US09198330B2
A server includes a chassis including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear wall, a front wall, and a partition wall. A receiving space to receive a power module is bound by the front wall, the partition wall, and front portions of the first and second sidewalls. A number of through holes is defined in each of the rear wall, the front wall, and the front portions of the first and second sidewalls. An outlet and an inlet of the power module face the first sidewall and the second sidewall, respectively. A part of the partition wall between the inlet and the first sidewall does not define through holes. Another part of the partition wall defines a number of through holes. A number of data storage devices is located between the partition wall and the rear wall. A number of fans is located outside the rear wall.
US09198325B2
A system selectively cools a set of at least one rack-mounted server in a chassis. The system comprises: a chassis; a chassis manager; a set of at least one thermal sensor coupled to each rack-mounted server in the chassis; a cold air source; a cold air conduit coupled to the cold air source; a plurality of cold air valves coupled to the cold air conduit; and an expandable tube of flexible memory material coupled to each of the plurality of cold air valves, where the expandable tube inflates with cold air from the cold air source to expose directional holes, and thus cold air, across a specific predetermined sub-area of a particular overheating rack-mounted server in response to the chassis manager detecting that the particular overheating rack-mounted server is exceeding a predetermined temperature.
US09198322B2
A compliant drawer latch is provided. The compliant drawer latch includes a first portion affixed to an inside surface of a chassis, and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The second portion includes a latch strike plate, a latch spring cap plate, and a latch return spring arranged between the latch strike plate and the latch spring cap plate. A drawer contacts the latch strike plate when the drawer is seated in the chassis. When the drawer over-travels the latch strike plate compresses the latch return spring up to a predetermined distance, and the compressed latch return spring applies force to the latch strike plate to return the latch strike plate to a latching position when the drawer rebounds from over-travel.
US09198315B2
The invention relates to a cover (2) for a portable electronic mixer amplifier (1), said cover (2) comprising at least: a cover shell (4) having a front side (4.1) and a rear side for being mounted on a lower device part (3) of the mixer amplifier (1), closure devices (8) for locking the cover (2) to the lower device part (3), wherein the closure devices (8) can be adjusted between an open and a locked position. According to the invention, the cover (2) comprises a carrying device (6) which allows a user to carry the device, and closure recesses (10) are designed in the cover shell (4) in which the closure devices (8) are accommodated. The closure recesses, in particular actuatable closure parts (20), are preferably aligned in the locked position with the front side (4.1) of the cover shell and protrude when in the open position.
US09198306B1
A modular exhibit system includes modular components capable of easy assembly, disassembly, and reuse. The system has a J-form component, I-form component, terminal components, and structural components. The system also includes removable mounting plates for assembly. The components are capable of enclosing, supporting, and displaying electronic, mechanical, and audio-visual displays.
US09198305B2
A protective case for a portable electronic media device has been described. The case includes a rotatable member that transitions from a stowed position to an open position. In the open position the rotatable member is positioned in front of a speaker of the portable electronic media device such that it redirects sound waves emitted from the speaker towards the user.
US09198304B2
A method for manufacturing a rigid-flexible printed circuit board includes following steps. First, a flexible PCB is provided. The flexible PCB includes a base and an electrical trace layer on the base. The flexible PCB includes a first region and a second region connected to the first region. The first and second regions define a borderline. Second, a protective film and a peelable layer are sequentially formed on the electrical trace layer in the first region and part of the second region. Third, a copper coil, an adhesive tape and the flexible circuit board are laminated together. Fourth, the copper coil in the second region is etched to form an outer electrical trace layer. Last, the copper coil in the first region is removed and the peelable layer and the adhesive tape are peeled off, thereby obtaining an R-F PCB.
US09198296B1
A double sided board with buried element and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. At least one buried element is fixed on a dielectric layer and embedded in an insulation layer. First and second electrical circuits are formed on upper and lower surfaces of the insulation layer, respectively. At least one through-hole is formed in the insulation layer and filled with a conductive layer to electrically connect the first and the second electrical circuits. The dielectric layer beneath the buried element and the insulation layer above the buried element are provided with at least one opening, respectively, which is filled with the conductive layer, thereby connecting the conductive layer and external circuits or electrical elements. Additionally, the first and second electrical circuits are covered with first and second solder masks, respectively, so as to avoid environmental effect and improve preciseness of the circuits.
US09198294B2
The invention relates to an electronic device for radiofrequency or power applications, comprising a semiconductor layer supporting electronic components on a support substrate, wherein the support substrate comprises a base layer having a thermal conductivity of at least 30 W/mK and a superficial layer having a thickness of at least 5 μm, the superficial layer having an electrical resistivity of at least 3000 Ohm·cm and a thermal conductivity of at least 30 W/mK. The invention also relates to two processes for manufacturing such a device.
US09198289B2
An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, respectively. Each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace that has a conductive path extending along the board substrate between the corresponding input and output terminals. At least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the conductive paths of the at least two signal traces are stacked along the orientation axis and spaced apart through the thickness and extend parallel to each other for a crosstalk-reducing distance.
US09198282B2
Apparatuses and methods include a printed circuit board having a flexible circuit material, a rigid material over the flexible circuit material, and a first opening extending from a top surface of the rigid material to a first circuit layer of the flexible circuit material, and wherein the rigid material acts as a stiffener for the flexible circuit material.
US09198277B2
A height of a signal transmission device is decreased as low as possible as maintaining or improving a cooling performance for the communication module. Ina signal transmission device provided with a communication module provided on a substrate and a cooling mechanism for cooling the communication module, the cooling mechanism includes: a heat-transfer plate including a first region which overlaps with bottom surfaces of a plurality of the communication modules and is thermally connected to the bottom surfaces and a second region which does not overlap with the bottom surfaces of the communication modules; and a heat-release fin provided in the second region of the heat-transfer plate.
US09198264B2
A policy-based OLN (outdoor lighting network) light management system including a central control apparatus (40); lighting unit control apparatus (50); a communication system (60) operably connecting the central control apparatus (40) and the lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a repository (70) in communication with the central control apparatus (40), the repository (70) being operable to store an OLN policy. The central control apparatus (40) is operable to: receive a policy; check the policy for consistency against the OLN policy; determine attributes and configuration commands for each of the lighting unit control apparatus (50) in accordance with the policy when the policy is consistent with the OLN policy; and communicate the attributes and the configuration commands for each of the lighting unit control apparatus (50) to a corresponding one of the lighting unit control apparatus (50).
US09198263B2
The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station sending to the primary station a buffer status report representative of the amount of data in a buffer of the secondary station, (b) in absence of acknowledgement from the primary station, the secondary station retransmitting the buffer status report and, (c) if a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached, the secondary station sending a further buffer status report to the primary station.
US09198253B2
A semiconductor lighting apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices for outputting light having respective colors, a projector for synthesizing output light of the semiconductor light emitting devices and outputting synthesized light, and a calculating portion. The calculating portion controls a driving current to be supplied to the semiconductor light emitting devices in such a manner that a light quantity detected by optical sensors approximates to a predetermined target light quantity, and calculates a target temperature of the semiconductor light emitting devices to control temperature regulating portions in such a manner that a temperature detected by temperature sensors approximates to the target temperature.
US09198242B2
An apparatus for driving LEDs using high voltage includes a plurality of LEDs divided into a plurality of LED segments connected in series with a switching voltage detector and a current limiting device. Each of the plurality of LED segments is connected in parallel with a switching device. A high input voltage supplies power to the apparatus. The switching voltage detector generates a first mode change signal when the input voltage increases and a second mode change signal when the input voltage decreases. A switch controller receives the two mode change signals and generates a plurality of switching control signals to respectively control the switching devices of the plurality of LED segments.
US09198240B2
A constant current control circuit includes a current source output module and at least two output circuits. Each of the output circuits includes an automatic constant current regulating module, a power transistor drive and control module electrically coupled to automatic constant current regulating module, and a load module formed of one or more LED devices and electrically coupled to a power transistor drive and control module. The constant current control circuit in operation tracks changes in current of each output circuit and regulates the currents of all the output circuits accordingly.
US09198235B2
A connection piece for connecting graphite electrodes contains at least one region made of graphite and at least one region made of carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon. The graphite contains less than 10 mass-% of fibers and the carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon contains more than 20 mass-% of carbon fibers. The connection piece preferably contains a graphite body in the shape of a cylinder or a bi-cone. There is a plurality of groove-shaped recesses in the graphite body which are filled with the material made of carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon having a percent by weight of carbon fibers of more than 20 mass-%.
US09198234B2
A hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may include pipeline segments connected together in end-to-end relation between first and second spaced apart geographic locations and configured to carry hydrocarbon fluid therethrough. The hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may also include a radio frequency (RF) heating station that may include an RF source and an RF heater between adjacent pipeline segments of the plurality thereof. The RF heater may include an inner tubular dielectric coupler between the adjacent pipeline segments, and an electrically conductive outer housing surrounding the inner tubular dielectric coupler and connected to the RF source to heat the hydrocarbon fluid.
US09198225B2
A method and related apparatuses, the method comprising: setting up a network of a plurality of mobile devices (208); obtaining sensory data from at least one mobile device of the network (210); analyzing the obtained sensory data in order to detect at least one predetermined event (212); and in response to detecting at least one predetermined event (214), providing an indication about the detected event to at least one mobile terminal of the network.
US09198213B2
Wi-Fi direct connection method using access point and device having Wi-Fi direct connection function
A Wi-Fi Direct connection method for a plurality of devices and a device having a Wi-Fi Direct connection function are disclosed. The Wi-Fi Direct connection method including connecting the plurality of devices through an access point (AP) for communication, making a request through a first device to a second device from among the plurality of devices through the AP to perform a Wi-Fi Direct connection, changing the state of the second device into a standby mode for the Wi-Fi Direct connection in a response to the request for the Wi-Fi Direct connection, performing provisioning discovery by the first device after making the request for the Wi-Fi Direct connection and exchanging a provisioning method with the second device; and accepting the Wi-Fi Direct connection in response to the second device receiving the provisioning discovery request from the first device which has requested the Wi-Fi Direct connection.
US09198204B2
An apparatus is provided for commissioning a target device onto a wireless local area network (WLAN). The apparatus includes a smart wireless device. The smart wireless device has commissioning logic and a transducer. The commissioning logic is configured to format and direct transmission of one or more WLAN configuration packets that convey WLAN configuration data. The transducer is coupled to the commissioning logic, and is configured to transmit the one or more WLAN configuration packets over the transmission path to the target device, wherein the transducer is an existing component of the smart wireless device.
US09198200B2
A mobile station comprises a wireless transceiver coupled to a processor. The mobile station is configured to receive at the transceiver a control channel transmission on a first frequency from a first cell wherein the control channel transmission is addressed to a unique identifier of the mobile station. The processor is configured to determine that the control channel transmission indicates resources for a data channel. The mobile station is configured to receive at the transceiver a data channel transmission in resources indicated in the control channel transmission, the data channel transmission comprising a first message indicating a first resource for an uplink transmission, wherein the mobile station is configured to transmit, to a second cell on an uplink frequency, a second message using the first resource.
US09198196B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes: a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with first and second counterpart communication apparatuses through a wireless channel during a period in which the wireless channel is allowed to be exclusively used, wherein the communication module multiplexes first and second data frames and transmits the first and second data frames to the first and second counterpart communication apparatuses, wherein the communication module completes receiving first and second receipt confirmation frames being respectively sent from the first and second counterpart communication apparatuses at first and second receipt completion timings, the second receipt completion timing being in synchronization with the first receipt completion timing, and wherein the communication module transmits a next first data frame and a next second data frame after elapse of a given time from the first receipt completion timing and the second receipt completion timing.
US09198193B1
Systems and methods include storing execution parameters for handling application messages for two or more client applications and storing callback paths for notifying the two or more client applications of transmission of the application messages. The method includes receiving an indication of a client application message available for transmission, receiving one or more network control messages that include an indication of an activity state of a network. The method includes determining whether to delay the client application message. Responsive to the determining, based at least in part on the indication from the one or more network control messages that a network connection is active, the method includes allowing transmission of the client application message, and sending an indication of acknowledgement by one or more of the callback paths.
US09198188B2
A network access node identifies a component carrier within an unlicensed radio spectrum, determines whether or not to configure the component carrier for use as a secondary component carrier, and based on the determining configures the component carrier for use as a secondary component carrier companion to a primary component carrier within a licensed radio spectrum, In various non-limiting embodiments the network node senses the component carrier within the unlicensed radio spectrum, and as more data is needed to make the determination employs a mobile device to also sense and further to measure the component carrier within the unlicensed radio spectrum. Specific procedures are detailed for both the network node and the mobile device.
US09198181B2
A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises designating, by a network element, a first set of time-frequency resources for transmitting a first set of downlink control channels for a plurality of UEs, wherein the first set of time-frequency resources is known to the plurality of UEs, and wherein the first set of time-frequency resources varies from a first time interval to a second time interval. The method further comprises mapping, by the network element, a first downlink control channel to the first set of time-frequency resources. The method further comprises transmitting, by the network element, the first downlink control channel together with a downlink data channel in a frequency-division multiplexing manner.
US09198177B2
Provided is a network management device capable of suppressing interference of a preamble between cells while securing a predetermined resource. An FGW (500) as the device is a network management device for managing a plurality of base station devices each of which perform communication with communication terminal devices by the SC-FDMA method, wherein the FGW (500) is provided with a parameter determination unit (530) for determining parameters related to an uplink preamble with respect to at least one among the plurality of base station devices, and a parameter notification unit (540) for sending notifications of the determined parameters to the base station devices for which the parameters have been determined; wherein the parameter determination unit (530) determines the parameters so that transmitted sequences of the preamble do not overlap between at least two of the plurality of base station devices.
US09198173B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving control information in a wireless communication system. In a repeater according to the present invention, a receiving antenna can receive control information for a hybrid automatic repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ ACK) feedback on the data transmission of a base station from the base station through higher layer signaling. On the basis of the control information, a processor can determine a resource in an upper link control channel to be used for the transmission of the HARQ feedback. A transmitting antenna can transmit the HARQ feedback to the base station through the resource that has been determined.
US09198169B2
The present invention relates to a method for a relay node (RN) to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) to a base station in a wireless communication system. The method for SRS transmission includes: receiving the backhaul downlink subframe setting information from the base station; allocating backhaul uplink subframes on the basis of the received backhaul downlink subframe setting information; receiving uplink subframe setting information; receiving uplink subframe setting information for SRS transmission from the base station; receiving an indicator for triggering the SRS transmission from the base station; and, if a first uplink subframe from among the uplink subframes for the SRS transmission is the backhaul uplink subframe, transmitting the SRS from the first uplink subframe to the base station; or, if the first uplink subframe is not the backhaul uplink subframe is not the backhaul uplink subframe, not transmitting the SRS to the base station; or transmitting the SRS from a second uplink subframe, which is backhaul uplink subframe from among the uplink subframes for the SRS transmission and is subsequently the closest to the first uplink subframe, to the base station.
US09198158B2
A method and apparatus for efficient paging of user equipment (UE) in an LTE network is disclosed. In addition to storing the Last Seen eNodeB (LSeNB) for each UE attached to a mobility management entity (MME), the MME also maintains an LSeNB List of the eNodeBs seen immediately before the LSeNB for each UE. When a notification for a UE arrives at the MME, then MME can select from several paging methods, including paging only the LSeNB to locate the UE and sending a paging request LSeNB as well as to the list of eNodeBs seem immediately before the LSeNB. The MME can send a paging request to more than a single eNodeB but less than a full Tracking Area. Efficient paging is especially needed for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) calls where a call will go to voice mail if a page isn't answered quickly.
US09198140B2
To provide a radio base station and a control method thereof wherein a simple way is used to relax the load concentration of a power control and also relax the control delay. A radio base station and a control method thereof wherein a frame generating part inserts a dummy TPC command, and a power setting part sets a TPC command, whereby a process of deciding the TPC command to be inserted can be delayed by the time required for the processes done in the frame generating part, a modulating part and a spreading part and wherein the process of deciding the TPC command and a process of deciding a power value are separated from and done at different timings from a process of controlling a TPC command insertion status and a process of controlling a power setting status, with the result that even when the processes are concentrated, a load dispersion can be done.
US09198138B2
A device and a method for controlling a transmission power in a mobile terminal are provided. The device includes an antenna set in an optimized state, a memory including a power control table that includes transmission power control data for satisfying a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) standard in a state where efficiency of the antenna is optimized, a sensor for detecting a distance between the mobile terminal and a user, a controller for receiving distance data from the sensor and for outputting transmission power control data corresponding to the distance data by referring to the power control table, and a power amplifier connected between a transmitter and the antenna for controlling transmission power of a signal according to the transmission power control data and for outputting the signal to the antenna.
US09198137B2
There is stored in a memory an association between each nth one of N content types with a respective nth group of N groups of identifiers (N is an integer greater than one, n indexes from 1 to N, and at least one of the groups has more than one identifier). A beacon sender selects one of the content types for a beacon to be transmitted and selects a beacon identifier from the group associated with the selected content type. The beacon to be transmitted is compiled to include content of the selected content type and the selected beacon identifier. The beacon receiver selects at least one of the content types; and for a plurality of beacons received, filters out from further processing each beacon having a beacon identifier that is not within the group of identifiers associated with any of the at least one selected content types. The network creates the association and broadcasts it in a network cell.
US09198136B2
The disclosure provides a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) power control method. A user equipment (UE) determines a power control parameter nHARQ for a PUCCH format 3 transmission and performs power control on the PUCCH format 3 based on the nHARQ. The disclosure also provides a PUCCH power control apparatus. According to the disclosure, for a TDD system, the power control parameter nHARQ for the PUCCH format 3 transmission may be determined, which efficiently solves the problem regarding power control when feedback is performed in PUCCH format 3.
US09198133B2
A method, system, and device provide power-efficient communications within the context of available power. Transmission and receipt data rates are scalable in accordance with output power available from a power source. Data is transmitted at a data rate determined, at least in part, by the available output power.
US09198130B2
A method for activating a node in a Wireless Sensor Network includes detecting and amplifying pulse signals from a base station; determining whether pulses in the amplified pulse signal are valid; and counting valid pulses in three time periods. A target identifier is calculated using a predetermined formula and numbers of the valid pulses counted. Whether the target identifier matches an identifier of the communication system is determined. The communication system when the target identifier matches the identifier of the communication system is activated. The node is also provided.
US09198129B2
A method, a user equipment and a base station are provided. The method is for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in a communication system in which two carriers are configured, which includes: a user equipment encodes a codeword of the two carriers. The codeword represents encoded HARQ-ACK information of a first carrier and a second carrier according to a specific encoding scheme of dual-carrier configured with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (DC-MIMO). The user equipment then transmits the encoded codeword of the two carriers to a base station. Therefore, bit error ratio (BER) and detection error cost are decreased, power overhead is saved, and a cubic metric (CM) value of the system is not affected, thereby enhancing the performance of the system.
US09198125B2
A method of performing a power save multi-poll (PSMP) procedure of a very high throughput (VHT) wireless local access network (WLAN) system using a bonding channel consisting of a plurality of subchannels is provided. Wherein the PSMP procedure comprises a PSMP frame transmission phase, a downlink phase, and an uplink phase, and wherein the PSMP frame comprises transmission time information indicating a time allocated to each station (STA) in each of the downlink phase and the uplink phase and transmission channel information corresponding to the transmission time information.
US09198114B2
A system according to some embodiments of the invention includes (1) a component (e.g. ANDSF) that provides a cell selection rule to a UE and (2) a component (e.g. an access node) that provides the UE with information about the load in the cell currently utilized by the UE. This enables the UE to determine whether to leave the cell, which may be a 3GPP cell, and use a different cell, which may be a non-3GPP cell, by applying the cell selection rule in conjunction with its knowledge about the load of the cell.
US09198102B2
A mobile communication method includes: a step of transmitting, by a radio base station eNB#3, “Forwarding Request” on downlink user data addressed to a mobile station UE to a radio base station eNB#1; a step of switching, in response to the “Forwarding Request”, by the radio base station eNB#1, a forwarding destination of the downlink user data addressed to the mobile station UE from the radio base station eNB#2 to the radio base station eNB#3; and a step of transmitting, by the radio base station eNB#3, the downlink user data addressed to the mobile station UE to the mobile station UE.
US09198091B2
When an incoming communication is directed to a telephony device that is capable of conducting an IP based communication via an IP telephony system and a cellular-based communication via a mobile telephony service provider, the communication is initially setup as a cellular-based communication via the mobile telephony service provider. At the same time, an IP-based communication channel is setup between the telephony device and an IP telephony system. Once the IB-based communication channel is available, the communication is transitioned from the cellular-based communication channel to the IP based communication channel.
US09198088B2
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for searching for service when a multi-mode UE goes out of service (OOS). For example, the disclosure presents a method for receiving a request to scan frequencies of a RPLMN of a first RAT and scanning the frequencies of the first RAT based on an acquisition database (ACQ DB). In addition, such an example method, may include sending an available PLMN list to the NAS layer, switching to a second RAT based on a request from the NAS layer, scanning frequencies of the second RAT based on the ACQ DB, and camping on a frequency of the second RAT found during the scanning of the frequencies of the second RAT based on the ACQ DB. As such, a method and an apparatus for searching for service when a multi-mode UE goes OOS may be achieved.
US09198066B2
A wireless communication device transmitting a reference signal with which a wireless communication terminal measures reception power from a communication cell, in a resource of a data region, includes a control section that determines the resource of the data region in which a reference signal specific to the wireless communication terminal is placed, and a wireless transmission section that transmits the reference signal in the resource determined by the control section. Provided is a wireless communication device transmitting a reference signal by which a wireless communication terminal measures reception power from a communication cell.
US09198065B2
A method for utilizing adaptive symbol processing in a multi-UE simulator is disclosed and includes receiving a downlink signal including a plurality of downlink signal portions, wherein each of the downlink signal portions is received via one of a plurality of carriers and forwarding the downlink signal portions to a first downlink signal chain processing module belonging to a plurality of downlink signal chain processing modules, wherein symbol processing task modules associated with the plurality of downlink signal chain processing modules are grouped in logical task pools of similar symbol processing task modules. The method includes processing the downlink signal portions using the symbol processing task modules associated with the first downlink signal chain processing module. The method also includes selecting a similar symbol processing task module from the logical task pool associated with the first symbol processing task module to assist with the processing of the downlink signal portions.
US09198054B2
An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) in a physical wireless network alerts to a problematic crowd risk using location based services (LBS). An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) comprises a Network Monitor, a Crowd Risk Determinant and an Alert Module. The Network Monitor monitors wireless traffic for a potential viral event, associated with a formation of a plurality of wireless devices. The Crowd Risk Determinant requests location information associated with a plurality of wireless devices in a given area regarding a respective viral event. The Crowd Risk Determinant determines if the viral event also indicates a crowd safety risk, based on the shape and movement of observed wireless devices. The Alert Module triggers an alert of an impending crowd problem when crowd risk is above a given threshold. Historical databases are empirically determined and maintained in the Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) for use in viral event and crowd risk assessment.
US09198043B2
A control system includes an information processing apparatus and a terminal device which perform wireless communication with each other, wherein the terminal device is moved with a user, and includes: a switching request signal transmission section that transmits a switching request signal, the information processing apparatus includes: a received signal strength measuring section that measures a received signal strength of a transmitted signal; and a control section that sets the received signal strength measured when receiving the switching request signal to a switching threshold value, and switches the information processing apparatus from the second status to the first status when the received signal strength becomes less than the switching threshold value, and switches it from the first status to the second status when the received signal strength becomes larger than the switching threshold value.
US09198038B2
Apparatus and methods of communication include receiving, at a device, a device-specific identifier and a credential associated with an issuing identity provider, wherein an identity of the device is capable of authentication by the identity provider based on the device-specific identifier and the credential. Further, the aspects include storing the device-specific identifier and the credential in a secure environment on the device. Additionally, the device-specific identifier is capable of being associated with different subscriber service accounts each with a different one of a plurality of service providers. The described aspects also include apparatus and methods of an identity provider and a provisioning provider for managing identities in a multiple network environment, and apparatus and methods of a service provider for providing the device with access to a service.
US09198037B2
An identification processing apparatus is provided for performing an identification procedure according to a smart card, including a storage unit for storing a first password; and an authentication unit for determining whether to perform the identification procedure according to a second password and the first password.
US09198034B2
A method and system for validating presence of a communication device in a confined area using a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes sending a first handshake message including a generated first key over a second network connection different from the WLAN connection by a device. A next step includes generating a second key to be returned to the device in a second handshake message over the same connection. A next step includes sending a WLAN probe request that has been modified to include the second key via the WLAN. A next step includes validating whether the device is present within the confined area using a second communication network; whereafter allowing communication access over the second network using both the first and second keys if the device is validated as being present within the confined area, and taking appropriate action if the device is not validated as being present within the confined area.
US09198031B2
A method, system and a computer program product for managing distribution of software updates in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile devices includes retrieving information of one or more softwares in one or more NFC mobile devices by a NFC reader in communication range with the one or more NFC mobile devices, transmitting the retrieved information from the NFC reader to a distribution server which determines if the one or more softwares requires an update based on the retrieved information, in response to said determination, receiving an available updated software or update components of the one or more softwares from the distribution server to the NFC reader and transmitting thereof from the NFC reader to a secure element of the one or more NFC mobile devices whose one or more softwares require an updation.
US09198029B2
The disclosure discloses a service processing device for a ubiquitous User Equipment (UE). The device is a UE middleware embedded in the ubiquitous UE, and includes: a data transferring module, configured to perform data interaction with a ubiquitous node (U-node) via a protocol layer for U-node network connectivity and a protocol layer for wide-area connectivity; an interaction-frame module, configured to provide a capability to select from and convert between different communication-interaction models for data interaction between a functioning module and the U-node via the data transfer module; and the functioning module, configured to determine a UE capability required by a service, determine required U-nodes in a peripheral network environment, aggregate the required U-nodes into a virtual UE, integrate service data, and present the integrated data to a user. The disclosure further discloses a service processing method for a ubiquitous UE. With the solution of the disclosure, a ubiquitous UE in a ubiquitous network is allowed to acquire context information in time, thereby achieving optimized resource utilization and adaptation to a dynamically changing environment.
US09198018B2
An example communication system includes a plurality of communication apparatuses including a search communication apparatus which searches for another communication apparatus. The search communication apparatus includes a search request transmission section configured to transmit a search request signal by using a first channel. The search request signal includes information about a second channel different from the first channel.
US09198014B2
A process for transmitting at least one alarm signal from an alarmed apparatus to a PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point, 127), through a system composed of a plurality of cooperating apparatuses (101, 104, 108, 106, 116, 119, 111, 124, 122) includes at least one such alarmed apparatus (101) and at least one responding apparatus, the apparatuses being equipped at least with memory, a processor and a first radio system for direct reception/transmission, from apparatus to apparatus, of signals and data, and the plurality of cooperating apparatus including at least one apparatus (124, 122) equipped with components adapted to transmit the alarm signal to the PSAP (127). An apparatus is also described which is adapted to implement the above process.
US09198008B2
A method of operating a cellular telephone comprises presenting a user with an option of a first rule or a second rule, and accepting a selection of the first rule or the second rule. The first rule relates to a voice message, and the second rule relates to a text message. The method determines that reception is not sufficient to establish communication, and stores an address of an intended recipient. The method also stores the voice message if the first rule was selected or the text message if the second rule was selected. When reception is sufficient to establish communication, the stored message is sent to the address.
US09198005B2
A digital broadcast receiving system includes a known data detector, a carrier recovery unit, and a timing recovery unit. The known data detector may detect known data information inserted and transmitted from a digital broadcast transmitting system and using the known data information to estimate initial frequency offset. The carrier recovery unit may obtain initial synchronization by using the initial frequency offset, and may detect frequency offset from the received data by using the known sequence position indicator so as to perform carrier recovery. The timing recovery unit may detect timing error information from the received signal by using the known sequence position indicator so as to perform timing recovery.
US09198003B2
Surveying techniques for generating location fingerprint data are described. A mobile device can survey a venue by measuring, at multiple locations at the venue, signals from one or more signal sources. At each location, the mobile device can take multiple measurements of signals. The mobile device can take each measurement at a distinct orientation. The measurements can be used to determine expected measurements of the signals at the venue. Differences between the multiple measurements of signals can be used to determine a variance of the expected measurements. The expected measurements and variance can be designated as location fingerprint data for the venue. The location fingerprint data can be used by mobile devices for determining a location at the venue.
US09197998B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes storing a database of positioning data. Each positioning data can associate position information of a location with an identifier of a wireless station for providing wireless connection at the location and a characteristic of a wireless signal received at the location. Further, the method includes receiving a position request from a wireless device that receives an identifier and a specific characteristic of a wireless signal from a specific wireless station, identifying the specific wireless station using the identifier to retrieve a group of positioning data from a database, selecting a subset in the group of positioning data using the specific characteristic, and determining position information of the wireless device using the selected subset of positioning data.
US09197986B1
A electromagnetic induction wireless communication system including: a magnetic antenna; an electric antenna; a tuning capacitor coupled to the magnetic antenna configured to tune the magnetic antenna; a controller configured to control the operation of the communication system; a signal source coupled to the controller configured to produce a communication signal used to drive the magnetic antenna and the electric antenna; a voltage control unit coupled to the signal source configured to produce one of an amplitude difference, phase difference, and an amplitude and a phase difference between the communication signal used to drive the magnetic antenna and electric antenna.
