US09210937B2
A composition of alkali carbonate peroxyhydrate in a quantity of 45 to 85% by weight relative to a total amount of the composition and an alkali hydrogen carbonate is provided for combating pathogenic germs and parasites in water of aquaculture, ponds, and aquariums; for destroying thread algae in water; for processing water. The addition of alkali hydrogen carbonate to alkali percarbonate peroxyhydrate stabilizes the alkali percarbonate peroxyhydrates relative to combustible materials. The alkali carbonate peroxyhydrate is preferably Na2CO3 and xH2O2.
US09210935B2
The present invention relates to a pesticide composition intended for protecting plants, crops or seeds against phyto-pathogenic fungi or damaging insects, and the corresponding methods of treatment using the said composition. More precisely, the subject of the present invention is a pesticide composition based on fosetyl-Al, propamocarb-HCl, an insecticide active substance and optionally a further fungicide active substance.
US09210924B1
An ecofriendly maritime pest management provides a compartmentalized and portable container for transporting an eclectic assortment of pest management devices insecticides, and baits. The ecofriendly maritime pest management kit has many novel features that enhance the capabilities to transport and compartmentalize pest management devices and nontoxic baits, and are useful for use on a maritime vessel on the ocean. The pest management devices and nontoxic baits articles are segregated into different compartments and color coded for quick access. The ecofriendly maritime pest management kit includes a mechanical pest entrapment device, a gimbally mounted container for containing a predetermined quantity of nontoxic insecticide, an insect repellant delivery device, an insect repellant solid composition, and a container for the insect repellant solid composition. The exterior pouches provides the option of carrying bait, sanitation gels, paper towels, contact information, medicine, or other articles beneficial for the management of pests on a maritime vessel.
US09210911B2
Toilet equipment (1) for domestic animals, includes: (i) a frame/container (2) including an element for attaching same to a supporting structure, and together defining a recess (6) provided with elements (8) for spraying water and a collection and discharge unit (11) including a recovery tub (12) provided with a system for connecting same to a wastewater network or to a collector (13) via a discharge device (14), such as a pump or valve, which is built into the frame/container; (ii) a front movable panel (3) for enabling a pivotal movement between a closed and an open position in a horizontal or substantially horizontal plane by biasing a hinge (18) having a horizontal axis; and (iii) elements (22, 25) for providing a seal between a peripheral rim (5) of the recess of the frame/container and a peripheral edge (17) of the movable panel when the latter is in the closed position.
US09210907B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH587056. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH587056, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH587056 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH587056.
US09210900B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH977760. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH977760, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH977760 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH977760.
US09210897B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH823049. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH823049, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH823049 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH823049.
US09210885B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV356454. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV356454, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV356454 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV356454 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV356454.
US09210876B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH651815. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH651815, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH651815 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH651815.
US09210872B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH236451. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH236451, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH236451 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH236451.
US09210856B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH375393. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH375393, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH375393 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH375393.
US09210855B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH091735. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH091735, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH091735 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH091735.
US09210852B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH567174. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH567174, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH567174 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH567174.
US09210847B2
The present invention provides apomictic soybean varieties and methods of making the same.
US09210845B2
A powered square baler is operable to form a bale by compressing loose material. The powered square baler broadly includes a chassis, a plunger assembly, and a plunger drive. The chassis includes a baler frame that presents a baling chamber to receive the loose material. The plunger assembly includes a reciprocating plunger head and a pair of connecting arms attached to the plunger head. The reciprocating plunger head is slidably mounted relative to the frame and is operable to reciprocate into and out of the chamber and apply a compressive force to the loose material. The plunger drive includes a pair of planetary gear trains and a common drive shaft that powers both of the gear trains, with each gear train drivingly connected to a corresponding one of the connecting arms to cooperatively power the plunger assembly.
US09210842B2
A helical-acting snap roll for a harvesting header having straight flutes which are free of a formed twist. The snap roll includes a plurality of elongated straight flutes that extend substantially the entire length of the snap roll but that are parallel misaligned with a central axis of rotation of the snap roll. A pair of opposing and counter-rotating snap rolls of the present invention chops and pulls crop stalks passing therebetween downward toward the ground while also creating a helical action such that the crop stalks are conveyed rearward. In one embodiment, at least a pair of straight portions acting as flutes are partially parallel aligned with one another along the length and one side of each snap roll.
US09210841B2
A corn header has a row unit frame and an auger sweeping ears of corn toward a center of the corn header. A corn row divider assembly has a snout and gatherer hood hingeably coupled to, and aft of, the snout. An aft end of the gatherer hood extends beneath and to the rear of the fore end of the auger in an operational configuration of the divider assembly.
US09210839B2
A drive system of a battery powered riding lawn mower is provided. The drive system may include a battery system mountable to a frame, an electric drive motor and a cutting deck. The electric drive motor may be powered by the battery system and coupled with an axle and a wheel such that when the electric drive motor is powered, the electric drive motor is configured to provide rotation force to the wheel. The cutting deck maybe attached to the frame and powered by the battery system. The cutting deck may include at least one electric blade motor separate from the electric drive motor and configured to rotate at least one cutting blade rotatably mounted in the cutting deck.
US09215832B2
A liquid-cooling module includes a liquid-providing component, a liquid-receiving component and at least one heat dissipating assembly. The liquid-providing component has a liquid inlet and a plurality of liquid-providing openings, while the liquid inlet is used for being connected to a cooler. The liquid-receiving component has a plurality of liquid-receiving openings and a liquid outlet, and the liquid outlet is used for being connected to the cooler. The at least one heat dissipating assembly includes a flow tube. One end of the flow tube is detachably connected to one of the plurality of liquid-providing openings, and the other end of the flow tube is connected on one of the plurality of liquid-receiving openings.
US09215823B2
A busbar member is a unit to be connect with a hydraulic unit. The busbar member includes a base portion, and a surrounding wall which defines a receiving portion formed between the hydraulic unit and the base portion and which is arranged to receive a control section to control the hydraulic unit. The busbar member further includes a connector supporting portion which is formed integrally with the base portion, which projects from the base portion in a form of a cantilever and which is arranged to support a connector, and a bulging portion which is arranged to receive a component of the control section, which projects from the connector supporting portion and which is connected with the surrounding wall.
US09215815B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus, in which a rectangular frame covering a peripheral part of a display unit is divided into four frame members, and when the end portions of the adjacent frame members are connected by connectors at the four corners of a rectangle, the frame members and the connector may be coupled with high positioning accuracy of the frame members and the connector. The connector includes two positioning parts which abut against the respective frame members and to be connected to position the frame members in a respective longitudinal direction thereof, and the frame members and includes a part to be positioned which abuts against the positioning part of the connector, and coupling means and are formed to couple the frame members and with the connector.
US09215805B2
A wiring board including a substrate having opening penetrating from first to second surfaces, an electronic component in the opening having first and second electrodes, a first insulation layer over the first surface, a second insulation layer over the second surface, a first via conductor in the first layer having bottom connected to the first electrode, a second via conductor in the first layer having bottom connected to the second electrode, a third via conductor in the second layer having bottom connected to the first electrode, and a fourth via conductor in the second layer having bottom connected to the second electrode. The first conductor is longer than the third conductor and has the bottom having greater width than the bottom of the third conductor, and the second conductor is longer than the fourth conductor and has the bottom having greater width than the bottom of the fourth conductor.
US09215802B2
A wiring substrate includes a substrate body formed of a plate-like ceramic, having a front surface, a back surface, and a height of 0.8 mm or less; a cavity opening at the front surface and having a rectangular shape as viewed in plane; and side walls having a thickness of 0.3 mm or less between a side surface of the cavity and a side surface of the substrate body. The wiring substrate further includes an electrically conductive layer having the form of a frame and formed on the front surface to surround an opening of the cavity; a ceramic surface having the form of a frame and located adjacently to the electrically conductive layer and along the outer periphery of the front surface; and a via conductor formed in the substrate body along the side surface of the cavity between a bottom surface of the cavity and the front surface.
US09215796B2
A touch panel has a substrate on which a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, a second conductive layer and a protective layer are formed in order. The second conductive layer and the first conductive layer form a touch-sensing area. The protective layer and the substrate have the same refractive index; and the first conductive layer, the insulating layer and the second conductive layer have the same refractive index so that the whole layered structure substantially has a symmetrical distribution of refractive indices, and leading to having optical characteristics of high transmittance and low reflectance.
US09215793B2
To connect multiple LED devices, each LED device is placed in a holder. A first wire is connected to a first wire connection point on the holder and a second wire is connected to a second wire connection point on the holder. The first wire is also connected to a first wire connection point on a circuit board The second wire is also connected to a second wire connection point on the circuit board. A connector may be used to connect the wires to the wire connection points on the circuit board. The circuit board includes traces to connect the LED devices to each other or to other components.
US09215790B2
A particle acceleration system includes a particle accelerator and at least one beam-transparent stripper element. The particle accelerator is configured to accelerate charged particles along a trajectory. The beam-transparent stripper element(s) is/are positioned along the trajectory. Each beam-transparent stripper element has a surface normal to the trajectory, wherein said surface defines a plurality of apertures configured to cause a first plurality of charged particles that strike the surface to undergo a stripping process while a second plurality of charged particles pass through one or more of the plurality of apertures without undergoing the stripping process.
US09215786B2
Disclosed is a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes: a control module supplying power; a heat sink receiving the control module; a light source mounted on the heat sink and connected to the control module; and a communication module including a connection terminal inserted into the heat sink and connected to the control module, and an antenna device protruding from the heat sink. Since the lighting apparatus can be controlled in a wireless scheme, a user of the lighting apparatus can easily control the lighting apparatus.
US09215785B2
This invention reveals an indoor network connection device. This device is combined by indoor light source and master node module, which can effectively decrease the cost of setting up indoor web facilities and make ideal of smart architecture come true. In addition, setting up these web connecting devices can easily let other web users in and even to become micro-network achieving the goal of sharing resource.
US09215776B2
Lighting equipment 1 is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, a lighting circuit 4 performs control of lighting a first red light source R1 and lighting a white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting a second red light source R2 under first lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce red light with a first peak wavelength, and of lighting the second red light source R2 and lighting the white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting the first red light source R1 under second lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce the red light with a second peak wavelength that is shifted toward a longer wavelength relative to the first peak wavelength.
US09215775B1
A luminaire can comprise a system that automatically adjusts light output from the luminaire to control light level in an illuminated area. The system can increase light output if the light level in the area falls below a target light level or decrease light output if the light level in the area rises above the target. For example, when the area is illuminated by a combination of sunlight and luminaire light, the light level can be maintained at the target level by gradually decreasing light output as the sunlight contribution increases in the morning and by gradually increasing light output as the sunlight contribution decreases in the evening. The system adjustments can take into consideration whether the light level is offset from the target due to a change in the target or a short-term fluctuation that may be due to a cloud temporarily blocking the sun.
US09215774B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a lamp comprising a first light for direct lighting and a second light for indirect lighting of an object, as well as a controller controlling the first and second light emitting means separately, and at least one light sensor is mounted on the lamp and connected to the controller for detecting the amount of light in the area, including any extraneous light. The controller has means to subtract the indirect amount of light reaching the light sensor from the total amount of light coming from the second light emitting means as detected by the light sensor, and the amount of direct light produced by the first light emitting means reaching the light sensor, as well as any existing extraneous light reaching the light sensor, in order to control the lamp, in particular by switching it on or off.
US09215772B2
A controller may predict an estimated occurrence of a high-resistance state of a dimmer, wherein the high-resistance state occurs when the dimmer begins phase-cutting an alternating current voltage signal. The controller may also be configured to operate in a trailing-edge exposure mode for a period of time wherein the period of time includes a time of the estimated occurrence of the high-resistance state in order to allow the controller to detect the occurrence of the high-resistance state, wherein energy is transferred from an input to a dissipative element during the trailing-edge exposure mode. The controller may further be configured to minimize a time between a beginning of the period of time and the estimated occurrence of the high-resistance state by modifying the period of time based on an estimated charging time of a capacitor of the dimmer.
US09215770B2
A controller may be configured to: (i) predict based on an electronic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of a high-resistance state of a trailing-edge dimmer coupled to a primary winding of an electronic transformer, wherein the high-resistance state occurs when the trailing-edge dimmer begins phase-cutting an alternating current voltage signal; (ii) operate a power converter in a trailing-edge exposure mode for a first period of time immediately prior to the estimated occurrence of the high-resistance state, such that the power converter is enabled to transfer energy from the secondary winding to the load during the trailing-edge exposure mode; and (iii) operate the power converter in a power mode for a second period of time prior to and non-contiguous with the first period of time, such that the power converter is enabled to transfer energy from the secondary winding to the load during the power mode.
US09215759B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for heating an object. A sheet-shaped heat and light source is provided. The sheet-shaped heat and light source includes a carbon nanotube film curved to form a hollow cylinder, and at least two electrodes spaced from each other, located on a surface of the hollow cylinder and electrically connected to the carbon nanotube film. An object is located in the hollow cylinder. A voltage is supplied between the at least two electrodes.
US09215757B2
A miniature temperature control structure for an electric heating piece contains a miniature temperature controller. The miniature temperature controller includes a circuit board on which a plurality of electronic parts are arranged, and the plurality of electronic parts at least has a microprocessor and an electrical contact portion disposed on the circuit board, the microprocessor has a thermostat program for setting a temperature value of each of a starting heating and a stopping heating based on requirement of an electric heating piece and for setting a heating time or a heating cycle time of the electric heating piece. Thereby, a size of the circuit board of the miniature temperature controller is decreased greatly to lower production cost of the electric heating piece and to carry the electric heating piece easily.
US09215753B2
There is described a multiple subscriber identity arrangement having a modem capable of receiving messages related to either one of at least two subscriber identities, but not simultaneously. The arrangement further comprises a control unit configured to, when the modem performs communication activity associated with a first subscriber identity: determine whether gaps not allocated for the communication activity associated with the first subscriber identity coincide with paging occasions associated with a second subscriber identity; and, if at least one gap not allocated for the communication activity associated with the first subscriber identity coincides with at least one paging occasion associated with the second subscriber identity, cause the modem to switch to the second subscriber identity to read one paging message on a paging channel associated with the second subscriber identity.
US09215745B1
Using the feature named “KEY_SEARCH_AD1” in the Atheros 11n chipset, an access point can determine whether to send an ACK packet in response to a message packet in response to whether the BSSID present in the sender address is present in the keycache. The AP can maintain a list of about 128 arbitrarily selected BSSID's, to each of which it will respond with an ACK packet if it receives a message from a mobile station with that BSSID. (1) the number of mobile stations that can be assigned to that AP is relatively greater. (2) the selection of those BSSID's is no longer constrained by having to match the AP's BSSID using a mask. With selection of those BSSID's being no longer so constrained, it is easier to assign BSSID's to mobile stations while allowing those mobile stations to roam among multiple AP's.
US09215738B2
A network communication system has: a terminal performing communication through a wireless LAN; and a controller. The terminal retains flow SSID information indicating a correspondence relationship between each flow and SSID. When initiating communication of a new flow, the terminal transmits an allocation request to the controller. The allocation request requests for determination of an SSID to be used. In response to the allocation request, the controller determines an allocated SSID to be used regarding the new flow and notifies the terminal of allocation information indicating a correspondence relationship between the new flow and the allocated SSID. In accordance with the allocation information, the terminal registers the correspondence relationship between the new flow and the allocated SSID on the flow SSID information. The terminal refers to the flow SSID information and uses the allocated SSID corresponding to the new flow to connect to an access point of the wireless LAN.
US09215730B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) signal, when the number of available resource blocks of the downlink bandwidth in a radio frame is less than or equal to k, 2 symbols are fixedly used to transmit the physical downlink control channel, wherein k is a natural number. The present invention further provides another method for transmitting a PDCCH signal. In a TDD Long Term Evolution system, when the number of available resource blocks of the downlink bandwidth in a radio frame is less than or equal to k and the uplink/downlink switching period is 10 ms, the transmitting end selects 2, 3 or 4 symbols to transmit the PDCCH signal in subframe 6. With the transmission method of the PDCCH signal provided in the present invention, the utilization efficiency of the system resources and the transmission performance of PDCCH can be improved.
US09215721B2
A method and a base station configured to serve a first cell in a cellular network, for supporting radio resource management in the cellular network. When receiving an indication of uplink interference experienced in a neighboring second cell, the base station identifies interfered bandwidth resources on which the interference is experienced, and detects that these resources coincide with resources that have been allocated to User Equipments, UEs, in the first cell. When the interfered bandwidth resources coincide with resources that have been allocated to cell edge UEs in the first cell, the base station allocates bandwidth resources separate from the interfered resources to the cell edge UEs. Further, when the interfered bandwidth resources coincide with resources allocated to cell center UEs in the cell, the base station applies power control for transmissions made by the cell center UEs on the interfered resources.
US09215714B2
A radio communication system including: a first and second base station apparatuses which include one or more of sells or sectors respectively; and a terminal apparatus, wherein the first and second base station apparatuses and the terminal apparatus performs radio communication, the first and second base station apparatuses includes: a process unit which performs a scrambling process to a first and second transmission data respectively by using a common scrambling code when the first and second transmission data differing each of the cells or the sectors are transmitted to the terminal apparatus; and a transmission unit which transmits the scrambling processed first and second transmission data to the terminal apparatus respectively, and the terminal apparatus includes a reception unit which receives the first and the second transmission data and performs descrambling process to the first and the second transmission data by using the common scrambling code.
US09215712B2
A mobile device receives a signal comprising a PSS and a SSS. The mobile device performs iterative MFHT utilizing a reduced number of MFH branches. At each iteration, frequency offset estimation and Cell-ID detection are concurrently performed. An iteration starts with selecting initial frequency offsets spanning a frequency offset estimation range. The selected initial frequency offsets are placed in the MFH branches. A particular MFH branch with a maximum PSS correlation peak magnitude is selected at the iteration. A frequency offset estimate in the selected MFH branch is utilized for frequency control. The frequency offset estimation range utilized for the current iteration is reduced for the next iteration. A Cell-ID is declared if the Cell-ID is consistently detected not only within a particular iteration on the basis of having detected consistent cell ID information for the first and second halves of a radio frame, but also from iteration to iteration.
US09215710B2
Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame.
US09215705B2
The present disclosure provides a method for monitoring a control channel in a wireless access system, including setting the number of maximum blind decoding times for each user equipment (UE)-specific search space and a common search space to which the control channel is transmitted; monitoring a plurality of candidate control channels in each of the search spaces, based on the number of maximum blind decoding times, set in the respective search spaces; and receiving downlink control information through a control channel which has succeeded in the blinding decoding among the plurality of candidate control channels, wherein the common search space is allocated to at least one carrier group that includes at least one component carrier.
US09215701B2
Described herein is a technique for aggregating background traffic packets by the background users instead of performing a random access procedure to request an uplink resource for each new packet. Since the same physical random access channel (PRACH) resources are used for random access procedures by multiple UEs, collisions can occur. The PRACH is expected to operate with very low collision rates, but if the number of users increases, the collision rate increases as well as the error rate. The disclosed technique reduces the collision rate by reducing the number of random access procedures used to transmit background traffic.
US09215699B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for configuring a subframe, a method for processing data, a base station and a user equipment, wherein, the method for configuring a subframe includes: a first base station determines a first subframe to be configured according to priority information of the subframe; the first base station configures an operating mode of the first subframe according to the operating mode of a second subframe, corresponding to the first subframe, of a second base station, such that the operating mode of the first subframe is not subjected to collision with the operating mode of the second subframe.
US09215698B2
According to a control method of a wireless communication system in which wireless communication between a base station (12) and a communication terminal (11) is carried out by use of a plurality of discontinuous frequency bands, in a case where an onlyUL-CC having no existing corresponding DL-CC is present (S21), a communication quality of a DL-CC in a frequency band including the onlyUL-CC is measured as a communication quality of a DL-CC corresponding to the onlyUL-CC (S22) for the purpose of accurate control of the onlyUL-CC.
US09215688B2
The present invention discloses a data transmission method, base station and terminal. The method comprises: transmitting, in every subframe used for transmitting multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), n transport blocks (TBs) to terminals, and transmitting to the terminals the correspondence between the MBMS corresponding to each TB in the subframe and the TB serial number of each TB in the subframe; wherein n is an integer greater than one, a period of time occupies in every subframe by the TBs corresponding to same MBMS is same, and each TB in the subframe corresponds to a unique TB serial number. The present invention can transmit two or more TBs to terminals in every subframe, and the TBs transmitted in the subframe can correspond to different MBMSs, thereby realizing the transmission of TBs corresponding to a plurality of MBMSs in a subframe and improving the spectrum effectiveness of the data transmission.
US09215684B2
Example methods and apparatus to maintain call continuity are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to control a user equipment (UE) mode includes the UE to initiate a tracking area updating (TAU) procedure in an evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM) connected (EMM_CONNECTED) mode, a state monitor to identify a lack of a voice service in response to the TAU procedure being successful, and a bearer monitor to identify a bearer context, the UE to stay in the EMM_CONNECTED mode until radio bearers associated with the bearer context are released.
US09215683B1
A method can include detecting at a mobile device controller a communication from a sender to a recipient. One of the sender or the recipient is a mobile device that is registered to operate with a first identity in a mobile network of a service provider and is registered to operate with a second identity in a private network. The method can include determining which identity of the mobile device to employ in response to detecting the communication based on information associated with the communication. The communication can be directed to the recipient using the determined identity.
US09215666B2
A method and apparatus are described including receiving, by a transmitter, a report from an associated client, setting and using a downlink transmit power level responsive to the report for data transmissions to the associated client, determining a downlink data loss rate and adjusting the downlink transmit power level responsive to the downlink data loss rate, wherein said report includes received signal strength, client transmit power level and one of link margin and receiver sensitivity. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving, by a receiver, a request for a report, transmitting the requested report, receiving an instruction to use an uplink transmit power level, setting and using the uplink transmit power level, determining an uplink data loss rate and adjusting the uplink transmit power level responsive to the uplink data loss rate, wherein said report includes said received signal strength, client transmit power level and one of said link margin and said receiver sensitivity.
US09215659B2
A method and apparatus of determining whether to disconnect a wireless communication link between a communication device disposed in a vehicle and a mobile device is provided. The method comprises determining whether the communication device is moving or not moving, determining whether the mobile device has exited the proximity of the vehicle, and disconnecting the wireless communication link when the communication device is not moving and the mobile device has exited the proximity of the vehicle.
US09215653B1
Methods and systems are provided for conserving battery charge of a wireless communication device (WCD). A radio access network (RAN) and a WCD communicate with data encoded based on one of two codecs. By default, the RAN and the WCD communicate based on a first codec of the two codecs. Communication based on the first codec provides a high-quality audio signal between the RAN and WCD but uses more battery charge. When the battery charge decreases, the WCD can communicate a low-battery indicator to the RAN. Upon receiving the low-battery indicator, the RAN enables a transcoder configured to convert the data encoded based on the first codec into data encoded based on the second codec. After transcoding, RAN and the WCD communicate with based on the second codec. Communication based on the second codec provides a lower-quality audio signal between the RAN and WCD but uses less battery charge.
US09215650B2
An UpLink (UL) control method and apparatus for in a wireless communication system supporting beamforming are provided. A method of a Mobile Station (MS) for UL control in the wireless communication system supporting the beamforming includes receiving a plurality of DownLink (DL) reference signals from a plurality of Base Station (BS) transmission beams using a plurality of MS reception beams having different directivity, measuring a path loss based on a reception signal strength of each of the plurality of DL reference signals received through different transmission/reception beams, selecting an MS transmission beam for uplink based on the path loss value measured for each of the plurality of DL reference signals, and transmitting a UL signal to a BS using the selected MS transmission beam.
US09215648B2
Aspects of radio access technology searching include apparatus and methods for obtaining relative synchronization information between a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, and determining a time location of a pilot signal of the second radio access technology based on the relative synchronization information. Further aspects include searching for the pilot signal of the second radio access technology using the determined time location. Other aspects further include determining a measurement gap duration and measurement gap location based on the relative synchronization information so as to encompass a pilot of the second radio access technology.
US09215646B2
The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal transmits/receives data to/from a first base station supporting a first wireless access technology and a second base station supporting a second wireless access technology in a wireless access system supporting multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT), the method comprising: a step for executing an initial network entry process with the first base station; a step for executing a multi-RAT capability negotiation process with the first base station to exchange information needed to access the second base station; a step for executing a scanning process on at least one second base station included in the coverage of the first base station, based on the information received from the first base station through the multi-RAT capability negotiation process; a step for executing an access process with one of the second base stations from said at least one second base station; and a step for simultaneously transmitting/receiving data with the first base station and the second base station accessed through the access process, wherein the step for executing the access process includes: a step for receiving a second system access command message that commands access to the one of the second base stations from the first base station; and a step for accessing the one of the second base stations based on the second system access command message received.
US09215644B2
A Next Generation Data Network is described. It leverages the “cloud” for data management, low frequency data computation and analytics. The wireless network is a single frequency network that permits limited non-line of sight operation. The wireless network using packet switched beams, the beams are formed and switched electronically. It utilizes advanced signal processing to compensate for low transmit signal power and multipath reflections that can be frequency or flat fades.
US09215642B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a service packet forwarding and processing method and system, and an access point AP. Change information of a packet forwarding path of a mobile terminal STA is obtained. A path update packet is sent to a forwarding device according to the change information of the packet forwarding path of the STA, so that the forwarding device performs update processing on the forwarding path of the STA according to the path update packet.
US09215639B2
A method for transitioning a video call is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote communication device via a first video call session established over a connection between the wireless communication device and a first cellular network. The video call can include a packet switched video stream carried over a first bearer and an audio stream carried over a second bearer. The method can further include the wireless communication device determining a degradation in a connection quality for the first cellular network; transitioning to a legacy cellular network having a circuit switched domain in response to the degradation in connection quality for the first cellular network; establishing a second video call session on the legacy cellular network; and using the second video call session to continue the video call on the legacy cellular network.
US09215632B2
A control channel transmission method and a piece of equipment, where the method includes configuring, by a communications system, at least two control channels for a user equipment, where at least one of the control channels is a cell-specific control channel and at least one of the control channels is a user equipment-specific control channel; using, by the communications system, the cell-specific control channel and/or user equipment-specific control channel to send information about control over the user equipment. In the embodiments of the present invention, a communications system configures at least two control channels for a user equipment (UE). The communications system may use, in a process of reconfiguring a control channel, another control channel to send information about control over the UE to ensure that communication is not interrupted during cell handover of the UE.
US09215627B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a handover method and device. When an SGSN cannot identify a Target eNB ID, the Target eNB ID is converted into a Corresponding RNC ID. A relocation request message carrying the Corresponding RNC ID is sent to the SGSN. One of a first PLMN ID and a second PLMN ID included in the Target eNB ID is selected. A selected PLMN ID, an eNB ID included in the Target eNB ID, and a TAC in a Selected TAI are filled in the Corresponding RNC ID.
US09215622B1
Various methods and systems for: (i) associating direction-of-arrival of a wireless transmission with an address of an originator of the wireless transmission, (ii) associating directions of incoming transmissions with directions of outgoing transmissions in a wireless communication network, (iii) associating between data from a direction-of-arrival-detector and data from a receiver operating separately, and (iv) associating a relative direction (bearing) of a wireless communication device with its Media-Access-Control (MAC) address.
US09215621B2
A system and method are provided for non-transmission specification fair air-time, NT-AirFair, allocation control by tracking the transmission time (308) consumed by each link to detect any increase and enforcing air -time allocation (309) based on the pattern of usage derived therefrom.
US09215618B2
A radio communication system includes at least one user equipment, base stations, and a control station. After expiration of the timer started after establishment of the data bearer, the base station selects the access point base station for the user equipment on the basis of the voice congestion levels and indicates the access point base station to the user equipment if the voice bearer has been established, and selects the access point base station for the user equipment on the basis of the data congestion levels and indicates the access point base station to the user equipment if the voice bearer has not been established.
