US09203016B2
A method is described for manufacturing a magnetic sensor module (100, 200, 300, 400) having magnetic sensor elements (130, 330, 430) monolithically integrated at a semiconductor chip (110) which comprises an integrated circuit. The described method comprises (a) providing a composite semiconductor arrangement (105) comprising (i) the semiconductor chip (110), (ii) contact elements (112) for the integrated circuit, which are formed on the semiconductor chip (110), and (iii) a dielectric layer (120) formed over the semiconductor chip (110) and over the contact elements (112), (b) forming a magnetic sensor layer providing the material for the magnetic sensor elements (130, 330, 430) monolithically over the dielectric layer (120), (c) exposing the contact elements (112) by removing a part of the dielectric layer (120) which part is located above the contact elements (112), and (d) forming an electric conductive protection layer (140, 240, 340, 440) over either the formed magnetic sensor layer or the exposed contact elements (112) in order to prevent negative interactions between (i) the step of forming the magnetic sensor elements (130, 330, 430) resulting from the magnetic sensor layer and (ii) the step of exposing the contacting elements (112). It is further described a magnetic sensor module (100, 200, 300, 400) which is manufactured by the above described method.
US09203015B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic storage device includes an insulating region, a lower electrode including a first portion formed in a hole provided in the insulating region and a second portion protruded from the insulating region, a spacer insulating film formed on a side surface of at least the second portion of the lower electrode, a magnetic tunneling junction portion formed on a top surface of the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the magnetic tunneling junction portion.
US09203012B2
An ultrasound probe including a backing layer provided with grooves in which a piezoelectric member is allowed to be installed and a manufacturing method thereof. The ultrasound probe includes the piezoelectric member, and the backing layer disposed on a rear-side surface of the piezoelectric member and provided, on a front-side surface thereof, with grooves in which the piezoelectric member is installed.
US09203002B2
Disclosed herein are polysiloxane compositions that include a first polysiloxane and a second polysiloxane. The first and second polysiloxanes may be immiscible, and may exhibit differing refractive indices. The polysiloxane compositions may further include a curing agent and a catalyst. In some embodiments, the polysiloxane compositions significantly reflect light in at least the ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Reflectors and light emitting diode sources including the polysiloxane compositions are also disclosed.
US09202998B2
Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing semiconductor light-emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device, and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor light-emitting device, in which light propagating through a light-emitting layer and reaching an edge surface of a semiconductor film can be extracted to the exterior in an efficient manner. The semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor film including a light-emitting layer made from a group III nitride semiconductor. The semiconductor film has a tapered edge surface inclined diagonally with respect to a light extraction surface. The light extraction surface has a relief structure comprising a plurality of protrusions having a shape originating from the crystal structure of the semiconductor film. The average size of the protrusions in a first region in the vicinity of an edge section of the light extraction surface is smaller than the average size of the protrusions in a second region.
US09202997B2
A semiconductor nanocrystal-polymer micronized composite that includes: at least one semiconductor nanocrystal; and a polymer surrounding the at least one semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the polymer includes at least one functional group reactive with the semiconductor nanocrystal, and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal-polymer micronized composite has a particle diameter of less than or equal to about 70 micrometers (μm) with a standard deviation of less than or equal to about 20 micrometers (μm), and an aspect ratio of more than about 1.0 and less than or equal to about 10.
US09202993B2
The invention relates to a method for applying a polychromatizing layer which contains at least one luminescent means on a semiconductor substrate, which layer is suitable for producing a monochromatic light. The polychromatizing layer is applied with a printing process, especially with a micro-contact printing process. Preferably the polychromatizing layer is applied structured.
US09202982B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting unit, a first and second electrode, a first and second metal pillar, a sealing unit, a rectifying element, and a first and second interconnection. The light emitting unit includes a first and second semiconductor layer, and a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the light-emitting layer. The first electrode is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The second electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer. The first metal pillar is electrically connected to the first electrode. The second metal pillar is electrically connected to the second electrode. The sealing unit seals the first metal pillar and the second metal pillar. The rectifying element is provided below the first semiconductor layer, including a rectifying unit.
US09202981B2
An LED array having N light-emitting diode units (N≧3) comprises a permanent substrate, a bonding layer on the permanent substrate, a second conductive layer on the bonding layer, a second isolation layer on the second conductive layer, a crossover metal layer on the second isolation layer, a first isolation layer on the crossover metal layer, a conductive connecting layer on the first isolation layer, an epitaxial structure on the conductive connecting layer, and a first electrode layer on the epitaxial structure. The light-emitting diode units are electrically connected with each other by the crossover metal layer.
US09202976B2
The present invention provides a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device in which a flat semiconductor layer is grown on a sapphire substrate provided with an uneven shape, and a method for producing the same. When the area ratio R of the flat surface area S on the main surface to the total area K of the sapphire substrate is 0.1 or more to less than 0.5, in formation of the semiconductor layer on the sapphire substrate having an uneven shape on the main surface thereof, at least two types of gases: a raw material gas containing a Group III element and a raw material gas containing Group V element are supplied so as to satisfy the equation 1,000≦Y/(2×R)≦1,200. In the equation, Y is the partial pressure ratio of the raw material gas containing Group V element to the raw material gas containing Group III element.
US09202972B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting device including at least three pairs of half-wave light emitting units, each pair including a terminal of a first half-wave light emitting unit connected to a terminal of a second half-wave light emitting unit, the terminals having the same polarity, a polarity of the connected terminals of one half-wave light emitting unit pair being opposite to the polarity of the connected terminals of an adjacent half-wave light emitting unit. The light emitting device also includes at least two full-wave light emitting units each connected to adjacent pairs of half-wave light emitting units. The half-wave light emitting units and the full-wave light emitting units each have at least one light emitting cell, the half-wave light emitting units each have a first terminal and a second terminal, the full-wave light emitting units each have a third terminal having the same polarity as the first terminal and a fourth terminal having the same polarity as the second terminal, and the third terminal of each full-wave light emitting unit being connected to the second terminal of adjacent half-wave light emitting units and the fourth terminal of each half-wave light emitting unit being connected to the first terminal of adjacent half-wave light emitting units.
US09202970B2
A light emitting device includes a nano-structure, a first semiconductor layer on the nano-structure, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer. The nano-structure includes a graphene layer provided under the first semiconductor layer to make contact with the first semiconductor layer; and a plurality of nano-textures extending from a top surface of the graphene layer to the first semiconductor layer and in contact with the first semiconductor layer.
US09202963B2
A Dual-Side Illumination (DSI) image sensor chip includes a first image sensor chip configured to sense light from a first direction, and a second image sensor chip aligned to, and bonded to, the first image sensor chip. The second image sensor chip is configured to sense light from a second direction opposite the first direction.
US09202958B2
Certain example embodiments relate to building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) or building adapted photovoltaic (BAPV) systems and components thereof. In certain example embodiments a component includes an asymmetric glass substrate that includes at least first, second, and third surfaces. The third surface can be laminated to a photovoltaic sub-assembly. The first surface can structured to be angled away from a vertical plane of a building at an angle of between 5 and 40 degrees. The first surface may be longer than the second surface.
US09202954B2
Nanostructures and photovoltaic structures are disclosed. Methods for creating nanostructures are also presented.
US09202948B2
A solar cell includes a substrate, a selective emitter region which is positioned at the substrate and includes a lightly doped region and a heavily doped region, a first dielectric layer which is positioned on the selective emitter region and includes a plurality of first openings, which are separated from one another, and a plurality of second openings positioned around the plurality of first openings, a first electrode connected to the selective emitter region through the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings, and a second electrode which is positioned on the substrate and is connected to the substrate. The plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings each have a different plane shape. The plane shape of the first opening has a line shape, and the plane shape of the second opening has a dot shape.
US09202946B2
The present technology generally relates to methods for metallizing an aluminum paste comprising contacting the aluminum paste with a cleaner, contacting the aluminum paste with an oxidation inhibiting deposit solution to deposit a layer of an oxidation inhibiting composition onto the aluminum paste and contacting the aluminum paste with conductive metal deposit solution to deposit a layer of a conductive metal onto the aluminum paste. Specifically, the present technology includes methods metallizing an aluminum paste comprising contacting the aluminum paste with an acidic cleaner, contacting the aluminum paste with an acid zincate solution to deposit zinc onto the aluminum paste and contacting the aluminum paste with an electroless nickel deposit solution to coat the aluminum paste with a nickel-phosphorus layer.
US09202944B2
A polarized light detection system includes a detection apparatus, a power source, and a photoresistor. The detection apparatus, power source and photoresistor are electrically connected with wires to form a galvanic circle. The photoresistor includes a photosensitive material layer with a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first electrode layer located on the first surface of the photosensitive material layer, and a second electrode layer located on the second surface of the photosensitive material layer. The first electrode layer includes a carbon nanotube film structure.
US09202935B2
A semiconductor device such as a Zener diode includes a first semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor material of a second conductivity type in contact with the first semiconductor material to form a junction therebetween. A first oxide layer is disposed over a portion of the second semiconductor material such that a remaining portion of the second semiconductor material is exposed. A polysilicon layer is disposed on the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material and a portion of the first oxide layer. A first conductive layer is disposed on the polysilicon layer. A second conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the first semiconductor material opposing a surface of the first semiconductor material in contact with the second semiconductor material.
US09202932B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a dielectric layer structure and a control gate layer can be formed sequentially on a substrate. The control gate layer can be partially etched to form a plurality of control gates. A gate spacer and a sacrificial spacer sequentially can be stacked on a sidewall of the control gate and on a portion of the dielectric layer structure. The dielectric layer structure can be partially etched using the sacrificial spacer and the gate spacer as an etching mask to form a plurality of dielectric layer structure patterns. The sacrificial spacer can be removed. An insulating interlayer can be formed on the substrate to form an air gap. The insulating interlayer can cover the dielectric layer structure pattern, the gate spacer and the control gate. The air gap can extend between the adjacent gate spacers and between the adjacent dielectric layer structure patterns.
US09202927B2
An object is to provide a transistor in which the state of an interface between an oxide semiconductor layer and an insulating film (gate insulating layer) in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is favorable; and a method for manufacturing the transistor. In order to obtain the transistor, nitrogen is added to a region of the oxide semiconductor layer in the vicinity of the interface with the gate insulating layer. Specifically, a concentration gradient of nitrogen is formed in the oxide semiconductor layer, and a region containing much nitrogen is provided at the interface with the gate insulating layer. By the addition of nitrogen, a region with high crystallinity can be formed in the region of the oxide semiconductor layer in the vicinity of the interface with the gate insulating layer, so that a stable interface state can be obtained.
US09202925B2
A structure is employed in which a first protective insulating layer; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first protective insulating layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode that are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer that is over the source electrode and the drain electrode and overlaps with the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode that overlaps with the oxide semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer provided therebetween; and a second protective insulating layer that covers the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode are included. Furthermore, the first protective insulating layer and the second protective insulating layer each include an aluminum oxide film that includes an oxygen-excess region, and are in contact with each other in a region where the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode are not provided.
US09202916B2
Embodiments for forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a gate stack structure formed on the substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes gate spacers formed on sidewalls of the gate stack structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes an isolation structure formed in the substrate and a source/drain stressor structure formed adjacent to the isolation structure. The source/drain stressor structure includes a capping layer which is formed along the (311) and (111) crystal orientations.
US09202910B2
Lateral power semiconductor device and method for manufacturing a lateral power semiconductor device
A lateral power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second opposite surface, a first main electrode, a second main electrode, a plurality of switchable semiconductor cells and at least one curved semiconductor portion. The first main electrode includes at least two sections and is arranged on the first surface. The second main electrode is arranged on the first surface and between the two sections of the first main electrode. The plurality of switchable semiconductor cells is arranged between a respective one of the two sections of the first main electrode and the second main electrode and is configured to provide a controllable conductive path between the first main electrode and the second main electrode. The curved semiconductor portion is between the first main electrode and the second main electrode and has increasing doping concentration from the first main electrode to the second main electrode.
US09202908B2
A protection diode includes a semiconductor substrate; a gate side well region of a first conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate; a grounding side well region of the first conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate and joined to the gate side well region; a gate side diffusion region of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate and joined to the gate side well region; a grounding side diffusion region of the second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate, separated from the gate side diffusion region, and joined to the grounding side well region; a gate side electrode connected between a gate of a transistor and the gate side diffusion region; and a grounding electrode connected to the grounding side diffusion region. Dopant impurity concentration in the grounding side well region is lower than dopant impurity concentration in the gate side well region.
US09202907B2
A protection diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; a well region of a first conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate; a gate side diffusion region of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate and joined to the well region; a grounding side diffusion region of the second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate, separated from the gate side diffusion region, and joined to the well region; a gate side electrode connected between a gate of a transistor and the gate side diffusion region; a grounding electrode connected to the grounding side diffusion region; and an insulating film on the well region. The grounding electrode extends to the well region on the insulating film.
US09202905B1
Embodiments include apparatuses and methods related to an HFET. In embodiments, one or all of the buffer layer, the back-barrier layer, or the barrier layer may be formed of a digital alloy. In embodiments, the digital alloy may include alternating layers of alloys of aluminum, gallium, and nitrogen. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed herein.
US09202904B2
According to example embodiments, a power device chip includes a plurality of unit power devices classified into a plurality of sectors, a first pad and a second pad. At least one of the first and second pads is divided into a number of pad parts equal to a number of the plurality of sectors. The first pad is connected to first electrodes of the plurality of unit power devices, and the second pad is connected to second electrodes of the plurality of unit power devices. The unit power devices may be diodes. The power device chip may further include third electrodes in the plurality of unit power devices, and a third pad may be connected to the third electrodes. In this case, the unit power devices may be high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). Pad parts connected to defective sectors may be excluded from bonding.
US09202898B2
Fabricating a vertical transistor includes providing a structural polymer layer on a substrate. A patterned inorganic thin film is formed on the structural polymer layer, leaving exposed portions of the structural polymer layer not under the inorganic thin film. Exposed portions of the structural polymer layer and portions of the structural polymer layer between the patterned inorganic thin film and the substrate are removed to form a structural polymer post having an inorganic cap that extends beyond an edge of the structural polymer post defining a reentrant profile. A conformal conductive gate layer and a conformal dielectric layer on the gate layer are formed in the reentrant profile. A conformal semiconductor layer is formed on the dielectric layer. First and second electrodes are formed in contact with a first portion (over the cap) and a second portion (not over the post) of the semiconductor layer.
US09202896B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), including forming an oxide semiconductor pattern including a first region, a second region and a third region on a substrate, directly plasma processing the first region and the second region of the oxide semiconductor pattern, forming an insulating layer on the substrate to cover the oxide semiconductor pattern, forming a gate electrode on the insulating layer to overlap the third region, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode that are insulated from the gate electrode and that contact the first region, the second region being disposed between the first region and the third region.
US09202895B2
A method of producing a functional device according to the present invention includes, in this order: the functional solid material precursor layer formation step of applying a functional liquid material onto a base material to form a precursor layer of a functional solid material; the drying step of heating the precursor layer to a first temperature in a range from 80° C. to 250° C. to preliminarily decrease fluidity of the precursor layer; the imprinting step of imprinting the precursor layer that is heated to a second temperature in a range from 80° C. to 300° C. to form an imprinted structure on the precursor layer; and the functional solid material layer formation step of heat treating the precursor layer at a third temperature higher than the second temperature to transform the precursor layer into a functional solid material layer.
US09202893B2
A method for forming a U-shaped semiconductor device includes forming trenches in a crystalline layer and epitaxially growing a U-shaped semiconductor material along sidewalls and bottoms of the trenches. The U-shaped semiconductor material is anchored, and the crystalline layer is removed. The U-shaped semiconductor material is supported by backfilling underneath the U-shaped semiconductor material with a dielectric material. A semiconductor device is formed with the U-shaped semiconductor material.
US09202890B2
A method for manufacturing a dummy gate in a gate-last process is provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; growing a gate oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate; depositing bottom-layer amorphous silicon on the gate oxide layer; depositing an ONO structured hard mask on the bottom-layer amorphous silicon; depositing top-layer amorphous silicon on the ONO structured hard mask; depositing a hard mask layer on the top-layer amorphous silicon; forming photoresist lines having a width ranging from 32 nm to 45 nm on the hard mask layer; and etching the hard mask layer, the top-layer amorphous silicon, the ONO structured hard mask and the bottom-layer amorphous silicon in accordance with the photoresist lines, and removing the photoresist lines, the hard mask layer and the top-layer α-Si. Correspondingly, a dummy gate in a gate-last process is also provided.
US09202879B2
In a replacement gate scheme, after formation of a gate dielectric layer, a work function material layer completely fills a narrow gate trench, while not filling a wide gate trench. A dielectric material layer is deposited and planarized over the work function material layer, and is subsequently recessed to form a dielectric material portion overlying a horizontal portion of the work function material layer within the wide gate trench. The work function material layer is recessed employing the dielectric material portion as a part of an etch mask to form work function material portions. A conductive material is deposited and planarized to form gate conductor portions, and a dielectric material is deposited and planarized to form gate cap dielectrics.
US09202876B2
A β-Ga2O3-based single crystal, including a first region that has side and bottom surfaces and is controlled so as to have a first donor concentration; and a second region that surrounds the side and bottom surfaces of the first region and is controlled so as to have a second donor concentration lower than the first donor concentration.
US09202875B2
A method comprises depositing a first layer comprising aluminum nitride over a substrate. The method further comprises depositing a second layer comprising aluminum gallium nitride over the first layer. The method also comprises depositing a third layer comprising indium gallium nitride over the second layer. The method additionally comprises removing some of the third layer leaving a first portion of the third layer and a second portion of the third layer. The method further comprises reducing an aluminum content of at least the first layer by drawing aluminum atoms from the first layer into at least the second layer beneath the first portion and the second portion of the third layer. The method also comprises depositing a source contact over the first portion of the third layer and a drain contact over the second portion of the third layer.
US09202866B2
A semiconductor device and methods of formation are provided herein. A semiconductor device includes a conductor concentrically surrounding an insulator, and the insulator concentrically surrounding a column. The conductor, the insulator and the conductor are alternately configured to be a transistor, a resistor, or a capacitor. The column also functions as a via to send signals from a first layer to a second layer of the semiconductor device. The combination of via and at least one of a transistor, a capacitor, or a resistor in a semiconductor device decreases an area penalty as compared to a semiconductor device that has vias formed separately from at least one of a transistor, a capacitor, or resistor.
US09202865B2
A semiconductor device includes an oxide film structure having different thicknesses depending on where the oxide film structure is formed. In the semiconductor device, a wall oxide film is formed to have different thicknesses depending on locations of sidewalls of an active region. The semiconductor device includes an active region, a first wall oxide film disposed over a first sidewall of the active region that extends along a first direction of the active region, the first wall oxide film having a first thickness, and a second wall oxide film disposed over a second sidewall of the active region that extends along a second direction of the active region, a second wall oxide film having a second thickness that is different from the first thickness.
US09202861B1
A capacitor including a substrate, a conductive layer, a middle dielectric material layer, a first dielectric material layer, and a second dielectric material layer is provided. The conductive layer includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and the conductive layer is located over the substrate. The middle dielectric material layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first dielectric material layer is located between the middle dielectric material layer and the first electrode. The second dielectric material layer is located between the middle dielectric material layer and the second electrode. The dielectric constant of the middle dielectric material layer is different from the dielectric constants of the first dielectric material layer and the second dielectric material layer.
US09202858B2
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus has a pixel array section including: pixel circuits which are each provided with a driving transistor and an electro-optical device and are laid out to form a matrix; and a draw wire provided in each of the pixel circuits to serve as a wire connecting the driving transistor to a power-supply providing line, wherein the resistance of the draw wire is relatively large in the pixel circuit close to a source applying a power-supply voltage to the power-supply providing line.
US09202851B2
The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit including a first thin film transistor and a pixel including a second thin film transistor over one substrate. The first thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a first oxide semiconductor layer, a first oxide conductive layer, a second oxide conductive layer, an oxide insulating layer which is in contact with part of the first oxide semiconductor layer and which is in contact with peripheries and side surfaces of the first and second oxide conductive layers, a first source electrode layer, and a first drain electrode layer. The second thin film transistor includes a second gate electrode layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer, and a second source electrode layer and a second drain electrode layer each formed using a light-transmitting material.
US09202839B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a connection portion, and one or more first photoelectric conversion units formed in the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a back side and a front side. The back side is a light incident surface, and the front side is a circuit-forming surface. The connection portion is connected to a contact plug that transfers signal charges generated on the back side of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate. The connection portion has a peak of an impurity concentration distribution near an interface of the semiconductor substrate on the back side of the semiconductor substrate.
US09202837B2
An image-sensor device includes a first semiconductor substrate. The image-sensor device further includes a second semiconductor substrate under the first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate has a first dopant concentration less than a second dopant concentration of the second semiconductor substrate. A ratio of a first resistance of the first semiconductor substrate to a second resistance of the second semiconductor substrate is larger than or equal to about 100. The image-sensor device also includes a diffusion layer positioned between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate. A ratio of a first thickness of the diffusion layer to a second thickness of the first semiconductor substrate ranges from about 0.1 to about 1.
US09202832B2
An integrated circuit arrangement is provided, including a transistor including a gate region; and a wavelength conversion element, wherein the wavelength conversion element may include the same material or same materials as the gate region of the transistor.
US09202827B2
The silicon nitride layer 910 formed by plasma CVD using a gas containing a hydrogen compound such as silane (SiH4) and ammonia (NH3) is provided on and in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer 905 used for the resistor 354, and the silicon nitride layer 910 is provided over the oxide semiconductor layer 906 used for the thin film transistor 355 with the silicon oxide layer 909 serving as a barrier layer interposed therebetween. Therefore, a higher concentration of hydrogen is introduced into the oxide semiconductor layer 905 than into the oxide semiconductor layer 906. As a result, the resistance of the oxide semiconductor layer 905 used for the resistor 354 is made lower than that of the oxide semiconductor layer 906 used for the thin film transistor 355.
US09202826B2
A pixel structure including a substrate, an active device located on the substrate, a second reflective pattern, and a third reflective pattern is provided. The active device includes a gate, a channel, a source, and a drain. The source and the drain are connected to the channel and are separated from each other. The channel and the gate are stacked in a thickness direction. The second reflective pattern and the third reflective pattern are electrically connected to the drain of the active device. The second reflective pattern has second contact openings. The third reflective pattern is stacked on the second reflective pattern and covers the second contact openings of the second reflective pattern. The second reflective pattern is located between the third reflective pattern and the substrate. Moreover, other kinds of pixel structures are also provided.
US09202825B2
A semiconductor device having a high aperture ratio, including a capacitor with increased capacitance, and consuming low power is provided. The semiconductor device includes pixels defined by x (x is an integer of 2 or more) scan lines and y (y is an integer of 1 or more) signal lines, and each of the pixels includes a transistor, and a capacitor. The transistor includes a semiconductor film having a light-transmitting property. The capacitor includes a dielectric film between a pair of electrodes. In the capacitor between an (m−1)-th (m is an integer of 2 or more and x or less) scan line and an m-th scan line, a semiconductor film on the same surface as the semiconductor film having a light-transmitting property of the transistor serves as one of the pair of electrodes and is electrically connected to the (m−1)-th scan line.
US09202820B1
Improved 14 nm cells, as depicted in FIGS. 1-53, realize reduced pattern complexity, high yield, high performance, and improved compactness (one poly-stripe smaller than existing designs for the disclosed cells). The invention relates to ICs made using these cells (or topologically equivalent variants thereof), as well as processes for makings such ICs using said cells (or their variants).
US09202818B1
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) stacked semiconductor structure is provided, comprising. A multi-layer on a substrate is formed, and the multi-layer comprises plural first dielectric layers and second dielectric layers arranged alternately. The multi-layer is then patterned to form plural first patterned stacks and spaces between the first patterned stacks, wherein one of the first patterned stacks has a width of F0 while the one of the spaces has a width of Fs. In one embodiment, F0 is equal to or more than 2 times Fs. Parts of the second dielectric layers of one of the first patterned stacks are removed, so as to form plural first cavities in the first patterned stack. Then, the first cavities in the first patterned stack are filled with conductors.
US09202815B1
According to various embodiments, a method for processing a carrier may include: doping a carrier with fluorine such that a first surface region of the carrier is fluorine doped and a second surface region of the carrier is at least one of free from the fluorine doping or less fluorine doped than the first surface region; and oxidizing the carrier to grow a first gate oxide layer from the first surface region of the carrier with a first thickness and simultaneously from the second surface region of the carrier with a second thickness different from the first thickness.
US09202805B2
An LED package structure includes: an insulating substrate that has a front bonding pad assembly; a dark-colored die-attach adhesive; blue and green LED chips mounted on the front bonding pad assembly via the dark-colored die-attach adhesive; and a dark-colored and light-transmissible encapsulant that is disposed on the insulating substrate and that encapsulates the blue and green LED chips. The encapsulant has a light transmittance that ranges from 7% to 28% for the blue light and has a light transmittance that ranges from 9% to 30% for the green light.
US09202799B2
A method includes filling a trench formed in a first integrated circuit carrier with temporary bonding material to form a temporary bonding layer. At least one chip is bonded over the temporary bonding layer.
US09202798B2
Disclosed herein is a power module package including an external connection terminal; a substrate in which a fastening unit allowing one end of the external connection terminal to be insertedly fastened thereinto is buried at a predetermined depth in a thickness direction; and a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of the substrate.
US09202796B2
A semiconductor package offers improved product reliability by supplying a power voltage and a ground voltage to a semiconductor chip in a secured manner using a redistribution layer (RDL) structure. The semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip disposed on a substrate, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, a plurality of redistribution lines disposed on the first semiconductor chip and electrically connecting the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip, and a redistribution wire disposed on the first semiconductor chip and electrically connecting one of the redistribution lines to another.
US09202794B2
A pad structure usable with a semiconductor device may include an insulating layer pattern structure, a plug, and a pad. The insulating layer pattern structure has a plug hole and at least one via hole. The plug is formed in the plug hole. The pad is formed on the insulating layer pattern structure. The pad is electrically connected with the plug and has a lower surface and an uneven upper surface. The lower surface includes a protruded portion inserted into the via hole. The uneven upper surface includes a recessed portion and an elevated portion- to provide high roughness and firm connection.
US09202791B2
An ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including input/output electrodes and a rewiring layer located on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An ESD protection circuit is provided in the top layer of the semiconductor substrate, and the input/output electrodes are connected to the ESD protection circuit. The rewiring layer includes interlayer wiring lines, in-plane wiring lines, and post-shaped electrodes. First ends of the interlayer wiring lines provided in the thickness direction are connected to the input/output electrodes provided on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second ends are connected to first ends of the in-plane wiring lines extending in the plane direction. The distance between the centers of the first and second post-shaped electrodes is larger than the distance between the centers of the first and second input/output electrodes.
US09202787B2
A substrate member includes a substrate and a plurality of chip regions formed on the substrate across a scribe line. Each of the plurality of chip regions includes a first region that has contact with the scribe line and in which a plurality of first pattern elements are formed, and a second region that is surrounded by the first region and in which a plurality of second pattern elements are formed. A minimum value of a size of the first pattern elements is greater than a minimum value of a size of the second pattern elements and/or a minimum value of an interval between adjacent first pattern elements is greater than a minimum value of an interval between adjacent second pattern elements.
US09202784B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a substrate structure layer including a substrate having a well and a diffusion region thereon, an interconnect layer including a pair of power supply lines arranged at a preset spacing from the substrate structure layer; the interconnect layer also including an input side interconnect and an output side interconnect between the pair of power supply lines, a standard cell having a logic circuit on the substrate; the logic circuit being electrically connected to the pair of power supply lines, the input side interconnect and the output side interconnect, and one or more capacitances arranged between the substrate structure layer and the interconnect layer and arranged in a region between the pair of power supply lines, the region being inclusive of a region superposed with the pair of power supply lines.
US09202783B1
A printed circuit board (PCB) may include antipads, used to provide clearance for backdrilling, which may be sized to allow backdrilling in a way that minimizes the presence of stubs. The PCB may include pads to connect a component to the PCB and vertically disposed vias connected to at least some of the pads. The PCB may further include horizontally disposed signal layers, electrically connected by the vias, to route signals from the component, received from the vias, to an edge of the component, in which signals associated with the component closer to an inner portion of the component are routed to the edge of the component on higher ones of the signal layers than signals associated with the component further from the inner portion of the component.
US09202777B2
A semiconductor package system includes: providing a leadframe having inner frame bars, outer frame bars, a die pad, tiebars, and rows of leads, the inner frame bars being coplanar with outer frame bars; attaching a semiconductor chip to the die pad; attaching bond wires between the semiconductor chip and the rows of leads; encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the bond wires, the inner frame bars, the outer frame bars, the die pad, the tiebars, and the rows of leads in an encapsulant; cutting a groove to remove the inner frame bars; and singulating the leadframe and the encapsulant to remove the outer frame bars.
US09202776B2
A stackable multi-chip package system is provided including forming an inter-chip structure adjacent to an external interconnect having both a base and a tip; connecting a first integrated circuit die and an outer portion of the base with the first integrated circuit die mounted over the inter-chip structure, connecting a second integrated circuit die and an inner portion of the base with the second integrated circuit die mounted under the inter-chip structure, and molding the first integrated circuit die, the second integrated circuit die, and the external interconnect partially exposed.
US09202773B2
Provided is a semiconductor module. The semiconductor module includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A semiconductor device is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. An airflow guide is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The airflow guide includes a plate including an end portion distantly from the second surface.
