contact is formed in the ILD layer; forming an opening through the buffer layer, the ILD layer, and the substrate; forming a liner structure layer over the substrate, wherein an exposed surface of the opening is covered by the liner structure layer; depositing a conductive material over the substrate to fill the opening; performing a polishing process, to polish over the substrate and stop at the buffer layer, wherein the liner structure layer and the conductive material remaining in the opening form a conductive via; performing an etching back process, to remove the buffer layer and expose the ILD layer, wherein a top portion of the conductive via is also exposed and higher than the ILD layer.
US09978664B2
To bond a layered substrate and a cooling chamber having different linear expansion coefficients while preventing cracking and breaking, provided is a semiconductor module including a layered substrate formed by layering a circuit board, an insulating board, and a metal board; a semiconductor chip mounted on the circuit board; and a cooling chamber bonded to the metal board by solder. The cooling chamber includes a first board portion bonded to the metal board; a second board portion facing the first board portion; and a plurality of zigzag fins arranged between the first board portion and the second board portion. The plurality of zigzag fins are joined to the first board portion and the second board portion, and a flow path through which a coolant passes is formed by the first board portion, the second board portion, and the plurality of zigzag fins.
US09978659B2
A printed circuit module having a protective layer in place of a low-resistivity handle layer and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The printed circuit module includes a printed circuit substrate with a thinned die attached to the printed circuit substrate. The thinned die includes at least one device layer over the printed circuit substrate and at least one deep well within the at least one device layer. A protective layer is disposed over the at least one deep well, wherein the protective layer has a thermal conductivity greater than 2 watts per meter Kelvin (W/mK) and an electrical resistivity of greater than 106 Ohm-cm.
US09978657B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including providing a die, forming a pad on the die, disposing a first polymer over the die, patterning the first polymer with an opening over the pad, disposing a sacrificial layer over the patterned first polymer, disposing a molding surrounding the die, removing a portion of the molding thereby exposing the sacrificial layer, removing the sacrificial layer thereby exposing the pad and the first polymer, disposing a second polymer on the first polymer, patterning the second polymer with the opening over the pad, and disposing a conductive material on the pad within the opening.
US09978655B2
A semiconductor device and method of adaptive patterning for panelized packaging with dynamic via clipping is described. A panel comprising an encapsulating material disposed around a plurality of semiconductor die can be formed. An actual position for each of the plurality of semiconductor die within the panel can be measured. A conductive redistribution layer (RDL) comprising first capture pads aligned with the actual positions of each of the plurality of semiconductor die can be formed. A plurality of second capture pads at least partially disposed over the first capture pads and aligned with a package outline for each of the plurality of semiconductor packages can be formed. A nominal footprint of a plurality of conductive vias can be adjusted to account for a misalignment between each semiconductor die and its corresponding package outline.
US09978652B2
A method includes forming trenches on a semiconductor substrate, thereby defining regions for forming semiconductor devices; extracting a profile of the regions; determining an etch recipe based on at least the profile of the regions; filling in the trenches with a dielectric material; and performing an etching process to the dielectric material using the etch recipe.
US09978651B2
A silicon carbide single crystal substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface includes a central square region and an outer square region. When viewed in a thickness direction, each of the central square region and the outer square region has a side having a length of 15 mm. The first main surface has a maximum diameter of not less than 100 mm. The silicon carbide single crystal substrate has a TTV of not more than 5 μm. A value obtained by dividing a LTIR in the central square region by a LTV in the central square region is not less than 0.8 and not more than 1.2. A value obtained by dividing a LTV in the outer square region by the LTV in the central square region is not less than 1 and not more than 3.
US09978640B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes fabricating a transistor, surrounding a gate of the transistor with a spacer, and applying an oxidation operation to a conductive item, e.g., a residue from the fabrication of the gate of the transistor, that extends through the spacer. As such, the occurrence of leak paths in the semiconductor device is reduced.
US09978636B2
Isolated and bulk semiconductor devices formed on a same bulk substrate and methods to form such devices are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor device having a first semiconductor body disposed on a bulk substrate. The first semiconductor body has an uppermost surface with a first horizontal plane. The semiconductor structure also includes a second semiconductor device having a second semiconductor body disposed on an isolation pedestal. The isolation pedestal is disposed on the bulk substrate. The second semiconductor body has an uppermost surface with a second horizontal plane. The first and second horizontal planes are co-planar.
US09978635B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, and a trench formed in a top surface of the semiconductor layer. The trench has a bottom surface and a sidewall. The semiconductor device further includes source and drain regions. One of the source and drain regions may be disposed at the bottom surface of the trench, and the other may be disposed at the top surface of the semiconductor layer, or vice versa. Alternatively, both source and drain regions may be disposed at the bottom surface of the trench. The semiconductor device may further include a first insulator disposed in the trench and in between the source and drain regions. The semiconductor device may further include a second insulator disposed between first insulator and the source region. The semiconductor device may further include a conductive member that disposed on the first insulator, or on the first and second insulators.
US09978626B2
Carrier wafers are used to hold thin and ultra-thin substrates such as semiconductor components, for example. The carrier wafer of the invention has a plurality of electrodes insulated on all sides (floating electrodes). This plurality of floating electrodes, but at least 50 floating electrodes, are located next to one another with reference to the plane of the first surface of the carrier wafer. Each of these floating electrodes can be charged, for example by means of Fowler-Nordheim tunnels or by the injection of hot charge carriers, in particular of hot electrons or hot holes. Also provided are a method for holding a flexible substrate by means of a carrier wafer of this type and a method for the manufacture of a carrier wafer of this type.
US09978624B2
A device for at least emptying a transport container having a stack of plate-shaped items, including semiconductor wafers and/or packaging material, includes at least one measuring device and a holder at least part of which can travel into the transport container. The holder has a holding surface, a number of holding nozzles for at least holding an item in the stack, and, in the region of the holding surface, at least one recess for the measuring device for acquiring measurement data from the item in the stack. At least one separating nozzle is arranged on the holder outside the holding surface such that the nozzle(s) can move between rest and separating positions. In the separating position, a gas stream directed towards the end face of the stack is formed, to release at least one item in the stack that is adhered to the item held by the holder.
US09978619B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a carrier block, an end block for returning a substrate picked up from the carrier block to the carrier block, and a middle block. The middle block includes a plurality of first processing modules stacked one above another, each being configured to process the picked-up substrate and directed to the end block or the substrate returning from the end block to the carrier block; a first transfer mechanism for vertically moving to transfer the substrate that is transferred from one of the carrier and end blocks to the middle block, to a respective one of the first processing modules, and delivering the substrate to the other of the carrier and end blocks; and a second transfer mechanism for transferring the substrate from the other of the carrier and end blocks to the one thereof, without passing through the plurality of first processing modules.
US09978617B2
The present invention relates to a substrate cleaning apparatus for performing scrub cleaning of a surface of a substrate by rotating both of the substrate and a roll cleaning member while keeping the roll cleaning member in contact with the surface of the substrate. The substrate cleaning apparatus includes a roll holder (42) configured to support and rotate a roll cleaning member (46), a vertical movement mechanism (60), having a vertically movable unit (58) vertically movable by actuation of an actuator (56) having a regulating device (62), configured to vertically move the roll holder (42) coupled to the vertically movable unit (58) so that the roll cleaning member (46) applies a roll load to the substrate W at the time of cleaning the substrate, a load cell (54) provided between the vertically movable unit (58) of the vertical movement mechanism (60) and the roll holder (42) and configured to measure the roll load, and a controller (66) configured to perform feedback control of the roll load through the regulating device (62) of the actuator (56) based on a measured value of the load cell (54).
US09978609B2
Copper chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) formulation, method and system are disclosed. The CMP formulation comprises particulate materials, at least two or more amino acids, oxidizer, corrosion inhibitor, and rest being water.
US09978606B2
Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided. In some embodiments, methods of processing substrates includes: (a) providing a process gas comprising a polymer-forming gas and an etching gas between a first electrode and a second electrode within the processing volume, wherein the first electrode is opposite the second electrode; (b) applying a first voltage waveform from a first RF power source to the second electrode to form a plasma from the process gas, wherein the plasma has a first ion energy to deposit a polymer layer directly atop a dielectric layer of the substrate; and (c) adjusting the first voltage waveform to a second voltage waveform to increase an ion energy of the plasma from the first ion energy to a second ion energy, wherein the plasma at the second ion energy ceases to deposit the polymer layer and proceeds to etch the polymer layer and the dielectric layer.
US09978602B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transistor comprising the preparation of a stack of layers of the semiconductor on insulator type comprising at least one substrate on which an insulating layer and an initial semiconductor layer are successively disposed. The method includes the formation of at least one oxide pad extending from a top face of the insulating layer, the formation of an additional layer made from semiconductor material covering the oxide pad and intended to form a channel for the transistor, the formation of a gate stack above the oxide pad, and the formation of a source and drain on either side of the gate stack.
US09978594B1
Formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes forming an under layer over a substrate, forming a middle layer over the under layer, and forming a patterned upper layer over the middle layer. The patterned upper layer has a first opening exposing a portion of the middle layer. The method also includes etching the portion of the middle layer exposed by the first opening to form a second opening exposing a portion of the under layer, and etching the portion of the under layer exposed by the second opening of the middle layer. The method further includes forming pores in the middle layer before or during the etching of the portion of the under layer.
US09978590B1
A method of manufacturing an epitaxiable heat-dissipating substrate comprises the steps of (A) forming a roughened surface on a substrate made of a polycrystalline or amorphous material with a high thermal conductivity coefficient; (B) forming a flat layer on the roughened surface; and (C) forming a buffer layer on the flat layer. The flat layer reduces the surface roughness of the substrate, and then the buffer layer functions as a base for epitaxial growth, thereby being directly applicable to production of semiconductor devices which are flat and capable of isotropic epitaxial growth.