US09197985B2
A mobile terminal including a display configured to display information; a short range communication module configured to exchange a signal with an external control device; and a controller configured to receive the signal from the external control device, determine a context at a timing point of receiving the signal, and control an operation corresponding to the signal to be performed in the determined context. Further, the operation includes at least one of activation/deactivation of the display, an activation/deactivation of a lock mode of the mobile terminal, a volume operation and a camera operation.
US09197984B2
Methods and apparatus relating to a radio frequency identification device (RFID) with wide-area connectivity are provided. In an example, a real-time location (RTL) monitoring device is provided. The RTL monitoring device includes a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and an RFID interrogator configured to interrogate the first RFID tag and a second RFID tag. A long-range wireless transceiver is coupled to the RFID interrogator, and configured to communicate RFID data. The first RFID tag, the RFID interrogator, and the long-range wireless transceiver can be collocated in an enclosure separate from the second RFID tag. The RTL monitoring device is configured to aggregate a plurality of responses from the first and second RFID tags, and to communicate the aggregated RFID data with a second device, such as a satellite, a base station, and/or an eNodeB device.
US09197969B2
An optical microphone includes: an acousto-optic medium section having a pair of principal surfaces and at least one lateral surface provided therebetween; a restraint section which is in contact with the at least one lateral surface for preventing a shape change of the acousto-optic medium section; and a light emitting section for emitting a light wave so as to propagate through the acousto-optic medium section between the pair of principal surfaces. The pair of principal surfaces are in contact with an environmental fluid through which an acoustic wave to be detected is propagating and are capable of freely vibrating, and an optical path length variation of a light wave propagating through the acousto-optic medium section, which is caused by the acoustic wave that comes into the acousto-optic medium section from at least one of the pair of principal surfaces and propagates through the acousto-optic medium section, is detected.
US09197968B2
A loudspeaker system, and a method and device for actuating a loudspeaker, using a loudspeaker element connected to a memory metal part and provided in a portable electronic device; and a power source unit configured to supply power to the memory metal part, wherein, when power is supplied to the memory metal part, the memory metal part is configured to exert a force on the loudspeaker element to actuate it.
US09197964B2
An amplifier unit suitable for a wide variety of uses, which can flexibly support diverse sound recording scenarios, and a mobile electronic device provided with the amplifier unit. An amplifier unit has microphone/line input terminals respectively provided on the topside surface and the left side surface. When a connector is connected to a mobile electronic device, stereophonic sound is recorded using one of the terminals when the mobile electronic device is held in portrait orientation, and using the other terminal when the mobile electronic device is held in landscape orientation. It is possible to switch each of audio signals coming through the two terminals between monophonic and stereophonic.
US09197962B2
A microphone array-based audio system that supports representations of auditory scenes using second-order (or higher) harmonic expansions based on the audio signals generated by the microphone array. In one embodiment, a plurality of audio sensors are mounted on the surface of an acoustically rigid polyhedron that approximates a sphere. The number and location of the audio sensors on the polyhedron are designed to enable the audio signals generated by those sensors to be decomposed into a set of eigenbeams having at least one eigenbeam of order two (or higher). Beamforming (e.g., steering, weighting, and summing) can then be applied to the resulting eigenbeam outputs to generate one or more channels of audio signals that can be utilized to accurately render an auditory scene.
US09197956B2
Certain embodiments provide a conformable eartip. The conformable eartip includes a round flange and a core. The round flange includes a sealing surface for mating with walls of an ear canal. The round flange extends from an insertion end to an opposite end of the conformable eartip. The sealing surface is tapered from the opposite end toward the insertion end of the conformable eartip. The core is joined to the round flange at the insertion end of the conformable eartip. The core extends from the insertion end to a base of the core toward the opposite end of the conformable eartip. The core includes a channel extending through the core from the insertion end of the conformable eartip to the base of the cor. In various embodiments, the conformable eartip provides an elongation ratio of at least 1.4 and/or a compression ratio of at least 2.0.
US09197925B2
A method of populating a series of tiles of an interactive user interface with information is disclosed. The interactive user interface is in a form of a visual display of a representation of an object having a surface contour, and the method includes the step of populating the tiles such that information of greater priority is initially populated in tiles that are most prominently displayed on the object and information of lesser priority is initially populated in tiles that are less prominently displayed on the object. Apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for performing the method are also disclosed.
US09197924B2
A processing resource detects that a subscriber entity subscribes to at least a first content service provider and a second content service provider. The processing resource receives a first message indicating content available to the subscriber entity for selective retrieval from the first content service provider. The processing resource receives a second message indicating content available to the subscriber entity for selective retrieval from the second content service provider. Based on at least the first message and the second message, the processing resource produces a content guide to include at least first content available to the subscriber entity for retrieval from the first service provider and second content available to the subscriber entity for retrieval from the second service provider. Via display of the content guide, a respective subscriber is able to view content available from multiple service providers.
US09197923B2
A device is provided for use with a content provider that is operable to provide content, which includes a plurality of content components. The device includes a communication portion, a memory portion, a parsing portion, a counting portion and a processing portion. The communication portion can receive the content from the content provider. The parsing portion can parse the content into the plurality of content components and can store the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can provide a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively. The processing portion can retrieve and process one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can further increment the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion.
US09197912B2
An apparatus and method for processing multimedia data, such as, for example, video data, audio data, or both video and audio data for encoding utilizing a determined content classification is claimed. Processing the multimedia data includes determining complexity of multimedia data, classifying the multimedia data based on the determined complexity, and, determining a bit rate for encoding the multimedia data based on its classification. The complexity can include a spatial complexity component and a temporal complexity component of the multimedia data. The multimedia data is classified using content classifications, which are based on a visual quality value for viewing multimedia data, using the spatial complexity, the temporal complexity, or both the spatial complexity and temporal complexity.
US09197906B1
An aircraft cabin management system including a) a communication interface system; b) a seat interface system; c) at least one Cabin Distribution Unit (CDU); and, d) a communication network. The communication interface system includes an integrated Cabin Server Unit (CSU) providing the combined functionality of aircraft communications, networking, and computational resources; and, an Information Maintenance Portal (IMP) providing maintenance access for the users of the aircraft cabin management system and the users of avionics equipment. The seat interface system includes a number of Modular Seat Interface Units (MSIUs), each MSIU providing device input/output connections for a defined portion of the interior of the aircraft cabin. The communication network operatively interconnects the communication interface system; the seat interface system; and the at least one CDU, as well as other equipment installed in the aircraft. The aircraft cabin management system provides an integrated communications and service backbone.
US09197901B2
A signal separation unit (101) separates an input picture made up of component pictures of RGB, each of which has an equal number of pixels as the input picture, into three component pictures, and outputs the three component pictures. Each of coding units (102 to 104) codes one of the component pictures into an intra-picture prediction coded picture or an inter-picture prediction coded picture, and outputs a bit stream corresponding to the component picture. A bit stream multiplexing unit (105) multiplexes three bit streams outputted from the three coding units into one bit stream, and outputs the bit stream. Each of the coding units (102), (103) and (104) determines a prediction method for the component picture at the time of coding.
US09197899B2
A video stream of live medical images is generated at a local site having a medical image scanner. A live video stream is transmitted to at least one remote site via a network, which may include wired or wireless Internet connections. Network conditions are monitored during a network session and predictions are made on a predicted bit rate for transmission. The compression parameters for the live video stream are selected based on the predicted bit rate.
US09197896B2
Provided is a moving picture coding apparatus for increasing a compression ratio of a moving picture signal while maintaining high image quality. To minimize the number of bits required for a residual block, quantized transform coefficients are adaptively divided into a plurality of subsets according to a size of a transform block, and non-zero quantized transform coefficients of each subset are scanned and encoded. Also, an intra prediction mode of the current block is determined using reference pixels obtained by filtering reference pixels of the current block. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the amount of data required for the residual block of the current block.
US09197894B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes a counter unit which counts the number of pictures following an intra coded picture; and a motion estimation unit which compares respectively only reference pictures which are the intra coded picture or the following pictures, selected from among a reference picture Ref1, a reference picture Ref2 and a reference picture Ref3 stored in memories, with a picture signal, and determines the reference picture whose inter picture differential value is smallest.
US09197893B2
The present invention relates to intra prediction which may be performed during encoding and/or decoding of an image signal. In particular, the present invention relates to intra prediction of a current block, during which filtering is applied to the prediction signal and/or to signal used for the prediction. The filtering is applied in accordance with a decision based on characteristics of image signal included in block(s) spatially adjacent to the current block.
US09197884B2
A system, apparatus, and method for displaying a 3D image and a location tracking device are provided. A location tracking unit receives an image frame acquired by capturing an image of a user, detects a location of the user using the received image frame, calculates a movement velocity of the user using the detected location of the user and at least one of previously detected locations of the user, predicts a location of the user at time point which a predetermined time elapses using the detected location of the user and the calculated movement velocity, and calculates a 3D image change amount based on the predicted location of the user. An image processing unit performs a control operation to display a 3D image based on the calculated 3D image change amount.
US09197878B2
Methods for interfacing with an interactive application using a controller with an integrated camera
A method for determining a position of a controller in a three-dimensional space is disclosed. One method includes an operation to calibrate a computer program to identify a group of recognized fixed points from a plurality of fixed points within the three-dimensional space using a depth camera integrated with the controller. Another operation activates use of the controller and depth camera during interface with the application. During use of the controller, image and depth data within the three-dimensional space is captured with the depth camera of the controller. The captured data can then be used to enable input to a computer system.
US09197875B2
An image processing device and image processing method that are capable of generating a stereoscopic image with limited system resources. Mask information defines a display region so that substantially the same number of pixels in first image data and second image data are displayed while the pixels are dispersed substantially uniformly. A mixer unit references the mask information and mixes the first image data with the second image data to generate output image data, which is a stereoscopic image.
US09197871B2
There is provided a signal processing device including a correction processing unit that acquires a pixel signal output from a sensor on which pixels are disposed in an array in which a spatial frequency of a color pixel which is a pixel acquiring a color component is lower than a spatial frequency of luminance pixels which are pixels acquiring luminance components, and then corrects the pixel signal output from a defective pixel out of the pixels that the sensor includes. During correction of a pixel signal of the color pixel, the correction processing unit performs correction referring to pixel signals of the luminance pixels having a spatial frequency higher than the spatial frequency of the color pixel.
US09197868B2
Transaction units of video data and transaction data captured from different checkout lanes are prioritized as a function of lane priority values of respective ones of the different checkout lanes from which the transaction units are acquired. Each of the checkout lanes has a different lane priority value. The individual transaction units are processed in the prioritized processing order to automatically detect irregular activities indicated by the transaction unit video and the transaction data of the processed individual transaction units.
US09197867B1
A doorbell system can be used to identify a visitor. Embodiments can include detecting the visitor, taking a picture of the visitor, searching an online social network that has a plurality of pictures, and determining the identity of the visitor. The doorbell system can use the identity to know how to respond to the visitor.
US09197865B2
A device having built-in digital data means is powered by an unlimited power source for a lamp-holder, LED bulb, or light device connected to unlimited power source by prongs or a base that can be inserted into a socket that would otherwise receiving a bulb. The device may take the form of a webcam having auto tracking functions and retractable prongs that plug directly into a wall outlet.
US09197857B2
A method and system for conditioning a media stream for splicing are disclosed. In an embodiment, content-specific splice points, which correspond to a possible playout splice point within an original media stream, are identified for both audio and video components of the original media stream. Once the audio bitstream and video bitstream splice points are identified, the audio bitstream in the vicinity of the audio bitstream splice point is packetized into IP packets containing only audio with one of the audio-containing IP packets having an IP packet boundary that corresponds to the audio bitstream splice point and the video bitstream in the vicinity of the video bitstream splice point is packetized into IP packets containing only video with one of the video-containing IP packets having an IP packet boundary that corresponds to the video bitstream splice point. The conditioned original media stream is then transmitted downstream to a splicer.
US09197854B2
A videoconferencing system which encodes different streams of information. The information may include video, audio, speech recognized versions of the audio, and language translated versions of the audio. Text may be sent as part of the videoconference.
US09197849B2
Aspects of an asynchronous video interview system and related techniques include a server that receives a plurality of pre-recorded video prompts, generates an interview script, transmits a video prompt from the interview script to be displayed at a client computing device, and receives a streamed video response from the client computing device. The server can perform algorithmic analysis on content of the video response. In another aspect, a server obtains response preference data indicating a timing parameter for a response. In another aspect, a video prompt and an information supplement (e.g., a news item) that relates to the content of the video prompt are transmitted. In another aspect, a server automatically selects a video prompt (e.g., a follow-up question) to be displayed at the client computing device (e.g., based on a response or information about an interviewee).
US09197848B2
Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with transitioning a video conference session from one device accessible by a user to another device accessible by the user are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include detecting at least one condition for transitioning a video conference session from a first device accessible by the user associated with the video conference session to a second device accessible by the user that is not associated with the video conference session, and in response to the detection, transitioning the video conference session to the second device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09197840B2
Disclosed is a head mount display including: a display section displaying video pictures for the left and right eyes; an audio output section outputting sound accompanying the video pictures; a user operation section operated by the user to adjust the volume of the sound outputted by the audio output section; a mounting sensor detecting whether or not the user has worn the head mount display; and a control section controlling the operation to adjust the volume requested by the user by operating the user operation section in accordance with a detection result from the mounting sensor.
US09197838B2
A system for supplying AC power to a display via a CAT7 or similar low voltage cable comprises a transmitter connected to an AC power outlet and generating DC voltage transmitted by the CAT7 cable to a receiver. The receiver converts the DC voltage to AC voltage and supplies AC power to the display. A limiting circuit limits power transmitted by the CAT7 cable to a predetermined wattage, depending on the feedback from the receiver, which insures safe operation of the system. Power from the display is disconnected if a pre-programmed power consumed by the display is exceeded or falls below a predetermined threshold.
US09197831B2
A photoelectric conversion system is configured to correct a difference in offset component of signals to be outputted per photoelectric conversion device.
US09197829B2
A solid state imaging device including: a pixel region that is formed on a light incidence side of a substrate and to which a plurality of pixels that include photoelectric conversion units is arranged; a peripheral circuit unit that is formed in a lower portion in the substrate depth direction of the pixel region and that includes an active element; and a light shielding member that is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit unit and that shields the incidence of light, emitted from an active element, to the photoelectric conversion unit.
US09197815B2
An image management apparatus comprises an input unit which inputs a first image and a second image; a storage unit which stores the first image and the second image in association with each other; a selection unit which selects an image to be deleted out of the first and second images; and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case where the first image is selected by the selection unit, an option of deleting the second image stored in association with the first image is presented, and subsequently processing for deleting the first image is performed, and in a case where an instruction to delete the second image is received, processing for deleting the second image is performed without presenting an option of deleting the first image stored in association with the second image.
US09197812B2
An image processing device includes a plurality of clock selection units configured to select a clock signal to be supplied to each of a plurality of calculation units forming a pipeline from a plurality of clock signals and output the clock signal to the calculation unit, a data delivery unit disposed on the pipeline between the calculation unit to which a first clock signal is input and the calculation unit to which a second clock signal is input, and a control unit configured to control a selection of the clock signal and a combination and a disposition order of the data delivery unit and the calculation units forming the pipeline in accordance with an operation mode of image processing.
US09197795B2
A ferromagnetic body is provided at a front-surface side of a reference plane and located outside a region that overlaps an electronic device in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, and a conductor is provided at a back-surface side of the reference plane and that overlaps the electronic device in the direction perpendicular to the reference plane.
US09197787B2
An image reading device includes a light source, a photoelectric conversion portion, a first radiation control portion, and a first image generating portion. The light source radiates lights of R (red), G (green), and B (blue). The photoelectric conversion portion receives light reflected from a document and outputs an electric signal corresponding to a light reception amount. The first radiation control portion sequentially radiates two color lights of G and R or B from the light source to each line along a main scanning direction on the document while alternately switching the lights of R and B on a line-by-line basis. The first image generating portion generates color image data for one line, based on at least three electric signals corresponding to lights of R, G, and B among the electric signals corresponding to respective color lights radiated to at least adjacent two lines by the first radiation control portion.
US09197783B2
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus having a function to erase an image formed on a recoding medium is provided. The image forming apparatus has an operation panel which, in a first mode in which an image forming process and an erasing process are not executable, accepts selection of any mode of a second mode in which the image forming process and the erasing process are executable, and a third mode in which the image forming process is not executable and the erasing process is executable.
US09197782B2
An image processing device includes a main memory, a parameter register, an image processor, and a parameter transfer unit. The main memory stores therein a parameter used in image processing. The parameter register temporarily stores therein the parameter. The image processor executes the image processing on image data by using the parameter stored in the parameter register. The parameter transfer unit transfers the parameter stored in the main memory to the parameter register during a period in which the image processing is not executed.
US09197777B2
An image processing device includes a power supply unit, an operation unit, and an image processing unit. The power supply unit supplies power in first power supply mode or second power supply mode. The operation unit receives power from the power supply unit in first or second power supply mode and accepts an input from a user. The image processing unit receives the power if the power supply unit is in first power supply mode. At least one of the operation unit and the image processing unit determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied if the power supply unit is in first power supply mode. At least one of the operation unit and the image processing unit is configured to perform a shutoff process to shut off power supply to at least one of electronic components in the image processing device if the predetermined shutoff condition is satisfied.
US09197776B2
An image reading device includes a first contact glass on which a document is conveyed from a document conveying part, a second contact glass on which the document is placed, a document separation member provided between the first contact glass and the second contact glass and separating the document from the first contact glass, a reading unit provided on rear-surface sides of the first contact glass and the second contact glass so as to be movable in a sub-scanning direction, and a guide member provided across both of the first contact glass and the document separation member on the rear-surface side of the first contact glass and guiding the movement of the reading unit.
US09197774B2
An image forming apparatus having an automatic document feeding unit so as to successively read documents is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a printing medium, an image reading unit pivotally coupled to an upper portion of the image forming unit to expose and shield a top of the image forming unit, an automatic document feeding unit pivotally coupled to an upper portion of the image reading unit to expose and shield a top of the image reading unit, and a locking device to selectively expose any one of the top of the image forming unit and the top of the image reading unit. Since the locking device prevents the top of the image forming unit and the top of the image reading unit from being simultaneously exposed, the automatic document feeding unit can be prevented from being damaged due to the simultaneous exposure of the top of the image forming unit and the top of the image reading unit.
US09197767B2
A digital camera is provided having an image sensor for imaging a scene, a processor for processing the imaged scene in accordance with a programmable scene transformation requirement, and a printer having a consumables cartridge and a printhead for printing the processed scene directly from the processor onto print media of the cartridge.
US09197763B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for overlaying data in an augmented reality user interface. A camera associated with a mobile device is accessed and activated, and a location associated with the mobile device is detected. A direction in which the camera is pointed is detected and video captured by the camera displayed. Indicators associated with points of interest on a golf course are overlaid on the video in a user interface.
US09197758B2
A data management system method of managing call data for at least one radio network element within a cellular communication network. The method comprises receiving call data for at least one call from the at least one radio network element within the cellular communication network, arranging the received call data into call data records, assembling the call data records into at least one data block, and writing the at least one data block to at least one data storage device. The method further comprises, upon receipt of a call data query, retrieving call data records from the at least one data storage device on a per data block basis.
US09197753B1
A voice message system records voice message usage information by creating voice message records when a voice message is sent and when it is received. The voice message record includes: the voice message, a voice message sender identity, a voice message recipient identity, and voice message action records. A voice message action records includes a voice message action that specifies an action on the voice message, and a voice message action time that includes the time at which the action occurs. Voice message actions include sent, received, and listened. The system further includes a voice message analyzer for analyzing voice message records, and a voice message reporter for generating reports from an analysis by the analyzer. The voice message system provides tractable information for voice messages, allowing companies to enforce a voice message usage policy.
US09197747B1
A determination of whether to perform telephone call blocking includes initiating a telephone call from a call server, determining whether the call is a solicitation call and determining the area code of the call and performing a lookup operation of the area code in a call suppression database. The process may also include retrieving a call block entry for a current day from the call suppression database, and comparing the area code to the call block entry for the current day to determine whether the call should be blocked.
US09197745B1
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for automatically connecting to a relay service and establish a captioning communication session during a call between a hearing-impaired user and a far-end user. The apparatus includes communication elements configured to receive captions from a relay service, and a processor configured to automatically connect to the relay service and establish a captioning communication session during a call responsive to a determination that a connection to the relay service failed during a time in which the hearing-impaired user desired captions to be enabled. A method includes determining captions are desired by the hearing-impaired user at a first time to be enabled for display to the communication device during a call, detecting a failed connection to the relay service at a second time, and automatically connecting with the relay service and establishing a new captioning communication session at a third time during the call.
US09197741B1
The communication device comprising a voice communication implementer, a wireless digital mirror implementer, a non-digital mirror implementer, and an incoming communication ID implementer.
US09197738B2
Providing content and/or functionality through a display of a locked computing device. Configuration data defined by a user or application vendor identifies the content and/or functionality to be made available. Upon receipt of the content, the computing device modifies the received content based on the configuration data and provides the modified content to the user through the display of the locked computing device. The computing device also interacts with the user in accordance with the functionality identified by the configuration data. In some embodiments, notifications about voice mail or electronic mail messages are displayed to the user through a locked touch screen display. Responsive to a finger tap or other user input, additional yet limited information relating to the notifications is displayed.
US09197737B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing optimal vibration power through sweeping of vibration frequencies, and a vibration power control method thereof. When a specific touch is detected after setting frequency sweep information in form of a table in a memory, at least one sweep frequency is swept at a preset period within a vibration frequency range exhibiting satisfactory vibration power using the frequency sweep information so as to drive a vibration motor, thereby maintaining vibration power always in an optimal state. Also, a driving voltage of the vibration motor may be dropped to reduce battery consumption while driving the vibration motor, and the sweep frequency range and the sweep period can be adaptively changed according to a type of application displayed on a screen to stably maintain vibration power irrespective of a change in an application.
US09197725B2
A cradle device according to this invention includes a body (11) and a battery-charging cover (12). An upper end of the battery-charging cover (12) supports a lower end of a portable information terminal (40) to be held on a main mounting surface (11a). The body (11) further includes ribs (30) arranged at a lower end of the main mounting surface (11a). The ribs (30) relatively project from the upper end of the battery-charging cover (12) gradually along with a forward rotation of the battery-charging cover (12) so that the portable information terminal (40) is gradually raised from the upper end of the battery-charging cover (12). In this way, a plug connector (17) of the cradle device is extracted from a receptacle connector (401) of the portable information terminal (40) in a fitting direction without any load in a different direction.
US09197724B2
A wire arrangement structure includes a first fixed rod, a second fixed rod, a movable rod, a wire, and an elastic member. The elastic member is connected to the movable rod. When the second fixed rod slides relative to the first fixed rod, the elastic member provides a force to move the movable rod to adjust the length of the wire.
US09197723B1
A flip-up electronic product mounting structure includes a base frame shell having a pivot connection portion, a cover frame shell having a mating connection portion and a plug hole located in the mating connection portion, and a hinge including female hinge members fixedly mounted in the pivot connection portion, a male hinge member rotatably and axially movably mounted in the female hinge member with a plug portion located at one end thereof, and a displacement control device operable to move the male hinge member relative to the female hinge member to further engage the plug portion into the plug hole or disengage the plug portion from the plug hole. Thus, the invention facilitates the assembly of the flip-flop electronic product, enabling the flip-flop electronic product to have light, thin, short and small design characteristics.
US09197722B2
A heat dissipating apparatus includes a rear cove, a fan rotatably attached to the rear cover, a slave gear secured to the fan, and a driving gear rotatably attached to the rear cover. The rear cover defines a plurality of air ventilation holes. The fan is aligned with the plurality of air ventilation holes. The driving gear meshes with the driven gear. A resilient member is secured to the driving member. The driving gear is rotatable in a first direction to deform the resilient member. The resilient member is released to rotate the driving gear in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and the slave gear and the fan are together rotatable in the second direction by the driving gear.
US09197721B2
A method and an edge device for learning a Medium Access Control (MAC) address are provided. According to an example, based on a request message from a first node to a second node, a session cache item is created in the edge device. The session cache item includes: IP addresses of the first and second nodes, and a first relationship between a MAC address of the first node and an output port corresponding to the first node. Based on a response message from the second node to the first node, the session cache item is updated to include a second relationship between a MAC address of the second node and an output port corresponding to the second node. The first and second relationships are then provided to a data plane of the edge device to facilitate data packet forwarding between the first node and the second node.
US09197719B2
The invention relates to a method for communicating data between a communication system and a mobile radio-communication network through an Internet Protocol data communication channel. The communication system comprises a host device and a portable object cooperating with the host device. According to the invention, the portable object determines in which geographical place the communication system is located. The portable object determines whether at least one subscription before a mobile radio-communication network operator over a data communication channel using the IP within the geographical place exists or not. And, if at least one subscription before a mobile radio network operator exists, then the portable object sends to the host device a request for reading configuration data relating to an access to the data communication channel using the IP. The invention relates also to corresponding portable object and communication system comprising a host device and the portable object cooperating with the host device.
US09197718B2
Systems and methods for central management and control of user-contributed content in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for enabling an administrative user in an enterprise setting to centrally manage and control content provided by other users of the enterprise in a web-based collaboration environment. In one embodiment, a view providing access to an aggregate of the content or a selection thereof provided by the other users is depicted in a user interface for the administrative user to access the web-based collaboration environment. The user interface for the administrative user includes both of a management console to access the content provided by other users and a panel for accessing an account of the user and work items owned by the administrative user.
US09197716B2
Pre-fetching resources by predicting user actions. Features of multiple users and of multiple client computer systems associated with the multiple users are obtained. From these features, multiple segments are generated, each including a proper subset of the multiple users. Users in the proper subset share a common feature. For a segment, resources that have at least a threshold level of likelihood of being requested by a user included in the segment are pre-fetched, i.e., obtained before the resources have been requested. A client computer system associated with the user in the included segment is identified, and the obtained resources are stored for providing to the user.
US09197714B2
The present invention relates to a solution for handling customer activity when connecting to a wireless communication network and in particular for statistics of customer activity using the network. This is provided in a number of aspects such as methods, node, and system for reporting user profile statistics from deep packet inspection of data packets in a packet data network (100) to a policy and charging rules function entity (104) which in turn informs a subscriber usage profile repository (106), i.e. SUPR. The SUPR provides access to external application servers (108) to the subscriber usage profile information after access control.
US09197709B2
Embodiments are disclosed that provision a cloud-based service together with a dedicated network connection to provision a cloud-based service element. In response to the request both the cloud-based service element and a dedicated network connection are provisioned. Provisioning the cloud-based service element together with the dedicated network connection enables the cloud-based service element to utilize the dedicated network connection.
US09197699B2
A load-balancing cluster includes a switch having a plurality of ports; and a plurality of servers connected to at least some of the plurality of ports of the switch. Each server is addressable by the same virtual Internet Protocol (VIP) address. Each server in the cluster has a mechanism constructed and adapted to respond to connection requests at the VIP by selecting one of the plurality of servers to handle that connection, wherein the selecting is based, at least in part, on a given function of information used to request the connection; and a firewall mechanism constructed and adapted to accept all requests for the VIP address for a particular connection only on the server that has been selected to handle that particular connection. The selected server determines whether it is responsible for the request and may hand it off to another cluster member.
US09197698B2
A resource management method executed by an information processing system having a plurality of physical servers 104 and a plurality of virtual servers 120 to be operated on the physical server, and a management server 101 connected to the physical server via a network 207 to specify the virtual server associated to a resource pool 130 and the physical server for operating the virtual server, collect performance information of the specified physical server, and calculate the performance information of the resource pool on the basis of the collected performance information.
US09197697B2
A system and method deploying cloud computing software applications and resources to mobile devices is disclosed. The system/method virtualizes the graphical user experience (GEX) and user input experience (UEX) that comprise the graphical user interface (GUI) for host application software (HAS) running on a host computer system (HCS). The virtualized GUI (VUI) GEX component is converted to a remote video stream (RVS) and communicated to a remote mobile computing device (MCD) over a computer communication network (CCN). A MCD thin client application (TCA) receives the RVS and presents this GEX content on the MCD display using a graphics experience mapper (GEM). A TCA user experience mapper (UEM) translates MCD user inputs to a form suitable for UEX protocols and communicates this user input over the CCN to the HCS for translation by the UEX into HCS operating system protocols compatible with the HAS.
US09197689B2
A streaming method and apparatus, in which information regarding a plurality of chapters of content is inserted into a media presentation description that includes information regarding a plurality of media data generated by encoding the content so as to have different qualities, and then, streaming is performed based on the information.
US09197683B2
An apparatus and method for managing interference to facilitate allocation of a dynamic uplink and downlink configuration are disclosed herein. Determining whether a first cell causes interference less than a pre-determined threshold level to one or more neighboring cells or whether flexible subframes of radio frames associated with the one or more neighboring cells operate as downlink subframes. In response to the determining condition being met, allocating a first flexible subframe of a first radio frame associated with the first cell to operate as a downlink subframe at normal transmit power level. In response to the determining condition not being met, allocating the first flexible subframe of the first radio frame associated with the first cell as one of a downlink subframe operating in a reduced transmit power level or as an uplink subframe.
US09197682B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for generating a video stream of a mapped route, where the video stream provides a perspective of traveling from one location to another at a dynamic perceived speed and from a dynamic perceived viewing angle. Metadata associated with images may provide context to waypoints along a mapped route, such as identification of landmarks or points of interest. Other context may be provided based on the use of the video stream. The perceived speed of movement along the route and perceived viewing angles in various portions of the route may therefore be altered based on the context to allow a user the chance to adequately view areas of interest.