US09202771B2
A semiconductor chip structure including a semiconductor chip having a pair of electrodes is disclosed. The electrodes have different conductivity types for electrical connection, respectively. A thermoelectric cooling material layer is disposed within each of the pair of electrodes, respectively.
US09202768B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor module has a substrate, two nonvolatile memories disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a controller to control the nonvolatile memories, disposed on the first surface of the substrate and between the two nonvolatile memories, and a plurality of terminals that are electrically connected to the two nonvolatile memories and to the controller, disposed on a second surface of the substrate.
US09202759B2
A semiconductor manufacturing method includes exposing on a photoresist film a first partial pattern of a contact hole, overlapping a part of a gate interconnection in alignment with an alignment mark formed simultaneously with forming the gate interconnection, exposing on the photoresist film a second partial pattern, overlapping a part of an active region in alignment with an alignment mark formed simultaneously with forming the active region, developing the photoresist film to form an opening at the portion where the first partial pattern and the second partial pattern have been exposed, and etching an insulation film to form a contact hole down to the gate interconnection and the source/drain diffused layer.
US09202755B2
Provided are a circuit connecting material able to provide good bonding with an opposing electrode, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the same. The present invention uses a circuit connecting material, in which a first adhesive layer to be adhered to the semiconductor chip side, and a second adhesive layer having a lowest melting viscosity attainment temperature higher than that of the first adhesive layer are laminated. When the semiconductor chip on which the circuit connecting material is stuck is mounted on a circuit board, a thickness of the first adhesive layer is within a range satisfying formula (1), thereby providing good bonding with the opposing electrode.
US09202750B2
A memory can include a plurality of memory blocks, including a first block and a second block disposed over the first block. An isolation layer is disposed in this structure, between the first and second blocks to isolate the vertical conductors in the memory kernels of the first and second blocks. Access conductors are provided outside the kernels, such as adjacent the memory blocks or through regions of the blocks that only include decoding element. The access conductors are coupled to the decoding elements in the first and second blocks, and provide for connection of the memory cells to peripheral circuits.
US09202743B2
A graphene and metal interconnect structure and methods of making the same are disclosed. The graphene is a multiple layer graphene structure that is grown using a graphene catalyst. The graphene forms an electrical connection between two or more VIAs or components, or a combination of VIAs and components. A VIA includes a fill metal, with at least a portion of the fill metal being surrounded by a barrier metal. A component may be a routing track, a clock signal source, a power source, an electromagnetic signal source, a ground terminal, a transistor, a macrocell, or a combination thereof. The graphene is grown, using a graphene catalyst, from both solid and liquid carbon sources using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at a temperature between 300° C.-400° C. The graphene catalyst can be an elemental form of, or alloy including, nickel, palladium, ruthenium, iridium or copper.
US09202735B2
A substrate transport system includes a substrate cart inside a chamber and a linearly driven shuttle outside the chamber configured to levitate the substrate cart into a non contact, spaced relationship with respect to outwardly opposing sides of an interior wall of the chamber and to linearly drive the substrate cart within the chamber.
US09202728B2
A substrate mounting mechanism on which a target substrate is placed is provided. The substrate mounting mechanism includes a heater plate, which has a substrate mounting surface on which the target substrate is placed and has a heater embedded therein to heat the substrate to a deposition temperature at which a film is deposited. The substrate mounting mechanism also includes a temperature control jacket, which is formed to cover at least a surface of the heater plate other than the substrate mounting surface and adjusts the temperature to a non-deposition temperature below the deposition temperature.
US09202727B2
A substrate supporting assembly in a reaction space includes a heater, a substrate support member, and a shim positioned between the heater and the substrate support member. The shim may be removably secured between the heater and the substrate support member. The shim may further include an inner surface defining a perimeter of a gap. The gap may be further defined by a bottom surface of the substrate support member and a top surface of the heater. The substrate support member may further include a shoulder positioned radially outside of a substrate support position and wherein the shim inner surface is radially aligned with the substrate support member shoulder.
US09202722B2
A pattern forming method includes forming a spin on dielectric film on a substrate, washing the spin on dielectric film by using a washing liquid, drying a surface of the spin on dielectric film after the washing, forming a photosensitive film on the dried coating type insulation film, emitting energy rays to a predetermined position of the photosensitive film in order to form a latent image on the photosensitive film, developing the photosensitive film in order to form a photosensitive film pattern which corresponds to the latent image, and processing the spin on dielectric film with the photosensitive film pattern serving as a mask.
US09202719B2
Displacement devices comprise a stator and a moveable stage. The stator comprises a plurality of coils shaped to provide pluralities of generally linearly elongated coil traces in one or more layers. Layers of coils may overlap in the Z-direction. The moveable stage comprises a plurality of magnet arrays. Each magnet array may comprise a plurality of magnetization segments generally linearly elongated in a corresponding direction. Each magnetization segment has a magnetization direction generally orthogonal to the direction in which it is elongated and at least two of the magnetization directions are different from one another. One or more amplifiers may be connected to selectively drive current in the coil traces and to thereby effect relative movement between the stator and the moveable stage.
US09202701B1
A method for manufacturing a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon non-volatile memory cell includes following steps. An implant region is formed in a substrate. A first oxide layer, a nitride layer, and a second oxide layer are formed and stacked on the substrate. A density of the second oxide layer is higher than a density of the first oxide layer. A first photoresist pattern is formed on the second oxide layer and corresponding to the implant region. A first wet etching process is then performed to form an oxide hard mask. A second wet etching process is performed to remove the nitride layer exposed by the oxide hard mask to form a nitride pattern. A cleaning process is then performed to remove the oxide hard mask and the first oxide layer exposed by the nitride pattern, and a gate oxide layer is then formed on the nitride pattern.
US09202691B2
In one embodiment, a method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a trench disposed thereon and forming a plurality of layers in the trench. The plurality of layers formed in the trench is etched thereby providing at least one etched layer having a top surface that lies below a top surface of the trench. In a further embodiment, this may provide for a substantially v-shaped opening or entry to the trench for the formation of further layers.
US09202688B2
Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
US09202687B2
A method that includes implantation of dopants while a III-nitride body is being grown on a substrate, and an apparatus for the practice of the method.
US09202686B2
Apparatus and methods of forming the apparatus include a dielectric layer containing barium strontium titanium oxide layer, an erbium-doped barium strontium titanium oxide layer, or a combination thereof. Embodiments of methods of fabricating such dielectric layers provide dielectric layers for use in a variety of devices. Embodiments include forming barium strontium titanium oxide film using atomic layer deposition. Embodiments include forming erbium-doped barium strontium titanium oxide film using atomic layer deposition.
US09202670B2
A method of investigating a wavefront of a charged-particle beam that is directed from a source through an illuminator so as to traverse a sample plane and land upon a detector, an output of the detector being used in combination with a mathematical reconstruction technique so as to calculate at least one of phase information and amplitude information for the wavefront at a pre-defined location along its path to the detector, in which method: Said beam is caused to traverse a particle-optical lens system disposed between said sample plane and said detector; At a selected location in the path from said source to said detector, a modulator is used to locally produce a given modulation of the wavefront; In a series of measurement sessions, different such modulations are employed, and the associated detector outputs are collectively used in said mathematical reconstruction.
US09202668B2
The electrical charging by a primary electronic is inhibited to produce a clear edge contrast from an observation specimen (i.e., a specimen to be observed), whereby the shape of the surface of a sample can be measured with high accuracy. An observation specimen in which a liquid medium comprising an ionic liquid is formed in a thin-film-like or a webbing-film-like form on a sample is used. An electron microscopy using the observation specimen comprises: a step of measuring the thickness of a liquid medium comprising an ionic liquid on a sample; a step of controlling the conditions for irradiation with a primary electron on the basis of the thickness of the liquid medium comprising the ionic liquid; and a step of irradiating the sample with the primary electron under the above-mentioned primary electron irradiation conditions to form an image of the shape of the sample.
US09202663B2
A flat filament includes a first electron emission surface, a first current supply leg, a second current supply leg, a second electron emission surface disposed laterally of the first electron emission surface and connected to a first end region of the first electron emission surface, a third current supply leg, a third electron emission surface disposed laterally of the first electron emission surface, opposite from the second electron emission surface, and connected to a second end region of the first electron emission surface, and a fourth current supply leg.
US09202661B2
An electron beam device having a tubular body of elongate shape with an electron exit window extending in the longitudinal direction of the tubular body. The tubular body is at least partly forming a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber comprising therein a cathode comprising a cathode housing having an elongate shape, and at least one electron generating filament and a control grid both extending along the elongate shape of the cathode housing. The control grid and the cathode housing are attached to each other by attachment mechanisms. Free longitudinal end portions of either the control grid or the cathode housing are bent in a direction towards each other to form bulge-like shapes for the formation of electron beam shaping electrodes. The invention is further comprising a method of manufacturing the electron beam device.
US09202655B2
The trip unit (10) according to the invention is capable of being connected to a circuit breaker and includes a first block (12) and a second block (14). The first block (12) comprises a first case (16) and a circuit breaker trip member (20) accessible from outside the first case (16). The second block (14) comprises a second case (26) and at least one member (28) for detecting an electric fault. The first block (12) and the second block (14) are two distinct blocks relative to one another and the first case (16) and the second case (26) are capable of being mechanically assembled to one another in an assembled configuration of the trip unit (10). Each contact end (62) is capable of mechanically cooperating with the trip member (20), when the corresponding detecting member (28) detects an electric fault.
US09202652B2
An electromagnetic contactor has a pair of fixed contacts disposed maintaining a predetermined interval and a movable contact disposed to be capable of connecting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; and an electromagnet unit that drives the movable contact. The electromagnet unit includes a magnetic yoke enclosing a plunger drive portion; a movable plunger in which a leading end is protruding through an aperture formed in the magnetic yoke, and urged by a return spring; and an annular permanent magnet enclosing a peripheral flange portion formed on a protruding end side of the movable plunger, and magnetized in a moving direction of the movable plunger.
US09202648B2
Electrical device with axial control, such as switch, double-pole switch, toggle switch, inverter or the like, including a box-like containment structure (20) in insulating material, in which are housed: at least two connection terminals (31, 32), at least one fixed electrical contact (35) connected to one (31) of the connection terminals, at least one rocker arm element (36) carrying at least one mobile electrical contact (37) and connected electrically to another (32) of the connection terminals, and an axial actuation member (70) kinematically connected via a first oscillating support (50) to the rocker arm element (36), so as to make it oscillate between two predetermined stable positions, wherein on the first oscillating support (50) acts a second oscillating support (60) which is made to oscillate in one direction or in the other at each actuation of the axial actuation member (70).
US09202646B2
The present invention is directed to a circuit breaker lockout. The circuit breaker lockout includes a base, a screw positioned within the base and a jaw. The base has a top and a bottom. The jaw has a top, a bottom and sides that define an open center having a first length. The base is positioned between the sides of the jaw in the open center. The bottom of the base extends in the open center and the top of the base extends above the top of the jaw. The jaw slides with respect to the base when the screw is actuated to decrease the first length of the open center to a second length thereby enabling the lockout to surround the switch of a circuit breaker.
US09202642B2
Disclosed is a magnetic contactor. A free space in which a DC converting circuit is provided is in a product can be secured by changing shapes of the movable core and the fixed core, and thus, in association with a low-capacity product, external AC power may be converted into DC power even without enlarging a size of a product. Also, a normal position member may be included in a movable core, and may induce the movable core to the original position, and thus, a mechanical mechanism relationship between the switch manipulating part included in the movable core and the other element is maintained.
US09202636B2
A photoelectric conversion element comprising: a substrate; a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a semiconductor layer containing a dye and a semiconductor and a charge transport layer; and a second electrode, in this order, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, X, Y and Z each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, wherein at least one of X, Y and Z is an electron withdrawing group.
US09202634B2
The present invention makes it possible to increase the thickness of a sintered body. Thus, the present invention provides a production method that is suitable for the production of anode electrode materials with high capacitance useful for medium- to high-voltage aluminum electrolytic capacitors, that does not involve an etching treatment, and that enables desired formation of the resulting electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitor into the desired shape.Specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing an electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitor, comprising the steps of: (1) forming, in a sintering mold, an unsintered laminate in which a substrate is held between compositions comprising a powder of at least one member selected from the group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys; and (2) sintering the unsintered laminate in the sintering mold, wherein the method does not comprise an etching step.
US09202630B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic body, first and second capacitor parts, first and second internal connection conductors, and first to fourth external electrodes, wherein the first capacitor part is connected to the first connection conductor in series, and the second capacitor part is connected to the second connection conductor in series, the second connection conductor being connected to the first connection conductor in series.
US09202629B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component including, a ceramic body including dielectric layers, internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body to face each other with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and having an average thickness of 1.0 μm or less, and external electrodes formed on outer surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, wherein at least one of the internal electrodes is formed of only a conductive metal.
US09202620B2
In a coil component, a shortest distance from a longitudinal wall of a flange portion of a drum core to a wire fixing portion is smaller than a shortest distance of the longitudinal wall to an electrode wire connecting portion by a convex portion formed at the longitudinal wall of the flange portion. That is, since a gap between the flange portion of the drum core and the wire fixing portion is small (or there is no gap), the wire fixing portion can be sufficiently bent. Accordingly, the wire can be securely fixed by a wire fixing portion of a metal terminal.
US09202614B2
Apparatus, consisting of a substrate and planar tapes which have respective mutually-opposing first and second faces. The tapes have edges connecting the faces, and each tape has a superconducting material on at least the first face thereof. The tapes may be arranged on the substrate so as to define at least a first set of at least one of the planar tapes overlying a surface of the substrate so that the edges of adjacent sections of the tapes in the first set butt together along a first direction over the surface. The tapes may also be arranged so that a second set of at least another one of the planar tapes overly the first set so that the edges of adjacent sections of the tapes in the second set butt together along a second direction that is different from the first direction.
US09202611B2
An arrangement is provided with three superconductive phase conductors each with a conductor, a dielectric and an electrically conductive screen surrounding the dielectric. The three phase conductors are arranged in a cryostat which conducts a cooling agent and which is made from a pipe with a thermal insulation. The screens of each of the conductors are for forming three, or a whole number multiple of three, sections arranged successively in the longitudinal direction by partial screens in a first, a second and a third section at two locations or at two locations spaced apart from each other. The partial screen of a first section of each phase conductor is electrically conductively connected in series to the partial screens of the second section and further to the third section of the two other phase conductors.
US09202610B2
A cable component that comprises a main body where at least a part of the main body is formed of an insulation material, and at least one non-flammable portion is disposed in the insulation material of the main body. The non-flammable portion forms at least about 25% by volume of the cable component, is flexible, and reduces the amount of the insulation material of the main body, thereby reducing the fuel load in the cable component.
US09202607B2
A resin material is provided which comprises at least one thermoset resin, carbon conductive additive material, and at least one thermoplastic polymer resin. The thermoplastic polymer resin dissolves in the thermoset polymer resin and phase separates upon cure. There is also provided a method of making the resin material, and additionally a composite material that comprising said resin material in combination with a fibrous reinforcement. The resin material and composite material may each be used in an uncured or cured form, and may find particular use as a prepreg material.
US09202606B2
The present disclosure relates to multilayered materials that are designed to roll spontaneously into micron-sized, cylindrical “jelly roll” or scroll structures. Specifically in this disclosure, at least one of the layers is comprised of a nanosheet material.
US09202600B2
The present invention relates to an universal method for the large scale production of high-purity carrier free or non carrier added radioisotopes by applying a number of “unit operations” which are derived from physics and material science and hitherto not used for isotope production. A required number of said unit operations is combined, selected and optimized individually for each radioisotope production scheme. The use of said unit operations allows a batch wise operation or a fully automated continuous production scheme. The radioisotopes produced by the inventive method are especially suitable for producing radioisotope-labelled bioconjugates as well as particles, in particular nanoparticles and microparticles.
US09202598B2
A fuel bundle for a nuclear reactor core is provided. The fuel bundle may include a plurality of rods comprised of nuclear fuel rods and/or isotope production rods. Each rod includes a plurality of interconnected rod segments, wherein at least two of the rod segments of at least one rod have different outside diameters. The fuel bundle may additionally include a plurality of rod spacer grids securely retained between axially adjacent, interconnected rod segments. The rod spacer grids interconnected between axially adjacent rod segments form an array of substantially equally spaced rods. The fuel bundle may further include an elongate tubular channel in which the arrayed rods are housed.
US09202593B1
Techniques for determining broken word lines in non-volatile memory arrays are presented, which are particularly applicable to 3D NAND memory, such as that of the BiCS type. One set of techniques uses test program operation that alternates a standard staircase waveform with an elongated verify operation. This allows for a more accurate verify of under-programmed broken word lines relative to the standard verify operation. Another set of techniques looks at the ramp rate along the interconnect between the word line decoding circuitry and the main part of the word line. These techniques can also be used for determining defective select gate lines of an array with a NAND type structure.
US09202586B2
Some embodiments include a memory device and a method of programming memory cells of the memory device. One such method can include applying a signal to a line associated with a memory cell, the signal being generated based on digital information. The method can also include, while the signal is applied to the line, determining whether a state of the memory cell is near a target state when the digital information has a first value, and determining whether the state of the memory cell has reached the target state when the digital information has a second value. Other embodiments including additional memory devices and methods are described.
US09202579B2
Techniques for sensing the threshold voltage of a memory cell during reading and verify operations by compensating for changes, including temperature-based changes, in the resistance of a bit line or other control line. A memory cell being sensed is in a block in a memory array and the block is in a group of blocks. A portion of the bit line extends between the group of blocks and a sense component and has a resistance which is based on the length/distance and the temperature. Various parameters can be varied with temperature and the group of blocks to provide the compensation, including bit line voltage, selected word line voltage, source line voltage, sense time and/or sense current or voltage.
US09202576B2
A method of programming a non-volatile memory device includes; defining a set of verification voltages, setting a maximum verification voltage among verification voltages that are less than or equal to a first target programming voltage to be a target verification voltage, calculating a number of extra pulses based on the target verification voltage and the first target programming voltage, verifying whether a threshold voltage of the memory cell is equal to or greater than the target verification voltage by applying an incremental step pulse program (ISPP) pulse to the memory cell and then applying at least one verification voltage in the set of verification voltages to the memory cell, and further applying the ISPP pulse to the memory cell a number of times equal to the number of extra pulses when the threshold voltage is verified to be equal to or greater than the target verification voltage.
US09202566B2
Methods for forming non-volatile storage elements in a non-volatile storage system are described. In some embodiments, a plurality of forming operations may be performed in which non-volatile storage elements located near the far end of a plurality of word line fingers associated with a word line comb are formed prior to forming other non-volatile storage elements. In one example, non-volatile storage elements may be formed in each of the plurality of word line fingers in parallel and in an order that forms non-volatile storage elements in each of the plurality of word line fingers that are located near the far ends of the plurality of word line fingers before forming other non-volatile storage elements. Each non-volatile storage element that is formed during a forming operation may be current limited while a forming voltage is applied across the non-volatile storage element.
US09202565B2
A write method for writing to a variable resistance nonvolatile memory element, comprising applying a set of strong recovery-voltage pulses at least once to the variable resistance nonvolatile memory element when it is determined that the resistance state of the variable resistance nonvolatile memory element fails to change to a second resistance state, remaining in a first resistance state, the set of strong recovery-voltage pulses including pulses: (1) a first strong recovery-voltage pulse which has a greater amplitude than a normal second voltage for changing the resistance state to the first resistance state, and has the same polarity as the second voltage; and (2) a second strong recovery-voltage pulse which follows the first strong recovery-voltage pulse and has a longer pulse width than the pulse width of the normal first voltage for changing the resistance state to the second resistance state, and has the same polarity as the first voltage.
US09202563B2
A storage controlling apparatus includes a command decoder and command processing section. The command decoder decides whether or not a plurality of access object addresses of different commands included in a command string correspond to words different from each other in a same one of blocks of a memory cell array which have a common plate. The command processing section collectively and successively executes, when it is decided that the access object addresses of the commands correspond to the words different from each other in the same block of the memory cell array, those of operations in processing of the commands in which an equal voltage is applied as a drive voltage between the plate and a bit line.
US09202552B2
Dual port static random access memory (SRAM) bitcell structures with improve symmetry in access transistors physical placement are provided. The bitcell structures may include, for example, two pairs of parallel pull-down transistors. The bitcell structures may also include pass-gate transistors PGLA and PGRA forming a first port, and pass-gate transistors PGLB and PGRB forming a second port. The pass-gate transistors PGLA and PGLB may be adjacent one another and a first side of the bitcell structure, and pass-gate transistors PGRA and PGRB may be adjacent one another and a second side of the bitcell structure. Each of the pass-gate transistors PGLA and PGLB may be connected with one of the pull-down transistors of one of the pairs of parallel pull-down transistors. Similarly, each of the pass-gate transistors PGRA and PGRB may be connected with one of the pull-down transistors of the other pair of parallel pull-down transistors.
US09202545B2
A magnetoresistance effect element including a recording layer of high thermal stability to perform perpendicular magnetic recording within a film surface, and a magnetic memory using the element. The element includes: a first ferromagnetic layer of an invariable magnetization direction; a second ferromagnetic layer of a variable magnetization direction; a first non-magnetic layer between the first and second ferromagnetic layers; current supply terminals connected to the first and second ferromagnetic layers; a non-magnetic coupling layer on a surface of the second ferromagnetic layer opposite the first non-magnetic layer; a third ferromagnetic layer of a variable magnetization direction on a surface of the non-magnetic coupling layer opposite the second ferromagnetic layer; and a second non-magnetic layer on a surface of the third ferromagnetic layer opposite the non-magnetic coupling layer. The second and third ferromagnetic layers have the same magnetization direction and are reversed in magnetization by spin injection with a current.
US09202542B2
Examples of circuits and methods for compensating for power supply induced signal jitter in path elements sensitive to power supply variation. An example includes a signal path coupling an input to an output, the signal path including a delay element having a first delay and a bias-controlled delay element having a second delay. The first delay of the delay element exhibits a first response to changes in power applied thereto and the second delay of the bias-controlled delay element exhibits a second response to changes in the power applied such that the second response compensates at least in part for the first response.
US09202535B2
In a particular embodiment, a method includes modifying an output impedance associated with the input receiver. In response to modifying the output impedance, the method restricts an output voltage at an output node of the input receiver. Particular embodiments of an input receiver circuit are also disclosed.
US09202533B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a memory cell array including first interconnections, second interconnections intersecting the first interconnections, and memory cells having a variable resistance element and being provided at respective intersections of the first interconnections and the second interconnections, the memory cell array being divided into bays including a predetermined number of the memory cells; and a control circuit configured to execute a first write step and a second write step executed after the first write step at a data writing operation, wherein the control circuit is configured to change over the number of simultaneously selected bits and/or the number of simultaneously selected bays depending upon whether a write step is the first write step or the second write step.
US09202526B2
A portable computing device for enabling user to view video content of sports activity such as basketball or ice hockey. The computing device is configured to receive video content, video clips, statistics of the game as well as spatial position data of players and position data of for example a ball used in the game as functions of time. Spectators can use the portable computing device to view spatial position of the players and the ball at given time of the game or view spatial position of the players and/or the ball based on set filters by the user. User can for example select to see spatial position of players in at the times when the team scored or according to other statistics. The user/spectator can use the user interface to select an icon of a player to see corresponding video clip of actions in the sports field.
US09202523B2
A method and apparatus for providing information related to broadcast programs are provided. According to an example, objects are detected from broadcast scenes and keywords. Each of the objects include an object name and information regarding the meaning of the object, are generated. Then, scene sections are set based on the keywords and related information is searched for each scene section. The related information identified by the search is synchronized with the corresponding scene section and then provided to a user.
US09202514B1
An apparatus for calibrating a noise predictive filter includes a noise-predictive filter operable to filter digital data samples to yield filtered data samples, a calibration circuit operable to calculate tap coefficients for the noise-predictive filter based at least in part on the digital data samples, and a gating circuit operable to select a portion of the digital data samples for use by the calibration circuit in calculating the tap coefficients.
US09202512B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data storage device comprising a motor having a stator is disclosed. The stator may include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a n-phase winding arrangement having n phase windings; wherein each phase winding comprises m flat fractional-pitch coils arranged on the first surface of the substrate such that the coils are spaced apart uniformly along a closed loop and connected in series; wherein each coil together with an angular section of the substrate between the coil and an adjacent coil of the same phase winding defines a stator pole-pair; and wherein m is an integer larger than 1.
US09202511B1
Provided is an apparatus including a motor configured to rotate a rotating member at a rotational speed based on an applied current; and a controller configured to modify one or more operating parameters in response to determining whether a change in an environment has occurred based on the applied current.
US09202510B2
Methods and apparatus for vibration cancellation are disclosed. Vibration data from one or more vibration detectors associated with a storage device is collected. The vibration data represents vibrations experienced by the storage device. In response to the vibration data from the one or more vibration detectors, one or more movements for respective ones of one or more counter-vibration actuators to at least partially cancel of the vibrations experienced by the storage device is calculated. The one or more counter-vibration actuators perform the one or more movements.
US09202503B2
Magnetic media with a low molecular weight lubricating layer for use in head/media contact detection
According to various embodiments, a lubricating layer for providing lubrication to a magnetic recording medium includes a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) represented by: X—CF2CF2O(C3F6O)mCF2CF2—X, wherein m is in a range from 4 to 8 on average, and wherein X is This lubricating layer may be used in a magnetic disk, which includes a recording layer positioned above a nonmagnetic substrate, a protective film layer positioned above the recording layer, and the lubricating layer positioned above the protective film layer. In another embodiment, a method for forming a magnetic disk includes forming a recording layer above a nonmagnetic substrate, forming a protective film layer above the recording layer, and forming a lubricating layer above the protective film layer, the lubricating layer comprising a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) represented by: X—CF2CF2O(C3F6O)mCF2CF2—X, wherein m is in a range from 4 to 8 on average, and wherein X is
US09202502B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing magnetic particles, which comprises adding a carboxylic acid compound to a water-based magnetic liquid, wherein the water-based magnetic liquid comprises magnetic particles dispersed in an acidic water-based solvent, and the carboxylic acid compound is selected from the group consisting of aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds having one or more carboxylic acid (salt) groups denoted by: —COOM wherein M denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, when the number of the carboxylic acid (salt) group contained within the molecule thereof is 1, the number of carbon atoms, excluding the carboxylic acid (salt) group portion, ranges from 1 to 13; and then collecting the magnetic particles from the water-based magnetic liquid to obtain the magnetic particles the surfaces of which have been modified by being coated with the carboxylic acid compound.
US09202500B2
A slider that includes a slider body, the slider body having a trailing edge surface and an opposing leading edge surface; an air bearing surface (ABS) between the trailing edge surface and the leading edge surface; a read/write head located on the trailing edge surface of the slider body; an electrode array located on the trailing edge surface of the slider body, the electrode array including at least a first electrode and at least a second electrode; and first and second bias circuits, wherein the first bias circuit is electrically coupled to the at least first electrode and the second bias circuit is electrically coupled to the at least second electrode.
US09202493B1
A mode converter for use in a Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) read head to couple or bend light (e.g., from an external laser diode) into a tapered waveguide, and subsequently, to a near field transducer is provided. The mode converter may have an ultra-sharp tip, e.g., less than 200 nm to achieve a desired optical output. Manufacturing such a mode converter involves a two-pattern transform process, where overlay control (using a first edge, such as a right edge, as a reference layer relative to which positioning of a second edge, such as a left edge, is measured) allows for aligning of the right and left edges of a tip portion of the mode converter to ultimately create the ultra-sharp tip.
US09202491B2
An apparatus (e.g., a heat assisted magnetic recording read/write element) that has an optical component that extends to a location adjacent a media-facing surface of a slider body. The apparatus further includes a planar plasmon antenna that is disposed between the tip portion of the magnetic write pole and the optical component. The planar plasmon antenna can be formed of a plasmonic material operationally capable of a plasmonic excitation in response to an evanescent coupling with an optical mode of the optical component. In some instances, the planar plasmon antenna includes an enlarged region spaced from the optical component and a peg region formed in the enlarged region. The peg region has a thickness in a direction substantially transverse to the optical component that is less than a thickness of a portion of the enlarged region that spaces the peg region from the optical component.
US09202486B2
In one embodiment, a method for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device includes preventing formation of agglomerates of electrically conductive fillers in an ESD adhesive that includes a polymeric thin film, the electrically conductive fillers dispersed therein, and a solvent by subjecting the ESD adhesive to high-energy mixing during formation thereof, applying the ESD adhesive across exposed leads, such as leads of a cable, PCB, or other substrate, and evaporating solvent from the ESD adhesive.
US09202475B2
In one embodiment, a directional microphone array having (at least) two microphones mounted on opposite sides of a device generates forward and backward base signals from two (e.g., omnidirectional) microphone signals using diffraction filters and equalization filters. Each diffraction filter implements a (possibly different) transfer function representing the response of an audio signal traveling from a corresponding microphone around the device to the other microphone. A scale factor is applied to, for example, the backward base signal, and the resulting scaled backward base signal is combined with (e.g., subtracted from) the forward base signal to generate a first-order differential audio signal. After low-pass filtering, spatial noise suppression can be applied to the first-order differential audio signal. Microphone arrays having one (or more) additional microphones can be designed to generate second- (or higher-) order differential audio signals.