US09215611B2
A terminal communicating with a network including a forwarding device(s) for forwarding a packet and a control device for controlling the forwarding device(s) in accordance with a request from the forwarding device, includes: a communication unit that receives a processing rule indicating that a packet for communicating with a first destination is changed so as to communicate with a second destination, from the control device; a storage unit that stores the received processing rule, and a processing unit that in a case of communicating with the network, changes a destination of a packet in accordance with a processing rule that corresponds to the packet by referring to the processing rule stored in the storage unit.
US09215606B2
A method is provided for transfer of content-related data of an Over-the-top (OTT) provider to a telecommunications device using a telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving, by the OTT provider, a request for content-related data; transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery interface device of the telecommunications network; and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider from the content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network to the telecommunications device at a predetermined time or in a predetermined time interval. The telecommunications network includes a radio interface and a further radio interface for transmission of the content-related data of the OTT.
US09215605B2
A method for estimating a frequency difference between a transmission terminal and a reception terminal according to a reception signal is provided. The method includes steps of: in a first period, receiving and storing a first part of the reception signal; in a second period, frequency shifting the first part of the reception signal according to an L number of sweep frequencies, and correspondingly obtaining multiple first part correlation results, where L is a positive integer; in the second period, receiving and storing a second part of the reception signal; in a third period, frequency shifting the second part of the reception signal according to the L number of sweep frequencies, and correspondingly obtaining multiple second part correlation results; and estimating the frequency difference according to the first and second part correlation results.
US09215584B2
A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE).
US09215578B2
Methods for operating monitoring systems may comprise receiving, with a monitoring station, an alert from a base station, the alert not related to the location of the base station. The methods may also comprise receiving, with the monitoring station, a message comprising current location data for the base station. The current location data may be compared to pre-established location data. Based on the comparing, it may be determined whether the base station is located substantially at a pre-established location. One process associated with responding to the alert may be performed when the base station is located substantially at the pre-established location. An alternate process associated with responding to the alert may be performed when the base station is not located substantially at the pre-established location.
US09215577B2
A wearable healthcare device includes a wearable support for a care receiver. The support is provided with an operation means, sensing means, a positioning means, a Bluetooth communication means, a help calling means, a wireless communication means, a wireless transmission means, and a information processing means. The information processing means generates a healthcare information to the medical person who uses the remote server according to the information from the above means. And the information processing means receives the healthcare information, which is from the remote server that analyzes the previously sent information, for reminding the care receiver properly.
US09215563B2
A method, device, system and use for determining a distance, location and/or orientation including the at least relative determination of a position of at least one object using at least two active anchors. A first signal is emitted by a first of the two anchors and is received at the object and by a second of said two anchors. A phase measurement is performed at said second anchor and wherein a distance determination with respect to said first anchor is performed and/or the distance from said first anchor to said second anchor is known. A second, particularly electromagnetic, signal is emitted from said second anchor, and information on phase measurement and distance between said first and second anchors is made available to a computation unit and at least one phase measurement respectively of said first and second signal is performed at said object and made available to said computation unit.
US09215559B2
A user can create geo-fences by providing a first identifier, e.g., a name of a store or a category of merchandise, and a location-based function that is triggered when the user's mobile device crosses a boundary of a geo-fence. An elapsed time that the geo-fences are not triggered can be monitored. If the elapsed time exceeds a threshold, additional geo-fences can be added based on a second identifier that is associated with the additional geo-fences. Whether the elapsed time is going to exceed the threshold can be predicted, and the additional geo-fences added at the time of the prediction, which may be before the elapsed time actually exceeds the threshold. Additionally, the user can be prompted regarding adding additional geo-fences before or after the elapsed time might exceed the threshold.
US09215556B2
A system and method for determining the location of wireless sensors are disclosed. The system may generally include a plurality of wireless sensor nodes communicatively coupled to a plurality of sensing devices. Additionally, the system may include a paging device configured to wirelessly transmit a page command to at least one of the wireless sensor nodes. Further, the paging device may receive a position indicator as a text string indicating a location of at least one of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes.
US09215550B2
A method and system for sending Machine Type Communication (MTC) device trigger information and target user equipment is disclosed. An MTC server sets contents of MTC device trigger information, and sends the received MTC device trigger information to a network node equipment. The network node equipment searches a core network equipment corresponding to a target user equipment, and sends the received MTC device trigger information to the core network equipment. The core network equipment forwards the MTC device trigger information to the target user equipment via a radio access network. The target user equipment receives the MTC device trigger information, and sends an MTC device trigger information acknowledgement message to the core network equipment. Through the solution of the disclosure, the sending of MTC device trigger information in a 3GPP network can be realized.
US09215539B2
Sound data identification techniques are described. In one or more implementations, common sound data and uncommon sound data are identified from a plurality of sound data from a plurality of recordings of an audio source using a collaborative technique. The identification may include recognition of spectral and temporal aspects of the plurality of the sound data from the plurality of the recordings and sharing of the recognized spectral and temporal aspects to identify the common sound data as common to the plurality of recordings and the uncommon sound data as not common to the plurality of recordings.
US09215534B2
An apparatus is provided that includes an input system, an output system, and a sensor for sensing magnetic fields. In one example, a signal processing circuit electrically connects the input system to the output system, and a magnetic sensor adapted to inhibit the acoustic input and function as a magnetic input in the presence of a magnetic field. In one example, the magnetic sensor includes a giant magneto resistive (GMR) sensor. In another example, the magnetic sensor includes an anisotropic magneto resistive (AMR) sensor. The magnetic field can be generated by, among other things, a magnet in a telephone handset. The hearing aid further is programmed based on time-varying characteristics of the magnetic field. Wireless activation or deactivation of the hearing aid is also described. Other examples and options are provided herein.
US09215533B2
An exemplary uncomfortable sound pressure determination system including: a sound data generator configured to generate sound data concerning sounds consecutively ascending or descending in sound pressure from first to nth sounds, the sounds being pure tones of a same frequency; an output section configured to present the sounds to a user; a characteristic amount extractor configured to extract, based on an event-related potential of the electroencephalogram signal measured after lapse of a predetermined time from a point in time of presenting each of the sounds, a characteristic amount concerning temporal change in frequency of the event-related potential; and an uncomfortable sound pressure determination section configured to determine, by referring to a previously-provided relationship by which temporal changes in frequency of event-related potentials and uncomfortable sound pressures are associated, a sound pressure corresponding to the extracted characteristic amount to be an uncomfortable sound pressure at the frequency.
US09215525B1
A transducer is provided that converts energy between two forms using active components. The transducer also includes passive components in contact with the active components that perform passive component functions separate from the energy conversion function. The passive components have elastic properties that are modifiable by exposure of the passive component to a magnetic field to selectively control the energy conversion function.
US09215522B2
A headphone includes an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface that moves along a first axis, a housing enclosing the acoustic transducer, a first acoustic chamber defined by a first side of the acoustic transducer and a first portion of the housing, the first acoustic chamber including a first reactive port in a serial configuration with an acoustic resistance to couple the first acoustic chamber with space outside the headphone, a second acoustic chamber defined by a second side of the acoustic transducer and a second portion of the housing, the second acoustic chamber separated from the first acoustic chamber by the acoustic transducer, and an opening coupling the second acoustic chamber to the wearer's ear canal along a second axis that is not parallel to the first axis.
US09215519B2
A microphone system has a chip system coupled to a base. Among other things, the chip system includes a microphone chip and a circuit chip, in a stacked relationship, configured to electrically communicate. The microphone chip has a diaphragm configured to move upon receipt of an incident audio signal, while the circuit chip has at least one through hole audibly coupled with the diaphragm of the microphone chip.
US09215511B2
Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a start or a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting an instruction configured to trigger a start or a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a start time or a stop time based on a clock reference, detecting an advertisement break proximate in time to the start time or the stop time, and adjusting the start or the stop of the recording based on the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09215508B2
According to the present invention, in an optical transmission system optically transmitting an optical signal between a first camera adaptor provided to a first video camera, a second camera adaptor provided to a second video camera, and a base station provided at a position remote from the video cameras, the first camera adaptor converts a first electric signal including a video signal component from the first video camera into a first optical signal and transmits the first optical signal to the second camera adaptor. The second camera adaptor receives the first optical signal, converts a second electric signal including a video signal from the second video camera into a second optical signal, and transmits the first and second optical signals to the base station. The base station receives the first and second optical signals, converts the received optical signals into the first and second electric signals, and outputs the electric signals to an external device.
US09215491B1
In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, a method for controlling a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port is provided, the method comprising: generating a first voltage at a first pin of the HDMI port; detecting a second voltage at the first pin of the HDMI port; detecting a third voltage at a second pin of the HDMI port; comparing the second voltage to the first voltage; comparing the second voltage to the third voltage; determining based on the comparison of the second voltage to the third voltage that the HDMI port of the device is connected to an HDMI source; causing the HDMI port to act as an HDMI sink; determining based on the comparison of the second voltage to the first voltage that the HDMI port of the device is connected to an HDMI sink; and causing the HDMI port to act as an HDMI source.
US09215489B2
Custom electronic program guides are disclosed. An example method includes collecting identifying information associated with media using at least one of a microphone or camera of a consumer electronics device, determining a characteristic of the consumer electronics device, the characteristic being at least one of a length of time during which the identifying information was collected, a percentage of the identifying information corresponding to a same program, or a geographic location at which the identifying information was collected, and determining, based on the characteristic, whether the collected identifying information is to be used in generating a custom electronic program guide for a user associated with the consumer electronics device.
US09215484B2
An apparatus and method for creating channels dedicated to a particular type of content. The method includes acquiring seed content and using the seed content in the creation or updating of a content list. Additional content for the channel is acquired based on the common features of the content list.
US09215481B2
A system and method for receiving user authentication information from a secondary device and sending a list of IPTV devices associated with the user authentication information to the secondary device. IPTV device selection is received from the secondary device and device identification information corresponding to a selected IPTV device is sent to the secondary device. A content selection from an asset list is received at a server and post execution instructions for the selected IPTV device are generated. Next asset information is sent to the selected IPTV device. The asset information includes content associated with the content selection and the post execution instructions. The post execution instructions determine further IPTV device functionality.
US09215480B2
A receiver includes: a broadcast reception unit configured to receive a broadcast signal; a keyword acquisition unit configured to acquire a search keyword based on metadata included in the broadcast signal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the search keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition unit to a terminal device.
US09215479B2
Techniques are disclosed for detecting new events in a video stream that yield improved detection efficiency in real time. For example, a method determines whether a given event is a new event in a video stream. The video stream includes a plurality of events. A first step extracts a first set of features (e.g., text features) from the given event. The first set of features is computationally less expensive to process as compared to a second set of features (e.g., image features) associated with the given event. A second step computes one or more first dissimilarity values between the given event and one or more previous events in the video stream using only the first set of features when one or more first dissimilarity criteria exist. A third step determines whether the given event is a new event based on the one or more computed first dissimilarity values.
US09215477B2
A device receives updated television content, and generates a file that provides an indication to copy the updated television content to multiple television distribution sites, where each television distribution site includes multiple television distribution devices. The device identifies one of the multiple television distribution devices, associated with each of the multiple television distribution sites, to receive the file, packages the updated television content with the file, for the identified one of the multiple television distribution devices, and provides the updated television content and the file to the identified one of the multiple television distribution devices.
US09215462B2
A video decoding apparatus includes an encoding information decoder to reconstruct a skip information indicating whether a block to be decoded in an image is a skip block by decoding a bitstream, and reconstruct either a skip motion information of the block, or an intra or inter prediction information of the block and a transform information of the block by decoding the bitstream, according to the skip information; and a video decoder to either reconstruct the block based on the skip motion information or reconstruct the block based on both the prediction information and a residual signal information reconstructed by decoding the bitstream based on the transform information, wherein the encoding information decoder is configured to reconstruct the transform information which includes partition information related to partitioning the block into subblocks by a tree structure.
US09215454B2
A testing system and a method thereof are provided. The testing system includes an audio/video playback apparatus and a testing apparatus. The audio/video playback apparatus is configured to receive an audio/video signal, and analyze the audio/video signal to generate a signal analysis result and a processed audio/video signal. The processed audio/video signal is configured to be displayed on a screen of the audio/video playback apparatus. The testing apparatus includes a switching module and a determining unit. The switching module controls at least one audio/video transmission interface of the audio/video playback apparatus, so as to select and transmit the corresponding audio/video signal to the audio/video playback apparatus. When the switching module transmits the audio/video signal to the audio/video playback apparatus, the determining unit receives and analyzes the signal analysis result, so as to determine whether the processed audio/video signal is normally processed by the audio/video playback apparatus.
US09215451B2
A liquid crystal display for generating 3D images by matching a software optical grating includes a backlight module and a LCD panel having a color filter. The LCD panel has a plurality of first subpixels for generating a first image, a plurality of second subpixels for generating a second image, and a plurality of third subpixels for generating a black barrier image as the software optical grating. When the black barrier image is slightly spread to cover one part of the first image and one part of the second image, the first image is covered partially by the black barrier image to form a right-eye image, and the second image is covered partially by the black barrier image to form a left-eye image. Whereby, the right-eye and the left-eye images concurrently generated by the LCD are respectively projected onto the right and the left eyes of the viewer.
US09215446B2
A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the processing method are disclosed. A method for receiving a 3D broadcast signal includes receiving signaling information of at least one stream for a 3 Dimension TeleVision (3DTV) service and a two dimensional (2D) video stream, demultiplexing at least one stream for the 3DTV service and the 2D video stream based on the signaling information, decoding at least one demultiplexed stream for the 3DTV service and the demultiplexed 2D video stream, and outputting a 3D video signal by formatting at least one decoded stream for the 3DTV service and the decoded 2D video stream.
US09215444B2
Disclosed are a method for displaying 3D images and a broadcast receiver. The method for displaying 3D images according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving broadcasting signals including video data and 3D object data; decoding the 3D object data, the 3D object data including texts or image information for a 3D object, output position information of the 3D object, and disparity information of the 3D object; obtaining parallax values from the disparity information and producing distortion compensation coefficients using the parallax values; adjusting a display size of the 3D object using the distortion compensation coefficients; and outputting and displaying the 3D object.
US09215435B2
A method for embedding subtitles and/or graphic overlays in a 3D or multi-view video application is described. The subtitles and/or graphic overlays are provided separately for each view of the 3D or multi-view video application. The views with the subtitles and/or graphic overlays are then processed to form a subtitled and/or graphic overlaid 3D or multi-view video application.
US09215433B2
A system, method and computer program product for generating an image set for a photographic scene. The method comprises sampling evaluation images comprising an ambient evaluation image and a strobe evaluation image, enumerating exposure requirements for each image comprising the image set, selecting exposure coordinates for each image comprising the image set based on a corresponding exposure requirement and a corresponding evaluation image, generating camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set based on corresponding selected exposure coordinates, storing camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set, sampling each image comprising the image set based on corresponding camera subsystem exposure parameters, and storing each sampled image comprising the image set. Techniques disclosed herein advantageously reduce inter-frame time for images sampled sequentially, and in particular image sets that include both ambient and strobe images.
US09215429B2
A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageously providing the driver an opportunity to view what is happening, for example, in the back rows of the bus and/or cabin, while also using the mirror to look at objects in the bus and/or cabin that are visible using the mirror. The rear-view mirror and modular monitor system is configured to be easily assembled and/or disassembled when necessary for maintenance and/or to replace parts.
US09215426B2
An imaging apparatus and an imaging method includes an imaging unit to collect light input through a lens and sensing an image, a storage unit to store an acquisition condition and the sensed image, a control unit to designate a plurality of objects in the stored image, to analyze respective motion of the plurality of objects, and to predict a moment of acquisition at which the motion corresponds to the acquisition condition, and a shutter control unit to control the imaging unit to perform imaging at the predicted moment of acquisition.
US09215423B2
Recommendation engine apparatus and associated methods provide content compiled from various sources and selected to match user preferences. In one embodiment, the recommendation apparatus comprises a headend entity; in another, it is co-located on a user's CPE. In one embodiment, the recommendation engine creates content records from content metadata for comparison to a user profile. The user profile is pre-programmed; however has the ability to dynamically shift toward a user's preferences as the user takes actions regarding content. Client applications are utilized to compile and present content; feedback mechanisms are utilized to enable “learning” from user activities to generate more precise recommendations as well as to “unlearn” stale preferences. Recommended content is displayed in the form of a playlist, or as a continuous stream on a virtual channel, or presented in an electronic program guide. A business rules “engine” useful in implementing operational or business goals is also disclosed.
US09215417B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to categorize media content of a subscriber according to one or more image features, and present at least a portion of the categorized media content in a personal television channel procured by the subscriber from a service provider of a media communication system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09215415B2
A communication server includes a checking unit that checks a terminal management table, a determination unit that determines whether group identification information of a first terminal of a plurality of terminals participating in a videoconference is a same as group identification of a second terminal of the plurality of terminals based on group identification data from the terminal management table, an updating unit that updates a shared location table including shared location information indicating a location of a shared memory area shared by the same group when the group identification information of each of the first and second terminals is determined as being the same, a memory access information creation unit that creates memory access information for accessing the shared memory area, and a notification unit that sends a notification of the shared location information and the memory access information to the same group.
US09215414B2
To select an appropriate multipoint control unit (MCU) for hosting an upcoming video meeting, video meeting data of previous meetings is stored, including time and location data associated with meetings conducted on a bridge ID and attended by participants located in different regions. The schedule time of an upcoming video meeting using the bridge ID is compared with the time data of previous video meetings on the bridge ID to identify related video meetings among the previous video meetings, the related video meetings being time correlated with the scheduled time of the upcoming video meeting. One of a number of MCUs in the network is selected to be a host MCU to host the upcoming video meeting based on the location data of the related video meetings, in which the host MCU is selected as a function of its proximity to locations of participants of the related video meetings.
US09215411B2
Implementations generally relate to enhancing video conferences. In some implementations, a method includes determining one or more characteristics of a video stream provided by a first camera. The method further includes determining one or more functions of the first camera based on the one or more characteristics. The method further includes enabling a browser to control the one or more functions of the first camera, and wherein the browser is remote relative to the first camera.
US09215392B2
An impedance readout circuit receives an input signal from a pixel, or an array of pixels. The circuit includes an amplifier to amplify the input signal and detects a DC component of the input signal. The circuit establishes an AC sampling voltage at the output of the amplifier enabling a filter of the circuit to determine an AC current component of the amplifier output. The AC current component is inversely proportional to the output impedance of the pixel.
US09215390B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section that has at least one pixel with a photoelectric conversion unit and a charge detection unit. A driving section is configured to read out a signal of the pixel, a first portion of said signal being based on signal charge, a second portion of said signal being based on a reset potential. A signal processing section is configured to read out the first portion of the signal as a reference voltage, with the reference voltage being adjusted to cause the first and second portions of the signal to be within an input voltage range.
US09215384B2
Method of processing an infrared image, infrared image capturing system and computer readable medium
A system and method for processing an infrared image. The infrared image is processed to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image. The background portion and/or the detail portion is scaled to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion. The background portion and the detail portion are merged after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image. The processed infrared image is stored.
US09215377B2
An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to, during a digital zoom having increasing or decreasing zoom values for first frames taken by a camera, and based upon a sensor mode changing from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode, using at least one new different zoom value to one of the first frames captured by the camera before the sensor mode change to form at least one new second frame.
US09215375B2
A photographing apparatus includes an image pickup section configured by a photographing optical system for aiming at a target, and an image pickup device, a display section for receiving an image signal outputted from the image pickup section, and for displaying an image, a display control section for controlling display on the display section, a main object setting section for setting the target based on the image signal outputted from the image pickup section, and a zoom control section for performing zooming with respect to the target, wherein auxiliary displaying for clearly indicating a position of the target set by the main object setting section is performed, being superimposed on the image displayed on the display section.
US09215374B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus including an operation display unit for displaying an image on a display screen and capable of an operation input on the image displayed on the display screen, an operation input detection unit for detecting an operation input in the operation display unit, an approximate straight line derivation unit for deriving first approximate straight line approximately indicating a trajectory of the operation input based on the detection result in the operation input detection unit, and an image correction unit for correcting a tilt of the image displayed on the display screen based on the derived first approximate straight line and a predetermined reference line.
US09215371B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor; an image obtainer that obtains a plurality of images from the image sensor; a posture detector that obtains posture information of the imaging apparatus; a posture information accumulating buffer that accumulates the posture information obtained by the posture detector; and a power saving mode setter that activates and deactivates a power saving mode in which power consumption is suppressed, wherein the power saving mode setter determines to activate and deactivate the power saving mode based on the accumulated posture information in the posture information accumulating buffer.
US09215370B2
A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same to increase continuous shooting speed for capturing panoramic photographs. A provided method includes when a plurality of images are captured from an image pickup device during a predetermined period of time to generate a panoramic image, capturing at least one image from among the plurality of images by reading, from the image pickup device, image data corresponding to a predetermined region of a preview image displayed on the digital photographing apparatus, wherein a first number of the plurality of images is greater than a second number of images captured by reading, from the image pickup device, second image data corresponding to an entire region of the preview image during the predetermined period of time.
US09215366B2
An endoscope system includes an imaging section that captures an object via an optical system and an image sensor, an observation state determination section that determines the observation state of the object captured by the imaging section, and an aperture control section that controls the state of an aperture included in the optical system based on the observation state, the aperture control section controlling the state of the aperture so that the resolution determined by the diffraction limit due to the aperture is equal to or higher than a resolution determined by the image sensor when the observation state determination section has determined that the observation state is a first observation state, and stopping down the aperture as compared with the state of the aperture in the first observation state when the observation state determination section has determined that the observation state is a second observation state.
US09215363B2
A system and method for focusing an image capture device are disclosed. One embodiment is a method comprising moving an autofocus window in response to detected movement of the image capture device.
US09215359B2
An antistatic device includes a main body, a first conductive member, and a second conductive member. The main body with a first surface has a first annular groove and a second surface, opposite the first surface, has a second annular groove. The first conductive member, with a first end is in contact with a camera assembly of an electronic device and a second end, opposite the first end, is positioned in the first annular groove. The second conductive member, with a first end is positioned in the second annular groove and a second end, opposite the first end, is in contact with the conductive potion of a housing of the electronic device. Static electricity from the camera assembly is conducted from the camera assembly through the first conductive member to the main body and from the main body through the second conductive member to the conductive portion of the housing.
US09215357B2
Embodiments are directed towards performing depth estimation within a digital camera system based on interpolation of inverse focus statistics. After an image is captured, various statistics or focus measure may be calculated using, for example, a high pass filter. Depth is estimated by interpolating the inverse of the statistics for three positions of focus for the image. The inverse of the statistics, St(n), may be 1/St(n), or 1/St2(n), or even 1/StZ(n), where Z≧1. Several approaches to interpolating the inverse values of the statistics to obtain a depth estimate are disclosed, including a general parabolic minimum approach, using a parabolic minimum within a progressive scheme, or within a continuous AF scheme. The depth estimate may then be used for a variety of applications, including automatic focusing, as well as converting 2D images to 3D images.
US09215356B2
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that increases an effect of noise suppression processing and allows a visually excellent image to be obtained. This image processing apparatus divides an input image into bands to generate a high frequency image that does not include a direct current component. The image processing apparatus further generates reduced images each including the direct current component and having a different resolution from an image including the direct current component, and performs noise suppression processing on the high frequency image and the reduced images. The image processing apparatus then repeats enlargement and combining of the reduced images and adds a composite image and the high frequency image to finally obtain an output image.
US09215346B2
The image forming apparatus reads an original conveyed in the image forming apparatus, analyzes a feature value of information about an original image on the read original, generates an image to overwrite the original image with, using image data having the feature value obtained based on an analysis result, sets a predetermined area on the original image, and overwrites the predetermined area on the original image with the generated image.
US09215338B2
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image reading unit configured to read the first image data printed on one side of an original and the second image data printed on the other side of the original; an image forming unit configured to carry out a image forming process for the first and second image data read by the image reading unit and a control unit configured to activate the image forming unit to carry out the image forming process for the first image data when the image reading unit reads a specified area related to the second image data.
US09215330B2
The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to a system, method, and apparatus for signaling a weather condition. In one embodiment, the system may include an optical network terminal. The optical network terminal may include a communication port adapted to be coupled to a fiber optic cable. The communication port may be further adapted to receive data that indicates a weather condition via the fiber optic cable. The optical network terminal may also include an output unit, in communication with the communication port, adapted to send a signal in response to the communication port receiving the data that indicates the weather condition.
US09215329B2
Systems and methods for clustering emergency services routing proxies are provided. The described features allow a group of ESRPs running as individual servers or a group of virtual servers, to be referenced using a single URI. In one implementation, an emergency services routing proxy device includes an emergency services routing proxy node configured to route a call to a downstream entity, the call received from an upstream entity. The device further includes a cluster manager configured to receive registration information from the emergency services routing proxy node, the registration information including a routing service identifier. The cluster manager may be further configured to identify the emergency services routing proxy node for call routing based on a comparison of an identifier included in the call with the routing service identifier.
US09215327B2
Embodiments include methods and apparatuses for echo cancelation involving multiple audio channels and the production, sensing, or a combination thereof of multiple audio channels in conferencing systems. A conferencing apparatus with a plurality of speakers configured to generate outgoing acoustic waves responsive to a multi-channel audio signal. One or more microphones are configured to sense incoming acoustic waves from the plurality of speakers and from locally produced acoustic waves from a participant of a conference to generate one or more incoming audio signals. A processor is operably coupled to the plurality of speakers and the one or more microphones. The processor is configured to perform acoustic echo cancelation on the one or more incoming audio signals relative to at least two different channels of the multi-channel audio signal.
US09215324B2
A system for providing state awareness across communication channels and statefully transitioning a user between a source channel and a destination channel is disclosed. The method may comprise storing a unique identifier associated with the user and data associated with the user, retrieving the data associated with the user based upon the user identifier and in response to the user entering the destination channel that is different from the source channel, and populating the data associated with the user in the destination channel. The destination channel may comprise a display of a customer service representative, and the populating may occur automatically. Furthermore, the method may comprise placing a call to a telephone number associated with the user in response to at least one of: the user answering a requisite number of questions in the source channel and the user requesting a transition to a voice destination channel.
US09215322B1
A communications routing system, and method, for representing a plurality of predicted characteristics of a plurality of communications sources, each having an economic utility; representing a plurality of predicted characteristics of a plurality of communications targets each having an economic utility; and determining an optimal routing between the plurality of communications sources and the plurality of communications targets, by maximizing an aggregate utility with respect to the respective predicted characteristics of communications source and communications destination represented by linkages.
US09215314B2
A voice input system (100) includes a processing receiving unit (104) that receives identification information of a telephone that is to receive a callback, in order to input a voice, together with a voice recognition process request, a call processing unit (106) that originates a callback based on the identification information of the telephone received by the processing receiving unit (104), a voice data receiving unit (108) that receives voice data of a voice when the callback originated by the call processing unit (106) is received and the user's voice is input, and a voice recognition result storage unit (122) that stores result data which is data of a voice recognition result of the voice data received by the voice data receiving unit (108) in association with the identification information of the telephone.
US09215313B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to admission control of a communication session in a network. The admission control can be implemented by a network node at the boundary of the network or a subsystem thereof. In one aspect, the admission control can be implemented during a predetermined period and can be based at least on an admission criterion, which can be specific to an end-point device, e.g., a target device or an origination device. The admission criterion can be configurable and, in certain implementations, it can be obtained from historical performance associated with establishment of communication session. Such historical performance can be assessed within a period of a configurable span.