US09197679B2
A system, method, and computer program product through which address resolution is performed for nodes of a network that are behind a network address translator (NAT). A determination is made upon the initiation of a communication session as to whether one or more of the nodes included in the session are behind a NAT. Based on the determination, information is exchanged from an independent application server to the nodes included in the session so as to resolve the addressing problems introduced by the NAT. The invention is applicable in applications including, but not limited to, IP telephony, and applications complying with the session initiation protocol (SIP).
US09197670B2
A system and method for taking control of process token creation in the Windows operating system to create conditional process tokens that define access to system resources for process running on a Windows computer. The system includes an LSA shim layer that intercepts standard Windows requests for authentication and authorization and an authentication agent that determines context for each request. A custom authentication and authorization (A&A) store determines authentication success and the amount of authorization based on context and supplied credentials. Once the custom A&A store determines a successful log-on and defines authorization for the user, it passes the elements of authorization through the authentication agent to the LSA shim layer, which passes them on to the LSA module, which in turn uses them to request a Windows process token from the Windows kernel. The Windows kernel assigns the token to a user's session on the computer, defining the level of resource access available to processes the user launches.
US09197669B2
Disclosed is a method for establishing an enhanced security context between a remote station and a serving network. In the method, the remote station forwards a first message to the serving network, wherein the first message includes an information element signaling that the remote station supports an enhanced security context. The remote station generates at least one session key, in accordance with the enhanced security context, using the information element. The remote station receives, in response to the first message, a second message having an indication that the serving network supports the enhanced security context. The remote station, in response to the second message, has wireless communications protected by the at least one session key.
US09197665B1
Methods, system, and media for determining similar malware samples are disclosed. Two or more malware samples are received and analyzed to extract information from the two or more malware samples. The extracted information is converted to a plurality of sets of strings. A similarity between the two or more malware samples is determined based on the plurality of the sets of strings.
US09197660B2
An apparatus, method, computer readable storage medium are provided in one or more examples and comprise accessing an application, identifying an access token of the application, determining if the access token is a system token, and responsive to the access token failing to be a system token, enabling a runtime module.
US09197638B1
Illustrative methods, processes, and software are disclosed herein that remotely prove the identity of individuals fully compliant with identity proofing standards and policies. The embodiments may utilize photo identification and government identities using networked capabilities and capabilities within a process for end-to-end fully remote identity proofing followed by the automated provisioning and issuance of a trusted identity and optional credentials. In alternative manifestations the embodiments use automated government identity lookups including but not limited to digital imagery equipment with artificial intelligence and pattern recognition to detect fraudulent physical identification articles remotely, electronic scans of magnetic stripes and other electronic markers on government-issued identification media including but not limited to drivers licenses, government employee identities, passports, or other government-issued identities combined with real-time lookup in trusted databases. In alternative manifestations the embodiments use multiple biometric form factors for proofing, registration, recognition, and authentication.
US09197631B2
A message including a digital signature is received at a processor. It is determined whether a specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for a message originator within a data protection policy. In response to determining that the specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for the message originator within the data protection policy, it is determined whether a message originator certificate used to generate the digital signature is issued by the configured specific authorized certificate issuer.
US09197628B1
Methods and systems for Data Leak Prevention (DLP) in a private network are provided. According to one embodiment, information is received from an administrator (i) defining a DLP rule to be applied to packets associated with an upper layer protocol and (ii) defining an action to take when a condition associated with the rule is satisfied. The rule includes a regular expression and/or a string that is configured to detect existence of sensitive information. A packet originated by a host device is received. The packet is determined to be associated with the upper layer protocol. A command, request or method of the protocol is identified that is specified by or represented by the packet. The packet is scanned for sensitive information based on the rule. When the scanning results in a conclusion that sensitive information is contained within the packet, then the defined action is performed.
US09197626B2
Leveraging a persistent connection to provide a client access to a secured service may include establishing a persistent connection with a client in response to a first request from the client, and brokering a connection between the client and a secured service based on a second request from the client by leveraging the persistent connection with the client. The brokering may occur before the client attempts to connect to the secured service directly and the connection may be established between the client and the secured service without provision by the client of authentication information duplicative or additional to authentication information provided by the client to establish the persistent connection.
US09197625B2
Device information for each of multiple devices associated with a user account is maintained by a cloud service. The device information can include credential information allowing the device to be accessed by other ones of the multiple devices, remote access information indicating how the device can be accessed by other ones of the multiple devices on other networks, and property information including settings and/or device drivers for the device. The device information for each of the multiple devices is made available to other ones of the multiple devices, and can be used by the multiple devices to access one another and provide a consistent user experience across the multiple devices.
US09197623B2
A framework, which conforms to the OAuth standard, involves a generic OAuth authorization server that can be used by multiple resource servers in order to ensure that access to resources stored on those resource servers is limited to access to which the resource owner consents. Each resource server registers, with the OAuth authorization server, metadata for that resource server, indicating scopes that are recognized by the resource server. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when requesting consent from a resource owner on behalf of a client application, so that the consent will be of an appropriate scope. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when constructing an access token to provide to the client application for use in accessing the resources on the resource server. The OAuth authorization server uses this metadata to map issued access tokens to the scopes to which those access tokens grant access.
US09197621B2
A control server may receive first location information indicating a location of specific web page data via a data processing device, in a case where a terminal device comprising a web browser receives the specific web page data from a specific service providing server by using a first type of wireless communication and sends the first location information to the data processing device by using a second type of wireless communication. The control server may cause a display unit of the data processing device to display at least N items of account information among M items of account information currently stored in the data processing device, in a case where the first location information is received. Each of the N items of account information may be available for receiving a data providing service from the specific service providing server.
US09197615B2
An access specific key is provided for securing of a data transfer between a mobile terminal and a node of an access net. For authentication of the mobile terminal, a authentication server generates a session key, from which a basic key is derived and transferred to an interworking-proxy-server. The interworking-proxy-server derives the access specific key from the transferred basis key and provides the key to the node of the access net.
US09197613B2
A document processing method and system are provided. A client divides at least one document into a plurality of document pages, and individually encrypts the document pages by a first key to obtain a plurality of encrypted pages. The client removes a part of words from the document pages to obtain a plurality of significant words, and individually encrypts the significant words by a second key different to the first key to obtain a plurality of encrypted significant words. The client records the encrypted significant words and a plurality of first index information in a significant word set (SWS), where the first index information indicates a page in the encrypted pages where the encrypted significant word comes from. Then, the client transmits the encrypted pages and the SWS to a remote server for storage.
US09197606B2
According to one general aspect, a method of using a first probing device may include monitoring one or more encrypted communications sessions between a first computing device and a second computing device. In some implementations of the method, each encrypted communications session includes transmitting a plurality of encrypted data objects between the first and second computing devices. The method may include deriving, by the first probing device, timing information regarding an encrypted communications session. The method may also include transmitting, from the first probing device to a second probing device, the derived timing information.
US09197593B2
Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread.
US09197589B2
A communication device includes an instant messaging software (IMS) and a sensor. When an object nearby the sensor is detected, a trigger signal is generated by the sensor. When the IMS is activated to communicate with a target contact and the trigger signal is generated, communication content between a user of the communication device and the target contact within a predetermined time interval is analyzed to determine whether or not the communication content includes a phone number. If the communication content includes a phone number, a phone call between the communication device and the phone number is made.
US09197583B2
In an embodiment, a method of signaling status at a routing device is provided. In this method, the routing device establishes an inter-chassis control plane channel session with a remote routing device. Here, the routing device and the remote routing device are linked to a multi-homed routing device. The routing device then synchronizes with the remote routing device by way of the inter-chassis control plane channel session to identify a state of a link from the routing device to the multi-homed routing device. The state of the link is thereafter advertised by way of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Additionally, a method of discovering inter-chassis communication peers via BGP between the first and remote routing devices is provided.
US09197574B2
A method of line speed sequence number checking of frames includes, in a first process, using a lowest order bit of a sequence number of a frame to assign the frame to an odd or even second process, and dispatching at least the sequence number for processing by the assigned second process. The method includes, in the first process, flagging as a first sequence error type occurrences of assigning consecutively processed frames to the same second process. The method includes, in the second processes, checking the sequence number of an incoming frame, flagging as a second sequence error type non-consecutive sequence numbers in consecutively processed incoming frames, and dispatching the frame for additional downstream processing. The method is applicable to a hierarchy of processes, and to multiplexed flows. The method can use a modulo N of the sequence number to assign the frame to one of N processes.
US09197573B2
An apparatus and method is provided for controlling data transmission considering congestion in a wired transmission section in a wireless communication system. To this end, a reception device reports, to a transmission device, status information about a congestion status and flag information indicating occurrence of a new congestion status or maintenance of an existing congestion statue. The transmission device reduces throughput of data being transmitted through the wired transmission section, if it is determined from the flag information reported by the reception device that a new congestion status has occurred or the existing congestion status has been being maintained for a predetermined time. The transmission device requests the reception device to report a congestion status, if the congestion status is not released until a lapse of a predetermined time after occurrence of a new congestion status.
US09197565B2
To control the transmission of real time transport packets over a network, incoming packets received over the network from a transmitter are monitored. A statistical analysis is performed on the received packets to determine network congestion. A message is sent to the transmitter to control a transmission parameter in accordance with the determined network congestion.
US09197564B2
Methods and apparatus for load balancing across member ports for traffic egressing out of a port channel are provided herein. An example method according to one implementation may include: assigning a quantized value based on current load to each of the network ports in the port channel; receiving a data packet addressed to egress through the port channel; identifying a traffic flow with which the received data packet is associated; determining whether the identified traffic flow is a new traffic flow; and selecting one of the network ports in the port channel as an egress port. Selection of the egress port may be weighted according to the quantized value of each of the network ports in the port channel.
US09197561B2
In various embodiments, a system includes a switch comprising a resource that is shared between multiple objects. The switch comprises circuitry that determines a congestion metric for the switch in response to an amount of used of the resource by the objects. The circuitry determines a feedback parameter that is responsive to the congestion metric. The circuitry generates a congestion notification message that comprises a congestion feedback value responsive to the feedback parameter. In further embodiments, a system includes a switch that processes data for a first data link layer access network. The switch includes circuitry that identifies whether a received packet originated from a source device that shares the same network layer access layer as the switch. If the source device shares the same network layer access network as the switch, the circuitry generates a congestion notification message comprising a congestion feedback value for the switch.
US09197559B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses can provide for adaptive streaming using non-local information. Non-local information identifying usage statistics associated with a network service group can be collected and used to derive session parameters associated with each of a plurality of sessions within the network service group. The non-local information can also be updated and the updated non-local information can be used to dynamically adjust the session parameters.
US09197555B2
A configuration of a communication system that is able to effect packet forwarding in accordance with an intended forwarding path even in an environment where a node represented by a Layer-2 switch (L2SW) and a node represented by an OpenFlow switch exist together, is provided. The communication system includes a first node, such as a Layer-2 switch, a plurality of second nodes, equivalent to the OpenFlow switches, and a controller. The controller causes the first node to receive a destination learning packet from one of the second nodes lying on the downstream side of the first node on a preset packet forwarding path. The destination learning packet has a node lying on the downstream side of the first node as a transmission source, so that the controller causes the first node to perform a packet forwarding operation in accordance with the packet forwarding path.
US09197553B2
Techniques are presented herein for distributing address information of host devices in a network. At a first router device, a packet is received from a first host device that is destined for a second host device. The first host device is dually-connected to the first router and a second router device. The second router device is part of a virtual port channel pair with the first router device. A message is sent to the second router device, the message indicating that the first host device is connected to the second router device. The packet is encapsulated with an overlay header and is sent to a third router device that is connected to the second host device. The encapsulated packet contains a Layer 2 address associated with the first host device and a Layer 3 address associated with the first host device.
US09197551B2
In one embodiment, a method for providing multi-protocol overlay handling includes receiving first traffic via an input overlay tunnel at a multi-protocol virtual tunnel end point (VTEP)-enabled device, the first traffic including a plurality of overlay-encapsulated packets which adhere to a first overlay network protocol, and wherein the input overlay tunnel adheres to the first overlay network protocol; routing the first traffic to a second overlay network tunnel which adheres to a second overlay network protocol when a destination of the first traffic is specified as the second overlay network tunnel, the second overlay network tunnel being terminated at the multi-protocol VTEP-enabled device; and bridging the first traffic to a destination overlay network tunnel terminated at the multi-protocol VTEP-enabled device when the destination of the first traffic is specified as the destination overlay network tunnel, the destination overlay network tunnel being terminated at the multi-protocol VTEP-enabled device.
US09197540B2
A system includes a switching processor and switching logic. The switching processor is communicatively coupled to a virtual local area network (VLAN) and/or one or more ports. The switching logic is configured to: install a Multicast Control (MC) table on the switching processor, determine if multicast flooding is disabled in the switching processor; detect whether multicast routers are communicatively coupled to the port(s); install a multicast router flood entry on the MC table at least partially in response to detecting that at least one of the multicast routers is communicatively coupled to the port(s); receive at least one multicast packet at the switching processor; determine at least one received multicast packet destination based at least in part on the multicast router flood entry; and send at least one received multicast packet to the destination(s). Exemplary computer program products and methods are also disclosed.
US09197536B2
In non-minimal routing, a switch determines outgoing links for preferred paths (e.g. shortest paths). Then, for another node in a preferred path, the switch determines outgoing links for paths to that node in a modified network in which each link in a previously determined path to the node is cut off. Packets can be tunneled on non-preferred paths to that node. Other features and embodiments are also provided.
US09197533B1
A technique dynamically maintains and enforces relative policies for a prefix in a computer network. According to the novel technique, a node (e.g., an optimized edge router, OER) monitors performance characteristics for a particular prefix policy over a current path, and maintains a long-term average (LTA) value and a short-term average (STA) value of the performance characteristic. In the event the STA is worse than the LTA by a configurable amount, the prefix is considered “out-of-policy” (OOP) for that policy, and a new path may be selected accordingly. Otherwise, the prefix is considered “in-policy,” and the current path is upheld. Notably, a threshold may be manually configured to account for slow performance deterioration or “spikes,” such that if the performance characteristic (or STA) surpasses the threshold, the prefix is considered OOP.
US09197527B2
A network appliance that monitors multimedia content requested by at least one networked computer coupled to a local area network and the Internet. The appliance includes a database, at least one interface processing packetized data encapsulating TCP/IP packet data generated by the network computer(s) and communicated over the local area network, routing logic for the TCP/IP packet data, and processing means processing the TCP/IP packet data to identify whether it specifies a URL representing at least one particular file type of multimedia content, and if so, adds the specified URL and an associated date and time to the database. It can include a first mechanism monitoring physical connections/disconnections to the local area network over time, and a second mechanism monitoring Internet connectivity over time. It can also provide access to information stored in the database and/or provide upload of stored information to a remote system for remote access to such information.
US09197522B1
A native data collection component may be implemented as a tool, appliance, application and/or utility, and including physical and/or logical implementations thereof. The native data collection component may be responsible for data orchestration, data collection, and aggregation and distribution of collected data from among multiple sources of a storage area network (SAN). The native data collection component is not required to be installed as an agent on any data source of the SAN, and the native data collection component may be independent of a particular data source and act as an independent performance characteristic collection mechanism. In an embodiment, the native data collection component may include three devices/sub-components: a data orchestration device, a data collection interface and a data aggregation and distribution device. Each sub-component may be service based and communication with each service may be done using state-less protocols.
US09197519B2
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for tracking objects within a domain and their possible changes and genealogy over time. An object identifier and an interval identifier are associated with an object that enters the domain with an unknown set of attributes and genealogy. The object identifier is analyzed to determine whether it is a pre-existing object identifier. A comparison of the interval identifier is performed to determine whether the object is a copy of a prior object. The object identifier is replaced with a new object identifier and the interval identifier reset when the object is new or a copy. Based on the object identifier and the interval identifier, which represents the possibility of change during each interval, information about the tracked object may be derived and analyzed to enhance performance.
US09197517B2
An automated tool for migrating a website hosting service from a first website hosting architecture to a second website hosting architecture, wherein a virtual network is used during migration to facilitate keeping the services available during the movement of IP addresses from one architecture to the other architecture.
US09197502B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, providing resource allocation advice, configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice regarding data storage, access, placement, and/or related web services. In some examples, a web service may utilize or otherwise control a client instance to control, access, or otherwise manage resources of a distributed system. Based at least in part on one or more resource usage checks and/or configuration checks, resource usage information and/or configuration information of an account utilizing a web service, and/or user preferences and/or settings, resource allocation advice, system configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice may be provided to a user of an account. Additionally, in some examples, one or more remediation operations may be performed automatically.
US09197497B2
A method includes receiving firmware at a network entity and determining whether the network entity is to operate as a controlling Fiber Channel forwarder based on the firmware.
US09197486B2
Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for accelerated application startup. A method for accelerating startup of an application is provided. The method includes persistently storing a number of uniform resource locator (URL) hostnames based on one or more hostname requests made by one or more users during use of the application. The method further includes, upon startup of the application, making a DNS lookup call for at least one of the stored hostnames prior to a hostname request initiated by the application, wherein a resolution result for at least one of the stored hostnames is cached in the operating system DNS cache in preparation for the hostname request. A system for accelerating startup of an application is provided. The system includes a hostname storage device, a DNS pre-fetcher and a startup DNS pre-cacher.
US09197482B1
An AP having a message waiting time that provides proper QoS while losing minimal communication bandwidth, setting parameters for each level of QoS in response to a measure of the degree of contention for that level of QoS, and in response to a measure of the degree of contention for those levels of QoS with higher priority, and setting waiting time parameters in response to a stochastic model of contention at each level of QoS. Changes in contention at each level of QoS affect the AP's waiting time parameters for that level of QoS and also for levels of QoS with lower priority. Operational parameters might include contention window time, AIFS time, and back-off value(s), and might be modified in response to message QoS.
US09197479B2
Methods and apparatuses to provide services to people who wish to make connections for real time communication, such as live telephone conversation, chat, video conferencing, etc. In one embodiment, a method includes: presenting to a communicatee a plurality of requests for real time communication connections to the communicatee, the requests being received from a plurality of communicators; prioritizing the requests according to an input from the communicatee; and establishing a real time communication connection to the communicatee according to the prioritizing of the requests.
US09197476B2
A system and method is provided for estimating the channel in OFDM transmission with inter-carrier interference (ICI). A channel in a data subcarrier in a subchannel shared between pilot subcarriers and data subcarriers can be estimated by performing interpolation based on estimated channels in pilot subcarriers in the same OFDM symbol as the subcarrier, such as through spline interpolation. A second estimate of the channel in the subcarrier can be produced by averaging an estimate of the channel in a subcarrier in the subchannel in a previous OFDM symbol and an estimate of the channel in a subcarrier in the subchannel in a succeeding OFDM symbol. A third estimate of the channel in the subcarrier can be produced through a linear combination of the first estimate and the second estimate. The channel in data subcarriers can be estimated through a weighted sum of the channel in nearest subcarriers.
US09197471B1
A method of and system of processing a phase-modulated optical signal includes performing, by demodulators, demodulation of the phase-modulated optical signal and outputting optical demodulated signals. The processing further includes performing, by pairs of gated photo detectors respectively connected to the I/Q demodulators, photo detection of the demodulated signals. The processing further tracks and holds electronicversions of the demodulated signals with a track and hold amplifier.
US09197470B2
A method and an apparatus relating to an OFDM data communications system where the sub-carriers are modulated using differential quadrature phase-shift keying (DQPSK). The multi-carrier transmitted signal is directly generated using a summation of pre-computed sample points. As part of the multi-carrier signal generation, a signal for the guard interval is established. In an acoustic application of this approach, direct radiation of the sub-carrier approach is facilitated. Symbol synchronization in the receiver is based on signal correlation with the missed sub-carrier. Separation of the sub-carriers in the receiver uses a correlation of the received signal and reference signals that are derived from a table of pre-computed values. Optimal non-coherent processing of the sub-carriers without any phase tracking procedures is achieved.
US09197469B2
Systems and methods for frequency offset estimation are provided. A channel impulse response and multi-user signal parameter are jointly estimated. Based on the multi-user signal parameter, a determination is made as to whether the signal contains a single-user signal or a multi-user signal. Then, frequency offset estimation is performed based on this determination. For example, noiseless sample estimates are generated depending on whether the signal is a single-user signal or a multi-user signal.
US09197468B2
Transmission of data and audio messages between tanker and receiver aircrafts to facilitate air refueling operations using a boom device, wherein the method includes transmitting a data message from one aircraft to the other aircraft as an analog signal via the electro-magnetic connection which is also used for transmission of audio messages between the aircrafts which may be operating in a radio silence environment.
US09197463B2
An on-board power line communication system that performs power line communication during charging and discharging of a battery prevents electromagnetic wave leakage from a power line from interfering with other on-board devices. A vehicle includes a PLC communication device that performs PLC communication using a charging cable that is connected to a battery, and an interference suppressor that prevents electromagnetic wave leakage from the charging cable, which accompanies PLC communication, from interfering with the operations of an on-board electronic device. The interference suppressor reduces electromagnetic wave leakage from the charging cable by reducing the output frequency of the PLC communication device or the value of current flowing through the charging cable while the on-board electronic device is performing a specific operation that will be affected by interference from PLC communication.
US09197452B2
Channel estimation for wireless communication between a motor vehicle and another communication subscriber is provided, such that, the result from an environment sensor system is used in the channel estimation. Using the environment sensor system, the propagation behavior of the wireless communication in the vicinity of the motor vehicle is recognized and classified, the channel estimation being adapted on the basis of the classification of the propagation behavior.
US09197451B2
The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and system for allocating a label in a seamless multi-protocol label switching network, which greatly reduces the complexity of the access node device, effectively cuts down the operation costs for the operator, and enhances the scalability of the system. The method includes: obtaining label information of a first access node, where the label information comprises the pseudowire PW destination address of the first access node; and sending the label information to a second router by using a BGP message or a T-LDP message so that the second router configures a PW label and/or a flow label of the first access node to a second access node by using the access network configuration protocol according to the label information.
US09197446B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for memory address pinning. One of the methods includes loading a software module into a sandbox environment; receiving, a message from the software module to a recipient, the message includes a memory address; determining whether to pin the memory address; and passing the message to an address pinning unit which replaces at least a portion of the memory address with at least a portion of a specified replacement address, when it is determined to pin the memory address, and passes the modified message to be delivered to the recipient.
US09197441B2
A method and system for service protection based on the Dual Node Interconnection (DNI) protection structure in the transport network are provided. When creating a DNI protection group, a plurality of services are configured in one direction, wherein one is a working service, and the others are protection services; the multiple services have the same add node and drop node, but not exactly the same passed interconnection nodes; on each interconnection node of the add ring, two services in the DNI protection group through the local node to the drop ring are adapted as two services in a 1+1 protection group; on the drop node, services in the DNI protection group are adapted as two services in a 1+1 protection group transmitted from two directions of the drop ring; when a fault occurs, said interconnection node and drop node execute switching according to the 1+1 protection protocol.
US09197438B2
A packet forwarding node of a transport network performs a first packet forwarding mode in which received packets are processed and forwarded on a per-packet basis. The forwarding node performs a second packet forwarding mode when the node identifies a group of consecutive packets. The group of packets are destined for the same destination node of the transport network. The second packet forwarding mode comprises determining a forwarding treatment for the group of packets and forwarding the group of packets with the determined treatment. The forwarding is performed without processing the headers of at least some of the packets in the group. The group of consecutive packets is identified by a control packet preceding the group or by inter-packet signalling which indicates that the packet before the inter-packet signalling and the packet after the inter-packet signalling are to be treated as part of the same group. Packets which are determined to be received on transit channels can be forwarded without processing headers of individual packets.
US09197436B2
Provided is a method for using home network contents of a wireless terminal located outside a home network. The method includes transmitting bandwidth information and wireless terminal information to a contents storage device, when a home gateway receives a remote access request message including the bandwidth information from the wireless terminal; setting, by the home contents storage device, the bandwidth information as a filtering parameter for the wireless terminal; filtering, by the contents storage device, contents available for the wireless terminal and generating a contents list corresponding to the wireless terminal by using the filtering parameter, upon receiving a request for the contents list; and transmitting the generated contents list to the wireless terminal.
US09197430B2
Provided are a method for distinguishing different service flows when an M2M terminal transmits/receives data by using an M2M group ID (MGID) in a broadband wireless communication system supporting M2M communication, especially when each of the difference service flows are allocated with MGIDs from different network entities, and a terminal for providing same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for the terminal receiving a multicast service for group terminals from a base station, in a wireless access system, comprises the steps of: receiving from the base station a broadcasting message including at least one identifier, wherein the at least first identifier identifies a group zone that is allocated to the base station; sequentially allocating an index to the at least one first identifier; and receiving from the base station a second identifier for identifying the multicast service and multicast data based on the index.
US09197415B2
A method and apparatus are described for performing cipher communication in a wireless local area network system. A pseudo noise (PN) code sequence for a plaintext Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) is obtained. An additional authentication data (AAD) is constructed by using at least one field in a header of the plaintext MPDU. A Nonce is constructed from the PN code sequence, an Address 2 field in the header of the plaintext MPDU and a Priority field in the header of the plaintext MPDU. A counter mode (CTR) is generated with cipher block chaining (CBC)-MAC Protocol (CCMP) header. Encrypted data and Message Integrity Code (MIC) are generated by using a temporal key, the AAD, and the Nonce. An encrypted MPDU is generated to be transmitted to a peer station by combining the plaintext MPDU header, the CCMP header, the encrypted data and the MIC.
US09197411B2
A method of authenticating and encrypting a client-server communication is provided. Two one-time passwords (OTP1 and OTP2) are generated from a cryptographic token. An encryption key (K_ENC) and a MAC key (K_MAC) are generated based on OTP2. The client data are prepared and protected using K_ENC and K_MAC. A request message is sent from the client to the server, and contains the protected client data, a cryptographic token identifier and OTP1. OTP1 is validated at the server, and OTP2 is generated at the server upon successful validation. K_ENC and K_MAC are derived from OTP2 at the server. The request message is processed and result data is generated. The result data is encrypted using K_ENC and a digest is created using K_MAC. The encrypted result data is sent to the client, and is decrypted using K_ENC and the authenticity of the result data is verified using K_MAC.
US09197395B2
A system for forwarding a sample rate clock along with data. In one embodiment, a sample rate clock is sent by a transmitter, along with data, to one or more receivers. The receivers sample the received data using the received sampling clock. Delay adjust circuits in the transmitter adjust the delay of each transmitted data stream using delay error sensing and correction implemented in a back channel between the receivers and the transmitter.
US09197392B2
A method for receiving Acknowledgement/Negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information in a mobile communication system includes receiving a first signal including first spread ACK/NACK information and second spread ACK/NACK information from a first antenna set of a transmitting end in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol; receiving a second signal including third spread ACK/NACK information and fourth spread ACK/NACK information from a second antenna set of the transmitting end in an OFDM symbol; and de-spreading at least the first and third spread ACK/NACK information or the second and fourth spread ACK/NACK information for identifying the ACK/NACK information.
US09197384B2
A method for transmitting an uplink signal by a device in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving a control channel signal including a resource allocation (RA) field; and transmitting an uplink signal according to the control channel signal. A size of the RA field is represented by the following expression MAX (RASizeA, RASizeB). RASizeA is a first number of bits for indicating a resource indication value (RIV) corresponding to a starting resource block (RB) and a length of contiguously allocated RBs. RASizeB is a second number of bits for indicating a combinatorial index r corresponding to 4 indexes, and the 4 indexes are used to indicate a start resource block group (RBG) index and an end RBG index of a first RB set and a start RBG index and an end RBG index of a second RB set.
US09197382B2
A device for bit-demultiplexing in a multicarrier MIMO communication system (e.g. precoded spatial multiplexing MIMO communication systems using adaptive OFDM), including a multicarrier MIMO transmitter and a multicarrier MIMO receiver. The multicarrier MIMO transmitter includes a demultiplexer and symbol mapper unit receiving an input bit stream and generating a plurality of symbol streams, each symbol stream being associated with a different transmission channel and including a plurality of data symbols, each data symbol being attributed to a different carrier; one or more multicarrier modulators generating at least two multicarrier modulated signals based on the symbol streams; and at least two transmit ports respectively transmitting the at least two multicarrier modulated signals, wherein a data throughput rate of each transmission channel is separately variable.
US09197381B2
Various configurations and arrangements of systems and methods for providing multi-carrier aggregation are described. A system in accordance with the disclosure can include a first mixer configured to receive a first signal in a first frequency band, a second mixer configured to receive a second signal in a second frequency band, a third mixer configured to receive the second signal in the second frequency band, and a fourth mixer configured to receive a third signal in a third frequency band. The system can further include a controller configured to selectively activate one of the first mixer and the second mixer, and selectively activate one of the third mixer and the fourth mixer.
US09197380B2
In one embodiment, a repeater node in a shared media network may intercept a shared media transmission from a first node to a second node. Once a shared media transmission is intercepted, the repeater node may determine whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) to the first node. If the second node does not return an ACK to the first node, the repeater node repeats the shared media transmission to the second node. Also, according to one or more additional embodiments of the disclosure, when receiving an ACK at the repeater node from the second node in response to the repeated shared media transmission, the repeater node may also forward the ACK from the second node to the first node.