US09978577B2
A Time of Flight mass analyzer is disclosed comprising an annular ion guide having a longitudinal axis and comprising a first annular ion guide section and a second annular ion guide section. Ions are introduced into the first annular ion guide section so that the ions form substantially stable circular orbits within the first annular ion guide section about the longitudinal axis. An ion detector is disposed within the annular ion guide. Ions are orthogonally accelerated in a first axial direction from the first annular ion guide section into the second annular ion guide section. An axial DC potential is maintained along at least a portion of the second annular ion guide section so that the ions are reflected in a second axial direction which is substantially opposed to the first axial direction. The ions undergo multiple axial passes through the second annular ion guide section before being detected by the ion detector.
US09978570B2
A reaction chamber and a semiconductor processing device, comprise a Faraday shielding ring (21) made of a magnetic insulation material and an insulating ring (22) made of an insulating material; the Faraday shielding ring (21) is provided with a slot thereon passing through a ring surface thereof in an axial direction; both the Faraday shielding ring (21) and the insulating ring (22) are disposed in the reaction chamber surrounding an inner peripheral wall of the reaction chamber, and the Faraday shielding ring (21) is stacked on the insulating ring (22) in a vertical direction. A shielding ring (211) is disposed surrounding an inner peripheral wall of the insulating ring (22), the shielding ring (211) is connected to an area of a lower surface of the Faraday shielding ring (21) adjacent to a center of the reaction chamber, and the shielding ring (211) is made of a magnetic insulation material and provided with a slot thereon passing through a ring surface thereof in an axis direction. The reaction chamber and the semiconductor processing device can not only avoid or reduce the risk of sparking, but also reduce the pollution of the reaction chamber caused by the flaking off of metal particles; and in addition, it is possible to increase an inner diameter and an available space of the reaction chamber.
US09978552B2
An assembly device is disclosed for fixing a molded case circuit breaker, including a housing with at least one screw hole for a fixation screw for fixing the molded case circuit breaker to a bus bar. The assembly device includes a screw head holding device for holding a screw head of the fixation screw, the assembly device being configured to be arranged inside a cavity of the housing of the molded case circuit breaker in such a way that a screw head of a fixation screw arranged at the screw hole for mounting the molded case circuit breaker to the bus bar is engageable with the screw head holding device in an engagement direction. Furthermore, a circuit breaker system is disclosed including a molded case circuit breaker and an assembly device. Moreover, a method is disclosed for mounting a molded case circuit breaker to a bus bar.
US09978550B2
A current sensor and contactor apparatus reduces the space required for arranging a current sensor and a contactor. This current sensor and contactor apparatus comprises a current sensor, a contactor and a substrate. The current sensor has a current sensor element, the current sensor detects a current value of power inputted from the outside and outputs a detection signal indicating the current value from the current sensor element. The contactor turns on and off a power line through which the power flows based on a control signal inputted from the outside. On the substrate, the current sensor element of the current sensor is installed and also a plurality of signal lines connecting the current sensor element and the contactor are formed. The current sensor, the contactor and the substrate are integrated.
US09978549B1
A flow switch including: a fluid inlet for receiving fluid in-line relative to a flow switch body; a poppet valve disposed in the fluid inlet and having a variable location relative to the flow switch body; an actuator pin affixed to the poppet valve; a helical spring disposed about the actuator pin, where the poppet valve is spring-loaded via the spring; and where the spring-loaded poppet valve is configured to move away from the fluid inlet with increasing volumetric fluid flow and towards the fluid inlet with decreasing volumetric fluid flow.
US09978540B2
An input operation device according to the present disclosure includes first to third light-emitting sections, a first light guide body, and a second light guide body. A lower end of the first light guide body faces the first light-emitting section and the second light-emitting section. The first mark emits light on the first light guide body when light is incident on the first light guide body from the first light-emitting section, and the second mark emits light on the first light guide body when light is incident on the first light guide body from the second light-emitting section. The upper surface section of the second light guide body emits light when light is incident on the second light guide body from the third light-emitting section. At least one of the first light-emitting section, the second light-emitting section, and the third light-emitting section can change light emission luminance.
US09978526B2
A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor according to the present disclosure is characterized by including a first step of preparing a capacitor element that includes an anode body on which a dielectric layer is formed; a second step of impregnating the capacitor element with a first treatment solution containing a first solvent and a conductive polymer; a third step of impregnating, after the second step, the capacitor element with a second treatment solution containing a second solvent; and a fourth step of impregnating, after the third step, the capacitor element with an electrolyte solution containing a third solvent, both the second solvent and the third solvent being a protic solvent.
US09978518B2
In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, each outer electrode includes a first outer electrode layer that contains Ni and that is disposed on each main surface of a multilayer body and a second outer electrode layer that contains a glass component and Cu and that covers one end portion of the first outer electrode layer which is closer to an end surface of the multilayer body, the first and second outer electrode layers are joined together in a region including an edge shared by the main surface and the end surface, the other end portion of the first outer electrode layer is exposed from the second outer electrode layer, and Ni of the first outer electrode layer is diffused in the second outer electrode layer and is dissolved in Cu of the second outer electrode layer to define a solid solution in the region including the edge.
US09978516B2
A capacitor assembly includes at least two capacitor stacks, which have a layer structure including a top layer and a bottom layer. A support assembly supports the capacitor stacks. The capacitor stacks are stacked on top of each other in the support assembly. The support assembly has a compression member which compresses the at least two capacitor stacks in a direction substantially perpendicular to the layer structure. A pressure distribution arrangement adjusts the distribution of the pressure applied to the capacitor stacks by the compression member.
US09978513B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for assembling an amorphous metallic transformer core from a plurality of amorphous metallic strip packets comprises an unwinding section comprising a plurality of uncoilers. Each of the plurality of uncoilers operated to unwind a coil comprising a single-ply continuous strip of a metallic material. A collection tray is configured to transport a composite metallic strip from the unwinding section, the composite metallic strip comprising a plurality of single ply metallic strips that are unwound from the plurality of uncoilers of the unwinding section. A shearing section operably coupled to the collection tray and configured to receive the composite metallic strip from the unwinding section, the shearing section configured to shear the composite metallic strip into a plurality of packets, the shearing section comprising an accumulator for holding the plurality of the packets of the composite metallic strips. A winding section is configured to receive the plurality of the packets of the composite metallic strips from the shearing section, the winding section forming a metallic transformer core from the plurality of packets of the composite metallic strips.
US09978512B2
A circuit device, includes a semiconductor substrate, and a first inductor provided over said semiconductor substrate, and a first interconnect provided over said semiconductor substrate and coupled with first inductor.
US09978510B2
A planar transmitter having a vertical extent and a horizontal extent, having a layer structure with a plurality of electrical circuits, wherein a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit are electrically conductively disconnected from one another. The transmitter also has at least one magnetic core which at least partially surrounds the layer structure and acts at least on the first electrical circuit and on the second electrical circuit, wherein the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit lie substantially in one plane and form one layer of the layer structure. Provision is further made for at least the first electrical circuit or the second electrical circuit to be subdivided into a plurality of electrical circuits which are electrically conductively disconnected from one another.
US09978509B2
A coil component and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The coil component may include a body part containing a magnetic material, a coil part disposed in the body part, and an electrode part disposed on the body part. The coil part includes a support member, a coil disposed on a surface of the support member and having a terminal exposed to at least one outer surface of the body part, and a conductive via connected to the terminal of the coil and penetrating through at least one end portion of the support member to thereby be exposed to the at least one outer surface of the body part.
US09978505B2
A printed circuit board with integrated coil includes: a plurality of layers; and coil patterns which are formed of a conductor and which are provided in at least one outer surface layer and another layer of the plurality of layers. A heat-dissipation pattern formed of a conductor is provided on at least the one outer surface layer so as to correspond to the coil pattern provided in the another layer. The coil pattern provided in the one outer surface layer and the heat-dissipation pattern provided in the one outer surface layer are separated from each other. A thermal inter-layer connector formed of a conductor is provided to connect the coil pattern provided in the another layer and the heat-dissipation pattern provided in the one outer surface layer which correspond to each other.
US09978503B2
The present application provides a transformer, a transformer winding component and manufacturing methods thereof. The transformer winding component comprises a bobbin and at least two windings, wherein the bobbin includes a cylinder, and the at least two windings are wound on the outside of the cylinder. The at least two windings are sequentially disposed from inside to outside relative to the cylinder, and comprise a first fold winding. The transformer winding component further comprises an insulation layer and a fold tape. The insulation layer is adjacently disposed on the outside of the first fold winding. A portion of fold tape is located on the inner side of the first fold winding, and another portion of fold tape is located on the outside of the insulation layer. The transformer comprises a core and the transformer winding component.
US09978502B2
A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including thermoplastic resin insulating base material layers, a coil, and a first low flow member and a second low flow member including a flowability lower than the flowability of the thermoplastic resin at a temperature during heating and pressurizing. The coil includes linear conductors that are each provided on the insulating base material layers and include a first region surrounded by the linear conductors when viewed in a stacking direction (Z-axis direction) of the insulating base material layers. The first low flow member including a planar or substantially planar shape and the second low flow member including a winding shape, when viewed in the Z-axis direction, are arranged in the first region. The first low flow member, when viewed in the Z-axis direction, at least partially overlaps a second region surrounded by the second low flow member.
US09978500B2
A yoke clamp bracket for a transformer core. The yoke clamp bracket may comprise a body portion having a plurality of center holes near each end, a plurality of slots for coil barriers, a plurality of slots for wiring, and attachment points for side brackets and vertical supports. The yoke clamp bracket may be mounted to a transformer core by connectors extending through the plurality of center holes. The yoke clamp bracket may be constructed from a lightweight material with low density such that it displaces a larger quantity of tank oil and reduces the weight of a distribution transformer.
US09978482B2
A die assembly (10) for extruding a polymeric coating onto a wire so as to impart a matte finish to the coating surface is provided. The die assembly (10) comprises: A) a die tip (13) comprising a tubular channel (22) through which a wire can pass, the channel (22) positioned along the central longitudinal axis (26) of the die assembly (10); B) a die body (12) comprising a trunk (15) and a head (16), the head (16) comprising a tubular channel (20), the head tubular channel (20) comprising a die land (21), the trunk (15) positioned about the die tip (13) so as to define an annular space (25) between the exterior surface (23) of the die tip (13) and the interior surface (24) of the trunk (15); C) a die holder (11) positioned about and in contact with the exterior surface (17) of the trunk (15); and D) a radiator (14) positioned about and in contact with the exterior surface (19) of the die land (21) of the die head (16).