US09215307B2
Radio network technology and display thereof can be managed when multiple services and radio network technologies are available to a multi-technology mobile device. Management relies at least in part on a subscriber profile that comprises a network selection profile constructed through market policy, subscriber policy, and application policy for radio technology utilization. Network preference(s) profile is generated on per subscriber, or per subscriber type, basis and is conveyed to a subscriber station over the air. Initial subscriber profile can be delivered at a time of provisioning a multi-technology mobile device, and updated based at least upon subscriber demand, a schedule established by a network operator or service provider, or an event related to coverage area relocation or contracted services. Radio technology preferences and display of associated technologies available to a multi-technology mobile device can be dynamically controlled on a per-call and/or per-application basis.
US09215306B2
A mobile terminal including a transparent display, a sensing unit configured to detect a surrounding environment of the transparent display, and a controller configured to change a transparency of at least one of a background and an object displayed on the transparent display according to the sensed surrounding environment.
US09215304B2
A media headset for exchanging data with a media device includes at least one audio speaker that provides an audio output, a data store that stores media device data, a communications interface for exchanging the media device data with the media device, and a connector for detachably connecting the communications interface to the media device.
US09215291B2
A policy control node, a PCN, for a first PLMN, the PCN comprising a PCRF, the PCN having an interface towards an SPR/UDR, in the first PLMN, the PCRF of the PCN being arranged to receive a request from another node in the first PLMN or in a second PLMN for establishing a PDN-connection for a UE. The PCRF is arranged to, as a result of said request, send a query to the SPR/UDR regarding whether or not the PCRF is allowed to set the upper limit for the UE-AMBR for the UE, the PCRF being arranged to, if the reply from the SPR/UDR to the query is positive, determine and transmit the upper limit of the UE-AMBR for the UE to said other node.
US09215286B1
A system for creating an activity-based social includes receiving information from a computing device of a participant in an activity, and determining that the information qualifies the participant for membership in a social network associated with the activity. The system also includes associating the participant with the social network, and enabling access, by the participant, to an electronic portal that provides access to the social network.
US09215279B1
Described herein are method and apparatus for servicing software components of nodes of a cluster storage system. During data-access sessions with clients, client IDs and file handles for accessing files are produced and stored to clients and stored (as session data) to each node. A serviced node is taken offline, whereby network connections to clients are disconnected. Each disconnected client is configured to retain its client ID and file handles and attempt reconnections. Session data of the serviced node is made available to a partner node (by transferring session data to the partner node). After clients have reconnected to the partner node, the clients may use the retained client IDs and file handles to continue a data-access session with the partner node since the partner node has access to the session data of the serviced node and thus will recognize and accept the retained client ID and file handles.
US09215278B2
A method for enforcing data integrity in an RDMA data storage system includes flushing data write requests to a data storage device before sending an acknowledgment that the data write requests have been executed. An RDMA data storage system includes a node configured to flush data write requests to a data storage device before sending an acknowledgment that a data write request has been executed.
US09215272B2
Distributing meeting data from an interactive whiteboard projector to at least one computer of a meeting member, comprises: in the interactive whiteboard projector, using a processor to save meeting data, generate a password, display a screen with a URL of the projector and the password and use a web server to transfer the meeting data from the interactive whiteboard projector to the at least one computer.
US09215268B1
Embodiments may include the generation and use of content source rankings for improving playback quality of content streams. In embodiments, a merchant system may collect and aggregate multiple quality metrics for different content streams that various content sources provide to various clients. The merchant system may utilize the quality metrics to generate rankings of content sources for clients. In some cases, a client itself may generate a ranking of content sources for use in the selection of content sources. The merchant system may provide such rankings to clients to improve the content stream playback experience on the client. For instance, at content acquisition time, a client may request a content stream from a content resource ranked highest on a content source ranking provided by the merchant. If the content stream degrades, the client may source subsequent portions of the content stream from another highly ranked content source of the ranking.
US09215262B2
Technology to provide streaming with coordination of video orientation (CVO) is disclosed. In an example, a server can include computer circuitry configured to: receive a device capability for a client; and modify streamed content to the client based on an inclusion of a CVO attribute in the device capability.
US09215259B2
Internet streaming from broadcast radio or television stations is described wherein triggers for dynamic content from internal or external systems cause an encoder system to generate command messages, and optionally to synchronize those command messages with any delays associated with the triggering events. Command messages are delivered through a streaming media distribution system to client media players which obtain or present the dynamic content, in association with any desired configuration changes to the appearance of the media player or the method or manner in which the dynamic content is presented.
US09215249B2
Devices, systems, and methods for conducting trusted computing tasks on a distributed computer system are described. In some embodiments, a client device initiates a trusted task for execution within a trusted execution environment of a remote service provider. The devices, systems, and methods may permit the client to evaluate the trusted execution capabilities of the service provider via a planning and attestation process, prior to sending data/code associated with the trusted task to the service provider for execution. Execution of the trusted task may be performed while enforcing security and/or compartmentalization context on the data/code. Systems and methods for managing and exchanging encryption keys are also described. Such systems and methods may be used to maintain the security of the data/code before during, and/or after the execution of the trusted task.
US09215242B2
The embodiments provide methods and systems for detecting and preventing phishing of a user's information, such as their username and password. In one embodiment, a website detects as a threshold matter whether the user has arrive at the site due to an automatic redirection from a prior visited site or by the user having clicked on a link to the website from the previous site. If this threshold is met, then the prior website is evaluated based on various criteria to determine if it appears to be a phishing site. If phishing is suspected, then the user may be notified and various other protective actions may be performed.
US09215241B2
Information concerning a plurality of identified threats provided by a plurality of preselected sources is stored in memory. An e-mail message may be received over a communication network. The received e-mail message is separated into a plurality of components. The stored information is searched to identify a reputation score associated with each of the plurality of components. It is then determined whether the e-mail is a threat based on the identified reputation score of each of the plurality of components. The determination is sent to a designated recipient.
US09215236B2
A system and method are provided to monitor and prevent potential enterprise policy and/or rule violations by subscribers.
US09215229B2
A method and system for facilitating management of cloud-based service instances, the system including one or more computing systems configured to communicate with at least one multi-tenant computing cloud, and configured to establish a cloud-based service instance hosted in the multi-tenant computing cloud and an access entity with permissions to access the established cloud-based service instance. The system can receive a request for the cloud-based service instance, the request authenticated as originating from a requestor; consult a set of access controls associated with the cloud-based service instance; determine, responsive to the consulting, if the request is allowable by the requestor; and enable, responsive to determining that the request is allowable by the requestor, the requestor to complete the request using a restricted access credential associated with the access entity.
US09215227B2
Systems and methods enable a method including: providing a first system; generating data to be sent over a network link; determining a transport protocol that will be used to transmit data over the network communication link; negotiating connection services to be performed on data that will transmitted over the network communication link; sending a request to open a network communication link; sending a request to the connectivity services of the second system for credentials of the second system; receiving the credentials from the connectivity services module of the second system; verifying that the credentials match an authenticated computer system; opening a network connection between the first system and the second system when the second system's credentials have been verified by the connectivity services module of the first system; and transmitting the data to the second system according to the determining network protocol and negotiated connection services.
US09215221B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for implementing local routing of traffic, a base station and a system are provided, which relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for implementing local routing of traffic includes: judging whether local routing processing is performed on an uplink traffic flow of a first terminal that serves as a sending end; if it is judged as yes, updating a key of the uplink traffic flow of the first terminal and/or a key of a downlink traffic flow of a second terminal that serves as a receiving end to a public key; forwarding an encrypted data packet of the uplink traffic flow of the first terminal to the second terminal through the downlink traffic flow of the second terminal, where an encryption and decryption operation is not performed on the encrypted data packet before the forwarding or during the forwarding.
US09215205B1
Techniques for a hardware accelerator for a domain name server (DNS) cache are disclosed. In some embodiments, a hardware accelerator for a DNS cache includes: executing a packet processing engine of a host device to identify a DNS request; and performing a DNS lookup in the DNS cache. In some embodiments, a hardware accelerator for a DNS cache includes: determining if a time to live (TTL) parameter associated with a first entry stored in the DNS cache is below a threshold value; and if the TTL parameter associated with the first entry stored in the DNS cache is below the threshold value, then performing a pre-fetch operation to update the first entry in the DNS cache, wherein the updated entry comprises an updated TTL value.
US09215197B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing data loss associated with an image. In use, an image is identified, and it is determined whether the image includes predetermined data. In addition, an action is performed based on the determination, for preventing data loss.
US09215192B2
An embodiment of the invention may comprise pairing a first switching module with a second switching module such that the first switching module is enabled to switch signals received via its first input ports and its second input ports to its first output ports and second output ports, wherein the signals received by the first input ports of the first switching module are communicated from the first output ports of the second switching module, and the signals communicated by the first output ports of the second switching module are signals received by the second input ports of the second switching module and forwarded to the first output ports of the second switching module.
US09215180B1
A method of transmitting digital content via a communication network. The method comprises receiving by a computer a request for a uniform resource identifier (URI), determining by a computer based on the request for the uniform resource identifier a communication service provider associated with a communication device, and when the communication service provider is affiliated with a digital content custom delivery offer building system, transmitting by a computer an image file to be presented by the communication device.
US09215177B2
The disclosure herein describes an edge device of a network for distributed policy enforcement. During operation, the edge device receives an initial packet for an outgoing traffic flow, and identifies a policy being triggered by the initial packet. The edge device performs a reverse lookup to identify at least an intermediate node that is previously traversed by the initial packet and traffic parameters associated with the initial packet at the identified intermediate node. The edge device translates the policy based on the traffic parameters at the intermediate node, and forwards the translated policy to the intermediate node, thus facilitating the intermediate node in applying the policy to the traffic flow.
US09215170B2
A method for transporting data with embedded information is provided. The method is adapted to a data transmission interface for coding an original data and then transporting thereof, including: packing the original data, wherein every N bits form a packet, and N is an integer of at least 4; analyzing whether or not existing a long-run length of long-run data with consecutive same bit data in the packet, wherein when the long-run length is greater than a predetermined length, bit data with a predetermined bit length after an Lth bit of the long-run data is toggled; coding the packet to embed a coding information, wherein the coding information determines whether or not the long-run data has been toggled; and transporting the coded packet.
US09215165B2
System and method for implementing a link aggregation system, a protection system, and an XPIC application for an all outdoor radios system using a wireless channel operating at a license-free 60 GHz band are provided. The license-free 60 GHz band offers a wide frequency bandwidth that can support a high speed data rate up to 10 Gbps in full duplex mode, frequency reuse, and high security due to its fast oxygen absorption at 60 GHz. As such, a wireless channel operating at the license-free 60 GHz band may be used for a link aggregation system to support wireless local area network (LAN) connections with the speed up to 7 Gbps. In addition, a wireless connection operating at the license-free 60 GHz band may be used to support both XPIC application and protection system for all outdoor radios to achieve a transmission speed of up to 10 Gbps in a full duplex mode.
US09215159B2
A wireless end-user device contains a wireless modem, a network stack configurable to receive and transmit network data via the wireless modem, a media service manager, and a service classification agent. The media service manager manages network data transfers for media objects as requested by multiple applications. Even though the media service manager manages the network data transfers, the service classification agent provides a capability to associate network data usage for the network data transfers with the applications that requested the service from the media service manager.
US09215157B2
It can be determined whether relative one way delay for data packets in a data stream exceeds a delay threshold. If so, then a delay congestion signal indicating that the relative one way delay exceeds the delay threshold can be generated. The delay congestion signal can be used in calculating an adaptive bandwidth estimate for the data stream. A packet loss rate congestion signal may also be used in calculating the bandwidth estimate. It can be determined whether a data stream of data packets is in a contention state. If the data stream is in the contention state, then an adaptive bandwidth estimate can be calculated for the data stream using a first bandwidth estimation technique. If the data stream is not in the contention state, then the bandwidth estimate for the data stream can be calculated using a second bandwidth estimation technique.
US09215153B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for an image provider to specify data (e.g., commands to run, files to read), etc., about an image of a virtual resource (e.g., virtual machine, etc.) in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). Such data may be used (e.g., at runtime) by a client application to obtain specific information about a running instance that is provisioned based on the image (e.g., operating system health, middleware health, etc.).
US09215146B2
An example switch in accordance with the present disclosure is to process a command to determine desired identification information; generate a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) frame based at least in part on the desired identification information, wherein the LLDP frame comprises an optional type-length-value (TLV) that causes a second switch to enable a light source; and transmit the LLDP to the second switch.
US09215144B2
When a policy for an IT asset is created in a system manager that manages one or more IT assets, other IT assets that are related to the selected IT asset are determined based on at least one relation criteria related to system topology. The system administrator is prompted to apply the same policy to the related systems. When the system administrator accepts the recommendation to apply the same policy to the related systems, a system group is defined that includes the selected computer system and the related systems, and the system group and its corresponding policy are displayed to the system administrator.
US09215131B2
A network access device (NAD) receives a UDP packet from a client to be transmitted to a management server over Internet, the UDP packet including a management message. The NAD is one of NADs managed by the management server. The NAD determines whether the management server is reachable using a UDP protocol. The NAD transmits the UDP packet to the management server using the UDP protocol over the Internet if it is determined that the management server is reachable using the UDP protocol. Otherwise, the NAD extracts a UDP payload from the UDP packet, encapsulates the UDP payload within an HTTP POST request, and transmits the HTTP POST request having the UDP payload encapsulated therein to the management server using a HTTP protocol over the Internet.
US09215118B2
An electronic device that performs an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) transmission signals; performs a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the N transmission signals which have been subjected to the IFFT; detects phases of the N transmission signals which have been subjected to the FFT; detects relative delay amounts of the N transmission signals based on the detected phases of the N transmission signals; and adjusts a timing at which at least one of the N transmission signals is subjected to the inverse fast Fourier transform based on the detected relative delay amounts.
US09215115B1
An embodiment of the present invention implements a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) as a counting device for an integrator of a DFE circuit. In embodiments of the present invention, the particular count sequence need not be known, instead only boundary values need be known. For example, for a LFSR having a predetermined count sequence, a digital integrator controller need not know every value of the count sequence. Instead, the digital integrator controller detects predetermined boundary values such as a minimum or maximum count.
US09215113B1
Techniques for training a link are described herein. An example electronic device includes a port coupled to a link partner. The port and the link partner use closed-loop equalizer training to obtain receiver equalization coefficients for the receiver of the port and obtain transmitter equalization coefficients for the transmitter of the link partner.
US09215111B2
A transmission circuit including an equalizer circuit, a slicer circuit, a signal detection circuit, and a control circuit is provided. The equalizer circuit performs an equalizing operation on an input signal according to preset states to output an equalizing signal corresponding to each preset state. The slicer circuit performs a slicing operation on the equalizing signal to output a slicing signal. The signal detection circuit detects and compares the equalizing signal and the slicing signal and accordingly adjusts the equalizer circuit to one of the preset states. The control circuit receives the slicing signal corresponding to each preset state, compares the slicing signal corresponding to each preset state with a plurality of signal patterns to generate a comparison result, and selects one of the preset states according to the comparison result, such that the control circuit let the equalizer circuit perform the equalizing operation according to the selected preset state.
US09215110B2
A method is provided for synchronizing a first radio unit with a second radio unit associated with an all outdoor radios system, the method including: receiving, at the first radio unit and the second radio unit, respectively, a communication signal from a common communication source; receiving, at the first radio unit and the second radio unit, respectively, a reference signal from a common reference source; synchronizing the communication signal at each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit with the reference signal such that the each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit generates an output signal having substantially the same frequency and substantially the same phase; and transmitting the output signal from each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit to a remote receiver through an antenna.
US09215106B2
A multi-stage system and method for correcting intersymbol interference is disclosed. The system includes a first estimation module configured to sample an input signal to produce a first set of estimated data bits. The system also includes a second estimation module configured to sample the input signal phase shifted by a predetermined phase shift unit to produce a second set of estimated data bits, wherein the second set of estimated data bits are produced at least partially based on the first set of estimated data bits and at least one pre-cursor coefficient.
US09215102B2
A receiver is configured to receive a sample of an inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal, the sample corresponding to a time instant when phase and/or amplitude of the ISC signal is a result of correlation among a plurality of symbols of a transmitted symbol sequence. The receiver may linearize the sample of the ISC signal. The receiver may calculate a residual signal value based on the linearized sample of the ISC signal. The receiver may generate an estimate of one or more of said plurality of symbols based on a slicing of the residual signal value. The linearization may comprise applying an estimate of an inverse of a non-linear model. The non-linear model may be a model of nonlinearity experienced by the ISC signal in a transmitter from which the ISC signal originated, in a channel through which the ISC signal passed en route to the receiver, and/or in a front-end of the receiver.
US09215100B2
A data acquisition circuit may isolate control and data decode logic elements from data acquisition elements such as sensors through the use of a single transformer. A control signal may be supplied to a primary winding of a transformer by alternately opening and closing a push switch and a pull switch. First and second analog to digital converter circuits may receive analog signals and convert them to data signals, which may appear on the secondary winding of the transformer. Data signals may be substantially received by a data demodulator circuit on the primary side of the data acquisition circuit. The data demodulator circuit may compare a voltage associated with the received signal to a threshold voltage and output a result of the comparison to the control and data decode logic element.
US09215099B2
The description herein relates to pilot designs for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system. In at least one embodiment, the communication system is one operating according to the IEEE 802.16m, or WiMax, standard. In general, an OFDM transmitter operates to insert pilot symbols into a resource of a transmit frame according to a predetermined staggered pilot symbol pattern defining pilot symbol locations within the resource of the transmit frame. The predetermined pilot symbol pattern is defined such that pilot symbols are located at or near time boundaries of the resource, at or near frequency boundaries of the resource, or both. By doing so, when generating a channel estimate for the communication channel between the OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver based on the pilot symbols, extrapolations needed to estimate the channel near the boundaries of the resource are optimized, thereby improving overall channel estimation accuracy.
US09215094B2
A system and method of transmitting data frames between a plurality of input ports to a plurality of output ports is described. The input ports segment portions of the received data frames to provide smaller data cells which are individually transmitted to an output port associated with a destination of the segmented data frame. Based upon information provided in the data cells received at the output port, the output port determines the ordinal positions of the received data cells within the segmented data frame and reassembles the data frame which was segmented at the input port. The output port then forwards the reassembled frame toward the associated destination.
US09215092B2
An Ethernet PHY may receive an indication from a local timing source that a local clock is suitable for propagation to a link partner. In response, a timer in the Ethernet PHY may be started. In instances that the Ethernet PHY receives, during a time period subsequent to starting the timer and before the timer reaches a predetermined value, an indication that the link partner is propagating a clock that is suitable for the Ethernet PHY to synchronize to, the Ethernet PHY may be configured as timing slave. In instances that the Ethernet PHY does not receive, during the time period subsequent to starting the timer and before the timer reaches a predetermined value, an indication that the link partner is propagating a clock that is suitable for the Ethernet PHY to synchronize to, Ethernet PHY may be configured as timing master upon the timer reaching the predetermined value.
US09215084B2
The invention relates to a method for generating a personalized content file for a user entity using a file repair request for identifying a user. The file repair request is initiated by generating a preliminary file that is transmitted to the user entity, the preliminary file containing a predetermined placeholder. The preliminary file is transmitted to the user entity, the user entity starting the file repair request. The personalized content file is generated by replacing the predetermined placeholder in the preliminary file by a personalized content.
US09215080B2
A system for adaptive bit rate distribution of multicast streams may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may be configured to identify streams, such as multicast streams, transmitted by a content delivery network. The streams may each contain a content item that is encoded at a different bit rate for each stream. The one or more processors may determine segments of the streams, for example based on time stamps associated with the content item or markers of the streams. The one or more processors may transmit a first segment of a first stream encoded at a first bit rate to a user device in response to a request therefor and, upon completing the transmission of the first segment, transmit a second segment of a second stream encoded at a second bit rate to the user device in response to a request therefor.
US09215075B1
The present invention provides systems and methods for supporting encrypted communications with a medical device, such as an implantable device, through a relay device to a remote server, and may employ cloud computing technologies. An implantable medical device is generally constrained to employ a low power transceiver, which supports short distance digital communications. A relay device, such as a smartphone or WiFi access point, acts as a conduit for the communications to the internet or other network, which need not be private or secure. The medical device supports encrypted secure communications, such as a virtual private network technology. The medical device negotiates a secure channel through a smartphone or router, for example, which provides application support for the communication, but may be isolated from the content.
US09215066B2
Information in a data set of a copy-on-write file system may be made inaccessible. A first key for encrypting a data set of a copy-on-write file system is generated and wrapped with a second key. An encrypted data set is created with the first key. The wrapped first key is stored with the encrypted data set. A command to delete the encrypted data set is received and the second key is altered or changed to make information in the encrypted data set of the copy-on-write file system inaccessible.
US09215051B2
A wireless device transmits one of the sounding reference signals (SRSs) on a first cell in a first cell group in parallel with transmission a first random access preamble. The wireless device drops transmission of a first SRS if the first SRS transmission and a second random access preamble transmission coincide in the same subframe and the wireless device has insufficient power to transmit the first SRS in parallel with the second random access preamble.
US09215046B2
The fault diagnosis device is for a multiplexer having inner channels selectable by a selection signal. At least two of the inner channels are assigned with input channels. Two of the inner channels in a mutually exclusive relationship are assigned with first and second diagnostic channels. Input voltages of the first and second diagnostic channels are applied with first and second diagnostic voltages, respectively. The fault diagnostic device includes a voltage detection section configured to detect a first detection voltage appearing at the output channel when the first diagnostic channel is selected and a second detection voltage appearing at the output channel when the second diagnostic channel is selected, and a diagnosis section configured to determine that the multiplexer is faulty upon detecting that the first detection voltage is different from the first diagnostic voltage or the second detection voltage is different from the second diagnostic voltage.
US09215040B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a wireless relay device includes establishing a first connection to a base station using a first set of frequency bands, establishing a second connection to a user device using the first set of frequency bands, and establishing a third connection to the base station using a second set of frequency bands.
US09215034B2
A method includes determining a correlation between a first residual error and multiple columns in a sensing matrix according to a measured value of an original signal and the sensing matrix, and determining a first array most correlative to the measured value of the original signal in the sensing matrix according to the correlation between the first residual error and the multiple columns; determining a correlation between a kth residual error and the multiple columns according to a correlation between a (k−1)th residual error and the multiple columns, and determining a kth array most correlative to the measured value of the original signal according to the correlation between the kth residual error and the multiple columns in the sensing matrix, where 2≦k≦K; and recovering the original signal after determining a Kth array most correlative to the measured value of the original signal.
US09215018B2
Producing a light display for entertainment at a venue includes broadcasting a sonic timing signal, and driving internal timers on mobile handheld electronic devices at the venue toward a synchronous state via the sonic timing signal. Producing the light display further includes triggering illumination of the devices at different times each determined by the corresponding internal timer and contingent upon a location at the venue, to generate a light display. Related control methodology and control logic is also disclosed.
US09215008B2
A free space line of site communication system for communicating between a first destination and a second destination includes a constellation of airborne platforms in a train-like formation, each travelling at a constant speed and distance relative to each other. Each of the airborne platforms includes: one or more inter-airborne platform optical or RF transceivers for communication with a previous and a next neighboring airborne platforms, wherein each inter-airborne platform transceiver is capable of adjusting its velocity to keep a constant speed and distance relative to its neighboring airborne platforms, and one or more up/down link transceivers for communication with multiple ground sites, each ground site having two or more ground optical or RF transceivers. A first airborne platforms closest to the first destination communicates with the first destination and a second airborne platforms closest to the second destination communicates with the second destination.
US09215005B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a message that offers use of a first mobile device as a mobile hotspot for enabling access to a local network; generating a Service Set Identification (“SSID”) and a password for the mobile hotspot; and providing the SSID and the password to the first mobile device. The method further includes receiving a request from a second mobile device to access the local network using the mobile hotspot; and providing the SSID and the password to the second mobile device via a second mobile device in accordance with rules that govern access to the local network via the mobile hotspot.
US09214996B2
A method of receiving a downlink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: transmitting, to a serving base station, an antenna selection index for selecting M of N antennas (where N>M and both N and M are positive integers) in a specific base station and a pre-coding matrix indicator PMI suitable for the M antennas; and receiving, from the specific base station, the downlink signal on which pre-coding is performed by using a pre-coding determined based on the antenna selection index and the pre-coding matrix indicator, wherein the antenna selection index may indicate any one of the antenna selection vectors that belong to an antenna selection codebook consisting of all the antenna selection vectors or a subset of all the antenna selection vectors for selecting at least one of the N antennas in the specific base station.
US09214994B2
A base station includes: a MIMO precoding section (32) for converting transmission data addressed to a mobile station to two data streams that respectively correspond to two reception antennas included in the mobile station, by performing MIMO precoding on the transmission data; a weight calculating section for calculating a transmission weight to be used for forming a directivity pattern directed toward each of the two reception antennas; and a weighting/combining section (34) for generating two combined data streams that are to be supplied to the respective antennas (20-1 and 20-2), by weighting each of the two data streams with the transmission weight calculated with respect to the reception antenna of the mobile station that corresponds to the data stream, and combining the two weighted data streams for each of the antennas (20). The two combined data streams are respectively transmitted from the antennas (20-1 and 20-2).
US09214992B2
Data may be transmitted from a RAN node to a wireless terminal using a MIMO antenna array. A plurality of unmapped symbol blocks may be generated. Symbols of a first one of the plurality of unmapped symbol blocks may be mapped to first and second mapped symbol blocks so that the first mapped symbol block includes symbols of the first unmapped symbol block and so that the second mapped symbol block includes symbols of the first unmapped symbol block. The symbols of the first and second mapped symbol blocks may be precoded to provide precoded symbols of respective first and second MIMO precoding layers using a MIMO precoding vector. Each of the precoded symbols of the first and second MIMO precoding layers may be transmitted through the MIMO antenna array to the wireless terminal using a same TFRE. Related devices and terminals are also discussed.
US09214981B1
A switching device and a method and medium for using the switching device are provided. The switching device is associated with a remote radio unit (RRU) and an antenna of a base station and comprises a plurality of switching cables arranged in predetermined configurations including a single-layer beam forming configuration, a dual-layer beam forming configuration, and a MIMO configuration. In response to inputs received from UEs served by the base station, the switching device can implement the configuration best-suited to target the UEs.
US09214978B2
A circuit comprises a transmitter to provide a transmit signal. The circuit also comprises a coupler element to receive the transmit signal at an input port, to provide a first representation of the transmit signal at an antenna port and a second representation of the transmit signal at a testing port. The circuit further comprises a monitoring receiver unit. The monitoring receiver unit is coupled to the testing port. Furthermore, the monitoring receiver unit is configured to determine a characteristic of the second representation of the transmit signal.
US09214977B2
Technologies are described for reliably constraining a maximum transmission power of a mobile communication device such as a cellular phone so that RF radiation associated with that transmission and incident to a head of the device's user can be held at or below predetermined “safe” levels. Upon determining an operational or communication mode of the mobile communication device where it is likely to be held against or very near the user's head, its maximum transmit power may be reduced until the near-head operation is completed. The reduction may be to a fixed maximum level or may be adjusted to allow for a maximum amount of radiated energy over a period of time. The reduction may also take into account adjustment factors such as frequency band, modulation, antenna gain, and similar factors.
US09214972B2
In general, the present invention relates to an adaptive IF filter for a multiband receiver. According to certain aspects, the adaptive IF filter can be dynamically configured as a low-pass architecture or a complex band-pass architecture. According to further aspects, the adaptive IF filter enables a wideband receiver which can simultaneously receive multiple frequency bands, but still protect itself from close-in or in-band jammers by selecting a single frequency band or subset of frequency bands. This retains the multiband functionality of the receiver under nominal conditions, which is traded off dynamically for a single-frequency-band with high jammer resistance under severe jamming conditions. According to still further aspects, the approach of the invention is particularly useful for GNSS receivers, since unlike a cellular transceiver, a temporary loss of signal is not catastrophic to GNSS receivers due to the long integration times.