US09197378B2
The present invention discloses a technique for providing a packet recovery method, and the like, capable of starting packet recovery processing without waiting for a wasteful latency (time-out) at a mobile terminal by giving notice of information on a packet discard in a gateway device in real time, thereby enabling improvement in communication quality and communication efficiency. According to the technique, there is provided a packet recovery method for recovering a packet discarded by an intermediate device positioned on a communication path between a mobile terminal and a correspondent node of the mobile terminal among packets exchanged between the mobile terminal and correspondent node, the method including: a step of causing the intermediate device to transmit a discard notification message to the mobile terminal based on information on a communication flow for which transmission of the discard notification message indicating that the packet has been discarded is required; and a step of causing the mobile terminal to transmit the correspondent node a retransmission request message for requesting retransmission of the discarded packet based the discard notification message.
US09197377B2
Methods described herein are for wireless communication systems. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method for a HARQ process, in which the HARQ process includes a first transmission of an encoder packet and at least one retransmission. The method involves allocating a transmission resource for each respective transmission. The method involves transmitting control information from a base station to a mobile station for each respective transmission. The control information includes information to uniquely identify the HARQ process and an identification of one of a time resource, a frequency resource and a time and frequency resource that is allocated for the transmission. In some embodiments of the invention, specific control information is signalled from a base station to a mobile station to enable RAS-HARQ operation. In some embodiments of the invention, retransmission signaling in included as part of regular unicast signaling used for both first transmission and retransmissions. In some embodiments of the invention, a 3-state acknowledgement channel and associated error recovery operation enables the base station and mobile station to recover from control signaling error and reduce packet loss.
US09197371B2
Embodiments of an enhanced Node-B (eNB) configured to operate as a serving eNB in a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) communication network and method are generally described herein. The serving eNB precodes signals for transmission to user equipment (UE) using a precoding matrix that is selected based on a reference PMI for a beamformed transmission in accordance with a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) that is selected from a modified CQI. When operating in coordination mode, on more cooperating eNBs are configured to suppress interference to the UE using coordination PMIs during the resource block allocated for the beamformed transmission.
US09197367B2
A method for reporting uplink control information (UCI) on a user equipment (UE) is described. The UCI is coded using a first block coder and a second block coder to obtain an output bit sequence. The output bit sequence is scrambled to obtain a scrambled signal. A block of complex-valued modulation symbols is generated from the scrambled signal for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) Format 3. The first block coder and the second block coder use a Reed-Muller code.
US09197362B2
The present invention provides a system and method is disclosed for the development and maintenance of a globally distributed state session table wherein a plurality of client connections from one network are stored in a plurality of computer systems to track the aforementioned connection to one or more secondary networks. Client connection requests may originate anywhere on the Internet and server responses to such client requests may be sent asymmetrically from any other point on the Internet. The client-server connection is secured utilizing an intermediary device that acts as a transparent relay, generating a secret cookie hash for the client, such that only the data packets containing such hash are forwarded by the globally distributed system to the server.
US09197347B2
A noise suppression method is used in an optical transmission system which includes node equipments transmitting a WDM optical signal. First node equipment drops a first optical signal from the WDM optical signal. The method includes: transmitting a failure signal that specifies the first optical signal from second node equipment to the first node equipment via a first route when the second node equipment arranged on the first route for transmitting the first optical signal to the first node equipment has detected a failure of the first optical signal; transmitting a shutoff signal that specifies the first optical signal from the first node equipment toward the second node equipment via the first route; and shutting off an optical output of a wavelength corresponding to the first optical signal in third node equipment that has relayed the failure signal and has received the shutoff signal.
US09197338B2
A personal media device including a broadcast receiver that receives broadcast media and broadcast media data from a broadcast source where the broadcast media data includes a media identifier associated with the broadcast media. The media device also includes a data transceiver that sends a retrieval request to a media server for enhanced media data where the retrieval request includes the media identifier and receives the enhanced media data via a wireless data channel. The media device further includes a processor that performs a media device operation in response to the received enhanced media data.
US09197337B2
A wireless signal transmission device is provided. The wireless signal transmission device includes a reflective surface and a receiver. The reflective surface reflects a wireless signal. The receiver receives the wireless signal reflected. The receiver includes a receiver body, a wave guide, a transmission unit and a medium sheet. The wave guide includes an opening end and a connection end connected thereto. The transmission unit is disposed in the wave guide adjacent to the connection end for receiving the wireless signal. The medium sheet is disposed in the wave guide, wherein the medium sheet comprises a first section and a second section, the first section is adjacent to the transmission unit, the second section is adjacent to the opening end, the first section has a first dielectric constant, the second section has a second dielectric constant, and the first dielectric constant is smaller than the second dielectric constant.
US09197334B2
The present invention provides a mechanism for recording only a received radio signal conforming to recording conditions and discarding a received radio signal not conforming to the recording conditions. The radio communication unit includes: (a) a signal detector for detecting a feature quantity of a received radio signal; (b) a signal-reception processing unit for inputting a received radio signal to be input to the signal detector or a received radio signal that has been output from the signal detector to demodulate the received radio signal; (c) a data judgment unit for determining whether the received radio signal demodulated by the signal-reception processing unit is correct or incorrect and/or for determining the characteristics of the received radio signal demodulated by the signal-reception processing unit; (d) a condition setting section for inputting recording conditions of the received radio signal; and (e) a signal judgment unit for: inputting feedback signals from the signal detector, the signal-reception processing unit, and the data judgment unit; using at least a part of the feedback signals to determine whether the received radio signal conforms to the recording conditions; and controlling the received radio signal prior to signal processing to be recorded into a signal recording unit on the basis of a result of the determination.
US09197333B1
During connection establishment, an access network and/or an access terminal may decide whether to transmit bearer-traffic data rather than null-traffic data based on a channel quality of a wireless link. For example, if the access network has forward bearer-traffic data ready for transmission to the access terminal during connection establishment, the access network may decide to transmit that forward bearer-traffic data rather than forward null-traffic data in response to determining that a forward-channel quality of the wireless link is sufficient to carry such data. As another example, if the access terminal has reverse bearer-traffic data ready for transmission to the access network during connection establishment, the access terminal may decide to transmit that reverse bearer-traffic data rather than reverse null-traffic data in response to determining that a reverse-channel quality of the wireless link is sufficient to carry such data.
US09197331B2
An ultrasonic transducer device includes a substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, a wiring substrate and a wiring member. The substrate defines a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings on a first surface of the substrate. The wiring substrate is arranged to face a second surface of the substrate that is opposite from the first surface. The wiring substrate includes a first wiring part. The wiring member is connected to the substrate and the wiring substrate. The wiring member includes a second wiring part electrically connecting the ultrasonic transducer elements to the first wiring part.
US09197315B2
Systems and methods for peer group diagnosis detection are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a beam profile including a plurality of satellite beam characteristics is determined. A peer group of satellite terminals is determined. Terminal profiles with terminal characteristics for the satellite terminals in the peer group are determined. A normalized baseline profile including normalized terminal characteristics for the peer group is determined. Measured operational statistics of the satellite terminals in the peer group are received and converted into normalized operation statistics using the terminal profiles and the normalized baseline profile. Normalized peer group operational statistics including a mean and a standard deviation of normalized operational statistics are determined. A normalized deviation of the normalized operational statistics is determined for each satellite terminal. The normalized deviations for each satellite terminal are compared to a threshold deviation. Satellite terminals are diagnosed as good, degraded, or bad.
US09197302B2
A method of achieving diversity in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. The MIMO communication system has a lower number of receiving antennas compared to the number of transmitting antennas. In the MIMO communication system, selection diversity is achieved by using a switch that selectively chooses a receiver antenna based on a signal to noise ratio of the signal captured by the receiving antenna. Alternatively, the signals that are received by the respective receiving antennas are combined in order to achieve combination diversity.
US09197294B2
A mixing inlay (102) is provided which includes a first radiating element (110a), a second radiating element (110b), and a non-linear mixing component (112) connected between adjacent end portions (114a, 114b) of the first and second radiating elements. The mixing inlay is configured to receive a first exciter signal having a first frequency and a second exciter signal having a second frequency, and in response, to radiate a mixing product signal produced by the mixing inlay from the first and second exciter signals. A conductive parasitic element (116) is disposed within a near field of the re-radiating transponder. A distance provided between the conductive parasitic element and the radiating elements is varied over the length of the conductive parasitic element to enhance a sideband signal generated by the mixing inlay.
US09197293B2
A mobile communications device may include a near field communications (NFC) device, an input device configured to generate a memory wipe command, a memory, and a memory controller coupled with the NFC device, the input device, and the memory. The memory controller may be capable of receiving secure data from a provisioning server to the memory, receiving wiping instruction data from the provisioning server to the memory for wiping the secure data from the memory, and wiping the secure data from the memory based upon the memory wipe command and the received wiping instruction data.
US09197292B2
Disclosed is the technology to create connectors based solely on capacitive or inductive coupling that are impervious to ambient moisture giving rise to the idea of waterproof connectors and ultimately to waterproof consumer electronics. NMCs use no conductive tracks for ohmic contacts. The present invention is a waterproof version of a connector conforming to the USB 3.0 standard, which is visually and mechanically similar to current popular USB connectors.
US09197290B2
Provided are a communication system and a communication device capable of suppressing attenuation of a communication signal superimposed upon a control pilot line. This output circuit (20) sends a control pilot signal which has been generated at a voltage generation source (21) to an input circuit (60). Between the control pilot line (4) and the ground line (3) of the output side of the output circuit (20), a communication unit (30) is connected via a transformer (31). Between the control pilot line (4) and the ground line (3) of the input side of the input circuit (60), a communication unit (70) is connected via a transformer (71). Between the output circuit (20) and the transformer (31), a lowpass filter (33) is interposed. Between the input circuit (60) and the transformer (71), a lowpass filter (73) is interposed.
US09197277B2
A fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver including a two-way transceiver element adapted to be operable for two-way wireless communication between a fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver component and an intrusion alarm system, an antenna facilitating the two-way wireless communication between the fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver component and the intrusion alarm system, and an antenna ground reference plane, opposite the antenna, wherein the antenna includes a substrate, a top surface of the substrate being coated with a gold plated copper substrate coating, the coating having a gap formed therein, and half via holes formed in a perimeter of the antenna, the half via holes being coated with gold plated copper half via hole coatings which form a continuum with the gold plated copper substrate coating.
US09197275B2
A mobile device case or cover can include a distance marker for distance measurement. A mobile device coupled with the case may include a measurement application or module that can acquire video or still images of the distance marker. The measurement application can calculate a distance to the distance marker based on a captured image of the distance marker in the video or still images. The mobile device case can include a pocket, slot, or storage compartment for storing the distance marker.
US09197269B2
A system, apparatus, method, and media directed to navigation in the field of digital radio systems are provided. For example, an apparatus, method, or medium can be implemented to provide a multi-tuner portable digital radio device that includes multiple modes and/or advances navigation tools.
US09197268B1
A receiver including a physical layer module, a function module, a residual module, an IQ mismatch module, and a compensation module. The physical layer module is configured to (i) receive a signal, and (ii) downconvert the signal to generate a downconverted signal, wherein the downconverted signal has IQ mismatch. The function module is configured to determine (i) a first value based on a first function and a resultant signal, and (ii) a second value based on a second function. The residual module is configured to estimate a residual IQ mismatch based on the first value and the second value. The IQ mismatch module is configured to estimate an IQ mismatch coefficient based on the estimate of the residual IQ mismatch. The compensation module is configured to compensate for the IQ mismatch of the downconverted signal including generating the resultant signal based on the estimate of the IQ mismatch.
US09197266B2
An RSSI detector for determining a received signal strength of a received signal, including a transistor configured to operate in a non-linear mode to generate second order components of the received signal comprising a DC component and an AC component; a filter configured to attenuate the AC component of the generated signal to form a filtered signal; and a determination unit configured to determine the received signal strength of the received signal based on an amplitude of the filtered signal.
US09197263B2
A compensation apparatus compensates a quadrature-demodulated signal output from a quadrature demodulator 5 that performs quadrature demodulation by using a signal of a carrier frequency fc, by removing an image component caused by the quadrature demodulator 5 from the quadrature-demodulated signal. The compensation apparatus includes a signal generator 10 that generates a reference signal having a predetermined bandwidth in a reception band, and provides the reference signal to an input side of the quadrature demodulator 5. The reference signal includes a frequency band that is biased to either a higher-frequency side or a lower-frequency side with respect to the carrier frequency.
US09197259B2
A digital predistortion linearization method is provided for increasing the instantaneous or operational bandwidth for RF power amplifiers employed in wideband communication systems. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of increasing DPD linearization bandwidth using a feedback filter integrated into existing digital platforms for multi-channel wideband wireless transmitters. An embodiment of the present invention utilizes a DPD feedback signal in conjunction with a low power band-pass filter in the DPD feedback path.
US09197256B2
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) and an envelope tracking power supply are disclosed. The RF PA receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using an envelope power supply signal, which at least partially envelope tracks the RF transmit signal, such that the RF input signal has an RF mixer-based artifact. The envelope tracking power supply provides the envelope power supply signal, which includes mixer-based artifact pre-distortion to at least partially remove effects of the RF mixer-based artifact from the RF transmit signal.
US09197251B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed related to a memory device, such as a flash memory device that includes an array of memory cells. One such method includes detecting values of charges stored in selected memory cells in the memory cell array. The method also includes processing the detected values in accordance with a Viterbi algorithm so as to determine data stored in the selected memory cells. In one embodiment, the flash memory cell array includes word lines and bit lines. Detecting the values of charges includes detecting values of charges stored in a selected row of memory cells by selecting one of the word lines. The Viterbi algorithm provides correct data where inter-signal interference between the cells affects the accuracy of read data.
US09197248B2
An error correction code decoder, including a computational memory array having at least a variable node section, a check node section, and a plurality of computational memory cells, each cell capable of storing at least one bit of memory and of performing operations at least on the bit and each cell implementing one node. A controller instructs the computational memory to perform the operations and to write the results of computations on a block of variable nodes into associated set of blocks of check nodes and to write the results of computations on a block of check nodes into associated set of blocks of variable nodes.
US09197241B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for power control of RF DACs. In one aspect there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a multiphase clock generator to provide tunable multiphase clock signals including a first clock signal and a second clock signal; and a radio frequency digital-to-analog converter including a first input to receive digital input data, a second input to receive the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and an output to provide an analog output signal, wherein when at least one of a phase difference and a time difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal is varied, a gain of the analog output signal is varied. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US09197229B2
A ring oscillator clock automatic synchronization method of a panel driving circuit includes steps of: when a vertical blanking interval happens, a master driver generates a pulse signal to slave drivers respectively. A pulse width of the pulse signal equals to N times of a master ring oscillator clock, wherein N is larger than 0. When a slave driver receives the pulse signal, the slave driver uses its slave ring oscillator clock to count the pulse width of the pulse signal to obtain that the pulse width of the pulse signal equals to M times of the slave ring oscillator clock, wherein M is larger than 0. The slave driver compares M with N and automatically adjusts the slave ring oscillator clock according to the comparison result to make it achieve synchronization with the master ring oscillator clock.
US09197228B2
A circuit comprises an oscillator, a frequency divider and a comparator. The oscillator generates an oscillating signal (Fvco). The frequency divider is communicatively coupled to the oscillator, divides a frequency of the oscillating signal by a denominator and generates a divided signal. The comparator is communicatively coupled to the oscillator and the frequency divider, and is configured to obtain a first count of the divided signal (Fvco/N) within a predetermined time and a second count of a reference signal within the predetermined time; compare the first count with the second count, and generate a comparison result according to the first count and the second count. The oscillator is further configured to adjust the frequency of the oscillating signal according to the comparison result.
US09197222B2
Capacitive adjustment in an RCL resonant circuit is typically performed by adjusting a DC voltage being applied to one side of the capacitor. One side of the capacitor is usually connected to either the output node or the gate of a regenerative circuit in an RCL resonant circuit. The capacitance loading the resonant circuit becomes a function of the DC voltage and the AC sinusoidal signal generated by the resonant circuit. By capacitively coupling both nodes of the capacitor, a DC voltage can control the value of the capacitor over the full swing of the output waveform. In addition, instead of the RCL resonant circuit driving a single differential function loading the outputs, each output drives an independent single ended function; thereby providing two simultaneous operations being determined in place of the one differential function.
US09197220B2
A reset method of an photoelectric conversion device at least including a phototransistor having a first collector, a first base, and a first emitter, and a first field-effect transistor having a first source, a first drain, and a first gate, includes: connecting the first base, and one of the first source and the first drain of the first field-effect transistor by having a common region, or a continuous region, without a base electrode; supplying a base reset potential to the other of the first source and the first drain; and overlapping a time in which a first emitter potential is supplied to the first emitter and a time in which a first ON-potential that turns on the first field-effect transistor is supplied to the first gate.
US09197217B2
A semiconductor device includes an oscillator that oscillates at a specific frequency, a semiconductor integrated circuit that integrates a temperature sensor that detects a peripheral temperature, and a controller that is electrically connected to the oscillator and that corrects temperature dependent error in the oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and a sealing member that integrally seals the oscillator and the semiconductor integrated circuit.
US09197216B2
A system includes an inverter element to gate forward current flow from a first signal source, and a reverse current inhibition element to block reverse current flow towards the first signal source from a second signal source.
US09197207B2
A touch sensor circuit and a touch device are provided. The touch sensor circuit includes a charging capacitor, a first current supplying unit, a second current supplying unit, and a switch unit. Wherein, the charging capacitor is serially connected between a detecting terminal and a reference voltage. The first current supplying unit is coupled to the detecting terminal, and receives a first bias voltage signal, and generates a first charging current at the detecting terminal according to the first bias voltage signal. A second current supplying unit is coupled to the detecting terminal, and receives a second bias voltage signal, and generates a second charging current at the detecting terminal according to the second bias voltage signal. The second terminal and the third terminal of the switch respectively supply the first and the second bias voltage signal.
US09197202B2
A phase mixing circuit includes a first mixing unit configured to mix phases of first and second clocks at a predetermined ratio, and generate a first mixed signal; a second mixing unit configured to mix phases of an inverted signal of the first clock and an inverted signal of the second clock at the predetermined ratio, and generate a second mixed signal; and an output unit configured to generate an output signal based on of the first and second mixed signals.
US09197185B2
An acoustic resonator includes a substrate and a first composite electrode disposed over the substrate. The first composite electrode includes first and second electrically conductive layers and a first temperature compensating layer disposed between the first and second electrically conductive layers. The second electrically conductive layer forms a first electrical contact with the first electrically conductive layer on at least one side of the first temperature compensating layer, and the first electrical contact electrically shorts a first capacitive component of the first temperature compensating layer.
US09197181B2
A loudness enhancement system and method is described that increases the loudness of an audio signal being played back by an audio device that places limits on the dynamic range of the audio signal. In an embodiment, the loudness enhancement system and method compresses the audio signal to an adaptively-determined compression limit that is greater than or equal to a maximum desired output level and then applies an adaptively-determined degree of soft clipping to the compressed audio signal. The compression limit and degree of soft clipping may be determined based on an overload measure that is calculated for successive portions of the audio signal. The loudness enhancement system and method advantageously operates in a manner that generates less distortion than the method of simply over-driving the audio signal such that hard-clipping occurs.
US09197174B2
An analog baseband filter for a radio transceiver is provided. An analog baseband filter for a multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver includes a current-voltage conversion amplifier converting a current received at the analog baseband filter into a voltage and adjusting a gain of an output voltage of the current-voltage conversion amplifier using a plurality of resistors, and a source follower circuit compensating for temperature for the output voltage of the current-voltage conversion amplifier.
US09197166B2
A method of increasing power amplifier linearity to facilitate in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies is provided. The method can include determining a scheduled time period during which data is received by a device via a first wireless communication technology. The method can further include adjusting an operational parameter of a power amplifier applied to a transmission from the device via a second wireless communication technology to increase a linearity of the power amplifier during the scheduled time period.
US09197158B2
The invention relates to a Frequency Divider Circuit for dividing an input RF signal to a frequency divided RF signal. The circuit comprises a RF pair, a switching-quad pair coupled in series with a transimpedance amplifier and a double pair of emitter followers. The circuit comprises coupling elements for providing first DC paths to first amplifier paths of the RF pair and for providing second DC paths to second amplifier paths of the series arrangement of the switching-quad pair and the transimpedance amplifier. The first DC paths are independent of the second DC paths. RF connections are provided to couple the first and the second amplifier paths for transferring a signal from the first amplifier paths to the second amplifier paths.
US09197155B2
In a terminal plate circuit in which the bottom surface of the diode is attached to the surface of the terminal plate with solder so as to dissipate the heat of the diode, heat transfer from the diode to the terminal plate is facilitated by removing the air bubbles in the solder during the soldering. A terminal plate circuit configured in such a manner that a metal part of a bottom surface of a diode of surface mounting type is soldered onto a surface of a terminal plate that is larger than the metal part, characterized in that streaks consisting of a plurality of lines that do not intersect with each other are formed on the surface of the terminal plate onto which the diode is to be soldered, whereby air bubbles generated within the solder during the soldering are let to escape from a lower surface of the diode to outside through the streaks. This terminal plate circuit is suitable for the use in a terminal box for solar cell panel.
US09197154B2
A detachable solar junction box base is disclosed, having a junction box, whose left and right sides being respectively installed with a pivotal connection button, and the bottom side thereof being installed with at least an elastic snap tab, two elastic clip tabs, a first connection port and a second connection port; and a base, the body thereof being an integral base formed by two arm parts and a traverse board part, in which the two arm parts are located at the left and right sides of the base and the traverse board part is disposed at the front end of the base, and in which each of the arm parts is respectively installed with an ear seat and a pivotal connection hole at the interior corner thereof, as well as a hollow accommodation part constituted by the arm parts and the traverse board part to receive the junction box.
US09197153B2
A power tool includes a housing, an electric motor accommodated in the housing, a secondary battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor, a handle provided at the housing, a trigger switch provided at the handle for controlling electric power supply to the electric motor, a residual capacity display for displaying a residual capacity of the secondary battery, and a lock-release switch provided at the handle and configured to allow the trigger switch to be operable and to start displaying the residual capacity at the residual capacity display upon manipulation to the lock-release switch.
US09197145B2
The present invention performs pulse shift control in such a manner that a difference between switching timings of PWM duty signals can reach or exceed a second predetermined value when the difference between the switching timings of the PWM duty signals of phases falls below the first predetermined value, and determines a correction amount for the phase by the pulse shift control in such a manner that a correction amount after switching becomes smaller than a correction amount before the switching of a phase on which the pulse shift control is performed in pulse shift phase switching control.
US09197137B2
An electric power conversion device comprises a conversion circuit having bi-directionally switchable plural pairs of switching elements connected to respective phases and converting an inputted AC power into an AC electric power. A first switching time is calculated using detected voltages detected by voltage sensors and an output command value. A second switching time is calculated using a carrier and the calculated first switching time. The second switching time is such that, in one period of the alternating current electric power outputted from the conversion circuit, the second switching time included in a first half period of the one period is equal to the second switching time included in a second half period of the one period.
US09197133B2
Disclosed are a voltage waveform detector, a power controller and a control method used therein, adaptive for a switched-mode power supply having a power switch and an inductive device. A disclosed power controller has a voltage waveform detector and a constant-current control unit. The voltage waveform detector estimates a discharge time of the inductive device when the power switch is turned off. In the voltage waveform detector, a differential capacitor is coupled between an input node of a comparator and a feedback node, at which the feedback voltage corresponds to a reflection voltage of the inductive device. The constant-current control unit integrates a current-detection signal over the discharge time to control a maximum output current of the switched-mode power supply.
US09197131B2
A method for sensing an output voltage in a voltage converter includes at least one switching element and a transformer. A voltage is sampled across an auxiliary winding or a signal obtained from the voltage across an auxiliary winding in order to obtain a plurality of samples after the at least one switching element has assumed a first operation state and until the auxiliary voltage reaches a predefined threshold. The auxiliary winding is inductively coupled with the transformer. At least one sample obtained is evaluated before the auxiliary voltage reaches the predefined threshold.
US09197125B2
Damage to an inverter due to an excessively high start-up current, when using space vector control without a voltage sensor in conjunction with small connection inductances, can be prevented with a method for controlling the inverter, and with a corresponding controller, wherein the controller is configured to transmit in a start-up phase of an inverter circuit a control signal to a control input of the inverter circuit, wherein the control signal simultaneously switches three first semiconductor switches, which are connected to a first DC voltage terminal of the inverter circuit, temporarily into a conducting state.
US09197121B2
A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM comprising: a bobbin formed with a support unit protruded from a periphery of a body at a bottom portion of the body, and a recess unit partially removed at the support unit; and a coil block supported by the support unit and including a plurality of coil layers wound at a periphery of the bobbin, wherein first and second distal ends of the coil block pass through the recess unit.
US09197118B2
A machine (1) having a rotor (11) including permanent magnets (PM) and field coils (EC). The magnets are housed in first axial recesses (E1) distributed within a circumferential portion of the magnetic body, thus defining circumferential polar sections. The coils are housed in second axial recesses (E2) distributed within an intermediate portion of the magnetic body and defining pole teeth (RT). The ratio of a width of a pole tooth to a height of a permanent magnet is around 0.65 to around 1.
US09197117B2
A magnetic rotor arrangement is provided, having a primary rotor including an array of magnets arranged to provide alternating polarity around the outside of the primary rotor and at least one auxiliary rotor including an array of magnets arranged to provide alternating polarity around the outside of the auxiliary rotor. The primary rotor and each auxiliary rotor are arranged such that when the primary rotor is rotated, the rotation of the primary rotor magnetically induces rotation of each auxiliary rotor.
US09197114B2
A brushless alternator has a housing with a front portion and a rear portion. A stator assembly, rotor assembly, and coil support are positioned within the housing. The coil support has a shank portion of a first outer diameter and a base portion of a second outer diameter greater than first outer diameter. The base portion includes a plurality of air flow openings that extend through a second sidewall. A rectifier and regulator assembly is positioned on the outside of the rear portion of the housing. A front fan circulates air across the stator assembly at the front portion of the housing. A rear fan creates a cooling flow of air through flow openings of the coil support to circulate air across the regulator and rectifier assembly and the stator assembly.
US09197113B2
A linear actuator is provided with an outer tube and an inner tube inserted in the outer tube so as to be free to slide. The linear actuator is also provided with a rod erected at a central axis part of the inner tube and forming an annular space between the rod and the inner tube, a rod guide which slides along an inner surface of the outer tube and guides the rod along an axial direction, a plurality of permanent magnets arranged along the axial direction in the rod, and a plurality of coils retained by the outer tube so as to face the permanent magnets. A cooling fluid is filled in an internal space formed between the outer tube and the inner tube.
US09197111B2
A work output device is revealed. The work output device includes two motor rotors respectively arrange at two ends of a horizontal main rotating shaft. An outer transmission shaft of each motor rotor starts rotating after the power is turned on. The rotating outer transmission shaft drives the main rotating shaft to rotate in one direction through a speed change gear mechanism. The motor rotors are synchronously driven to rotate around the main rotating shaft and move from a lower position to a higher position. At the moment, the power is turned off and the motor rotors turn back from the higher position to the lower position with the help of gravity. Thus a cycle of repetitive up-and-down half circle rotation is completed. Moreover, the main rotating shaft drives a work output shaft to rotate by a torque controller.
US09197103B2
A stator core includes a yoke member and a teeth member. The yoke member is in an annular shape. The teeth member includes teeth and connecting portions. The teeth are projected from the yoke member radially inward. The teeth are formed of a steel plate stacked along a circumferential direction. At least one of the connecting portions connects a part of a tip end of one of the teeth in an axial direction with a part of a tip end of an other of the teeth in the axial direction. The one of the teeth and the other of the teeth are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction.
US09197099B2
A power supply system driving a load including a main power apparatus and a backup power apparatus is disclosed. The main power apparatus provides main power to the load according to city power. The backup power apparatus provides backup power to the load when the city power does not correspond to a first pre-determined condition and includes a recombination unit, a fuel cell unit, a transformation unit, and a control unit. The recombination unit recombines a methanol component to a hydrogen component. The fuel cell unit receives the hydrogen component to generate a first power. The transformation unit detects the city power and transforms the first power to generate the backup power. When the city power does not correspond to a first pre-determined condition, the control unit activates the reformer, the fuel cell unit, and the transformation unit to generate the backup power.
US09197096B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages use of a solid-state battery in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system monitors a temperature of the solid-state battery during use of the solid-state battery with the portable electronic device. Next, the system modifies a charging technique for the solid-state battery based on the monitored temperature to increase a capacity or a cycle life of the solid-state battery. To modify the charging technique based on the monitored temperature, the system may increase a charge rate of the solid-state battery if the temperature exceeds a first temperature threshold. On the other hand, the system may maintain the charge rate of the solid-state battery if the temperature does not exceed the first temperature threshold.
US09197090B2
A system of communication between stacked integrated circuits powered by different voltage supply levels in a multiple cell-stacked battery pack is disclosed. The system includes a number of battery cells and a number of integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit includes a battery detecting unit, a data transceiving unit and a power acquiring unit. Since the data transceiving unit transmits signals by toggling voltage level, current flow which causes higher power consumption can be avoided. Meanwhile, the system of communication can therefore be applied to many internal communicating protocols.
US09197077B2
An electronic apparatus includes first and second power receiving portions that receive first and second powers respectively supplied through two power paths, first and second battery cells that are charged with the first or second power, a first charging path that couples the first power receiving portion to the first battery cell, a second charging path that couples the second power receiving portion to the second battery cell, a third charging path that couples the first charging path to second charging path, and a processor configured to control on-and-off switching of the third charging path in accordance with receiving states of the first and second powers.