US09202470B2
A speech recognition module includes an acoustic front-end module, a sound detection module, and a word detection module. The acoustic front-end module generates a plurality of representations of frames from a digital audio signal and generates speech characteristic probabilities for the plurality of frames. The sound detection module determines a plurality of estimated utterances from the plurality of representations and the speech characteristic probabilities. The word detection module determines one or more words based on the plurality of estimated utterances and the speech characteristic probabilities.
US09202463B2
A method is disclosed for generating a voice-activated responsive action, such as a pulse or a measurement, with improved speed and time resolution. First, an operator calls an arming command to prepare the application, and then calls a trigger command to initiate the responsive action. The responsive action is generated immediately upon detecting the leading edge of the trigger command, resulting in an extremely fast response with precise timing. The particular responsive action may be determined by the type of sound detected, or by other information contained in the trigger command, or by the arming command, or by another prior command. Other types of preparatory events are disclosed. Efficient methods for identifying commands are disclosed. For all applications requiring an extremely prompt, precisely timed, hands-free response to a voice command, this invention is enabling.
US09202458B2
A method for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes determining an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The method may further include adjusting an adaptation, of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. Apparatus are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. An apparatus for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes a processor adapted to estimate an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The apparatus may further include a controller adapted to adjust an adaptation of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate.
US09202438B2
Image data may be color graded, distributed and viewed on target displays. Mappings that preserve mid-range points and mid-range contrast may be applied to view the image data for color grading and to prepare the image data for display on a target display. The image data may be expanded to exploit the dynamic range of the target display without affecting mid-tone values.
US09202436B2
A display device 10 according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels 40 each including a plurality of sub pixels 42, a plurality of auxiliary capacitance lines 36 forming an auxiliary capacitance 56 with the sub pixels 42, and an auxiliary capacitance driver 34 configured to supply an auxiliary capacitance drive signal to the auxiliary capacitance lines 36 and to apply a voltage to the auxiliary capacitance. In the display device 10, the auxiliary capacitance driver 34 includes a plurality of connection terminals 64 each connected to each of the auxiliary capacitance lines 36.
US09202429B2
A 3D-capable image display device includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines; a gamma reference voltages generator for generating a plurality of gamma reference voltages including positive gamma reference voltages and negative gamma reference voltages; a data lines driver for converting an image signal into corresponding data line drive voltages based on the plurality of gamma reference voltages; and a signal controller operating according to a mode selection signal including information for selecting one of different 3D driving methods, wherein when a gap between the positive gamma reference voltages and the negative gamma reference voltages is referred to as a black gap, and size of the black gap is variable based on the selected 3D driving method.
US09202425B2
A driving circuit includes a pair of operational amplifiers, one producing an analog voltage output of positive polarity, the other producing an analog voltage output of negative polarity. An output switching circuit interchanges these outputs between a pair of data lines. One or both of the operational amplifiers includes a parasitic diode having one terminal connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier and another terminal normally connected to a power supply voltage of the operational amplifier. When the output of the operational amplifier is switched, a protective switching circuit temporarily disconnects the parasitic diode from the power supply of the operational amplifier and instead connects it to a power supply line carrying a voltage high enough, or low enough, to ensure that the parasitic diode is not forward biased by the existing voltage on the data line to which the output is switched.
US09202421B2
A display device has a display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes first and second light source units, and a control unit that outputs a drive signal to the light source units to drive the first and second light source units during first and second drive periods in one frame period respectively. The control unit drives the light source units so that the one frame period has an overlapped period, in which the first and second drive periods overlap. The control unit outputs PWM signals to turn the light source units on and off to the light source units respectively. The control unit shifts a phase of the PWM signal to be outputted to the first light source unit and a phase of the PWM signal to be outputted to the second light source unit from each other.
US09202402B2
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image display device and a driving method thereof.A three-dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel assembly including a display panel including a plurality of pixels alternately displaying a left eye image and a right eye image and a data driver transmitting a data voltage to the plurality of pixels; and a shutter member including a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter, wherein a display period of an insertion image is positioned between a display period of the left eye image and a display period of the right eye image, a minimum gray of the left eye image or the right eye image is a first gray that is greater than 0 gray, and a gray of the insertion image is a second gray that is smaller the first gray.
US09202399B2
A nanophosphor sheet is presented. The nanophosphor sheet may include a base layer, a plurality of core-shell phosphors dispersed in the base layer, and a coating layer surrounding at least one core-shell phosphor among the plurality of core-shell phosphors. Also presented is a backlight device that includes a light source emitting light, a light guide plate receiving the light, and a plurality of core-shell phosphors positioned to receive the light and convert the light to white light. The core-shell phosphors may be incorporated into the light guide plate or be positioned on the light guide plate as a separate layer.
US09202398B2
A display module of a display device includes a display panel, a middle frame configured to seat and fix the display panel, an upper receiving frame including a front part covering an edge part of an upper surface of the display panel and a side part covering the side surfaces of the display panel and the middle frame and a one-sided conductive rubber pad located between the upper receiving frame and the display panel. The one-sided conductive rubber pad includes a conductive first surface and a non-conductive second surface facing each other, the first surface faces the display panel, and the second surface is in contact with the upper receiving frame.
US09202395B2
A curved frame is provided for securing therein a display panel and an optionally curved backlight unit. The curved frame includes an upper frame part, a lower frame part, a left frame part and a right frame part. The upper frame part has a first set of curved guide rails formed thereon, which guide rails are bent in accordance with first curvatures of upper sides of the display panel and the backlight unit. The lower frame part has a second set of guide rails formed thereon, which guide rails are bent in accordance with second curvatures of lower sides of the display panel and the backlight unit. The left frame part is combined with each of first edge portions of the upper and lower frame parts. The right frame part is combined with each of second edge portions of the upper and lower frame parts.
US09202390B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include receiving an indication of a floor plan of a building project; receiving an indication of an inspection report, the inspection report associated with an inspection type; identifying a forecast date associated with each room in the floor plan, the forecast date indicating when an inspection type associated with the respective room is to be completed; for each room, determining how close each room's forecast date is to a present date, and if the room's forecast date is past the present date; generating a visual map of the floor plan; associating a color of each room in the floor plan based on the determining; and providing the visual map with the associated color of each room for display.
US09202388B2
Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for patient care and support. An example three-dimensional printed model of a portion of a patient anatomy is to be formed for the patient based on image data obtained of the patient. The three-dimensional printed model includes an output device to provide an output from the three-dimensional printed model that is perceptible to the patient. The three-dimensional printed model includes a communication device to facilitate exchange of information between the three-dimensional printed model and one or more external systems. The three-dimensional printed model includes a controller to facilitate exchange of information, via the communication device, between the three-dimensional printed model and the one or more external systems. The controller is also to provide feedback to the patient via the output device with respect to a condition affecting the portion of the patient anatomy represented by the three-dimensional printed model via the output device.
US09202378B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes: an assistance control apparatus that accumulates vehicle stopping position information, which is information indicating an actual stopping position, i.e. a position in which a vehicle stops, in relation to a reference stopping position, calculates an estimated variation distance between the actual stopping position and the reference stopping position on the basis of the accumulated vehicle stopping position information, and creates a target vehicle travel condition in which a timing at which to start stopping assistance is varied on the basis of the estimated variation distance; and an assistance apparatus that is capable of outputting driving assistance information to assist driving of the vehicle on the basis of a target travel condition quantity of the vehicle.
US09202374B2
An event warning system is provided. The innovation can provide real time, personalized and meaningful alert warnings to either or both a machine operator/driver and pedestrians who are in harm's way, or are potentially approaching harm's way. Different from generic warnings such as backup alarms and flashing lights, the innovation's personalized alarm and notification functionality minimizes alarm complacency and maximizes their effectiveness.
US09202370B2
For each first tracker in a first subset there exists a respective second tracker in a second subset such that a distance between the first tracker and the second tracker is shorter than each distance between the second tracker and each of the other first trackers in the subset by more than a threshold distance. In a first time slot, data is wirelessly transmitted using a same first frequency from each of the first trackers in the subset of the first trackers to the respective second tracker in the subset of the second trackers. In a subsequent time slot, the data is wirelessly transmitted from each of the second trackers in the subset of the second trackers to a final destination data collector.
US09202369B2
A method of wireless communication includes providing a matrix of trackers. The matrix includes rows and columns of trackers. A number of rows and a number of columns in the matrix is determined. If the number of rows is substantially greater than the number of columns, then vertical sweeping is performed including passing data along each of the columns of trackers to an end tracker in each column. If the number of rows is substantially less than the number of columns, then horizontal sweeping is performed including passing data along each of the rows of trackers to an end tracker in each row. If the number of rows is substantially equal to the number of columns, then diagonal sweeping is performed including passing data diagonally across each of the rows and columns of trackers to an end tracker in each row and each column. The data is passed along the end trackers to a final destination data collector.
US09202368B1
A system for remote control of lights and small appliances utilizing miniature remote control units, and a method for easily and simply setting which remote controls control which item(s). Unlike conventional remote controls which are moved from place to place, these miniature remote controls are so small they may be removably mounted at each location needed, unobtrusively or even hidden. Receivers for the remote signal are described manufactured within a lamp socket assembly, a very short light bulb socket adapter, the light bulb itself, a wallswitch dimmer and an outlet adapter. One remote control can control multiple receivers, or vice versa, or any other combination, without conflict and with the combination set up or changed more intuitively than in completing systems. Appliances may be turned on or off and lights may be dimmed precisely or set flashing in unison to summon help.
US09202365B2
The invention relates to a training method for a device for controlling home automation apparatuses in a building, said method including: a display screen on which each home automation apparatus is represented by any apparatus icon or, failing that, by an apparatus-type icon combined with an apparatus name, an information reception means, characterized in that an action at a control means specific to a home automation apparatus results, at the control device, in the initiation of a step for the automatic search for and selection of the apparatus or apparatus-type icon representing said home automation apparatus.
US09202364B2
The invention relates to an alarm device for detecting and communicating environment and device-specific states, comprising a communication interface for the wireless transmission of information G to one or more destination addresses B, wherein the communication interface is designed in particular as a WLAN interface and/or as a mobile radio interface, wherein the communication interface is designed in terms of program and/or circuitry to establish and/or maintain access to the public Internet (A) in order to transmit the information (G) to one or more destination addresses (B).
US09202362B2
An infrastructure monitoring system and method that comprises multiple monitoring devices and/or multiple output devices. Each monitoring device includes at least one sensor for collecting data, a data storage device for storing the data, a processor for analyzing the data, and a communications device for transmitting and receiving data. The system may also include an operations center for controlling and receiving data from the plurality of devices.
US09202361B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method in a portable electronic device for handling fall detection, the method comprising: detecting a suspected fall; and, preventing or suspending, at least temporarily, a triggering of a fall process based on a status and/or historical status of the electronic device, the status and/or historical status being at the time the suspected fall was detected. A portable electronic device and computer readable medium may also be provided.
US09202358B2
Method and system for transmitting video images using video cameras embedded in signal/street lights
A method and system of video surveillance by using existing street light, traffic light and other household or outdoor light assemblies. A video camera is mounted in the light assembly and is powered through power lines of the light assembly. A converter is used to convert images captured by the video camera into Internet Protocol (IP) video data. A combiner then combines the IP video data into the power stream for transmission through the power lines. Both the converter and the combiner are housed in the light assembly. The IP video data travels through the power lines and is separated from the power stream at a collection point. The separated IP video data is transmitted wirelessly or through existing cables over the Internet for viewing.
US09202357B2
A method for generating information related to a first object based on sensor data associated with a second object includes determining a containment hierarchy between the first object and the second object. Sensor data associated with the second object is determined using the containment hierarchy. A quality of data index is determined for the sensor data associated with the second object using the containment hierarchy. Information related to the first object is generated based on the sensor data associated with the second object and the quality of data index.
US09202347B2
Provided is a slot machine capable of reducing unfairness which may result between a player who has made an investment and a player who has not made an investment and allowing a player to proceed with a game by making an investment in expectation of a jackpot at ease. Each money amount which is constant is accumulated independently of a number of bets each time betting is conducted, and upon winning a jackpot, a money amount calculated by multiplying a money amount accumulated until then by a multiplying factor based on the number of bets is provided.
US09202346B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, the player must wager a number of paylines to qualify for one of a plurality of bonus games. The highest required number of paylines qualifies the player to pay the main or most elaborate bonus game. The main or first bonus game preferably has the highest average payout per credit wagered. This provides an incentive to the player to play the highest required number of paylines. In an embodiment, any number of paylines less than the highest required number or max lines qualifies the player to play a second bonus game. The second bonus game has an average payout per credit wagered that is slightly less than the main bonus game. This allows the incentive or disparity between payouts to be set by the game designer so that the player not wagering max lines or the highest required number is not overly disadvantaged.
US09202342B2
An electronic gaming machine configured to allow play of at least two hands of video poker where the two hands intersect and share a common card between the hands. The electronic gaming machine comprises at least one display device, at least one input device, a memory and at least one computer processor configured to display at least a first hand and a second hand of at least three cards. After the at least two hands are displayed, the player is provided an opportunity to slide the cards in either or both hands to select the common card shared between the two hands to optimize the combination of cards in either or both hands.
US09202338B2
A method of gaming is disclosed wherein progressive award values may be increased in response to certain pre-established game outcomes, wager amounts or random events. The increased progressive award values may be based on a primary game or secondary game outcome. Another innovation is the resetting of progressive awards upon completion of a bonus event whether or not award actually won in said bonus event. Player tracking systems permit progressive award values to be linked to a particular player such that the progressive award values remain personal to the player. Re-setting increased progressive award values is also disclosed.
US09202332B2
A method of enabling a user to play an online fantasy sports game that provides an opportunity to play the game when the user visits a lottery site, provides a plurality of fantasy sports selections in a time window, the plurality of fantasy sports selections corresponds to an option to select a plurality of related actual sports games specified in the time window for that fantasy sport selection, receives the one or more fantasy sports selections that completes a lottery submission before the time window begins, determines a fantasy performance score for each of the plurality of corresponding actual sports games, determines which users have won the game based on each user's selections and each of the determined corresponding fantasy performance scores, and transmits an electronic message indicating one or more winners of corresponding lottery submissions when certain users are identified to have won the game.
US09202330B2
A smart portable object including a safety component and a display, wherein the display is directly or indirectly interactive between a user and the safety component. The smart portable object also relates to implementing an electronic transaction, including a display step for displaying all or some of the information that is useful to a user for the transaction and/or a step of interacting with the user, wherein the display and/or interaction step is carried out via the interactive display.
US09202323B2
A latch, or tag that can be used on luggage, baggage, trunks, rail cars, trailers or any compartment that can be opened and closed that establishes profile data that is associated with the latch or tag and is adapted to store personal data and an identifier in the latch mechanism or on the tag. The profile data can be used to establish a risk factor with the luggage or compartment and/or a person associated with the luggage or compartment.
US09202316B1
At least one environmental parameter is received from at least one environmental sensor located in or at a vehicle. Based upon the at least one environmental parameter, a determination is made as to whether an abnormal condition exists within or at a vehicle. When the abnormal condition exists, at least one vehicle component is actuated until the abnormal condition no longer exists within the vehicle.
US09202311B2
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for accessing map tiles. The method includes receiving a first request from a computing device for a portion of a map. The portion of the map includes combined map tiles that are a combination of corresponding ones of first map tiles from a first type of map and second map tiles from a second type of map. The method further includes providing first tile version identifiers and second tile version identifiers to the computing device in response to receiving the first request. The method further includes providing instructions to the computing device for using the first tile version identifiers and the second tile version identifiers to request the combined map tiles.
US09202309B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for stereo drawing that enable the creation of stereoscopic image pairs. A stereo drawing system may present 3D shape(s) via a user interface (UI). The user can position and rotate a 3D shape, for example via direct manipulation technology such as motion tracking technology. A drawing surface may be mapped to an input device via which input strokes may be applied to the surface. The input strokes are mapped locally onto the surface, thereby allowing the user to draw onto a well-defined shape in 3D space. The stereo drawing system maps what is drawn onto the drawing surface; the geometry of the drawing surface provides depth information so that stereoscopic image pairs can be automatically generated.
US09202300B2
A method for deformation transfer of a source three-dimensional (3D) geometry to a target 3D geometry for computer-implemented blendshapes animation includes solving a linear system equation in which blendshapes deformation transfer with a virtual triangular mesh is performed, where the virtual triangular mesh having a plurality of virtual triangles is assigned to a prescribed region of an animated figure that are presented by a computer-generated mesh, and/or in which blendshapes deformation transfer is performed with Laplacian smoothing.
US09202299B2
Hint-based spot healing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described in which a user may provide input as a hint used to automatically determine features in an image to process for application of a selected image editing operation. The user may select a feature in an image exposed for editing using touch input or another input technique. The image is then processed based on the hint to identify additional features that match a spot pattern of the user selected feature. A visual representation of feature set that includes the selected feature and the additional features is presented and an option to designate (e.g., de-select or select) features on an individual basis is provided to refine the feature set. The image editing operation is then applied to the designated features in the feature set.
US09202294B2
A method of clinical collaboration between a clinical site and an analysis site includes receiving scan data from a scanner via a first reconstruction computer system at the clinical site, implementing a reconstruction procedure on the received scan data using a second reconstruction computer system at the analysis site and configured in accordance with a reconstruction configuration parameter, the analysis site being remote from the clinical site, and transmitting data indicative of the reconstruction configuration parameter to the first reconstruction computer system to configure the first reconstruction computer system in accordance with the reconstruction configuration parameter.
US09202281B2
An integrated interactive segmentation with spatial constraint method utilizes a combination of several of the most popular online learning algorithms into one and implements a spatial constraint which defines a valid mask local to the user's given marks. Additionally, both supervised learning and statistical analysis are integrated, which are able to compensate each other. Once prediction and activation are obtained, pixel-wised multiplication is conducted to fully indicate how likely each pixel belongs to the foreground or background.
US09202276B2
Methods and systems are described for hair transplantation and other surgical procedures on a body surface. Specifically, methods and systems for computer-implemented and/or robotic hair transplantation and other surgical procedures, using time constrained image processing techniques are described. In various examples, multiple images of a body surface may be divided into overlapping sub regions for comparison. In various other cases, a percentage of an image of a body surface to be processed may be adjusted based on a time constraint. In some implementations, the output of one of these methods may be used as input for the other method.
US09202270B2
In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a pattern inspection apparatus includes an optical image acquisition unit configured to acquire optical images regarding dies of a target object to be inspected on which the dies having a same pattern formed therein is arranged; a sub-optical image division unit configured to divide an optical image of the optical images regarding a die of the dies positioned in a non-resolved pattern region into sub-optical images using non-resolved pattern region information capable of recognizing the non-resolved pattern region in which a non-resolved pattern that is not resolved is formed; a first comparison unit configured to compare the sub-optical images divided from the optical image of the same die regarding the non-resolved pattern region pixel by pixel; and a second comparison unit configured to compare optical images of the optical images regarding different dies of the dies pixel by pixel.
US09202249B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a data analysis system that may automatically generate memory-efficient clustered data structures, automatically analyze those clustered data structures, and provide results of the automated analysis in an optimized way to an analyst. The automated analysis of the clustered data structures (also referred to herein as data clusters) may include an automated application of various criteria or rules so as to generate a compact, human-readable analysis of the data clusters. The human-readable analyzes (also referred to herein as “summaries” or “conclusions”) of the data clusters may be organized into an interactive user interface so as to enable an analyst to quickly navigate among information associated with various data clusters and efficiently evaluate those data clusters in the context of, for example, a fraud investigation. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to automated scoring of the clustered data structures.
US09202243B2
A method for comparing decision options includes storing a set of decision options. The method includes determining for each decision option of the set of decision options, a plurality of factors, wherein each of the plurality of factors defines a respective metric. The method includes receiving a plurality of user preference indicators, each indicator corresponding to a respective factor of the plurality of factors. The method includes ranking the set of decision options in response to receiving a first user preference indicator. The method includes providing the user with a ranked list of the set of decision options in response to receiving the first user preference indicator. The method includes reranking the set of decision options in response to receiving a second user preference indicator and providing the user with a reranked list of the set of decision options in response to receiving the second user preference indicator.
US09202239B2
Billing usage of a cloud computing environment is described. Usage is metered of one or more resources within the cloud computing environment by one or more users. The one or more users may be associated with at least one entity. The metered usage of one or more cloud resources is converted to a revenue-generating value. The revenue-generating value is billed to the at least one entity associated with the one or more users. Revenue is collected from the at least one entity for the metered usage of one or more cloud resources. The collected revenue is shared with a plurality of parties.
US09202234B2
Globally assembled, locally interpreted conditional digital signage playlists allow a global administrator with knowledge of content provider intentions but without knowledge of local data collection methods or local customs at digital signage deployments to assemble a conditional playlist on a global basis and be ensured that content items from the playlist will be displayed at all deployments in a manner conformant with content provider intentions, local data collection methods and local customs.
US09202218B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for processing email and/or reply emails. A contact entry associated with a user issue is created. The contact entry is associated with an issue category based upon a context of the contact entry. A unique email token associated with the contact entry is generated. Emails sent to the user are generated with a reply-to address that incorporates the email token.
US09202217B2
Systems and methods to facilitate the management of multiple pay for performance advertisements. In one embodiment, a method includes: generating a user interface to show a plurality of advertisements simultaneously and to allow editing of any of the plurality of advertisements; and updating an advertisement database according to input received in the user interface. In one embodiment, the each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements is charged for according to a price bid in response to a communication lead generated from the advertisement. In one embodiment, the plurality of advertisements are selected from advertisements of more than one user.
US09202216B2
An Internet based system for executing transactions is described. The system may include transaction data, a database, a business logic manager and user profiles. A rules may also be included, and store information about system responses to modifications of the data. The user profiles may be configured to store information concerning the availability of information and displays depending upon the user.
US09202210B2
A portable storage device includes a mechanism for receiving a value of an identification parameter from a receiving device, a non-volatile memory for storing digital content, a licensing policy, and a license for viewing the digital content on the receiving device as identified by the identification parameter, and a controller that is operative, in response to the identification parameter and the license, to provide a controlled feeding of at least a portion of the digital content to the receiving device, in accordance with the licensing policy.
US09202206B2
Methods for purchasing of goods or services over the internet. A customer has a customer account set up at a bank with associated account information. The account information includes verification information for verification parameters, such as authorized computer identification, authorized delivery addresses, authorized global positioning satellite or other secure location information, authorized user identification, authorized telephone caller identification, and/or other account information. An order is placed by a user via an ordering computer which provides order information. Such order information includes verification variables used by the bank. Verification and/or authentication using one or more variables of the customer account information is used by the bank to validate the order before assuring payment to the merchant.
US09202200B2
Some embodiments provide a credibility system that computes credibility scores to quantify the credibility of different businesses and to coalesce the generated credibility scores into various indices. The indices comparatively present the credibility of a particular business relative to other businesses along one or more dimensions. Based on the indices, the system identifies trends in the credibility of a particular business. The system derives preliminary credibility for a new business for which credibility data has not yet been obtained based on credibility that has been previously established for other businesses in an index associated with the new business. The system provides automated services for monitoring credibility of a business and for generating alerts to notify the business that its credibility has reached various thresholds. The system identifies business practices that improve upon or adversely affect the credibility of a particular business.
US09202195B1
The present invention relates generally to an apparatus, system and method using an identification card with a coded frame displayed thereon that includes one or more hot corners with embedded hyperlinks or icons, activated for display when image capturing means scans the coded frame. Upon activation, consumer may access and determine the mail status for a mailed item. In some embodiments, consumer may use the activated hyperlink or icon for controlling media content pursuant to a control command associated with the one icon or hyperlink and for two-way communications with a government agency, e.g. fire and rescue, police department to communicate information to such agencies. Conversely, the government agency may publish information as media content, e.g. public service announcements, to the consumer when the coded frame is scanned and the icons or hyperlinks in any one hot corner are engaged for retrieving corresponding media content.
US09202189B2
A system and method are provided for detecting fraud and/or misuse of data in a computer environment through generating a rule for monitoring at least one of transactions and activities that are associated with the data. The rule can be generated based on one or more criteria related to the at least one of the transactions and the activities that is indicative of fraud or misuse of the data. The rule can be applied to the at least one of the transactions and the activities to determine if an event has occurred, where the event occurs if the at least one criteria has been met. A hit is stored in the event has occurred and a notification can be provided if the event has occurred. A compilation of hits related to the rule can be provided.
US09202188B2
A method for impact analysis of change requests of a computing system is provided. The method includes, identifying artifacts and tasks that are impacted by a change request on a target project based on a change request repository, an artifact dependency network and a task-artifact mapping repository. The method further includes, determining an impact analysis priority for each of the identified tasks based on associations among the change request and the identified artifacts and tasks, and a project status tracking repository. The method further includes analyzing an impact of the change request on each of the identified tasks according to the determined impact analysis priority. The method further includes obtaining requirements, requirement dependencies and requirement constraints of the project scope to identifying artifacts and tasks that are impacted by a change request on the target project of the project scope.
US09202187B2
A plant operation support system of one embodiment includes a condition setting unit, a characteristic data storage unit, and a predicting unit. The condition setting unit sets a power supply amount to be supplied from the plant to an outside, and a target recovery rate of carbon dioxide to be generated by the thermal power generation facility. The characteristic data storage unit stores characteristic data representing a capability of recovering carbon dioxide by the carbon dioxide recovery facility, which varies according to operating output of the thermal power generation facility. The predicting unit predicts a fuel consumption amount in the thermal power generation facility and a recovery amount of carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide recovery facility based on contents set by the condition setting unit and contents stored in the characteristic data storage unit.
US09202185B2
A model is used to provide a user interface to track flows through at least one application of a computer system. The model relates the structural aspects of the at least one application to a behavioral model such as a business transaction hierarchy. The structural part of the model includes linked Vertex and Edge records. Vertex records for different instances of a component can be aggregated to provide a single vertex or node for display in a user interface. A Vertex record is linked to an Agent record and a Metric Path record. The Edge records identify tail and head components of a call. A set of Edge records can be associated with a Transaction record in the behavioral part of the model. A Transaction record can be associated with a Business Transaction Record, and a Business Transaction record can be associated with a Business Service Record.
US09202183B2
A method and system for auditing information technology used to handle financial statement accounts to secure sensitive financial information against the exploitation of vulnerabilities and ineffective configuration standards. By working with the client organization, an audit team evaluates the way the client organization controls sensitive IT systems. The audit team is able to assess the client organization's internal control processed and recommend improvements.
US09202181B2
Optimal charting patterns for charting of raw rolls/sheets from flat sheet industry are produced with a processing system and includes the steps of: (a) receiving user selected business objectives; (b) receiving user selected business preferences; (c) setting targets for user selected business preferences; (d) establishing charting constraint sets; (e) generating charting patterns based on user selected business objectives and targets for user selected business preferences; and (f) selecting charting patterns based on targets for user selected business preference using an objective function, wherein the objective function includes terms related to the user selected business objectives. Target driven charting assists users in knowing the bounds (upper and/or lower) of the values for various business objectives for an individual charting run. The analysis of bounds allows for explicit understanding of the trade-offs between various business objectives and enables users to prioritize their business goals separately for each charting batch or run.
US09202168B2
A method of identifying at least one event zone subject to an event in a substation environment of an electrical grid. Thereby, data from multiple intelligent electronic devices can be synthesized in real-time whereby an operator can be presented with a single conclusion describing the event attributes thereby helping the operator to determine the mitigation actions as needed. The method includes receiving first event related data from the intelligent electronic devices, and based on the first event related data, determining whether the at least one monitoring zone subject to the event is a primary monitoring zone of at least one of the intelligent electronic devices or a non-primary monitoring zone for all of the intelligent electronic devices using ensemble decision making and probabilistic methods. It is also presented a system for carrying out the method.
US09202165B2
The invention relates to a device for counting objects fed as bulk material, comprising a first feeding unit for pre-counting a first fixed subset of a target quantity of objects and a second feeding unit for preferably separately feeding a second subset of the target quantity of objects, wherein the device (1, 7, 10) is designed such that the quantity of objects of the first subset is transmitted to a control apparatus (5), which controls the second feeding unit such that the second subset of objects is fed enough objects that the second subset of objects corresponds to the difference between the first subset and the target quantity of objects, and the first subset of objects is poured into the second subset of objects.
US09202164B2
A dose counter includes a housing having an indicator member rotatably mounted in the housing. A drive gear is associated with the indicator member. The drive gear and a flexible support member include interfacing indexing features, with at least a portion of the support member being moveable toward and away from the drive gear. In another aspect, a movement limiter is operably engaged with the indicator member to prevent any rotation of the indicator member in response to actuations occurring between a predetermined number of actuations greater than one. In another aspect, a drive member includes a pawl portion and a biasing portion. The biasing portion is engageable with indicator member and biases the pawl outwardly relative to the indicator member along the axial direction as the drive member is moved from a preassembled position to an assembled position. Medicament devices including containers of medicament, together with methods of use and assembly, are also provided.
US09202159B2
A USB flash drive, comprising a housing comprising internal walls defining a receiving space, at least one of the internal walls having an engagement component, a memory main body disposed in the receiving space and comprising a hook slot component, and a fastener disposed in the receiving space comprising a protrusion component and a hook component, the hook component engaged with the hook slot component of the memory main body, and the protrusion component engaged with the engagement component of the housing, thereby fastening the memory main body to the housing.