US09214967B2
Disclosed are circuits and methods for reducing insertion loss effects associated with radio-frequency (RF) power couplers. In some implementations, an RF circuit can include a first path configured to route a first RF signal in a first band, and a second path configured to route a second RF signal in a second band. The RF circuit can further include a power detector having a first coupler configured to detect power along the first path, and a second coupler configured to detect power along the second path. The first coupler and the second couplers can be connected in a daisy-chain configuration. The RF circuit can further include an adjustment circuit implemented along at least one of the first path and the second paths. The adjustment circuit can be configured to move a frequency response feature associated with the power detector to a different frequency range.
US09214964B1
Systems and methods are provided for using a product code having a first dimension and a second dimension to encode data, decode data, or both. An encoding method includes receiving a portion of user data to be written in the first dimension, and computing first parity symbols with respect to the first dimension for the portion of user data. Partial parity symbols with respect to the second dimension are computed for the portion of user data and are used to obtain second parity symbols for the portion of user data. A decoding method includes decoding a first codeword in the first dimension. When the decoding the first codeword in the first dimension is successful, a target syndrome of a second codeword in the second dimension is computed based on a result of the decoding of the first codeword, wherein the first codeword partially overlaps with the second codeword.
US09214963B1
A data storage system configured to adaptively code data and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments of the present invention, a data storage system includes a controller and a non-volatile memory array having a plurality of memory pages. The controller includes a channel monitor that determines the quality of read signals from the pages when they are read, and provides adjustment metrics to aid in the selection of a code rate, such as a code rate for a low-density parity-check (LDPC) code. In this way, the code rate used for data encoding can be dynamically adjusted to accommodate degradation of the non-volatile memory array over its useable life.
US09214962B2
An encoding method generates an encoded sequence by performing encoding of a given coding rate according to a predetermined parity check matrix. The predetermined parity check matrix is a first parity check matrix or a second parity check matrix. The first parity check matrix corresponds to a low-density parity check (LDPC) convolutional code using a plurality of parity check polynomials. The second parity check matrix is generated by performing at least one of row permutation and column permutation with respect to the first parity check matrix. An eth parity check polynomial that satisfies zero, of the LDPC convolutional code, is expressible by using a predetermined mathematical formula.
US09214953B1
A multi-level data weighted averaging circuit for inclusion in a multi-bit DAC circuit has a thermometer encoder that includes a binary to thermometer code conversion array configured for retaining or generating a multi-bit code representing an amplitude to be developed by each of the DAC element of the DAC circuit. The thermometer encoder is in communication with a multi-bit delta/sigma modulator to receive an oversampled binary coding representing an amplitude of a sampling of an analog signal. The oversampled binary coding is applied to an element selector to select the elements retaining or generating the element binary strings of bits of the multi-bit thermometer code. The multi-bit thermometer code is transferred to a rotational dynamic element matching circuit that rotationally selects order that the DAC elements are to receive each of the element binary strings of bits of the multi-bit thermometer code.
US09214951B1
A circuit includes an input dispatch unit for receiving an input signal and a calibration signal and outputting N dispatched signals in accordance with a selection signal. The circuit also includes N analog-to-digital converter (ADC) units for receiving the N dispatched signals, N control signals, and N mapping tables and outputting N raw data, and N refined data, respectively. An output dispatch unit receives the N refined data and outputting an output data in accordance with the selection signal, and a calibration controller receives the N raw data and outputting the selection signal, the N control signals, the N mapping tables, and a digital code. A DAC (digital-to-analog converter) receives the digital code and outputting the calibration signal, wherein one of the dispatched signals, as specified by the selection signal is from the calibration signal while the other dispatched signals are from the input signal.
US09214947B2
This disclosure relates to an all digital phase-lock loop (ADPLL). The ADPLL determines an error generated by a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) which is operated using a tuning word, stores information related to the error, and compensates for the error based on the stored information.
US09214942B2
A complementary push-pull buffer includes complementary transconductance (GM) devices connected as source-followers to drive a load. Current flowing through the GM devices is split, on the source side, between constant-current source circuitry and a push signal current multiplier (e.g., a current mirror) and, on the sink side, between constant-current sink circuitry and a pull signal current multiplier. The devices used to implement the constant-current circuits and the current multipliers are sized such that the current multipliers provide low output impedance, while the current splitting provides low overall power consumption.
US09214938B2
Electronic interface and method for reading a capacitive sensor that includes one input capacitor (30) or several input capacitors, in which the capacitive sensor is excited with a two-level voltage (Vlow, Vhigh) and read by a charge-sense amplifier whose output is sampled in four successive instants. An evaluation unit (333) is arranged to compute two difference values (V12, V34) between two pairs of samples corresponding to different voltage levels and to combine said difference values into an output value (V_out_raw) proportional to the charge transferred to the input of the charge-sense amplifier and an error value (error_bit) sensitive to a time derivative of a noise current din/dt.
US09214920B2
An antenna matching circuit includes at least two signal paths are connected to one antenna connection. The signal paths are designed to transmit and/or receive RF signals. A matching circuit includes a discrete line for phase shifting integrated at the antenna end in at least one of the signal paths. In this case, at least one of the capacitances contained in the discrete line is in the form of a micro-acoustic resonator, whose resonance is shifted sufficiently far that it is outside the pass band of the respective signal paths.
US09214919B2
A resonator includes a resonator element including a base section, vibrating arms extending from the base section, and a support arm disposed between the vibrating arms, a package adapted to support the resonator element, and electrically-conductive adhesives adapted to fix the support arm to the package, the support arm includes a tip portion and a width-decreasing portion having a width smaller than the width of the tip portion, and the electrically-conductive adhesive has contact with at least a part of the width-decreasing portion in a planar view.
US09214894B2
A diagnosis device (17) for a solar power generation system, which diagnosis device (17) diagnoses a whole or a part of an output in the solar power generation system includes: a measurement data acquiring section (21) for acquiring an electric current value and a voltage value from an ammeter (12a) and a voltmeter (12b), respectively; and an diagnosing section (25) diagnoses the output on the basis of a motion of a power point indicated by the electric current value and the voltage value thus acquired.
US09214883B2
The subject matter described herein includes an active compensatory augmented diode bridge rectifier system. According to one aspect, the system includes a generator unit configured to generate a current flow made up entirely of active current and a diode rectifier configured to receive the active current from the generator unit, to direct the active current to a connected power grid, and to receive a reactive current. The system further includes an active compensator configured to optimize the generator unit to produce the active current and to generate the reactive power used to facilitate the operation of the diode rectifier.
US09214880B2
The present invention provides an auxiliary excitation winding set to be installed at the rotary part of the electric machine (104) composed of a rotary part of the permanent magnetic electric machine or a rotary part of the reluctance electric machine of the switched DC electric machine with conduction ring and brush (1000), and an electric conductive annular brush device (107) is served as an interface for transmitting the electric power, thereby inputting the excitation electric power to the auxiliary excitation winding set; and through controlling the value and the polarity of excitation voltage and current, the magnetic pole of the rotary part of magnet-motive electric machine (104) of the switched DC electric machine with conduction ring and brush (1000) can be performed with the excitation effect of auxiliary excitation or differential excitation or auxiliary compound excitation or differential compound excitation.
US09214870B2
Provided is a synchronous rectifier circuit which, even if a synchronous rectification element having a low on-resistance is used, can perform a synchronous rectifying operation without being influenced by the inductance component. It is a synchronous rectifier circuit having a synchronous rectification element QSR1 and a synchronous rectification control circuit IC1 for turning on/off the synchronous rectification element QSR1 in accordance with the current iSR flowing through the synchronous rectification element QSR1, including a current detection circuit for detecting the current iSR flowing through the synchronous rectification element QSR1 during an on-period of the synchronous rectification element QSR1 as a synchronized voltage waveform, the synchronous rectification control circuit IC1 being configured so as to turn off the synchronous rectification element QSR1 on the basis of the voltage waveform detected by the current detection circuit 1a.
US09214862B2
A controller may be configured to generate a control signal to activate and deactivate a switch of a switching power converter in order to control a switching period and a peak current of the switching power converter to maintain a regulated current of the switching power converter at a desired current level such that: if the switching period decreases below a minimum switching period, the controller increases the switching period by a ringing period of a voltage of the switch and increases the peak current to compensate for the increase of the switching period in order to maintain the regulated current, and if the peak current increases above a maximum peak current, the controller decreases the switching period by a ringing period of the voltage of the switch and decreases the peak current to compensate for the decrease of the switching period in order to maintain the regulated current.
US09214858B2
In an intermediate bus architecture power system, a voltage controller that generates control signals for controlling an intermediate bus voltage (VIB) output from a first stage DC-to-DC power converter to at least one second stage DC-to-DC power converter via the intermediate voltage bus. A receiver receives values of the current input to the first stage converter, or the current and voltage output by the first stage converter. The controller determines a first value of an efficiency measure using the received values corresponding to a first VIB, and determines a second value of the efficiency measure for a second VIB higher than the first VIB. Control signals cause the first stage converter to set the VIB to a voltage higher than the second VIB if the second efficiency measure value represents a higher system efficiency than the first efficiency measure value, and to a voltage lower than the first VIB if the second efficiency measure value represents a lower system efficiency than the first efficiency measure value.
US09214857B2
An apparatus and system comprise a noise cancelation power converter being configured for phase inverted synchronous operation with respect to a primary power converter. The primary power converter is operable to supply power to at least one device. The primary power converter produces a first electromagnetic interference during operation to supply the power. The first electromagnetic interference is coupleable to the device. The noise cancelation power converter further is configured with parasitic components substantially matching parasitic components of the primary power converter. The noise cancelation power converter further produces a second electromagnetic interference that is coupleable to the device. The second electromagnetic interference comprises frequency components having an inverted phase relative to frequency components of the first electromagnetic interference for substantially reducing a sum of the first electromagnetic interference and the second electromagnetic interference during coupling to the device.
US09214852B2
The present invention discloses precharge circuits and methods for DC-DC boost converters. In one embodiment, a precharge method for a DC-DC boost converter having a current mirror circuit that includes a reference transistor and a power transistor, can include: (i) maintaining a reference current flowing through the reference transistor as substantially constant; (ii) maintaining a drain-source voltage of the reference transistor and a drain-source voltage of the power transistor as substantially equal; and (iii) obtaining a substantially constant mirror current by reflecting the reference current through the power transistor to operate as a precharging current of a precharge circuit.
US09214851B1
A controller for a power converter compares a voltage sense signal to a first reference and compares a current sense signal to a current sense signal. The voltage sense signal is representative of an input voltage of the power converter. The current sense signal is representative of a current through the power converter. A slope of the voltage sense signal is measured over time. An edge detection is asserted by the controller when (1) the voltage sense signal is larger than the first reference, (2) the current sense signal is lower than the second reference, and (3) the slope is a negative slope.
US09214848B2
A driving apparatus includes a first electrical rotating machine, a second electrical rotating machine, a first resolver, and a second resolver. The first resolver is configured to detect a rotation angle of the first electrical rotating machine. The second resolver is configured to detect a rotation angle of the second electrical rotating machine. The first and second electrical rotating machines and the first and second resolvers are coaxially disposed inside a casing. The first resolver and the second resolver are provided between the first electrical rotating machine and the second electrical rotating machine.
US09214846B2
A permanent magnet includes two or more separate permanent magnet pieces each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a fractured surface formed when a permanent magnet block is fractured. The separate permanent magnet pieces include a first separate permanent magnet piece and a second separate permanent magnet piece. At the time when the permanent magnet block is fractured, the first and second separate permanent magnet pieces are adjacently located and a first fractured surface of the first separate permanent magnet piece and a second fractured surface of the second separate permanent magnet piece are adjacent to each other. The permanent magnet is configured such that the first fractured surface of the first separate permanent magnet piece and the second fractured surface of the second separate permanent magnet piece are located in positions out of contact with each other.
US09214843B2
A method of making an electric motor includes installing a plurality of hairpin coils in a plurality of slots, wherein the plurality of hairpin coils comprise a first hairpin coil and a second hairpin coil, the first hairpin coil comprising a first end and the second hairpin coil comprising a second end. The method further includes inserting the first and second ends into a void of an electrically conductive coupler to electrically connect the first and second ends; and placing the insulation cap over the coupler so as to protect the coupler from contacting other electric conductive materials.
US09214840B2
A fan motor includes a motor having a shaft, a fan, and a fan fixing section for rigidly connecting the fan to the shaft. The fan has a first mounting face for the fan to be integrated with the motor. The fan fixing section has a fan mounting plate mounted to an end of the shaft and including a second mounting face in a radial direction, and an elastic plate having elastic force. The first mounting face is connected to the second mounting face via the elastic plate.
US09214835B2
A power supply system includes a switching power supply for outputting a predetermined DC voltage by converting an AC voltage from an AC power supply, a latching relay provided on an AC input line for switching a connection state of the switching power supply and the AC power supply in response to a relay drive signal, a storage circuit storing electricity from the switching power supply, a control device for receiving electric power from the storage circuit in a disconnection state, and a relay drive circuit for generating the relay drive signal and outputting it to the latching relay. The control device determines whether an amount of charge of the storage circuit has decreased to a predetermined amount of charge in the disconnection state, and generates and outputs the relay control signal to the relay drive circuit.
US09214822B2
The present invention generally relates to a device and method for the management of a collection of battery cells. In one embodiment, the present invention permits the management of a collection of battery cells composed of an overall battery pack manager unit, individual cell manager units, and wireless communication links between these units. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a device and method for the management of a collection of battery cells in the field of rechargeable batteries, such as batteries based on lithium-based chemistries, nickel-based chemistries, and lead-acid chemistries. In still another embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method that permits the maximization of battery pack capacity during a charge-discharge cycle and/or permits the maximization of the total number of charge-discharge cycles.
US09214819B2
A DC/DC converter circuit includes at least two DC/DC converters and a low-pass filter, the DC/DC converters in each case having one input side and one output side. The DC/DC converters are connected to each other in series on their output side, and the low-pass filter is post-connected to the DC/DC converters that are connected in series to each other, so as to smooth the output voltage generated by the DC/DC converters at their output side.
US09214817B2
A circuitry arrangement for a solar power plant includes a transformerless inverter for feeding electric power from at least one photovoltaic generator into an alternating power grid, a galvanic separation of all lines carrying current between the inverter and the power grid, and a DC voltage source in an offset path between one electric line at the input side of the galvanic separation and a reference potential. The DC voltage source provides an offset voltage. The offset path includes a DC branch and an AC branch connected in parallel. The direct voltage source is connected in series with a current sensor in the DC branch, and at least one capacitor is arranged in the AC branch. Further, a DC contactor triggered by the current sensor is arranged in the offset path.
US09214808B2
An electronic device includes a MCU, and a power control circuit. The power control circuit includes a first switch unit connected between a power source and the MCU, and a second switch unit connected between a control terminal of the first switch unit and the MCU. In a first status, the second switch unit outputs a first control signal to switch on the first switch to connect the MCU to the power source for enabling the MCU to receive power; and further outputs a boot signal to the MCU to power the electronic device. Switched to a second status, a shutdown signal is output to the MCU to shutdown the electronic device; and the second switch module further outputs a second control signal to switch off the first switch after a determined time period, to cut power consumption to nil at the end of that period.
US09214803B2
Disclosed is an alternator overvoltage protection circuit having a TRIAC and a MOSFET. The TRIAC is electrically connected to the MOSFET and the TRIAC is electrically connected to a magneto. The TRIAC is configured to ground the magneto when triggered by the MOSFET. The MOSFET is electrically connected to an alternator and configured to conduct when the alternator operates in an overvoltage condition. Also disclosed is a method of alternator overvoltage protection for a piece of outdoor power equipment, the method including providing a TRIAC and an alternator rotated by an engine having a magneto, wherein the alternator outputs a voltage when rotated by the engine. The method further includes configuring the TRIAC to ground the magneto when the alternator operates in an overvoltage condition, thereby disabling the magneto, which stops the rotation of the engine and stops the alternator from outputting voltage.
US09214800B2
A surge protection circuit includes a surge protection unit and an interface electrically connected to each other. The surge protection unit includes an internal connection terminal block, three varistors and one discharge tube. The three varistors are electrically connected to the internal connection terminal block, where two varistors are electrically connected to the discharge tube. The discharge tube is also electrically connected to the internal connection terminal block and is grounded. The surge protection circuit can avoid connecting a varistor to the discharge tube in series and reduce a residual voltage of the surge protection circuit.
US09214798B1
A range infinite switch including a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) subsystem is provided. The GFCI subsystem operates a solenoid and plunger arrangement that activates a mechanical interlock within the switch permitting axial movement of a cam customarily used to bias temperature controlling contacts within the switch. Upon detection of a ground fault the latching mechanism is released and the cam moves to a position where the temperature controlling contacts are opened so as to disconnect power to a range heating element. In an appliance having more than one heating element, each heating element would be separately protected from ground fault conditions by use of the disclosed switch.
US09214795B2
A component power cable having a pair of elongate conductive members each connected at a first end to a power distribution unit connector and at a second end to a component power supply connector, wherein the cable has sufficient resilience to impart a generally collapsed configuration to the component power cable, with the first end generally proximal to the second end. The component power cable is extendable from the collapsed configuration to an extended configuration by displacement of the first end to a position distal to the second end, wherein energy stored in the resilient cable by such displacement restores the component power cable to the collapsed configuration upon return of the first end to a position proximal the second end. The resilience may be provided by a spring element or by an elastomeric sheath.
US09214787B2
Novel methods and systems for miniaturized lasers are described. A photonic crystal is bonded to a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The photonic crystal includes air-holes and can include a waveguide which couples the laser output to a silicon waveguide.
US09214786B2
A high brightness diode laser package includes a plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides arranged on a stepped surface to emit respective laser beams in one or more emission directions, a plurality of optical components situated to receive the laser beams from the plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides and to provide the beams in a closely packed relationship, and an optical fiber optically coupled to the closely packed beams for coupling the laser beams out of the diode laser package.
US09214780B2
A laser device including lasing materials composed of nanoparticles in an aerosol phase. One example is Nd2O3 in DMDCS with DMSO which is sprayed into a cuvette, measures have to be taken to prevent for aggregation. The fluorescence life-time is significantly shorter compared to nanoparticles dissolved in a liquid.
US09214776B2
A threadless light socket assembly allows a light bulb to be changed by pushing or pulling the light bulb into or out of the socket provides an outer insulator housing and an insulator cap which carrying a ground socket in a medial channel that grounds a light bulb base to a power supply. Plural spring biased thread locks protrude into center of the ground socket and are staggered in height to align with threads defined in a light bulb base. A positive contact is in the socket assembly supplies positive power from a power supply to the light bulb base. The threadless light socket has interchangeable components to allow installation in new and existing light fixtures.
US09214758B2
The present disclosure relates to a housing arrangement, in particular to a hermetic housing arrangement, having at least one housing for connecting a plug-in connector, wherein the housing arrangement has at least one seal. The housing arrangement in accordance with the present disclosure is characterized in that the at least one seal can be placed in at least one opening provided in the housing and/or in an opening provided in a plug flange of the plug-in connector and designed as a milled portion.
US09214752B2
A bus bar module includes: a bus bar module body section formed of an insulating material, and including an output terminal installation section on which to install an output terminal, a part of the output terminal installation section projecting, and a cover latching section provided to a tip end side of the projecting output terminal installation section; and an output terminal cover configured to cover the output terminal on the output terminal installation section, provided to the bus bar module body section using a hinge section which is provided to a base end side of the output terminal installation section, and including a cover latch section provided to a tip end side of the output terminal cover, the cover latch section being fastened to the cover latching section of the bus bar module body section when the output terminal cover covers the output terminal on the output terminal installation section.
US09214747B2
An electrical connector electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing with a number of terminals therein and includes a substrate and a sidewall extending upwardly from the substrate, the substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and a number of through holes penetrated from the top surface to the bottom surface, wherein the electrical connector further includes a flex film located under the substrate, a frame located above the flex film and a number of solder balls electrically connecting the flex film to the printed circuit board, the four sides of the flex film and the frame are both insert-molded into the insulative housing.
US09214744B2
A connector device includes a plurality of board mounted connectors and mating side connectors to be fitted with each other and a guiding hood. Levers are rotatably attached to the mating side connectors. A guiding hood includes a plurality of connector fitting parts which guide an insertion of the mating side connectors corresponding to the board mounted connectors, and is attached to the opening part of the housing case. The board mounted connectors and the mating side connectors are configured to be fitted with each other by rotating the levers which are engaged to the connector fitting parts. The guiding hood includes locking means configured to be locked and engaged to the board mounted connectors respectively by being elastically engaged with engaging parts of the board mounted connectors respectively in a direction in which the board mounted connectors are arranged.
US09214743B2
A connector assembly includes a dielectric having a right angle body including a first segment and a second segment and defining a right angle chamber extending through the first and second segments. At least one door at a right angle corner of the body provides access to the right angle chamber through a rear opening in an open state, and restricts access to the rear opening in a closed state. A female center contact in the right angle chamber in the first segment has a terminating end configured to electrically connect to a cable conductor of a cable received in the right angle chamber in the second segment. A front shield receives the dielectric and forces the door to move from the open state to the closed state upon loading the dielectric into the front shield. A rear shield couples to the front shield.
US09214741B2
Connection terminal (10) according to the present invention includes a tab part and not smaller than four pinching plates (12) that hold an aluminum electric wire. Pinching plates (12) each include first slit (13) and contact surfaces (14). First slit (13) has a first open end located in one side of the slit, and a first tip located in the other side. The aluminum electric wire is inserted into first slit (13). Contact surfaces (14) are in contact with the aluminum electric wire that is press-fitted into first slit (13). A contact area in which contact surfaces (14) are in contact with a core wire is an area of 100% to 200% of a radial cross-sectional area of the core wire.
US09214733B2
Provided is an antenna device including a substrate, a metal chassis disposed adjacent a rear surface of the substrate, multiple patch antenna elements formed in an array on a front surface of the substrate, feeding lines formed on the front surface of the substrate and through which electricity is fed to the multiple patch antenna elements, and a ground conductor formed on the rear surface of the substrate in a portion opposite the feeding lines.
US09214730B2
A patch antenna comprises a patch radiator, at least a first connection point for at least a first radio frequency signal, and at least a first feed structure. The first feed structure is arranged to connect the first connection point to at least two feed points on the patch radiator, a first of the feed points being disposed adjacent to a first edge of the patch radiator, and a second of the feed points being disposed adjacent to a second edge of the patch radiator, the first and second edges being on opposed sides of a central region of the patch radiator. The first feed structure comprises at least a first transmission line arranged to connect the first of the feed points to the second of the feed points, the transmission line being disposed in a substantially parallel relationship to the patch radiator.
US09214715B2
The present invention is directed to a hybrid coupler device that includes a first transmission line structure and a second transmission line structure. The first transmission line structure is interdigitally coupled with the second transmission line structure such that each transmission line in the second transmission line structure is disposed adjacent to a transmission line in the first transmission line structure. The coupling or the mutual capacitance Cd between the transmission lines of the present invention need not be equal; in fact, they all can be different.
US09214713B2
A printed circuit board has a dielectric constant different from the dielectric constant of free space, with at least two microstrip lines routed adjacent to one another on a surface of the printed circuit board. A dielectric coating is applied to at least one of the at least two microstrip lines such that the dielectric constant of the dielectric coating differs from the dielectric constant of free space. In a further embodiment, the dielectric coating comprises a material having a dielectric constant approximately equal to the dielectric constant of the printed circuit board.
US09214709B2
A hybrid energy storage system (ESS) includes a first energy storage device including a battery having an impedance for providing a substantially constant power output, and a second energy storage device linked to the first energy storage and including a high power electrochemical double layer capacitor (EDLC) for providing intermittent bursts of high voltage output in a range of 1.5 to 3.0 volts, wherein an operation rating of the second energy source is within a temperature range between 75 degrees Celsius and 330 degrees Celsius while exhibiting a leakage current less than 1 amp per liter of volume over the range of operating temperatures and at a voltage up to a rated voltage.
US09214705B2
Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that at least one electrode assembly of a structure having a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode is mounted in a battery case, at least one heat dissipation member to dissipate heat generated in the electrode assembly during charge and discharge of the battery cell or upon occurrence of a short circuit is disposed in the electrode assembly and/or is in contact with an outer surface of the electrode assembly, and a portion of the heat dissipation member is exposed outward from the electrode assembly.
US09214702B2
A battery for an electric tool includes at least one battery cell, a peripheral device operable to detect a battery condition of the at least one battery cell, and a microcomputer communicating with the peripheral device. The microcomputer periodically operates the peripheral device for detecting the battery condition during the time when the battery is not electrically connected to the electric tool.
US09214698B2
A secondary battery including a fixing part on the inside of the can is disclosed. In one embodiment, the battery includes an electrode assembly having a diameter of L2, a can housing the electrode assembly and at least one fixing portion extending from an inner wall of the can toward an outer surface of the electrode assembly. In one embodiment, L1 is defined as the shortest distance between two portions of the inner wall of the can which are substantially directly opposing with respect to each other. The electrode assembly is separated from the fixing part by a gap such that the electrode assembly is prevented from contacting the can.
US09214684B2
The present invention provides a fuel control system and method, e.g., for a vehicle fuel cell system, which can efficiently supply hydrogen to a fuel cell stack and increase the efficiency of an ejector. For this purpose, the present invention provides a fuel control system having a series-connected multi-stage pressure control structure, in which an additional injector is provided in series between an injector for controlling the pressure of hydrogen supplied, a pressure control valve, or a pressure control actuator and a hydrogen recirculation ejector in a hydrogen supply passage, through which hydrogen is supplied from a hydrogen supply unit to a fuel cell stack, such that the pressure of hydrogen supplied is controlled in stages.
US09214675B2
The invention provides electrolytic a manganese dioxide with a BET specific surface area of 20 to 60 m2/g, and a volume of at least 0.023 cm3/g for pores with pore diameters of 2 to 200 nm. Also provided is a method for producing an electrolytic manganese dioxide including a step of suspending a manganese oxide in a sulfuric acid-manganese sulfate mixed solution to obtain the electrolytic manganese dioxide, wherein a manganese oxide particles are continuously mixed with a sulfuric acid-manganese sulfate mixed solution, for a manganese oxide particle concentration of 5 to 200 mg/L in the sulfuric acid-manganese sulfate mixed solution. Still further provided is a method for producing a lithium-manganese complex oxide, including a step of mixing the electrolytic manganese dioxide with a lithium compound and heat treating the mixture to obtain a lithium-manganese complex oxide.
US09214673B2
A compound of formula Lia+y(M1(1−t)Mot)2M2b(O1−xF2x)c wherein: M1 is selected from the group consisting in Ni, Mn, Co, Fe, V or a mixture thereof; M2 is selected from the group consisting in B, Al, Si, P, Ti, Mo; with 4≦a≦6; 0
US09214670B2
A positive electrode material for a lithium battery, a positive electrode prepared from the positive electrode material, and a lithium battery including the positive electrode are disclosed. The positive electrode material includes a positive active material, an aqueous binder, and tungsten trioxide. Due to the inclusion of the positive active material, the aqueous binder, and the tungsten trioxide (WO3), the positive electrode material may substantially prevent corrosion of an aluminum substrate. The positive electrode material has high electric conductivity. Lithium batteries including positive electrodes prepared from the positive electrode material have decreased resistance of the electrode plate, high rate characteristics, and good lifespan characteristics.
US09214664B2
An object of the present invention is a cathode active material including a lithium manganese-based oxide. The lithium manganese-based oxide has a spinel structure, exhibits core-shell phase transition by which phase transition of a crystal structure occurs from a cubic structure to a tetragonal structure in a direction from the surface of particles to the center of the particles during discharging to the 3V region, and includes a conductive material at the shell to improve electrical conductivity of the tetragonal structure.
US09214657B2
Provided is a power storage device including: a first chassis member; a second chassis member; a power inlet; one or plural power outlets; a battery module; a power conversion device; a housing; a lower lid; and an upper lid. The battery module is fixed closely to one surface of the first main surface portion. The power conversion device is fixed closely to one surface of the second main surface portion. A gap portion is formed between the first main surface portion and the second main surface portion by disposing the other surface of the first main surface portion and the other surface of the second main surface portion to face each other. The space is used to make air taken through the plural openings of the lower lid flow via the plural openings of the upper lid.