US09197075B2
A computing system including a port to provide power to a portable device. The power state of the computing system is determined and the type of charging port to provide can be based on the power state of the computing system.
US09197072B2
A charging device charges an in-vehicle battery for an electric vehicle by a power supply fed from an attachment plug extending from an external power supply. The charging device includes: a charging inlet; a housing recess formed within the charging inlet; a charging connector disposed within the housing recess; and an illumination light source embedded in an upper peripheral wall of the housing recess. The illumination light source emits light downward, and an optical axis thereof is positioned closer to an opening of the housing recess than a front surface of the charging connector. A first irradiation light emitted toward the opening of the housing recess than the optical axis is emitted obliquely downward from the charging inlet. A second irradiation light emitted toward a bottom of the housing recess than the optical axis is emitted to the charging connector.
US09197069B2
An offshore wind farm includes a plurality of wind turbines connected to an onshore converter station by means of a distributed power transmission system. The power transmission system includes a series of offshore converter platforms distributed within the wind farm. Each converter platform includes a busbar carrying an ac voltage for the converter platform and to which the wind turbines are connected. Each converter platform also includes one or more converter transformers connected to the busbar and a series of one or more converter modules. The power transmission system includes dc transmission lines which deliver generated power back to the onshore converter station.
US09197066B2
Described herein are embodiments of methods, devices and systems of phase functionality for a meter. One aspect comprises a method of phase functionality for a meter. One embodiment of the method comprises determining a load value for each phase of a poly-phase electrical system; comparing, using a processor, the load value for each phase of a poly-phase electrical system with a respective threshold value for each phase of the poly-phase electrical system; and opening or closing one or more relays based on the comparison, wherein the one or more relays are each associated with respective phase of the poly-phase electrical system.
US09197065B2
Compact dynamic Phase Angle Regulators (CD-PARs) are provided. A Compact Dynamic Phase Angle Regulator (CD-PAR) is a stand-alone device that regulates phase angle through a single transformer. A CD-PAR has no external energy source, uses low-rating devices, and can be isolated from a fault in the grid. A CD-PAR may be implemented in a single-phase or in a three-phase configuration, but the operation of a CD-PAR cross-couples all three phases. A CD-PAR controls both the real and the reactive power flow between two AC sources having the same frequency by inserting a voltage with controllable magnitude and phase. A CD-PAR may be implemented in either a buck configuration or a boost configuration.
US09197058B2
Disclosed is an alternator overvoltage protection circuit having a TRIAC and a MOSFET. The TRIAC is electrically connected to the MOSFET and the TRIAC is electrically connected to a magneto. The TRIAC is configured to ground the magneto when triggered by the MOSFET. The MOSFET is electrically connected to an alternator and configured to conduct when the alternator operates in an overvoltage condition. Also disclosed is a method of alternator overvoltage protection for a piece of outdoor power equipment, the method including providing a TRIAC and an alternator rotated by an engine having a magneto, wherein the alternator outputs a voltage when rotated by the engine. The method further includes configuring the TRIAC to ground the magneto when the alternator operates in an overvoltage condition, thereby disabling the magneto, which stops the rotation of the engine and stops the alternator from outputting voltage.
US09197042B2
A wire harness includes: one or more conductive paths; and an outer member that includes a plurality of leading outer members, each having a tubular shape that passes along the one or more conductive paths; and a watercrosslinkable fixing member or a photocrosslinkable fixing member that bonds adjacent leading outer members of the plurality of leading outer members which are separate away from each other in a longitudinal direction of the one or more conductive paths.
US09197039B2
An electrical power distribution system or panelboard that includes a hollow central body with at least one insulated bus bar and a top non-energized metal mounting surface. A plurality of connection points are distributed along the bus bar for electrical device connections. The connection points are contained inside molded plastic holes or wells, and are electrically connected to the main bus bar. Electrical device connections are accomplished via connectors plugged into the holes or wells. The attachment of electrical devices of various sizes and configurations may be accommodated through the use of spacers.
US09197033B1
A solar laser lamp includes: a solar panel assembly, a laser lamp assembly and a ground stud, where the solar panel assembly includes a base, a solar panel, a control circuit board and a storage battery, and the solar panel, the control circuit board and the storage battery are all installed in the base. The laser lamp assembly includes a lamp holder and a laser lamp, and the laser lamp is installed in the lamp holder and is connected to the control circuit board. The ground stud has an installation portion on an upper end, the base has a base connector, the lamp holder has a lamp holder connector, and the base connector, the lamp holder connector and the installation portion are fastened by using a first threaded member to pass therethrough, so that the solar panel assembly and the laser lamp assembly can be integrally installed on the ground stud, to facilitate use, storage and transportation. Moreover, according to actual demands, after the first threaded member is unscrewed, rotating angles between various parts can be adjusted and then the parts are fastened, so that the solar panel can absorb solar energy at any angle, and the laser lamp can also irradiate at any angle.
US09197031B2
The invention describes a new method of tuning a Fabry-Perot resonant etalon, whose length is actively controlled through the frequency of an identical length microwave resonant cavity. The length is tunable over a several micron range with the precision and stability of the microwave source frequency.
US09197020B2
A mini USB connector includes an electrical insulating terminal holder including an accommodation chamber and first and second tongue members at a front side relative to the accommodation chamber, a conducting terminal set including multiple conducting terminals mounted in the accommodation chamber and arranged in three sets, and an EMI shielding shell surrounding the electrical insulating terminal holder and the conducting terminals and defining therein a mating chamber that matches with the accommodation chamber, the first tongue member and the second tongue member to constitute first, second and third insertion spaces respectively for the insertion of different types of electronic cards or electrical connectors.
US09197012B2
A vehicle charging port locking device has a charging port and a locking mechanism. The charging port has an engaged part that engage an engaging part of a charging connector for supplying power from an external power source to the charging port when in an engaged state. A restraining member is movably mounted between a locked state in which release of the engaged part is restricted by movement of the restraining member in a locking direction to prevent the engaging part from being released from the engaging state, and an unlocked state in which release of the engaging part is permitted by movement of the restraining member in an unlocking direction that is opposite the locking direction. The restraining member can be moved in the unlocking direction by operation of an exposed part that can be operated from beneath the hood of the vehicle.
US09197010B2
A magnetic electrical connector is provided which has particular application to use in vehicles or aircraft to prevent damage due to passenger movement. The connector includes a socket having a housing with a front face, a plurality of conductor contact regions provided on the front face, and a magnet provided in the housing to physically retain a plug in connection with the socket in use.
US09197006B2
A wet-mateable electrical connection and an associated method are provided for use, for example, within an adverse environment such as underwater. A wet-mateable electrical connection may include a female connector body comprising at least one receptacle. A female contact is disposed within the at least one receptacle. A male connector body having at least one axially directed male contact pin having a forward end portion releasably engages with the female contact body within the receptacle, thus forming a fully-mated engagement. In the fully-mated engagement, the electrical contacts are in contact with water/fluid. Thus, the electrical connection is established even in the presence of water/fluid.
US09197003B2
A connector includes a housing formed with a plurality of terminal insertion holes into which a plurality of terminal metal fittings is inserted, respectively, and a spacer arranged inside the housing and coating the plurality of terminal metal fittings. The spacer includes main bodies fixed inside the housing, and a plurality of slit doors provided in the main bodies and divided into a plurality of small pieces by a plurality of slits. Each of the slit doors elastically deforms by abutting a terminal metal fitting inserted into a terminal insertion hole when the terminal metal fitting passes therethrough, and is brought into contact with the terminal metal fitting when the terminal metal fitting is attached to the housing.
US09196996B2
Provided in a safe outlet further including a rotary type locking body in which the rotary type locking body falls down when a plug is not plugged into the outlet, to thereby make outlet terminals not opened, to thus prevent an electric shock accident in advance, and to thereby entirely block foreign substances such as dust from entering an earth terminal hole.
US09196995B2
A tamper resistant shutter assembly for an electrical device includes a housing. A first shutter member is movably disposed in the housing between closed and open positions. A second shutter member is movably disposed in the housing between closed and open positions. A third shutter member is movably disposed in the housing between closed and open positions. The third shutter member is movable from the closed position to the open position by movement of the second shutter member from the closed position to the open position. A fourth shutter member is movably disposed in the housing between closed and open positions. The fourth shutter member is movable from the closed position to the open position by movement of the first shutter member from the closed position to the open position. A fifth shutter member is movably disposed in the housing between closed and open positions. The fifth shutter member is prevented from moving from the closed position to the open position when the fourth shutter member is in the closed position.
US09196990B2
A plug connector has a housing and a plurality of metallic plug connections in the housing together with a plurality of contact feet which project from the bottom face of the housing in order to make electrical contact and be mechanically fixed to a support of a heating apparatus which is electrically connected to the plug connector. A contact foot has a U-shaped foot end with two limbs and with a cutout in-between, an upper limb merging with the contact foot, and a lower limb being provided on that side which faces away from the housing.
US09196988B2
A connector assembly includes a first connector having a first mounting side that extends along a first plane. The first connector is configured to be mounted to a first circuit board along the first mounting side such that the first circuit board extends approximately parallel to the first plane. A second connector is configured to mate with the first connector. The second connector has a second mounting side that extends along a second plane that extends approximately perpendicular to the first plane. The second connector is configured to be mounted to a second circuit board along the second mounting side such that the second circuit board extends approximately parallel to the second plane. The first and second connectors are configured to move relative to each other along a float axis that extends approximately perpendicular to the second plane when the first and second connectors are mated together.
US09196986B2
A contact of a connector includes a board contact part to be connected to a circuit board; a first contact part including an extension part that is connected to the board contact part and extends in an insertion direction in which a target object is inserted into the connector, a first bent part that extends from the extension part and is bent to one side, and a first contact point that is located closer to an end of the first contact part than the first bent part and contacts the target object; and a second contact part including a second bent part that is connected to the board contact part and is bent to the one side, and a second contact point that is located closer to an end of the second contact part than the second bent part and contacts the target object.
US09196973B2
Disclosed are a solar junction box and a wire connecting structure of the solar junction box. The solar junction box includes plural first conductive tongues separately and perpendicularly plugged onto a printed circuit board, plural solar panel conducting plates combined to the first conductive tongues, and each solar panel conducting plate including an extension plate connected to a solar panel and a U-shaped snap-in plate bent and extended from the extension plate, and each U-shaped snap-in plate being snapped onto each first conductive tongue, plural insulators sheathed on the solar panel conducting plates, a pair of second conductive tongues separately and flatly attached onto a side of the printed circuit board, and two conducting terminals electrically connected to the pair of second conductive tongues. With the installation of the wire connecting structure, the volume of the solar junction box can be reduced to provide a stable electrical connection.
US09196971B2
Disclosed is a method of assembling a connecting device (3) on a stripped end section (6) of an electric cable (4), the method including a first step of crimping a first zone (40) of a tubular portion (13) of the device with a first portion (43) of the section that is configured so that the first portion has a first predetermined degree of compression; a second step of crimping a second zone (41) of the tubular portion with a second portion (44) of the section that is configured so that the second portion has a second predetermined degree of compression lower than the first degree; a step of punching a third zone (42) of the tubular portion with a third portion (56) of the section which is configured so that the third portion has a third predetermined degree of compression higher than the first degree.
US09196968B2
An antenna device includes a first dielectric substrate made of a high dielectric coefficient material, a plurality of first contact pads fastened on a periphery of a top surface of the first dielectric substrate, a plurality of second dielectric substrates made of the high dielectric coefficient material, and a plurality of Yagi-Uda antennae respectively disposed on top surfaces of the second dielectric substrates. The second dielectric substrates are fastened on the first dielectric substrate. Each of the Yagi-Uda antennae has a drive, and a plurality of directors disposed in an outside position of the drive and spaced from an outer side of the drive. The directors are shorter than the drive, and the directors are arranged along a direction of being gradually away from the drive and gradually become shorter. An inner side of the drive defines a signal feed point.
US09196949B2
A pane with electrically conductive structures is described. The pane has at least two electrically conductive structures galvanically separated from each other, a galvanic separating layer on at least on one of the electrically conductive structures, and an electrical conductor on the galvanic separating layer. The galvanic separating layer galvanically separates the conductor from at least one of the structures. A method for producing the pane and a use of the same are also described.
US09196933B2
An electrochemical battery system in one embodiment includes a first electrochemical cell, a memory in which command instructions are stored, and a processor configured to execute the command instructions during a discharge cycle of the first electrochemical cell to (i) establish a first discharge voltage of the first electrochemical cell based upon a first sensed discharge voltage, and (ii) permit a second discharge voltage of the first electrochemical cell after establishing the first discharge voltage, wherein the second discharge voltage is greater than the first discharge voltage.
US09196928B2
An electrolyte solution for a rechargeable lithium battery, including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive including fluoroethylene carbonate, a vinyl-containing carbonate, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C10 cyclic sulfate, and a nitrile-based compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R may be a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkylene group.
US09196926B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a gel electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery having flame retardancy over a long period and a good capacity maintenance rate. The gel electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery according to the exemplary embodiment contains a lithium salt, a copolymer of at least one first monomer selected from compounds represented by chemical formulae (1) and (2) and a second monomer represented by chemical formula (4), at least one oxo-acid ester derivative of phosphorus selected from compounds represented by chemical formulae (5) to (7), and at least one disulfonate ester selected from a cyclic-chain type disulfonate ester represented by chemical formula (8) and a linear-chain type disulfonate ester represented by chemical formula (9).
US09196916B2
The present invention relates to a power device and, more particularly, to a non-propulsive thermal transpiration based micro single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell (SCSOFC) power device.
US09196911B2
A gas diffusion layer-integrated gasket 1 includes a first gasket 12 which is integrally molded to a periphery of a first gas diffusion layer 11 and a second gasket 14 which is integrally molded to a periphery of a second gas diffusion layer 13, and a hinge part 15 which connects the first gasket 12 and second gasket 14 to each other. The first and second gas diffusion layers sandwich a membrane-electrode assembly 2 in which catalytic electrode layers are provided on both surfaces of an electrolytic membrane from both sides, wherein a seal protrusion 12c is formed on a surface which is in tight contact with the membrane-electrode assembly 2.
US09196908B2
A fuel cell includes at least one fuel cell element, which includes an anode, a cathode, a proton exchange membrane sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, a first flow guide plate, and a second flow guide plate. Each of the anode and the cathode includes a catalyst layer including a number of tube carriers having electron conductibility, a number of catalyst particles uniformly adsorbed on an inner wall of each of the tube carriers, and a proton conductor filled in each of the plurality of tube carriers. A first end of each of the tube carriers connects with the proton exchange membrane. The first flow guide plate is disposed on a surface of the anode away from the proton exchange membrane. The second flow guide plate is disposed on a surface of the cathode away from the proton exchange membrane.
US09196903B2
This invention relates to a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery containing a current collector, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium-containing phosphoric acid compound represented by LixMPO4 as a positive-electrode active material, where M is at least one element selected from Group-2 to Group-12 metals of the periodic table, and x satisfies 0
US09196896B2
Disclosed herein is a porous silicon-based electrode active material, comprising a silicon phase, a SiOx (0
US09196892B2
A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly configured to perform charging and discharging; a case enclosing the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; an electrode terminal engaging a terminal hole of the cap plate; and an insulator between the cap plate and the electrode terminal, wherein the insulator comprises: a fluid receiving recess at a side of the electrode terminal to receive fluid, and an outlet extending through the insulator from the fluid receiving recess to discharge the received fluid.
US09196885B2
The present invention provides a lamination type secondary battery in which separators are prevented from becoming wrinkled and are free from laminating dislocation. An aspect of the present invention is a lamination type secondary battery in which a plurality of planar positive electrodes (2) and negative electrodes (3) are alternately laminated. The lamination type secondary battery includes a plurality of pairs of separators (4′), an intermittent joining section (6), and an outer periphery joining section (7). Each pair of separators (4′) sandwiches and coats at least one among from the positive electrodes (2) and the negative electrodes (3). The intermittent joining section (6) is arranged at predetermined intervals along an outer periphery of each of the positive electrodes (2) or each of the negative electrodes (3). The intermittent joining section (6) is a section that joins the pair of separators (4′). The outer periphery joining section (7) partly joins the outer peripheries of the pair of separators (4′) such that the outer periphery joining section (7) is harder than the other sections.
US09196876B2
Disclosed are a touch screen integrated organic light emitting display device which has a thin profile and is implemented in a flexible type and a method for fabricating the same. The touch screen integrated organic light emitting display device includes a film substrate, a first etch stopper layer and a first buffer layer sequentially formed on the film substrate, a thin film transistor array including thin film transistors formed on the first buffer layer, organic light emitting diodes connected to the thin film transistors, a passivation layer covering the thin film transistor array and the organic light emitting diodes, a touch electrode layer contacting the passivation layer, a second buffer layer and a second etch stopper layer sequentially formed on the touch electrode layer, and a polarizing plate formed on the second etch stopper layer.
US09196872B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting display apparatus that includes a display substrate; a plurality of organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) that are disposed on the display substrate and are separated by a pixel defining layer; an encapsulation substrate that is disposed facing the display substrate and covers the OLEDs; and a filling material that is disposed between the display substrate and the encapsulation substrate and disposed corresponding to the pixel defining layer, wherein the filling material includes a material that absorbs visible light and a method manufacturing the organic light-emitting display apparatus.
US09196869B2
Provided is a light-emitting device in which a voltage drop is suppressed and light extraction efficiency is increased. Provided is a light-emitting device with increased productivity. Provided is a light-emitting device with high reliability. An extremely thin conductive film from 3 nm to 50 nm is used as an electrode on a light-emitting side and an auxiliary wiring is provided in contact with the electrode. When the width of the auxiliary wiring is 100 μm or less, the auxiliary wiring is hardly perceived with the naked eye, so that a light-emitting device in which light extraction efficiency is increased and luminance is obtained uniformly. The extremely thin auxiliary wiring can be formed by nanoimprinting technology. With use of nanoimprinting technology, the width of the auxiliary wiring can be reduced to 10 nm or less.
US09196867B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. An organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, an encapsulation substrate on the display unit, a sealing member on an edge of the display unit, the sealing member being for bonding the substrate and the encapsulation substrate together, and a filling material filled between the display unit and the encapsulation substrate is disclosed. The filling material has a non-uniform dispersion of fillers such that an amount of the fillers in a first region closer to the display unit is higher than an amount of the fillers in a second region closer to the encapsulation substrate.
US09196865B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a first substrate; an insulating layer on the first substrate; a signal wiring on the insulating layer; an organic light-emitting device on the first substrate, the organic light-emitting device defining an active area and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first and second electrodes; a passivation layer on the insulating layer; and a metal layer on the passivation layer at an outer region adjacent to the active area, separated from the first electrode, and contacting the second electrode and the signal wiring, wherein a first opening is in the passivation layer at the outer region, and the metal layer contacts the insulating layer at the first opening.
US09196855B2
A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light over a complete surface as part of a display system. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. A transparent substrate, has first and second surfaces, with the first surface coupled to the first transparent conductive coating, and the second surface of said transparent substrate including a surface formed with plural light channeling structures thereon.
US09196845B2
The present invention provides a novel compound that is capable of largely improving a life time, efficiency, electrochemical stability, and thermal stability of an organic electronic device, and an organic electronic device that comprises an organic material layer comprising the compound.
US09196844B2
A novel method includes a synthetic pathway in which α-diketone and a 1-(haloaryl)ethane-1,2-diamine derivative are cyclized to each other to form a 2-(haloaryl)pyrazine derivative. Further, a 2-arylpyrazine derivative having an aryl group or a heteroaryl group as a substituent is synthesized by coupling the 2-(haloaryl)pyrazine derivative obtained by the above synthetic pathway and an arylboronic acid or a heteroarylboronic acid. The 2-arylpyrazine derivative obtained by the novel method is useful for a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, or a lighting device with high emission efficiency.
US09196840B2
Novel fluoroacyl arylamines useful in organic electronic applications are disclosed, including methods of synthesizing those fluoroacyl arylamines using Lewis acids for acyl moiety activation.
US09196832B2
Semiconductor memory apparatus and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate in which a cell area and a peripheral area are defined, a plurality of pillars formed in the a cell area of the semiconductor substrate to a first depth, a stepped part formed in the peripheral area to a height corresponding to the first depth, a recessed part formed in the stepped part to a second depth, and a core switching device formed in the recessed part.
US09196825B2
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ). The MTJ includes at least a pinned layer, a barrier layer, and a free layer. The MTJ is formed over a surface of the substrate. Of the pinned layer, the barrier layer, and the free layer, the free layer is formed first and is closest to the surface. This enables a spacer to be formed over a perimeter region of the free layer prior to etching the free layer. Any damage to the free layer that results from etching or other free layer edge-defining process is kept at a distance from the tunneling junction by the spacer.
US09196824B2
A magnetic storage element including a recording layer and a heat generator. The recording layer has a magnetization direction that is configured to change via spin injection so that information can be recorded. The heat generator is positioned to heat the recording layer. The recording layer comprises (i) cobalt and iron and (ii) a non-magnetic element or a non-magnetic element and an oxide.
US09196818B2
A boundary acoustic wave device includes an LiTaO3 piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric medium layer disposed on the piezoelectric substrate, a second dielectric medium layer disposed on the first medium layer and having a sound velocity different from the first medium layer, and an interdigital electrode disposed at the boundary between the piezoelectric substrate and the first medium layer. The sound velocity of the first medium layer is less than the sound velocity of LiTaO3. The sound velocity of the second medium layer is greater than the sound velocity of LiTaO3. The inequality (h/λ)×a≦0.05 is satisfied, where H is the thickness of the first medium layer, h is the thickness of the interdigital electrode, λ is the period of electrode fingers of the interdigital electrode, and a is the ratio of the density of a metal of the interdigital electrode to the density of Au.
US09196808B2
A high luminance semiconductor light emitting device including a metallic reflecting layer formed using a non-transparent semiconductor substrate is provided. The device includes a GaAs substrate; a metal layer disposed on the GaAs substrate; and a light emitting diode structure. The light emitting diode structure includes a patterned metal contact layer and a patterned insulating layer disposed on the metal layer, a p type cladding layer disposed on the patterned metal contact layer and the patterned insulating layer, a multi-quantum well layer disposed on the p type cladding layer, an n type cladding layer disposed on the multi-quantum well layer, and a window layer disposed on the n type cladding layer. The GaAs substrate and the light emitting diode structure are bonded by using the metal layer.
US09196806B2
This disclosure discloses a light-emitting chip comprises: a light-emitting stack, having a side wall, comprising an active layer emitting light; and a light-absorbing layer having a first portion surrounding the side wall and being configured to absorb 50% light toward the light-absorbing layer.
US09196805B2
A light emitting device (100) includes a base member (101), electrically conductive members (102a, 102b) disposed on the base member (101), a light emitting element (104) mounted on the electrically conductive members (102a, 102b), an insulating filler (114) covering at least a portion of surfaces of the electrically conductive members (102a, 102b) where the light emitting element (104) is not mounted, and a light transmissive member (108) covering the light emitting element (104).
US09196803B2
[Object][Means for Solving Problem] A method for manufacturing of a semiconductor light emitting element has; forming a semiconductor layer laminated of a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, in this order, forming an electrode including a silver-containing layer in contact with an upper surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, forming an insulating layer coating over at least a side surface of the silver-containing layer from the upper surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer by an atomic layer deposition method.
US09196802B2
A light-emitting device includes a face-up type LED chip formed rectangular in a top view, and a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped sealing portion to seal the LED chip. An angle formed between a side surface of the LED chip and a side surface of the sealing portion in the top view is 45±13°, and a portion of light emitted from the LED chip is emitted from the side surface of the sealing portion.
US09196799B2
Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices such as LED chips at the wafer level, and LED chips and LED chip wafers fabricated using the methods. An LED chip wafer according to the present invention comprises a plurality of LEDs on a wafer and a plurality of pedestals, each of which is on one of the LEDs. A fluorescent substrate or preform (“preform”) is provided covering at least some of the LEDs, the preform comprising holes with the pedestals arranged within the holes. During operation of the covered ones of said LEDs at least some light from the LEDs passes through the preform and is converted. LED chips are provided that are singulated from this LED chip wafer. One embodiment of a method for fabricating LED chips from a wafer comprises depositing LED epitaxial layers on an LED growth wafer to form a plurality of LEDs on the growth wafer. Pedestals are formed on the LEDs and a fluorescent preform is formed with holes. The fluorescent preform is bonded over at least some of the plurality of LEDs so that at least some light from the covered ones of said LEDs passes through the preform and is converted. The pedestals are arranged in the holes so that an electrical signal is applied to the LEDs through the pedestals.
US09196797B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) and a flip-chip packaged LED device. The present invention provides an LED device. The LED device is flipped on and connected electrically with a packaging substrate and thus forming the flip-chip packaged LED device. The LED device mainly has an Ohmic-contact layer and a planarized buffer layer between a second-type doping layer and a reflection layer. The Ohmic-contact layer improves the Ohmic-contact characteristics between the second-type doping layer and the reflection layer without affecting the light emitting efficiency of the LED device and the flip-chip packaged LED device. The planarized buffer layer id disposed between the Ohmic-contact layer and the reflection layer for smoothening the Ohmic-contact layer and hence enabling the reflection layer to adhere to the planarized buffer layer smoothly. Thereby, the reflection layer can have the effect of mirror reflection and the scattering phenomenon on the reflected light can be reduced as well.
US09196796B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor light emitting diode having an ohmic electrode structure, and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a light emitting structure having an upper surface constituting an N-face; and an ohmic electrode structure located on the light emitting structure. Here, the ohmic electrode structure includes a lower diffusion preventing layer, a contact layer, an upper diffusion preventing layer, and an Al protective layer from the N-face of the light emitting structure.
US09196793B2
Disclosed is a vertical nitride semiconductor device including a conductive substrate; a semiconductor layer bonded to the conductive substrate via a second electrode; a metal layer formed on the conductive substrate; a first electrode formed on the semiconductor layer; and a bonding layer formed between the conductive substrate and the second electrode. The conductive substrate has a flange part, which extends from a side surface of the conductive substrate, on a side of the other front surface thereof. The flange part is formed in a manner in which the conductive substrate and the semiconductor layer are bonded together and then a remaining part of the conductive substrate is divided, the remaining part being formed by cutting off the semiconductor layer and part of the conductive substrate in a thickness direction so as to expose a side surface of the semiconductor layer and the side surface of the conductive substrate.
US09196788B1
Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with tailored AlGaN quantum wells can achieve high extraction efficiency. For efficient bottom light extraction, parallel polarized light is preferred, because it propagates predominately perpendicular to the QW plane and into the typical and more efficient light escape cones. This is favored over perpendicular polarized light that propagates along the QW plane which requires multiple, lossy bounces before extraction. The thickness and carrier density of AlGaN QW layers have a strong influence on the valence subband structure, and the resulting optical polarization and light extraction of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes. At Al>0.3, thinner QW layers (<2.5 nm are preferred) result in light preferentially polarized parallel to the QW plane. Also, active regions consisting of six or more QWs, to reduce carrier density, and with thin barriers, to efficiently inject carriers in all the QWs, are preferred.
US09196787B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first conductivity type semiconductor nanowire cores located over a support and extending from portions of a semiconductor surface of the support exposed through openings in the insulating mask layer, and a plurality of semiconductor shells extending over the respective nanowire cores. Each of the plurality of semiconductor shells includes at least one semiconductor interior shell extending around the respective one of the plurality nanowire cores, and a second conductivity type semiconductor outer shell extending around the at least one semiconductor interior shell. A first electrode layer contacts the second conductivity type semiconductor outer shell of the plurality of semiconductor shells and extends into spaces between the semiconductor shells. The semiconductor interior shell includes a semiconductor foot portion which extends under the first electrode and under the respective second conductivity type semiconductor outer shell on the insulating masking layer in the spaces between the plurality of semiconductor shells.
US09196781B2
A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.
US09196778B2
A light concentrating optical element includes: a substrate; and a plurality of micro-optical members dispersed inside the substrate. The plurality of micro-optical members each direct light having been transmitted through the substrate and having entered a micro-optical member along an entering direction, so that the light exits the micro-optical member along a matching direction matching the entering direction, and direct light having entered the micro-optical member along an other entering direction, so that the light exits the micro-optical member along an exiting direction, resulting in an advancing direction of light having entered the substrate through a substrate front surface and advancing through the substrate being deflected via the plurality of micro-optical members to extend along the matching direction; and the light having been deflected so as to advance through the substrate along the matching direction is concentrated at an end area of the substrate.
US09196777B2
Capable of supporting large radial loads due to heavy panels, with a simplified assembly but without compromise in terms of precision and robustness. It comprises an annular structural casing (1), a toothed crown (2) mounted in the structural casing (1), whereon an endless screw (3) actuated by a motor (4) tangentially meshes, the toothed crown (2) of which comprises a central annular protuberance (5) with a toothing that meshes with the endless screw (3), and the circular projections (6) of which of the body of the toothed crown (2) comprise a plurality of threaded holes (7) for connecting the horizontal shafts that support the solar panels for their zenithal orientation, where the toothed crown (2) comprises a toothed track whereon the endless screw (3) tangentially meshes, and two independent raceways.