US09978473B2
A method including combining at least one first compound in a neutral form with at least one ionic dopant in a first solvent system to provide a first doped reaction product, isolating the first doped reaction product in solid form, and combining the isolated first doped reaction product with at least one conjugated polymer in neutral form in a second solvent system to form a second doped reaction product including an oxidized form of the conjugated polymer a neutral form of the first compound is described. Advantages include better stability, ease of use, and lower metal content. Applications include organic electronic devices including OLEDs.
US09978463B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a memory region; a fuse array including a plurality of fuse groups, each fuse group being configured to store a failed address of the memory region; a remaining-fuse information storage unit configured to store remaining-fuse information on a fuse group that includes a fuse corresponding to the failed address among the plurality of fuse groups; and a control unit configured to perform a control operation for updating the remaining-fuse information for the fuse group that includes a fuse corresponding to the failed address among the plurality of fuse groups and for storing the failed address when the failed address is detected.
US09978457B1
A method for operating a memory array is disclosed. The memory array includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell and a third memory cell sharing a gate and arranged along an extending direction of the gate in order. The method includes the following steps. A first bias is applied to a channel of the first memory cell to program the first memory cell. A second bias is applied to a channel of the second memory cell to inhibit programming of the second memory cell. A third bias is applied to a channel of the third memory cell to program or inhibit programming of the third memory cell. The first bias and the third bias are different.
US09978452B2
A method can be used for writing in a memory location of the electrically-erasable and programmable memory type. The memory location includes a first memory cell with a first transistor having a first gate dielectric underlying a first floating gate and a second memory cell with a second transistor having a second gate dielectric underlying a second floating gate that is connected to the first floating gate. In a first writing phase, an identical tunnel effect is implemented through the first gate dielectric and the second gate dielectric. In a second writing phase, a voltage across the first gate dielectric but not the second gate dielectric is increased.
US09978445B2
A semiconductor storage device provided can increase a write margin and suppress increase of a chip area. The semiconductor storage device includes plural memory cells arranged in a matrix; plural bit-line pairs arranged corresponding to each column of the memory cells; a write driver circuit which transmits data to a bit-line pair of a selected column according to write data; and a write assist circuit which drives a bit line on a low potential side of the bit-line pair of a selected column to a negative voltage level. The write assist circuit includes first signal wiring; a first driver circuit which drives the first signal wiring according to a control signal; and second signal wiring which is coupled to the bit line on the low-potential side and generates a negative voltage by the driving of the first driver circuit, based on inter-wire coupling capacitance with the first signal wiring.
US09978443B2
A method includes: during a read operation of a first storage node and a second storage node formed by cross-coupled inverters, based on data stored in the first storage node and the second storage node, causing a first auxiliary branch or a second auxiliary branch to assist a corresponding one of the cross-coupled inverters in holding data; and during a write operation of the first storage node and the second storage node, based on data to be written to the first storage node and the second storage node, causing the first auxiliary branch or the second auxiliary branch to assist a corresponding one of the cross-coupled inverters in flipping data.
US09978441B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a sense amplifier, a first transfer transistor, a second transfer transistor, and a controller. The memory cell can store a first value and a second value. The sense amplifier amplifies the first value or the second value read from the memory cell to the sense node. The first transfer transistor has a first control terminal connected to the sense node. The second transfer transistor has a second control terminal connected to the sense node. The controller applies a backgate potential to backgate terminals of the first transfer transistor and the second transfer transistor.
US09978431B2
A line memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, a data line pair, a sense amplifier and an output unit. The plurality of memory cells are disposed adjacent to each other in a line. The data line pair is coupled to the memory cells to sequentially transfer memory data bits stored in the memory cells to the sense amplifier. The sense amplifier is configured to amplify the memory data bits that are sequentially transferred through the data line pair by corresponding delay times which are different from each other. The output unit samples an output of the sense amplifier to sequentially output retimed data bits of the memory data bits in response to a read clock signal. The read clock signal has a cyclic period which is less than a maximum delay time among the delay times.
US09978426B2
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection are provided. An example media-playback device for enhancement of a repetitive-motion activity includes a media-output device that plays media content items, a plurality of media content selection engines, and a repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine. The plurality of media content selection engines includes a cadence-based media content selection engine and an enhancement program engine. The cadence-based media content selection engine is configured to select media content items based on a cadence associated with the repetitive-motion activity. The enhancement program engine is configured to select media content items according to an enhancement program for the repetitive-motion activity. The repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine is configured to select a media content selection engine from the plurality of engines and to cause the media-output device to playback media content items selected by the selected engine.
US09978425B2
Described are methods and systems for associating frames in a video of an activity of a person with an event. The methods include recording a video of an activity of a person; storing a time-series of a plurality of sensor data (82) obtained from a sensor assembly (12) of at least one sensor (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) coupled to the person while the person is performing the activity; synchronizing the video with the sensor data (82); detecting an event in the time-series; and associating the event with at least one corresponding frame in the video showing the event.
US09978424B2
The image-processing apparatus for performing image processes based on parameters includes a first storage to which the parameters are input; a second storage for obtaining the parameters stored in the first storage after the input is finished; a third storage for storing the parameters stored in the second storage based on a first signal; a fourth storage for obtaining first parameters, of data stored in the third storage, related to a first image process based on a first trigger signal output at a predetermined timing and obtaining second parameters, of data stored in the third storage, related to a second image process based on a second trigger signal output at a predetermined timing; a first image-processing unit for performing the first image process based on the first parameters; and a second image-processing unit for performing the second image process based on the second parameters.
US09978422B2
A play regulation method and apparatus is presented, which relates to the field of play control of multimedia files, so as to adjust play progress more precisely and reduce misoperations. A technical solution provided in the present disclosure includes: receiving a step and play hybrid regulation operation entered by a user, where the step and play hybrid regulation operation includes both an adjustment instruction for a step speed and a regulation instruction for play progress; and regulating the step speed and the play progress according to the step and play hybrid regulation operation. The present disclosure is applied to a terminal having a media player and a touchscreen.
US09978412B1
A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and comprises an NFT and a transparent thermocouple configured to produce a signal indicative of temperature at the NFT. A detector can be coupled to the thermocouple and configured to detect one or both of spacing changes and contact between the slider and a magnetic recording medium.
US09978411B1
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes an array of equally-spaced 2N+1 transducers, and at least two servo readers positioned external to an outermost transducer of the array and on a same side thereof. An apparatus according to another embodiment includes an array of 2N+1 transducers on a pitch. At least one of the transducers within the array is configured as a servo reader. An apparatus according to yet another embodiment includes an array of 2N+1 transducers, and a controller directly electrically coupled to each of the transducers. The controller is configured to use transducers on only one side of a centerline of the array in one mode of operation.
US09978410B2
A heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write apparatus has a media-facing surface (MFS) and includes a pole, coil(s) and a waveguide. The waveguide is optically coupled with a laser and directs energy toward the MFS. The waveguide includes an entrance, a bottom and a mode converter having a core, an inner cladding, high index layer(s) and an outer cladding. The core has sides that diverge in width. The core has a first index of refraction. The outer cladding has a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction. The inner cladding has a third index of refraction not greater than the second index of refraction. The inner cladding is between the high index layer(s) and the core. The high index layer(s) are between the inner and outer cladding. The high index layer(s) have a high index of refraction greater than the second index of refraction.
US09978408B1
A thin-film piezoelectric material element includes a piezoelectric part having a laminated structure which a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric material film and an upper electrode film are laminated sequentially, and electrode pads connected with the piezoelectric part. The thin-film piezoelectric material element has solder regulating parts formed on pad surfaces being surfaces of the electrode pads. The solder regulating parts have peripheral edge parts and crossing edge parts connected with the two outer edge parts, and formed to cross the pad surfaces. The crossing edge parts are formed in a bow like curve-shape having curved parts, being gradually distant from the shortest line as they are distant more from the outer edge parts.
US09978398B2
Disclosed are a voice activity detection method and device, wherein the method includes: obtaining a combined VAD judgment result according to the number of continuous active frames, an average total SNR of all sub-bands, a tonal signal flag, and at least two existing VAD judgment results (107). The method and device are suitable for voice service, solve the problem of inaccurate VAD detection and realize highly accurate VAD judgment.
US09978395B2
A communication component modifies production of an audio waveform at determined modification segments to thereby mitigate the effects of a delay in processing and/or receiving a subsequent audio waveform. The audio waveform and/or data associated with the audio waveform are analyzed to identify the modification segments based on characteristics of the audio waveform and/or data associated therewith. The modification segments show where the production of the audio waveform may be modified without substantially affecting the clarity of the sound or audio. In one embodiment, the invention modifies the sound production at the identified modification segments to extend production time and thereby mitigate the effects of delay in receiving and/or processing a subsequent audio waveform for production.
US09978390B2
A set of signal measures is received, wherein each signal measure in the set of signal measures corresponds to a respective audio signal received by a device in a media playback system which is processed based on a first set of audio processing algorithms. A plurality of signal measures is identified in the set of signal measures. Audio signals corresponding to the identified plurality of signal measures are processed by one or more devices in the media playback system to improve a signal measure of each of the audio signals. The audio signals are processed based on a second set of audio processing algorithms. The processed audio signals are then combined into a combined audio signal.
US09978389B2
A multi-mode speech communication system is described that has different operating modes for different speech applications. A signal processing module is in communication with the speech applications and includes an input processing module and an output processing module. The input processing module processes microphone input signals to produce a set user input signals for each speech application that are limited to currently active system users for that speech application. The output processing module processes application output communications from the speech applications to produce loudspeaker output signals to the system users, wherein for each different speech application, the loudspeaker output signals are directed only to system users currently active in that speech application.