US09202155B2
A bidimensional graphic matrix code 1 has a plurality of words orientated along a first direction (D1), each word (2) formed from characters (3) arranged along a line which is parallel to the first direction (D1). Each character is formed from a first dot matrix, each dot (5) having a determined level of luminosity. Delimiting elements delimit each word, the delimiting elements orientated along a second direction (D2) which is perpendicular to the first direction (D1). Each delimiting element is formed by a line of dots arranged parallel to the second direction (D2). Each delimiting element is identifiable as groups arranged in a line, each group (8) comprising dots (5) having predetermined levels of luminosity, the delimiting elements interposed between adjacent words, such that identification of a delimiting element (6) enables identification of an initial or a final part of a word (2) adjacent to the delimiting element.
US09202154B2
When a user instructs re-execution of a print job based on history information of the executed print job, even if user information of the history information of the print job does not correspond to user information of the user who instructed re-execution of the print job, if authentication of the user who instructed the re-execution of the print job succeeds, the print job is re-executed based on the history information of the print job.
US09202152B2
A communication apparatus having a wired interface configured to communicate with another communication apparatus via a wired communication includes a switching unit configured to switch between a first mode enabling a power-saving function in the wired interface and a second mode disabling the power-saving function, a processing unit configured to perform predetermined processing using data received via the wired interface from the other communication apparatus, and a limitation unit configured to limit the switching performed by the switching unit when the processing unit is performing the predetermined processing.
US09202150B2
A print control system includes: a color reference generation unit that generates color reference information defining a color reference for reproducing a color characteristic of a first output device by a second output device designated as a print destination using a first output profile representing a color reproduction characteristic of the first output device serving as a reference of color matching; a first color conversion unit that applies color conversion to image data designated as a print target using the color reference information and a second output profile representing a color reproduction characteristic of the second output device; and a transmission unit that transmits the converted image data to the second output device and requests printing.
US09202148B2
An image processing apparatus renders a stroke formed by paths. A first obtaining unit obtains shape information representing a shape of a path, a second obtaining unit obtains end-point information representing a modification method for an end point, and a third obtaining unit obtains line-width information representing a line-width of the stroke. A generation unit generates stencil data of the stroke based on the shape, the line-width, and the end-point information. The generation unit includes a first generator to generate basic stencil data by fattening the path represented by the shape information based on the line-width information, and a second generator to generate end-point stencil data based on the end-point information. The generation unit merges the end-point stencil data into the basic stencil data in generating the stencil data. The end-point information represents one of a butt, a square, and a round as the modification method for the end point.
US09202142B1
An electronic book system includes an assessment module that determines how suitable a particular book is for conversion to audio presentation format. The extent of image content is determined and compared with the amount of text in the book. Images are categorized and then weighted based on factors including image size, context of image with respect to surrounding text, and repetition of the image. An overall assessment score is generated as a metric for how suitable the book is for conversion to audio format. Image weightings are also usable to determine which images may be provided to users along with the audio version.
US09202140B2
Described herein is a technology for facilitating classification of an object. In one implementation, at least one quotient appearance manifold mapping is constructed from a sample image to untangle appearance fiber bundles. A feature characteristic of the sample image may then be extracted based on the quotient appearance manifold mapping. A classifier may further be trained based on the extracted feature, and adapted for associating the object with an object class.
US09202138B2
Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for feature point localization are disclosed. A profile model and a shape model may be applied to an object in an image to determine locations of feature points for each object component. Input may be received to move one of the feature points to a fixed location. Other ones of the feature points may be automatically adjusted to different locations based on the moved feature point.
US09202136B2
Methods and arrangements involving portable user devices such smartphones and wearable electronic devices are disclosed, as well as other devices and sensors distributed within an ambient environment. Some arrangements enable a user to perform an object recognition process in a computationally- and time-efficient manner. Other arrangements enable users and other entities to, either individually or cooperatively, register or enroll physical objects into one or more object registries on which an object recognition process can be performed. Still other arrangements enable users and other entities to, either individually or cooperatively, associate registered or enrolled objects with one or more items of metadata. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09202124B2
An image information acquiring apparatus of the present invention includes an acoustic wave detector having, disposed on a reception surface thereof, a plurality of elements that detect acoustic waves generated by an object corresponding to a reconstruction area; an acoustic signal generator that generates acoustic signals that are used in image reconstruction, from the detected acoustic waves; an element selector that selects elements that are used in image reconstruction; and a reconstructor that performs image reconstruction of a point of interest using acoustic signals based on the acoustic waves detected by the selected elements, the image information acquiring apparatus being configured such that, for each selected element, there exists another selected element located at a symmetrical position with respect to a point at which the reception surface is intersected by a perpendicular line drawn from the point of interest to the reception surface.
US09202123B2
A camera image processing subsystem processes image data corresponding to observations taken through a lens of focal point f using a spherical pin-hole model that maps the image data through a perspective center of a pin-hole prospective plane located within the lens onto a model sphere that is a focal length f in diameter and has its center at the perspective center of the pin-hole prospective plane. The subsystem models systematic distortion as rotation about coordinate axis of the pin-hole prospective plane, and maps all of the data, over the entire field of view of the lens, to corresponding spherical coordinates.
US09202119B2
A method for determining user liveness is provided that includes extracting, by a processor, overlapping differential signals from a first differential signal. Moreover, the method includes calculating principal component analysis coefficients for each extracted differential signal, selecting a subset of the principal component analysis coefficients for each extracted differential signal, and generating an activity result for each extracted differential signal based on the principal component analysis coefficient subset.
US09202110B2
In selected embodiments, one or more wearable mobile devices provide videos and other sensor data of one or more participants in an interaction, such as a customer service or a sales interaction between a company employee and a customer. A computerized system uses machine learning expression classifiers, temporal filters, and a machine learning function approximator to estimate the quality of the interaction. The computerized system may include a recommendation selector configured to select suggestions for improving the current interaction and/or future interactions, based on the quality estimates and the weights of the machine learning approximator.
US09202089B2
An interface device is for coupling a payment card to an electronic device so as to allow the electronic device to access the payment card. The interface device includes a housing, a switching unit movably connected to the housing, a circuit board brought to move relative to the housing by the switching unit, a card interface disposed on the circuit board, and a connecting interface to be coupled to the electronic device. The connecting interface and the circuit board cooperate to define a card slot for containing the payment card therein. The interface device is operable to switch between a retracted state, in which the connecting interface is contained in the housing, and an exposed state, in which the connecting interface protrudes from the housing.
US09202084B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for syndication and management of structured and unstructured data to assist institutional healthcare delivery, healthcare providers' practices, healthcare providers' group practices, collaborative academic research and decision making in healthcare, including through the utilization of medical devices and healthcare pools.
US09202079B2
A method, system, and computer-readable memory containing instructions include employing a tokenizing authority to obtain a tokenized query term that represents a query term, using the tokenized query term to perform a lookup against a tokenized term database, determining whether the tokenized query term exists in the database. The method, system, and computer-readable memory may further include returning an encryption or decryption key corresponding to an encrypted record of information associated with the query term and corresponding to the tokenized query term.
US09202069B2
The disclosure relates to accessing information, and more specifically to accessing information wherein the information is protected by access rules. In particular, the invention relates to a search system comprising integrated access request routines. The disclosure also relates to a search system and to a corresponding computer program.
US09202065B2
An owner of sensitive data is provided with a notification that the sensitive data has been located. To achieve this, the sensitive data is first modified to include one or more data strings that may appear to be suspect but are otherwise benign. These data strings, which are referred to herein as benign pseudo virus signatures (BPVSs), preferably are embedded throughout a piece of sensitive data according to a frequency distribution. When the sensitive data is examined by virus checking software, the benign pseudo virus signatures are detected as potential computer viruses. By using information associated with the signatures, the owner is identified, preferably using the assistance of an intermediary entity that acts as a registry for the BPVSs. Once the owner is identified, a notification is provided to the owner that the sensitive data has been located. Appropriate remedial action can then be taken.
US09202060B2
The present invention relates to a method for a self-boot of an electronic device, wherein an external component is accessible through an interface of the electronic device (101), the method comprising, determining a boot mode for booting the electronic device, wherein the determined boot mode is defined as a secure boot mode; disabling the interface, thereby prohibiting access to the component through the interface, thereby defining a secure state of the electronic device; loading a first code comprising a sequence of executable instructions to be executed for booting the electronic device; loading a second code, the second code being encrypted; and decrypting the second code and executing the second code, thereby enabling the interface, and switching the electronic device from the secure state to a debugging state.
US09202058B1
Techniques to perform root volume encryption in a para-virtualized virtual machine are described. A disk layout supports the root volume encryption, set key flow, and normal boot flow of the para-virtualized virtual machine. An implementation for performing encryption for a cloud-based service is disclosed.
US09202054B1
Various techniques for exploit detection based on heap spray detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, exploit detection based on heap spray detection includes executing a program in a virtual environment, monitoring a heap of a memory while executing the program in the virtual environment, and detecting a potential heap spray attack based on detecting a burst allocation of a first plurality of blocks in the heap of the memory, in which each of the first plurality of blocks is stored in the predefined address range of the memory.
US09202053B1
Emulation software executes upon an operating system of a computer and creates an emulated computer. Bootstrapping code is read into this emulated computer from a sector (such as a master boot record) of a mass storage device. Instructions in the bootstrapping code are executed by an instruction emulator (also using an emulated CPU, emulated memory and an emulated hard disk) and these instructions and behavior are collected as each instruction executes. Access to the actual hard disk may be allowed. The collected information is then compared to a virus signature or behavior rules indicating malware and a conclusion is drawn as to whether the bootstrapping code includes malicious software.
US09202050B1
A computer-implemented method for detecting malicious files may include determining that a file on a client system may be subject to a security assessment, generating an initial fingerprint of the file, the generation of the initial fingerprint excluding at least part of the file, sending the initial fingerprint to a server and receiving a response from the server including an indication that the initial fingerprint matches at least one known malicious file but that the file from which the initial fingerprint was generated may not match the malicious file, generating an additional hash of the file on the client system based at least in part on the part of the file excluded in the generation of the initial fingerprint, sending the additional hash to the server, and receiving a response indicating that the file on the client system is malicious. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09202048B2
A method for analyzing a computing system includes the steps of at a first moment in time, scanning the resources of the computing system for indications of malware, at a second moment in time scanning the resources of the computing system for indications of malware and determining the system executable objects loaded on the computing system, determining malware system changes, identifying a relationship between the malware system changes and the system executable objects loaded on the computing system, and identifying as suspected malware the system executable objects loaded on the computing system which have a relationship with the malware system changes. The malware system changes include differences between the results of scanning the resources of the computing system for indications of malware at the second and first moment of time.
US09202044B2
Disclosed is a system and method for retrofitting defensive technology that transforms potentially dangerous computer programs into safe programs. The present disclosure involves applying software rewriting and/or randomization algorithms to monitored application launches and/or API calls. The present disclosure provides systems and methods for understanding and manipulating how untrusted software will behave upon execution, thereby thwarting any chance the untrusted software could launch and/or institute a weaponized malicious software attack. The present disclosure can apply a light-weight binary rewriting and in-lining system to tame and secure untrusted binary programs. The disclosed systems and methods can also implement binary stirring by imbuing native code of software with the ability to self-randomize its instruction addresses each time it is launched.
US09202036B2
A notebook computer includes a main body and a display device. The main body includes a first touch layer sensing a touch track of a user, a memory pre-storing an authorizing track, and a processor connected between the first touch layer and the memory. The processor compares the touch track with the authorizing track to determine if the user is authorized. The display device is jointed to be pivoted to the main body, wherein the display device is turn on when the user is authorized.
US09202028B2
A method of authenticating users to reduce transaction risks includes indicating a desire to conduct a transaction and determining whether the transaction requires access to protected resources. Moreover, the method determines whether inputted information is known, determines a state of a communications device when the inputted information is known, and transmits a biometric authentication request from a server to an authentication system when the state of the communications device is enrolled. Additionally, the method includes validating the communications device, capturing biometric authentication data in accordance with a biometric authentication data capture request with the communications device, biometrically authenticating the user, generating a one-time pass-phrase and storing the one-time pass-phrase on the authentication system when the user is authenticated, comparing the transmitted one-time pass-phrase against the stored one-time pass-phrase, and granting access to the protected resources when the transmitted and stored one-time pass-phrases match.
US09202023B2
The present invention discloses a kind of management method for digital rights, wherein, it comprises the following steps: Step S1: the original electronic file is encrypted on the server-side, and in the meantime, the flow code, the file unique identifier, the authorization locations and verification information is injected; Step S2: obtaining flow codes, file identifier, authorization locations and verification information from the encrypted file, and then conducting integrality verification thereon; step S3: After it is verified that there is no error, the related information is sent to the authorization server; S4: after receiving the injection information about the encrypted file, the authorization server conducting integrality verification firstly, then judging the type of encryption file according to the flow code, and generating an authorization file and sending the same according to the type; Step S5: a decryption tool obtaining the authorization file to conducting integrality verification on the authorization information, and then decrypting, parsing, using same under the right control. By means of the above method of the present invention, a user can self-define the file encryption intensity under the condition of no changing or very little changing of an encryption/decryption tool.
US09202017B2
A first network device is configured to receive information regarding a quality of service application that is part of an application stored on a device. The first network device is configured to further receive a request for a network to apply the level of quality service to the application stored on the device. The first network device is configured to further send an authorization request to the second network device. The first network device is configured to further receive an authorization result from the second network device. The first network device is configured send a first message to a third network device and receiving a response from the third network device that the level of quality of service is applied to the information; and send a message to the provider that the level of quality of service is applied to the information.
US09202014B2
The Application of equations of state to experimental and literature data permits the formation of a model and phase diagram(s) that show under what conditions polyethylene is likely to precipitate out of a high pressure solution of polyethylene in supercritical ethylene. This then permits a better definition to run a high pressure reactor to reduce the likelihood of phase separation, loss of cooling and potentially decomposition of the reactor contents.
US09202009B2
The present invention is to present a diagnostic support apparatus for diabetes including a diagnostic support information generating unit which generates diagnostic support information of a patient based on a biological model for reproducing a pseudo-response which simulates a result of a glucose tolerance test for the patient. The biological model comprises a plurality of simulated organ blocks which are configured in such manner that inflow and outflow of glucose and/or inflow and outflow of insulin are reciprocally produced between each of the simulated organ blocks. The plurality of the simulated organ blocks respectively calculate at least one of a cumulative quantity and a concentration of glucose and/or at least one of a cumulative quantity and a concentration of insulin in the respective simulated organ blocks, based on a quantity of inflow and outflow of glucose and/or a quantity of inflow and outflow of insulin in the respective simulated organ blocks.
US09202006B1
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for visualization in an electronic design. The method may include providing an electronic design and receiving a selection of at least one pin associated with the electronic design at a first graphical user interface. The method may further include generating a stub for each of the selected pins at the first graphical user interface. The method may also include providing a second graphical user interface configured to allow for the assignment of a signal name to each stub. The method may include extending the stub for each of the selected pins to reach a target destination associated with the electronic design. The method may also include displaying the signal name for each stub on at least one of the first graphical user interface and the second graphical user interface.
US09202003B2
Methods and apparatus for a gate-length biasing methodology for optimizing integrated digital circuits are described. The gate-length biasing methodology that changes a nominal gate-length of a transistor to a biased gate-length, where the biased gate-length includes a bias length that is small compared to the nominal gate-length.
US09202002B2
A system for designing Network-on-Chip interconnect arrangements includes a Network-on-Chip backbone with a plurality of backbone ports and a set of functional clusters of aggregated IPs providing respective sets of System-on-Chip functions. The functional clusters include respective sub-networks attachable to any of the backbone ports and to any other functional cluster in the set of functional clusters independently of the source map of the Network-on-Chip backbone.
US09201996B2
A behavioral synthesis apparatus includes a determination unit that determines whether or not a loop description should be converted into a pipeline, and a synthesis unit that performs behavioral synthesis while setting a stricter delay constraint for a loop description that is converted into a pipeline than a loop description that is not converted into a pipeline.
US09201994B1
Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for performing power analysis during the design and verification of a circuit. Certain exemplary embodiments include user interfaces and software infrastructures that provide a flexible and powerful environment for performing power analysis. For example, embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to construct complex and targeted power queries that quickly provide a designer with power information during a circuit design process. The disclosed methods can be implemented by a software tool (e.g., a power analysis tool or other EDA tool) that computes and reports power characteristics in a circuit design (e.g., a system-on-a-chip design or other integrated design).
US09201989B2
Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for performing time alignments. The method includes receiving a specification request for generating a set of target time-series data from a set of source time-series data and obtaining specification information relating to the set of target time-series data and relating to the set of source time-series data. The specification also includes time intervals between data values. The method also includes converting the set of source time-series data to the set of target time-series data, wherein said converting includes calculating a set of cubic-spline interpolation constants.
US09201985B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for context aware annotations are described herein. A user request is received to visualize a dataset according to a user selected visualization type. A visualization of the dataset is created according to the user selected visualization type and the created visualization is displayed on the computer screen. The context information of each region of the displayed visualization is compared with the context information stored in annotations stored in the memory. Based on the comparison, a determination is made whether the context information stored in any of the annotations matches with the context information of any of the regions. The annotation is displayed on the region of the visualization, which has the same context information. In one embodiment, a list of annotations is displayed to the user. The information related to a selected annotation from the list of annotations is displayed to the user.
US09201979B2
The present application discloses improved capabilities for aggregating user behavioral data across multiple wireless operators and delivering content to a mobile communication facility based on that aggregation, among other factors.
US09201974B2
An approach is provided for incorporating media elements from content items into associated locations presented by a location-based view. A media element platform determines one or more locations associated with at least one location-based view. The media element platform further determines one or more content items associated with the one or more locations. The media element platform also processes the one or more content items to extract one or more media elements. The media element platform further causes a presentation of the one or more media elements in the at least one location-based view.
US09201971B1
A method includes determining a plurality of social objects, each social object having a link to a link object on a network. The method further includes applying a filter to the determined social objects in order to determine a plurality of filtered social objects, retrieving a copy of each of the link objects linked to by the plurality of filtered social objects, and generating, using the retrieved copies of the link objects linked to by the plurality of filtered social objects, a matrix comprising a plurality of vectors. The method further includes generating a singular value representation of the matrix by performing Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) on the matrix and storing the singular value representation of the matrix in one or more memory units.
US09201967B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for item categorizer. The item categorizer is configured to parse, in at least one computing device, at least a plurality of product descriptions of a like item category for identifying a plurality of keywords with regard to the like item category. Furthermore, the item categorizer selects a plurality of subsets of keywords from the plurality of keywords, each subset of keywords comprises a unique combination of the plurality of keywords with respect to each other. Moreover, the item categorizer is configured to generate a respective rule for each corresponding subset of keywords, wherein an application of each respective rule specifies a respective binary result depending upon whether the corresponding subset of keywords is included in a seller product description.
US09201962B2
Techniques for identifying and linking related content are provided. A principal content network node is received having principal-defined content organized around a principal-defined topic. Local content of the principal is also acquired. The principal-defined content and the local content are evaluated to derive relationships associated with principal identities, principal reputations, and the principal-defined topic. A content network is established that links the principal content network node to other content network nodes having the local content; the links are maintained in response to the relationships.
US09201961B2
Supporting of web multitasking via a single web browser is important, especially for small sized communication device where a displayed web browser is a precious resource. The supporting of the web multitasking improves efficiency for user to utilize the web browser for daily works, for example, while a person accessing a streaming video in a storage space across world wide web, the person also needs to handle an emergent incoming email. The supporting of the web multitasking is also an important step towards creating a web based computer user work environment for any type of operating system.
US09201953B2
A method for filtering user information takes into account not only specific keywords in the user information, but also related user-characteristic data (e.g., user activity data), and allows targeted user characteristics to be determined from multiple aspects of user activities. In one aspect, the disclosed method adopts different filtering schemes for different types of targeted users to improve the recognition accuracy with respect to the target user information. The method determines a suitable filtering scheme using a correspondence relationship between the filtering scheme and keywords and user-characteristic data. The method uses modeling of sample users and multiple candidate filtering schemes to formulate targeted filtering scheme. An apparatus for implementing the method is also disclosed.
US09201949B2
A system for index searching comprises a first index, a second index, a processor, and a memory. The processor is configured to determine, using a Bloom filter for the second index of fingerprints, whether the Bloom filter indicates that an entry corresponding to a segment has been previously stored in the second index. The processor is further configured to, in the event that the Bloom filter indicates that an entry corresponding to the segment has been previously stored in the second index, retrieve a second index entry associated with the segment that has been previously stored. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
US09201945B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training recognition canonical representations corresponding to named-entity phrases in a second natural language based on translating a set of allowable expressions with canonical representations from a first natural language, which may be generated by expanding a context-free grammar for the allowable expressions for the first natural language.
US09201943B2
Systems and programs for improving the efficiency of a sorting process in a computer system are disclosed. Data is provided in an input file external to the central processing unit of the computer system. In one embodiment, the implemented process involves investigating the contents of the input file in order to identify presorted portions thereof; incorporating the identified presorted portions of the input file into a second file external to the central processing unit, performing this step by rearranging directory information, without physically transferring the presorted portions from the input file. In sort processes involving both a string generation phase and a merge phase, the techniques described may be used in either or both phases, as well as in any output phase. Rearranging directory information rather than physically transferring data provides for greater efficiency in disk I/O.
US09201941B1
In some embodiments, a method for detecting a shared data element comprises providing a first feature of a first data element associated with a first storage device, detecting a second feature of a second data element associated with a second storage device, wherein the second feature is the same as the first feature, providing a challenge to a remote device associated with the second storage device, receiving a response to the challenge, providing the challenge to a second remote device via a digital network, receiving a correct response via the digital network, wherein the correct response includes a hash that has been calculated, determining whether the response is acceptable, wherein determining whether the response is acceptable includes determining whether the response is compatible with the correct response, and generating a reference to the first data element, if it is determined that the response is acceptable.
US09201933B2
Systems and methods for documenting, analyzing, and supporting information technology infrastructure
Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate managing information technology (IT) infrastructure. The system can include a server configured to retrieve data records for first and second IT assets, each asset comprising at least one of a computing device, a software application, an end user, a business unit, a piece of networking hardware, or an agreement for an IT service. The server can select a template comprising a relationship between the first and second data records. The system can include a link generator configured to generate a different relationship, absent from the template, between the first and second data records. The system can include a search engine configured to identify third and fourth IT assets that satisfy the second relationship, determine an indices of completeness for the third and fourth IT assets, and rank the third and fourth IT assets based on the indices to generate an ordered list.
US09201932B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination.
US09201927B1
System and methods are disclosed for quantitatively assessing information in natural language contents related to an object name, or a concept or topic name, and for determining the relevance between a text content and one or more concepts or topics. The methods include identifying the grammatical or semantic attributes and other contextual information of terms in the text content, and retrieving an object-specific dataset related to the object name, or an equivalent to a concept or a topic name. The data set includes property names and association-strength values. The methods further include matching the terms in the text content with the property terms in the dataset, and calculating a score as a quantitative measure of the relevance between the text content and the concept or topic.
US09201924B1
A server system having one or more processors and memory receives a first query from a requestor and obtains a first query-processing plan including a first plurality of query-processing steps for processing the query. Supported query-processing steps comprise query-processing steps in a set of supported query-processing steps, and unsupported query-processing steps comprise query-processing steps not in the set of supported query-processing steps. In accordance with a determination that the first plurality of query-processing steps includes one or more of the supported query-processing steps and one or more unsupported query-processing steps including a respective unsupported query-processing step, the server system performs the one or more supported query-processing steps to produce intermediate results and generates a first response to the first query that includes the intermediate results and a representation of the respective unsupported query-processing step. The server system transmits the first response to the requestor.
US09201923B2
Embodiments of a configurable content optimizer for use in dialog systems are described. In one embodiment, the content optimizer is a configurable component that acts as an intermediary between a dialog management module and a knowledge management module of a dialog system during the query process. The content optimizer module makes extensive use of the system ontology and organizes items returned by the knowledge base and makes adjustments to the query so that a reasonable number of responses are returned. Each query is broken down into a number of constraints, the constraints are characterized by type, and adjustments are made by strategies that include relaxing or tightening constraints in the query. Generic strategies for the potential adjustments are represented in a configurable manner so that the content optimizing module can be easily applied to new domains.
US09201916B2
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method, system and computer readable medium for providing a scalable bio-informatics sequence search on cloud. The method comprises the steps of partitioning a genome data into a plurality of datasets and storing the plurality of data sets in a database. Receiving at least one sequence search request input and searching for a genome sequence in the database corresponding to the search request input and scaling of the sequence search based on the sequence search request input.
US09201910B2
Systems and methods of dynamically processing an event using an extensible data model are disclosed. One embodiment includes, specifying attributes of the event in a data model; the data model being extensible to add properties to the event as the dataset is streamed from the source to the sink.
US09201907B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing a team object in association with an object. These mechanisms and methods for providing a team object in association with an object can allow for centralized management of a team in association with an object. For example, members of the team may be automatically identified (e.g. without manual intervention) for receiving notifications in association with an object.
US09201903B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing queries made up of images. In one aspect, a method includes indexing images by image descriptors. The method further includes associating descriptive n-grams with the images. In another aspect, a method includes receiving a query, identifying text describing the query, and performing a search according to the text identified for the query.
US09201902B2
A technique for searching for an image includes calculating wavelet features of a plurality of images. A keyword included in radiographic interpretation information is extracted for each of the stored images. The calculated wavelet features and the extracted keywords are stored in association with the respective stored images. A newly taken image is acquired and a wavelet feature of the acquired image is calculated. A keyword included in radiographic interpretation information corresponding to the acquired image is extracted and a search for similar radiographic interpretation information from the stored keywords is performed. A wavelet feature-based spatial distance between the acquired image and each of images corresponding to the radiographic interpretation information found is calculated. A search result of any images for which the calculated wavelet feature-based spatial distance is shorter than a predetermined value is output, in ascending order of the calculated wavelet feature-based spatial distance.
US09201891B2
Duplicate storage elimination is performed in units of block data generated by dividing a data stream into arbitrary-sized blocks. Further, sub-block data is generated by further dividing the block data into a plurality of pieces of data, and sub-address data based on the data content of each of the pieces of sub-block data is stored in a predetermined storage device. As such, duplicate storage elimination is also performed in sub-block data units based on the sub-address data.
US09201882B2
A device may include a network interface for communicating with another device over a network, a storage unit to store content, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a request from a user to change usable storage space on the storage unit, send a message that describes the request to a service provider, receive a reply allowing the user to change the usable storage space from the service provider, provide at least one option to the user in response to the reply, receive information from the user selecting a first one of the at least one option, and set a size of the usable storage space to a value corresponding to the first option.
US09201877B1
Techniques allow for applying a retention policy to a composite object. For each composite object type there is a description of the composite object structure and rules that determine how the retention policy is to be applied. A retention application can review the descriptions and rules and, based on the review, apply the appropriate retention policy to each of the objects that make up the composite object.
US09201874B2
A nominal type framework can be configured to efficiently correlate different nominal types together based on a minimum set of common type shapes or structures. In one implementation, a developer identifies a number of different nominal types of interest (source types), and identifies the minimum set of common type shapes to be accessed by an application program. The minimum set of common type shapes can then be used to create an intermediate type (target type) to which each of the other different source types can be mapped. For example, one or more proxies can be created that map shapes of the one or more source types to corresponding shapes of the created target type. The application program created by the developer, in turn, can access, operate on, or otherwise use the mapped data of each different source type through a single target type.
US09201866B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for determining an overall mood score of a document. For example, the document is received from a computer-readable medium. A text segment in a document is identified to be indicative of a mood of the document. The text segment is mapped to a mood scale among a predetermined set of mood scales. A mood weight associated with the mood scale for the text segment is generated. An overall mood score of the document is determined based at least in part on the mood weight.
US09201865B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing automated assistance for a user by receiving a user request for assistance and determining semantics of the user request and identifying at least one domain, at least one task, and at least one parameter for the user request. The systems and methods can include searching a semantic database on the Internet for the at least one matching domain, task, and parameter and responding to the user request.
US09201864B2
Disclosed herein is a method and system for producing a term association vector space on demand for a client given a document set in electronic form. The method extracts terms from the document set, stripping out words that do not convey meaning and adding important phrases within the context of the document set to the terms. Associations between terms are calculated, subjected to further analytical processes, and collected in a matrix, whose rows are vectors defining the vector space. Additional associational data can be added by matrix arithmetic, and documents can be rendered as further vectors in the space.
US09201858B2
First, second, and third sets of spreadsheet cells are defined in a display, the first and second sets being separated by a first boundary having a selected orientation, the second and third sets being separated by a second boundary having the selected orientation. A selected scrolling function is disabled within selected sets among the first, second and third sets of cells in accordance with an alternating pattern.
US09201837B2
A system comprising a unified interconnect network, a plurality of process memory modules, and a plurality of processor modules configured to share access to the memory modules via the unified interconnect network. Data may be communicated between a plurality of processor modules and a plurality of shared resource pools via a unified interconnect network, wherein the communications comprise a protocol that is common to all resource pools, and wherein each resource pool comprises a plurality of resource modules each configured to perform a common function. Further, a network interface controller (NIC) module may be configured to receive data from a plurality of processor modules via a unified interconnect network, and provide core network connectivity to the processor modules.
US09201836B2
A social graph, which records the actions of users in a social networking system platform, may be modeled at least in part as a collection of claims that may be exported to other systems, such as third party publishers, based on permissions granted by users and entities. The social networking system may also act as a publisher, enabling web applications and mobile applications to publish claims to a variety of audiences based on the permissions granted by users and entities, or agents of the social networking system. Permissions may be granted based on agreed-upon terms of service between agents, agents and publishers, agents and the social networking system platform, and publishers and the social networking system.