US09214649B2
A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element including a transparent electrode, a reflecting electrode, and an organic layer that includes a light-emitting layer; a transparent multilayer body including a low-refractive-index layer and a high-refractive-index layer, the high-refractive-index layer being provided in contact with the transparent electrode; a first uneven structure at an interface between the low-refractive-index layer and the high-refractive-index layer, the first uneven structure including depressions and projections, a height of each of the projections relative to the depressions being 400 nm or more; and a second uneven structure at an interface between the reflecting electrode and the organic layer, the second uneven structure including depressions and projections, a height of each of the projections relative to the depressions in the second uneven structure being 20 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
US09214629B2
A resistive memory having a leakage inhibiting characteristic and a method for fabricating the same, which can suppress a sneak current in a large scaled crossing array of a RRAM. A memory cell forming the resistive memory comprises a lower electrode, a first semiconductor-type oxide layer, a resistive material layer, a second semiconductor-type oxide layer and an upper electrode which are sequentially stacked. Each of the semiconductor-type oxide layers may be a semiconductor-type metal oxide or a semiconductor-type non-metal oxide. The sneak current may be effectively reduced by means of a Schottky barrier formed between the semiconductor-type oxide layer and the metal electrode, the fabrication process is easy to be implemented, and a high device integration degree can be achieved.
US09214628B2
A nonvolatile memory element according to the present invention includes a first metal line; a plug formed on the first metal line and connected to the first metal line; a stacked structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance layer, the stacked structure being formed on a plug which is connected to the first electrode; a second metal line formed on the stacked structure and directly connected to the second electrode; and a side wall protective layer which covers the side wall of the stacked structure and has an insulating property and an oxygen barrier property, wherein part of a lower surface of the second metal line is located under an upper surface of the stacked structure.
US09214621B2
A piezoelectric multilayer component is specified. At least one external electrode is fixed to a stack of piezoelectric layers and electrode layers arranged therebetween. At least one region of the external electrode projects beyond the stack and the external electrode is at least partly pressure-deformed in said region. Furthermore, a method for forming an external electrode in a piezoelectric multilayer component is specified.
US09214610B2
A lighting apparatus includes a first doped semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer disposed over the first doped semiconductor layer, a second doped semiconductor layer disposed over the light-emitting layer, a first conductive terminal, a second conductive terminal, and a photo-conversion layer. The second doped semiconductor layer has a different type of conductivity than the first doped semiconductor layer. The first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal each are disposed below the first doped semiconductor layer. The photo-conversion layer is disposed over the second doped semiconductor layer and on side surfaces of the first and second doped semiconductor layers and the light-emitting layer. A bottommost surface of the photo-conversion layer is located closer to the second doped semiconductor layer than bottom surfaces of the first and second conductive terminals.
US09214603B2
A semiconductor light emitting device including: a substrate made of GaAs; and a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, in which part of the substrate on a side opposite to the semiconductor layer is removed by etching so that the semiconductor light emitting device has a thickness of not more than 60 μm.
US09214598B2
A pixel structure of a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate; a color filter layer formed on the first substrate, the color filter layer comprising a plurality of filtering areas for filtering light, and a plurality of blocking areas for blocking light; a main spacer formed on one of the blocking areas; a sub spacer formed on another one of the blocking areas; a second substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the second substrate; an insulating layer formed above the thin film transistor and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein a distance from an upper surface of the insulating layer near the main spacer to the second substrate is greater than a distance from an upper surface of the insulating layer near the sub spacer to the second substrate.
US09214593B2
A method for manufacturing a solar cell is discussed. The method may include injecting first impurity ions at a first surface of a substrate by using a first ion implantation method to form a first impurity region, the substrate having a first conductivity type and the first impurity ions having a second conductivity type, and the first impurity region having the second conductivity type; heating the substrate with the first impurity region to activate the first impurity region to form an emitter region from the first impurity region; etching the emitter region from a surface of the emitter region to a predetermined depth to form an emitter part from the emitter region; and forming a first electrode on the emitter part to connect to the emitter part and a second electrode on a second surface of the substrate to connect to the second surface of the substrate.
US09214592B2
An image sensor package and method of manufacture that includes a crystalline handler with conductive elements extending therethrough, an image sensor chip disposed in a cavity of the handler, and a transparent substrate disposed over the cavity and bonded to both the handler and image sensor chip. The transparent substrate includes conductive traces that electrically connect the sensor chip's contact pads to the handler's conductive elements, so that off-chip signaling is provided by the substrate's conductive traces and the handler's conductive elements.
US09214590B2
A photovoltaic device includes an electron accepting material and an electron donating material. One of the electron accepting or donating materials is configured and dimensioned as a first component of a bulk heterojunction with a predetermined array of first structures, each first structure is substantially equivalent in three dimensional shape, has a substantially equivalent cross-sectional dimension, and where each first structure of the array of first structures has a substantially equivalent orientation with respect to adjacent first structures of the predetermined array forming a substantially uniform array.
US09214589B2
Throughput of manufacturing thin-film solar panels by inline technique is made substantially independent from the time extent of different surface treatment steps by accordingly subdividing treatment steps in sub-steps performed in inline subsequent treatment stations. Treatment duration in each of the subsequent treatment stations is equal(τ).
US09214582B2
A uni-travelling carrier photodiode includes an absorption region of p-type doped material. The photodiode further includes a first collector layer and second collector layer wherein the absorption region is located between the first collector layer and the second collector layer.
US09214578B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a lens array including a plurality of convex meniscus lenses. Each of the convex meniscus lenses is provided between a first member and a second member. The first member has a lower refractive index than each of the convex meniscus lenses and has convex surfaces conforming to respective concave surfaces of the convex meniscus lenses. The second member has a lower refractive index than each of the convex meniscus lenses and has concave surfaces conforming to respective convex surfaces of the convex meniscus lenses. The first member is provided between a group of the convex meniscus lenses and a group of the photoelectric conversion portions.
US09214575B2
A solar panel comprises a back contact layer, an absorber layer over the back contact layer, a buffer layer over the absorber layer, and a front contact layer comprising a transparent conductive material over the buffer layer. The front contact layer has a plurality of outer edges and a seed layer comprising a seed layer material along the outer edges.
US09214569B2
According to example embodiments, a memory device includes a substrate, a channel region on the substrate, a plurality of gate electrode layers stacked on each other on the substrate, and a plurality of contact plugs. The gate electrode layers are adjacent to the channel region and extend in one direction to define a pad region. The gate electrode layers include first and second gate electrode layers. The contact plugs are connected to the gate electrode layers in the pad region. At least one of the contact plugs is electrically insulated from the from the first gate electrode layer and electrically connected to the second gate electrode layer by penetrating through the first gate electrode layer.
US09214563B2
It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics and a display device including the semiconductor device as a switching element. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a needle crystal group provided on at least one surface side of the oxide semiconductor layer grows in a c-axis direction perpendicular to the surface and includes an a-b plane parallel to the surface, and a portion except for the needle crystal group is an amorphous region or a region in which amorphousness and microcrystals are mixed. Accordingly, a highly reliable semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics can be formed.
US09214552B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a gate stack over a substrate, forming spacers adjoining opposite sidewalls of the gate stack, forming a sacrificial layer adjoining the spacers, removing a portion of the sacrificial layer, removing a portion of the spacers to form a recess cavity below the left spacers. Then, a strain feature is formed in the recess cavity. The disclosed method provides an improved method by providing a space between the spacer and the substrate for forming the strained feature, therefor, to enhance carrier mobility and upgrade the device performance.
US09214546B2
A semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, a silicon carbide layer, a switching element section, and an overvoltage detection element section whose area is smaller than that of the switching element section. The switching element section includes a first electrode pad, a first terminal section surrounding the first electrode pad and provided in the silicon carbide layer, and a first insulating film covering the first terminal section. The overvoltage detection element section includes a second electrode pad, a second terminal section surrounding the second electrode pad and provided in the silicon carbide layer, and a second insulating film covering the second terminal section and being in contact with the silicon carbide layer. A breakdown field strength of at least part of a portion of the second insulating film being in contact with the silicon carbide layer is lower than that of the first insulating film.
US09214541B2
A conductive top surface of a replacement gate stack is recessed relative to a top surface of a planarization dielectric layer by at least one etch. A dielectric capping layer is deposited over the planarization dielectric layer and the top surface of the replacement gate stack so that the top surface of a portion of the dielectric capping layer over the replacement gate stack is vertically recessed relative to another portion of the dielectric layer above the planarization dielectric layer. The vertical offset of the dielectric capping layer can be employed in conjunction with selective via etch processes to form a self-aligned contact structure.
US09214536B2
A lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor includes a semiconductor substrate including a drift layer, a collector region, a channel layer, an emitter region, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, a collector electrode, an emitter electrode, and a barrier layer. The barrier layer is disposed along either side of the collector region and is located to a depth deeper than a bottom of the channel layer. The barrier layer has an impurity concentration that is higher than an impurity concentration of the drift layer. The barrier layer has a first end close to the collector region and a second end far from the collector region. The first end is located between the channel layer and the collector region, and the second end is located on the bottom of the channel layer.
US09214521B2
A semiconductor device includes a first emitter region of a first conductivity type, a second emitter region of a second conductivity type complementary to the first type, a drift region of the second conductivity type, and a first electrode. The first and second emitter regions are arranged between the drift region and first electrode and each connected to the first electrode. A device cell of a cell region includes a body region of the first conductivity type adjoining the drift region, a source region of the second conductivity type adjoining the body region, and a gate electrode adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric. A second electrode is electrically connected to the source and body regions. A parasitic region of the first conductivity type is disposed outside the cell region and includes at least one section with charge carrier lifetime reduction means.
US09214504B2
An organic display device includes a pixel driving circuit having a thin film transistor connected to a current supply line and a capacitor. A first insulation layer, with a first electrode thereon, covers a source electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is connected to the transistor through a contact hole in the insulation layer. A second insulation layer including an aperture is formed on the first insulation layer and electrode layers. An organic light emitting layer, with a second electrode thereon is formed in the aperture and connected to the first electrode. The second insulation layer includes an inner wall at the aperture, said inner wall having a surface of a convex plane on an edge of the recessed part of the first electrode. The convex plane is located between the organic light emitting layer and the edge of the first electrode, and the second electrode is formed over plurality of pixels.
US09214500B2
A pixel structure of an electroluminescent display panel includes display pixel units. Each display pixel unit is composed of one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel, and one third sub-pixel. Each first sub-pixel is disposed adjacent to another first sub-pixel along a column direction to form a first pixel unit with a first frame. Each second sub-pixel is disposed adjacent to another second sub-pixel along the column direction to form a second pixel unit with a second frame. Each third sub-pixel is disposed adjacent to another third sub-pixel along the column direction to form a third pixel unit with a third frame. Each first, second, and third pixel units respectively have an identical first length along the column direction. Each first pixel unit and one adjacent first pixel unit disposed in a different row are shifted relatively along the row direction by the first length.
US09214498B2
An organic light emitting display device comprises: a lower substrate; a underlying wire formed on the lower substrate; and red, green, and blue subpixels each comprising a transistor section formed on the lower substrate and an organic light emitting diode, wherein the white subpixel comprises a first electrode which is non-overlapped with the underlying wire and is spaced apart from the underlying wire.
US09214497B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels defined in the substrate. A pixel includes red subpixel, green subpixel, blue subpixel, and white subpixel. The organic light emitting display device includes an anode electrode formed on the substrate, a cathode electrode opposing the anode electrode, and a red common emission layer, a green common emission layer, and a blue common emission layer formed across each of the red, green, blue and white subpixel areas. The blue common emission layer is disposed above and adjacent to the anode electrode, the green common emission layer is disposed above the blue common emission layer, and the red common emission layer is disposed above the green common emission layer and adjacent to the cathode electrode.
US09214489B2
Provided is a photodiode having a high-concentration layer on its surface, in which the high-concentration layer is formed so that the thickness of a non-depleted region is larger than the roughness of an interface between silicon and an insulator layer, and is smaller than a penetration depth of ultraviolet light.
US09214485B2
A multilayer optical filter is provided for an integrated circuit including a substrate and a metallization layer interconnection part. The optical filter is formed from a first filter part located within the interconnection part and positioned over a photosensitive region of the substrate. The optical filter further includes a second filter part positioned above the first filter part and the interconnection part. The first and second filter parts each include a metal layer. The first and second filter parts are separated from each other as a function of a wavelength in vacuum of an optical signal to be filtered and received by the photosensitive region.
US09214484B2
An image sensor package may include: a package substrate including a chip attachment area on an upper surface thereof, a pad area having a plurality of pads around the chip attachment area, and a holder attachment area at an outside of the pad area, wherein an upper surface of the holder attachment area is at a lower level than an upper surface of the pad area; an image sensor chip mounted on the chip attachment area of the package substrate; a transparent member above the package substrate and configured to cover the image sensor chip; and a holder on the holder attachment area of the package substrate and configured to fix the transparent member.
US09214481B2
An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a driving device for a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and a method for manufacturing the same. The driving device comprises at least one first TFT and at least one second TFT formed a base substrate, wherein load of the first TFT is larger than load of the second TFT, the first TFT is of a top-gate configuration, and the second TFT is of a bottom-gate configuration.
US09214480B2
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed, in which a sensing electrode for sensing a touch of a user is built in a display panel, whereby a separate touch screen is not required on an upper surface of the display panel unlike the related art and thus thickness and manufacturing cost are reduced.
US09214478B2
A display panel includes gate lines extending in a first direction, a first column insulating layer between the gate lines, a gate electrode disposed on the first column insulating layer. The first column insulating layer, the gate lines, and the gate electrode are covered by a gate insulating layer. An active layer is disposed on the gate insulating layer. Source and drain electrodes are disposed above the active layer. Data lines are connected to the source electrode. A second column insulating layer is interposed between the data lines and includes a first contact hole to expose the drain electrode. A contact electrode is disposed in the first contact hole and connected to the drain electrode, a second contact hole is formed through a protective layer to correspond to the first contact hole, and a pixel electrode is connected to the contact electrode through the second contact hole.
US09214474B2
To provide a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer and having electric characteristics required depending on an intended use and provide a semiconductor device including the transistor, in a transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode are stacked in this order over an oxide semiconductor insulating film, an oxide semiconductor stack layer which includes at least two oxide semiconductor layers with energy gaps different from each other and a mixed region therebetween is used as the semiconductor layer.
US09214470B2
A non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of gate electrodes stacked over a semiconductor substrate and stretched in a first direction along the semiconductor substrate and a plurality of junction layers having a first region protruding from the semiconductor substrate and crossing the gate electrodes and a second region formed between the gate electrodes.
US09214469B2
Provided is a semiconductor memory circuit including an oxide semiconductor insulated gate FET enabling advanced performance without being affected by a variation in threshold voltage. A semiconductor memory circuit MC includes a first transistor element T1 composed of an insulated gate FET having a gate electrode connected to a memory node N1, a drain electrode connected to an intermediate node N2, and a source electrode connected to a data I/O terminal DIO; a second transistor element T2 composed of an oxide semiconductor insulated gate FET having a gate electrode connected to a first control terminal CIN1, a drain electrode connected to the intermediate node N2, and a source electrode connected to the memory node N1; a capacitive element C1 having one end connected to a first voltage terminal VIN1 and the other end connected to the memory node N1; and a switching element S1 for controlling a conducting state between a second control terminal CIN2 or a second voltage terminal VIN2 or the first voltage terminal VIN1, and the intermediate node N2, based on a voltage level of at least the second control terminal CIN2.
US09214456B2
A light emitting diode (LED) system includes one or more light emitting diodes (LED), or other lighting devices, configured to provide lighting in an area, and a wireless control system configured to control the light emitting diodes (LED). The wireless control system includes at least one transmitter/receiver device in signal communication with the light emitting diode (LED), and a wireless control device operable by a user, configured to send input signals to the transmitter/receiver device for controlling the light emitting diode (LED), and to receive output signals from the transmitter/receiver device for indicating a status of the light emitting diodes (LED).
US09214454B2
A microelectronic assembly can be made by joining first and second subassemblies by electrically conductive masses to connect electrically conductive elements on support elements of each subassembly. A patterned layer of photo-imageable material may overlie a surface of one of the support elements and have openings with cross-sectional dimensions which are constant or monotonically increasing with height from the surface of that support element, where the masses extend through the openings and have dimensions defined thereby. An encapsulation can be formed by flowing an encapsulant into a space between the joined first and second subassemblies.
US09214451B2
A stacked package including: a semiconductor substrate, a circuit layer formed over the semiconductor substrate, a bump formed over the circuit layer, a spare bump formed correspondingly to the bump and over the circuit layer, and configured for replacing the bump with the spare bump, a through electrode configuring to pass through the semiconductor substrate on a same line as the bump and electrically coupled the bump or the spare bump in response to a selection signal, and a spare through electrode configured to pass through the semiconductor substrate on a same line as the spare bump and electrically coupled with the bump or the spare bump in response to a selection signal. When a bump has failed, a vertical input/output line of the semiconductor chips is established by a spare bump corresponding to the failed bump through the selective signal routing.
US09214441B2
According to example embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a first and a second semiconductor package. The first semiconductor package includes a first package substrate, first and second memory chips spaced apart from each other on the first package substrate in a first direction, third and fourth memory chips on the first and second memory chips, respectively, and first and second jumper chips on the first and second memory chips, respectively. The first and second jumper chips are spaced apart from the third and fourth memory chips, respectively, in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second semiconductor package may include a second package substrate and a logic chip on the second package substrate. The first semiconductor package may be on the second semiconductor package.
US09214436B2
Methods for wet etching a UBM layer and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments may include patterning metal bumps on a wafer that has at least two metal layers thereon; exposing the wafer to a first acid solution to remove a portion of a first of the two metal layers exposed by the patterning of the metal bumps; and exposing the wafer to a second acid solution to remove a portion a second of the two metal layers exposed by the patterning of the metal bumps and the exposure of the wafer to the first acid solution, wherein an undercut below the metal bumps, formed by removal of the portions of the first and second metal layers, is less than 1.5 microns.
US09214434B1
A wafer level fan out package includes a semiconductor die having a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. A stiffener is disposed on the third surface of the semiconductor die. A conductive via passes through the stiffener. First and second electrically conductive patterns electrically connected to the conductive via are disposed on the first and second surfaces of the semiconductor die and stiffener. Solder balls are electrically connected to the first or second electrically conductive patterns.
US09214431B1
Magnetic coupling of noise sources can have a negative impact on the net performance of sensitive circuits. A magnetic shielding loop can advantageously minimize magnetic coupling associated with a circuit on an integrated circuit (IC) by including on-chip components, off-chip components, and interface components connecting the on-chip and off-chip components. The components can include conductive paths and contact pads on a die, package, and printed circuit board. The magnetic shielding loop magnetically isolates at least one of input terminals and noise-generating elements of the circuit.
US09214419B2
A preparation method for a power semiconductor device includes: providing a lead frame containing a plurality of chip mounting units, one side edge of a die paddle of each chip mounting unit is bent and extended upwardly and one lead connects to the bent side edge of the die paddle and extends in an opposite direction from the die paddle; attaching a semiconductor chip to the top surface of the die paddle; forming metal bumps on each electrode at the front of the semiconductor chip with a top end of each metal bump protruding out of a plane of the top surface of the lead; heating the metal bump and pressing a top end of each metal bump by a pressing plate forming a flat top end surface that is flush with the top surface of the lead; and cutting the lead frame to separate individual chip mounting units.
US09214414B2
A lead frame for mounting LED elements includes a frame body region and a large number of package regions arranged in multiple rows and columns in the frame body region. The package regions each include a die pad on which an LED element is to be mounted and a lead section adjacent to the die pad, the package regions being further constructed to be interconnected via a dicing region. The die pad in one package region and the lead section in another package region upward or downward adjacent to the package region of interest are connected to each other by an inclined reinforcement piece positioned in the dicing region.
US09214410B2
Stack packages are provided. The stack package includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a first chip body, first through electrodes penetrating the first chip body, and an insulation layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first chip body. The second chip includes a second chip body and bumps disposed on a top surface of the second chip body. The first and second chips are vertically stacked such that the bumps penetrate the insulation layer to pierce the first through electrodes and the top surface of the second chip body directly contacts the insulation layer. Related fabrication methods, electronic systems and memory cards are also provided.
US09214406B2
In an electronic control device, semiconductor modules are disposed in a power region of a substrate, and on a surface of a substrate adjacent to a housing to radiate heat from rear surfaces to the housing through a heat radiation layer. Therefore, a heat radiation performance improves. Further, a first distance from an end surface of a power region corresponding part corresponding to the power region to the substrate is shorter than a second distance from an end surface of a control region corresponding part corresponding to a control region of the substrate to the substrate. Therefore, a closed circuit bridged by parasitic capacitances is formed mainly in an area of the power region and the power region corresponding part. A noise generated from the semiconductor modules is returned to noise sources through the closed circuit without affecting the control region.
US09214403B2
A stacked semiconductor package including a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board is provided. The first printed circuit board may include a first surface upon which a first semiconductor chip is mounted and a second surface upon which at least one connecting structure is attached. The first printed circuit board may further include at least one thermal via and a heat sink and the at least one thermal via and the heat sink may be disposed under the first semiconductor chip with the heat sink being disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The second printed circuit board may include a third surface upon which a second semiconductor chip is mounted. The second printed circuit board may be disposed under the first printed circuit board with the at least one connecting structure connecting the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board.
US09214402B2
A pressure sensor device includes a gel retainer that is mounted or formed on a substrate. The gel retainer has a cavity and a pressure sensing die is mounted inside the cavity. The die is electrically connected to one or more other package elements. A pressure-sensitive gel material is dispensed into the cavity to cover an active region of the pressure sensing die. A mold compound is applied on an upper surface of the substrate outside of the gel retainer.
US09214384B2
The present invention provides a method of forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate. First, a first patterned mask layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The first patterned mask layer has a first trench. Then, a material layer is formed along the first trench. Then, a second patterned mask layer is formed on the material layer to completely fill the first trench. A part of the material layer is removed when the portion of the material layer between the second patterned mask layer and the semiconductor substrate is maintained so as to form a second trench. Lastly, an etching process is performed by using the first patterned mask layer and the second patterned mask layer as a mask.
US09214381B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a conductive pattern, a side spacer, and an air gap. The substrate includes an interlayer insulating layer and a trench penetrating the interlayer insulating layer. The conductive pattern is disposed within the trench of the substrate. The side spacer is disposed within the trench. The side spacer covers an upper side surface of the conductive pattern. The air gap is disposed within the trench. The air gap is bounded by a sidewall of the trench, the side spacer, and a lower side surface of the conductive pattern. A level of a bottom surface of the conductive pattern is lower than a level of bottom surfaces of the side spacer.
US09214378B2
A method of making a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor device includes etching an undercut isolation trench into an SOI substrate, the SOI substrate comprising a bottom substrate, a buried oxide (BOX) layer formed on the bottom substrate, and a top SOI layer formed on the BOX layer, wherein the undercut isolation trench extends through the top SOI layer and the BOX layer and into the bottom substrate such that a portion of the undercut isolation trench is located in the bottom substrate underneath the BOX layer. The undercut isolation trench is filled with an undercut fill comprising an insulating material to form an undercut isolation region. A field effect transistor (FET) device is formed on the top SOI layer adjacent to the undercut isolation region, wherein the undercut isolation region extends underneath a source/drain region of the FET.
US09214374B2
A microelectronic device includes a substrate having at least one microelectronic component on a surface thereof, a conductive via electrode extending through the substrate, and a stress relief structure including a gap region therein extending into the surface of the substrate between the via electrode and the microelectronic component. The stress relief structure is spaced apart from the conductive via such that a portion of the substrate extends therebetween. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.
US09214365B2
A two-fluid nozzle 34 for spraying, toward a processing target object, droplets of a processing solution which are formed by mixing the processing solution discharged from a liquid discharge portion 48 and a gas discharged from a gas discharge opening 52 can uniformly spray the droplets of the processing solution having small diameters. Here, the liquid discharge portion 48 includes a multiple number of liquid discharge openings 47 arranged along a circle inside the gas discharge opening 52, and the multiple number of liquid discharge openings 47 discharge the processing solution in an outward direction of the circle.
US09214360B2
Disclosed herein are methods of patterning features that have differing widths. In one example, the method includes forming a layer of material above a semiconductor substrate, forming a masking layer above the layer of material, wherein the masking layer is comprised of a first plurality features positioned above a first region of the semiconductor substrate and a second plurality of features positioned above a second region of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first and second plurality of features have the same pitch spacing and wherein the first and second plurality of features have different widths, and performing at least one etching process on the layer of material through the masking layer.
US09214357B1
The present invention disclosed herein relates to a substrate treating apparatus and method. The substrate treating method includes: providing a substrate on which an oxide layer is formed; treating the oxide layer with a first process gas in a plasma state to substitute the treated oxide layer with a by-product layer; and heating the substrate to remove the by-product layer at a temperature which is above a first heating temperature at which the by-product layer is decomposed and is above a second heating temperature that is a boiling point of an additive by-product generated while the by-product layer is decomposed.
US09214356B2
The present disclosure provides a method for forming patterns in a semiconductor device. In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate and a patterning-target layer over the substrate; forming one or more mandrel patterns over the patterning-target layer; forming an opening in a resist layer by removing a first mandrel pattern and removing a portion of the resist layer that covers the first mandrel pattern; forming spacers adjacent to sidewalls of a second mandrel pattern; removing the second mandrel pattern to expose the spacers; forming a patch pattern over the spacers and aligned with the opening; etching the patterning-target layer using the patch pattern and the spacers as mask elements to form final patterns; and removing the patch pattern and the spacers to expose the final patterns.
US09214354B2
In a manufacturing method of sequentially forming a gate electrode film of the MOSFET, forming a gate electrode film of the non-volatile memory FET, patterning the gate electrode of the non-volatile memory FET, and patterning the gate electrode of the MOSFET, in order to form the MOSFET and the non-volatile memory FET on the same semiconductor substrate. The value of the product of S/L and H/L is specified in a case that the line of the gate electrode of the non-volatile memory FET is set to L, the space thereof is set to S, and the height thereof is set to H so that the thickness of a resist film on the gate electrode of the non-volatile memory FET which is formed in advance is set to a thickness which is not lost by etching for forming the gate electrode of the MOSFET.
US09214352B2
Embodiments of an ohmic contact structure for a Group III nitride semiconductor device and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the ohmic contact structure has less than or equal to 5%, more preferably less than or equal to 2%, more preferably less than or equal to 1.5%, and even more preferably less than or equal to 1% degradation for 1000 hours High Temperature Soak (HTS) at 300 degrees Celsius. In another embodiment, the ohmic contact structure additionally or alternatively has less than or equal to 10% degradation, more preferably less than or equal to 7.5% degradation, more preferably less than or equal to 6% degradation, more preferably less than or equal to 5% degradation, and even more preferably less than 3% degradation for 1000 hours High Temperature operating Life (HToL) at 225 degrees Celsius and 50 milliamps (mA) per millimeter (mm).
US09214345B2
There is provided an ion implantation method, a composition for forming an ion implantation film and a resist underlayer film-forming composition. An ion implantation method including the steps of: forming a film by applying a film-forming composition containing a compound including an element in group 13, group 14, group 15, or group 16 and an organic solvent onto a substrate and baking the film-forming composition; and implanting impurity ions into the substrate from above through the film and introducing the element in group 13, group 14, group 15, or group 16 in the film into the substrate. The film-forming composition is a film-forming composition for ion implantation containing a compound including an element in group 13, group 14, group 15, or group 16, and an organic solvent. In addition, the underlayer film-forming composition contains a compound having at least two borate ester groups.