US09978380B2
An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information includes a arithmetic decoder for providing a plurality of decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation of the spectral values and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to select a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state. The arithmetic decoder is configured to determine or modify the current context state in dependence on a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to detect a group of a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values, which fulfill, individually or taken together, a predetermined condition regarding their magnitudes, and to determine the current context state in dependence on a result of the detection.An audio encoder uses similar principles.
US09978374B2
This document generally describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques related to speaker verification, including (i) training a neural network for a speaker verification model, (ii) enrolling users at a client device, and (iii) verifying identities of users based on characteristics of the users' voices. Some implementations include a computer-implemented method. The method can include receiving, at a computing device, data that characterizes an utterance of a user of the computing device. A speaker representation can be generated, at the computing device, for the utterance using a neural network on the computing device. The neural network can be trained based on a plurality of training samples that each: (i) include data that characterizes a first utterance and data that characterizes one or more second utterances, and (ii) are labeled as a matching speakers sample or a non-matching speakers sample.
US09978362B2
A “Facet Recommender” creates conversational recommendations for facets of particular conversational topics, and optionally for things associated with those facets, from consumer reviews or other social media content. The Facet Recommender applies a machine-learned facet model and optional sentiment-model, to identify facets associated with spans or segments of the content and to determine neutral, positive, or negative consumer sentiment associated with those facets and, optionally, things associated with those facets. These facets are selected by the facet model from a list or set of manually defined or machine-learned facets for particular conversational topic types. The Facet Recommender then generates new conversational utterances (i.e., short neutral, positive or negative suggestions) about particular facets based on the sentiments associated with those facets. In various implementations, utterances are fit to one or more predefined conversational frameworks. Further, responses or suggestions provided as utterances may be personalized to individual users.
US09978352B2
An acoustic insulator for a wiring harness has a non-woven fabric laminate in which non-woven fabrics are laminated. The non-woven fabrics include a skin material non-woven fabric and a base material non-woven fabric having a larger basis weight than the skin material non-woven fabric. At least the base material non-woven fabric includes a first base material non-woven fabric (31) and a second base material non-woven fabric (32). An acoustic insulator (1) is formed by arranging the skin material non-woven fabric (2) between the first and second base material non-woven fabrics (31, 32), and the acoustic insulator (1) is integrated with a wiring harness (7) to form a wiring harness with acoustic insulator (6).
US09978345B2
The present invention relates to improved musical instrument components. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to a piano plate assembly, wherein the plate assembly comprises a core at least partially surrounded by a shell, wherein the shell comprises a composite fiber material impregnated with a polymeric resin material. In another aspect, the present invention relates to methods of producing such piano plate assemblies.
US09978344B2
A method for caching images in a virtual environment uses hash tables to store information about an application or window and to store updated images. Suitable areas of applications or windows are fixed relative to the window for many cases, and also include a relatively small number of possible display statuses. Hash tables are used on an agent side and a client side to track previous image updates. When an updated image is determined to be already stored in a cache, the agent side can transmit a hash identifying the image to the client side, and the client side can update the display with the cached image.
US09978340B2
A touch communications device includes a first touch panel and a processor. The first touch panel includes a first region and a second region. The processor is arranged to control the first region and/or the second region to transmit a signal when a second touch panel of another touch communications device is close to or in contact with the first touch panel.
US09978339B2
A display device includes a signal processing unit that receives input signals, and calculates output signals to a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel. The signal processing unit calculates a frequency of pixels belonging to each of a plurality of partitions using a light quantity of a surface light source. The signal processing unit calculates an index value for each of the partitions by at least multiplying the cumulative frequency being obtained by sequentially adding the frequency of pixels from a partition having the maximum light quantity among the partitions, and the number of partitions representing a position of a partition to which the cumulative frequency belongs counted from the partition having the maximum light quantity. The signal processing unit controls luminance of the surface light source based on a partition in which the index value exceeds a threshold.
US09978334B2
A present disclosure provides a driving method for a liquid crystal display panel having steps of: the control chip simultaneously outputs a first selecting signal on a first voltage level, a second selecting signal on the first voltage level and a third selecting signal on the first voltage level to control the first transistors, the second transistors and the third transistors connecting between the buffers and each pixel column to be turned on; the buffers output a pre-charge signal to charge the sub-pixel units in each pixel column to the pre-charge voltage. Further, the present disclosure also provides a liquid crystal display device. The driving method for a liquid crystal display panel is effectively reduces the power consumption of the liquid crystal display device.
US09978327B2
A gate driving circuit includes driving stages. Each of the driving stages applies each of gate signals to each of gate lines of a display panel. A k-th (k is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) driving stage includes a first output transistor, a capacitor, and first and second control transistor. The first output transistor includes a control electrode connected to a first node, an input electrode receiving a clock signal, and an output electrode outputting a k-th gate signal. The capacitor is connected between the output electrode of the first output transistor and the control electrode of the first output transistor. The first control transistor applies a first control signal to a second node to control a voltage of the first node before the k-th gate signal is output. The second control transistor is diode-connected between the second node and the first node.
US09978321B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes signal lines, scanning lines, a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel. The first pixel including a first subpixel which displays a first color, a second subpixel which displays white, and a third subpixel which displays a second color. The second pixel including a fourth subpixel which displays a third color, a fifth subpixel which displays white, and a sixth subpixel which displays the first color. The third pixel including a seventh subpixel which displays the second color, an eighth subpixel which displays white, and a ninth subpixel which displays the third color.
US09978318B2
An electronic paper display device includes a display region, a signal-sending region, data lines, scan lines, selection-line regions, and a repair line. The signal-sending region is located at a side of the display region. The scan lines intersect the data lines to divide the display region into pixel regions. Each of the selection-line regions is located at a side of one of the scan lines. Disposed on two sides of each of the scan lines are respectively one of the pixel regions and one of the selection-line regions. Each of the selection-line regions has selection lines. The selection lines intersect the data lines. The repair line is between the signal-sending region and the display region. The repair line intersects the selection lines. The repair line and the data lines are selectively electrically connected to one of the selection lines.
US09978311B2
A pixel circuit and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes a first transistor configured to output a driving current corresponding to a data voltage to an output node, an OLED connected to the output node and configured to emit light according to the driving current output from the first transistor, a storage capacitor coupled to the first transistor and configured to store the data voltage, a second transistor configured to receive a reference voltage from the first transistor during a first time section, configured to diode-connect the first transistor, and configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of the first transistor, and a third transistor configured to diode-connect the first transistor during a second time section, configured to receive the data voltage through the first transistor for which the threshold voltage of the first transistor is compensated, and configured to transfer the data voltage to the storage capacitor.
US09978305B2
An organic light emitting display can improve display quality by securing a charging time of a data signal. An organic light emitting display includes pixels, a data driver, a plurality of data drivers, and a control signal generator. The pixels are respectively positioned at areas defined by scan lines and data lines. The data driver sequentially supplies i (i is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) data signals to each of output lines during one horizontal period. The plurality of data dividers are respectively coupled to the output lines, and supply the i data signals to i data lines. The control signal generator sequentially supplies i control signals to the data dividers, corresponding to the i data signals. In the organic light emitting display, the data dividers supply a corresponding data signal to each data line during the one horizontal period.
US09978304B2
An OLED touch display device includes an OLED display and a laminated package component covering the OLED display and including a quarter-wave plate, a liquid crystal polarizer, a first touch sensor layer and a second touch sensor layer. The first touch sensor layer and the second touch sensor layer are configured to cooperatively detect touch events.
US09978303B2
A display device includes: an image display panel including pixels each including a first to a forth sub-pixel that display a first color to a fourth color; and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit stores an expanded color space, determines maximum set brightness as an upper limit value of brightness displayable within a range of the brightness in the expanded color space so that the maximum set brightness increases as a panel average input value decreases, determines an input expansion coefficient for expanding the color displayed by the image display panel to a color of the maximum set brightness, obtains the output signal of the first to forth sub-pixel based on the input signal of the first to third sub-pixel and the input expansion coefficient. The expanded color space is a color space that can extend a color of brightness higher than that in a standard color space.
US09978292B2
Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. In this example, in an erected position, the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel form a triangular cross-section. The example apparatus also includes a stop that extends between a base of one of the first panel, the second panel, or the third panel and a vertex of the others of the first panel and the second panel, the first panel and the third panel, or the second panel and the third panel. The example stop prevents movement of the vertex toward the base.
US09978291B2
A proposal is made for a label (1) which can be adhered to an article (5), more particularly to a beverage bottle, and can be detached again in a washing liquid at a washing temperature of at least 50° C., in the form of a laminate at least with the following layers: a biaxially stretched polymeric film layer (9) which shrinks at the washing temperature, a printed decoration layer (11), and an adhesive layer (13), more particularly a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, for adhering the label (1) to the article (5). The polymeric film layer (9) is designed in such a way that in the laminate at the washing temperature within a maximum time span of less than 5 minutes, in particular less than 3 minutes, it attains degrees of contraction in its two stretching directions which differ from one another by less than 50% and are lower than 50%. As a result of this, whereas the adhesive force between the label (1) and the article (5) is high, the label (1) can be washed off from the article (5) without splitting.
US09978289B2
Communication device for primates, in particular persons, including at least one electrically conductive first surface to be touched by a first primate, at least one electrically conductive second surface to be touched by at least one second primate, and at least primary electronic circuit electrically connecting said first surface and said second, said primary electronic circuit having: at least one detection element for measuring at least one resistance value of a secondary electronic circuit formed by at least the primary electronic circuit, a first primate touching said first surface, at least one second primate touching said second surface, and the first primate and the other least second primate touching each other, and at least one output for producing a specific signal representing the specific resistance value detected by said at least one detection element.
US09978284B2
An approach is provided for generating maneuver plans for one or more vehicles. A maneuvering platform processes location information, context information, or a combination thereof associated with a vehicle to determine at least one cell of a wireless communication network associated with a current location of the vehicle. The maneuvering platform further assigns the vehicle to a cluster associated with the at least one cell based on an establishment of a communication link between an access node associated with the vehicle and the at least one cell, an association between the current location of the vehicle, the access node associated with the vehicle, or a combination thereof and a geographic coverage range of the at least one cell or a combination thereof.