US09201835B2
Methods and apparatus for aggregating communication channels. In one exemplary embodiment an aggregation device is required only on one side of the set of communication channels being aggregated. Advantageously, no modifications to the source and/or destination of data transfers are required for operation of the invention. In one embodiment utilized for data transfers in the downstream direction, object download requests can be fulfilled by sending a sequence of partial download requests through the set of communication channels being aggregated, and forwarding the resulting partial data objects received to the original requester in the proper order. In another embodiment utilized for upstream data transfers, traffic is bifurcated to travel along a set of communication channels, and the bifurcated traffic is reassembled either at the network layer or the transport layer.
US09201832B2
The disclosure provides an electronic device with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface and a method for starting USB communication for a USB interface, so as to solve the problem that a mobile phone terminal device can be damaged easily when a charger shares one interface with USB communication in the conventional art. A control pin of the control circuit of the device is connected with a VCHG pin of a power management chip; an output pin of the control circuit is connected with a USB_VBUS pin of a USB interface chip; a power pin of the control circuit is connected with a fixed voltage input end which inputs a high level; and the control circuit is configured to output a fixed voltage from the output pin of the control circuit when detecting that the voltage of the control pin is more than a set threshold and output a low level from the output pin of the control circuit when detecting that the voltage of the control pin is less than the set threshold. The charging voltage (VCHG) of the handheld terminal product is only used as the control signal which is isolated from the voltage output to the USB_VBUS pin, so that the damage to the device is avoided.
US09201831B2
A method and system for communicating data between two devices are described herein. The method detects an electrical signal of a first protocol from a first device in a repeater, wherein the first protocol comprises single-ended signaling. The method also determines the speed of the electrical signal. Additionally, the method converts the electrical signal of the first protocol into an electrical signal of a second protocol based on the speed of the electrical signal. The second protocol comprises differential signaling. Furthermore, the method sends the electrical signal of the second protocol to a second device. In addition, the method stops the electrical signal of the second protocol to the second device when the electrical signal of the second protocol indicates an end of data flow.
US09201829B2
A tracking buffer apparatus is disclosed. A tracking buffer apparatus includes lookup logic configured to locate entries having a transaction identifier corresponding to a received request. The lookup logic is configured to determine which of the entries having the same transaction identifier has a highest priority and thus cause a corresponding entry from a data buffer to be provided. When information is written into the tracking buffer, write logic writes a corresponding transaction identifier to the first free entry. The write logic also writes priority information in the entry based on other entries having the same transaction identifier. The entry currently being written may be assigned a lower priority than all other entries having the same transaction identifier. The priority information for entries having a common transaction identifier with one currently being read are updated responsive to the read operation.
US09201825B1
A flash controller includes a PCIe interface, a DMA engine module, a memory control module, and a flash control module. The PCIe interface communicates with a host device and receives first data from the host device. The first data is formatted using a native PCIe protocol and includes a first key-value pair that is to be stored in first memory. The first memory includes flash memory. The first key-value pair includes a first unique number and the first data. The PCIe interface receives second data from the first memory and transmits the second data from the host device. The second data is formatted using the native PCIe protocol and includes a second key-value pair. The second key-value pair includes a second unique number and the second data. The DMA engine module transfers the first and second data between the PCIe interface, the first memory and second memory.
US09201817B2
The present invention relates to a method for allocating addresses to data buffers in a distributed buffer chipset, in which a memory controller informs a central buffer of the beginning of address allocation through a Command/Address channel (CA), and then the central buffer informs through a data control channel all the data buffers of preparing for receiving address parameters through respective data channels, and in this way, each data buffer receives and latches the respective address parameter from the memory controller through the respective data, thus avoiding the defect in the prior art that the size of the data buffer and the size of the entire distributed buffer chipset is bigger as several address pins need to be additionally configured in each data buffer to allocate the respective address parameter.
US09201810B2
Eviction priority technologies provide for the prioritized eviction of memory pages from a first memory, such as a DRAM, in a mobile computing device that have been copied from a second memory, such as flash memory. Eviction priority is based on eviction costs for the memory pages. The eviction cost for a page is based on page-in costs, page-out costs, the priority of a process associated with the page, page access probability and combinations thereof. Page-in costs include read costs, fixup costs and decompression costs, and page-out costs include write-back costs and compression costs. Page lists allow for the sorting of pages by page type (e.g., read only, read/write) and can be used to keep track of eviction costs. Pages are evicted from the first memory in order of increasing eviction cost.
US09201806B2
In a particular embodiment, a method of anticipatorily loading a page of memory is provided. The method may include, during execution of first program code using a first page of memory, collecting data for at least one attribute of the first page of memory, including collecting data about at least one next page of memory that interacts with the first page of memory for a historical topology attribute of the first page of memory. The method may also include, during execution of second program code using the first page of memory, determining a second page of memory to anticipatorily load based on the historical topology attribute of the first page of memory.
US09201804B1
A multi-queue cache is configured with an initial configuration, where the initial configuration includes one or more queues for storing data items. Each of the one or more queues has an initial size. Thereafter, the multi-queue cache is operated according to a multi-queue cache replacement algorithm. During operation, access patterns for the multi-queue cache are analyzed. Based on the access patterns, an updated configuration for the multi-queue cache is determined. Thereafter, the configuration of the multi-queue cache is modified during operation. The modifying includes adjusting the size of at least one of the one or more queues according to the determined updated configuration for the multi-queue cache.
US09201790B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of matching data rates. In a particular embodiment, a device includes a first data bus and a controller having a first output coupled to the first data bus to provide data to the first data bus. The device also includes a first memory of a first type coupled to the first data bus. The first memory may have a first input to receive data from the controller via the first data bus. The device also includes logic coupled to the first data bus. The logic may have a second input coupled to the first data bus to receive data from the controller via the first data bus. The device may also include a second data bus coupled to the logic. The logic may have a second output coupled to the second data bus to provide data to the second data bus. The logic may also include a second memory of a second type coupled to the second data bus. The second memory may have a third input to selectively receive data from the logic via the second data bus. The logic may be adapted to receive data and select the first memory or the second memory to store data.
US09201787B2
A computing system a storage device and a file system. The storage device includes a storage area having flash memory. The file system is configured to divide the storage area into multiple zones, multiple sections and multiple blocks, and to write a log in each block. The file system includes a block allocation module. The block allocation module is configured to allocate a target block, in which a log is to be written, by a continuous block allocation method according to which a block having a continuous address with a most recently selected block is set as the target block. The block allocation module is further configured to find a free section from the multiple sections when it is not possible to allocate the target block by the continuous block allocation method, and to set a block in the found free section as the target block.
US09201776B1
System, method, and non-transitory medium for utilizing divergent routes identified in runs of test scenarios to manipulate a test scenario template, including: identifying runs of test scenarios run by users belonging to the different organizations; receiving a run of a test scenario instantiated from a first test scenario template defining a first template route that instantiations of the first test scenario template are supposed to follow; identifying that the run follows a divergent route that diverges from the first template route; storing the divergent route in a database; receiving a second template route belonging to a second test scenario template; counting number of divergent routes in the database that are similar to the second template route; and manipulating the second test scenario template according to the similar divergent routes.
US09201774B1
System, method, and non-transitory medium for generating a test scenario template from data collected from users running test scenarios to test vendor-customized packaged application modules. Analysis by a module analyzer of descriptions of vendor-customized packaged application modules is utilized to identify similar customizations to the modules. Additionally, a component analyzer identifies, based on the similar customizations, similar components in the modules. Given a specific run of a test scenario run to test a second instance of a certain module, and a description of similar components that include an indication of at least one component of the second instance that is similar to at least one component of a first instance of the certain module, a template generator may generate a test scenario template for testing the first instance. A data cleaner may be used to remove from the generated test scenario template proprietary data.
US09201773B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory medium for generating a test scenario template based on similarity between descriptions associated with different organizations. A monitoring module is used to monitor users and to identify runs of test scenarios run on software systems belonging to the different organizations. A processor receives a description of a certain organization (e.g., setup files) and descriptions of the different organizations and identifies, based on similarity between the certain description and the descriptions, organizations that are similar to the certain organization. The processor also identifies a run of a specific test scenario that is utilized by one or more of the organizations. A template generator is used to generate the test scenario template based on the run of the specific test scenario. Additionally, a data cleaner is used to remove from the test scenario template proprietary data associated with at least one of the different organizations.
US09201767B1
A system and method for implementing a testing framework including a testing unit that receives test instructions; generates a mock consumer request for a web service from a web server and a mock provider response based on the test instructions; transmits the mock consumer request to a tested unit; receives a modified consumer request from the tested unit; and transmit the mock provider response to the tested unit.
US09201752B2
A method includes receiving at a computing system empirical data related to one or more information technology entities. The method further includes receiving at the computing system one or more user experience indicators, the user experience indicators indicative of a user's experience using a computer application. The method further includes correlating by the computing system the empirical data with the one or more user experience indicators to determine a quality of service delivered to a user for a plurality of time periods. The method further includes determining by the computing system, based on the correlation, whether one or more issues with one of the one or more information technology entities are related to the quality of service delivered to the user.
US09201751B1
Technologies are described for implementing a default migration mechanism in a storage system containing multiple tiers of storage with each tier having different cost and performance parameters. Data that is accessed more frequently can be migrated toward higher performance storage tiers while data that is accessed less frequently can be migrated towards lower performance storage tiers. Default migration behavior can be overridden by user-specified values for tier age residency policy, demotion policy, tier occupancy of volumes, and tier assignment. Data migration can be paused by the user and resumed by the user.
US09201746B2
A method for of accelerating database log hardening using specific per block data protection and damage control is provided. A per write specification is implemented to determine when database log data is mirrored synchronously or asynchronously. Synchronous mirroring is performed upon reaching a predetermined threshold, based on one or more parameters such as transaction value, both individual and cumulative, and the quantity of data written since the last synchronous mirroring. As data is added to the database log, it is written specifying asynchronous mirroring to the primary log file. Once a threshold is met, a write specifying synchronous mirroring is performed to both the primary and secondary log files, thereby hardening the log file in both primary and secondary storage subsystem.
US09201743B2
This backup SIP server (BSS) comprises: means (LMM) for detecting whether an Internet protocol link is not working, and enabling the use of a backup SIP signaling link to the main site via a SIP gateway and a public telephone network when the Internet protocol link is not working; means for transferring SIP signaling information on this backup link; means for, when receiving a registration request from a terminal of the remote site while the Internet protocol link is not working, registering this terminal locally and forwarding the registration request to the main site via the backup link; means (PQM) for storing policies defining what services, supplied by the main SIP server, are compatible with said backup SIP signaling link, and for altering the content of at least one field in each SIP signaling message addressed to the main SIP server before transferring this SIP signaling message on the backup link, this content being altered according to said policies.
US09201737B1
A computer readable medium and method for providing checkpointing to Windows application groups. The checkpointing may be triggered asynchronously using Asynchronous Procedure Calls. The computer readable medium includes computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system. The computer-executable instructions may be for reviewing one or more command line arguments to determine whether to start at least one of the application groups, and when determining to start the at least one of the application groups, creating a process table in a shared memory to store information about each process of the at least one of the application groups. Further, the instructions may be for registering with a kernel module to create an application group barrier, creating a named pipe for applications of the application group to register and unregister, triggering a checkpoint thread to initiate an application group checkpoint; and launching an initial application of the applications of the application group.
US09201735B1
Embodiments are directed towards managing the distribution of tasks in a storage system. An execution path for tasks may be generated based on the type of the task and characteristics of the storage system such that the execution path includes storage computers in a storage system. The tasks may be provided to each storage computer in the execution path. A working set of intermediate results may be generated on the storage computer in the execution path. If there is more than one storage computer in the execution path, working sets may be iteratively communicated to a next storage computer in the execution path such that the next storage computer employs a previously generated working set to generate a next working set until each storage computer in the execution path has been employed to generate a working set. The results may be stored on the storage computers.
US09201731B2
Systems and techniques relating to fault tolerant data storage in storage devices, such as storage devices that employ Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) and/or storage devices that employ solid state memory, include a method, in some implementations, including: receiving, at a storage controller, a data request for a storage device; reading, in response to the data request, data from discrete units of storage in the storage device, the data comprising stored data read from two or more of the discrete units of storage and parity data read from at least one of the discrete units of storage; detecting an error in the stored data from the reading; and recovering stored data for at least one of the discrete units of storage using the parity data and the stored data read from one or more remaining ones of the two or more of the discrete units of storage.
US09201712B2
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for selecting interprocess communication mechanism. In one aspect, the system collects information about resources used by two or more processes involved in an interprocess communication in which a first process can transfer data to a second process using one of a synchronous and asynchronous data transfer methods; analyzes the collected information to determine which data transfer method achieves at least one of minimizing time of the data transfer between processes, maximizing utilization of resources used for the data transfer, minimizing standstill time during the data transfer, minimizing effect of other processes of the operating system on the data transfer; and based on the determination, selects one of the synchronous or asynchronous method of interprocess communication to transfer the data between the first and second processes.
US09201710B1
A software and implementable system which provides bi-directional communication between engineering, through software add-ins, and other applications within an ERP system. Such a system provides efficiency enhancements and provides improved data flow and communication between engineering and others. While not required, the system is well suited for application in association with manufacturing of equipment, and in particular, manufacturing of custom equipment.
US09201707B2
A distributed system includes: a plurality of ordinary nodes provided with reduced-power states having different times of recovery to a normal operating state; and a management node for assigning a job to an ordinary node for carrying out the job. The management node has: node select means for selecting an ordinary node from ordinary nodes each put in one of the reduced-power states, assigning a job to the selected ordinary node and driving the selected ordinary node to carry out the assigned job; and node control means for executing control to restore an ordinary node selected by the node select means to the normal operating state. The node select means selects an ordinary node from the ordinary nodes each put in one of the reduced-power states having different times of recovery to the normal operating state in accordance with an ordinary-node order starting with an ordinary node existing in a reduced-power state and having a short time of recovery to the normal operating state.
US09201705B2
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods including a method of reconfiguring partitions in a memory device as directed by a host. The method includes managing commands through a first interface controller to mapped portions of a first memory not having an attribute enhanced set, and mapping portions of a second memory having the attribute enhanced set through a second interface controller. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09201703B2
Sharing kernel services among kernels, including receiving, by a partition manager from an application in a logical partition, a first system call for a kernel service from a first kernel, the first system call having form and content compatible with the first kernel, generating, in dependence upon the first system call, a second system call for the kernel service from a second kernel, the second system call having form and content compatible with the second kernel, and sending the second system call through the partition manager to the second kernel for execution.
US09201698B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for collocating VMs based on memory sharing potential. In an embodiment of the invention, a VM co-location method has been claimed. The method includes selecting a VM from amongst different VMs for server colocation. The method additionally includes computing an individual shared memory factor for each of a set of the VMs with respect to the selected VM. The method yet further includes determining a VM amongst the VMs in the set associated with a highest computed shared memory factor. Finally, the method includes co-locating the determined VM with the selected VM in a single server.
US09201692B2
A system and method for generating a plan to complete a task by providing a framework facilitating use of heterogeneous data sources without altering a planning algorithm are disclosed. The method includes using a first dataset of logical atoms represented in predicate schema and second dataset of database atoms represented in non-predicate schema, and modifying a grammar rule, a domain definition, and a problem definition, and selecting and executing task methods and task operators to complete a task. Execution of task operator includes verifying a precondition, assigning variables with values when the precondition is valid, and modifying (delete and add) a plan state. Execution of the task method includes verifying a precondition of the task method, assigning variables with values when the precondition is valid, decomposing the task into sub-tasks, assigning arguments of task method to sub-tasks, and adding sub-tasks to a task list. Thereafter, a plan is generated.
US09201691B2
A task coordination apparatus in a computing system having a distributed shared memory (DSM) coordinates the execution of two related tasks, wherein the second task has an execution variable which is modified by the first task. The task coordination apparatus creates a snapshot of a memory space in the distributed shared memory assigned to the first task and a cooperation watching area of the second task. The cooperation watching area contains a memory address pointing to a location where the execution variable of the second task is stored in the memory space assigned to the first task. The first task is allocated to a first computing node for execution, and the memory space assigned to it is updated according to the execution result. After updating the memory space, the second task is allocated to a second computing node for execution using the execution variable updated by the first task.
US09201690B2
Systems and methods for resource aware scheduling of processes in a distributed computing environment are described herein. One aspect provides for accessing at least one job and at least one resource on a distributed parallel computing system; generating a current reward value based on the at least one job and a current value associated with the at least one resource; generating a prospective reward value based on the at least one job and a prospective value associated with the at least one resource at a predetermined time; and scheduling the at least one job based on a comparison of the current reward value and the prospective reward value. Other embodiments and aspects are also described herein.
US09201685B2
A set of techniques are described for transactional cache versioning and data storage in a distributed data grid environment. A transaction coordinator maintains a commit version for each transaction. This version is updated over the course of the transaction. In addition, each cluster member maintains a local current version that is updated as messages are received from the client. When a client serving as a transaction coordinator sends a message, the transaction coordinator includes an associated transaction's current version value with the message. On receiving a message, the receiving member process sets its current version to be the maximum of its own value and the received value. The receiving member process includes its current version in the return message to the sender. On receiving the return messages, the client sets the transaction's commit version to be greater than the maximum of its own value and the received value.
US09201681B2
A method and controller device for sharing computing resources in a virtualized environment having a plurality of virtual machines. The method includes assigning a portion of the computing resources to the plurality of virtual machines. The method also includes leasing by a first virtual machine at least a portion of the assigned computing resources of at least one second virtual machine. The first virtual machine leases computing resources from the at least one second virtual machine when the first virtual machine needs additional computing resources and at least a portion of the assigned computing resources of the at least one second virtual machine are not being used by the at least one second virtual machine.
US09201680B2
A system and method for display power management in a virtualized environment are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a hypervisor that is executed by a first computer system receives a notification that a host operating system of a second computer system has received a command to dim a video display of the second computer system, and forwards the notification to a guest operating system of a virtual machine hosted by the first computer system. The hypervisor receives from the guest operating system a first signal that indicates that the hypervisor is to notify the host operating system to refrain from executing the command. The hypervisor then transmits a second signal that notifies the host operating system to refrain from executing the command.
US09201671B2
Novel methods and systems for construction a distributed adaptive server computing network system. Virtual Appliance platforms of a network service server are configured on a local computer of a registered user. Machine to machine communication channels are established through the Virtual appliance platforms and the local computer of the user is enabled to function as a part of the network service server. Direct streaming communications between users are enabled.
US09201654B2
Disclosed are a processor and a processing method incorporating an instruction pipeline with direction prediction (i.e., taken or not taken) for conditional branch instructions. In the embodiments, reading of a branch instruction history table (BHT) and a branch instruction target address cache (BTAC) for branch direction prediction occurs in parallel with the current instruction fetch in order to minimize delay in the next instruction fetch. Additionally, direction prediction is performed in the very next clock cycle based either on an initial direction prediction for the specific instruction, as stored in the BHT, or, if applicable, on a prior entry for the specific instruction in the BTAC. An override bit associated with each entry in the BTAC is the determining factor for whether or the BTAC or BHT is controlling. Override bits in the BTAC can be pre-established based on the branch instruction type in order to ensure prediction accuracy.
US09201642B2
An approach is provided in which a computer system generates a current hash value of a computer program in response to receiving a request to execute the computer program. Next, the computer system determines that the current hash value fails to match a reference hash value that was previously generated subsequent to installing the computer program on the computer system. Since the two hash values do not match each other, the computer system matches the current hash value to an updated hash value that was previously generated in response to modifying the computer program on the computer system. In turn, the computer system executes the computer program when the current hash value matches the updated hash value.
US09201630B2
Random numbers are generated according to a variety of solutions. A particular solution relates to a method for generating the random number. A common start signal is provided to each of a plurality of inverter components of a ring oscillator circuit. This causes the ring oscillator circuit to enter a metastable mode. At least a first bit and a second bit of a random number are both generated in parallel. The parallel generation of the bits involves the generation of the first bit from entropic properties of a signal of a first one of the plurality of inverter components and the generation of the second bit from entropic properties of a signal of a second one inverter components.
US09201629B2
A machine instruction is provided that includes an opcode field to provide an opcode, the opcode to identify a perform pseudorandom number operation, and a register field to be used to identify a register, the register to specify a location in memory of a second operand to be used. The machine instruction is executed, and execution includes obtaining a modifier field of a register associated with the machine instruction; based on the modifier field having a first value, performing a deterministic pseudorandom number seed operation, which includes obtaining seed material based on information stored in the second operand; using a 512 bit secure hash technique and the seed material to provide one or more seed values; and storing the one or more seed values in a parameter block.
US09201626B2
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations.
US09201624B2
Disclosed are a display apparatus, a client, an image display system including the same, and an image display method. The display apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with at least one client; and a controller which receives server software for displaying a sharing image and at least one personal image from an exterior server, and executes the server software so that the sharing image is displayed on one of the display unit and the at least one client and the at least one personal image is displayed on the other of the display unit and the at least one client.
US09201622B2
Systems, devices, and methods for device communication receive, at a proxy device, an image of a barcode that was sent from a mobile device, wherein the barcode includes device information for an image-forming device, and wherein the device information identifies a network of the image-forming device; send the device information from the proxy device to one or more support devices; and at the one or more support devices, determine if the respective support device is connected to the network of the image-forming device, and in response to determining that the respective support device is connected to the network of the image-forming device, generate an output queue for the image-forming device on the support device that is connected to the network of the image-forming device.
US09201620B2
A device management terminal includes: an imaging section that images an electronic device placed at an installation location; a specific information acquisition section that acquires, from a server, specific information for specifying the electronic device that is being imaged; a status information acquisition section that acquires status information from the electronic device that is being imaged based on the specific information; and a display section that displays, on a screen, the acquired status information together with the electronic device that is being imaged.
US09201617B2
A control device includes a recording control unit, a detection unit, a port selection unit and a communication control unit. The recording control unit configures a logical port for data communication according to an interface standard. The detection unit detects a recording device wirelessly communicable with the control device. The port selection unit links a virtual port corresponding to the detected recording device with the logical port. The communication control unit opens the virtual port linked to the logical port and the recording device for wireless data communication with the recording device according to a wireless communication standard.
US09201601B2
A storage system which is connected to a host computer, includes a storage device; a first controller which controls data transfers between the storage device and the host computer; a second controller connected to the first controller and controls data transfers between the storage device and the host computer; a non-volatile memory; and a battery device. The first controller includes a first volatile memory and the second controller comprising a second volatile memory. Upon a power outage, the battery device starts supplying electric power to the first controller and the second controller, and wherein the second controller copies data which is stored in the first volatile memory to the second volatile memory and, after copying is complete, stops operation of the first controller, stops the power supply from the battery device to the first controller, and copies data.
US09201598B2
A method for allocating resources of a storage system including at least a first and second group of storage devices. The method identifies a first set of resources to be reserved for use by the first group of storage devices, identifies a second set of resources to be reserved for use by the second group of storage devices, and identifies a third set of resources The method then allocates resources from the third set of resources to the first group of storage devices or the second group of storage device according to an allocation algorithm, and restricts use of the first set of resources to the first group of devices and use of the second set of resources to the second group of devices.
US09201597B2
A shared counter resource, such as a register, is disclosed in the hardware, where the register representing how much free space there is in the command queue is accessible to one or more processing elements. When a processing element reads the “reservation” register, the hardware automatically decrements the available free space by a preconfigured amount (e.g., 1) and returns the value of the free space immediately prior to the read/reservation. If the read returns 0 (or a number less than the preconfigured amount), there was insufficient free space to satisfy the request. In the event there was insufficient space to satisfy the request the reservation register may be configured to reserve however much space was available or to not reserve any space at all. Any number of processing elements may read these registers and various scenarios are described where the input and output queues are accessible via various processing elements.
US09201595B2
A memory array for process variation tolerant bypass operation. The memory array may utilize normal read operation data path of a memory I/O module. Accordingly, the speed at which the bypass operation may be executed may be increased. Furthermore, a potential for false read operations introduced by the utilization of the normal read operation data path of the memory I/O module may be reduced using a protect mechanism operable to block the output of false reads from the memory array.
US09201587B2
A portable apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The portable apparatus has a screen and a touch pad, and a touch area of the touch pad is mapped to a display area of the screen. In the operation method, a first touch operation is detected by using the touch pad, and a cue area is displayed at a first display position on the screen mapped to a first touch position of the first touch operation. A second touch operation is detected by using the touch pad, and whether a second display position on the screen mapped to a second touch position of the second touch operation is within the cue area is determined. If the second display position is within the cue area, an operation function is executed on an object within the cue area. Otherwise, the cue area is moved to the second display position.
US09201586B2
A mobile terminal provides a guide and feedback for a lock release operation to implement a gesture for a lock release operation at an arbitrary location and in various directions. A method of releasing a user interface lock state in a mobile terminal having a touch sensing display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include setting the mobile terminal to a user interface lock state; detecting a contact with the touch sensing display at an arbitrary location on the touch sensing display; displaying a lock release region corresponding to the arbitrary location while maintaining a contact with the touch sensing display; displaying the movement of the contact in the lock release region; and switching the mobile terminal into a user interface lock release state when the movement of the contact in the lock release region satisfies a predetermined condition.
US09201584B2
A user interface for an audio/visual device includes a touch sensor in which the touch sensor is vibrated by an actuator coupled thereto to provide a user with a virtual texture for a corresponding menu on which the user is provided with the impression that menu item have textures, where the menu may extend about the periphery of a display element so as to at least partially surround a display area in which a visual portion of an audio/visual program may be played and possibly in a manner corresponding to how a surface defined on the touch sensor at least partially surrounds another manually-operable control.
US09201580B2
Sound alignment user interface techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a user interface is output having a first representation of sound data generated from a first sound signal and a second representation of sound data generated from a second sound signal. One or more inputs are received, via interaction with the user interface, that indicate that a first point in time in the first representation corresponds to a second point in time in the second representation. Aligned sound data is generated from the sound data from the first and second sound signals based at least in part on correspondence of the first point in time in the sound data generated from the first sound signal to the second point in time in the sound data generated from the second sound signal.
US09201571B2
Logging of data about events occurring during an activity is used in video production to reduce the cost of production of video for local audiences. A logging tool is configured to capture data according to a kind of activity, such as a basketball game, football game or other activity of local interest. The logging tool can be preconfigured with information about a specific activity, such as the date, time, venue, and participants, such as teams and players. Data entered for an event occurring during an activity is time stamped. This data is associated and synchronized with video for the event. The time stamped data can be used to generate clips of the video from the activity, based on synchronization between the logged data and the video, and the time stamps of the logged data.
US09201570B2
A parameter adjusting method includes a step (S1) of determining whether or not a predetermined manipulation of an icon with a pointer occurs on a screen; a step (S2) of displaying an auxiliary indicator used for adjustment of a predetermined parameter in the vicinity of the icon on the screen in the case where it is determined that the predetermined manipulation of the icon with the pointer occurs; and a step (S3, S4) of adjusting the parameter by manipulating the auxiliary indicator by manipulation of the pointer.
US09201565B2
A method is presented for value specification in a responsive interface control. The method includes displaying the interface control in a section of a user interface on a display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The method also includes detecting a size of the section of the user interface. The method also includes automatically setting an interface control mode by selecting one of a plurality of predetermined interface control modes to specify an appearance of the interface control and a function of the interface control based on the size of the section of the user interface.
US09201557B2
A method for managing services and resources across a plurality of deployment architectures is described. The method begins by defining a profile corresponding to a deployment architecture. Each profile is defined according to a meta-model. The meta model comprises a service object representing a service that is accessible over a network, resource objects representing resources consumed by the service, inter-relationships between the service and resources, inter-relationships between the resources. For each profile, a topology is generated based on the profile. The topology includes the resources used to perform a task.
US09201548B2
A material-discerning proximity sensor is arranged to include an antenna that is arranged to radiate a radio-frequency signal. A capacitive sensor is arranged to detect a change in capacitance of the capacitive sensor and to receive the radio-frequency signal. An electrical quantity sensor is arranged to detect a change of the received radio-frequency signal.
US09201540B2
Techniques for operating a touchscreen display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the touchscreen display device includes power regulation circuitry that supplies a first set of voltages to a display panel using high and low supply rails during a display period. During the blanking period following the display period, the high and low supply rails may be adjusted to a second set of voltages that provide for proper operation of touch-sensitive elements in the touchscreen display. Following the end of the blanking period, a portion of charge from the low supply rail is recycled by transferring the charge from the low supply rail back to the high supply rail to bring the high and low supply rails back to the first set of voltages for the next display period.
US09201538B2
Methods and devices for providing a user input to a device through sensing of user-applied forces are described. A user applies forces to a rigid body as if to deform it and these applied forces are detected by force sensors in or on the rigid body. The resultant force on the rigid body is determined from the sensor data and this resultant force is used to identify a user input. In an embodiment, the user input may be a user input to a software program running on the device. In an embodiment the rigid body is the rigid case of a computing device which includes a display and which is running the software program.
US09201536B2
A touch-sensitive vehicle display device is disclosed. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device comprises a body having a display including a touch panel on a surface thereof, whereby a screen operation is performed on the surface of the display by a touch-screen operation; an operation plate provided along the surface of the display; and a controller controlling information to be indicated on the display. The operation plate includes an opening section to indicate a switch provided to face the touch panel, and a plurality of touch-sensitive switch-confirmation portions provided on an end portion of the opening section for switch indication, and the controller controls a switch-indication portion to be inside the opening section to indicate switching in the display, and controls a plurality of selection-switches to be in the switch-indication portion to correspond to the plurality of switch-confirmation portions.