US09214339B2
Group III nitride semiconductor having reduced threading dislocation density and uniform Ga-polar surface is provided. Forming a capping layer on a buffer layer containing Al as an essential element at a temperature lower than a temperature at which an oxide of element constituting the buffer layer is formed. Heat treating the substrate having the buffer layer covered by the capping layer at a temperature higher than a temperature at which a crystal of body semiconductor grows without exposing the surface of the buffer layer. The substrate temperature is decreased to a temperature at which a crystal of the body semiconductor grows and the body semiconductor is grown.
US09214333B1
Disclosed herein are methods of depositing a SiN film having a reduced wet etch rate. The methods may include adsorbing a film precursor comprising Si onto a semiconductor substrate in a processing chamber to form an adsorption-limited layer of precursor, and then removing unadsorbed precursor from the volume surrounding the adsorbed precursor. The adsorbed precursor may then be reacted by exposing it to a plasma comprising N-containing ions and/or radicals to form a SiN film layer on the substrate, and the SiN film layer may then be densified by exposing it to a He plasma. The foregoing steps may then be repeated to form another densified SiN film layer on the substrate. Also disclosed herein are apparatuses for depositing SiN films having reduced wet etch rates on semiconductor substrates which employ the foregoing techniques.
US09214331B2
DIW in an excessively cooled state is supplied as a solidification liquid to a substrate W, and a solidified material of the DIW is formed by a landing impact on the substrate W. This makes the use of a gaseous refrigerant necessary to form a solidified material unnecessary, eliminates the need for a facility to generate the gaseous refrigerant, shortens a processing time and further enables running cost and the like to be suppressed.
US09214321B2
A mass spectrometer for analyzing a sample utilizing an ion trap comprises an entrance end cap defining an entrance aperture configured to receive the sample entering the ion trap; a ring electrode defining a ring cavity configured to generate, based on a radio frequency (RF) voltage applied to the ring electrode, an electric field configured to trap the sample received through the entrance aperture; an exit end cap defining an exit aperture configured to receive sample ions exiting the ion trap; and an end cap controller configured to generate a bias control voltage for applying a DC bias potential to at least one of the entrance end or the exit end cap, wherein a value of the bias control voltage is based on an operational parameter of the mass spectrometer.
US09214314B1
An ion beam manipulator including a suppression electrode, a ground electrode connected to the suppression electrode in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship therewith by three electrically insulating connectors, the connectors being spaced 120 degrees apart from one another around a circumference of the suppression electrode and the ground electrode, a plurality of linkages extending from the electrically insulating connectors, at least one of the linkages including a pair of parallel support arms connected at a first end to a corresponding one of the electrically insulating connecters by a first pair of universal joints and connected at a second end to a bracket by a second pair of universal joints, and a drive shaft extending from the bracket, the drive shaft coupled to an actuator configured to extend and retract the drive shaft along a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft.
US09214312B2
An x-ray tube has a backscatter electron trap to prevent extra focal radiation caused by backscattered electrons from the focal spot from passing through the beam exit window to an exterior of the x-ray tube. The backscatter electron trap has a surface that faces the x-ray beam in the x-ray tube. No portion of that surface is visible both from an arbitrary point in the x-ray beam outside of the x-ray tube and from an arbitrary point at the focal spot.
US09214307B2
In an operating element for a furniture control for controlling an electrically adjustable piece of furniture, the operating element includes a flat sensor module with a plurality of proximity-sensitive sensor surfaces arranged on the sensor module. An operating panel covers the plurality of sensor surfaces. A set of switching surfaces is marked on the operating panel. A control module is designed for detecting an actuation of one of the switching surfaces based on sensor signals delivered by the sensor surfaces and for generating an actuation signal for the furniture control based on a detected actuation. The sensor module and the control module are arranged in a housing of the operating element, wherein the operating panel forms a cover of the housing.
US09214305B2
A switch for multi-pole direct current service independent of polarity includes a plurality of switching chambers. Each chamber includes a double interrupter having two separate fixed contacts with a first contact area, a movable contact piece with two second contact areas, each for creating a connection between the contact areas in an ON state and for separating the contact areas in an OFF state, and at least two quenching devices for quenching arcs occurring when the OFF state is brought about. The switch also includes magnets for exerting a magnetic field in an area of the contact areas to exert a magnetic force on the arcs and drive the arcs, independent of their current direction, in the direction of one of the erasing devices. The contact pieces are disposed with the second contact areas essentially in a line perpendicular to a direction of motion of the arcs.
US09214304B2
A switch unit includes an operating component, and a base portion that supports the operating component capable of being pressed in criss-cross directions. The base portion is provided with a plurality of T-shaped regulating components that are formed in positions in directions sandwiched between the criss-cross directions. Each of the regulating components is provided with a leg portion that extends from the base portion towards the operating component, and an abutting portion that extends from an end portion of the leg portion along a line that connects together predetermined positions of the criss-cross directions that are located on both sides of each regulating component.
US09214296B2
An engine start switch includes a substrate on which electronic components are mounted, a case which is formed in a cylindrical shape by a peripheral wall portion surrounding the substrate and of which at least one end portion is opened, and a support member that supports the substrate in the case and extends toward the open end of the case from one end portion thereof supporting the substrate. The support member includes an outer surface that faces an inner surface of the peripheral wall portion with a gap interposed therebetween, and a gap at the one end portion of the support member is wider than a gap at other portions excluding at least the one end of the support member.
US09214278B2
There is provided a multilayered ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and having first and second side surfaces; first and second internal electrodes having an overlapping region provided in the ceramic body, forming a capacitance forming area exposed to the first side surface, the first internal electrode having a first lead-out portion, and the second internal electrode being insulated from the first internal electrode and having a second lead-out portion; a first external electrode connected to the first lead-out portion and a second external electrode connected to the second lead-out portion; and an insulating layer formed on the first side surface, wherein the first and second external electrodes further include non-conductive layers formed on outer surfaces thereof.
US09214270B2
An electronic component includes a first conductor layer including a first conductor pattern P1, a first insulating layer covering the first conductor layer, a first opening h1 passing through the first insulting layer to expose top and side surfaces of the first conductor pattern P1 therethrough, and a second conductor layer formed on the first insulating layer and including a second conductor pattern P2 connected to the first conductor pattern P1 through the first opening h1. A first opening region which is a planar region inside the first opening h1 includes a first region in which the first conductor pattern P1 is formed and a second region in which the first conductor pattern P1 is not formed. The second conductor pattern P2 is embedded in both the first and second regions of the first opening h1.
US09214268B2
Method, system, and apparatus for optimizing kinematics of a magnetic latch having a magnetic element is disclosed.
US09214249B2
A multi-leaf collimator for a radiotherapy apparatus comprises at least one array of laterally-spaced elongate leaves, each leaf being driven by an associated motor connected to the leaf via a drive means so as to extend or retract the leaf in its longitudinal direction, the drive means comprising a sub-frame on which at least a subset of the motors are mounted, the sub-frame being mounted at a location spaced from the leaf array in a direction transverse to the lateral and longitudinal directions, and including a plurality of threaded drives disposed longitudinally, each being driven by a motor and being operatively connected to a leaf thereby to drive that leaf.
US09214228B1
A semiconductor memory device has a memory cell array including memory cells, the memory cell being disposed at an intersection of first lines and second lines, the second lines being disposed intersecting the first lines, and the memory cell including a variable resistance element; and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to execute a forming operation sequentially on a plurality of the memory cells. The control circuit applies a forming voltage to a selected memory cell of the memory cells, and controls the forming voltage such that the forming voltage is lower as the forming operation progresses.
US09214222B2
A semiconductor device avoids the disturb problem and the collision between write and read operations in a DP-SRAM cell or a 2P-SRAM cell. The semiconductor device 1 includes a write word line WLA and a read word line WLB each coupled to memory cells 3. A read operation activates the read word line WLB corresponding to the selected memory cell 3. A write operation activates the write word line WLA corresponding to the selected memory cell 3. The selected write word line WLA is activated after activation of the selected read word line WLB in an operation cycle that performs both read and write operations.
US09214213B2
A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic layer including a plurality of magnetic domains and a plurality of domain walls, and extending in a direction; a pinning layer formed with nonmagnetic phases and magnetic phases, extending in an extending direction of the magnetic layer and being located adjacent to the magnetic layer; an electrode layer located on the opposite side of the pinning layer from the magnetic layer; an insulating layer located between the pinning layer and the electrode layer; a current introducing unit flowing a shift current to the magnetic layer, the shift current causing the domain walls to shift; a write unit writing information into the magnetic layer; a read unit reading information from the magnetic layer; and a voltage generating unit generating a voltage to be applied between the pinning layer and the electrode layer.
US09214207B2
A data decoding apparatus is provided, which includes at least one processor block, at least one hardware block, and a memory processing unit to control the at least one processor block or the at least one hardware block to access a memory and to read or write data with minimum delay.
US09214191B2
A method and a system of associating correlating metadata with data assets, such as video and audio files, so that the files are rendered as a combination presentation are described herein. The system includes a client a media capture device that provides on board storage, network connectivity, preprocessing, preview buffering, file management, and an eventing system. The method includes capturing the media, associating the media with other media via an identifier, and supports associating correlating metadata prior to time of media capture and during media capture on the capture device itself, and after media capture either on a local machine or on an on-line group. When the combination presentation is presented, additional associated advertising and annotations may be provided upon rendering.
US09214190B2
An audio signal processing method includes the steps of: dividing an audio signal data stream into a plurality of selection segments; determining a target segment in the audio signal data stream, the target segment including a splice point for splicing a splice segment thereto; selecting one of the selection segments as the splice segment according to at least one parameter of the target segment; and processing the target segment and the splice segment to splice the splice segment to the target segment, and outputting a processed segment.
US09214189B2
An image editing method includes detecting positions of the moving object contained in the images for the stored series of images, detecting a locus of movement of the moving object based on the detected positions of the moving object contained in the series of images, specifying an image corresponding to a feature point of the detected locus of movement of the moving object, extracting, from the series of images stored in the memory, images which include the specified image and correspond to a second shooting time interval longer than the first shooting time interval, and storing the extracted series of images as an image file in a memory.
US09214187B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic medium's readback signal samples are processed iteratively to provide a slip-resistant read channel by feeding the decoder output decisions back to the read channel front end where they are used to drive the decision-aided digital signal processing functions and control loops. Since data decisions provided by the decoder are typically more reliable than those provided by the detector, a significant performance improvement is obtained. A more reliable operation of the digital front-end signal processing functions in turn allows improvements to the reliability of the decoded data. Usage of Error Correcting Code (ECC) schemes that are soft decodable makes the read channel technique, described according to various embodiments herein, particularly efficient.
US09214178B2
A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium sequentially forms a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body. The stacked body is enclosed in a transfer container unit without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere after forming the protection layer on the stacked body by a deposition apparatus, and the transfer container unit is transported to a vapor-phase lubrication deposition apparatus. The stacked body is removed from the transfer container unit without exposing the stacked body to the atmosphere, in order to form the lubricant layer on the stacked body within the vapor-phase lubrication deposition apparatus.
US09214174B1
A method to manufacture a head stack assembly for a disk drive, the method comprising: attaching a head gimbal assembly that includes a flexure tail having flexure bond pads to an actuator that includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) with FPC bond pads; folding each of the flexure bond pads upon itself such that the flexure tail is substantially thicker at each of the folded flexure bond pads; aligning the flexure bond pads with the FPC bond pads; introducing an adhesive material that includes electrically conductive beads of substantially similar size between each of the flexure bond pads and corresponding ones of the FPC bond pads; and bringing a thermode tool into contact with the flexure bond pads after folding, with the thermode tool pressing the flexure bond pads against the FPC bond pads for a period.
US09214172B2
A tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) read sensor having a tabbed AFM layer and an extended pinned layer and methods for making the same are provided. The TMR read sensor has an AFM layer recessed from the air bearing surface, providing a reduced shield-to-shield distance.
US09214171B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistance effect element includes first and second shields, first and second side magnetic units, a stacked body, and a hard bias unit. The first side magnetic unit includes a first soft magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a second soft magnetic layer. The second side magnetic unit includes a third soft magnetic layer, a second nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a fourth soft magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a fifth ferromagnetic layer, a third nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a sixth ferromagnetic layer. The hard bias unit is provided between the first and second shields. A first distance between the first and fifth magnetic layers is shorter than a second distance between the second and sixth magnetic layers. A third distance between the third and fifth magnetic layers is shorter than a fourth distance between the fourth and sixth magnetic layers.
US09214167B2
In accordance with one embodiment, an apparatus may be implemented that comprises a main pole layer of magnetic material, a non-magnetic gap layer of material above the main pole layer, an etched first sacrificial layer of material above the non-magnetic gap layer of material, and a second sacrificial layer of material above the etched first sacrificial layer of material.
US09214158B2
An audio decoding device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, decoding, using a first channel signal and a second channel signal included in a plurality of channels of an audio signal having a first frequency range and a second frequency range, a first prediction coefficient of the first frequency range and a second prediction coefficient of the second frequency range, both selected from a code book when prediction-encoding a third channel signal that is not subjected to prediction encoding and that is included in the plurality of channels; decoding a residual signal included in the first frequency range, the residual signal representing an error occurring in prediction encoding; and prediction-decoding the third channel signal subjected to prediction-encoding in the second frequency range from the first channel signal, the second channel signal.
US09214155B2
A handsfree device, which is coupled to a data processing device, may be operable to monitor at least one audio stream for occurrence of at least one keyword. Upon recognition of the at least one keyword, the handsfree device may establish a first connection between the handsfree device and the data processing device for launching a voice interface in the data processing device. The handsfree device may send audio data received after the recognition of the at least one keyword to the data processing device, via the first connection for responding to the audio data via the voice interface. During a keyword configuration operation, the handsfree device may send at least one inputted keyword to the data processing device for recording. The handsfree device may receive, via a second connection, the recorded at least one keyword from the data processing device for keyword configuration of the handsfree device.
US09214152B2
The present invention relates to an ultrasound probe (60) comprising: an ultrasound transducer (12) having an emission surface (24) for generating ultrasound waves, and an acoustical lens (12) with a first part (64) having an inner surface (66) facing the emission surface (24), wherein the inner surface (64) comprises a plurality of protrusions (74) and/or recesses (76) for scattering reflections of ultrasound waves.
US09214149B2
A sensor system includes a pressure sensor portion, and an accelerometer. Outputs from the sensor system are handled by a signal processing system that includes a first beamforming module for inputs from a pressure sensor, a second beamforming module for inputs from an accelerometer, and an adaptive beam interpolation module. A method for signal processing signals from both a pressure sensor and an accelerometer. An array of sensors transfers data wirelessly.
US09214144B1
A system and method are provided for mixing song data based on measure groupings. A player or program may recognize measure groupings in a song through identifying cuepoints. The player or program may use the cuepoints and/or other identifiers of measure groupings to generate a transition between the song and other songs. Parts of one or both songs may be time-stretched, or frames may be added or deleted, such that the beats in both songs are substantially aligned during the transition. The system and method may also involve altering the sequence of frames in one or both of the songs, so that the transition may have various sonic qualities as desired by a user. A choice of transition modes may be provided via a user interface that allow the user some control over when and how transitions between songs are executed.
US09214143B2
Some embodiments provide a music editing application that enables a user to compose and edit note characteristics, e.g., via a touch-sensitive display. The GUI can display a portion of a music track including note events. In response to receiving a user selection of a note event and a user indication for editing a note event, the GUI can display a menu providing a list of characteristics. The characteristics can include an option for associating at least one of several virtual instruments or one of several articulations with the note event. Upon receiving a user input indicating a characteristic, the matrix editor can associate the note event with the characteristic based on the user input. The music editing application can allow the user to edit additional note characteristics (e.g., an instrument, an articulation) because of the extended capacity for data associated with each note event.
US09214139B2
An image display apparatus has: a first image generator that defines each position between a predetermined start point and end point of a tubular structure as a first viewpoint and generates a first image obtained by observing an image of the inside of the tubular structure from each first viewpoint toward the end point; a second image generator that defines each position between the start point and the end point as a second viewpoint and generates a second image obtained by observing an image of the inside of the tubular structure from each second viewpoint toward the start point; and a user interface that is provided with an operation part, a monitor and a display controller and is configured so that, in response to an instruction from the operation part, the display controller makes the monitor display the first image and the second image.
US09214136B1
A particular method includes detecting an interaction event using an event capture object of a rendered display of a graphics file. The graphics file is rendered to generate the rendered display by layering one or more foreground objects over one or more background objects. The method also includes executing code associated with the graphics file in response to detecting the interaction event. The code is executed to determine information descriptive of the event capture object, to generate a highlight object corresponding to the event capture object, and to modify the rendered display to display the highlight object.
US09214129B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each of which is connected to a corresponding gate line of a plurality of gate lines and a corresponding data line of a plurality of data lines, the plurality of data lines crossing the plurality of gate lines. The display apparatus also includes a control signal generator configured to generate a plurality of control signals in response to a date enable signal, a gate driver configured to drive the gate lines in response to at least one control signal among the plurality of control signals, a data driver configured to drive the plurality of data lines, and a timing controller configured to control the data driver in response to at least one received image signal and at least one received image control signal, and apply the data enable signal to the control signal generator.
US09214116B2
A display panel includes a first color subpixel, a second color subpixel and a transparent subpixel. The first color subpixel is connected to a first gate line. The second color subpixel is connected to the first gate line. The transparent subpixel is connected to the first gate line and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line.
US09214101B2
A graphic display device illuminates interchangeable graphic panels and is mountable to a translucent mounting surface. The graphic display device includes a housing assembly, a light guide assembly, and select device support structure. The housing assembly includes a housing back, a housing front, and peripheral housing edging. Together, the housing back and housing edging define an assembly-receiving volume. The light guide of the light guide assembly is positionable within the assembly-receiving volume for guiding light from the light source in an anterior direction. The device support structure alternatively fasten the graphic display device to a translucent mounting surface or support the device upon a support surface adjacent a window such that the light from the light source is guided in an anterior direction through the window.
US09214098B2
A method in a device for providing navigation instructions in a three-dimensional map environment comprises receiving a start and end positions, determining a route, determining graphical two-dimensional map data, generating navigation instructions comprising setting a transparency level and transmitting the navigation instructions to a display. Corresponding device and computer program product are also provided.
US09214094B2
Systems and methods for communicating emergency alerts to a hearing-impaired user are disclosed. Queries are performed to one or more emergency alert databases to develop emergency alert notifications. At least some of the emergency alert notifications are filtered responsive to user selected criteria to select one or more filtered emergency alerts. An attention desired indicator is transmitted to a hearing-impaired user device that subscribes to a hearing-impaired relay service supported by the server if the one or more filtered emergency alerts are present. The filtered emergency alerts are transmitted to the hearing-impaired user device in response to a emergency information query from that user device.
US09214093B2
A method and apparatus are provided to notify a visually impaired visual media consumer of the availability of audio description for items of visual media via one or more audible indications. Further, a catalog of items of visual media can be sorted or arranged such that items of visual media having audio description may be selected or inquired about in a quicker and more convenient manner.
US09214077B2
A locator assembly is provided. The locator assembly includes an article of wear and a location sending device embedded in the article of wear. A bio-related electric generator is connected to the location sending device for providing power for the location sending device. A system for locating a person and a locating method are also provided.
US09214076B2
A firefighter's safety apparatus includes a first system located in a firefighter's helmet and a second system located at a central station. The first includes a power source, an ambient temperature sensor for relaying ambient temperature information to a microprocessor, a first on/off light source and a second light source coupled to the microprocessor for emitting a status alarm signal when the temperature sensed is above a preset level. An audible alarm is coupled to the microprocessor for emitting an audio signal when the temperature sensed is above the preset level. A manually operated panic switch causes a transceiver coupled to the microprocessor to send a radio signal to the central station if the firefighter is injured or does not move for a preset time and activates the audio alarm. The second system includes a transceiver, a power source and a microprocessor and a power source electronically coupled.
US09214066B2
Gaming devices, gaming systems, methods of conducting a wagering game, and computer programs for initiating a wagering game are presented herein. A gaming system is presented that includes a wager input device, a display, and a controller. The wager input device receives wagers from players to play the wagering game. The display displays outcomes of the wagering game. Prior to displaying the outcome of the wagering game, the controller determines whether to add at least one symbol clump to at least one of a plurality of reels. A symbol clump comprises one or more identical symbols occupying two or more symbol positions located immediately adjacent one another on one reel. In response to a determination to add at least one symbol clump, the controller instructs the display to visually indicate the addition of the symbol clump to the reel, and to display the outcome of the wagering game.
US09214065B2
A gaming system including a plurality of different types of progressive awards adapted to be provided to one or more players of the gaming machines. In one embodiment, one or more progressive awards are each associated with a progressive hit value, wherein when each progressive award increments to its respective progressive hit value, a triggering event occurs and such progressive award is provided to a player. In one embodiment, one or more progressive awards are each associated with a secondary game, wherein if the secondary game is triggered, a player is provided either a static award or one of the progressive awards associated with the secondary game based on a play of the secondary game. In one embodiment, one or more progressive awards are each associated with an outcome of a primary game, wherein if the associated primary game outcome is generated, such progressive award is provided to a player.
US09214062B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include providing a custom sound design interface. The operations can further include receiving user input via the custom sound design interface, wherein the user input is to design a custom sound for a wagering game machine including presentation instructions for the custom sound. The operations can further include storing the custom sound. The operations can further include receiving, from the wagering game machine, a request for the custom sound. The operations can further include transmitting, to the wagering game machine, the custom sound including the presentation instructions for the custom sound.
US09214060B2
A gaming system comprising a main cabinet and a computer server, comprising: a mechanism in a main cabinet for selecting and playing, by a player, one or more live casino game(s) from a plurality of live casino games being played at a plurality of tables spaced away from said main cabinet; a mechanism for selecting and playing one or more casino slot machine game(s) by the player, at least one first portion of a first screen in the main cabinet for displaying the live-casino game(s), wherein a results history for each table is displayed to provide a results history display, a second additional portion of a screen in main cabinet for displaying at least one casino slot game(s), the mechanism playing the casino slot machine game(s) is adapted to allow the player to switch between the live casino games and at least one casino slot machine games according to at least the results history display for each table.
US09214058B2
A gaming system for displaying real-time pushed data of tournament scores is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of gaming machines connected to a network each having a display capable of presenting a game, wherein each gaming machine enables play of chat-based games. The system also includes a gaming server and a chat server that are connected to the network. The gaming server is in communication with the plurality of gaming machines via the network. The chat server pushes real-time tournament data to the first and second gaming machines for presenting tournament data and on the display to facilitate competition between the first and second gaming machines.
US09214057B2
A system provides a player tracking system and system gaming apparatus for playing non-base games by funding the credit side of a gaming cycle. The system further includes at least one gaming device having a base game. The player tracking system and system gaming apparatus includes a player tracking user interface. The player tracking user interface provides a player with an opportunity to select and play a non-base game that may be promotional-funded or player-funded.
US09214056B2
The present disclosure provides a gaming system including a central controller, a central display which includes a plurality of display segments and a plurality player stations. The display segments are configured to each separately display one of a plurality of games, to co-act to display a plurality of games, or to co-act to display one game. Each player station is configured to enable a player to play one or more of the games displayed by the display segments. The gaming system enables a plurality of players to play a group game on the central display, a plurality of players to simultaneously play multiple group games on the central display, and a plurality of players to each simultaneously play multiple individual games on the central display.
US09214054B2
A driving device in a vending machine includes a pushing member, a securing member, and a driving assembly. The motor of the driving assembly provides a rotating force which acts on the securing member, and the securing member supports and rotates the helical pushing member, to drive goods out of the vending machine. The style of attachment between the pushing member and the securing member is such that the starting angle of the helical pushing member can be adjusted by unclipping the end of the pushing member with fingertip force from the securing member and reclipping it at a different preferred orientation. The driving device is used for adjusting the appropriate rotation angle of the pushing member.
US09214052B2
A method of identifying the left-eye and the right-eye images of a stereoscopic pair, comprising the steps of comparing the images to locate an occluded region visible in only one of the images; detecting image edges; and identifying a right-eye image where image edges are aligned with a left hand edge of an occluded region and identifying a left-eye image where more image edges are aligned with a right hand edge of an occluded region.
US09214040B2
An intermediate view synthesis apparatus for synthesizing an intermediate view image from a first image corresponding to a first view and a second image corresponding to a second view different from the first view, the first and second images including depth information, wherein the second image being is divided-up into a non-boundary portion, and a foreground/background boundary region, wherein the intermediate view synthesis apparatus is configured to project and merge the first image and the second image into the intermediate view to obtain an intermediate view image, with treating the foreground/background boundary region subordinated relative to the non-boundary portion. A multi-view data signal extraction apparatus for extracting a multiview data signal from a multi-view representation including a first image corresponding to a first view and a second image corresponding to a second view being different from the first view is also described, the first and second images including depth information.
US09214038B1
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to efficiently circumventing the limitations of client side rendering of virtual worlds. In a particular implementation, a proposed system renders each client viewport remotely, removing the burden of rendering a 3D scene from the local client device. 3D viewports, rather than being rasterized on the local client, are instead generated on a remote render device which then transmits a visual representation of the viewport to the client device in a format (including, but not limited to a video stream) which the client can use to display the scene without requiring complex 3D rasterization. This process eliminates the need for the client to have any specialized 3D rendering software or hardware, or to install or download any persistent render assets on the local system. The hardware requirements for the client are therefore roughly equivalent to those needed to play a continuous video stream.
US09214033B2
Provided are a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations.
US09214025B2
Systems and methods are provided for depth map estimation using normalized displacement of image pairs. In one embodiment, an image manipulation application identifies image pairs from an input image. Each of the image pairs includes an image portion from a first perspective and the image portion from a second perspective. The image manipulation generates displacement vectors for the image pairs. Each of the displacement vectors represents at least one of a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement of the image portion from the first perspective to the second perspective. The image manipulation application generates normalized displacement vectors corresponding to the displacement vectors. Each of the normalized displacement vectors is generated by transforming a respective orientation of a corresponding one of the displacement vectors to a common reference direction. The image manipulation application generates a depth map based on the normalized displacement vectors.
US09214013B2
Systems and methods for correction of user identified artifacts in light field images are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is a method for correcting artifacts in a light field image rendered from a light field obtained by capturing a set of images from different viewpoints and initial depth estimates for pixels within the light field using a processor configured by an image processing application, where the method includes: receiving a user input indicating the location of an artifact within said light field image; selecting a region of the light field image containing the indicated artifact; generating updated depth estimates for pixels within the selected region; and re-rendering at least a portion of the light field image using the updated depth estimates for the pixels within the selected region.
US09214011B2
Apparatus and methods for estimating defocus direction from a single image obtained, such as in a digital camera apparatus, are presented. To determine defocus direction, point spread function (PSF) differences for the image are evaluated in the frequency domain, with frequency pairs being found having largest difference in their Fourier transform magnitudes, from which a direction estimate feature is extracted, and defocus direction estimated based on relation of estimated feature and statistics derived from camera image tests. The method can be applied for controlling autofocus mechanisms in cameras, or other applications requiring rapid determination of defocus directions, such as from a single image.
US09213998B2
An apparatus and method for determining the volume of hot water dispensed during a given timeframe from a hydrocarbon fueled water heater based on the volume of fuel consumed by the water heater during the timeframe and the average temperature difference between the inlet water temperature and the outlet water temperature during the timeframe.
US09213981B2
Methods and system for delivering updates to recipients in a social network includes receiving event related data in response to triggering of an event at a client. In response to the triggering of the event at the client, recipient data related to a recipient that is authorized to receive the event related data is retrieved. An agent is provided for the recipient. The agent includes logic for formatting and delivering the event related data to the recipient. The recipient's interaction in response to delivery of the event related data is tracked. The logic within the agent is refined based on the interaction of the recipient. The agent with the refined logic is used for subsequent formatting and delivering of event related data to the recipient.