US09978282B2
A system for determining a dispatch includes an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface is to receive a request for a first pickup including a first pickup location and a first destination. The processor is configured to determining a driver to dispatch to the first pickup location. The output interface is to provide a first pickup indication to the driver to go to the first pickup location. The input interface is further to receive a first pickup arrival indication indicating the driver arrived at the first pickup location. The output interface is further to provide a first destination indication indicating to the driver to go to the first destination. The input interface is further to receive a request for a second pickup including a second pickup location and a second destination.
US09978281B2
A device for assisting rear parking of a vehicle including a rear view camera that is mounted on the rear of a vehicle; a display unit that displays an image taken by the rear view camera; a height measurer that measures the position of the rear view camera from the ground; an angle measurer that measures the inclination of the rear view camera from the ground; and an image processor that creates a parking guide line in the image taken by the rear view camera on the basis of information obtained by the height measurer and the angle measurer and outputs the parking guide line through the display unit.
US09978280B2
A driver assistance apparatus in a vehicle, and including a sensor configured to detect obstacles around the vehicle; a plurality of indicator output units disposed at different positions on the vehicle; and a processor configured to detect an obstacle around the vehicle and a positional relationship between the vehicle and the obstacle, selectively control the indicator output units to display an indicator outside the vehicle at a position and with a display characteristic, based on the detected positional relationship, detect the positional relationship between the vehicle and the obstacle changing, and selectively control the indicator output units to change at least one of the position and the display characteristic of the indicator based on the changing positional relationship.
US09978275B2
Modular solar systems comprise one or more module units that are connectable into a system/assembly for convenient installation on a roof or other surface that receives solar insolation. The modules are adapted for electrical, and preferably also mechanical, connection into a module assembly, with the number of modules and types of modules selected to handle the required loads. Each module is adapted and designed to handle the entire power of the assembly and to provide or receive control signals for cooperative performance between all the modules and for monitoring and communication regarding the assembly performance and condition.
US09978273B2
A method and a system for improving a traffic participant's attention is such that, at first, information on the traffic scene that is encountered by the traffic participant is obtained. From the obtained information a traffic situation development is predicted. A measure for at least on future risk in the predicted traffic situation development is determined and a communication with the traffic participant is started. The communication comprises a first step of notifying the traffic participant and a second step of providing additional information in response to the traffic participants reaction to the notification which includes some information on the determined future risk.
US09978266B2
A wireless switch assembly, including: a wireless switch having a control switch; a wireless transmitter connected to the control switch and transmitting a corresponding control signal according to the instruction of the control switch; a first identification card pluggably mounted in the wireless switch and connected to the wireless transmitter; a wireless receiver connected to a controller of a controlled piece and communicating with the wireless switch through radio frequency signal or optical signal. The wireless receiver has a second identification card pluggably mounted therein. The wireless assembly can achieve a remote control by a low power consumption wireless transceiver module and matches the wireless switch to the wireless receiver via the identification cards, thus eliminating the need for complicated control wiring, therefore greatly reducing the complexity of wiring, saving electric wires and cables, and reducing cost.
US09978262B2
A remote controller and a remote control method thereof are provided. The remote controller includes a communication module which communicates with a plurality of devices; an input unit through which a user command is input; and a controlling unit which determines a pointed device, among the plurality of devices, that the remote controller is pointing towards, and controls the communication module to transmit the user command to the pointed device to control the pointed device.
US09978259B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.
US09978258B2
Methods and apparatus are described to automatically re-enable monitoring of a bypassed security sensor by a security system control device.
US09978255B1
Alarm system technology, in which an alarm event is detected at a property monitored by an alarm system when the alarm system was set in an armed state. Based on detection of the alarm event, an alarm probability score that indicates a likelihood of the alarm event being an emergency situation is determined and the alarm event is handled based on the determined alarm probability score.
US09978252B2
A personal monitoring and emergency communications system including a mobile wrist worn apparatus carried by a monitored person for minimizing emergency response time notwithstanding the monitored person's conscious state and including an array of sensors for periodically sensing vital biometric parameters of the monitored person, a memory for storing and comparing the sensed parameters to a pre-stored standard range of the vital parameters for providing a comparator signal, an alarm circuit for evaluating the comparator signal for providing an emergency alarm signal when the sensed vital parameters are not within the pre-stored standard range, and a programmable logic controller for automatically responding to an emergency including broadcasting the alarm signal from a signal transceiver to a worldwide communication network via either of a pair of parallel communication links for locating and continuously communicating the monitored person's data directly to the closest medical response team for providing emergency medical services.
US09978244B2
A method comprises determining a person's level of risk for developing an adverse condition; selecting a care protocol based on the level of risk; displaying a proposed configuration of a person support structure corresponding to the care protocol for a caregiver to approve; and upon approval by the caregiver, implementing the configuration.
US09978240B1
Techniques are described for distributing, to a distributed network of central stations, alarm events detected in monitoring system data collected by sensors included in monitoring systems located at monitored properties. A system receives monitoring system data collected by sensors included in monitoring systems located at monitored properties, tracks alarm events detected within the monitoring system data, and generates, for central station servers in a distributed network of central stations, load profiles that reflect a volume of alarm events being handled at each of the central station servers at a particular period of time. The system determines capacities to handle additional alarm events for the central station servers, determines relative priorities for the central station remote servers based on the determined capacities, and directs subsequent alarm events to the central station servers based on the relative priorities.
US09978239B2
The present invention relates to an electric shock warning distribution system. The electric shock warning distribution system of the present invention may include: a distribution board; and a wearable device configured to monitor bioelectric currents flowing through the body of an operator that operates the distribution board, classify degrees of hazard of the operator according to values of the monitored bioelectric currents, and to warn the operator of levels of electric shock hazard situations according to the classified degrees of hazard, wherein the wearable device is worn by each operator, each wearable device transmits, to other wearable devices located nearby, a warning message that warns other operators of an electric shock hazard situation when the operator is in the hazard situation, and the distribution board receives information on an electric shock hazard situation from each wearable device to warn the hazard situation of the operator.
US09978237B2
A system and method are described for a single-piece IoT security device. For example, one embodiment of an Internet of Things (IoT) security apparatus comprises: a first module to detect motion of an object to which the IoT device is fixedly coupled; a wireless radio controller communicatively coupled to the first module, the first module to wake the wireless radio controller responsive to detecting motion of the object; and a proximity sensor and associated logic to take a proximity reading and to compare the proximity reading to a stored reading taken when the object was in a secure position.
US09978236B2
Systems and methods for operating a security tag. The methods involve: establishing an electrical connection between the security tag and an external Power Removal Station (“PRS”); performing operations by the security tag to authenticate a detach command sent from the external PRS; allowing power to be supplied from the external PRS to an electro-mechanical component of the security tag when the detach command is authenticated; and actuating the electro-mechanical component so that a pin of the security tag transitions from an engaged position to an unengaged position without any human assistance or mechanical assistance by a device external to the security tag.
US09978233B2
A security system includes a plurality of laser scanners to establish light shields in an area to be monitored, with each of the light shields including at least one detection zone, and a controller to detect unauthorized entry to the area to be monitored based on a position and timing of breaks in the detection zones of the light shields.
US09978228B2
Various doorbell monitoring devices and methods are presented herein. Such arrangements may be configured to be integrated with a previously-installed doorbell and a previously-installed chime unit. A first power source may be configured to power the doorbell monitor device separate from the previously-installed doorbell and the previously-installed chime unit. A plurality of electrical connectors may be present and may be configured to be attached with preexisting terminals of the previously-installed chime unit. An actuation sensor may be present and configured to detect an actuation of the previously-installed doorbell via the two or more electrical connectors. A communication module may also be present and configured to transmit a wireless signal indicative of the ring to a receiver device.
US09978206B2
A match evolution interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The match evolution interleaved wagering system includes a display and a user input device connected to an interactive processing device, where the interactive processing device is connected to a wager controller by a process controller. The wager controller is also connected to credit input and credit output devices. A user inputs credit items into the match evolution wagering system providing wagering credits for a match evolution game. The interactive device hosts an interactive application providing a match evolution game where an interactive game board, including a grid and symbols, is displayed to a user, who selects and places a symbol on the board. When a specified number of matched symbols within the grid on the board is determined, a credit wager is executed in the wager controller, resulting in a credit wager outcome utilizing a random number generator and paytable.
US09978202B2
A wagering gaming apparatus is provided, comprising a 3-dimensional (3D) display device configured to create for a player a visual illusion of a 3D scene for a wagering game, the 3D scene having perceived depth in a z-direction perpendicular to a physical screen having width in an x-direction and height in a y-direction; one or more sensor devices configured to sense a physical location of one or more anatomical features of the player; at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions. The processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform various adjustments regarding the 3D scene based on the sensed physical location of an anatomical feature of the player.
US09978196B2
A banknote acceptor 1 for authenticating a banknote 2, has a sensing station S with detector 18 that produces image signals corresponding to a face the banknote. A processor 24 pre-processes the image signals and compares them with stored reference data corresponding to an acceptable banknote from memory 25 to determining the authenticity of the banknote and its denomination. A display device 29 displays an image 31 corresponding to the banknote under test based on the image signals from the detector 18, to allow the user to perform a visual check that the banknote detected at the sensing station corresponds to the banknote under test presented by the user. Also, the detected denomination of the banknote is displayed on device 32. The user can accept or reject the banknote using buttons 33 and 34, and retrieve images of previously accepted banknotes with button 35.
US09978193B2
A lockbox access apparatus comprising a wireless communications device having a stored program configured to: cause the wireless communications device to communicate an access request to a lockbox; and receive lockbox identifying information from the lockbox. The wireless communication device is further configured to: record biometric identifying information of an individual; take entry from a user of non-biometric identifying information of the individual; and transmit the lockbox identifying information, the biometric identifying information, and the non-biometric identifying information to a remote destination.