US09196773B2
The present invention provides a high-performance insulating hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar panel core. The high-performance insulating hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar panel core allows the polymer aluminum-based integrated plate to have a better light transmission as made of transparent polyethylene terephthalate, and contains a high temperature resistant insulating tape that completely encloses the edge of the aluminum-based integrated plate thus to enhance the insulation of the assembly. The high-performance insulating hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar panel core is widely applied to the field of renewable energy source application products, such as solar water pumps, hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar building members, solar heating systems, etc., thereby improving the aesthetics and insulation of the products.
US09196770B2
Solar power systems and structures are mountable to a power distribution structure, e.g. a power pole or tower, which supports alternating current (AC) power transmission lines. An exemplary power generation structure is fixedly attached to and extends from the power distribution structure, and comprises a mounting rack. A solar array, comprising at least one solar panel, is affixed to the mounting rack. A DC to AC invertor is connected between the DC outputs of the solar array and the AC power transmission lines. The length of the solar array is generally in alignment with the power distribution structure, and the width of the solar array is greater than half the circumference of the power distribution structure. The mounting rack and solar array may preferably be rotatable, such as based on any of location, time of day, or available light.
US09196767B2
A process for producing copper selenide nanoparticles by effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition comprising copper and selenide ions to the material of the copper selenide nanoparticles in the presence of a selenol compound. Copper selenide-containing films and CIGS semiconductor films produced using copper selenide as a fluxing agent are also disclosed.
US09196759B2
Back contact back junction solar cell and methods for manufacturing are provided. The back contact back junction solar cell comprises a substrate having a light capturing frontside surface with a passivation layer, a doped base region, and a doped backside emitter region with a polarity opposite the doped base region. A backside passivation layer and patterned reflective layer on the emitter form a light trapping backside mirror. An interdigitated metallization pattern is positioned on the backside of the solar cell and a permanent reinforcement provides support to the cell.
US09196746B2
A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode on a substrate, a main active layer in electrical connection with the gate electrode and including an exposed channel portion, a source electrode in electrical connection with the main active layer, a drain electrode which is spaced apart from the source electrode and in electrical connection with the main active layer, and a sub active layer in electrical connection to the main active layer.
US09196738B2
Many of the physical properties of a silicon semiconductor have already been understood, whereas many of the physical properties of an oxide semiconductor have been still unclear. In particular, an adverse effect of an impurity on an oxide semiconductor has been still unclear. In view of the above, a structure is disclosed in which an impurity that influences electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor layer is prevented or is eliminated. A semiconductor device which includes a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer and in which the nitrogen concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is 1×1020 atoms/cm3 or less is provided.
US09196732B2
The description relates to a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). An exemplary structure for a FinFET includes a fin having a first height above a first surface of a substrate, where a portion of the fin has first tapered sidewalls, and the fin has a top surface. The FinFET further includes an insulation region over a portion of the first surface of the substrate, where a top of the insulation region defines a second surface. The FinFET further includes a gate dielectric over the first tapered sidewalls and the top surface. The FinFET further includes a conductive gate strip over the gate dielectric, where the conductive gate strip has second tapered sidewalls along a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the first height, and a first width between the second tapered sidewalls in the longitudinal direction is greater at a location nearest to the substrate than a second width at a location farthest from the substrate.
US09196728B2
An integrated circuit on a rotated substrate with an LDMOS transistor. A method of enhancing the CHC performance of an LDMOS transistor by growing a second STI liner oxide. A method of enhancing the CHC performance of an LDMOS transistor building the LDMOS transistor on a rotated substrate and growing a second STI liner oxide.
US09196726B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming a lightly doped drain in the substrate; and performing a first implantation process for implanting fluorine ions at a tiled angle into the substrate and part of the gate structure.
US09196725B2
Various embodiments provide a semiconductor structure having a common gate and fabrication method of the semiconductor structure. In an exemplary method, after forming a first metal gate and a second metal gate, a conductive material layer can be formed at least at the boundary between the first metal gate and the second metal gate. Thus, one end of the conductive material layer can be connected to a first metal gate electrode, and the other end of the conductive material layer can be connected to a second metal gate electrode. The resistance between the first metal gate electrode and the second metal gate electrode can be effectively reduced. Gate voltages of an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor of the common gate can be the same.
US09196722B2
A semiconductor device includes, in a cell region thereof: a low resistance semiconductor layer; a drift layer; a base region; a high-concentration semiconductor region; and a gate electrode layer. The semiconductor device includes, in a peripheral region thereof: the low resistance semiconductor layer; the drift layer; which is formed over the low resistance semiconductor layer; a gate lead line; a gate finger; and a gate pad. The gate electrode layer and the gate lead line are electrically connected with each other by way of a resistor made of polysilicon containing an impurity, and an impurity concentration in polysilicon which forms the resistor is lower than an impurity concentration in polysilicon which forms the gate electrode layer.
US09196716B2
A III-N semiconductor device that includes a substrate and a nitride channel layer including a region partly beneath a gate region, and two channel access regions on opposite sides of the part beneath the gate. The channel access regions may be in a different layer from the region beneath the gate. The device includes an AlXN layer adjacent the channel layer wherein X is gallium, indium or their combination, and a preferably n-doped GaN layer adjacent the AlXN layer in the areas adjacent to the channel access regions. The concentration of Al in the AlXN layer, the AlXN layer thickness and the n-doping concentration in the n-doped GaN layer are selected to induce a 2DEG charge in channel access regions without inducing any substantial 2DEG charge beneath the gate, so that the channel is not conductive in the absence of a switching voltage applied to the gate.
US09196712B1
A semiconductor device fabrication process includes forming a fin upon a semiconductor substrate and forming a gate upon the semiconductor substrate and upon and orthogonal to the fin, forming a source drain contacts by growing epitaxy material over the fin, forming a trench between the epitaxy material and a gate to expose an upper surface portion of the fin, doping the exposed fin portion to form an extension region, and activating the extension region. The semiconductor device may include the fin, gate, gate spacers upon sidewalls of the gate, a source drain contact adjacent to the gate spacers surrounding the fin, and doped extension regions within the fin below the gate spacers.
US09196706B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a p-type MOSFET, including: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate including source/drain regions, a replacement gate, and a gate spacer; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer, and also to generate electric dipoles by interfacial reaction at the lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer.
US09196705B2
Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented.A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.
US09196702B2
Disclosed herein is a power semiconductor device including: a base substrate having one surface and the other surface and formed of a first conductive type drift layer; a first conductive type diffusion layer formed on one surface of the base substrate and having a concentration higher than that of the first conductive type drift layer; and a trench formed so as to penetrate through the second conductive type well layer and the first conductive type diffusion layer from one surface of the base substrate including the second conductive type well layer in a thickness direction.
US09196700B2
A gate dielectric can be formed by depositing a first silicon oxide material by a first atomic layer deposition process. The thickness of the first silicon oxide material is selected to correspond to at least 10 deposition cycles of the first atomic layer deposition process. The first silicon oxide material is converted into a first silicon oxynitride material by a first plasma nitridation process. A second silicon oxide material is subsequently deposited by a second atomic layer deposition process. The second silicon oxide material is converted into a second silicon oxynitride material by a second plasma nitridation process. Multiple repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process and the plasma nitridation process provides a silicon oxynitride material having a ratio of nitrogen atoms to oxygen atoms greater than 1/3, which can be advantageously employed to reduce the leakage current through a gate dielectric.
US09196667B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate; a plurality of insulating layers which are sequentially disposed on the first electrode, and on which a contact hole for exposing a part of a surface of the first electrode is formed; and an organic light-emitting diode which includes a pixel electrode disposed on the plurality of insulating layers, a second electrode facing the pixel electrode and contacting the first electrode through the contact hole, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the second electrode.
US09196666B2
An organic electroluminescence display device includes: a TFT substrate on which organic electroluminescence elements are formed; a color filter substrate having a color filter layer; a fill material with which the TFT substrate is stuck onto the color filter substrate; a dam material that dams the fill material in a non-display area; and a gas barrier film made of an inorganic material which is arranged between the fill material and the color filter layer, covers the display area in a plan view, and is formed at an interval from the dam material in the non-display area in an inside of the dam material.
US09196657B2
An electronic device comprising a semiconductor memory unit that includes a first vertical electrode; a first variable resistance layer surrounding the first vertical electrode; a second vertical electrode surrounding the first variable resistance; a second variable resistance layer surrounding the second vertical electrode; and a plurality of horizontal electrodes contacted with an outer side of the second variable resistance layer, wherein the plurality of horizontal electrodes are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction.
US09196649B2
A MOS solid-state imaging device is provided in which withstand voltage and 1/f noise of a MOS transistor are improved.In the MOS solid-state imaging device whose unit pixel has at least a photoelectric converting portion and a plurality of field effect transistors, the thickness of gate insulating film in a part of the field effect transistors is different from the thickness of gate insulating film in the other field effect transistors among the plurality of the field effect transistors.
US09196639B2
A semiconductor device with high aperture ratio is provided. The semiconductor device includes a nitride insulating film, a transistor over the nitride insulating film, and a capacitor including a pair of electrodes over the nitride insulating film. An oxide semiconductor layer is used for a channel formation region of the transistor and one of the electrodes of the capacitor. A transparent conductive film is used for the other electrode of the capacitor. One electrode of the capacitor is in contact with the nitride insulating film, and the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the transistor.
US09196636B2
The present invention provides a thin film transistor. An active layer of the thin film transistor comprises a plurality of active semiconductor sub-layers and a plurality of insulation sub-layers, which are stacked alternately. A source and a drain of the thin film transistor are electrically connected to the plurality of active semiconductor sub-layers. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, and an array substrate. The present invention can effectively increase channel current of the active layer in a thin film transistor, and solves the problem of small channel current resulted from low carrier mobility of the active layer.
US09196633B2
A protective circuit includes a non-linear element which includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer covering the gate electrode, a first oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with the gate electrode over the gate insulating layer, and a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer whose end portions overlap with the gate electrode over the first oxide semiconductor layer and in which a conductive layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer are stacked. Over the gate insulating layer, oxide semiconductor layers with different properties are bonded to each other, whereby stable operation can be performed as compared with Schottky junction. Thus, the junction leakage can be reduced and the characteristics of the non-linear element can be improved.
US09196623B2
A semiconductor circuit structure and process of making the same is provided in the present invention, comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a target layer and a hard mask layer, forming a patterned small core body group and a large core body group on the hard mask layer, forming a spacer material layer conformally on the substrate and the core body groups, forming filling bodies in each recess of the spacer material layer, performing a first etching process to remove exposed spacer material layer, using the filling bodies as a mask to perform a second etching process for patterning the hard mask layer, and using the patterned hard mask layer as a mask to perform a third etching process for patterning the conductive layer.
US09196621B2
A semiconductor device includes a first and a second active regions having a first conductive type and a second conductive type, respectively, being arranged in a first direction; a gate extending in the first direction; a first and a second channel regions defined under the gate in the first and the active regions, respectively; a first low-concentration doped region, having the second conductive type, formed at sides of the gate in the first active region and a first high-concentration doped region, having the second conductive type, formed at sides of the first low-concentration doped region in the first active region; and a second low-concentration doped region, having the first conductive type, formed at sides of the gate in the second active region and a second high-concentration doped region, having the first conductive type, formed at sides of the second low-concentration doped region in the second active region.
US09196617B2
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to prevent a floating body effect and reduce coupling capacitance between buried bit lines. The semiconductor device comprises a first pillar disposed over a semiconductor substrate and including a vertical channel region, a bit line located in the lower portion of the vertical channel region inside the first pillar and a semiconductor layer extended from the semiconductor substrate to one sidewall of the first pillar.
US09196613B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a first plurality of fins in a first region of a semiconductor substrate and a second plurality of fins in a second region of a semiconductor substrate. A gate structure is formed covering a first portion of the first and second plurality of fins. The gate structure does not cover a second portion of the first and second plurality of fins. A first epitaxial layer is grown surrounding the second portion of the first plurality of fins and a second epitaxial layer is grown surrounding the second portion of the second plurality of fins. An ILD layer is deposited and partially etched to expose the first epitaxial layer and a top portion of the second epitaxial layer. A metal layer is deposited around the first epitaxial layer and above the top portion of the second epitaxial layer.
US09196610B1
A semiconductor structure and an electrostatic discharge protection circuit are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a device structure comprising a first well region, a second well region, a source, a drain, an extending doped region, and a gate structure. The second well region has conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of the first well region. The drain has a conductivity type same as a conductivity type of the source. The source and the drain are formed in the first well region and the second well region respectively. The extending doped region is adjoined with drain and extended under the drain. The extending doped region has a conductivity type same as the conductivity type of the drain. The gate structure is on the first well region.
US09196605B2
An embodiment of the present application discloses a light-emitting structure, comprising a substrate, a first unit and a second unit separately form on the substrate; a trench formed between the first unit and the second unit, and having a bottom portion exposing the substrate, a less steep sidewall and a steeper sidewall steeper than the less steep sidewall; and an electrical connection connecting the first unit and the second unit and covering the first unit, the second unit and the less steep sidewall; wherein the sidewalls directly connect to the bottom portion, and the steeper sidewall is devoid of the electrical connection covering.
US09196604B2
A power semiconductor module includes a base plate as a metallic heat dissipating body, a first insulating layer on the base plate, and a first wiring pattern on the first insulating layer. On a predetermined region that is a part of the first wiring pattern, a second wiring pattern for a second layer is laminated via only a second insulating layer made of resin, thereby forming a pattern laminated region. A power semiconductor element is mounted in a region other than the pattern laminated region on the first wiring pattern. The base plate, the first insulating layer, the first wiring pattern, the second insulating layer, the second wiring pattern, and the power semiconductor element are integrally sealed with a transfer mold resin, thus obtaining the power semiconductor module.
US09196602B2
A system for bonding a die to a high power dielectric carrier such as a ceramic dielectric core with double-sided conductive layers is described. In the system, the upper conductive layer has a first area whose surface has a first wettability. A second area that at least partially surrounds the first area has a surface with a second wettability that is greater than the first wettability. During bonding, an adhesive material bonding a chip to the substrate spreads among the first area by a downward force placed on the chip. Due to the difference in wettability, the adhesive material then spreads among the second area by a wetting force generated by the greater second wettability of the second area surface causing the chip to be drawn down until reaching a predetermined position. The predetermined position can be determined by substrate protrusions or substrate cavities.
US09196600B2
Disclosed are embodiments related to chip pressing devices. One such chip pressing device includes a bottom portion and a top portion, which is configured to be attached to or separated from the bottom portion, and has a compartment portion, an upper chamber, and a lower chamber, wherein the upper chamber is spaced apart from the lower chamber by the compartment portion. The upper chamber has one or more gas passages, the lower chamber has one or more gas inlets and one or more gas outlets, and the compartment portion has one or more through-holes. One or more pressing heads movably fit into the through-holes; one or more gas pressure sources connected to at least one of the gas passages of the upper chamber, wherein the upper chamber is pressurized, and one or more heated gas sources are connected to the one or more gas inlets of the lower chamber.
US09196598B1
A semiconductor device uses insulated bond wires to connect peripheral power supply and ground bond pads on the periphery of the device to array power supply and ground bond pads located on an interior region of a integrated circuit die of the device. Power supply and ground voltages are conveyed from array bond pads using vertical vias down to one or more corresponding inner power distribution layers. The bond wire connections form rows and columns of hops constituting a mesh power grid that reduces the IR drop of the semiconductor device.
US09196570B2
To reinforce power supply wirings without sacrificing the interconnectivity of semiconductor devices. When three wirings are formed in parallel in the same wiring layer and the center wiring among them is shorter than the outer wirings, a projecting portion integrated into the outer wiring is formed utilizing a free space remaining on the extension of the center wiring. For example, when the outer wirings are used as power supply wirings, the power supply wirings can be reinforced by adding the projecting portion. At this time, because the projecting portion is arranged in the free space, the interconnectivity is not sacrificed.
US09196556B2
A getter structure and method wherein a layer of seed material is deposited on a predetermined region of a surface of a structure under conditions to form a plurality of nucleation sites on a surface of the structure. The nucleation sites have an average height over the surface area of the predetermined region of less than one molecule thick. Subsequently a getter material is deposited over the surface to form a plurality of getter material members projecting outwardly from the nucleation sites.
US09196554B2
An electronic component includes at least one semiconductor device and a redistribution board comprising at least two nonconductive layers and a conductive redistribution structure. The semiconductor device is embedded in the redistribution board and electrically coupled to the redistribution structure and the redistribution board has a side face with a step. An outer contact pad of the redistribution structure is arranged on the step.
US09196539B2
A method for separating a multiple number of semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits from a wafer on which the multiple number of semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits are formed is provided. The method includes forming a mask pattern on a surface of the wafer, and separating each of the semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits along the mask pattern formed on the surface of the wafer. The mask pattern is a repeated pattern without having a lattice line shape, and the step of separating each of the semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits is performed by plasma etching.
US09196530B1
Resistive random access memory elements, such as phase change memory elements, may be defined using a plurality of parallel conductive lines over a stack of layers, at least one of which includes a resistive switching material. The stack may be etched using the conductive lines as a mask. As a result, memory elements may be self-aligned to the conductive lines.
US09196511B2
In one embodiment, a method of singulating semiconductor die from a semiconductor wafer includes forming a material on a surface of a semiconductor wafer and reducing a thickness of portions of the material. Preferably, the thickness of the material is reduced near where singulation openings are to be formed in the semiconductor wafer.
US09196498B1
Methods of and apparatuses for dicing semiconductor wafers, each wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits, are described. In an example, a plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber having a chamber wall. The plasma processing apparatus also includes a plasma source in an upper portion of the processing chamber. A sample support is included for situating a sample below the plasma source. An actively-cooled shadow ring having a cooling channel therein for cooling fluid transport is fixedly attached to the chamber wall of the processing chamber, between the plasma source and the sample support.
US09196497B2
An apparatus and method for hydrogenating a sample, such as a semiconductor wafer. The invention utilizes a top electrode comprising a UV-transparent dielectric and a metal contact to provide an electric field to the sample while the sample is irradiated with UV light and hydrogenated with a hydrogenating gas or gasses. The field may be applied to the sample at a number of different pressures, temperatures and concentrations of gas to manipulate the rate and type of hydrogenation. Further, the method of hydrogenating the sample may be used in conjunction with masking and etching techniques.
US09196491B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming at least one material layer over a substrate; performing an end-cut patterning process to form an end-cut pattern overlying the at least one material layer; transferring the end-cut pattern to the at least one material layer; performing a line-cut patterning process after the end-cut patterning process to form a line-cut pattern overlying the at least one material layer; and transferring the line-cut pattern to the at least one material layer.
US09196486B2
A composition for doping semiconductor materials, such as silicon, may contain a) a solvent and a) an inorganic salt of a phosphor containing acid dispersed in the solvent. Also disclosed are doping methods using such composition as well as methods of making the doping composition.
US09196485B2
The present disclosure provides methods of forming patterning features in a semiconductor structure using a sidewall image transfer technique. The method includes first forming a plurality of sacrificial mandrels over a dielectric hard mask layer. Each sacrificial mandrel has a width greater than a minimum spacing between adjacent patterning features subsequently formed according to a circuit design. After forming a plurality of spacer material layer portions on sidewalls of the sacrificial mandrels, a plurality of filler material layer portions are formed adjacent the spacer material layer portions. The cycle of forming the spacer material layer portions and filler material layer portions may be repeated until spaces between sacrificial mandrels are completely filled. Removal of the sacrificial mandrels and the filler material layer portions provides patterning features.
US09196483B1
The present disclosure provides a carrier channel with an element concentration gradient distribution. The carrier channel includes a substrate and a carrier channel structure. The carrier channel structure is stacked on the substrate, wherein a ratio of a height and a width of the carrier channel is greater than 1, and the carrier channel is crystallized from the contact surface by a rapid melting growth process, thus the carrier channel structure has the element concentration gradient distribution.
US09196480B2
Provided is a method for treating a group III nitride substrate capable of obtaining, in the case where a group III nitride layer is laminated thereon, a group III nitride substrate that can form an electronic device having excellent characteristics. The method for treating a group III nitride substrate includes the steps of CMPing a surface of a substrate, elevating a temperature of the group III nitride substrate after the CMP process to a predetermined annealing temperature under a nitrogen gas atmosphere, and holding the group III nitride substrate whose temperature has been elevated to the annealing temperature for four minutes or more and eight minutes or less in a first mixed atmosphere of a hydrogen gas and a nitrogen gas or a second mixed atmosphere of a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas.
US09196476B2
A thin film having a high resistance to HF and a low dielectric constant is formed with high productivity. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a) supplying a source gas containing a predetermined element, carbon and a halogen element and having a chemical bond between the predetermined element and carbon to a substrate; and (b) supplying a reactive gas including a borazine compound to the substrate, wherein the cycle is performed under a condition where a borazine ring structure in the borazine compound and at least a portion of the chemical bond between the predetermined element and carbon in the source gas are preserved to form a thin film including the borazine ring structure and the chemical bond between the predetermined element and carbon on the substrate.
US09196470B1
A process for forming land grid array semiconductor packages includes a leadframe that is supported by a substrate comprising mold compound. In some embodiments, at least one die is electrically coupled to the leadframe by bondwires. The package comprises a second mold compound to act as an encapsulant. An apparatus for forming a land grid array semiconductor package includes means for molding a leadframe, assembling thereon at least one semiconductor device, applying a second mold, and singulating to form individual devices. A land grid array package comprises a leadframe, a substrate for supporting the leadframe, at least one semiconductor device and a mold compound.
US09196466B2
A method for analyzing a mixture of components includes forming precursor ions from the components, alternately causing the precursor ions to pass to and to by-pass a fragmentation device, to form product ions from the precursor ions that pass to the device and to form substantially fewer product ions from precursor ions that by-pass the device, and obtaining mass spectra from product ions received from the device and from precursor ions that by-passed the device. An apparatus for analyzing a sample includes an ion source for forming precursor ions from the components of the sample, a fragmentation device for forming product ions from the precursor ions, a by-pass device disposed upstream of the fragmentation device for switchable by-pass of the fragmentation device, and a mass analyzer.
US09196465B2
A method for detecting hepcidin. Having a sample liquid in contact with a nanochip having a specific surface coating structure of silicon oxide, so that hepcidin is enriched with specificity; eluting the nanochip with an eluent; by performing mass spectrometric detection on the elution product, determining the hepcidin content in the elution product. The enrichment method substantially enhances the sensitivity and accuracy of mass spectrometric detection. A kit for detecting hepcidin comprising a sample diluent and a nanochip, the sample diluent comprising water, trifluoroacetic acid, and acetonitrile.
US09196462B2
The present invention generally comprises a showerhead insulator for electrically isolating a showerhead assembly from a processing chamber wall, a chamber liner assembly for lining a processing chamber, a lower chamber liner for lining an evacuation area of a processing chamber, and a flow equalizer for ensuring a uniform evacuation of a processing chamber. When processing a substrate within an etching chamber, the showerhead needs to be electrically isolated from ground. A showerhead insulator may insulate the showerhead from ground while also preventing plasma from entering the volume that it occupies. A chamber liner may protect the chamber walls from contamination and reduce chamber cleaning. A flow equalizer will permit processing gases to be evenly pulled into the evacuation channel rather than a disproportionate flow into the evacuation channel. A lower liner can aid in uniformly drawing the vacuum and protecting the chamber walls from contamination.
US09196458B2
A charged particle beam drawing apparatus includes: a stage configured to support a specimen as a drawing target; and an airtight drawing chamber formed into a box shape provided with a side wall and a bottom plate, and configured to house the stage. The bottom plate includes: multiple support portions connected to the side wall and configured to support the stage; and a curved portion connected to the support portions and having a convex shape curved outward.
US09196451B2
An inductively coupled plasma source for a focused charged particle beam system includes a dielectric liquid that insulates and cools the plasma chamber. A flow restrictor at an electrical potential that is a large fraction of the plasma potential reducing arcing because the voltage drop in the gas occurs primarily at relative high pressure.
US09196450B2
An X-ray tube includes a vacuum tube. A field emission cathode structure and an anode spaced from each other are located in the vacuum tube. The field emission cathode structure includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and an electron emitter. The electron emitter is fixed between the first metal plate and the second metal plate. One end of the electron emitter extends out of the first metal plate and the second metal plate to act as an electron emission end.
US09196446B2
A getter composition suitable for gettering hydrogen comprises a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide, said first metal oxide being more readily reducible in hydrogen at temperatures between 0° C. and 100° C. than said second metal oxide.
US09196444B2
A built-in intelligent circuit breaker with an automatic closing function, including a box body and a bearing plate. Inside the box body is provided a circuit breaker actuating mechanism, a wire inlet end, and a wire outlet end. The circuit breaker actuating mechanism is triggered by a poke rod positioned in the box body. The bearing plate is positioned in the box body and combined with an electrical operating mechanism. The electrical operating mechanism is provided with an execution end, and the execution end is connected with the poke rod, such that the circuit breaker actuating mechanism is triggered by the poke rod to realize the on/off of the circuit breaker during the operation of the electrical operating mechanism under the control of an automatic closing control unit.
US09196436B2
The present invention relates to a ring main unit circuit breaker equipped with a contact force controller, and particularly, to a ring main unit circuit breaker equipped with a contact force controller, capable of controlling a contact force between contacts of a vacuum interrupter, by controlling an interval between the contacts, through a simple manual operation from outside, without having a disassembly operation.
US09196422B2
There are provide a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body having a first side and a second side opposed to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side, inner electrodes formed in the multilayer body and formed to be spaced apart from the third side or the fourth side by a predetermined distance, groove portions formed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the multilayer body and formed parallel to the third or fourth side by a predetermined distance from the third side or the fourth side, and outer electrodes extended from the third side and the fourth side to the top surface or the bottom surface of the multilayer body to cover the groove portions.
US09196420B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including a ceramic body having first and second side surfaces facing each other, and first and second end surfaces facing each other; first and second internal electrodes having first and second lead portions; and first and second external electrodes extended from the first and second end surfaces of the ceramic body to the first and second side surfaces, respectively, wherein when a distance from an end portion of the first or second external electrode formed on the first or second side surface of the ceramic body to a point of the first or second external electrode connected to the first or second lead portion is defined as G, and a width of the first or second external electrode on the first or second side surface of the ceramic body is defined as BW, 30 μm≦G
US09196418B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for amplifying a voltage in wireless power transmitters are disclosed. In one aspect, the transmitter comprises a first circuit configured to generate a first signal. The first signal comprises a non-inverted output. The transmitter further comprises a second circuit configured to generate a second signal in phase with the first signal. The second signal comprises an inverted output with respect to the non-inverted output. The first circuit and the second circuit are further configured to drive a load.
US09196414B2
The present disclosure relates to planar transformers including a plurality of circuit layers that are configured to reduce termination losses on at least one of the plurality of circuit layers. The plurality of circuit layers are stacked together in a first direction and include at least first and second circuit layers. The first and second circuit layers each include an electrically conductive trace forming at least one winding having a first termination portion and a second termination portion that are separated by a gap. The gaps of the first and second circuit layers are offset relative to each other in a second direction different from the first direction. The plurality of circuit layers may further include a third circuit layer, which includes an electrically conductive trace having a grounded portion that is disposed adjacent to at least one of the gaps of the first and second circuit layers.
US09196412B2
A curable epoxy resin formulation composition useful as insulation for an electrical apparatus including (a) at least one liquid epoxy resin; (b) at least one liquid cyclic anhydride hardener; (c) at least one thermally conducting and electrically insulating filler, wherein the filler includes an epoxy-silane treated filler; and (d) at least one cure catalyst with no amine hydrogens; wherein the epoxy resin formulation composition upon curing provides a cured product with a requisite balance of electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties such as Tg, tensile strength, dielectric strength, and volume resistivity such that the cured product can be used in applications operated at a temperature of greater than or equal to 120° C.
US09196396B2
An insulator is disclosed, which includes an insulating surface. A part of the insulating surface is applied with a conductive coating having a specific resistivity. A conductive coating region having the specific resistivity and a nonconductive coating region are configured that: in a dry environment, no continuous conductive channel exists between upper and lower fittings of the insulator. The value of the leakage current that can be caused by the conductive coating region having the specific resistivity on the insulating surface enables the insulating surface to reach an ice-proof temperature in an icing climate condition. Also, a power transmission apparatus in which the insulator is adopted is disclosed. In an icing climate condition, the conductive coating can achieve the function of increasing the value of the leakage current on the surface of the insulator, so as to prevent the ice formation.
US09196390B2
In one embodiment, an irradiation target encapsulation assembly, includes a container, at least one first irradiation target disposed in the container, at least one second irradiation target disposed in the container, and a positioning structure configured to position the first irradiation target closer to an axial center of the container than the second irradiation target.
US09196372B2
Provided are a flash memory device and a method of verifying the same. The flash memory device includes: a memory cell for storing data; a sense amplifier for reading information of the memory cell; a load current input device for providing a load current to the sense amplifier; and a control circuit for controlling the load current input device to provide a load current during a memory cell reading operation, verifying the memory cell by using a program verify voltage if the memory cell is a programmed memory cell, and verifying the memory cell by using a compensated erase verify voltage if the memory cell is an erased memory cell.
US09196371B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory cells and stores initial setting data in the plurality of memory cells. The control circuit is configured to apply a first voltage to gates of the plurality of memory cells to read the initial setting data and, depending on that read result, apply a second voltage different from the first voltage to the gates of the plurality of memory cells to read the initial setting data.