US09213975B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for challenge-response authentication are provided. A plurality of codes is received over a communication network based on input provided by way of a user interface displaying a plurality of images. An alphanumeric string is generated based on the received plurality of codes and based on a table that associates each one of the plurality of codes with a respective one of the plurality of images and with a respective one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters. A determination is made as to whether to grant authorization based on whether the generated alphanumeric string matches an alphanumeric user identifier stored in a memory device in association with a user.
US09213974B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to an invention for accessing a remotely located mobile device of a user based on certain events. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to: (a) monitor one or more transaction involving a transaction vehicle of a user; (b) determine a physical location of a transaction vehicle based at least partially on the one or more transactions; (c) determine a geographic location of a mobile device of the user, wherein the mobile device is associated with the transaction vehicle; (d) determine whether or not the transaction vehicle of the user and the mobile device of the user are co-located; and (e) reconfigure one or more applications accessible to the mobile device or one or more functional features of the mobile device based at least partially on determining that the mobile device and the transaction vehicle of the user are not co-located.
US09213971B2
Pre-purchase and post-purchase item information provision methods and systems using an RFID technology and computer readable storage media storing programs for executing the methods are provided. A pre-purchase item information provision method for a radio frequency identification system according to the present invention includes transmitting, if a mobile reader is detected by a local server installed in a salesroom, a certificate containing information on a location of an object information service server and an authentication value to the mobile reader; transmitting, at the mobile reader, a query requesting an item ID to a tag attached to a target item; transmitting, at the tag, a item ID information generated by encrypting the item ID using the authentication value to the mobile reader; transmitting, at the mobile reader, the item ID information and the authentication value to the object information service server; and transmitting, at the object information service server, data retrieved in a database in correspondence to the item ID, the data being retrieved when the authentication value exists in the database. The item information provision method and system of the present invention can guarantee reliability of information on an item in the pre-purchase state and prevent the information from being eavesdropped in both the pre-purchase and post-purchase states. Also, the item information provision method and system can prevent the tag ID from being tracked, thereby protecting purchaser's privacy, preventing the tag from being forged, and improving computation efficiency.
US09213963B2
A method and apparatus are provided for presenting a reminder for a PIM record when there may be an opportunity for personal interaction regarding the PIM record. The opportunity for personal interaction regarding the PIM record may be identified in response to a trigger condition not associated with the PIM record. In one embodiment, an opportunity for interaction regarding a PIM record may be identified using identification information associated with the trigger condition. In another embodiment, an opportunity for interaction regarding a first PIM record may be identified when there is a contact associated with the first PIM record and a second PIM record, and there is an occurrence of a trigger condition associated with a second PIM record. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device may utilize additional information to identify or verify opportunities for interaction regarding a PIM record.
US09213960B2
A method for filtering scanned objects displayed on a reader is provided. The reader may scan one or more transponders, and obtain, from a database, an image for each scanned transponder. Each transponder may be associated with an object (e.g., an item of retail inventory). The obtained image for each object may be presented on an interface, and a selection of an object category may be received using the obtained images. A determination may be made as to which objects are associated with the selected object category. A display screen may display data associated with only the objects associated with the selected object category.
US09213957B2
A computer-implemented method for system and method for providing just-in-time loading zone parking is provided. A next delivery destination for a delivery driver is determined. A just-in-time parking reservation at the next delivery destination is booked. The just-in-time parking reservation includes a parking location and start time. A time of arrival by the delivery driver at the parking location is estimated. An amount of time between the estimated time of arrival and the start time of the just-in-time parking reservation is determined. Parking in the parking location by other drivers is permitted when the estimated time of departure is sufficiently prior to the start time of the just-in-time parking reservation.
US09213955B2
A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file, generating a work order associated with fulfilling the order and identifying tasks associated with the work order. The method may also include accessing information identifying previously processed orders and determining whether at least one stored asset associated with one of the previously processed orders is usable when processing the first order. The method may further include retrieving, when a first one of the stored assets is usable, the first stored asset, and using the first stored asset when processing the work order.
US09213954B2
Techniques for managing a virtual workspace include generating a virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace comprising one or more workspace modules comprising data contained in a plurality of data objects associated with a business enterprise; identifying an interaction by the user with at least some of the data contained in a particular data object of the plurality of data objects; generating a plurality of suggestions comprising data contained in the plurality of data objects that is semantically related to the data interacted with by the user; ranking the plurality of suggestions based on a role of the user in the business enterprise; and presenting at least a portion of the ranked plurality of suggestions to the user.
US09213953B1
A multivariable load balancing system for a merchandise fulfillment network is described. The multivariable load balancing system employs Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) load balancing functionality or other closed loop control functionality to control which fulfillment resources (such as fulfillment centers) are to handle customer orders to reduce real world costs.
US09213948B2
A system and method for process data management and organization is provided. An embodiment includes an apparatus for updating a process. The apparatus includes a storage device capable of storing a prospect database. The apparatus is operable to receive a prospect record from the stored prospect database. Once the prospect record is obtained, the apparatus can determine a process stage associated with the prospect record, and identify an available action associated with the stage which can be received from the storage device. The apparatus is operable to trigger the performance of the determined action and receive resulting data. Accordingly, the stage associated with the prospect record can be updated by the apparatus.
US09213939B2
A method for updating rule statistics in an execution environment by an agent that utilizes a rule engine, comprising collecting an activation statistic when a rule is activated, collecting a firing statistic when a rule is fired; and storing the activation statistic and the firing statistic in a rule history once processing by the rule engine is complete.
US09213936B2
A method of emulating the human brain with its thought and rationalization processes is presented here, as well as a method of storing human-like thought. The invention provides for inclusion of psychological profiles, experience and societal position in an electronic emulation of the human brain. This permits a realistic human-like response by that emulation to the people and the interactive environment around it.
US09213929B2
The pattern printed sheet 1 of the present invention includes a substrate 2 and a non-visible light-reflective transparent pattern 3 printed on a surface of the substrate, wherein an ink for forming the transparent pattern 3 contains a non-visible light-reflective material capable of selectively reflecting a light having a wavelength in a non-visible light range, and the transparent pattern 3 printed on the surface of the substrate 2 has a multilayer structure in section which is repeated at predetermined intervals as observed by a scanning electron microscope, and reflects only a circular polarization component in a predetermined rotation direction relative to an incident light applied thereto. The pattern printed sheet is usable as a coordinate detecting means which is applicable a data input system of a type capable of directly hand-writing input data on an image screen of a display device, and has a reduced weight and a low price, and is readily obtained in the form of a large area sheet and can be mass-produced.
US09213928B2
A bar code generation and processing system for medical and other use comprises at least one repository and a bar code processor. The at least one repository of information includes, identification data of multiple bar code scanners and also associates a bar code displayed in an image associated with an executable application and presented on a device with, the executable application and at least one of, (a) the device and (b) a data destination associated with the application. The bar code processor receives identification data of a bar code scanner and data representing the bar code displayed in the image and uses the information in associating the bar code with the data destination associated with the application and a particular bar code scanner of the multiple bar code scanners. The bar code processor communicates data acquired using the particular bar code scanner to the data destination in response to the association.
US09213920B2
Techniques for using infrared imaging to create digital images for use in product customization are described. In an embodiment, an infrared photograph of a product with imprinted markup is received and a visible light photograph of the product with the imprinted markup is received. The imprinted markup is visible in the visible light photograph but is not visible in the infrared photograph. Instructions for rendering a customization image of the product depicting a particular customization are determined based in part on the infrared photograph and visible light photograph, where the particular customization is not in the infrared photograph or the visible light photograph.
US09213916B2
Methods and apparatuses for compressive sensing that enable efficient recovery of features in an input signal based on acquiring a few measurements corresponding to the input signal. One method of compressive sensing includes folding an image to generate first and second folds, and recovering a feature of the image based on the first and second folds without reconstructing the image. One example of a compressive sensing apparatus includes a lens, a focal plane array coupled to the lens and configured to generate first and second folds based on the image, and a decoder configured to receive the first and second folds and to recover a feature of the image without reconstructing the image. The feature may be a local geometric feature or a corner. Compressive sensing methods and apparatuses for determining translation and rotation between two images are also disclosed.
US09213915B2
The disclosure provides a filtering engine for selecting a subset of hyperspectral imaging wavebands having information useful for detecting a target in a scene. Selecting these wavebands, called “sparse bands,” is an iterative process. One or more search techniques of varying computational complexity are used in the process. The techniques rely on various selection criteria, including a signal to clutter ratio that measures the “goodness” of band selection. A convenient example of the filtering engine uses several of the techniques together in a layered approach. In this novel approach, simpler computational techniques are applied, initially, to reduce a number of bands. More computationally intensive techniques then search the reduced band space. Accordingly, the filtering engine efficiently selects a set of sparse bands tailored for each target and each scene, and maintains some of the detection capability provided with a full set of wavebands.
US09213913B1
A rapid target detection approach with corresponding method and system to detect targets in scene pixels, efficiently, is presented. The approach includes tailoring an approximation of a target score for each scene pixel, individually, based on an “intermediate target score.” The intermediate target score includes a portion of the terms used to compute the target score. The portion is selected by computing a signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) for a spectral reference associated with a target and ranking the terms by their contribution to the SCR. Scene pixels with low intermediate target scores are removed from further processing. The remaining scene pixels are further processed, including computing target scores to detect targets in these scene pixel. Advantageously, examples of the approach process a few terms of all scene pixels, eliminate most scene pixels, and calculate more terms on high target scoring scene pixels as needed.
US09213907B2
Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.
US09213906B2
A read-only memory (ROM) includes storage areas used as a processing setting data storage unit, a successful detection rate storage unit, and a processing time storage unit. A central processing unit (CPU) can function as a calculation unit by executing a calculation program stored on the ROM. The successful detection rate storage unit stores a predetermined successful detection rate (the probability of executing subsequent processing based on a result of a current processing). The processing time storage unit stores a predetermined processing time of each processing. The calculation unit calculates a module configuration for executing each processing according to the successful detection rate stored on the successful detection rate storage unit and the processing time stored on the processing time storage unit. The processing setting data storage unit stores setting data of a characteristic amount and a setting data of positional information about image data (the address of the image data).
US09213904B1
An autonomous lock-on target tracking system and method with geospatial-aware PTZ cameras includes a camera imaging a terrain space. The camera acquires images, and first and second images are aligned. A frame-differencing operation produces a resultant image including blobs corresponding to elements in the terrain space. One of the blobs is classified as an object and tracked as a target. The target is tracked by determining the distance between a centroid of the target and a center of a field of view of the camera, and instructing the camera to move through the distance. The distance is continually updated as the camera and the target move. Disclosed are also methods for deploying the georeferencing enabled version of such PTZ camera on stationary and mobile land, sea and air platforms.
US09213903B1
A computing system obtains a respective motion vector for each of a series of motion event candidates in real-time as said each motion event candidate is detected in a live video stream. In response to receiving the respective motion vector for each of the series of motion event candidates, the computing system determines a spatial relationship between the respective motion vector of said each motion event candidate to one or more existing clusters established based on a plurality of previously processed motion vectors, and in accordance with a determination that the respective motion vector of a first motion event candidate of the series of motion event candidates falls within a respective range of at least a first existing cluster of the one or more existing clusters, assigns the first motion event candidate to at least a first event category associated with the first existing cluster.
US09213896B2
In a sequence of images of a scene acquired by a stationary camera, objects are detected and tracked by determining a first set of candidate foreground regions according to a background model. A second set of candidate foreground regions is determined according to a set of foreground models. Then, candidate foreground regions in the first set and the second set are validated to produce a final set of foreground regions in the image that include the objects.
US09213888B2
In one implementation, a method includes detecting, using a processor, user input through a camera lens. The method further includes determining, using the processor, that an identity of a user, selected from identities of at least two users, is associated with the user input. The method also includes tracking, using the processor, a local interaction between the at least two users based on at least the identity, the user input, and stored rules that govern the local interaction. The tracking can include determining whether the user has complied with the stored rules that govern the local interaction. Furthermore, the local interaction can include a multiplayer game.
US09213881B1
A barcode reader may include one or more advancements in the manner in which its software and/or firmware are updated and/or installed. The barcode reader may have an image sensor that captures an image of a barcode, a communication interface, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and a processor. The barcode reader may receive executable code, selected from multiple versions, from a configuration server remote from the barcode reader. The executable code may be loaded directly into the volatile memory, without first being loaded into the non-volatile memory. The executable code may be loaded at a location in the volatile memory that begins at a start address stored in the non-volatile memory or in a header of the executable code. The barcode reader may execute the executable code to commence operation of the barcode reader directly after the executable code has been loaded into the volatile memory.
US09213878B1
A barcode reader for decoding and manipulating data from a barcode and providing the decoded and manipulated data to a remote computing system includes barcode reading hardware, including an image sensor which captures an image of a barcode within a field of view. The barcode reader also includes a processor executing executable code which generates decoded data representative of data encoded in the barcode, formats the decoded data, and sends the formatted decoded data to the remote computing system only when the processor executes formatting and routing instructions which the barcode reader obtains from a remote configuration server upon power up of the barcode reader.
US09213877B1
A barcode reader for providing decoded data to a remote computing system includes a communication interface, non-volatile memory comprising first executable code, volatile memory, and a processor. The processor executes the first executable code to utilize the communication interface to obtain second executable code from a remote configuration server. The processor also loads the second executable code directly to the volatile memory and executes the second executable code to commence operation of the barcode reader.
US09213874B2
In combination, an RFID antenna array, an RFID tag reader, and a power supply, the foregoing components being adapted to be worn or otherwise borne by a person and be operatively connected so that the power supply powers the reader and the reader energizes the antenna array and receives RFID tag signals through the antenna array while the person passes through an area as the person's hands and arms are unencumbered by said components.
US09213871B1
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader containing a reader key authenticates an RFID tag containing a tag key by receiving a reader challenge from a verification authority; determining a reader response based at least on the reader challenge and the reader key; sending a first message including at least the reader response but not the reader key to the verification authority; receiving a tag identifier from the tag; challenging the tag with a tag challenge; receiving a tag response based at least on the tag challenge and the tag key but not including the tag key; sending a second message including at least the tag identifier and the tag response to the verification authority; and receiving an electronically-signed reply from the verification authority. The reader validates the verification authority reply by checking the signature. The verification authority may notify a designated party if a response is incorrect.
US09213868B2
An electronic device comprises a housing defining an inserting slit configured to receive a memory card, a printed circuit board configured to be installed within the housing, a card reader installed in the housing and electrically coupled to the printed circuit board, and an elastic cover coupled to the housing and configured to cover the inserting slit. The card reader is configured to be substantially adjacent to the inserting slit. The elastic cover defines a slot for guiding the memory card to a receiving portion of the card reader. The elastic cover is configured to deform and expose the memory card upon depression, so that the memory card is ejected out of the housing via the slot.
US09213848B2
A method and system for providing information management of data from hosted services receives information management policies for a hosted account of a hosted service, requests data associated with the hosted account from the hosted service, receives data associated with the hosted account from the hosted service, and provides a preview version of the received data to a computing device. In some examples, the system indexes the received data to associate the received data with a user of an information management system, and/or provides index information related to the received data to the computing device.
US09213845B1
Described herein are systems and methods for controlling access by a user to content across a plurality of media devices. Access content limits may be set and enforced across the plurality of media devices. A user exceeding the limits may be disallowed from access to the content. The content access limits for a user may be specified by one or more of time, cost, content category, and so forth.
US09213844B2
Technologies are generally described for providing a system that allows data use clients direct access to perform complex analysis on data assets without compromising the assets by sharing the data contained may set up the data assets in virtual datacenters (VDCs) within a physical datacenter and open additional resources within the VDCs to data use clients. The data use clients may be enabled to upload and execute analysis applications with access to valuable data. Data traffic exiting the VDCs through such applications, however, may be controlled by a supervisor that analysis an output and enforces limitations on content and/or volume based on a level of purchased access.
US09213843B2
A facility is described for analyzing access control configurations. In various embodiments, the facility comprises an operating system having resources and identifications of principals, the principals having access control privileges relating to the resources, the access control privileges described by access control metadata; an access control scanner component that receives the access control metadata, determines relationships between principals and resources, and emits access control relations information; and an access control inference engine that receives the emitted access control relations information and an access control policy model, analyzes the received information and model, and emits a vulnerability report. In various embodiments, the facility generates an information flow based on access control relations, an access control mechanism model, and an access control policy model; determines, based on the generated information flow, whether privilege escalation is possible; and when privilege escalation is possible, indicates in a vulnerability report that privilege escalation is possible.
US09213841B2
A method, apparatus, and manufacture for debugging and crash logging is provided. A log file is received, where the log file includes encrypted log messages that indicate execution trace of obfuscated code while leaving code locations of corresponding code in the obfuscated code unknown. The encrypted log messages include execution way-point indices. Next, at least a portion of the log file is then decrypted. A debug log viewer is then employed to view the decrypted log file. The debug log viewer includes an execution way-point manifest that correlates each of the execution way-point indices to a corresponding code location.
US09213838B2
The present disclosure relates to malware and, more particularly, towards systems and methods of processing information associated with detecting and handling malware. According to certain illustrative implementations, methods of processing malware are disclosed. Moreover, such methods may include one or more of unpacking and/or decrypting malware samples, dynamically analyzing the samples, disassembling and/or reverse engineering the samples, performing static analysis of the samples, determining latent logic execution path information regarding the samples, classifying the samples, and/or providing intelligent report information regarding the samples.
US09213835B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a secure cryptographic circuit arrangement is provided. The secure cryptographic circuit includes a cryptographic processing block, a spreading sequence generator, and a delay control circuit. The cryptographic processing block has a plurality of signal paths. One or more of the plurality of signal paths includes respective adjustable delay circuits. The spreading sequence generator is configured to output a sequence of pseudo-random numbers. The delay control circuit has an input coupled to an output of the spreading sequence number generator and one or more outputs coupled to respective delay adjustment inputs of the adjustable delay circuits. The delay control circuit is configured to adjust the adjustable delay circuits based on the pseudo-random numbers.
US09213834B2
Systems and methods may provide to prevent user input capture. In one example, the method may include measuring an attribute based on a user's interaction with a user input component of a user input device, generating a user input signature based on the measured attribute, generating an obscuring signature based on the user input signature, and transmitting a control signal, based on the obscuring signature, to obscure a user's input activity and prevent user input capture.
US09213833B2
Methods and systems for detecting an electronic intrusion are described. The system receives a notification, over a network, from a first application server that is hosting a first electronic service that is hosting a first user account. The notification reports the detection of a user activity associated with the first user account. The first user account is monitored for user activity. Next, the system may identify the notification reporting the detection of the user activity associated with the first user account as a possible electronic intrusion into the first account.
US09213824B2
An electronic device and an unlocking method thereof are provided. The electronic device has a touch screen, and the unlocking method includes following steps. When the electronic device is at a locking state, a first input and a second input corresponding to each other are received. Symbol information displayed on the touch screen is obtained according to the first input, and direction information is obtained according to the second input. When the symbol information and the direction information are matched to a predefined unlocking condition, the electronic device is switched to an unlocking state. When the symbol information and the direction information are not matched to the predefined unlocking condition, the electronic device is maintained in the locking state.
US09213823B2
A method and apparatus are provided for entering a code using a portable device. The method includes measuring at least one angle of inclination of the portable device and generating an input code from the measured angle of inclination.
US09213821B2
A method & system for human interactive proof (HIP) is provided. A user is provided to respond a query linked to a logical captcha object or an analytical captcha object. Upon receiving inputs from the user, the correct information of the said captcha & the user's input is compared. If the user's input and the correct information of the captcha object matches then the user is authenticated as human, else the user is authenticated as not a human.
US09213817B2
Systems and methods are provided which allow for motion-based authentication of a user using magnified motion. Very small or imperceptible motions of a user may be captured and magnified to determine characteristics of the motions that may be used as a motion-based credential for user authentication. The motions, which may be very small and imperceptible to an observer, may be difficult for potential attackers to observe and copy, but may be useful when magnified.
US09213812B1
A method includes receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing a password to be utilized for an account; automatically determining, utilizing a processor, a complexity value for the input password; automatically determining, based on the determined complexity value, security settings for the account; receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing an attempt to login to the account, the input representing an attempt to login to the account including an attempted password; automatically determining that the attempted password does not match the password to be utilized for the account; and determining a course of action to take in response to the determination that the attempted password does not match the password to be utilized for the account, the course of action being determined based at least in part on the automatically determined security settings for the account.
US09213807B2
A method for detecting foreign code injected into a computer system including a processor and memory, the processor being configured to execute instructions stored in the memory, includes: detecting, on the computer system, an illegal instruction error; recording the illegal instruction error; determining whether a threshold condition is met; and generating an alert if the threshold condition is met.
US09213801B2
Embodiments of the present concept are directed to medical devices. For example, a medical device including a display for providing feedback to a rescuer who is performing Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) chest compressions to a patient. The display is structured to graphically indicate an instantaneous value of a measured compression depth of the chest of the patient. The display includes an indicator range that corresponds at least in part to a compression depth range of some of the measured compression depths. An indicator is represented as progressing along the indicator range as the depth changes within the compression depth range to represent a value of the measured compression depth in relation to the indicator range. Depending on the measured compression depth, the indicator progresses at a variable rate relative to a difference in the measured compression depth.
US09213793B1
One aspect interconnects two regions subject to different rules and using transition rule(s) in a transition region or cost mechanism(s), where these rules may include soft rule(s), hard rule(s), or combinations thereof. These two regions may reside on the same routing layer or on different routing layers. This aspect allows physical design tools to transition across gridded, gridless, tracked, or trackless regions subject to different rules on the same or different layers. Another aspect interconnects an object subject to the first rule(s) and the second rule(s), while the object satisfies or violates the first rule(s). These aspects use spacetile(s) on a spacetile layer as search probe(s) to find viable implementation solutions, although the spacetile(s) and hence the search probe may violate one or more rules. A spacetile layer may be identified or created for each rule and may be associated with relevant features subject to relevant rule(s).
US09213790B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and systems for performing design layout are provided. An initial design layout is associated with an electrical component, such as a standard cell. A conflict graph is generated based upon the initial design layout. The conflict graph comprises one or more nodes, representing polygons within the initial design layout, connected by one or more edges. A same-process edge specifies that two nodes are to be generated by the same pattern process, while a different-process edge specified that two nodes are to be generated by different pattern processes, such as a mandrel pattern process and a passive fill pattern process. The conflict graph is evaluated to identify a conflict, such as a self-aligned multiple pattering (SAMP) conflict, associated with the initial design layout. The conflict is visually displayed so that the initial design layout can be modified to resolve the conflict.
US09213784B2
System and processes for optimal selection of teeth for dentures based on the anatomical measurements and bite impressions of the patient. This information is applied in an iterative manner to rules that balance the anatomical and aesthetic considerations to select the best teeth for a patient. The system may also use this information in an iterative manner to rules that balance the anatomical and aesthetic considerations to design the optimal denture base for the patient as well.
US09213780B2
Many computing scenarios involve an item cache or index, comprising items corresponding to source items that may change without notice, rendering the item in the item cache or index stale. It may not be possible to guarantee the freshness of the items, but it may be desirable to reduce staleness in an efficient manner. Therefore, the refreshing of items may be prioritized by first predicting the query frequency of respective item representing the rate at which an item is retrieved from the item cache (e.g., by monitoring queries for the item), predicting an update frequency representing the rate at which the source item is updated by the source item host (e.g., by classifying the source item type), and computing a refresh utility representing the improvement in cache freshness achieved by refreshing the item. Respective items may then be prioritized for refreshing according to the computed refresh utilities.
US09213776B1
A process and system are directed to generating a medium without user involvement. A user makes a series of increasingly granular selections to specify the type of medium to be built, such as a webpage. A search engine conducts a search of networking resources to identify and collect content items that have a relationship to the user and that are relevant to the webpage selections made by the user. The content collection is performed automatically without any user involvement, beyond the user's initial webpage selections. The webpage is then constructed, using the collected content items to populate the components of the webpage. The webpage is customized to the user because its contents are developed based upon a search that reflects the targeting and collection of content items that are both related to the user and relevant to the user's webpage definition.
US09213775B2
Methods and systems directed to a web browser application that efficiently manages tab creation and switching. The application creates a new browser tab for each top-level domain visited, and stores the data structure for the tab, including forward and backward history, in a table. The application also creates a new browser tab in response to a separate application invoking a web browser, or in response to an explicit command by a user to create a browser tab. Thus, a user may efficiently switch between multiple browser tabs without having to expend time and energy in managing, opening, or closing browser tabs.
US09213762B1
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to determine a position of a base with respect to a playback device and evaluating whether the position is proper or improper given an orientation of the playback device are disclosed and described herein. In one aspect, a method is provided. The example method includes determining a position of a playback device with respect to a base. The example method also includes determining an orientation of the playback device. The example method includes comparing the determined position to a reference position for the determined orientation. The example method further includes, if the determined position corresponds to the reference position for the determined orientation, allowing operation of the playback device, and, if the determined position does not correspond to the reference position for the determined orientation, limiting operation of the playback device.
US09213761B1
A semiconductor device includes a single substrate including circuitry to implement a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, an audio interface module configured to provide data in pulse-code modulation (PCM) format having a first signal to noise ratio (SNR), and a medium quality speaker module configured to receive the PCM data, convert the data from the PCM format to a pulse-width modulation (PWM) format independently of the processor, and provide the data in the PWM format having a second SNR to at least one general purpose input-output pin on the substrate, the first SNR is greater than the second SNR.
US09213755B2
Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on context sensitive user preferences
A method of selecting and presenting content based on context-sensitive learned user preferences is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having descriptive terms. The method includes receiving user input for identifying items and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of items. The method includes receiving user selections of said items and analyzing the descriptive terms of those items to learn the user's content preferences. The method includes determining the context in which the user performed the selections and associating those contexts with the user content preferences learned from the corresponding user selections. The method includes, in response to subsequent user input, determining a context of said subsequent input and selecting and ordering a collection of items based on comparing those items' descriptive terms with the user's learned content preferences associated with the determined context in which the user entered the subsequent input.
US09213749B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for selecting content items based on presentation context are presented. In one aspect, a method includes for each of a plurality of content item slots of a resource: obtaining first performance data based on a performance of content items that were presented in a navigational context in the content item slot; obtaining second performance data based on a performance of content items that were presented in a non-navigational context in the content item slot; determining, from the first and second performance data, a navigational performance adjustment factor for the content item slot, the navigational performance adjustment factor indicating, for the content item slot, a performance of content items presented in the navigational context relative to a performance of content items presented in the non-navigational context.
US09213745B1
Methods, systems, and media for ranking content items using topics are provided. In some embodiments, a method for ranking video content is provided, comprising: receiving a search query; generating a plurality of search results in response to the search query; determining one or more entity types associated with a content class within the plurality of search results; determining whether the search query is a query for content belonging to the content class based on a plurality of criterion that includes: (i) determining whether at least one of the plurality of search results is associated with the one or more determined entity types and (ii) determining whether entities shared between the plurality of search results include the one or more determined entity types; and in response to determining that the plurality of criterion have been met, promoting at least one search result of the plurality of search results belonging to the content class.
US09213736B2
Determining operating system data is disclosed, including receiving a message associated with a network protocol, extracting a set of one or more features from the message, and determining operating system data at least in part by matching one or more features of the message with one or more features of a fingerprint associated with an operating system. An exact match of the features is not required to determine operating system data.
US09213733B2
The present invention provides a system and method that can search social media and Internet websites, and can analyze and display the results according to a variety of criteria including virality on social media websites. The results are presented in a user friendly format such as a magazine, newsletter, newspaper, or scrapbook.