US09201535B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose a color filter substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device with touch function and a driving method thereof. The color filter substrate comprises: a base substrate, a sense layer and a color filter layer disposed on the base substrate. The color filter layer includes a black matrix and a plurality of color filter patterns separated from each other by the black matrix. The sense layer and the color filter layer are disposed on a same side of the base substrate. The sense layer includes a plurality of sense regions, and a drive line and a sense line are provided side by side in a same layer in each of the sense regions.
US09201534B2
In response to an instruction with respect to a rotation button (B1) that is an operation target, an example information processing apparatus (10) displays an expanded rotation button (B1′) as an operation region for performing a slide operation, and performs information processing using a parameter that continuously changes in accordance with a slide operation in the operation region.
US09201531B2
A touch display device is provided. A bottom surface of a substrate of a touch panel has a touch area and a connection area. A set of touch electrodes are disposed on the touch area, and a connecting pad is disposed on the connection area to connect the set of touch electrodes. A glue layer is disposed between the surface of the display panel and the touch area. A gap is formed between the surface of a display panel and the connection area. A connecting part of a flexible circuit module is connected to the connecting pad. A bending part has a first end connected to the connecting part and a second end connected to an extension part. The extension part extends out of the gap from the second end. A portion of the extension part, the connecting part, and the bending part are located within the gap.
US09201523B1
A smart pen is configured to communicate with a computer peripheral device. The smart pen includes an external assembly comprising a pen upper body connected to a pen middle body. A curved touch screen display is attached to the pen upper body. A microcontroller is housed in the pen upper body and communicatively coupled to the curved touch screen display with a controller configured to determine where the curved touch screen display is touched. A dual mode Bluetooth circuit is housed in the pen upper body and communicatively coupled to the central processing unit and configured to send data to and receive data from the computer peripheral device. The central processing unit is connected to memory configured to load processing instructions for touching the curved touch screen display to select at least one executable icon to execute at least one software application.
US09201521B2
The disclosure is directed to storing trace information. An aspect includes determining whether or not a pen is within a threshold distance of the touchscreen, storing trace information generated by a user's touch in a touch buffer if the pen is not within the threshold distance of the touchscreen, and clearing the touch buffer and storing trace information generated by the pen in the touch buffer if the pen is within the threshold distance of the touchscreen.
US09201520B2
A “Motion and Context Sharing Technique” uses a pen or stylus enhanced to incorporate multiple sensors, i.e., a “sensor pen,” and a power supply to enable various input techniques and gestures. Various combinations of pen stroke, pressure, motion, and other sensor pen inputs are used to enable various hybrid input techniques that incorporate simultaneous, concurrent, sequential, and/or interleaved, sensor pen inputs and touch inputs (i.e., finger, palm, hand, etc.) on displays or other touch sensitive surfaces. This enables a variety of motion-gesture inputs relating to the context of how the sensor pen is used or held, even when the pen is not in contact or within sensing range of the computing device digitizer. In other words, any particular touch inputs or combinations of touch inputs are correlated with any desired sensor pen inputs, with those correlated inputs then being used to initiate any desired action by the computing device.
US09201516B2
A forward pointing direction associated with a handheld device is estimated or determined by, for example, calculating a center of rotation of the device. A resultant combined or selected bias estimate may then be used to compensate the biased output of the sensor in, e.g., a 3D pointing device.
US09201512B1
Disclosed is a technique that can help to detect a blink of an eye and a direction along which the eye is oriented before, after, or during the blink. To this end, light data can be received from at least one light sensor. The light data indicates at least one characteristic of light reflected from an eye area. A blink event can be detected based on the light data. A gaze direction can be determined based on the blink event. At least one computing action can be performed based on the gaze direction.
US09201510B2
A method for providing visual cues rendered on a display is provided. The method comprises: detecting a touch input associated with a user interface element rendered on the display; determining an input direction of the touch input; and displaying on the display a visual cue associated with the user interface element, wherein the visual cue is located at a position based on the input direction of the touch input.
US09201508B2
A glove-based key entry apparatus and method for are provided. The apparatus includes at least one pair of gloves, a plurality of sensors disposed on a first side of the at least a pair of gloves, and at least two screens disposed on each side of the gloves, the second side of the at least one glove being opposite to the first side of the at least one glove.
US09201507B2
A data inputting system includes a communication device and user-activated control or input device, both coupled to a processor. Data and a focus indicator are displayed or otherwise communicated to a user through the communication device. The position of the focus indicator relative to the displayed data indicates a changeable portion of the displayed data. Changes to the displayed data are made by activating the input device, which may include one or more sets of up and down scroll keys. Each set of scroll keys may be used to change different portions of the displayed data. The processor automatically adjusts the position of the focus indicator based on predetermined criteria, thereby allowing changes to different portions of the displayed data. An associated method is disclosed wherein the focus indicator's position is adjusted after a predetermined time has elapsed from which the input device is deactivated.
US09201502B2
An operating device of a motor vehicle has at least one display unit for displaying changeable information. Gaze detection is used to check whether the operator's gaze is directed at the at least one display unit. An input command in a first group of input commands is not executed if the operator's gaze is not directed at the at least one display unit for a certain time period during the input command. For a second group of input commands, the input command is executed irrespective of gaze detection.
US09201496B2
An image forming apparatus includes a display control unit that displays a user interface screen based on web page data that is received from a web server, using a web browser that communicates with the web server within the image forming apparatus, a task monitoring unit that operates independently of the web server, monitors a state of a task on the web server, and acquires status information on the task, a determination unit that determines whether or not the web server is accessible, based on the status information, and a notification unit that, in response to the determination that the web server is inaccessible, notifies an operating user of the fact that the web server is inaccessible by changing a display content of the user interface screen.
US09201492B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for translating input camera commands to device-specific commands. Camera commands may be translated by a translation engine located separately from the camera and then transferred to the camera. The translated commands may be less complex than input commands. By translating the commands, older cameras may be capable of supporting newer commands which are not natively supported.
US09201488B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for sharing power load in a network. The method includes identifying a first device to serve as an AP of the network in a next time interval, providing network information from a second device that presently serves as the AP to the first device. When the first device starts to serve as the AP of the network, the second device can be configured to enter into a power save state in order to reduce power consumption by the second device in the next time interval.
US09201466B2
A portable computer includes a base, a display module, a support element and a cam structure. The base comprises a first area and a second area. The display module includes a connecting end and a display face. The support element includes a first end connected pivotally to a portion of the display module other than the display face and a second end connected pivotally to the rear end of the base. Two ends of the cam structure are connected pivotally to the base and the support element. Accordingly, the support element is connected indirectly and pivotally to the base. When the display module is slid and rotated relative to the base to change a notebook state or a tablet state, the support element does not interfere the movement of the display module and keep the flatness of the whole appearance of the portable computer.
US09201465B2
An information handling system converts from a closed position to a tablet position by rotating a lid with a display 360 degrees about a hinge having synchronized and continuous motion. The hinge has first and second axles held distal by a spacer. A synchronizer translates motion of each axle to the other to provide fluid movement of the lid relative to the housing. For instance, first and second cables translate rotational motion with the disposition of a discontinuous figure eight between the first and second axles.
US09201462B2
A portable computer includes a computer body and a keyboard. The keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a space bar. The space bar includes a base frame, a touch pad, an elastic element and a key switch. The touch pad is elevatably disposed on the base frame, and one surface of the touch pad can provide a cursor of the portable computer. The elastic element is disposed between the base frame and the touch pad, and elastically supports the touch pad. The key switch is disposed on the other surface of the touch pad. When one of the keys is clicked, the computer body disables the touch pad and enables the key switch.
US09201460B2
An electronic device with touch function includes a back casing, a front casing, a display panel and a touch panel. The front casing is combined with the back casing so as to form an accommodating space. The display panel is disposed in the accommodating space. The touch panel is fixed to the front casing and the touch panel is departed from the display panel with a predetermined distance.
US09201458B2
A device can include a processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a battery having a battery length; a chassis that includes a bay having a bay length, the bay length being of sufficient length to allow translation of the battery along the bay length; a translation mechanism to translate the battery in the bay; and communication circuitry operatively coupled to the processor and the translation mechanism. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09201451B2
A holding structure adapted to an electronic device is provided. The holding structure includes a base, at least one positioning assembly and a position-limiting component. The positioning assembly is disposed on the base. The position-limiting component is pivoted to the base. When the electronic device is placed on the base, the position-limiting component is pushed by the electronic device to move to a second position from a first position. When the position-limiting component is located at the second position, the positioning assembly positions the position-limiting component and the position-limiting component limits the electronic device at the base.
US09201450B2
A first module including a first port to connect to a second module including a second port. The first port including an attraction field to attract a second port if the second port was within the attraction field. A flexible member can be connected to the first port and a first edge can apply a force to the first port.
US09201445B2
A gate driving circuit and a display, the gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of shift register connected in cascade. The shift register comprises: a signal outputting circuit (32), a signal inputting circuit (31), an inverting circuit (33) and a logic circuit (33). The signal outputting circuit (32) receives a forward direction clock signal from an external circuit and comprises a clock transistor and a level transistor. The signal outputting circuit outputs the forward direction clock signal when the clock transistor is turned on and outputs a constant-low level signal when the level transistor is turned on. The signal inputting circuit (31) receives an output signal from a previous shift register, and turns on the clock transistor when the received output signal of the previous shift register is valid. The inverting circuit (33) receives an inverse direction clock signal from the external circuit, turns off the clock transistor and turns on the level transistor at the same time when the inverse direction clock signal is valid. The logic circuit (33) holds the clock transistor as being turned on before the level transistor is turned on. The gate driving circuit has low power consumption, strong capability of anti-interference and a stable output wave.
US09201444B2
A memory controller includes a clock generator to generate a first clock signal and a timing circuit to generate a second clock signal from the first clock signal. The second clock signal times communications with any of a plurality of memory devices in respective ranks, including a first memory device in a first rank and a second memory device in a second rank. The timing circuit is configured to adjust a phase of the first clock signal, when the memory controller is communicating with the second memory device, based on calibration data associated with the second memory device and timing adjustment data associated with feedback from at least the first memory device.
US09201435B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of controlling a power supply node includes measuring a voltage of the power supply node, determining a first current based on the measuring, determining a first current and a second current based on the measuring, and summing the first current and the second current at the power supply node. Determining the first current includes operating a first controller having a first bandwidth, and determining the second current includes operating a second controller having a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth.
US09201428B2
A system and method for providing a substantially constant volume exhaust or ventilation air terminal system is shown for controlling exhaust and/or return airflow rates in a system having a central fan or ventilator. The system and method permits zone-by-zone or area-by-area airflow regulation or control in non-demand areas in response to a demand or call for ventilation in demand areas. In one embodiment, the system employs at least one constant airflow controller or regulator situated in a damper. Another embodiment shows a combination of a first constant airflow controller or regulator situated or mounted on a damper with a second constant airflow controller or regulator situated in a duct associated with the damper. In still another embodiment, a constant airflow controller or regulator is provided in a duct, and used in combination with a solid damper.
US09201405B2
A display assembly includes a display selectively displaying human-readable indicia on a face thereof and a cover disposed over the display. The cover has a homogeneous surface over the entire face of the display. The display assembly is controllable between an inactive state and an active state. In the inactive state, the face of the display is not viewable through the cover, and in the active state, the indicia are viewable through the cover.
US09201403B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of generating a frequency reference using a solid-state atomic resonator formed by a solid-state material including an optical cavity having color centers. A device may include a solid-state atomic clock to generate a clock frequency signal, the solid-state atomic clock including a solid state atomic resonator formed by a solid-state material including au optical cavity having color centers, which are capable of exhibiting hyperfine transition, wherein the solid-state atomic clock may generate the clock frequency signal based on a hyperfine resonance frequency of the color centers.
US09201402B2
A device for displaying multiple times, includes a first time-displaying member (1) and a second time-displaying member (2) constituting first elements, and a first indicator for indicating at least one time on the first time-displaying member (1) and a second indicator for indicating at least one time on the second time-displaying member constituting second elements, wherein the first (1) and second (2) time-displaying members have a common axis. The first and/or second indicator for indicating at least one time is arranged between the first time-displaying member (1) and the second time-displaying member (2), and the first and/or second indicators are mounted so as to be rotatable about the axis relative to each other at the same rotational speed, wherein the time that can be displayed on the first time-displaying member (1) is different from the time that can be displayed on the second time-displaying member (2).
US09201399B2
A timepiece regulating member including a balance wheel oscillating about an axis subjected to a torque exerted by a torsion return mechanism. The balance includes an attachment mechanism causing it to oscillate integrally with a torsion wire forming the torsion return mechanism specific to the balance, a largest dimension of the cross-section of a useful part of the torsion wire which is subjected to torsion is less than 100 micrometers, a smallest dimension of the cross-section of the useful part is less than 50 micrometers, a total length of the torsion wire is less than 6 millimeters, and the regulating member includes a mechanism tensioning the torsion wire.
US09201384B2
A connection mechanism includes a protrusion, a plate section, and a movable section. The protrusion has a distal end, which has a spherical surface and a tapered surface, and a support that supports the distal end. The plate section is provided with a hole for positioning the protrusion when the support is inserted thereto. The movable section faces a side of the hole where the tapered surface of the distal end exists, and moves along the plate section by being pressed by the tapered surface of the distal end as the distal end is inserted through the hole.
US09201378B2
A cleaning unit, which is included in a process cartridge or an image forming apparatus, includes a brush rotary body to remove toner, a toner collecting rotary body to collect the toner, a toner collecting blade to scrape the toner, and a cleaning blade to scrape the toner falling from the brush rotary body. The image carrier, the brush rotary body, and the toner collecting rotary body rotate in the same direction. The cleaning blade, the brush rotary body, and the toner collecting rotary body are located to cause a tangential line passing through a contact area of the brush rotary body and the toner collecting rotary body on an outer peripheral circle around a shaft of the brush rotary body to have an intersection point intersecting a non-contact surface of the cleaning blade disposed opposite to a contact portion of the cleaning blade with the image carrier.
US09201375B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a first image forming unit that forms a first image on a front surface of a transported medium with a developer including toners and non-volatile oils, a removing unit that heats non-volatile oils on the front surface of the medium to remove the oils, a second image forming unit that forms a second image on a back surface of the medium with a developer including toners and non-volatile oils, a removing section that heats non-volatile oils on the back surface of the medium to remove the oils, and a fixing unit that fixes the first image and the second image on the front surface and the back surface of the medium.
US09201364B2
To provide an elastic member for image forming apparatus, which contains: a base; and an elastic layer provided on the base, wherein the elastic layer contains a polymer having a structure derived from terpene and a structure where a main chain contains a silicon atom.
US09201361B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a heater heating a fixing member; an acquisition unit acquiring, when an image for one page includes a coded identifier image, information on a range of formation of the coded identifier image on a recording sheet in a sheet-passing direction; a target temperature switching unit switching a target temperature at which temperature of the fixing member is to be maintained at least between a first fixing temperature and a second fixing temperature higher than the first fixing temperature; a controller controlling the heater so that the temperature of the fixing member is maintained at the target temperature, wherein the target temperature switching unit switches the target temperature at a timing such that the temperature of the fixing member is equal to the second fixing temperature while a toner image in the range of formation of the coded identifier image is being fixed.
US09201346B2
A powder transport device includes a transport path having a supply port. Powder supplied through the supply port together with old powder already contained in the transport path is transported through the transport path. The powder transport device also includes a transport member, which is rotatably disposed in the transport path and includes a rotational shaft and a spiral blade disposed on the rotational shaft. The powder supplied through the supply port and the old powder are transported toward a downstream side in a powder transporting direction and mixed with each other by rotation of the transport member. The transport path includes a regulating portion regulating transportation of powder that is a mixture of the powder supplied through the supply port and the old powder toward the downstream side. The transport member includes an accumulation portion that opposes the regulating portion and causes the powder to accumulate.
US09201345B2
An image-forming apparatus and toner container installation structure used in the image-forming apparatus, includes: a toner container with a toner container body, being attached to a fitting section in a body of the image-forming apparatus in a detachable manner. There is a latent image-bearing member, a developing unit, for developing the latent image with a toner supplied from the toner container body; an ID chip provided in the toner container, having a plurality of through-hole electrodes; and a substrate provided in the fitting section, having a plurality of pin electrodes. The pin electrodes are fitted into the through-hole electrodes when the toner container is attached to the fitting section.
US09201338B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a controller. The image forming unit forms an image on each medium with a metallic toner. The controller controls the image forming unit such that, in the formation of an image on each medium of plural media different in reflectance, the metallic toner has a toner weight according to the medium.
US09201335B2
According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods of dynamically focusing an LED print bar or printhead using piezoelectric stacks. The stack is mounted on either end of the LED bar to adjust the focus of the bar against the photoreceptor surface. The piezo level could be either controlled through active feedback of some description such as optical or electrical, or as a service or manufacturing input. With electronic control, focus adjustments can be made by the machine, and dynamically, if needed. In one embodiment, a flextensional cell structure is employed to amplify the movement of the piezo stack to move the LED bar in the order of >50 microns closer or away from the photoreceptor surface.
US09201334B2
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that bears a latent image, an electrostatic charging unit that negatively charges the electrophotographic photoreceptor uniformly with electricity, and a latent image writing unit that writes a latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor. A one-component developing unit renders the latent image visible by developing thereof. A transfer device transfers the toner image from the electrophotographic photoreceptor onto a transfer medium. The inequality C×V
US09201332B2
A charger to apply a charge to an object is provided. The charger includes an electron emitter including an electroconductive substrate; and a layer of n-type hexagonal boron nitride codoped with magnesium and oxygen atoms, which is located on the electroconductive substrate, wherein the concentration of oxygen atoms in the layer of n-type hexagonal boron nitride codoped with magnesium and oxygen atoms is higher than the concentration of magnesium atoms in the layer.
US09201318B2
The disclosure provides a flexible electrophotographic imaging member comprising a single novel polymer binder in the formulation of the imaging layers. In particular, the present embodiments provide multi-layered electrophotographic imaging members prepared by using the same polymer binder in the two contiguous imaging formation layers to improve mechanical and photoelectrical performance. The embodiments also include a process for making and using the imaging member.
US09201316B2
A cylindrical member includes aluminum, and has an average area of crystal particles of an outer circumferential surface which is smaller than an average area of crystal particles of an inner circumferential surface.
US09201311B2
A method of measuring a phase difference between two regions in an aberration function: Reference structures are produced on a substrate using illumination that minimizes effects of phase aberration. A grating is produced on the substrate using a phase-shift grating reticle to produce, in the exit pupil, a pair of diffracted non-zero orders, while forbidding other diffracted orders and produces interference fringes formed by interference between the pair. The interference contributes to a first grating on the substrate. Overlay error is measured between the grating and the reference structure using diffraction-based or image-based overlay measurements. A phase aberration function for the exit pupil of the lithographic apparatus can then be determined from the measured overlay errors.
US09201307B2
The present invention provides a novel low pH developing solution which does not contain an inorganic strong alkali component. The present invention is directed to an alkali developing solution composition for producing a lithographic printing plate, comprising: (A) an alkali agent, (B) a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below, (C) a metal salt of Group 2 elements of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and (D) a polymer comprising carboxylic acid or a salt thereof:
US09201303B2
A photoresist composition comprising: a resin which shows an increase in solubility in an aqueous alkali solution by an action of an acid; an acid generator; a plasticizer; and a solvent the amount of which is from 40 to 75% by mass of the total amount of the photoresist composition.
US09201302B2
Negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors have improved bakeability and good shelf life and can be imaged using either UV or infrared radiation. These precursors have a negative-working imageable layer that has a unique polymeric binder comprising a polymeric backbone and further comprising at least (a) and (b) pendant groups distributed in random order along the polymeric backbone. The (a) pendant groups are ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups, and the (b) pendant groups are defined by Structures (I), (II), and (III) described in the disclosure.
US09201295B2
An optical light engine (100) includes one or more light-emitting diode (LED) panels (101, 102, 103) that are combined into a common path and directly imaged onto panel device to provide a source of light to a microdisplay panel (109). Preferably, the LED panel (101, 102, 103) is shaped such that the aspect ratio of light propagating the LED panel is substantially equal to the light received at the microdisplay panel (109). An aspect ratio of 4:3 or 16:9 is typically selected in view of the sizes of the LED panels used in the light engine.
US09201283B2
A display panel is provided that includes a plurality of pixel units, each having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and comprising an electrophoretic gel part with a shape tapered in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, wherein a top surface of the electrophoretic gel part forms the first surface and electrophoretic particles are provided in the electrophoretic gel part; a light guiding part with a shape tapered in a direction from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the light guiding part and the electrophoretic glue part match in shape and abut with each other, and a bottom surface of the light guiding part forms at least a portion of the second surface; and a light-emitting device provided on the bottom surface of the light guiding part and operable to emit light toward the first surface.
US09201279B2
A display device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a display medium layer. A displaying region, a first bonding region, and a second bonding region are defined in the upper substrate. The first and second boding regions are positioned at two sides of the displaying region. First upper bonding pads and second upper bonding pads are disposed in the first boding region and the second boding region respectively on the bottom surface of the upper substrate. Each first upper boding pad and each second upper boding pad connect with a corresponding odd strip-shaped electrode and a corresponding even strip-shaped electrode in the displaying region respectively. First and second lower bonding pads are disposed on the top surface of the lower substrate, each of which is electrically connected to one corresponding first upper bonding pads or one corresponding second upper bonding pads.
US09201278B2
The embodiments of the present invention disclose an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate comprises a substrate and a first transparent conductive layer, an insulating layer and a second transparent conductive layer sequentially formed on the substrate, wherein the second transparent conductive layer has a plurality of slit structures, the first transparent conductive layer has a plurality of protrusions corresponding to the plurality of slit structures, and a height of the plurality of protrusions is smaller than a distance between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.
US09201268B2
A liquid-crystal-lens type light-modulating apparatus and a liquid crystal display having the same are disclosed. The liquid-crystal-lens type light-modulating apparatus comprises: a first light-transmissive substrate, with a first electrode layer and a first alignment layer being provided sequentially on an upper surface thereof; a second light-transmissive substrate located over the first substrate, with a second electrode layer and a second alignment layer being provided sequentially on a lower surface thereof; and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second alignment layers, wherein at least one from the first and second electrode layers is formed as a patterned electrode, and the patterned electrode comprises: a plurality of electrode light-transmissive regions and a plurality of light-shielding regions, arranged at an interval therebetween; and the liquid-crystal-lens type light-modulating apparatus further comprises a shielding sheet provided above the second substrate, and the shielding sheet comprises: a plurality of shielding sheet light-transmissive regions and a plurality of shielding sheet light-shielding regions, arranged at an interval therebetween; and each of the shielding sheet light-shielding regions is located over one of the electrode regions in the patterned electrode, and has an area less than the area of an electrode region corresponding to it.
US09201261B2
A liquid crystal display device having a touch sensor embedded therein is disclosed. The present invention includes a liquid crystal layer between first and second substrates, a pixel on the second substrate to apply a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a touch sensor on the second substrate, the touch sensor detecting a touch by forming a touch capacitor with a touch object for touching the first substrate, and a readout line outputting a sensing signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a sensing electrode on the second substrate to form the sensing capacitor with the touch object, first and second sensor gate lines, a first sensor thin film transistor supplying a sensing driving voltage to the sensing electrode in response to a control of the first sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor supplying electric charges of the sensing electrode as the sensing signal in response to a control of the second sensor gate line.
US09201256B2
A three-dimensional display and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The three-dimensional display includes a display panel, a liquid crystal layer, an aligning layer and an adhesive layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed on a side of the display panel. The aligning layer formed from a curable resin is disposed on a side of the liquid crystal layer opposite to the display panel and comprises a plurality of first aligning regions and a plurality of second aligning regions. The adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the display panel and the liquid crystal layer are adhered by the adhesive layer. Wherein the pencil hardness of the aligning layer is in the range of 1B to 4H, and the adhesion of the adhesive layer is in the range of 50 gf/25 mm to 1500 gf/25 mm.
US09201255B2
Apparatus including a first liquid crystal layer configured to receive at least a portion of an image and to provide the portion of the image across an angular viewing range; first substantially transparent electrodes positioned adjacent the first liquid crystal layer, the first electrodes being configured to have at least a first configuration in which a first subset of the electrodes provide electric fields across the first liquid crystal layer to form first transparent regions and first opaque regions in the first liquid crystal layer to provide a first angular viewing range, and a second configuration in which a second subset of the electrodes provide electric fields across the first liquid crystal layer to form second different transparent regions and second different opaque regions in the first liquid crystal layer to provide a second angular viewing range, having a different angular viewing range to the first angular viewing range.
US09201251B2
The assembly for attaching a side shield to an eyewear temple includes a temple having an outer side and an inner side. A locking member is connected to the inner side of the temple. A side shield, having a complementary locking member to the locking member on the inner side of the temple is removably connected thereto. The side shield is attached to the inner side of the temple to avoid obstruction or distortion of the outer ornamental side of the eyewear temple by the side shield while still providing superior eyewear protection.
US09201247B2
Disclosed is an image display apparatus, including a display device displaying right-eye images and left-eye images. A light-modulating device attached to the display device; and a temperature sensor monitoring the light-modulating device temperature. The light-modulating device deflects the right-eye and left-eye images to an observer's right and left eyes respectively without a temperature variation in the temperature sensor.
US09201242B2
Disclosed herein is an optical position adjustment method of a head mounted display, the head mounted display including (a) an eyeglass type frame worn on the head of a viewer, and (b) two image display devices for the right and left eyes attached to the frame, and each of the image display devices including (A) an image forming device, and (B) an optical device adapted to receive, guide and emit light emitted from the image forming device, wherein the optical position adjustment method includes the step of: controlling an image signal that is supplied to the image forming device making up at least one of the image display devices so as to control the position of the image displayed on the optical device making up at least one of the image display devices and adjust the mutual positions of the two images.
US09201236B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of electromechanical systems (EMS) devices disposed on a first surface defined by a face of a substrate. Each EMS device includes a component which is movable in a plane that is substantially parallel to the first surface. The apparatus also includes a second surface positioned proximate to the substrate such that the plurality of EMS devices are located between the first surface and the second surface. In addition, each EMS device includes at least one anti-stiction projection positioned between the movable component and the second surface.
US09201232B2
An autofocus apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a light source; a splitter; a fiber optic circulator; an optical collimator; a balance detector; and a microprocessor. The fiber optic circulator couples one of the split light signals at a first port, to the optical collimator at a second port, and to the balance detector at the third port. The optical collimator directs the light beam from the fiber optic circulator onto a sample through a Dichroic mirror and a microscope objective. The balance detector uses another one of the split light signals as an input, and converts a light signal, reflected off of a substrate the sample is placed on, into an analog voltage signal. The microprocessor processes the output of the balance detector and position feedbacks from an adjustable microscopy stage to generate a command for moving the position of the adjustable microscopy stage to achieve a desired focus.
US09201230B2
Systems and methods for facilitating focusing of an image scanner, such as a confocal microscope, are disclosed. Measurement of optical characteristics in certain areas of a test sample are compared to stored or baseline optical characteristic profiles to determine an appropriate correction to properly focus the scanner. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining a dynamic profile at a current detection region of a test sample and associating the dynamic profile to a profile selected from a set of stored baseline profiles. Each of the stored baseline profiles is associated with a correction.
US09201227B2
The optical system includes: a first optical group which performs a zoom function using a first movable lens, a second optical group which performs a focus function using a second movable lens, and a third optical group which performs a wide angle function by reflecting light passing through the first optical group and the second optical group, wherein a first intermediate image is formed between the first optical group and the second optical group.
US09201222B2
An imaging system includes n or more photographing optical system having an imaging optical system having a full angle of view A (degree) larger than 360/n where n is a natural number of 2 or more and a two-dimensional imaging element configured to convert light condensed by the imaging optical system into an image signal, wherein in the imaging optical system of each of the imaging optical systems, a magnification per unit angle of view monotonically increases from 0 to 360/n-degree angle of view, and an increase rate of the magnification monotonically decreases to the full angle of view A (degree) after the 360/n-degree angle of view.
US09201220B1
An all-refractive optical system that images a scene at two different fields of view or FOVs, with switching between FOVs enabled by switchable lens elements is disclosed. The two fields of view vary in focal length by a factor of three. The wide FOV images broad-band Short Wave InfraRed SWIR radiation at an f/number of 1.7, while the narrow FOV images narrow-band illuminated SWIR at f/4.9. A voltage change across the switchable lens elements generates an optical power change between finite focus and infinite focus. Situated among static optical elements, the switching elements enable FOV changes with no mechanical movement. The given f/numbers at each FOV are a result of a fixed aperture in the system. The smaller throughput in the narrow FOV mode is augmented by narrow-band illumination of the scene to maintain equivalent sensor response between the two FOVs.
US09201219B2
A close-distance correcting lens system includes a positive first lens group and a negative second lens group, wherein traveling distances of the first lens group and the second lens group toward the object side differ from each other when carrying out a focusing operation on an object at infinity to an object at a close distance. The first lens group includes a positive first sub lens group, a negative second sub lens group, a diaphragm, and a positive third sub lens group, in that order from the object side. The second sub lens group includes an image-stabilizing lens group which is arranged to move in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis to change an imaging position of the object image to thereby correct any image shake of the object image.