US09196368B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, such as those that provide dynamic block allocations in NAND flash memory between single-level cells (SLC) and multi-level cells (MLC) based on characteristics. In one embodiment, a memory controller dynamically switches between programming and/or reprogramming blocks between SLC mode and MLC mode based on the amount of memory available for use. When memory usage is low, SLC mode is used. When memory usage is high, MLC mode is used. Dynamic block allocation allows a memory controller to obtain the performance and reliability benefits of SLC mode while retaining the space saving benefits of MLC mode.
US09196362B2
Methods for forming non-volatile storage elements in a non-volatile storage system are described. In some embodiments, during a forming operation, a cross-point memory array may be biased such that waste currents are minimized or eliminated. In one example, the memory array may be biased such that a first word line comb is set to a first voltage, a second word line comb interdigitated with the first word line comb is set to the first voltage, and selected vertical bit lines are set to a second voltage such that a forming voltage is applied across non-volatile storage elements to be formed. In some embodiments, a memory array may include a plurality of word line comb layers and a forming operation may be concurrently performed on non-volatile storage elements on all of the plurality of word line comb layers or a subset of the plurality of word line comb layers.
US09196359B2
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and more particularly to write performance of a phase change memory.
US09196351B2
A method for carrying out read and write operations in a synchronous memory device having a shared I/O, includes receiving a read command directed to a first internal memory bank during a first timeslot, activating the first internal memory bank to access read data at a read address requested by the read command, receiving a write command directed to a second internal memory bank during a second timeslot later than the first timeslot, determining whether a data collision between the read data for output to the shared I/O with normal read latency and write data to be received on the shared I/O with normal write latency would occur, and receiving the write data on the shared I/O with the normal write latency during a third timeslot later than the second timeslot.
US09196349B2
A device includes an output circuit, a DLL (Delay Locked Loop) circuit including a first delay line receiving a first clock signal and outputting, in response to receiving the clock signal, a second clock signal supplied to the output circuit, and an ODT (On Die Termination) circuit receiving an ODT activation signal and outputting, in response to receiving the ODT activation signal, an ODT output signal supplied to the output circuit to set the output circuit in a resistance termination state, and the ODT circuit including a second delay line configured to be set by the DLL circuit in an equivalent delay amount that is equivalent to a delay amount of the first delay line, the ODT output signal being, in a first time-period during which the ODT activation signal is in an active state, generated by being conveyed via the second delay line in which the equivalent delay amount has been set.
US09196345B2
In a memory cell including first to third transistors, the potential of a bit line is set to VDD or GND when data is written through the first transistor. In a standby period, the potential of the bit line is set to GND. In reading operation, the bit line is brought into a floating state at GND, and a source line is set to a potential VDD−α, consequently, the third transistor is turned on. Then, the potential of the source line is output according to the potential of a gate of the second transistor. Note that α is set so that the second transistor is surely off even when the potential of the gate of the second transistor becomes lower from VDD by ΔV in the standby period. That is, Vth+ΔV<α is satisfied where Vth is the threshold value of the second transistor.
US09196332B2
Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) with in-plane magneto-static switching-enhancing layer
An STTMRAM element includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) having a perpendicular magnetic orientation. The MTJ includes a barrier layer, a free layer formed on top of the barrier layer and having a magnetic orientation that is perpendicular and switchable relative to the magnetic orientation of the fixed layer. The magnetic orientation of the free layer switches when electrical current flows through the STTMRAM element. A switching-enhancing layer (SEL), separated from the free layer by a spacer layer, is formed on top of the free layer and has an in-plane magnetic orientation and generates magneto-static fields onto the free layer, causing the magnetic moments of the outer edges of the free layer to tilt with an in-plane component while minimally disturbing the magnetic moment at the center of the free layer to ease the switching of the free layer and to reduce the threshold voltage/current.
US09196329B1
Systems and methods are provided for a data storage cell. A pass gate, controlled by one or more clock signals, is configured to selectively pass data to a keeper circuit. A multiplexer device is disposed in the keeper circuit and is configured to select one of the data that is passed to the keeper or a scan input.
US09196325B2
An integrated circuit includes a data input such as a data pad for receiving an external data signal input and an on-die termination (ODT) information input for receiving ODT information from an external device. An ODT circuit selectively couples a termination resistor to the data pad based on the ODT information. An input buffer is coupled to the data pad for determining data that is input into the pad using a reference voltage. A reference voltage generator is coupled to the input buffer and generates the reference voltage on the basis of the ODT information.
US09196323B2
A memory system includes a controller suitable for providing a data to be written on a memory cell array and a control data for indicating whether or not the data has a preset data pattern and a memory device suitable for selectively writing an patterned data or the data provided by the controller on the memory cell array in response to the control data, wherein the patterned data is stored in the memory device and has the preset data pattern.
US09196317B2
A semiconductor device includes a first memory block including first vertical strings, a second memory block including second vertical strings coupled in series with the first vertical strings, wherein the second memory block is stacked on the first memory block, first bit lines located between the first memory block and the second memory block and electrically coupled to the first and second vertical strings, first source lines located under the first memory block and electrically coupled to the first vertical strings, and second source lines located above the second memory block and electrically coupled to the second vertical strings.
US09196314B2
An extended-height DIMM for use in a memory system having slots designed to receive DIMMs that comply with a JEDEC standard that specifies a maximum height for the DIMM and a maximum number of devices allowed to reside on the DIMM. The DIMM comprises a PCB having an edge connector designed to mate with a memory system slot and a height which is greater than the maximum height specified in the applicable standard, a plurality of memory devices which exceeds the maximum number of devices specified in the applicable standard, and a memory buffer which operates as an interface between a host controller's data and command/address busses and the memory devices. This arrangement enables the extended-height DIMM to provide greater memory capacity than would a DIMM which complies with the maximum height and maximum number of devices limits.
US09196312B2
A disk drive. The disk drive includes a motor, a base to which the motor is affixed, an actuator supporting a head-slider, and an air-flow control component affixed inside the base. The motor is configured to spin a disk. The actuator is configured to access the disk and to rotate about a pivot shaft to move the head-slider. The air-flow control component includes a plate which faces a recording surface of the disk, and a support portion supporting the plate. The thickness of the plate gradually decreases towards an outflow side of the air-flow control component. The bodies of the plate and the support portion are made of resin; and, a surface of the plate is configured to be held at an electrical potential selected from the group consisting of ground potential and a negative potential.
US09196309B2
Systems and/or methods are provided that facilitate surveying media sources in a media entertainment system. An index component can provide an index of a set of available media sources in the media entertainment system. In addition, a selection component can displays the set of available media sources and receive selection requests for a subset of the available media sources. Further, a preview component can display a sample of media generated by the selected subset of media sources prior to active engagement thereof. Moreover, one or more aspects can be implemented in a vehicle entertainment system.
US09196304B2
A method for use in providing video to a user includes establishing digital video data that includes images shot in relation to a making of content, uploading the digital video data to a server, and sending the digital video data from the server through a network to a client device for viewing by the user. A system for use in providing video to a user and a storage medium storing a computer program executable by a processor based system are also disclosed.
US09196298B1
An apparatus includes an array reader with multiple of read heads operable to read a preamble pattern from a magnetic storage medium. A number of analog to digital converters are operable to sample an output of each of the read heads to generate digital data streams for the preamble pattern. A zero phase start calculation circuit is operable to calculate a phase offset between the digital data streams and to generate an integer phase adjustment signal and a fractional phase adjustment signal.
US09196295B1
A disk drive includes a disk defining an opening, and a motor hub coupled to the disk. The motor hub further defines a swage ring extending at least partially into the opening of the disk, the swage ring swaged radially outwards into contact with the disk.
US09196286B2
An optical disk information device includes a laser light source that emits a luminous flux with a wavelength λ, an objective lens having a numerical aperture NA, a splitting element, a photodetector, a central portion amplifier, at least two end portion amplifiers, an adder, a control signal processing section having a tracking switcher that inverts a polarity of a tracking control signal depending on whether a track scanned by a condensing spot corresponds to a land portion or a groove portion, and a gain controller that, when the polarity of the tracking control signal is inverted, switches gains of the central portion amplifier and the end portion amplifiers and sets the gain of the central portion amplifier substantially lower than the gain of at least one of the end portion amplifiers so as to reduce crosstalk from adjacent tracks in the optical disk.
US09196273B2
An example magnetoresistive element includes a nonmagnetic conductive layer; a first magnetic layer connected to the nonmagnetic conductive layer; a second magnetic layer connected to the nonmagnetic conductive layer so as to be distant from the first magnetic layer; a third magnetic layer connected to the nonmagnetic conductive layer so as be distant from the first magnetic layer; and first to third magnetic electrodes connected to the first to third magnetic layers respectively. A voltage is applied between the third magnetic electrode and the first magnetic electrode through the third magnetic layer, the nonmagnetic conductive layer, and the first magnetic layer, and a current is caused to flow between the third electrode and the second magnetic electrode through the third magnetic layer, the nonmagnetic conductive layer, and the second magnetic layer. The nonmagnetic conductive layer decreases in volume toward the one end face.
US09196270B1
The method and system for providing a magnetoresistive device are described. The method and system include depositing a plurality of magnetoresistive element layers which cover at least one device area and at least one field area. The method and system also include providing a single layer mask. The single layer mask covers a first portion of the magnetoresistive element layers in the device area(s) and exposes the magnetoresistive element layers in the field area(s). The method and system include defining the magnetoresistive element(s) using the single layer mask and depositing a hard bias layer on the device area(s) and the field area(s) after the magnetic element(s) are defined. The method and system further include performing a planarization after the hard bias layer is deposited.
US09196252B2
A method for processing speech audio in a network connected client device can include selecting a speech grammar for use in a speech recognition system in the network connected client device; characterizing the selected speech grammar; and, based on the characterization, determining whether to process the speech grammar locally in the network connected client device, or remotely in a speech server in the network. In one aspect of the invention, the selecting step can include establishing a communications session with a speech server; and, querying the speech server for a speech grammar over the established communications session. Additionally, the selecting step can further include registering the speech grammar in the speech recognition system.
US09196238B2
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform determining a change in position and/or orientation of an apparatus, and processing at least two audio signals dependent on the change in position and/or orientation to generate at least one output signal wherein the processing of the two audio signals dependent on the change in position and/or orientation produces the output signal comprising a representation of acoustic energy from a first direction.
US09196230B1
The disclosed invention is provides a simple, easily installed means to produce an improved quality of sound timbre in acoustic instruments at increased volume and increased audible sustain by the removable attachment of a suitable sympathetic resonator.
US09196225B2
A driving method of an electro-optic device includes initializing a gate voltage of a driving transistor; and performing a data write operation where a threshold voltage of the driving transistor is compensated by turning on a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series between a drain and a gate of the driving transistor and a voltage is provided to a capacity element connected to the gate of the driving transistor to hold a voltage of the compensated data signal as a gate voltage. The first transistor is at a drain side of the driving transistor and the second transistor is between the first transistor and a gate side of the driving transistor. When the data write operation ends, the second transistor is first turned off and, subsequently, the first transistor is turned off. The second transistor is again turned on after the first transistor is turned off.
US09196224B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for managing multiple overlapping electronic displays are disclosed, including the electronic displays of electronic paper, electronic books, computer monitors, and other electronic display devices. In one embodiment, a method includes sensing an overlap area of a first display and a second display relative to a specified view location, determining a nearest unobstructed display to the specified view location, and displaying within the overlap area of the nearest unobstructed display a highest priority information from among first and second information.
US09196214B2
A display device is characterized by including a first storage section (60) for storing first image data which a display element displays on the display screen next, a second storage section (61) for storing second image data which the display element is displaying on the display screen, a difference calculation section (71) for calculating the difference data between the second image data and the first image data, a third storage means (62) for storing the difference data calculated by the difference calculation section, and a control section for controlling a current value or writing time and the direction in which a writing current is supplied to the display element according to the difference data.
US09196212B2
Provided is a 3D image display device, including: a display panel displaying an image; a lens panel positioned on the display panel and has layers formed of different materials, refractive indexes of the layers being varied according to a driving voltage supplied from the outside; and a lens panel driver supplying the driving voltage to the lens panel.
US09196211B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of display technique. Provided are a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device capable of reducing influence of the gate bias of the pull-down transistor and improving the stability of the shift register unit. The shift register unit comprises a first pull-up module, a first scanning module, a control module, a first pull-down module and a second pull-down module. The embodiments of the present disclosure can achieve a gate driving scanning from top to bottom or from bottom to top.
US09196205B2
This liquid crystal display device allows outputs from RS-FF circuits (401 to 409) and switch circuits (411 to 419), which function as a shift register, to be provided as scanning signals that are selectively activated during odd and even scanning line selection periods, by simply changing the potential of an enable signal (EN) (i.e., by simply providing an EN signal line), which achieves interlacing drive that allows a reduction in the number of polarity inversions, thereby making it possible to reduce power consumption and a wiring area for control lines and achieve simple control which allows circuit simplification, resulting in a reduced frame area and a display panel which is compact as a whole.
US09196178B2
The invention relates to a device comprising a multilayered structure with a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion is conceived to be rolled about a first roller, said device comprising a second roller for receiving the second portion for at least partially counteracting the effects of mechanical strain induced in the multilayered structure upon said rolling. The first roller is rotated in a first direction, whereby the second roller is rotated in a second direction. Preferably, the diameters of the first roller and the second roller are equal. Alternatively, the edge portions A, B of the multilayer structure are suitably interconnected by stoppers for preventing creeping.
US09196170B2
Multi-purpose digital coloring tools for interacting with a touch screen are described. A pattern-making device provides for patterned input from a digital marking tool on a touch-screen device. The pattern-making device guides the digital marking tool with a plurality of gear teeth on an internal edge of a template frame secured to a touch-screen device using a base unit. Light images are created by a light stylus that interacts with a touch-screen device or an emulsion-surface device. An easel support structure holds a touch-screen device in an upright position during marking with the digital marking tool. Digitally animated coloring book pages are adapted to interact with a touch-screen device. Digital crayons, digital stamping devices, a digital paintbrush, a dual-tip digital stylus for creating 3-dimensional (3-D) images, and a pair of 3-D glasses are provided for interacting with a touch-screen device.
US09196159B1
A method includes maintaining vehicle accident occurrence information, wherein the vehicle accident occurrence information includes accident location information, accident occurrence date information, and accident occurrence time information and identifying, based at least in part on the accident location information, one or more accident-prone locations. When a vehicle enters an area comprising one of the accident-prone locations, a notification is made that the vehicle has entered the area comprising one of the accident-prone locations. In addition, in response to a query, a visual representation of one of the accident-prone locations is displayed, along with accident occurrence date information and accident occurrence time information associated with the accident-prone location.
US09196149B2
A computer-implemented method for providing an alert regarding mobile device location is provided. The method includes obtaining location data corresponding to locations of a mobile device over a period of time. A location pattern is determined based on the location data. The current location of the mobile device is detected at a time based on the determined pattern, and an alert is provided regarding the current location of the mobile device. A system for providing alerts regarding mobile device location is also provided.
US09196141B1
Various embodiments of a smoke chamber for a smoke detector are presented. Such a smoke chamber may include a housing, having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be through which an electromagnetic sensor and two or more electromagnetic emitters interact with an airspace within the housing. The second portion may have an airflow surface that at least partially defines a curved airflow path between the airspace within the housing and an external environment. The curved airflow path may curve radially outward.
US09196138B2
An object of this invention is to simplify an operation of reproducing, on a single window, pieces of image information of different image capturing apparatuses or pieces of image information captured at different times. A display apparatus manages a camera apparatus (1) serving as the image capturing source of image information to be reproduced in each image region in association with a plurality of image regions on a single window. The display apparatus manages whether the image information to be reproduced in each image region is recorded image information or image information which is currently being captured. On the basis of the pieces of management information, the display apparatus acquires image information from a desired one of camera apparatuses and recording apparatuses and reproduces the pieces of acquired image information on the plurality of image regions.
US09196137B2
A wireless door intrusion detection assembly including a magnet component installed on a door, and a fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver component installed on a door frame corresponding to the door, opposite the magnet component, the fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver component including a two-way transceiver element operable for two-way wireless communication between the fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver component and an intrusion alarm system, an antenna facilitating the two-way wireless communication between the fixed magnetic contact wireless transceiver component and the intrusion alarm system, and an antenna ground reference plane, opposite the antenna.
US09196136B2
Disclosed is a lock monitor module for attachment to a locking device, comprising: a sensor in communication with a detection unit for generating a locking device status signal representative of a locked state, an unlocked state, a tampered state, or a distressed state of the locking device, the sensor proximate to a lock component of the locking device; a lock monitor and evaluation software app in communication with the detection unit for receiving the locking device status signal; and a transceiver for transmitting at least one of an alarm signal and a notification signal in response to the locking device status signal.
US09196134B2
A haptic effect enabled device for simulating a tactile sensation on a surface. In some cases, the haptic effect enabled device may be a user interface device, and the tactile sensation may be simulated on a surface of the user interface device. The interface device may include a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect, such as a periodic haptic effect, at the surface. The interface device may include a drive module configured to generate a periodic drive signal based on a touch input at the surface of the interface device and based on the tactile sensation to be simulated at the surface. The interface device may include a drive circuit operatively coupled to the drive module and the haptic output device and configured to apply the periodic drive signal to the haptic output device. In some cases, the surface may be separate from the device.
US09196124B2
Methods, machines, and systems for additional movement of one or more symbols of a reel-type game after the reels are spun for a turn of the reel-type game, but before a next turn of the game, are described. The symbol(s) moved after the reels are spun may comprise a scatter symbol or a symbol other than a scatter symbol. A tip of an off-reel-display symbol positioned outside of a reel-display area may be visible within the reel-display area to notify a player of the reel-type game that additional movement of the off-reel-display symbol is imminent. The off-reel-display symbol may be moved, onto a symbol that is being displayed within the reel-display area, after payment of any award(s) earned for certain combinations of symbols occurring on paylines with the reel-display area and/or after payment of any awards earned for a prescribed number of scatter symbols being displayed within the reel-display area.
US09196122B2
Described herein are processes and devices that authorize and manage wagering agents and associated accounts. One of the devices described is a wagering game system. The wagering game system can detecting a request from a first player account to utilize a shared wagering fund to wager on a wagering game. The shared wagering fund can be funded by a second player account. The wagering game system can make the shared wagering fund available to the first player account to wager on a wagering game. The wagering game system can determine a game award produced by the wagering game. The system can then allocate a portion of the game award to the second player account.
US09196114B2
Gaming machines and methods for transmitting hidden elements to a portable electronic device are described. The gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display, and a user input mechanism. The gaming machine further includes an interface, wherein the interface is configured to wirelessly communicate with a portable electronic device. The gaming machine includes a game controller. The game controller is configured to provide game play of a wager-based game, including generating gaming information including a hidden element. The game controller is further configured to display at least a portion of the gaming information to the player through the display, wherein the hidden element is not displayed. The game controller is configured to facilitate a data connection between the gaming machine and the portable electronic device through the interface. The game controller is further configured to transmit the hidden element to the portable electronic device.
US09196113B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting, at a wagering game machine, a wagering game including a wagering game element. The operations can include presenting a graphical indicium in association with the wagering game element. The operations can include detecting player selection of the graphical indicium, wherein the player selection of the graphical indicium indicates player liking for the wagering game element. The operations can include modifying the wagering game based on the player liking for the wagering game element.
US09196112B2
A clothes treating apparatus with a metal control panel includes a cabinet, a control panel formed of a metal and mounted to one side of a front surface of the cabinet, one or a plurality of installation members mounted at a rear surface of the control panel and disposed within the metal control panel, and at least one of a payment unit, a display unit and a manipulation unit disposed within the control panel, wherein the at least one of the payment unit, the display unit and the manipulation unit is fixed to the installation member.
US09196111B1
Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a more secure Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction by preventing observation of banking customers' Personal Identification Number (PIN). Such systems and methods make it difficult to obtain a customer's PIN by tracking the hand movement of a customer using an ATM. Inputs presented for a customer selection are preferably dynamically displayed in different locations preferably each time the customer is asked to enter a PIN. Dynamically changing the sequence of the display and/or location of the presented inputs reduces the possibility of mapping the hand movement of the customer to the positions of the inputs displayed for a customer selection. Inputs may also be presented at a very narrow viewing angle, thereby making observation of a PIN difficult. Hence, banking customers are preferably provided with a more robust and secured ATM transaction system.
US09196109B2
An automatic transaction apparatus includes a card insert port into which a card medium is inserted; a paper medium discharge section that has a discharge port from which a paper medium is discharged; and a conveying path that has a lower guide surface and an upper guide surface that guide conveyance of the paper medium and discharge of the paper medium from the discharge port, a dimension of the conveying path in a thickness direction of the paper medium being smaller than a thickness of the card medium at least at one position of the conveying path along a conveying direction.
US09196106B2
An automatic coin sorting device is provided. The sorting device may include a housing having a hopper configured for receiving coins, a coin tray coupled to the housing, wherein the coin tray is moveable from a first position to a second position, and a plurality of tubular coin receiving members removably secured to the coin tray, wherein each tubular coin receiving member is configured for receiving a different-sized coin. Each tubular coin receiving member includes an angled opening near one face of the coin receiving member to prevent jamming or back-filling of the coins when the coin receiving member is filled to capacity.
US09196104B2
A wireless access control system includes a remote access device. A plugin device communicates with the remote access device. A lock controls the ability to lock and unlock a door in which the lock is disposed. The lock is in communication with the plug in device. The plug in device determines a distance between the remote access device and the lock and causes the lock to communicate with the remote access device when the remote access device is at a distance less than or equal to a predetermined distance from the lock to enable the lock to be unlocked.
US09196103B2
A computer system accesses identity data providing unique biometric identifications and associated names for respective people. Roles are stored and associating ones of the roles are associated with ones of the people. Rules are stored, wherein each rule is configured to define one of the roles or people and define a condition and an action. The computer system receives from a device at an entryway, biometric data for a person. A named person is indicated for the received biometric data by the identity data accessed by the computer system. The computer system selects a rule corresponding to the identified person or to one of the defined roles for the identified person. The computer system performs the defined action for the selected rule when a current condition satisfies the defined condition for the selected rule.
US09196102B2
Start system for a car, car having a start system, and method for operating a start system for a car
A method for operating a starting system for a car includes detecting locking of the car, checking whether a portable code transmitter of the starting system is inside a monitoring region, deactivating a starting device of the starting system if the portable code transmitter is not inside the monitoring region, receiving an unlocking signal and identity signal from the portable code transmitter by the starting system on the car, checking whether identity data received with the identity signal matches identity data stored in the starting system, and activating the starting device if the identity data matches the identity data stored in the starting system.
US09196099B2
A tachograph and a toll onboard unit as communication partners, which each have a data interface for a data communication via a vehicle data bus to which the communication partners are coupled. The tachograph and/or the toll onboard unit are implemented as a transmitter of data to ascertain a cryptographic check value as a function of user data, which are to be transmitted to the communication partner, and to transmit the cryptographic check value in addition to the user data to the communication partner. The toll onboard unit or the tachograph, respectively, as a receiver of data, is implemented to receive user data and the cryptographic check value associated with the user data from the communication partner and to check the received user data for corruption as a function of the received cryptographic check value.
US09196092B2
Clipping is provided for volume rendering in three-dimensional medical imaging. Rather than a single or even two clipping planes, an enclosed clipping volume isolates a region of interest. More than one volume rendering may be formed from the data of the clipping volume. The volume renderings from different directions, such as opposite directions, may be displayed substantially simultaneously. For imaging a valve or other structure with multiple views of interest, the clipping volume defines the valve or structure region and rendering from the multiple views provides desired diagnosis information.
US09196088B2
A method for classification of three-dimensional structures in a virtual environment includes identifying a plurality of polygons in a structure located in a virtual environment, identifying a plurality of surface normals, each surface normal corresponding to one polygon in the plurality of polygons that are in the structure, identifying a variance of a distribution of the plurality of surface normals, generating a first classification for the structure in response to the variance being less than a predetermined threshold, and generating a graphical display of the structure with at least one visual aspect of the structure being modified with reference to the first classification.
US09196086B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable data storage devices for generating and/or displaying a map with three-dimensional (3D) features are disclosed. For example, a method may comprise (i) defining a plurality of major three-dimensional regions (“major 3DRs”) and associating each major 3DR with a respective geographical area defined for a map stored in a computer-readable map database, and (ii) displaying, via a display device, one or more of the major 3DRs upon the map. Each major 3DR comprises a top, a bottom, and multiple sides. Each top, bottom, and side of each major 3DR comprises at least one surface. At least one surface of each major 3DR being displayed is textured with an image captured via an imaging device. The image textured onto each surface comprises an image captured by the imaging device when capturing images in a direction of that surface.
US09196074B1
A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes producing an animation model from one or more representations of an object provided from a deformable likeness of the object. The one or more representations are based upon position information from a collection of images of the object captured by at least one camera. The method also includes refining the animation model to produce representations that substantially match the one or more representations provided by the deformable likeness of the object. Refining the animation model is based upon the position information from the collection of images of the object and one or more constraints.
US09196071B2
The present invention relates to an image splicing method and apparatus. The image splicing method includes: acquiring a first image and a second image; determining a to-be-processed region within the overlapping region, where a region within the overlapping region except the to-be-processed region is a remaining region; obtaining a weight value of each adjacent pixel pair of the remaining region; setting a weight value of an adjacent pixel pair within the to-be-processed region; determining a splicing path having the least seam line intensity of all splicing paths; and performing image splicing on the first image and the second image along the optimal seam line. According to the image splicing method and apparatus of the present invention, a seam line can be excluded from a to-be-processed region, so as to ensure that the to-be-processed region is spliced naturally and to improve subjective perception of a user in viewing an image.
US09196070B2
The captured image acquisition unit 52 acquires the data of the subject focusing image P1 and the non-subject focusing image P2 with different focal points. The image depth map generation unit 91 generates the subject depth map DMP1 and the non-subject depth map DMP2 that represent a distance relationship of a subject in an image for every pixel for each of the subject focusing image P1 and the non-subject focusing image P2 acquired. The composition depth map generation unit 92 performs predetermined processing on the subject depth map DMP1 and the non-subject depth map DMP2 thus generated to generate the composition depth map DMP3. The image composition unit 55 composites the data of the subject focusing image P1 with the data of the non-subject focusing image P2 based on the composition depth map DMP3 thus generated to generate the data of the omnifocal image P3.
US09196068B2
When a user or the like blocks a portion of a projected image, acquisition of position information about a drawing-designated position, which is designated using a pointing device, is inhibited, and a missing drawn portion is produced. However, a projection apparatus generates image data that is interpolated using a pattern image, thereby making it possible to draw a graphic object as drawn.
US09196067B1
A projection, image, and depth capture system projects content into a scene and captures images of the scene as the user interacts with the content. The system uses depth analysis to determine location and distance of available surfaces in the scene onto which the content can be projected. Due to the complexity of this analysis and the inherent imperfections of the electronic and optical components, depth analysis possesses inherent noise that may adversely affect the accuracy of the projected image onto the surface. The system is configured with noise compensation technology that averages depth information over multiple image frames captured from the scene. The averaged information leads to a more consistent measurement of the distance to the surface, which in turn allows for more accurate focus of the projected content.
US09196064B2
Image reconstruction method and device for tilted helical scan are provided. The method includes: acquiring data generated by the tilted helical scan; calculating a ray channel parameter and a slice number corresponding to each pixel position based on a geometric relationship that a ray of the tilted helical scan emitting from a ray source to a detector intersects with a pixel; and performing image reconstruction by using a three-dimensional helical back-projection method based on the acquired data, and the ray channel parameter and the slice number corresponding to each pixel position. With the method and device, there is no need to correct the raw data, which ensures the accuracy of the data, and the artifact is avoided, which ensures the accuracy of the reconstructed image.
US09196061B2
A method for performing truncation artifact correction includes acquiring a projection dataset of a patient, the projection dataset including measured data and truncated data, generating an initial estimate of a boundary between the measured data and the truncated data, using the measured data to revise the initial estimate of the boundary, estimating the truncated data using the revised estimate of the boundary, and using the measured data and the estimated truncated data to generate an image of the patient.
US09196060B2
A texture repository is provided for use with an image manipulation application. The texture repository provides a canvas to the image manipulation application for use with an image filter. The texture repository may provide an existing canvas matching the request from the image filter, or the texture repository may generate a new canvas for the request. The generated canvas may be procedurally generated to match the request, or the generated canvas may be resized from an existing canvas stored in a non-volatile storage or a cache.
US09196046B2
Ultrasound imaging, or ultrasonography, is a convenient imaging modality for diagnostic purposes. During procedures requiring visualization, the user coordinates the movement of the transducer through the manual selection of an appropriate representation on the screen. Ultrasound may also be employed for functional measurements. Typically, the measurement requires the manual selection of target planes, lines, or volumes where the measurement is to be performed. Therapeutic applications of ultrasound are also known in the art. Such applications typically employ higher energies, and therefore inaccuracies in positioning may result in damage to surrounding tissues. The invention provides a system and method for repeated determination of a first vector between a reference structure comprised in an anatomical volume and a medical imaging transducer configured to provide imaging data of the anatomical volume. The invention provides an automated tracking system of the reference structure, requiring that the user only selects the reference structure.