US09978184B2
The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for marking a target in a 3D image. The method include steps of: acquiring Computed Tomography (CT) image data of a scene; rendering a 3D image of the scene using ray casting based on the CT image data; removing a transparent region from the 3D image based on a fixed 2D transfer function; and marking the target in the 3D image.
US09978181B2
Systems and method for selectively applying blinders to remove high peripheral optical flow from three-dimensional imagery. When users experience visual cues corresponding to motion in virtual reality without corresponding non-visual clues (such as cues from the vestibular system), motion sickness can result. Peripheral optic flow is a particularly strong visual cue associated with motion. However, unconditionally removing peripheral imagery significantly reduces user immersion. Embodiments of the invention can selectively apply peripheral blinders to remove high peripheral optic flow and add non-visual motion cues (such as directional audio) corresponding to the virtual motion to reduce or eliminate the disconnect that can cause motion sickness.
US09978172B2
The invention relates to a method for recording individual three-dimensional optical images (1) to form a global image (50) of a tooth situation comprising an upper jaw (2) and a lower jaw (3). A first 3D model (6) of a first subsection of the upper jaw and a second 3D model (8) of a second subsection of the lower jaw are produced from the individual images. Subsequently, a geometric positional relationship between the first 3D model (6) and the second 3D model (8) is determined, said positional relationship being determined by using a lateral image (20, 21, 22) and/or using a contact pattern (31, 32). Said lateral image (20, 21, 22) comprises an image area which comprises at least part of the first subsection of the upper jaw (2) and at least part of the second subsection of the lower jaw (3). Said contact pattern comprises several contact areas (31, 32) between the upper jaw and the lower jaw. Said contact pattern (30, 31, 32) is measured by means of an occlusion paper (29).
US09978166B2
The invention relates to a method for the computer-controlled display of speed information, which represents the movement speed of a real moving object relative to the surroundings of the object, using an image display device. The speed information is displayed by generating one or more visually perceptible moving graphical patterns using the image display device, wherein the movement speed of the real moving object is reproduced by the one or more graphical patterns in a qualitative manner. The invention further relates to a device for the computer-controlled display of speed information, to a flying object with such a device, and to a computer program for this purpose.
US09978165B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for automatically populating a central monitor perspective with waveform tracings having a predetermined aspect ratio. A selection of a unit location is received, and monitoring devices connected to patients at the unit location are detected. Waveform tracings associated with the active monitoring devices are presented in a predetermined aspect ratio in the central monitor perspective. As new monitoring devices are connected to patients, or as monitoring devices are disconnected from patients, the central monitor perspective is automatically refreshed to reflect currently active waveform tracings having the predetermined aspect ratio.
US09978161B2
A system including at least one apparatus creates a representation of a road geometry from a plurality of sets of data, each set of data including at least an indication of a position and an indication of a heading of a mobile object. The system detects an intersection in the representation of the road geometry. The system defines at least one Bézier curve representing a trajectory between an entry to and an exit from the intersection. The system replaces at least a part of the created representation of the road geometry for the intersection by the at least one defined Bézier curve.
US09978154B2
A distance measurement device including a pixel array and a cover layer is provided. The cover layer is covered on the pixel array. The cover layer includes a first cover pattern covering on a first area of a plurality of first pixels and a second cover pattern covering on a second area of a plurality of second pixels. The first area and the second area are rectangles of mirror symmetry along a first direction.
US09978134B2
A sampling method and apparatus applied to optical proximity correction of a lithography layout are provided in the present disclosure. The sampling method includes: performing wavelet decomposition to a pattern in the layout to be corrected, to acquire wavelet matrixes of different orders; and performing wavelet reconstruction according to the wavelet matrixes of the different orders for discrete sampling, wherein results of the discrete sampling are applied to simulation in the OPC. The sampling method and apparatus can improve the accuracy and efficiency of sampling of the layout to be corrected in a conventional technology.
US09978130B2
Techniques and tools for high dynamic range (HDR) image rendering and generation. An HDR image generating system performs motion analysis on a set of lower dynamic range (LDR) images and derives relative exposure levels for the images based on information obtained in the motion analysis. These relative exposure levels are used when integrating the LDR images to form an HDR image. An HDR image rendering system tone maps sample values in an HDR image to a respective lower dynamic range value, and calculates local contrast values. Residual signals are derived based on local contrast, and sample values for an LDR image are calculated based on the tone-mapped sample values and the residual signals. User preference information can be used during various stages of HDR image generation or rendering.
US09978123B2
Image data representing an image are obtained. A quadrangular area, which is defined by a quadrangle including a group of pixels with a first color, is specified. The first color corresponds to a color of an outline of a hole image in the image. A hole orientation is specified based on positions of the group of pixels with respect to the quadrangular area. The hole orientation represents a direction that the outline of the hole image occupies. When the hole orientation is specified, a candidate area is specified by extending the quadrangular area in an extension direction. The extension direction corresponds to a direction opposite to the hole orientation and extending along one of sides of the quadrangular area.
US09978115B2
A set of tools, in the form of a software developers kit (SDK) for a graphics rendering system, is provided to improve overall graphics operations. In general, the tools are directed to analyzing a scene tree and optimizing its presentation to one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) so as to improve rendering operations. This overall goal is provided through a number of different capabilities, each of which is presented to software developers through a new applications programming interface (API).
US09978109B1
An integrated computerized method, oriented to mobile computerized devices such as tablet computers and Smartphone's, for assisting real estate brokers in conducting client site visits and tours to various real properties of interest and/or the client by themselves in visiting and touring various real estate properties of interest. The method comprises various software modules, including software modules to assist in various numeric comparative property evaluation schemes, modules to automatically present building floor plans and other information at defined tour locations, and modules to show images or CAD drawings of proposed property modifications (often using augmented reality techniques). Other modules may additionally help manage the tour, including semi-automatic notification of tour itinerary changes, management of tour route instructions, and audio or text narration during selected portions of the tour.
US09978106B2
A social graph may be modeled as a collection of claims. Each claim is associated with an author, an audience, and an assertion about a fact. Probabilistic information may be collected from various sources for a claim, enabling a social networking system to evaluate a truthfulness of the assertion made in the claim. User-declared profile information may be evaluated as claims. A user, entity, or application may make claims about any assertions made in the social networking system. Reputation scores may be determined for users based on evaluations of their historical assertions. Claims may be evaluated for truthfulness using a probabilistic prediction model using heuristics analysis, regression analysis, and machine learning methods. A claims-based profile of users may be provided to viewers based on the contexts in which the claims were made. Viewers may view claims made about users, such as the users' biographical information, contact information, expertise, and interests.
US09978105B1
Automated claims adjustment is engineered to receive submission of two-dimensional data or three-dimensional data from a structured-light scan and other pieces of information directly via a mobile device. Upon receiving sufficient information to open a claim, automated claims adjustment and settlement processes are executed aiding and guiding a claimant. This reduces the time involved by the claimant in waiting for a claims adjuster to manually review a specific case file.
US09978100B2
A tracking system is provided for tracking personal property, such as to track collateral which is used to secure a loan. Collateral belonging to a borrower, such as electronic devices or other items of personal property having a wireless communication interface, is placed in communication with a tracking system which receives information from those items of collateral and utilizes that information to verify the existence of the borrower's collateral.
US09978093B2
Provided are a method and system for pushing a mobile application. The method comprises: determining more than one mobile application category with the highest relevance to a mobile application category to which a mobile application designated by a user belongs; according to the pre-generated weight value of the mobile application, calculating and determining the degree of recommendation of each mobile application under the mobile application category; and according to the principle of high to low of the determined degrees of recommendation of each mobile application under the mobile application category, selecting a preset recommendation result number of the mobile applications as a recommendation result and pushing same to a user. According to the technical solution provided in the present invention, the diversity of recommended mobile applications can be effectively improved.
US09978089B2
Systems and methods provide for personalizing interaction between a provider using a integrated knowledge management (KM) system that tracks data exchanged between users and the provider over multiple communication channels. User requests to a provider can made via multiple different incoming channels, such as by using ATMs, PDAs, cell phones, computers accessing web sites or other Web Devices, Voice Response Units (VRUs), and others. User requests submitted over these multiple channels are routed into an integrated KM system that services these requests and selects personalized offers and/or personalized content and/or personalized format presentation to be provided to the users.
US09978088B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described for an application independent DEX/UCS interface (AIDI). The AIDI is a “plug and play” DEX/UCS solution that removes the requirement for developers to know the structure, function, and format of DEX/UCS transaction sets and to make the DEX/UCS process independent from the existing business logic of many mobile applications.
US09978081B1
A method and apparatus of processing a call are disclosed. One example method may include receiving a request at a server for dealer information. The request may be initiated by a user via his or her mobile station. The example method may also include determining whether there is user preference information and user location information included in the request. The information may be used to limit the amount of search results to increase relevancy. The method may also include searching a database for at least one dealer based on the user preference information and the user location information, and transferring the at least one dealer information to the user.
US09978075B2
A log information obtaining unit which obtains log information; a population information obtaining unit which obtains local population information indicating a population of a local area; a first terminal extraction unit which extracts, based on the log information, a wireless terminal present in the local area in a particular time from among the one or more wireless terminals; a relation parameter deriving unit which derives a relation parameter representing a relation between the number of wireless terminals and the population based on a population of the local area indicated by the local population information and the number of wireless terminals extracted by the first terminal extraction unit; and an estimated value deriving unit which derives an estimated population value from the number of wireless terminals by using the relation parameter are comprised.
US09978065B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for voice filtering. In some embodiments, an original voice segment from a user may be received. The received original voice segment may be modified using a first predetermined algorithm. The modified voice segment may be sent to an authentication server. At the authentication server, the modified voice segment may be reconstructed into the original voice segment using a second predetermined algorithm. The user may be authenticated for a transaction based at least in part on the reconstructed original voice segment.
US09978063B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to passing a plurality of communications directly from a merchant to a payment processing network. A first communication may include payment information in an authorization request, while a second transaction may include non-payment transaction data. The communications may be linked with a transaction identifier. In other embodiments, a capture file process is disclosed where capture files are generated by the payment processing network, and transactions are subsequently cleared and settled.