US09201215B2
An optical image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point formed on at least one surface thereof. Both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth and fifth lens elements are aspheric. The optical image capturing lens assembly has a total of five lens elements with refractive power.
US09201200B2
An optical assembly comprising: (a) a crystalline substrate having a top planar surface and a crystalline plane angle; (b) at least one groove defined in the top planar surface and having side walls extending from an edge of the substrate to a terminal end, the groove having a first facet at the terminal, the first facet having a first angle relative to the top planar surface, the first facet being reflective; (c) an optical conduit having an optical axis and an end face optically coupled with the first facet; (d) a waveguide; and (e) a diffractive optical element (DOE) disposed above the first facet and configured to couple light between the waveguide and the optical conduit as reflected by the first facet.
US09201192B2
In one aspect of the invention, the bend insensitive single-mode optical fiber includes a core layer and cladding layers having an inner cladding layer, a trench cladding layer and an outer cladding layer sequentially formed surrounding the core layer from inside to outside. For the core layer, the diameter is 7-7.9 μm, and the relative refractive index difference Δ1 is between 4.6×10−3 and 6.5×10−3. For the inner cladding layer, the diameter is 16.5-20 μm, and a relative refractive index difference Δ2 is between −3×10−4 and 3×10−4. For the trench cladding layer, the diameter is 33-40 μm, and the relative refractive index difference Δ3 is between −2.9×10−3 and −7.3×10−3, changes in a gradient manner and increases gradually from outside to inside, where a relative refractive index difference Δ32 at an outermost interface is smaller than a relative refractive index difference Δ31 at an innermost interface.
US09201188B2
A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device having the same which may facilitate control of output light through a light guide plate, improve light concentration effect, and reduce moire. The backlight unit includes light sources generating light, a light guide plate guiding light through an incidence surface opposite the light sources, emitting the light through an emission surface, and having lower patterns of a prism shape formed on the lower surface of the light guide plate opposite the emission surface by inclined surfaces and sub-inclined surfaces, and at least one optical sheet stacked on the emission surface.
US09201185B2
Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to display panel backlight systems that output light with a narrower angular intensity distribution than a diffuse backlight. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a backlight system comprising a wedge-shaped light guide comprising a thin end and a thick end, the thick end of the wedge-shaped light guide comprising a linear reflector with plurality of facets, and wherein the backlight system also comprises a plurality of light sources arranged along the thin end of the wedge-shaped light guide.
US09201180B2
A color filter array and image obtaining apparatus are provided. The color filter array includes at least one unit cell having a predetermined array of pixels, and the predetermined array including the color pixels and transparent pixels. Each 2×2 array of pixels in the unit cell includes one transparent pixel and three color pixels and at least one transparent pixel is located in each row or in each column of the unit cell. The image obtaining apparatus generate an electrical image signal corresponding to sensed light that has passed through the color filter array.
US09201179B2
A method of manufacturing a blazed diffractive grating includes a first step of forming a first groove having a first surface and a second surface by moving, in the first direction at a first position in the second direction, a cutting tool having a first cutting blade and a second cutting blade to cut the object; a second step of forming a second groove by moving, in the first direction at a second position separated from the first position in the second direction by a grating pitch, the cutting tool to cut the object; and a third step of forming a blazed surface of the first groove using the first cutting blade by moving, in the first direction at a third position between the first position and the second position, the cutting tool to cut the first surface of the first groove.
US09201178B2
A planar collimator has first and second sections each intersecting at a junction between a first axis and a second axis normal to the first axis. Each of the first and second sections have geometries configured to receive light from a source point located on the first axis and collimate the light at respective positive and negative tilting angles relative to the second axis. The first and second sections direct the collimated light to respective first and second sides of a focusing mirror and away from a gap between the first and second sides of the focusing mirror.
US09201177B2
Provided is a safety confirmation mirror whereby a blind spot near a corner of a passageway can be easily seen more clearly. The safety confirmation mirror includes, as a reflective surface (2), a portion of a Fresnel mirror (3) offset to one side of the widthwise center (C1). Accordingly, when the safety confirmation mirror is installed on a wall surface of a passageway at a T-shaped, L-shaped, or cross intersection, the reflective surface 2 reflects the blind spot of a passageway in one direction that a person is going to turn, and the person can see the conditions thereof. Moreover, the reflective surface 2 does not reflect the conditions in the unnecessary direction. Accordingly, the person looking at the safety confirmation mirror (1) is not confused by the unnecessary image and can easily see the blind spot near the corner of the passageway more clearly.
US09201174B2
A method of fabricating a liquid lens array creates an array of through holes of axisymmetric cross-section through a central plate, forms conductive traces on the side walls of each of the through holes and on a portion of the top and bottom surfaces of the central plate contiguous with each through hole, and bonds the bottom surface of the central plate around each through hole to the top surface of a transparent base plate, forming an array of cavities. The method applies an insulating layer to the side walls of each cavity, portions of the top surface of the base plate lying within each cavity, and portions of the top surface of the transparent central plate surrounding each cavity, introduces a polar liquid and a non-polar liquid into each cavity; and bonds the top surface of the central plate to the bottom surface of a transparent top plate.
US09201160B2
Systems, methods and devices for evaluating an earth formation intersected by a borehole. The method includes using a first radiation responsive component to detect gamma rays having an energy below a threshold energy; using a second radiation responsive component configured to detect gamma rays that traverse the first radiation responsive component; generating a reduced-Compton gamma ray spectrum by generating an anticoincidence gamma ray spectrum indicative of the gamma rays detected by the first radiation responsive component and the gamma rays detected by the second radiation responsive component. The anticoincidence gamma ray spectrum represents those gamma rays of the gamma rays detected by the second radiation responsive component that are not detected in coincidence with the gamma rays detected by the first radiation responsive component.
US09201155B2
Sensors, systems and methods for downhole electromagnetic field measurement, including a downhole micro-opto-electro-mechanical system (MOEMS) electromagnetic field sensor that includes a first surface that is at least partially reflective, a second surface that is at least partially reflective and suspended by one or more flexible members to define an optical cavity having a variable distance between the first and second surfaces, a first conductive layer attached to the first surface, and a second conductive layer attached to the second surface. The first and second conductive layers have an electrical potential proportional to an electromagnetic field within a formation surrounding the sensor. The electrical potential produces an electric field that displaces the second surface to alter the variable distance and cause a spectrum variation in light exiting the sensor.
US09201154B2
Computing device, computer instructions and method for denoising marine seismic data recorded with first and second seismic sensors. The method includes receiving first seismic data recorded with the first sensor in a time-space domain; receiving second seismic data recorded with the second sensor in the time-space domain, calculating with a processor models of the first and second seismic data in a transform domain that is different from the time-space domain; calculating in the transform domain an energy related to a down-going energy based on the models of the first and second seismic data; determining a noise in the transform domain corresponding to the second seismic data based on the calculated energy; reverse transforming the noise from the transform domain into the time-space domain; and denoising the second seismic data by subtracting the noise in the time-space domain from the second seismic data.
US09201151B2
A method of determining directionality of radiation is disclosed which comprises dividing the tensioned metastable fluid liquid volume adjacent to a radioactive source into a plurality of sectors, determining the opposing sector ratio of the respective sector and determining the direction of the radiation based on the opposing sector ratios of the plurality of sectors. The method further comprising determining directionality of incoming radiation from the tension pressure assisted elongation of bubble shapes pointing towards direction of radiation particles that interacted with nuclei of tensioned metastable fluid detector system. A device capable of carrying out these methods is also disclosed.
US09201147B2
Methods and apparatus for processing of GNSS data derived from multi-frequency code and carrier observations are presented which make available correction data for use by a rover located within the region, the correction data comprising: the ionospheric delay over the region, the tropospheric delay over the region, the phase-leveled geometric correction per satellite, and the at least one code bias per satellite. In some embodiments the correction data includes an ionospheric phase bias per satellite. Methods and apparatus for determining a precise position of a rover located within a region are presented in which a GNSS receiver is operated to obtain multi-frequency code and carrier observations and correction data, to create rover corrections from the correction data, and to determine a precise rover position using the rover observations and the rover corrections. The correction data comprises at least one code bias per satellite, a fixed-nature MW bias per satellite and/or values from which a fixed-nature MW bias per satellite is derivable, and an ionospheric delay per satellite for each of multiple regional network stations and/or non-ionospheric corrections. Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding the correction messages containing correction data are also presented, in which network messages include network elements related to substantially all stations of the network and cluster messages include cluster elements related to subsets of the network.
US09201126B2
A current sensor includes a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor which are configured to detect an induced magnetic field from target current to be measured flowing through a current line. The first and second magnetic sensors each include a magnetoresistive element that includes a free magnetic layer and a hard bias layer applying a bias magnetic field to the free magnetic layer. The bias magnetic field in the magnetoresistive element of the first magnetic sensor is oriented opposite to the bias magnetic field in the magnetoresistive element of the second magnetic sensor.
US09201121B2
One embodiment of the invention includes a battery sense system. The system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a battery and a memory configured to store predetermined data associated with steady-state and transient behaviors of the battery relative to a depth of discharge (DOD) of the battery. The system also includes a controller configured to measure a voltage of the battery and to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the voltage, the predetermined data, and the temperature.
US09201117B2
An IO structure, method, and apparatus are disclosed for using an IEEE™ 1149.1 boundary scan latch to reroute a functional path. The method for a chip using IEEE™ 1149.1 boundary scan latches may include using the IEEE™ 1149.1 boundary scan latches for testing IO on the chip in a test mode. The method may also include using information stored in the IEEE™ 1149.1 boundary scan latches to route signals around a failing path in a functional mode.
US09201106B1
A self-shielding capacitive sensor array may include a first plurality of sensor elements and a second plurality of sensor elements, where each of the second plurality of sensor elements intersects each of the first plurality of sensor elements, such that each of the first plurality of sensor elements may be capacitively coupled with each of the second plurality of sensor elements. The first plurality of sensor elements may be configured to shield each of the second plurality of sensor elements from a noise source.
US09201098B2
A high frequency probe card includes at least one substrate having at least one first opening, an interposing plate disposed on the at least one substrate and having at least one second opening corresponding to the at least one first opening, a circuit board disposed on the interposing plate and having a third opening corresponding to the at least one first and second openings, and at least one probe module including at least one ground probe and at least one high frequency signal probe passing through the corresponding substrate, the interposing plate and the third opening and being electrically connected with the circuit board. Each high frequency signal probe includes a signal probe and a first conductor corresponding to the signal probe and being electrically connected with the ground probe. An insulation layer is disposed between the first conductor and the signal probe.
US09201094B2
A wafer examination device includes a probe, a fusion section and a measurement section. The probe is made of a metal which reacts with silicon carbide to produce silicide. The fusion section fuses the probe to a silicon carbide wafer as an examined object. The measurement section measures an electrical property of the silicon carbide wafer through the fused probe.
US09201091B2
An accelerometer open loop control system comprising a variable capacitance accelerometer having a proof mass movable between fixed capacitor plates, drive signals applied to the capacitor plates, a charge amplifier amplifying an accelerometer output signal representing applied acceleration, and an autoranging facility for monitoring the output signal, and for adjusting the drive signals in dependence on the output signal in order to restrict the amplitude of the accelerometer output signal, thus maintaining sensitivity of the accelerometer while permitting response to a wide range of g values. Corrections are applied by means of look up tables to compensate for inaccuracies arising from movement of the proof mass and temperature variations.
US09201087B2
Device for measuring speed of oblong products moving along feed direction and emitting radiations, in particular rolled metal products in rolling line, including two radiation sensors, disposed reciprocally at close distance respectively defining an optical observation window, at pre-arranged distance from each other. Each window covers the image of an advancing product determinate portion equal to relative window width, irrespective of portion's movements transverse to feed direction. Sensors observe the presented product portion, on each occasion, in correspondence with associated windows consecutively along feed direction, and measure continuously intensity of radiation from the product portion in correspondence with the windows. Electronic processing unit determines, by processing electric signals associated with detected radiation intensity and arriving from sensors, using algorithms based on the correlation principle, time taken by the product portion to transit from first window to second, successive window, and then, based on distance between windows, calculates product speed.
US09201081B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of biomarkers. In particular, the present invention relates to biomarkers such as PC-O 44:6 that can be used, for example for detecting and/or quantifying visceral adiposity and/or changes in visceral adiposity. This biomarker may also be used to diagnosing the effect of a change in lifestyle on visceral adiposity in a subject.
US09201080B2
The present invention inter alia provides a method, and use thereof, of predicting severe CVD complications such as AMI or CVD death by detecting the lipid concentrations or lipid ratios of a biological sample and comparing it to a control and has identified specific lipid markers that are more specific and sensitive in predicting these CVD complications than currently utilized clinical markers. Also provided is an antibodies towards said lipids, and the use thereof for predicting, diagnosing, preventing and/or treating CVD complications. The invention additionally relates to kits comprising lipids and/or an antibody thereto, for use in the prediction and/or diagnosis of CVD complications.
US09201078B2
The invention relates to low wash Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) immunoassays using an ELISA sandwich assay having limited or no wash step between the antigen capture, detection antibody addition and substrate introduction steps. This invention exhibits low cross reactivity with biologically similar interfering cross reacting species, such as Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Chorionic Gonadotropin (CG).
US09201074B2
Provided is a monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that binds to c-Met. Such antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, are useful in in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro immunochemical and other imaging methods for detecting cell surface c-Met receptor levels for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive purposes, and for optimizing therapeutic regimens in patients harboring tumors in which c-Met is implicated in pathogenesis.
US09201066B2
The present invention relates to processes for the rapid detection, semi-quantification and quantification of live microorganisms in solutions or suspensions using immunomagnetic particles, without requiring pre-enrichment through culture of the microorganism. The invention also relates to kits for carrying out said processes and to the quantification of the microorganisms detected by means of automated biosensor equipment.
US09201065B2
The invention relates to agglutination assays and related kits, reagents and devices. In particular methods of assaying small analytes having few epitopes are disclosed, by means of using hub moieties to which multiple analytes may be bound by a first epitope, together with a further moiety capable of binding a second analyte epitope and which is also capable of binding to a detectable particle. Stable agglutinated complexes may be so formed, which may used as the basis for various assay formats.
US09201064B2
Using NMR/MS based metabonomics and targeted lipidomics approaches the inventors have explored the metabolic phenotypes of aging and longevity in a cohort including centenarians, elderly and young adults. The inventors have identified biomarkers for a reduced risk of developing ageing related chronic inflammatory disorders and propose an in vitro method of diagnosing a lifestyle that allows delaying and/or avoiding ageing related chronic inflammatory disorders using phenylacetylglutamine (PAG) as biomarker.
US09201061B2
Provided is a method of decreasing the stability of HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) in a cell or individual comprising administering an effective amount of an expression or activity inhibitor of KRT19 (cytokeratin 19) to the cell or individual.
US09201058B2
An apparatus and method for sensing time varying ionic current in an electrolytic system having a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber separated by a barrier structure is provided, wherein the barrier structure includes thick walls and a substrate having an orifice therein, with the first and second fluid chambers being in communication via the orifice. A potential is applied between electrodes in respective first and second fluid chambers, thus driving an electrical current between them and through the orifice. Total capacitance of the system is less than 10 pF. Analytes are added to one of the first and second fluid chambers and time varying ionic current that passes across the orifice is measured. An amplifier proximal to the barrier structure and electrodes amplifies the ionic current signal.
US09201056B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for measuring a property of a material such as the moisture content of cotton fiber. An embodiment is specifically adapted for determining an absolute value of the moisture content of the cotton fiber while being conveyed through ducts such as the ducts of the ginning machine. The embodiment combines large area capacitor plates with light detectors.
US09201055B2
In a state determination method for determining the state of degradation of lubricating oil in a speed reducer and the state of breakage of the speed reducer, white light emitted by a white LED is transmitted through the lubricating oil, causing an RGB sensor to detect the color of the light transmitted through the lubricating oil by the white LED. The brightness of the color detected by the RGB sensor is calculated. A color component maximum difference that is the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value among the R value, G value, and B value of the color detected by the RGB sensor is calculated. The states on the basis of the calculated brightness and the calculated color component maximum difference are determined.
US09201046B2
A system and method for measuring various weld characteristics is presented. The system and method can comprise a means to measure penetration depth of butt welds in thin plates, for example, using laser generated ultrasounds. Superimposed line sources (SLS) can be used to generate narrowband ultrasounds. A signal processing procedure that combines wavenumber-frequency (k-ω) domain filtering and synthetic phase tuning (SPT) is used to reduce the complexity of Lamb wave signals. The reflection coefficients for different wavelengths corresponding to each wave mode can be calculated. Regression analysis that can include stepwise regression and corrected Akaike's information criterion (AIC) can be performed to build prediction models that use the reflection coefficients as predictors.
US09201036B2
Methods and systems for monitoring fluid levels and electrolyte levels used in a dialysis machine. A receptacle, configured to receive a container, comprises a plurality of curved side panels and a base to form a cylindrical shaped cavity for receiving a container. Each panel includes a conductive material on its inner surface and, optionally, a shielding on its outer surface. An electronics component housed within, or near, the receptacle drives the capacitive process and interprets generated data to determine fluid levels and compositions. An alternate receptacle includes one or two coils wrapped about the container and uses induction to determine fluid level.
US09201034B2
Methods and devices for determining sensing device usability, e.g., for self-monitoring and point of care devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of determining device usability, comprising the steps of providing a device comprising a first electrical pad; a second electrical pad; and a humidity-responsive polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the humidity-responsive polymer layer; and determining whether the measured electrical property associated with the humidity-responsive polymer layer has exceeded a humidity threshold level associated with the device usability.
US09201033B2
A water-concentration detection device is configured to detect a water concentration of insulating gas filled in a gas-insulated device. The water-concentration detection device includes: a gas chamber in which the insulating gas introduced from the gas-insulated device is enclosed; electrodes that are porous and are arranged to face each other within the gas chamber; a solid electrolyte membrane that is hydrogen-ion conductive and is held between and fixedly attached to the electrodes; an impedance measurement unit that measures an alternating-current impedance between the electrodes by applying an alternating-current voltage to the electrodes; a water-concentration detection unit that detects the water concentration of the insulating gas based on the alternating-current impedance measured by the impedance measurement unit; and a drying unit that removes water from an atmosphere in the gas chamber before the insulating gas is introduced into the gas chamber from the gas-insulated device.
US09201028B2
An X-ray backscatter imaging system uses frequency modulated X-rays to determine depth of features within a target. An X-ray source generates X-ray radiation modulated by a frequency-modulated bias current. The X-ray radiation impinges upon and is backscattered from multiple depths within the target. A scintillating material receives the backscattered X-rays and generates corresponding photons. A photodetector, having gain modulated by the frequency modulation signal from the local oscillator, receives the photons from the scintillating material and generates an analog output signal containing phase delay information indicative of the distance travelled by the X-rays backscattered from multiple depths within the target. The analog output signal is sampled by an analog-to-digital converter to create a digital output signal. A computer processor performs a discrete Fourier transform on the digital output signal to provide target depth information based on the phase delay information.
US09201024B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an image combining unit configured to sequentially combine divided and transmitted images, a mode selection unit configured to select one of a speed priority mode and a resolution priority mode, and a control unit configured to, if image enlargement is instructed before all the images are received, perform control to change a combining method used for the image combining unit depending on the mode selected by the mode selection unit.
US09201022B2
In one embodiment, a method for extracting systematic defects is provided. The method includes inspecting a wafer outside a process window to obtain inspection data, defining a defect pattern from the inspection data, filtering defects from design data using a pattern search for the defined defect pattern within the design data, inspecting defects inside the process window with greater sensitivity than outside the process window, and determining systematic defects inside the process window. A computer readable storage medium, and a system for extracting systematic defects are also provided.
US09201020B2
A specimen viewing device includes an enclosure, a specimen mounting system arranged on the enclosure for receiving the specimen and holding the specimen relative to the enclosure, and a background color control system arranged on the enclosure and configured for controlling a background color of the enclosure. A method of viewing a specimen is also provided.
US09201014B2
A compound of structural formula (I): The values and alternative values are as defined herein. The invention also includes biosensors comprising nanoparticles functionalized with a compound of structural formula (I). Also described is a method for labeling a biomolecule using a compound of structural formula (I) and a method of detecting a target biomolecule using a compound of structural formula (I) or a biosensor of the invention.
US09201013B2
Metal nanoparticles associated with a spectroscopy-active (e.g., Raman-active) analyte and surrounded by an encapsulant are useful as sensitive optical tags detectable by surface-enhanced spectroscopy (e.g., surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy).
US09201006B2
Apparatus for inspecting an article comprising: a controller configured to generate a drive signal having a periodic amplitude variation; a source, the source being operable by the controller to emit a source beam thereby to irradiate an article, the source beam comprising a beam of electromagnetic radiation having a periodic amplitude variation corresponding to that of the drive signal; and a detector, the detector being configured to detect a portion of the source beam that has been transmitted through at least a portion of the article, and to generate a detector signal having an amplitude variation corresponding to the amplitude variation of said portion of the source beam, the controller being further configured to generate a difference value corresponding to a difference between the amplitude of the detector signal and the amplitude of a reference signal.
US09201005B2
Flow cytometer systems are provided having intermediate angle scatter detection capability. In some aspects, systems are provided that include an intermediate angle scatter (IAS) light detector positioned to measure intermediate angle scatter emitted from a flow cytometer. The system further includes a mask disposed across a portion of the IAS light detector and positioned between the flow cell and the IAS light detector to cover at least a central portion of the IAS light detector so as to block a diffraction pattern observed at the detector. In some instances, the diffraction pattern is created by a flat beam profile irradiating the sample. Methods are also provided for configuring a flow cytometer to block a diffraction pattern created by (1) a flat laser beam profile irradiating a flow cytometer liquid sample, or (2) a mismatched index of refraction between a sheath fluid and a liquid sample in a flow cytometer.
US09200995B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring accumulation of dirt on an air filter of a ventilation system including the filter and a fan controlled by a frequency converter. An initial value for an operating parameter is determined. A present operating point is determined based on a characteristic curves, and the mechanical power and rotational speed of the fan. A present value for the operating parameter is determined based on the present operating point, and accumulation of dirt is determined on the air filter based on the initial and present values of the operating parameter.
US09200989B2
A method for three-dimensional microdissection for separating defined structures in the sub-millimeter range by cold laser ablation or multi-photon absorption, whereby exposure of the structures to be separated is performed using directional information in all spatial directions. Also, a 3D microdissection system for separating defined, three-dimensional structures from a sample, having: a control unit (5); an ablation chamber (1) with a sample holder, on which the sample to be processed is mounted and which is movable along a linear axis V and rotatable about a rotary axis R. The sample holder has positioning devices connected to the control unit. The positioning devices move the sample holder along another linear axis H and rotate it about rotary axis R, and a laser device (6) is introduced into the ablation chamber at least partially through a laser window (3) in the ablation chamber. The ablation chamber is connected to the control unit and has an adjustable optic, such that the laser beam is focused near the sample.
US09200980B2
A method for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, including: generating an analog electric measurement signal (SEA) dependent on mechanical vibrations emanating from rotation of the shaft; sampling the analog measurement signal at a sampling frequency (fS) so as to generate a digital measurement data signal (SMD) response to the received analog measurement data; performing a decimation of the digital measurement data signal (SMD) so as to achieve a digital signal (SRED) having a reduced sampling frequency (fSR1, fSR2); wherein the decimation includes the step of controlling the reduced sampling frequency (fSR1, fSR2) such that the number of sample values per revolution of the shaft (8) is kept at a substantially constant value; and performing a condition analysis function (F1, F2, Fn) for analyzing the condition of the machine dependent on the digital signal (SRED) having a reduced sampling frequency (fSR1, fSR2).
US09200978B2
Methods, systems, and devices for establishing a wear state of a cutting nozzle of a laser processing machine. An actual state of the cutting nozzle shape is established by a three-dimensional evaluation performed by a nozzle shape sensor and an associated controller. The established actual state of the cutting nozzle shape is compared to a desired state of the cutting nozzle shape, and the wear state of the cutting nozzle is established based on a result of the comparison.
US09200976B2
A wheel servicing machine such as a wheel balancer includes an acoustic transducer configured to measure energy of one or more reflected acoustic waves after the waves have bounced off a material boundary surface such as a wheel assembly. In some embodiments, a return energy index signal representative of the measured energy is generated by a transducer and is further processed by a processor to control operations of the machine. The acoustic transducer also measures distance between the transducer and the wheel assembly surface in some embodiments. One or more values in a sample queue of acquired distance data may be flagged, or indexed, based on variation in the magnitude of the return energy signal. Methods of measuring wheel width using sonar measurement of both distance and reflected energy are also provided.
US09200973B2
A semiconductor package having an air pressure sensor and methods to form a semiconductor package having an air pressure sensor are described. For example, a semiconductor package includes a plurality of build-up layers. A cavity is disposed in one or more of the build-up layers. An air pressure sensor is disposed in the plurality of build-up layers and includes the cavity and an electrode disposed above the cavity. Also described are various approaches to fabricating a semiconductor package having a hermetically sealed region.
US09200951B2
A device includes an image sensor and a circuit for controlling the sensor. The control circuit is configured control the device in a first operating mode and second operating mode. In the first operating mode images acquired by the sensor are output. In the second operating mode, no images are provided, but a selected subassembly of pixels of the image sensor are read and image data therefrom is processed to provide an ambient luminosity value.
US09200948B2
A tomographic scanning apparatus for scanning an object under test and retrieving projection-related data of the object with a light/radiation source and a detector operating in conjunction therewith includes an object carrier, a light/radiation source carrier, a detector carrier, a control module, a processing module, and a rail system (or rotating arm). The object carrier is disposed at a center of the rail system or a center of rotating tracks of the rotating arm. The light/radiation source carrier and the detector carrier move along a rail of the rail system or along the rotating tracks of the rotating arm. The carriers have a rotating mechanism, moving mechanism, and/or height adjusting mechanism for performing rotation, horizontal movement, and/or height adjustment. Accordingly, the tomographic scanning apparatus operates in various ways to suit various applications, respectively.
US09200947B2
Systems and methods which use penetrating radiation to obtain novel type of information about objects of interest. This information may be represented as novel type of image. In the present embodiments, penetrating radiation is directed through the object of interest. The attenuated radiation emerging from the object of interest is detected by at least one detector. A plurality of measurements is collected. At least one statistical parameter describing variations of the measurements may be calculated and used for reconstructing an image representing fluctuations of the attenuation of the penetrating radiation in the object of study. At least one other statistical parameter representing the mean attenuation image, the error of the fluctuation image, or the error of the mean attenuation image may also be calculated and used to reconstruct images of the object of interest.
US09200943B2
An acoustic sensing system for a motor vehicle includes a strain gauge mounted at a motor vehicle surface, and a sensing circuit operatively coupled to the strain gauge. The sensing circuit is configured and disposed to detect acoustic responses in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle through the strain gauge.
US09200942B2
A liquid consumption device includes a replaceable liquid container, a sensor, a fault finding section, an estimation section and a determination section. The sensor detects whether or not liquid has reached a predetermined amount. The fault finding section finds whether there is a fault in the sensor. The estimation section calculates an estimated value of a consumption amount of the liquid. The determination section carries out determination based on the estimated value of the liquid container and a threshold value which is specified based on threshold value information when a fault in the sensor has been found. The determination section carries out the determination based on the sensor when a fault in the sensor has not been found and to calculate the threshold value information based on the estimation value when the sensor detects that the liquid has reached the predetermined amount.
US09200940B2
A fuel consumption display apparatus for a crane includes: standby state determining means for determining whether or not a crane is in a standby state; fuel consumption detecting means for detecting fuel consumption of the crane; standby accumulated fuel consumption calculating means for calculating standby accumulated fuel consumption by accumulating the fuel consumption after the standby state determining means determines the crane to be in the standby state: the standby duration calculating means for calculating standby duration by measuring a time period after the standby state determining means determines the crane to be in the standby state; and a monitor for displaying the standby accumulated fuel consumption and the standby duration. An operator of the crane can therefore recognize how much fuel is wasted, thus facilitating an operation for reducing fuel consumption.
US09200937B2
A sensor assembly (200) for a vibrating meter (50) is provided. The sensor assembly (200) includes one or more conduits (103A, 103B). The sensor assembly (200) also includes one or more sensor components including one or more of a driver (104), a first pick-off sensor (105), and a second pick-off sensor (105′) coupled to the one or more conduits (103A, 103B). A flexible circuit (201) can be provided that includes a body (202) and one or more sensor component flexures (210-212′). The one or more sensor component flexures can extend from the body (202) and be coupled to a sensor component (104, 105, 105′) of the one or more sensor components.
US09200936B2
A control and measurement system for a coriolis flowmeter having a flowtube, a driver adapted to vibrate the flowtube, and a pair of sensors adapted to generate signals indicative of movement of the flowtube when it is being vibrated by the driver, wherein the sensors are positioned relative to one another so the signals from the sensors are indicative of a mass flow rate of fluid through the flowtube. A digital drive signal generator is adapted to generate a variable digital drive signal for controlling operation of the driver. The digital drive signal generator can be adapted to cause the driver to resist motion of the flowtube during a first time period and amplify motion of the flowtube during a second time period. The digital drive signal generator can also be adapted to initiate motion of the flowtube by sending one or more square wave signals to the driver.