US09196028B2
Methods employ sensors in portable devices (e.g., smartphones) both to sense content information (e.g., audio and imagery) and context information. Device processing is desirably dependent on both. For example, some embodiments activate certain processor intensive operations (e.g., content recognition) based on classification of sensed content and context. The context can control the location where information produced from such operations is stored, or control an alert signal indicating, e.g., that sensed speech is being transcribed. Some arrangements post sensor data collected by one device to a cloud repository, for access and processing by other devices. Multiple devices can collaborate in collecting and processing data, to exploit advantages each may have (e.g., in location, processing ability, social network resources, etc.). A great many other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09196022B2
An image transformation and multi-view output system and associated method generates output view data from raw image data using a coordinate mapping that reverse maps pixels of the output view data onto the raw image data. The coordinate mapping is stored in a lookup table and incorporates perspective correction and/or distortion correction for a wide angle lens used to capture the raw image data. The use of the lookup table with reverse mapping improves performance of the image transformation and multi-view output system to allow multi-view video streaming of images corrected for one or both of perspective and distortion.
US09196021B2
A method and systems of enhancing a video using a related image are provided. One or more patches are identified in the video, with each patch identifying a region that is present in one of the frames of the video that can be mapped to a similar region in at least one other frame of the video. For each identified patch in the video, a best matching patch in the related image is found. The video is enhanced using the best matching patch in the related image for each identified patch in the video.
US09196020B2
An imaging method and apparatus to provide digital calibration of an optical system that includes one or more removable plane parallel plates or optical wedges. One example of the method includes generating an initial estimate of an optical point spread function of an optical imaging system that includes a plane parallel plate or optical wedge positioned in the optical train based on an optical prescription of the optical imaging system, capturing a first image of a scene using the optical imaging system, and applying a blind deconvolution process to the first image using the initial estimate of the optical point spread function to produce a refined estimate of the optical point spread function and produce a second image that is substantially without blur.
US09196002B2
A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data.
US09195996B1
A system and method for generating a profile of communication sessions involves generating ratings for a selected set of messages and metadata associated with content items that are shared by social network users participating in a communication session. Ratings may be based on keyword scores which may then be adjusted based on user participation parameters, social network characterization parameters, and user selected options. Communication session profiles change over time and so recomputation is effected on periodic or scheduled bases. Generated profiles may be stored, frequently retrieved, or used in applications such as but not limited to content filtering, recommending content shared by participating social network members, selecting relevant advertisements, providing topic suggestions or user list invitations.
US09195993B2
Improved mobile advertisement syndication capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications facilities, such as cell phones. These and other capabilities are employed to improve delivery of mobile advertisements and their syndication, such as associating advertising content with websites or applications, to appropriate or desirable mobile communication facilities.
US09195989B2
In one embodiment, a request is received from a first user to create a location-triggered benefit that may be redeemed by a second user at a vendor and associated with a condition. The first user is not the vendor, and the condition may require that the second user go to a particular location. A record of the location-triggered benefit may be created in a database. Information may be received that the second user has satisfied the condition, and in response, the second user may be allowed to redeem the location-triggered benefit at the vendor.
US09195988B2
The method of processing an analysis cycle to determine interest merchants may include selecting a seed merchant relevant to a topic interest, identifying consumers that have completed a transaction with the seed merchant to generate a list of identified consumers, determining merchants visited by the identified consumers, scoring all the merchants based on network connectivity, activity, and merchant over-index, updating the seed merchant in response to the list of scored merchants relative to a scoring threshold, and scoring the list of identified consumers based on the number of distinct merchants in transaction and over-indexing. Additionally, the method may further comprise producing a list of updated interest merchants and a list of updated identified consumers, where the updated interest merchants and the updated identified consumers are relevant to the topic interest.
US09195987B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining whether given business listings are spam or are closed businesses. In one example, a system receives a business listing from a user. The business listing contains a geolocation and the name of a business. The system also receives one or more street level images related to a geographic object that is at or near the same geolocation as the business listing. The system determines if the business listing is spam or is closed based on the received street level images by determining if the geographic object is the business or by analyzing whether the business associated with the listing is shown in any of the street level images.
US09195980B2
Techniques for recovery during authentication include initiating sending a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication message from user equipment of a user to a merchant node of a merchant. If the user is not authenticated in response to the HTTP authentication message, then sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the user equipment to the merchant node is initiated. The SMS message indicates a transaction between the user and the merchant. In some embodiments, techniques include changing an access point to a network until an access point utilized is on a list of acceptable access points, in response to a buy response message that indicates a transaction between a merchant and a user. A hypertext transfer protocol authentication message is sent through the access point that is on the list of acceptable access points.
US09195979B2
The gold and precious metal buying machine and method has a housing, a vault and inboard processing stations for: weighing, detecting constituent elements with x-rays and measuring volume based upon gas or fluid displacement. Weight, elemental data and volume is used to calculate gold weight and discounted market value based upon exchange rate, gold weight and a discount factor. Market value is displayed and if accepted, the system generates payment instruction and vault storage command. A rejection negates the acceptance upon request or error signal and generates rejection command. Machine transports item to various stations and, upon the storage command to the vault, and upon rejection to the item return port in the housing. An air displacement test uses a processor measuring a differential volume and a chambered item at a different pressure by a differential position of a piston movable in the chamber.
US09195967B2
A system for providing patients with dementia or other cognitive impairment with instructions and reminders of tasks to enable them to live with minimum third party oversight. The system provides for a continuous display of viewable indicia of at least one of text or images to provide the patient messages. The messages may be generated by a remote third party or software running on a computer. A projector is engaged to a ceiling of the residence of the patient to maintain it out of reach and tampering from the patient. The projector displays the messages upon a wall of the residence allowing the patient to watch TV or use a computer and still receive ongoing messaging including reminders and instructions on daily or other tasks. Employing the system a remote user such as the child of a patient can provide instruction and reminders to the patient allowing them to live with minimal supervision.
US09195960B2
A mobile terminal and method for communicating with a refrigerator, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a communication unit configured to receive an electronic receipt containing purchased article information from a settlement terminal, and to receive storage article information from the refrigerator, the purchased article information identifying at least one purchased article that has been purchased, the storage article information identifying at least one stored article that is stored in the refrigerator; a display unit configured to display the purchased article information and the storage article information; and a controller configured to update the storage article information using the purchased article information based on a user input.
US09195959B1
This disclosure relates to order fulfillment by various fulfillment sources in a fulfillment network. A fulfillment source is selected in the fulfillment network to fulfill an order before a contingency deadline. If the order is not fulfilled by the deadline, other fulfillment sources are used. Lead times for fulfillment of orders for products are adjusted for respective fulfillment sources based on their past fulfillment history.
US09195952B2
Systems and methods are provided for designing business process controls utilizing a contextual mapping engine. A set of statements relating to business process controls are received and stored in a repository. The contextual mapping engine compares the statements to determine matching scores between statements. Statements with matching scores greater than a predetermined threshold are removed from the repository.
US09195951B2
A method performed by a processing system displays a graph of a portion of a rolling horizon time series corresponding to a realization of a realization time series adjacent to a graph of the realization time series.
US09195947B2
Machines, systems and methods for maintaining a representative data set in a document classification system, the method comprising: including an initial set of seed representative data in a representative data set (RDS) implemented for a knowledge base (KB), wherein the KB is trained to classify documents provided to a document classification system based on analysis of the representative documents included in the RDS and a set of rules, wherein the seed representative data includes a balanced number of representative data across a plurality of classes; updating the RDS by adding or removing representative data from the RDS based on feedback received about accuracy of classification of one or more documents by the classification system; and retraining the KB, wherein the retraining is performed based on occurrence of one or more events.
US09195936B1
The invention provides, in some aspects, a computer-implemented method for enabling enhanced functionality in a software application. The method includes executing, on a computer, an enhancement engine that is communicatively coupled to a rules base (or other store that contains rules) and/or a rules engine that executes rules (e.g., from the rules base). The enhancement engine receives a request to enable enhanced functionality in an application that is defined, at least in part, by a plurality of such rules, where the request specifies a selected rule in the application for such enhancement. The enhancement engine identifies (or ascertains) a new rule at least partially providing the enhanced functionality and (i) updates the rules base (or other store) to include the new rule along with the others that define at least a portion of the application and/or (ii) effects execution by the rules engine of the new rule along with those others.
US09195929B2
Disclosed are a chip card assembling structure and a method thereof, including at least one base plate, at least one fixing element having a side forming a fixing trough corresponding to the base plate, at least one adhesive film disposed on one side of the fixing element to cover the fixing trough, and at least one thin-film chip received in the fixing trough and bonded to the adhesive film. To use the present invention, the adhesive film, together with the thin-film chip, is lifted and the base plate is placed into the fixing trough, following setting the adhesive film and the thin-film chip back to have the thin-film chip coupled to the base plate. Then, the adhesive film is lifted to remove the coupled thin-film chip and base plate, so that the relative position between the thin-film chip and the base plate is precise and correct.
US09195928B2
A customer medium (1) for detecting the utilization of services is proposed, comprising a first and a second antenna (2, 3) for long-range data communication, a third antenna (4), an integrated circuit (6) comprising at least one crypto-engine, one microprocessor (5) connected with the integrated circuit (6) or integrated into the integrated circuit (6), an operational amplifier (8) and an RF transceiver (7) connected to the second antenna (3), where the third antenna (4) is connected to an NFC-module in the integrated circuit (6) and is used for the short-range data communication in an active mode of the customer medium (1), where the first antenna (2) is used as a wake-up antenna for receiving an amplitude-modulated wake-up signal if the customer medium is in a “sleep” mode, where the signal received by the wake-up antenna (2) is demodulated and amplified by the operational amplifier (8) serving as the wake-up detection module and is evaluated by the microprocessor (5) partially activated in the “sleep” mode, where the microprocessor (5) is completely activated in the event of a valid wake-up signal, by which the customer medium (1) enters the active mode and where the operational amplifier (8) is the only component of the customer medium (1) that is fully active in “sleep”-mode.
US09195926B2
Universal cards are used in place of all the other traditional cards which a person may want to carry. The universal card can include a short range communications transceiver to communicate with a mobile device. The mobile device can include a user interface and an e-wallet application so that the user can interface with the e-wallet application for programming the universal card via the short range communication link. Once programmed, the universal card emulates a function of a traditional card.
US09195923B2
Document personalization machines with a mechanism designed to operate as an in-line document puncher/voider. The document personalization machine includes a document personalization mechanism that performs a personalization operation on the document, a document transport mechanism that transports the document along a document path through the document personalization machine and a document punch mechanism that creates a punch hole on the document. The document can be, for example, a card such as a financial (e.g. credit and debit) card, drivers' license, and a national identification document, or another documents such as a passport. A punched hole can, for example, indicate that the document is void, destroy a magnetic stripe, integrated circuit chip or other information storage medium on the document, or provide access for a lanyard, a key ring and the like.
US09195917B2
In order to print a unit area of a print medium by a first printing scan and a second printing scan, dither patterns are formed which can control the arrangement of dots on the print medium without adverse effects of density unevenness and graininess, that are caused by printing position displacement. Regarding first and second dither patterns, information indicating whether or not a threshold is already set to a reference pixel and one or more pixels around the reference pixel in the first dither pattern is obtained for cases where each pixel in the first dither pattern is the reference pixel. A pixel in the second dither pattern to which a predetermined pixel is to be set is determined based on the obtained information. The first and second dither patterns formed in the above manner are associated with the first printing scan and the second printing scan, respectively.
US09195899B2
Embodiments of radiographic imaging systems and/or methods can monitor the state of calibration of a digital x-ray detector, the detector including a solid state sensor with a plurality of pixels, an optional scintillating screen and at least one embedded microprocessor. In one embodiment, a method can use a computer or the embedded microprocessor or both, for setting a calibration operating mode of the portable detector; taking a plurality of dark images in the calibration mode; determining a dark difference image between pixel readings between two of the plurality of dark images; identifying pixels in the dark difference image that differ by over a threshold amount from at least some surrounding pixels in the dark difference image as defective pixels.
US09195894B2
A computer-implemented method includes monitoring an environment external to a vehicle via a sensor of the vehicle or a mobile device. The monitoring includes recording audio or video signals based on an output of the sensor. Audio or image recognition is performed via the mobile device based on the audio or video signals. Based on results of the audio or image recognition, objects in an area through which the vehicle is to pass are detected. The method includes determining which ones of the detected objects satisfy a predetermined criteria. The predetermined criteria includes object features that are indiscernible or marginally discernible to a vehicle operator with a perception deficiency. Selected ones of the detected objects that satisfy the predetermined criteria are monitored. The vehicle operator is alerted of the selected ones of the detected objects with an alert predetermined to be discernible to the vehicle operator.
US09195882B2
A mobile terminal and group generating method therein are disclosed, by which a group can be generated using at least one character object included in an image currently displayed. The present invention includes displaying at least one image including at least one character object, performing a face recognition process based on the image for recognizing at least one character object on the image, identifying a counterpart corresponding to the recognized character object and generating a group comprising at least one identified counterpart according to a selection input by a user.
US09195880B1
An image-stack viewer may switch between images in an image stack based on detected interactions with the images that are displayed in the viewer. In particular, a region-of-interest (ROI) in an image may be determined based on an interaction, and image characteristics of the ROI may be evaluated in two or more images in the image stack where the ROI best represents the evaluated characteristics.
US09195879B1
A fingerprint sensing apparatus may include a fingerprint sensor system and a control system capable of receiving fingerprint sensor data from the fingerprint sensor system. The control system may be capable of determining fingerprint sensor data blocks for at least a portion of the fingerprint sensor data and of calculating statistical variance values for fingerprint sensor data corresponding to each of the fingerprint sensor data blocks. The control system may be capable of determining, based at least in part the statistical variance values, whether an object is positioned proximate a portion of the fingerprint sensor system.
US09195878B2
The present invention relates to a method of controlling an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor is typically comprised with a user input device providing a possible compliment and/or addition to a general user input device provided with the portable electronic device. Advantages with the invention include simplified user control of the portable electronic device. The invention also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.
US09195876B2
A system for oil storage tank monitoring, comprising an extraction module and an analysis module, wherein an extraction module is utilized to determine information from an oil storage tank image and an analysis module is utilized to perform operations on extracted information, such as for determining measurements or values of oil storage tanks.
US09195874B2
An apparatus and method for recognizing a barcode is disclosed, the recognizing method including steps of selecting and interpolating X-axis data at an arbitrary Y-axis of the barcode, detecting peaks of black and white modules of the barcode and restoring the barcode, and estimating widths of the black and white modules, extracting binary data and decoding the binary data.
US09195871B2
An identification code-based three-dimensional interactive technique includes acquiring an image including an identification-coded real object, the image being taken by video-capable equipment, identifying an identification code from the identification-coded real object, obtaining object information corresponding to the identification code, acquiring a reference image associated with the identification code and feature points of the reference image, obtaining a position, an orientation, or a combination thereof on the video-capable equipment relative to the identification-coded real object based on the reference image and the feature points of the reference image, and conducting a three-dimensional interaction based on the position, the orientation, or a combination thereof of the video-capable equipment relative to the identification-coded real object and the object information corresponding to the identification code.
US09195862B2
A radio frequency identifying reader (RFID) and a method for locating a tag by the RFID includes transmitting, by the RFID reader, signals to the tag on at least two frequencies and receiving a corresponding reflection signal, combining, by the RFID reader, received reflection signals and acquiring the combined signal which is received, and mapping the combined signal that is received to a constellation point in a constellation map to locate the tag such that the tag can be more easily located.
US09195861B2
A method includes receiving a first image of a first line of perforations in a sheet product, processing the first image to determine whether the first line of perforations are within specifications, and outputting an indication to an operator indicative that the first line of perforations are not within specifications responsive to determining that the first line of perforations are not within specifications.
US09195858B2
A data storage device has encrypted user data and a media key stored on media, and a root key stored in an electronic circuit. The data storage device has a first connector adapted to receive a user key and a hardware key device connected to a second connector adjacent an installation space. The hardware key device stores a destructible key in non-volatile memory. The hardware key device is mechanically destroyed, thereby rendering the encrypted user data non-decipherable after the destroying.
US09195856B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present description, a node of the distributed computing system has multiple communication paths to a data processing resource lock which controls access to shared resources, for example. In this manner, at least one redundant communication path is provided between a node and a data processing resource lock to facilitate reliable transmission of data processing resource lock signals between the node and the data processing resource lock. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
US09195839B2
A secure data parser is provided that may be integrated into any suitable system for securely storing and communicating data. The secure data parser parses data and then splits the data into multiple portions that are stored or communicated distinctly. Encryption of the original data, the portions of data, or both may be employed for additional security. The secure data parser may be used to protect data in motion by splitting original data into portions of data, that may be communicated using multiple communications paths.
US09195828B2
The present invention relates to data encryption and more particularly to data encryption for prevention of malware attacks designed to access user data. The present invention protects user data against regular malware and advance malware like rootkit attacks, zero day attacks and anti-malware disabler attacks. In one embodiment, the present invention uses encryption, application whitelisting, and application binding to prevent malware from accessing a victim's data files. In another embodiment, the present invention uses application path binding to further contain the malware from accessing the victim's data.
US09195826B1
Potentially infected internal device(s) and potential malware command and control device(s) are identified by generating a bipartite graph that includes internal device(s) inside a network and destination(s) outside the network which communicate over a period of time. The bipartite graph is reduced to obtain a reduced bipartite graph, including by eliminating those connections that include a whitelisted internal device and those connections that include a whitelisted destination. From the reduced graph, a cluster of potentially infected internal device(s) and potential malware command and control device(s) are identified based at least in part on (1) the cluster's degree of isolation from other clusters and (2) an isolation threshold.
US09195821B2
The current disclosure relates to techniques for system and methods for software-based management of remote software authentication of at least one entity machine, addressing various vulnerabilities of software authentication based upon the genuinity based scheme. The disclosure is using challenge execution on at least one suspect machine, providing a technique for CPU event monitoring of a combined count of at least two events monitored on the entity machine during execution of the authentication challenge. The authentication challenge allows further detection functionality of virtual machine or a hypervisor installed. The techniques measures execution time of authentication challenge, comparing the received challenge result with the expected challenge result and accordingly rejects or allows the entity machine through the authentication process.
US09195820B2
A computer system for authenticating user access to at least one computer application of a plurality of computer applications is provided. The computer system includes a memory device and a processor. The computer system is programmed to identify a security level from a plurality of security levels for each computer application within the plurality of computer applications. The plurality of security levels include at least a first-tier security level and a second-tier security level. The second-tier security level requires additional authentication information as compared to the first-tier security level. The computer system is also programmed to create a user account for a user within the memory device with the first-tier security level, and to determine that the user account requires the second-tier security level, and prompt the user to enter the additional authentication information. The computer system is also programmed to promote the user account to the second-tier security level.
US09195814B1
In one implementation, a credential associated with a user identifier and a location is stored at a client device. A request to output a representation of the credential in a manner that enables a credential authority to validate the representation is received. Responsive to receiving the request to render the representation of the credential, a location of the client device is obtained and a determination that the location of the client device is within a predefined distance of the location associated with the credential is made. Responsive to determining that the location of the client device is within the predefined distance of the location associated with the credential, data indicating that the user has entered the location associated with the credential is stored in a memory of the client device.
US09195811B2
A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium product are provided for functionality watermarking and management. In the context of a method, a method is provided that includes identifying a request to perform at least one function of a user device and identifying at least one watermark template. The method further includes applying the at least one watermark template to at least one function of the user device and authorizing the request to perform the at least one function of the user device.
US09195806B1
A security server for programming configuration settings and application images into a target device is disclosed. The security server includes two secure microprocessors. In the security server a first microprocessor is configured to be coupled to a user of the security server and a comparator to validate configuration data as it progresses through the security server. The first microprocessor receives configuration data and application data for use in configuring the target microprocessor. A second secure microprocessor is coupled to the first secure microprocessor through a high-speed communications link. This second microprocessor provides a security engine for encryption of data and a verifier for verifying that the configuration settings and application images are correctly stored in the target microprocessor.
US09195800B2
Embodiments include methods of identifying a personalized cardiovascular device based on patient-specific geometrical information, the method comprising acquiring a geometric model of at least a portion of a patient's vascular system; obtaining one or more geometric quantities of one or more blood vessels of the geometric model of the patient's vascular system; determining the presence or absence of a pathology characteristic at a location in the geometric model of the patient's vascular system; generating an objective function defined by a plurality of device variables and a plurality of hemodynamic and solid mechanics characteristics; and optimizing the objective function using computational fluid dynamics and structural mechanics analysis to identify a plurality of device variables that result in desired hemodynamic and solid mechanics characteristics.
US09195799B2
A patient monitoring system for monitoring vital signs, comprises: one or more sensors, wherein the sensors measure vital signs; a monitor station; and one or more portable monitoring devices, wherein monitored data based on the measured vital signs is wirelessly transmitted from the sensors to the monitor station, wherein the monitor station issues one or more alarms to certain ones of the portable monitoring devices as a function of the monitored data, and wherein a portion of the monitored data that pertains to the alarms is wirelessly transmitted to the certain ones of the portable monitoring devices and displayed by the certain ones of the portable monitoring devices.
US09195798B2
The present invention relates to a data processing method of determining a distribution of isolines to be used for displaying a radiation dose distribution in tissue of a patient, the steps of the method being executed by a computer and comprising: d) acquiring dose distribution data comprising dose distribution information describing a radiation dose distribution in an anatomical body part; e) acquiring display data comprising display information describing a predetermined display mode to be applied for displaying the dose distribution information; f) determining, based on the dose distribution data and the display data, isodose data comprising isodose information describing a distribution of is isolines to be used for displaying the dose distribution information.
US09195795B2
A method for analysis, control, and manipulation for improvement of the chemical reaction rate of a protein-mediated reaction is provided. Enzymes, which typically comprise protein molecules, are very efficient catalysts that enhance chemical reaction rates by many orders of magnitude. Enzymes are widely used for a number of functions in chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and other purposes. The method identifies key protein vibration modes that control the chemical reaction rate of the protein-mediated reaction, providing identification of the factors that enable the enzymes to achieve the high rate of reaction enhancement. By controlling these factors, the function of enzymes may be modulated, i.e., the activity can either be increased for faster enzyme reaction or it can be decreased when a slower enzyme is desired. This method provides an inexpensive and efficient solution by utilizing computer simulations, in combination with available experimental data, to build suitable models and investigate the enzyme activity.
US09195790B2
Techniques for statistical formal activity analysis with consideration of temporal and/or spatial correlations are described herein. According to one embodiment, a machine-implemented method for circuit analysis comprises unrolling a sequential circuit having a feedback loop into a plurality of unrolled circuits and introducing a spatial correlation via an encoding circuit coupled to the plurality of unrolled circuits for an activity analysis of the sequential circuit, the spatial correlation representing a dependency relationship between logic states of an input and logic states of other signals.
US09195781B2
Methods and systems for managing golf clubs and for collecting golf data, such as golf strokes, are described. In one embodiment, a golf data collection system includes a golf accessory worn on the golfer's wrist, such as a watch, equipped with a GPS receiver, impact sensing and motion sensing means, and a transceiver to communicate with golf club tags (e.g. at 2.4 GHz such as Bluetooth). The golf accessory senses the motion of the golf club being swung by the golf and/or senses the impact of the golf club striking the golf ball. When swinging motion or impact is sensed the device uses the transceiver to communicate with golf club tags. The closest golf club (i.e. the club in the golfer's hand during the swing) is captured as the club used by the swing based on RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator). Other embodiments are also described.
US09195774B2
Techniques for enhancing web content presented with a mobile application are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a contextual content server communicates to a mobile application executing at a mobile computing device, content modification instructions. The content modifications instructions direct the mobile computing device to present modified, or additional, content, generally selected for its relevance to some original content being presented by an application executing at the mobile computing device.
US09195758B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for personalization of search results are provided. In example embodiments, a user interface that allows a user to establish optimization preferences used to personalize results based on a query is provided. The optimization preferences include values that are a portion of a total allowed value assigned to interrelated optimization factors. The optimization preferences are received via the user interface. The optimization preferences are applied to matches obtained based on the query to generate a personalized result set.
US09195757B2
A dynamic digital montage system assists a user in creating and publishing a montage about one or more specified topics. The system receives an identification of one or more topics of interest from the user, and based on the subject information, collects data from dynamic and static data sources for display in dedicated sections of a montage. The data is presented in one of a number of predefined but editable layouts for presentation to a user. In one implementation, at least one of the montage components is associated with a dynamic data source and is updated when new data is provided by the dynamic data source. In another implementation, the data sources attached to the montage components are analyzed on a periodic basis, and based on the analysis, data source assignments and/or the montage layout is revised.
US09195755B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for displaying search results are disclosed. In an embodiment, this may comprise receiving search results, for a search result, receiving information about search result scores according to a plurality of criteria, using the plurality of criteria to create spokes in a radar chart, associating the search result scores with the spokes in the radar chart, creating a star in the radar chart based on the association of search result scores with the spokes, and displaying the radar chart. Different weight may be given to each search result score. Multiple search results may be displayed in one radar chart, or multiple radar charts may be used.
US09195742B2
A reproducing apparatus comprises a reproduction unit which reproduces a moving image file and a still image file from a recording medium, a file name including a number being added to each of the moving image file and the still image file, and a control unit which controls the reproduction unit such that the plurality of moving image files for the single scene are continuously reproduced while the still image file to which the file name including the number between the numbers included in the file names of the two moving image files is added is not reproduced, during reproduction of the plurality of moving image files for the single scene.
US09195738B2
A tokenization platform and method is described for accurately tokenizing character strings, including but not limited to non-delimited character strings of the type commonly used in Internet domain names and computer filenames, to accurately identify words and phrases occurring therein. In one embodiment, a phased tokenization approach is used in which the final phase is a lexical analysis-based tokenization using a dictionary. The dictionary may be advantageously created and updated based upon one or more query logs associated with respective information retrieval systems, thereby ensuring that the dictionary accurately reflects currently-used terminology and captures alternative spellings and presentations of words and phrases submitted by users.
US09195735B2
According to one embodiment, an information extracting method includes: collecting a text in which a keyword of interest appears, the keyword of interest, and a time of creation of the text; extracting a keyword included in the text except for the keyword of interest and configured to extract the time of creation; extracting the keyword having a time score obtained on the basis of an appearance frequency of the keyword in a time interval exceeding a first threshold value and a local score obtained from the appearance frequency of the keyword in a predetermined local area exceeding a second threshold value as a local hot word, and also extract the extracted time interval of the extracted keyword and the keyword of interest corresponding to the keyword; and storing the extracted local hot word, the time interval, and the keyword of interest.
US09195733B2
A system including an associative memory and a first input device in communication with the associative memory. The first input device is configured to receive an attribute value relating to a corresponding attribute of a subject of interest to a user. The system also includes a processor, in communication with the first input device, and configured to generate a first entity using the attribute value. The system also includes an associative memory configured to perform an analogy query using the entity to retrieve a second entity whose attributes match some attributes of the first entity. The associative memory is further configured to cluster first data in the first entity and second data in the second entity.
US09195732B2
Efficient SQL based multi-attribute clustering of data attributes may be used to identify the most relevant combination of data attributes to an outcome. A global outcome value may be calculated to represent an average of the outcome. A subset outcome value for each subset of data attributes of a plurality of attributes may be calculated to represent average of the outcome for the subset. For each subset of data attributes, a number of members associated with the subset may be compared to a threshold, and the subsets with less members than the threshold may be removed. The subset outcome value for each subset of data attributes may be compared to the global outcome value, and a report may be generated that identifies each subset for which the corresponding subset outcome value is greater than or less than the global outcome value.
US09195727B2
Systems and methods of using delta partitions for backup and restore are disclosed. An example method may include after a full backup, separating change information from static information. The method may also include concentrating the change information in a delta partition prior to a differential backup. The method may also include incrementally backing up only the delta partition during the differential backup.
US09195723B1
A visual refinement interface enables users to adjust and/or refine search results by selecting results that match a user's interest, and displaying subsequent results that are closer to the selected items. Multiple result sets can be displayed concurrently such that the user can maintain context for the results. Further, the user can quickly go back to modify an earlier selection without having to navigate to a previous page, for example, and a single modification can cause several subsequent result sets to automatically change such that the user can quickly view dozens of new results, for example, simply by selecting at least one different result from a displayed result set. Prior result sets can be modified, such as by reducing the size or adjusting the placement of the sets, such that the user can easily determine the current set and the relatedness to previous results sets.
US09195711B2
Methods and arrangements for storing and retrieving nested structures. A nested structure is obtained. There are created slices containing arbitrary sub-structures of the nested structure. The content of slices is stored in one or more columns of a column-oriented data store. At least one access plan for accessing slices in the data store is developed, to be used when a projection query is received. The access plan is executed to construct a nested structure that answers the projection query. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09195708B2
In continuous querying of a data stream, a query including query cycles can be initialized (310) on a query engine to analyze the data stream for desired information. The data stream can be processed (320) as segments, where a size of the segments is based on a user-defined parameter. The query cycles can be synchronized (330) with the segments of the data stream. A first segment can be analyzed (340) by performing the query on the first segment to obtain a first result. A query state of the query can be persisted (350) and the query operation can be rewound to begin a new query cycle. A second segment can be analyzed (360) in the new query cycle by performing the query on the second segment based on the first result.
US09195705B2
Online systems, for example, social networking systems store features describing relations between entities represented in the online system. The information describing the features is represented as a graph. The online system maintains a cumulative feature graph and an incremental feature graph. Feature values based on recent user actions are stored in the incremental graph and feature values based on previous actions are stored in the cumulative graph. Periodically, the information stored in the incremental feature graph is merged with the information stored in the cumulative feature graph. The incremental graph is marked as inactive during the merge and information based on new user actions is stored in an active incremental feature graph. If a request for feature information is received, the feature information obtained from the cumulative feature graph, inactive incremental feature graph and the active incremental feature graph are combined to determine the feature information.