US09978056B2
The disclosure is related to a primary payment instrument of a smart card may be changed to one of other payment instruments stored in the smart card through single operation of user equipment without requiring further user input or user interaction.
US09978052B2
A method for providing multi-payer, location-based payments includes detecting at least one mobile device using a near field communication device. At least one of a plurality of secondary payers that is associated with a social network of a primary payer is determined to also be associated with the at least one detected mobile device. A first current location is determined, a first payee associated with the first current location is retrieved, and a preferred payment account for each secondary payer associated with a detected mobile device is retrieved. A payment application is then provided that allows payments to be made to the first payee from the primary payer via a first primary payer preferred payment account and from each secondary payer associated with a detected mobile device via a respective secondary payer preferred payment account.
US09978051B2
A method for facilitating payment transaction reconciliation is provided. The method includes receiving a purchasing entity identifier at a point of sale. Payment transaction information associated with the purchase, and the purchasing entity identifier, are transmitted to a financial institution providing the payment service used to make the purchase. Merchant transaction information is also transmitted to the financial institution, with the purchasing entity identifier, to be recorded against the payment transaction information.
US09978045B2
A modular learning system is provided for enabling funding of learners in the modular learning system. The modular learning system provides learning services to users by enabling learning users to access learning applications and select tutors and learning facilities to enable the user to perform the learning applications. A funding user provides funds to the modular learning system and provides parameters for selecting learning users for funding. The modular learning system identifies learning users who match the parameters and enable the learning users to receive funding for eligible learning applications. The modular learning system disperses funding after determining particular learning performance requests are eligible items for funding.
US09978044B2
An analyzing device requires regular maintenance for maintaining a predetermined analyzing performance thereof. However, the more complex the analyzing device becomes, the more number of maintenance items are provided. For example, if a plurality of types of maintenances to be performed by removing same component, efficiency may be improved by performing the same as a whole. However, when conforming with a manual, if recommended timings to perform the maintenance are shifted delicately, there is a probability of occurrence of a case where the same components are removed several times for maintenance during a short time. At the time when an instruction to perform maintenance is issued, maintenance items to be performed are extracted, the extracted maintenance items are sorted into a recommended performance order in conformity to a preset rule such that the similar maintenance or the maintenance of the same portion or the like are performed continuously.
US09978039B1
A document management system includes a document gateway disposed between a document provider and a printer. When the document gateway receives a print-ready document from the document provider, the document gateway determines whether to cause the document to be uploaded to a cloud-based document repository or to be printed to yield a hardcopy document. This determination is made based on an indication from a document consumer and using a consumer device such as a smartphone or customer card, that the document consumer wishes a digital copy of the document. If the document is uploaded, the consumer benefits from having documents uploaded to a centralized repository, while the vendor benefits from obtaining consumer profile information at negligible acquisition cost. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09978033B1
A method and computer system executes a home loss prevention simulation to provide a user with information on home loss prevention. The method and system may allow the user to select and place one or more home sensors on items and/or in locations within a simulated home environment. Once the user has finished selecting and placing the home sensors in the simulated home, the method and system may begin the home loss prevention simulation by applying different loss-related simulation scenarios to the simulated home. Based the different loss-related scenarios, the method and system may evaluate the placement of the home sensors in the simulated home to determine one or more losses (e.g., fire, water or burglary) and any associated financial costs. At the end of the simulation, the method and system may provide instructional information regarding the simulation results in order to educate the user on how to improve or optimize home loss prevention.
US09978031B2
A systems and methods are described detect fraud in existing logs of raw data. There can be several disparate logs, each including data of disparate data types and generated by different and possibly unrelated software enterprise applications. The fraud management system aggregates and organizes the raw log data, extends the raw data with reference data, archives the data in a manner that facilitates efficient access and processing of the data, allows for investigation of potentially fraudulent usage scenarios, and uses the results of the investigation to identify patterns of data that correspond to correspond to high risk usage scenarios and/or process steps. In subsequent processing, archived data can be compared against the identified patterns corresponding to high risk usage scenarios to detect matches, and the invention thereby automatically detects high risk usage scenarios and issues appropriate alerts and reports.
US09978030B2
This invention relates to a drone based predictive system for detecting and analyzing web and drone based data in order to mitigate potential losses and enhance risk mitigation activities in commercial insurance such as for business owners policies and workers compensation. The drone is able to capture from a plurality of angles and perspectives to provide data to effect a variety of insurance based actions.
US09978028B2
Methods, apparatus, and communication systems for user management are provided. A batch operation request from a client is received. The batch operation request contains a first user identification (ID), a first user group ID, and a batch operation type ID. It is then determined whether a first user indicated by the first user ID has a batch operation authorization. When the first user is determined to have the batch operation authorization and according to a batch operation type indicated by the batch operation type ID, a batch operation is processed to users in a first user group indicated by the first user group ID or processed to users that request to join the first user group.
US09978018B2
A computer-implemented method and system for optimizing user experience are disclosed. The method and system include determining a power profile of a device; determining historical behavior of at least one user and using a criterion based on the power profile of the device for checking the historical behavior of the at least one user for establishing a connection.
US09978014B2
A processing device includes a processor core and a number of calculation modules that each is configurable to perform any one of operations for a convolutional neuron network system. A first set of the calculation modules are configured to perform convolution operations, a second set of the calculation modules are reconfigured to perform averaging operations, and a third set of the calculation modules are reconfigured to perform dot product operations.
US09978012B2
A Non-transferable Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) assembly for attachment to an article comprises a RFID module; and a antenna module coupled with the RFID module, the antenna module comprising a conductive layer, a substrate, and an adhesive modification layer between the conductive layer and the substrate, the adhesive modification layer configured such that when the assembly is attached to the article and attempt to remove the assembly will cause the substrate to release and leave the conductive layer intact.
US09978006B2
An output apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires document data having an output time limit which is a time limit in which output the document data is permitted, and an output unit that outputs the document data in a mode different from an output mode of the document data before the output time limit elapses, when the output time limit has elapsed.
US09978005B2
A printer includes a receiving unit configured to receive data for drawing a character at a predetermined drawing position, and a drawing unit configured to, based on the data for drawing the character, draw the character multiple times by varying a drawing position of the character each time. The drawing performed multiple times includes at least drawing at the predetermined drawing position, drawing at a drawing position shifted from the predetermined drawing position only in a horizontal direction, and drawing at a drawing position shifted from the predetermined drawing position only in a vertical direction.
US09978004B2
It is an object of the present invention to improve visibility for observation with naked eyes or for camera shooting without spoiling the appearance during marking inside a transparent medium using a laser. By irradiating an inside of a transparent medium with a laser, the present invention forms a micro-denatured region in each of a first layer and a second layer inside the medium. The micro-denatured regions in the respective layers are arranged out of alignment with each other on a two-dimensional plane (refer to FIG. 1).
US09978000B2
An information processing device includes: a captured image acquiring section that acquires data of an image captured of a target space including a light-emitting marker emitting light in a predetermined color; a score map preparing section that determines, for each of pixels making up the captured image, a score value indicative of the certainty of how likely a target object represented by an image including the pixel is emitting light in the predetermined color on the basis of a pixel value, the score map preparing section further preparing a score map associating the score values with an array of pixels on an image plane; a target region extracting section that extracts from the score map an aggregate of pixels meeting predetermined criteria as a region constituting an image of the light-emitting marker; and a position information generating section that, on the basis of the position of the extracted region, generates and outputs position information about the light-emitting marker in a real space.
US09977988B2
An apparatus for classifying a food item of organic or irregular structure includes an image capture unit, a data input unit, and a data output unit. An evaluation unit is connected to said image capture unit, to said data input unit and to said data output unit. The image capture unit captures the food item as optical data and provides the optical data in transmittable form for transmission to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit extracts feature values of the food item from the optical data. The feature values are combined to form a feature value tuple for the food item. The feature value tuple is automatically assignable to a feature value tuple range. The feature value tuple range is formed by one or more feature value tuples. The feature value tuple range is assigned a class. The data input unit is used to perform an assignment of the class to the feature value tuple range.
US09977987B2
A method and apparatus to select from an image (30) of a first sample (28), at least one region (44) digitally captured at a first resolution based upon how a counterfeit identification performance attribute of each region (44) digitally captured at the first resolution correlate to the counterfeit identification performance attribute of the region (44) digitally captured at a second resolution higher than the first resolution. The selected region (44) is used to determine whether the image (30) on a second sample is a counterfeit.
US09977981B2
Provided are methods and apparatuses for calibrating a three-dimensional (3D) image in a tiled display including a display panel and a plurality of lens arrays. The method includes capturing a plurality of structured light images displayed on the display panel, calibrating a geometric model of the tiled display based on the plurality of structured light images, generating a ray model based on the calibrated geometric model of the tiled display, and rendering an image based on the ray model.
US09977972B2
A computer implemented method for determining a vehicle type of a vehicle detected in an image is disclosed. An image having a detected vehicle is received. A number of vehicle models having salient feature points is projected on the detected vehicle. A first set of features derived from each of the salient feature locations of the vehicle models is compared to a second set of features derived from corresponding salient feature locations of the detected vehicle to form a set of positive match scores (p-scores) and a set of negative match scores (n-scores). The detected vehicle is classified as one of the vehicle models based at least in part on the set of p-scores and the set of n-scores.
US09977967B2
The object detection device 1 detects an object being recognized (such as a pedestrian) in a frame image 42, and identifies an area 42a where a detected object which is detected in the frame image 42 is present. A frame image 43 is input after the frame image 42. The object detection device 1 detects the object being recognized in the frame image 43, and identifies an area 43a where a detected object which is detected in the frame image 43 is present. When a distance from center coordinates 42b of the area 42a to center coordinates 43b of the area 43a is smaller than a reference distance, the object detection device 1 determines that the detected object which is detected in the frame image 43 is identical to the detected object which is detected in the frame image 42.