US09200932B2
A system for measuring flow of process fluid through process piping, includes a flow restriction in the process piping generating a differential pressure between an upstream side of the restriction and a downstream side of the restriction. The differential pressure is related to flow of the process fluid. First and second upstream pressure transmitters are coupled to the process piping on the upstream side of the flow restriction and measure respective first and second upstream pressures. First and second downstream pressure transmitters are coupled to the process piping on the downstream side of the flow restriction and measure respective first and second downstream pressure of the process fluid. Flow rate of the process fluid is calculated based upon at least one upstream pressure and one downstream pressure. Further, degradation in at least one of the pressure transmitters is identified based upon at least two pressure measurements.
US09200926B1
To provide a displacement detecting device capable of achieving an improvement in a measurement range without being restricted by an origin mark or an origin signal. A displacement detecting device 1 includes a scale 2, scale marks, a displacement detecting section 9, a displacement calculation section 4, a movement detecting section 10, a movement amount calculation section 5, a comparison/calculation section 6, and an absolute position calculation section 7. The comparison/calculation section 6 differentiates, when the displacement detecting section 9 or scale 2 moves in a track direction Y1, a displacement amount calculated by the displacement calculation section 4, thereby calculating a second-order differential amount in the track direction Y1. The absolute position calculation section 7 calculates an absolute position in a measurement direction X1 with respect to the scale 2, based on the second-order differential amount calculated by the comparison/calculation section 6, and outputs the absolute position.
US09200919B2
Methods, systems and apparatus are described to selectively obtain map image data according to virtual camera velocity. Embodiments may display a map view of a map using a virtual camera. Some embodiments may detect a velocity of the virtual camera. Embodiments may then determine map image data for the map view of the map according to the velocity of the virtual camera and obtain the determined map image data. In at least some embodiments, a level-of-detail may be specified for map image data according to the velocity. Map image data may be obtained corresponding to this level-of-detail from a map service or from accessing local storage.
US09200918B2
Apparatuses and methods relating to navigation and calendar integration are described. In one implementation, confidence ratings are calculated for one or more destinations. Each destination has an associated confidence rating and confidence ratings are based on a match between the current time and time data for each destination. A destination is selected based on confidence rating and displayed. A calendar event is created based upon the selected destination.
US09200917B2
A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle, including a route detecting unit configured to detect a route to a destination, a travel load calculating unit configured to calculate travel load information of the route, and a travel plan calculating unit configured to calculate a travel plan including a drive mode of each section of the route based on the route and the travel load information of the route, wherein the travel load calculating unit changes a level of detail of the section which is used for calculating the travel load information according to a distance from a present location to the destination.
US09200908B2
In a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle having an offboard data memory, spatially separated from the motor vehicle, having data packets of visual map information, divided by region, as well as a display arranged in the motor vehicle, a selection of data packets provided for transmission to the motor vehicle and/or their sequence occur as a function of the resolution of the display, the location of the motor vehicle, an assumed route of the motor vehicle and/or the bandwidth of a communication connection provided for the transmission, the selected data packets being transmitted to the motor vehicle (e.g., in the selected sequence), and visual map information from data packets transmitted to the motor vehicle being represented by the display.
US09200907B2
A method for determining whether a vehicle was washed at a carwash includes recording navigation data for a vehicle. The method further includes identifying whether the vehicle was located at a carwash based on the recorded navigation data, identifying at least one indication that the vehicle was washed while located at the carwash, and determining that the vehicle was washed at the carwash if the vehicle was located at the carwash and at least one indication is identified that the vehicle was washed while located at the carwash.
US09200905B2
A system for handling errors in map data Dmap. Information I related to map data Dmap is determined by a determination unit. An identification unit then identifies at least one error in the map data Dmap on the basis of the information I determined. Thereafter a storage unit stores data D related to the at least one error identified in map data Dmap. A data providing unit can then at least partly disregard the map data Dmap including the error, when supplying map data Dmap, so that the stored data D may instead be used in decision making. The risk of decisions being based on erroneous map data Dmap may thus be minimized.
US09200903B1
A method or apparatus to provide a map display is disclosed.
US09200886B2
A method and a corresponding system for optical coherence tomography acquires a first image in a region of a first plane of an object by optical coherence tomography equipment, and the first image is displayed on a display device. To facilitate a reliable and time-saving examination with straightforward handling, a second plane of the object is selected on the basis of the first image that is displayed on the display device, wherein the second plane of the object is different from the first plane of the object, and a second image is acquired in the region of the selected second plane of the object by the optical coherence tomography equipment.
US09200871B2
A carrying system with a ballistic protective vest is described, and which includes a front part, and a back part, and a means for attaching the carrying system to a person's upper body; a waist belt having a lateral support; a coupling to releasably attach a carrying means to the rear side of the back part, and wherein the lateral support can be attached to the carrying means.
US09200859B2
A shooting rest includes first and second poles each having a length, and a gun rest assembly for holding the first and second poles in selected angular relationships and at selected locations along the lengths thereof. The gun rest assembly includes a swivel connecting a first rest component mounted to the first pole for reciprocal movement along the length thereof, and a second rest component mounted to the second pole for reciprocal movement along the length thereof. A first clamp assembly is carried by the first rest component and a second clamp assembly is carried by the second rest component. The first and second clamp assemblies are configured for independently locking and releasing the respective first and second rest components relative to the respective first and second poles.
US09200858B2
A gun rest includes a support assembly adapted to hook over a window sill and brace against a wall of a game blind. A universal joint on the support assembly provides a mount for a gun support to hold a long firearm. In one embodiment, the gun support includes spaced yokes to support, in a stable manner, a forestock and a stock butt enabling the hunter to look through a scope on the firearm without having to continuously grasp the firearm. In other embodiments, a single yoke, camera, spotting scope, binoculars or other device may be attached to the mount. In other embodiments, one or more of the yokes may be vertically adjustable and flexible straps may be affixed to one or more of the yokes to secure the weapon to the gun support.
US09200856B2
A bolt assembly with improved rotating locking head, comprising a rotating locking head associated with a bolt body and movable with respect to the bolt body with a combined rotary and translational motion; the rotating locking head having at least two working positions: a closed position, wherein the rotating head closes the breech of the firearm, and an open position, wherein the rotating head is at a distance from the breech; the bolt assembly has an auxiliary pusher that biases the rotating head from the open position to the closed position.
US09200852B2
An evaporator may include an outer enclosure and a wick within the outer enclosure. The wick may have an outer lateral side surface positioned adjacent to the outer enclosure and may comprise a plurality of circumferential grooves formed in the outer lateral side surface of the wick and a plurality of channels fluidly connected to the plurality of circumferential grooves. The evaporator may include an outer enclosure and an end cap bonded directly to the outer enclosure, contacting the wick, and having a thermal conductivity that is less than the thermal conductivity of the outer enclosure.
US09200850B2
A closed-loop heat equalization system includes a heat gaining device installed within a natural thermal energy storage body, and a heat releasing device having multiple flowpaths, the heat gaining and releasing devices being connected by pipeline structures to form a closed-loop flowpath for a heat exchange fluid. An outwardly expanded arc-shaped structure may be included at one or more turning locations in the pipeline structures. The pipeline structures may include an operation port and sealing plug at a top corner of the closed-loop flowpath, and an auxiliary heating/cooling device or fluid pump controlled by a sensing device and an electric energy control unit.
US09200846B2
The invention relates to a method for opening and closing a tapping opening of a metallurgical smelting vessel in particular of an electric arc furnace, in the bottom region of which a wall section having an opening is arranged, wherein a device for moving block elements in a direction (T) perpendicular to the surface normal of the wall section in the area of the opening is arranged below the opening, wherein the device holds the block elements on the wall section in such a way that the block elements lie against the wall section in a sealing manner. In order to achieve wear free and reliable opening and closing of the tapping opening it is provided that, in order to close the tapping opening, a block element free of passage openings is moved under the opening by the device and that, in order to open the tapping opening, a block element having at least one passage opening is moved under the opening by the device, such that liquid metal an drain from the smelting vessel through the passage opening in the block element. The invention further relates to a metallurgical smelting vessel.
US09200841B2
A clothes dryer is provided. The clothes dryer may include a main body having a drum rotatably installed therein, a circulation channel formed in the main body, the circulation channel defining a path of air that flows through the drum to dry an object to be dried, and a heat pump system having an evaporator, a compressor, an expansion apparatus, and a condenser, the heat pump system cooling and heating air that flows through the circulation channel. The evaporator may be mounted in the circulation channel, and a ‘U’ trap may be positioned below the evaporator in the circulation channel.
US09200839B2
A storage space device for the transport and/or storage of nuclear materials, comprising a main structure defining at least one housing intended to contain the nuclear materials and includes a mobile heat conduction structure forming at least one portion of a side outer surface of the storage space device. The mobile structure has at least one mobile heat conduction component mounted on the main structure so as to be displaceable reversibly from a retracted position to a deployed position while moving away from the structure.
US09200834B1
A continuous drying kiln (CDK) design, in which two sets of carriages carrying spaced stacks of lumber travel in opposite directions through a sequence of chambers in which green lumber is exposed to heated air to dry the lumber to desired conditions. The continuous drying kiln using fans in each chamber to circulate air across the stacked lumber on the two sets of carriages, orthogonal to the direction of carriage travel, in either a first circulation direction or in a second circulation direction. As a carriage moves from chamber to chamber, the circulation direction is reversed.
US09200826B2
A cooling system can control a coolant temperature with a simple configuration. The cooling system 90 includes a vaporization vessel 80, a first fluid source 92, a first flow rate control unit 91, and a pressure control unit 99. The vaporization vessel 80 has a space, a supply opening 80a and a discharge opening 80b through which the coolant is supplied and discharged, respectively. The first fluid source 92 stores a first fluid having a vapor pressure higher than that of the coolant. The first flow rate control unit 91 connects the first fluid source 92 to the vaporization vessel 80 and controls a first fluid supply amount into the vaporization vessel. The pressure control unit 99 controls an internal pressure within the vaporization vessel to be higher than the vapor pressure of the coolant and equal to or lower than that of the first fluid.
US09200824B2
A stand alone ice making appliance or an ice maker within an appliance is provided including a water inlet, a water inlet valve disposed within the water inlet configured to allow water passage when in an open position and configured to prevent water passage when in a closed position, a reservoir in fluid communication with the water inlet, a water level sensor disposed in the reservoir, and a control unit in electrical communication with the water level sensor and the water inlet valve. The control unit is configured to calculate a fluid flow rate using the time between the water inlet valve opening and the water level sensor communicating when a first predetermined water level has been reached within the reservoir, and use the calculated flow rate to calculate a total water inlet valve open time to fill the reservoir to a second predetermined water level.
US09200822B2
Provided is an evaporator including a flow part having a refrigerant flow therein, separately from a first compartment and a second compartment to improve a refrigerant channel structure, in a double evaporator in which a refrigerant flows in a first column and a second column, respectively, thereby reducing the number of four inlets and outlets that is disposed in the first column and the second column, respectively.
US09200821B2
A solar air conditioning system and method of superheating working fluid is provided. The solar air conditioning system superheats the working fluid using radiant energy from the sun, and then delivers the working fluid as a superheated and higher-pressured gas to a condenser within the solar air conditioning system. The solar air conditioning system includes a solar collector within which the working fluid is superheated.
US09200819B1
A system and a method for operating the system is provided to optimize heat exchange between a geothermal loop and a heat pump load loop for heating and cooling a structure. In the method, the flow rate through the earth loop is adjusted based on current thermal demand of a heat pump array, so as to reduce the electrical demand of the earth loop circulator when thermal demand from the heat pump loop is low. The method adjusts the speed of the earthloop circulator as required for the operating conditions of the heat pumps and earth loop, thereby permitting efficient laminar flow whenever possible, as long as thermal demand is met.The system of this invention provides a compact module containing a suitable digital data receiver and controller programmed to receive temperature and flow data and to calculate the needed flow in each loop to meet the thermal demand of the heat pump or pumps, and to signal the earthloop pump, and optionally a load loop pump, to operate at the necessary flow speed. Specifically, if flow in the earth loop transitions from turbulent to laminar, this method insures that the current thermal demand of the heat pumps is met, and if not, increasing the earth loop circulator speed to deliver the current thermal demand of the heat pumps.
US09200818B2
Fluid delivery systems and related structures and processes are provided, such as for use with water, treated water, and/or a cleaning solution, for any of cleaning, cooling or any combination thereof, for one or more solar panels in a power generation environment. Enhanced coatings are provided for the incident surface of solar panels, such as to avoid build up of dirt, scale, or other contaminants, and/or to improve cleaning performance. Reclamation, filtration, and reuse structures are preferably provided for the delivered fluid, and seal structures may preferably be implemented between adjoining panels, to minimize loss of the delivered water or cleaning solution. The fluid delivery system may preferably be linked to an automated control system, such as but not limited to integrated DMPPT modules and related systems.
US09200814B2
The present invention relates to a ventilating apparatus which minimizes the flow resistance of air flowing into a blower fan, and which reduces the noise generated by the air being discharged from the ventilating apparatus, thereby minimizing the noise generated inside the ventilating apparatus.
US09200813B2
Distribution data indicating the distribution of the temperatures and airflows in an air-conditioned space are calculated through forward analysis of the state of the air-conditioned space through a distributed system heat flow analysis technique by the heat flow forward analysis processing portion based on spatial condition data and state data comprising boundary condition data and heat emitting object data, and setting data comprising this distribution data that has been obtained and the target data that indicate the target temperatures at the target locations is generated by the setting data generating portion, and new air-conditioning operating quantities are back-calculated from the new blowing speeds and blowing temperatures for the conditioned air at the blowing vents through reverse analysis of the distributions of the temperatures and airflows in the air-conditioned space, and the air-conditioning system is controlled based on the new air-conditioning operating quantities obtained thereby.
US09200803B2
A system includes a gasification feed injector that includes a tip portion with a first threaded portion, a coolant chamber disposed in the tip portion, and a coolant fluid conduit having a second threaded portion. The coolant fluid conduit is coupled to the tip portion adjacent to the coolant chamber via screwing of the second threaded portion into the first threaded portion.
US09200802B2
A heater assembly can be used with a gas appliance. The gas appliance can be a dual fuel appliance for use with one of a first fuel type or a second fuel type different than the first. The heater assembly can include at least one pressure regulator, a housing, and an actuation member. The housing has a first fuel hook-up for connecting the first fuel type to the heater assembly, and a second fuel hook-up for connecting the second fuel type to the heater assembly. The actuation member can control a setting of the pressure regulator based on whether the first or the second fuel hook-up is used.
US09200801B2
A valve assembly can include a housing, which can define a first fuel input for receiving a first fuel from a first fuel source and a second fuel input for receiving a second fuel from a second fuel source. The housing can define a first fuel output for directing fuel toward a control valve, and can define a third fuel input for receiving a portion of either the first fuel or the second fuel from the control valve. The housing can define a first egress flow path and a second egress flow path, each for directing fuel to the burner. In certain embodiments, the apparatus includes a valve body configured to selectively permit fluid communication between the first and second inputs and the output and between the third input and the egress flow paths.
US09200800B2
A method and system for steam generation and purification is presented. The method includes receiving a fuel stream, a water stream, and an oxidant stream in a direct contact steam generation (DCSG) apparatus; and generating a gas mixture stream comprising steam and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the DCSG apparatus. The method further includes receiving at least a portion of the gas mixture stream in a membrane separator, and separating at least a portion of the steam from the gas mixture stream to generate a permeate stream. The method further includes recirculating at least a portion of the permeate stream to the DCSG apparatus; monitoring a CO2 content in the gas mixture stream; and discharging at least a portion of the gas mixture stream at an outlet of the DCSG apparatus as a product stream if the CO2 content is lower than a determined value.
US09200774B2
A lamp reflector assembly (10) includes a lamp reflector (100) and circuit board holder plate (300). The lamp reflector (100) and the circuit board holder plate (300) each include guide ribs (115, 315) to hold a lamp circuit board (200) in place in the reflector assembly (10). The board holder plate (300) provides X, Y, Z location of the circuit board (200) as well as visual position verification of the circuit board (200) held in the reflector assembly (10). Finger tabs (210) protruding from the circuit board (200) through slots (320) in the board holder plate (300) permit repositioning the circuit board (200) so that the lamp circuit board (200), the board holder plate (300), and the lamp reflector (100) are properly positioned relative to each other prior to securing the board holder plate (300) to the reflector (100).
US09200773B2
There is provided an inclination sensor device. The inclination sensor device includes: a substrate which mounts an inclination sensor configured to calculate an inclination angle of a vehicle; a case which accommodates the substrate; a first positioning mechanism which positions the substrate relative to the case in a first direction that is substantially parallel to a first main surface of the substrate; and a second positioning mechanism which positions the substrate relative to the case in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first main surface of the substrate.
US09200770B2
A solar light assembly including an expandable bladder and a solar rechargeable light assembly.
US09200769B2
A decorative system that provides malleable decorative rods that bend, illuminate, and extend from an electrical base to form a decorative object, such as a Christmas tree. The malleable properties of the rods provide sufficient flexibility to bend and manipulate until a desired shape and dimension is achieved. The rod comprises at least one protrusion to help enhance a desired decorative effect such as pine needles that provide the look and feel of garlands. The rod also includes at least one illumination for illuminating the system. A base portion, from which the at least one rod extends, provides power to the rod. The base portion includes a threaded metal base that joins with a matching electrical socket, similar to an Edison base screw. At least one aperture and a cover provide a foundation into which the rods may be secured.
US09200765B1
A light source, for example a light emitting diode, can emit light and have an associated optical axis. The source can be deployed in applications where it is desirable to have illumination biased laterally relative to the optical axis, such as in a street luminaire where directing light towards the street is beneficial. The source can be coupled to an optic that comprises a cavity. A first region of the optic can receive light from the source and emit light towards the area to be illuminated. A second region of the optic can comprise two reflective surfaces. The first reflective surface can receive light from the source and reflect the received light towards the second reflective surface. The two reflective surfaces can be used to direct light away from one side of the optic.
US09200764B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a substrate, a plurality of LED elements arranged on the substrate, and a reflector arranged on the substrate. The reflector includes a plurality of reflecting sheets obliquely extending upward and outward from a center of the substrate. A projection of each of the reflecting sheets covers one LED element. Each of the reflecting sheets corresponding to the LED element defines a perforation. Part of light from the LED element directly radiates out via the perforation, and part of light from the LED package is reflected to a lateral periphery of the substrate by the reflecting sheet.
US09200763B2
Flexible lighting assemblies (100) are disclosed. Specifically, flexible lighting assemblies that are made up of a flexible cable (102), a plurality of light emitting diodes (112), and a plurality of transparent light distribution segments (116) that distribute light along the length of the cable by deflectors positioned over the light emitting diodes. The lighting assembly allows for flexible lighting without the glare and non-uniformity problems often associated with flexible lighting.
US09200759B2
A lamp has a plurality of LEDs which are arranged behind one another in the lamp's longitudinal direction and in LED spacing by means of an LED carrier. Each LED emits light in a certain solid angle area around a beam center direction. The solid angle area is directed towards a lamp reflector for indirect light emission of the lamp. The number of LEDs and/or the LED spacing is selected in such a way that the solid angle areas of all LEDs after reflection at the light reflector overlap at least partially at an illumination surface distance from an underside of the lamp of at least 0.2 to 2.5 times the distance between the LEDs that are spaced the farthest apart from each other.
US09200754B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods of controlling gas flow in etching chambers. The methods generally include splitting a single process gas supply source into multiple inputs of separate process chambers, such that each chamber processes substrates under uniform processing conditions. The method generally includes using a mass flow controller as a reference for calibrating a flow ratio controller. A span correction factor may be determined to account for the difference between the actual flow and the measured flow through the flow ratio controller. The span correction factors may be used to determine corrected set points for each channel of the flow controller using equations provided herein. Furthermore, the set points of the flow ratio controller may be made gas-independent using additional equations provided herein.
US09200750B2
A wall stand comprising a column, a detector box, a support arm configured to support the detector box, a rotary shaft mounted on the support arm, a rotary bracket attached to the detector box, wherein the rotary bracket is rotatable around the rotary shaft, and a drive mechanism configured to move the detector box on a plane supported by the rotary bracket in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotary shaft.
US09200747B2
An outer-hanging touch apparatus is hanged on a display apparatus. The display apparatus has a front surface, a top surface, and a rear surface. The outer-hanging touch apparatus includes a touch module and a hanging assembly. The hanging assembly includes a hanging member, an adjusting member, and a driving member. The hanging member is fixed to the touch module and extends to the rear surface. The hanging member includes a guiding structure. The adjusting member is slidably engaged with the guiding structure. The adjusting member abuts against a junction between the top and rear surfaces. The driving member is engaged with the hanging member and the adjusting member for moving the adjusting member relative to the hanging member. When the adjusting member moves toward or away from the touch module along the guiding structure, the hanging member correspondingly moves away from or toward the top surface.
US09200744B2
A tracking system for use with a pipeline includes a scraper having signal generation capability for generating acoustic signals, a plurality of acoustic pressure sensors positioned at intervals along the path traveled by the scraper, and a plurality of local processors positioned at intervals along the path traveled by the scraper. Each of the local processors is in communication with a respective acoustic pressure sensor. A central processor is in communication with the local processors and determines the location of the scraper using time-stamped acoustic signals received by the pressure sensors and a speed of sound in a fluid within the pipeline.
US09200735B2
A dielectric tubular fitting for dissipating electrical energy, while providing fluid flow therethrough, the fitting including a non-metallic reinforced hose extending between and fluidly interconnecting spaced metallic tubes, and a means within the hose for providing controlled electrical resistance to dissipate positive charge of fluid flowing through the fitting. A dielectric cover is provided surrounding and encapsulating the hose, and at least partially encapsulating each of the tubes.
US09200734B2
An apparatus for blocking discharge from a flanged pipe coupling, including a strap configured to surround, and cover a gap between flanges. The apparatus includes a tensioning mechanism with a lever pivotally coupled to the strap, a clamp pin mounted on the opposing end of the strap, and an adjustment pin on a side of the clamp pin opposite the lever. Holes extend through ends of the clamp and adjustment pins. The tensioning mechanism includes a bolt having ends, and a mid-portion looped around the lever, so that portions of the bolt on opposing ends of the mid-portion are generally parallel and project through the holes. A fastener is mounted onto each bolt end on a side of the adjustment pin opposite the clamp pin. When the lever pivots away from the clamp pin, contact between the lever and bolt urges the ends of the strap together, increasing tension therein.
US09200733B2
A splicing ring for tubular high-pressure fluid conduits includes an inner metal ring formed of two independent and identical band halves having side edges. The side edges are folded downwards at a right angle and are configured as positioning and retaining elements of an O-ring. The O-ring rests upon the ends of the two tubular conduits to be spliced.
US09200732B2
A pipe has a tubular body with a male end and a female end. The male end has an external surface with a first engagement groove. The female end has an internal surface with a second engagement groove, and an aperture extending from an outer surface of the tubular body to the second engagement groove. The female end receives the male end of another pipe such that the first engagement groove of the male end axially aligns with the second engagement groove of the female end to establish a spline engagement groove having a groove length, LG. A flexible spline is located in the spline engagement groove to lock the pipes together and establish a pipe assembly. The flexible spline has a spline length, LS, and LS≦LG.
US09200730B2
The disclosed manufacture method for a length of tubing can produce a length of fatigue resistant tubing that has relatively high fatigue resistance and relatively low strip-to-strip welding length. The Fatigue resistance is calculated from experimental settings with controlled parameters and/or simulations reproducing similar material properties and loading conditions. A high fatigue resistance means certain product characteristics (e.g., low plasticization, low hydrostatic stress levels and free of imperfections welds) can be retained with an adequate bias weld design at low values after a specific test number of cyclic loading. The relatively low strip-to-strip welding length is an advantage for reducing probabilities of having cracks initiated and/or propagated at weld locations, where imperfections and localized differences of mechanical properties commonly cause failure. Low strip-to-strip welding length can also reduce the costs for welding.
US09200720B2
A variable flow valve having an externally threaded valve body, a valve element and an actuator that includes coil and a plunger assembly. The coil can be operated to move the plunger assembly to drive the valve element into engagement with a seat surface on a valve seat in the valve body.
US09200713B2
A transmission fluid circuit includes a transmission, a cooler, and a valve. The valve includes a housing, a spool and an actuator. The spool is movable inside the housing between a first position and a second position. The actuator includes a smart material configured to be activated in response to the temperature of the fluid exhibiting at least a first temperature such that the actuator is in a first state. The smart material is configured to be deactivated in response to the fluid being a sufficient number of degrees less than the first temperature such that the actuator is in a second state. The fluid flows from the housing to the transmission and from the transmission the cavity when the spool is in the first position. The fluid flows from the housing to the cooler and from the cooler to the transmission when the spool is in the second position.
US09200712B2
This valve is integrated into a fluid distribution network and enables selective interruption or authorization of the circulation of a fluid. The valve includes a fluid blocking member driven in rotation by an actuator device of the valve and at least one journal, a hollow body inside which the blocking member is mobile and which defines at least one bore for receiving the journal, and a bearing disposed around each journal and inside the bore of the body enabling support of the journal and guidance thereof in rotation relative to the bore, thereby centering the journal. The valve further includes a device for immobilizing and sealing for maintenance the journal relative to the body of the valve. This immobilization device is disposed on the same side of the bearing as the internal volume of the hollow body and is maneuverable via the bearing to go from a non-clamped first configuration to a clamped second configuration in which it immobilizes the journal in the bore and vice versa.
US09200705B2
In an automotive servo-assisted mechanical transmission, an electro-hydraulic actuation group has an actuation unit, a power unit able to provide hydraulic pressure to the actuation unit and an electronic control unit, the actuation and power units being equipped with respective components that are all mounted on a hydraulic casing of the actuation unit so as to define with one another a single assembly structurally separated from the electronic control unit, at least part of the components being equipped with respective electrical connectors that are arranged in a manner such that they can all be engaged by a same multiple electrical connector device.
US09200700B2
A motion control system is provided where a rotatable driven gear is held by bearings. The bearings are held inside a rotatable cam, where the cam has eccentricity between the outside and inside diameter. The outside diameter is held in a case that contains a driving gear. The backlash of the system is controlled by rotating the cam, which adjusts the center to center distance between the driving and driven gear.
US09200698B2
In a roller-type friction transmission unit, outer peripheral surfaces of first and second rollers are pressed in a radial direction into pressing contact with one another, to allow frictional power transmission between the first and second rollers. The first roller is connected to a driveline to main driving wheels of a four wheel drive vehicle. The second roller is connected to a driveline to auxiliary driving wheels of the four wheel drive vehicle. The transmitted torque capacity between the first roller and the second roller is controlled by changing a distance between rotation axes of the first and second rollers. The outer peripheral surfaces of the first and second rollers are shaped to allow the outer peripheral surfaces of the first and second rollers to be in contact with one another at a plurality of spots arranged in an axial direction.
US09200693B2
In a piston valve assembly for a shock absorber, a main piston partitions a cylinder into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. Compression passages and rebound passages penetrate the main piston in a vertical direction. A first compression value forms a first compression chamber, and a top surface of a lower retainer is opened toward the upper chamber. Bypass passages are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the piston rod. A guide assembly surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the compression valve and the bottom surface of the compression valve, tightly contacts the bottom surface of the compression valve in a high-frequency section, and moves down toward the lower retainer in a low-frequency section. A lower disk assembly forms a second compression chamber in the lower retainer while covering the opened top surface of the lower retainer, communicates the second compression chamber with the lower chamber in the high-frequency section, and blocks the communication between the second compression chamber and the lower chamber in the low-frequency section due to the downward movement of the guide assembly.
US09200691B2
For an elastic coupling member for a three (or more) point connection of a vibration absorber mass, like a gas generator for an airbag, to a motor vehicle part exposed to vibrations or oscillations, like a steering wheel structure, comprising a sleeve-shaped spring body firmly connectable to the vibration absorber mass and the motor vehicle part and having an axial direction, it is provided that the spring body has a different shape in its first radial sectional plane, in particular a vertical radial sectional plane, compared to a second, in particular horizontal radial section plane circumferentially offset from the first one.
US09200682B2
A synchronization unit for a positive dual clutch. The synchronization unit has a sleeve carrier that is axially and rotationally fixed to an output shaft and a shifting sleeve that is rotationally fixed and axially displaceable relative to the sleeve carrier. The synchronization rings of a synchronization clutch on the sleeve carrier side and the sleeve carrier comprise axially interlocked circumferential segments.
US09200678B2
A gear coupling includes first and second inner cylinders, first and second outer cylinders, and first and second closing plates interposed between the first and second inner cylinders and closing inner end faces of the first and second outer cylinders. In the first closing plate, one or a plurality of through-holes communicating with a device outer side of the first closing plate from a first grease chamber surrounded by the first inner cylinder, the first outer cylinder, and the first closing plate are formed. In the second closing plate, one or a plurality of through-holes communicating with a device outer side of the second closing plate from a second grease chamber surrounded by the second inner cylinder, the second outer cylinder, and the second closing plate are formed. Plugging members closing the through-holes are fitted to the through-holes.
US09200672B2
Methods and apparatus for preloading a bearing are provided. These methods and apparatus include preload monitoring devices whereby the mechanic can accurately monitor and regulate the preload on a bearing or bearing assembly. Aspects of the invention may also be used to adjust the endplay on a bearing or a bearing assembly. In one aspect, the preload on the bearing is transmitted through a housing having a fluid pressure that can be detected and monitored. An apparatus for precisely rotating a nut and a tool for precisely rotating a nut are also provided. A bearing retaining nut arrangement that permits the loading or evaluating of a bearing inner race is also provided. The bearing retaining nut arrangement includes a first load-setting nut, a lock washer, and a second jam nut that secures the arrangement to a shaft.