US09977966B2
The invention is a system and method used for detection, analysis, and reporting on player metrics of a sporting event using video images. The main components of the invention are: grabbing a digital video image frame or grabbing an analog video image frame and converting the analog video image frame to a digital video image frame, extracting field of play markings from the video image frame(s) for use as image control points, creating a perspective projection registration model based upon the pairing of image control points with a set of user-defined control points representative of the field of play, extracting player image locations on each team from the video image frames, and applying the perspective projection transformation model to register participant image locations to their respective planimetric coordinate position on the user defined field of play. In the case of processing multiple video image frames, to correct errors across perspective projection transformation models developed on each image frame, a final bundle adjustment affine transformation model is applied to correct participant locations. Analysis of players use network analysis, pattern analysis, spatial interpolation, hypothesis testing, or forecast modeling can then be performed with reports in tabular, chart and graphic, or cartographic formats.
US09977957B2
A character recognition method for recognizing a character printed over a background pattern on a valuable medium includes acquiring a character image captured by capturing the character printed on the valuable medium; evaluating a degree of similarity between the character image and each template image, the template image having been obtained beforehand by capturing each character that had a possibility of having been printed on the valuable medium and of which background area is evenly filled; and determining that the character corresponding to the template image showing the highest degree of similarity at the evaluating is the character included in the character image.
US09977953B2
Systems and techniques for a sensor network for trick classification are described herein. A first data stream may be received from a first sensor array affixed to a first free-moving body of a sporting device. A second data stream may be received from a second sensor array affixed to a second free-moving body of the sporting device. A trick region of a predetermined length of the first data stream corresponding with an occurrence of a trick may be determined using data from the first data stream. The trick may be classified using a first set of data from the first data stream corresponding with the trick region and a second set of data from the second data stream. The second set of data may be obtained by aligning the trick region of the first data stream with the second data stream.
US09977946B2
A fingerprint sensor apparatus including a fingerprint sensor and a processor circuit is provided. The fingerprint sensor is configured to capture a plurality of local fingerprint images of a fingerprint. The plurality of local fingerprint images include at least one first local fingerprint image and at least one second local fingerprint image. The processor circuit is electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor. The processor circuit is configured to identify the fingerprint according to the at least one first local fingerprint image of the local fingerprint images. The local fingerprint images form a global fingerprint image of the fingerprint. In addition, a method for sensing a fingerprint is also provided.
US09977945B2
There is provided a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, said capacitive fingerprint sensing device comprising: a protective top layer to be touched by said finger; a first metal layer comprising a two-dimensional array of sensing structures arranged underneath said top layer; a second metal layer, arranged underneath said first metal layer, comprising a plurality of conductive structures a dielectric layer arranged between the first and second metal layers to electrically insulate the first metal layer from the second metal layer, the dielectric layer comprising a low-k material; and readout circuitry arranged underneath said second metal layer and coupled to each of the electrically conductive sensing structures by means of via connections to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between said finger and said sensing structure. There is also provided a method for manufacturing such a device.
US09977943B2
The present invention relates to a method a biological information recognition apparatus and a method for activating, by the biological information recognition apparatus, a recognition row and a recognition column including a plurality of piezoelectric elements in various patterns. More specifically, the present invention relates to a biological information recognition apparatus which may be used to identify a user by recognizing biological information, such as the fingerprint, blood vessels, and bones of the user and a method for driving the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a methodology in which a plurality of recognition rows and recognition columns within the biological information recognition apparatus are activated according to a specific pattern and when each of the recognition rows or recognition columns is activated, biological information, such as the fingerprint, blood vessels, and bones of a user, is scanned in various patterns by selectively activating piezoelectric elements forming each recognition row or recognition column.
US09977941B2
Disclosed is a barcode scanner. The barcode scanner can include a scanning tower and a first reflector. The scanning tower can define a scanning window. The first reflector can be located within the scanning tower proximate an illumination source. The first reflector can be configured to redirect light towards into a scanning volume.
US09977939B2
A radio frequency identification system, and method of operation thereof, provides: a sensor for sensing the absence or presence of a radio frequency identification transponder at the radio frequency identification system; a supply system connected to the sensor for supplying the radio frequency identification transponder to the radio frequency identification system in the absence of the radio frequency identification transponder at the radio frequency identification system; and a programmer connected to the sensor for writing transponder content to the radio frequency identification transponder at the radio frequency identification system in the presence of the radio frequency identification transponder at the radio frequency identification system.
US09977937B2
A portable multi-capability apparatus has a non-RFID capability and an RFID-tag reading capability. Upon determining that the apparatus is employing the non-RFID capability, the apparatus uses information regarding the non-RFID to determine a location of the apparatus. The apparatus then uses the RFID-tag reading capability in a ping mode of operation as a background task while also continuing to simultaneously use the non-RFID capability. When an RFID tag response to an RFID-tag reading ping, the apparatus correlates the RFID-tag response to the location of the apparatus is previously determined.
US09977931B2
Methods and systems of processing transponder signals received from transponders to identify the transponders are provided. A first signal including a first identifier may be received from a first transponder. The first identifier is written to the first transponder by an RFID writer after the first transponder is placed proximate to the RFID writer, and the first identifier is used to associate transponders with a first user. A second signal including the first identifier may be received from a second transponder. The first identifier is also written to the second transponder by the RFID writer when the second transponder is placed proximate to the RFID writer. The first and second transponders are associated with the first user based on receiving the first identifier from both the first and second transponders.
US09977923B2
A pin-pad and pin-pad security method are provided. The pin-pad includes: a keypad module including a plurality of buttons; a main board comprising an encryption circuit configured to encrypt a key signal input from the keypad module; a first flexible circuit board to protect an upper portion of the main board; a second flexible circuit board to surround a side surface of the main board; a double cover to block access to a circuit in the main board; and an information blocking circuit unit configured to erase information stored therein to block leakage of the information when disconnection or a short-circuit of an electric circuit is detected from at least one of the main board and the first and second flexible circuit boards. When the pin-pad is disassembled or cut, information stored in an internal memory is erased to block leakage of the information remaining in the internal memory.
US09977921B2
Systems and methods may be provided for masking data on public networks. At a publishing node, the system may monitor data input fields in a webpage, and intercept and encode content, such as text, images, and video input at the data input fields, prior to the content being posted online on a public service provider's website. A policy may be defined to control which users are permitted access to a key to decode the encoded content. The policy may defer to a third party policy node in determining key access. An account for a controlling entity, such as a guardian or employer, may be configured to control the encoding status of posts made by another. The controlling entity may control who has key access to decode posts made by the other account. The guardian account may be configured to have preemptive rights over posting decisions made by the minor.
US09977918B2
A method for verification of search results in an encrypted search process includes transmitting a search query including the encrypted keyword from a client to a server, and receiving a response to the search query and a first plurality of hash values from at least one hash tree from the server. The method further includes generating, a first message authentication code (MAC) based on the response, generating a first regenerated root node hash value using the first MAC, the first plurality of hash values, and a predetermined hash function, and generating an output message with the client indicating that the response is invalid in response to the first regenerated root node hash value not matching a predetermined first root node hash value stored in the memory of the client.
US09977912B1
Processing backup data based on file system authentication is described. A system request authentication information from an application in response to a receipt of a request from the application to process backup data. The system receives encrypted authentication information associated with an authentication system corresponding to a file system. The system requests a permission level from the authentication system based on the encrypted authentication information. The system receives the permission level from the authentication system. The system determines whether the permission level permits the request from the application to process the backup data. The system processes the backup data for the application in response to a determination that the permission level permits the request from the application to process the backup data.
US09977911B2
In an electronic device, a first application sends a request to a second application for access by the first application to a resource of the electronic device, wherein the first and second applications run on an operating system of the electronic device. In response to the first request, the second application is used to ask a user of the electronic device for permission for the first application to access the resource. A first user input is received, providing permission for the first application to access the resource. In response to the first user input, the second application is used to grant permission to the first application to access the resource.
US09977906B2
A user device may strengthen the protection level of a digital content by dividing the security and normal modes and performing an operation. In order to further strengthen the protection level of the digital content, the user device may determine whether the main operating system is hacked or not, and blocks the operation in the secure mode. Otherwise, the device authorization information indicating the device security level of the user device is authorized by the content service server, and the user device blocks the operation in the secure mode according to the result.
US09977901B2
Technologies for protecting systems and data of an organization from malware include a data integrity server configured to receive a data file for import from an external source. The data integrity server analyzes the received data file with multiple anti-malware engines to determine whether the data file includes hidden malware. The data integrity server discards the data file in response to a determination that the data file includes hidden malware. Additionally, the data integrity server verifies the type of the received data file based on the file extension associated with the received data file. The data integrity server cleans the received data file in response to verification of the file type. The cleaned data file is transmitted to a computing device to be imported. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09977900B2
Technologies pertaining to analyzing content extracted from web pages by a static crawler to determine whether respective web pages are members of a malware distribution network (MDN) are described. A set of features is learned based upon output of a dynamic crawler over known landing pages of a particular MDN, wherein the set of features are indicative of membership in the MDN. Using such set of features, additional members of the MDN (not subjected to crawling by a dynamic crawler) are identified.
US09977896B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for generating policies for a new application using a virtualized environment. Prior to allowing a new application to operate on a host system, the new application may be installed in a virtual environment. A first program execution restrictor of the virtualized environment may determine a set of policies for the new application. The set of policies may allow the new application to add specific program elements during installation and execution in the virtualized environment. The first program execution restrictor may verify an absence of malicious behavior from the new application while the new application executes in the virtualized environment. The new application may be executed on the host system responsive to the verification. The host system may have a second program execution restrictor that applies the set of policies when the new application is allowed to execute on the host system.
US09977890B2
The present relates to a method and device for controlling access from the device to a card via a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface of the device. An Access Control List (ACL) is stored at a memory of the device. The ACL comprises application signatures and corresponding card identifiers. A request is received at a processor of the device from a specific application executing on the device. The request is for accessing a particular NFC enabled card via the NFC interface of the device. The request comprises a particular card identifier of the particular card and a specific signature of the specific application. A determination is made by the processor based on the specific signature, the particular card identifier and the ACL. The determination consists in whether the specific application is granted or alternatively denied access to the particular card via the NFC interface.