US09213727B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for obtaining database performance snapshots. Performance data for one or more databases on a host is obtained by obtaining a host burden rating based on one or more of processing, network and input/out statistics of the host; determining a spawn limit based on the host burden rating; and spawning one or more scripts within the spawn limit, wherein each of the scripts collect performance data for a given database and is selected based on a database type of the given database. The host burden rating is a quantitative measure based on a sum of the processing, network and input/out statistics of the host. The collected performance data can be presented to a user in a graphical user interface and/or stored in a repository. The presented collected performance data for a given database comprises, for example, a score and/or a health assessment indicator based on predefined thresholds.
US09213721B1
A file server system having solid-state drive primary storage and magnetic disk drive secondary storage aggressively moves newly created files from the primary storage to selected file systems in the secondary storage to match expected access patterns upon the files to different configurations of the file systems and for load balancing upon the file systems in the secondary storage. Upon read access to a file that has been moved to the secondary storage, or upon migration of a newly created file that was read in primary storage after creation, a corresponding stub file containing file mapping metadata is created in the primary storage. The file mapping metadata in the stub file maps the extent of the file to logical storage addresses in the secondary storage.
US09213708B2
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described.
US09213707B2
A computer implemented method and system for interrelating and providing ordered access to source data files (SDFs) is provided. Each SDF contains one or more records. A parsing component compiles a configuration language (CL) and generates file descriptors usable by an interlinear sort component (ISC) and an interrelated data access component (IDAC). The CL defines adopt and order key fields, a lineage relationship between the SDFs, and one or more predetermined subprograms. The subprograms process an instance of a record from a SDF and a start point and an end point of a sequence or a subsequence of related records from the SDF. The ISC sorts each SDF into the order defined in the CL and attaches a parent position number (PPN) to each child file record. The IDAC uses the PPN to access the sorted SDFs in the order defined by the CL and execute the defined subprograms.
US09213706B2
A single system merges primary data storage, data protection, and intelligence. Intelligence is provided through in-line data analytics, and data intelligence and analytics are gathered on protected data and prior analytics, and stored in discovery points, all without impacting performance of primary storage. Real-time analysis is done in-line with the HA processing, enabling a variety of data analytics that are then used as part of a live restore operation. Data content can be live restored at an object or block level. Data recovery begins with metadata restoration, followed by near-instantaneous access to “hot” regions of data being restored, allowing site operation to continue or resume while a restore is ongoing.
US09213702B2
A method and system for recommending research information news includes a processing unit, an inputting interface, a database group, a data collecting and analysis subsystem, and a recommending subsystem and includes steps of inputting at least one retrieval condition to collect correlative research documents including a publishing timing and linguistic units according to the retrieval condition on an internet, grouping the research documents into at least two groups comprising a group of early research documents and another group of new recent research documents according to the publishing timing and a judging timing, subjecting the linguistic units to computer term frequency statistics, a document measurement, and a data surveying to generate research keywords, and filtering out the research keywords of the new recent research documents repeating those of the early research documents for recommending a new recent research keyword.
US09213700B2
A computer implemented method for data archiving and dearchiving in a business environment is described herein. According to an implementation, the method includes obtaining metadata configuration associated with a source database storing transaction information, the transaction information being related to a business transaction. Based on the metadata configuration an archive specification is generated. Further, based on the archive specification and the metadata configuration, an archive mapping is configured. According to an aspect, the archive mapping is synchronized with an update in one of the metadata configuration. The archive mapping can be implemented for archiving the transaction information. Additionally, the archived transaction information can be de-archived, or can be purged onto a back-up repository.
US09213697B1
A system, method and computer program product for restoration of MS Exchange Server mail. MS Exchange Server mail is retrieved from a virtual copy of the MS Exchange database. Virtualization is implemented by a system filter. Logs are applied to a virtualized DB in order to synchronize it with a real DB of the MS Exchange. The data located in the remote archive does not need to be copied into the real folder, because the data is made available by virtualization means. After the logs are applied, the virtualized DB is opened (without being mounted) from files from the virtual folder. From this point on, the DB of MS Exchange can be viewed and the data can be queried and retrieved from the virtualized DB. Thus, a single message or a mailbox can be retrieved very fast, as if it were being retrieved from a real MS Exchange DB.
US09213695B2
A language interpretation system receives a request for an interpretation of a voice communication between a first language and a second language. Further, the language interpretation system provides the request to a machine language interpreter. In addition, the machine language interpreter provides live language interpretation of the voice communication. The live language interpretation of the voice communication is halted by the machine language interpreter in real time during the live language interpretation based upon a criteria being met. Further, the voice communication is transitioned to a human language interpreter to resume the live language interpretation of the voice communication after the machine language interpreter is halted.
US09213690B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of selecting an expansion for an acronym in a document of a set of linked documents. The method comprises obtaining for each occurrence of the acronym in the set of linked documents one or more possible acronym expansions and an associated probability that the one or more possible acronym expansions is the correct acronym expansion. The further comprises identifying a sub-set of documents from the set of linked documents in which the acronym occurs. The method further comprises recalculating the associated probabilities for a first occurrence of an acronym in the sub-set of documents based, in part, on the associated probabilities of other occurrences of the acronym in the sub-set of documents and the distance between the first occurrence and the other occurrences.
US09213679B2
The disclosure provides a device with a capability of processing a Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm (FFT) radix 2 butterfly operation and an operation method thereof, the device at least includes a latch, a complex multiplier, a complex adder-subtractor, a switch and a complex conjugate Arithmetic Logical Unit (ALU). The complex operation unit of the disclosure has a simple structure. The parallel processing array composed of the complex operation unit has the capability of efficiently processing vectors and the FFT operation.
US09213677B2
A reconfigurable data processor architecture. The processor architecture includes: a first plurality of data processing elements, each having a respective synchronization unit, a data link structure adapted for dynamically interconnecting a number of the data processing elements, at least one configuration register, and at least one control unit in operative connection with the configuration register for controlling a contents thereof, wherein, based on the contents, the first plurality of data processing elements is adapted for temporarily constituting at runtime at least one group of one or more of said data processing elements from said first plurality of data processing elements dynamically via the data link structure. The synchronization units are adapted for synchronizing data processing by individual data processing elements within the group. The first plurality of data processing elements may be reconfigurably grouped and thus adapted to various data processing tasks at runtime. This increases data processing efficiency.
US09213675B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for responding to the arrival of a person within a defined geographic area after receiving a virtual presence by applying discounts at a point-of-sale are defined. A mobile electronic device stores user profile and consumer incentive data and periodically outputs a unique device identification number and position data. A host server monitors the position data and when it is within the defined geographic area, the user profile and consumer incentive data is received from the mobile electronic device and transmitted to a servers and a point-of-sale for enhanced customer services and savings. When the user leaves the defined geographic area, the profile data is removed.
US09213668B1
A method and apparatus of performing a data transmission from an electronic device or a peripheral device of an electronic device to a peripheral device of a remote electronic device is disclosed. One example method of performing the data transmission may include transmitting data designated for the remote peripheral device to a local virtual device object. The data that is received by the local virtual device object is transmitted via at least one communication interface or peripheral device of the electronic device to at least one remote communication interface or peripheral device of the remote electronic device. The data arriving at the least one remote communication interface or peripheral device of the remote electronic device is received by a remote virtual device object and transmitted to the designated remote peripheral device.
US09213659B2
An apparatus includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive user input into the apparatus implicating an output in response, and present the response on a device separate and apart from the apparatus instead of presenting the response on the apparatus.
US09213657B2
Techniques for performing fast timing reacquisition of read timing in a memory controller to support rank switching device are described. During operation, a memory controller receives read data for a read operation, wherein the read data includes a calibration preamble. The memory controller uses the calibration preamble to perform a fast timing reacquisition operation to compensate for a timing drift between a clock path and a data path for the read data. In particular, the memory controller performs the fast timing reacquisition by adjusting a data delay line coupled to a clock path associated with a control loop, wherein the control loop controls a data clock which is used to receive read data at the memory controller.
US09213655B2
A computing device receives, from a portable device, an application that is executable on the portable device. The computing device determines whether the received application is a static application or an interpreted application. In response to determining that the received application is a static application, the computing device executes the received application using a hardware virtualizer. In response to determining that the received application is an interpreted application, the computing device executes the received application using a dynamic translator.
US09213647B2
A technique for scheduling cache cleaning operations maintains a clean distance between a set of least-recently-used (LRU) clean lines and the LRU dirty (modified) line for each congruence class in the cache. The technique is generally employed at a victim cache at the highest-order level of the cache memory hierarchy, so that write-backs to system memory are scheduled to avoid having to generate a write-back in response to a cache miss in the next lower-order level of the cache memory hierarchy. The clean distance can be determined by counting all of the LRU clean lines in each congruence class that have a reference count that is less than or equal to the reference count of the LRU dirty line.
US09213644B2
Allocating enclosure cache in a computing system that includes an enclosure and a plurality of enclosure attached servers, including: receiving, by the enclosure, memory access information from each of the plurality of enclosure attached servers; determining, by the enclosure in dependence upon the memory access information, an amount of enclosure cache to allocate as shared cache that can be accessed by two or more of the enclosure attached servers; and determining, by the enclosure in dependence upon the memory access information, an amount of enclosure cache to allocate to each enclosure attached server for exclusive use by the enclosure attached server.
US09213642B2
For a high availability cache, a cache module obtains permission to manage the cache in response to a failover event in a server cluster by communicating a cache coherency token. An update module rebuilds a cache directory from data stored in the cache and accesses the cache without reloading the data stored in the cache.
US09213639B2
Divisions by numbers that are not divisible by two (2) can be performed in a computing system based on a summation that estimates and/or approximates the reciprocal of the dividing number or denominator value. By way of example, dividing by three (3) can be calculated based on a summation that approximates or estimates one third (⅓) represented as the sum of a selected group of the inverses of the powers of two (2) in a pattern, namely the sum of: ¼, 1/16, 1/64, 1/256, . . . ). Applications of the division techniques are virtually unlimited and include memory mapping of global memory addresses to memory channel addresses by dividing a global memory address into the number of memory channels, allowing memory mapping to be performed in an efficient manner even for large memory spaces using a number of memory channels that are not divisible by two, including prime numbers.
US09213625B1
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs automated user-interface layout testing. During operation, the system executes a pre-defined set of operations for a program. After these operations have executed, the system then stores a representation (e.g., a snapshot) of the program user interface. The system then compares this representation against a validated representation that was previously stored for the pre-defined set of operations to determine a difference between the representations. This process facilitates detecting changes to the program (and/or the environment in which the program executes) that affect the user interface that is presented to a user.
US09213623B2
A technique that supports improved debugging of kernel loadable modules (KLMs) that involves allocating a first portion of a memory and detecting a first kernel loadable module (KLM) requesting an allocation of at least a portion of the memory. The first KLM is then loaded into the first portion of the memory and a first identifier is associated with the first KLM and the first portion. The access of a second portion of the memory by the first KLM, the second portion being distinct from the first portion is detected and an indication that the first KLM has accessed the second portion is generated.
US09213608B2
A computer system includes a simultaneous multi-threading processor and memory in operable communication with the processor. The processor is configured to perform a method including running multiple threads simultaneously, detecting a hardware error in one or more hardware structures of the processing circuit, and identifying one or more victim threads of the multiple threads. The processor is further configured to identify a plurality of hardware structures associated with execution of the one or more victim threads, isolate the one or more victim threads from the rest of the multiple threads by preventing access to the plurality of hardware structures by the multiple threads, flush the one or more victim threads by resetting hardware states of the plurality of hardware structures, and restore the one or more victim threads by restoring the plurality of hardware structures to a known safe state.
US09213606B2
An image rescue system includes an application program for communication with a mass storage device, the application program being in communication with an operating system layer for accessing the mass storage device to read and write information. The image rescue system further includes a device driver in communication with the application program, the operating system layer and the mass storage device, the device driver for allowing the application program to access the mass storage device to read and write information by bypassing the operating system layer, the device driver for communicating with the mass storage device to allow the application program to access information in the mass storage device considered damaged by the operating system layer, the damaged information being inaccessible to the operating system layer, wherein the image rescue system accesses the mass storage device to retrieve and recover information accessible and inaccessible to the operating system layer.
US09213604B2
A semiconductor memory controlling device includes a write control unit that writes a predetermined number of pieces of first data and redundant information calculated by using the predetermined number of pieces of the first data and used for correcting an error in the first data into different semiconductor storage drives, respectively; a constructing unit that constructs a storage area for storing therein a table by using driver information, the table showing an association between a logical address and a physical address of the first data and identification information for associating the predetermined number of pieces of first data with the redundant information; and a table controlling unit that stores, into the storage area, the table associated with the identification information, the physical address and the logical address of the predetermined number of pieces of the first data, and a physical address of the redundant information.
US09213583B2
An apparatus for relocating related resource partitions includes a detection module that detects a relocation event to relocate a first resource partition operating in a first division from the first division to a second division. The first division includes a second resource partition. The first resource partition and the second resource partition are each distinct operating environments. A determination module determines that the second resource partition is sufficiently related to the first resource partition. A relocation module relocates the second resource partition to the second division with the first resource partition in response to determining that the second resource partition is sufficiently related to the first resource partition.
US09213581B2
A cloud frame provides a framework comprising a monitoring and network services to support hardware nodes such as computing nodes and storage nodes. Cloud frames may be organized into a cluster of cloud frames. Hardware nodes in a cloud frame environment may conduct self-allocation of needed resources, which in turn may be provided by other hardware nodes in the cloud frame environment.
US09213580B2
The present invention is a transportable private cloud computing platform, having a rack, several servers, a system management server, an interface device, a network switch, a power supply circuit, and a transit case. The present invention also includes a method for initializing the transportable private cloud computing platform, and a method for migrating software applications to the transportable private cloud computing platform.
US09213578B2
Information cluster systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, a cluster method comprises: performing an engine process including issuing requests to bring a resource online, offline, and monitor the resources, wherein the engine process is performed by an engine; performing a resource interaction process including interacting with a resource and directing a resource to comply with the request from the engine process, wherein the resource interaction process is performed by a resource interaction agent; performing a predicate logic process including performing predicate logic operations to determine if a predicate logic condition associated with the resource is satisfied and forwarding an indication of the results of the predicate logic operations to the engine process, wherein the predicate logic process is performed by a predicate logic agent that is separate from the engine performing the engine process.
US09213575B2
A method and system provisions a plurality of resources of a data center. A violation risk factor for a set of low priority requests can be computed. A utilization factor of a set of activated resources of the data center shall be evaluated. According to a predefined rule base, one or more of the plurality of resources, shall be provisioned for a received high priority request, whereby the predefined rule base defines performing one or more of; a) preempting a set of virtual machines utilizing a subset of the set of activated resources, whereby the set of virtual machines is associated with the set of low priority requests; b) activating a new set of resources; and c) consolidating a plurality of virtual machines, based on the computed violation risk factor and the evaluated utilization factor.
US09213572B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems determine a list of virtual machines to be subject to a corrective action. When one or more of the listed virtual machines have dependencies upon other virtual machines, network connections, or storage devices, the determination of the list includes determining that the dependencies of the one or more virtual machines have been met. An attempt to restart or take another corrective action for the first virtual machine within the list is made. A second virtual machine that is currently deployed and running or powered off or paused in response to the corrective action for the first virtual machine is determined to be dependent upon the first virtual machine. In response to the second virtual machine's dependencies having been met by the attempt to restart or take corrective action for the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine is added to the list of virtual machines.
US09213568B2
Methods and systems for management of cloud computing resources are described herein. A management server for a cloud of physical computing resources may assign states to individual physical computing resources or groups of physical computing resources. The states may include a disabled state, in which only administrator access to the resources is permitted; an enabled state, in which user access to the resources is permitted; a restricted state, in which some, but not all user requests to the resources are permitted; and an unmanaged state, in which no communications between the resources and the management server are permitted.
US09213567B2
In accordance with an embodiment a method of running a virtual machine on a server includes controlling data path resources allocated to the virtual machine using a first supervisory process running on the server, controlling data path resources comprising controlling a data path of a hardware interface device coupled to the server, and controlling control path and initialization resources of the hardware interface device using a second process running on the server, where the second process is separate from the first supervisory process.
US09213565B2
This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for mining streams of telemetry data in order to identify virtual machines (“VMs”), discover relationships between groups of VMs, and evaluate VM performance problems. The systems and methods transform streams of raw telemetry data consisting of resource usage and VM-related metrics into information that may be used to identify each VM, determine which VMs are similar based on their telemetry data patterns, and determine which VMs are similar based on their patterns of resource consumption. The similarity patterns can be used to group VMs that run the same applications and diagnose and debug VM performance.
US09213563B2
Systems and methods for executing non-native instructions in a computing system having a processor configured to execute native instructions are provided. A dynamic translator uses instruction code translation in parallel with just-in-time (JIT) compilation to execute the non-native instructions. Non-native instructions may be interpreted to generate instruction codes, which may be stored in a shadow memory. During a subsequent scheduling of a non-native instruction for execution, the corresponding instruction code may be retrieved from the shadow memory and executed, thereby avoiding reinterpreting the non-native instruction. In addition, the JIT compiler may compile instruction codes to generate native instructions, which may be made available for execution, further speeding up the execution process. A system implementing the aforementioned translator may improve performance and speed associated with executing non-native instructions by optimizing the use of instruction codes and JIT-compiled native instructions corresponding to the instruction codes when executing the non-native instructions.
US09213548B2
An information processing apparatus generates first and second trees representing a dependency relationship among instructions from first code. The information processing apparatus then adjusts the height of the shorter one of the first and second trees by inserting pseudo instructions that do not cause any difference in data before and after operation in the shorter tree, and also shuffles the order of instructions existing at the same depth from the root, according to operation types in at least one of the first and second trees. The information processing apparatus compares the first and second trees subjected to the height adjustment and the order shuffling with each other to determine combinations of an instruction of the first tree and an instruction of the second tree.
US09213542B2
Implementations of the present invention allow software resources to be duplicated efficiently and effectively while offline. In one implementation, a preparation program receives an identification of a software resource, such as a virtual machine installed on a different volume, an offline operating system, or an application program. The preparation program also receives an indication of customized indicia that are to be removed from the software resource. These indicia can include personalized information as well as the level of software updates, security settings, user settings or the like. Upon execution, the preparation program redirects the function calls of the preparation program to the software resource at the different volume (or even the same volume) while the software resource is not running. The preparation program thus can thus creates a template of the software resource in a safe manner without necessarily affecting the volume at which the preparation program runs.
US09213528B2
In one aspect, a method of generating a computer-based dialog process includes receiving, in a computer system, a process type for creating a process. The process type includes (i) step elements each corresponding to a user-interaction task in the process, and (ii) step groups each including one or more of the step elements, wherein the process type defines an order of the step groups. The method includes receiving executable code for the process in a configuration-time context. The executable code (i) specifies that each of the step groups is performed in one or more steps, thereby defining a granularity of the process, and (ii) assigns at least one of the step elements in each step group to each of the one or more steps, thereby defining an order of the step elements in each step group. The method includes generating a runtime implementation of the process using the executable code.
US09213525B2
Methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media for developing a business application include mapping one or more requirements of the business application to a Belief Desire Intention (BDI) architecture. The BDI architecture is mapped to a Service Component Architecture (SCA). The business application is developed based at least in part on the mapping of the one or more requirements to the BDI architecture and on the mapping of the BDI architecture to the SCA.
US09213523B2
Methods, apparatus, instructions and logic are disclosed providing double rounded combined floating-point multiply and add functionality as scalar or vector SIMD instructions or as fused micro-operations. Embodiments include detecting floating-point (FP) multiplication operations and subsequent FP operations specifying as source operands results of the FP multiplications. The FP multiplications and the subsequent FP operations are encoded as combined FP operations including rounding of the results of FP multiplication followed by the subsequent FP operations. The encoding of said combined FP operations may be stored and executed as part of an executable thread portion using fused-multiply-add hardware that includes overflow detection for the product of FP multipliers, first and second FP adders to add third operand addend mantissas and the products of the FP multipliers with different rounding inputs based on overflow, or no overflow, in the products of the FP multiplier. Final results are selected respectively using overflow detection.
US09213519B2
Embodiments of the present invention are broadly directed to novel systems and methods for evaluating a performance aspect in a multi-computer graphics system. One embodiment comprises selection logic capable of enabling a user to specify at least one render node for selection and generating logic associated with the compositor for generating the composite output signal, the generating logic being capable of eliminating, from at least a portion of the composite output signal, content from the video signals from all render nodes not specified for selection.
US09213518B2
An image processing apparatus includes display panels included in each of an operation unit 130 and a display unit 136, and a control unit causing the two display panels to successively make transitions to a power save mode if a prescribed time period has passed without any operation to the operation unit 130. If priority is given to the operation, the control unit first causes the display panel of display unit 136 to make a transition to the power save mode, and thereafter causes the display panel of the operation unit 130 to the power save mode. If the priority is given to the display, the control unit causes the display panel of operation unit 130 to make a transition to the power save mode, and thereafter causes the display panel of display unit 136 to make a transition to the power save mode. Thus, wasteful power consumption by the two display panels can be reduced.
US09213517B2
A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.
US09213512B1
Imaging devices incorporating memory are described herein. According to various embodiments, device driver information may be stored in the memory. Subsequent to the device driver being uploaded to a host device and the host device installing the device driver, the device driver information is deleted from the memory of the imaging device.
US09213488B2
A storage controller receives a request that corresponds to an access of a track. A determination is made as to whether the track corresponds to data stored in a solid state disk. Record staging to a cache from the solid state disk is performed, in response to determining that the track corresponds to data stored in the solid state disk, wherein each track is comprised of a plurality of records.
US09213471B2
Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface.
US09213467B2
The present invention provides an interaction device including an interaction interface, where a display area is formed of multiple display boundaries among which a corner area is formed between every two adjacent display boundaries; an interface interaction unit, for generating two first boundaries at a position that is corresponding to at least one corner area in the display area, where the two first boundaries and corner sides display boundaries form a main menu selection area which includes a selectable object; a processing unit, configured to, when the selectable object in the main menu selection area is selected and moves towards a position where any one of the two first boundaries is located and the selected selectable object crosses over a predetermined position, replace the selected selectable object in the main menu selection area with predetermined upper level selectable objects or lower level selectable objects correlated to the selected selectable object.
US09213465B2
A program guide is displayed which lists the availability of information for a program listed in the guide, where such information is obtained from a source accessible through the Internet, where the guide uses first color to indicate the availability of such information and a second color when such information is not available.
US09213461B2
An innovative web-based tool displays visual information about real estate. In one embodiment, an aerial image is overlaid with various data layers to visually present real estate data. Data associated with various embodiments of the tool can include tax parcel information, historical sales information, Multiple Listing Service information, school information, neighborhood information, and park information.
US09213460B2
A website construction tool allows website construction via an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) using containers and modules defining predetermined website constructs from a robust assortment of common and popular rendering formats and content source definition for individual webpages, and arranges the individual pages for navigation. A user selects from the predefined constructs by selecting modules for generating code, corresponding to the desired content, source and rendering format. Pointing device positioning locates the on-screen location by generating a container dedicated to the desired content. Webpage structure, or page flow, is generated by insertion of navigation controls and page insertions for navigating between pages in the deployed site, The predetermined constructs, therefore, provide templates of complex rendering formats allowing for content insertion without burdening the user with development of the constructs so rendered. Constructed websites may be hosted by the development entity, further relieving the user from website maintenance.
US09213447B2
Provided is a data projection device including a device body and a first projector connected to the device body. The first projector is configured to project a display image onto an adjacent surface separate from the device body. An input detection sensor is connected to the device body and is configured to detect motions of a user within a field of view proximate the device body, and to generate an input signal responsive to the detected motions. A diagnostic processing unit is disposed within the device body and is connected to the first projector and the input detection sensor for receiving the input signal therefrom. The diagnostic processing unit is configured to be operatively connectable with a data source to receive vehicle data therefrom and to process the data and modify the display image according to the received data and the input signal.
US09213445B2
An optical touch screen that utilizes a planar transparent sheet and that is configured to determine the position of a touch event on the transparent sheet is disclosed. Light-source elements and light-sensing elements are operably disposed at a perimeter of the transparent sheet. Light is detected over lines-of-sight between the light-source elements and the light-sensing elements. Attenuated lines-of-sight due to the touch event are determined. Central lines are established based on the attenuated lines-of-sight. The locations of central-line intersections are then established. The average of the locations of the central-line intersections is then used to establish the location of the touch event.
US09213440B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for remote touch detection. According to one embodiment, an infrared light source is projected across a front surface of a display via at least one light emitting device. Furthermore, an infrared signal is transmitted in a direction of the front surface of the display via a remote pointing device. A surface target position is then determined based on measurement data caused by disruption of a portion of the infrared light source of the light emitting device by either the infrared signal or a physical touch from a user.
US09213439B2
An optical imaging device includes a display panel whereon a coordinate detecting area is formed, at least one light source disposed outside the display panel for emitting light to illuminate an object, and a depth sensor installed on a side of the display panel for sensing image data of the object. The image data include a width information corresponding to a distance between the object and the depth sensor in a first direction, and a depth information corresponding to a distance between the object and the depth sensor in a second direction. The optical imaging device further includes a control module coupled to the depth sensor for receiving the image data sensed by the depth sensor and for determining whether to calculate a coordinate value of the object according to the width information and the depth information.
US09213438B2
An optical touchpad including a prism having a four-sided cross section including a light entry interface, a light exit interface, a touch interface and a back interface substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the touch interface. Collimated light enters the prism through the light entry interface, is reflected from the touch interface by total internal reflection, and exits the prism through the light exit interface. A first image sensor detects the collimated light exiting from the light exit interface and a second image sensor detects the image of an object positioned over the touch interface.
US09213435B2
A method for selecting items using a touchscreen includes displaying a plurality of items as icons on the touchscreen, receiving a touch signal including information on a touch point on the touchscreen, and determining one or more selected items from among the plurality of items upon reception of the touch signal. A system for selecting items includes a touchscreen including a display unit for displaying a plurality of items as icons and an input unit displayed on the display unit and displaying coordinate data corresponding to a touch applied to the display unit, a storage unit storing content, and a controller for controlling the display unit of the touchscreen and the storage unit on the basis of a touch signal received through the input unit of the touchscreen.
US09213433B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel for a display device including a touch electrode divided into first touch unit sensors having a first size and second touch unit sensors having a second size different from the first size. When a horizontal or vertical size of a second touch unit sensor is compared with a first touch unit sensor, the vertical size of the second touch unit sensor is smaller than that of the first touch unit sensor when the horizontal size of the second touch unit sensor is larger than that of the first touch unit sensor and the horizontal size of the second touch unit sensor is smaller than that of the first touch unit sensor when the vertical size of the second touch unit sensor is larger than that of the first touch unit sensor. Therefore, an area deviation of touch unit sensors forming a touch electrode is minimized and thus uniform and superior touch performance may be provided.
US09213424B1
A stylus device including a first end or active end for writing and interacting with a touchscreen of a computing device, and a second end or passive end for using an erase function with the touchscreen of the computing device. This allows a user to write or interact with a computing device with one end of the stylus device and simply turn the stylus device over and erase without having to select an eraser function from a menu on the computing device. In this manner, the stylus device provides a more traditional method of writing and erasing, similar to that of traditional pencils.
US09213415B2
A reference voltage generator has a depletion mode MOS transistor of a first conductivity type for supplying a constant current flow, and an enhancement mode MOS transistor of the first conductivity type having a diode connection to the depletion mode MOS transistor for generating a reference voltage based on a constant current supplied by the depletion mode MOS transistor. The enhancement mode MOS transistor has a mobility substantially equal to a mobility of the depletion mode MOS transistor such that the enhancement mode MOS transistor and the depletion mode MOS transistor have substantially equal temperature characteristics.
US09213407B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a ring, a detector, a processor, and a transmitter. The ring is configured to be worn on a finger. The detector, disposed within the ring, is operable to detect a motion associated with the finger. The processor, communicatively coupled to the detector, is operable to determine, based at least upon the motion, that a command should be sent to a mobile device. The transmitter, communicatively coupled to the processor, is operable to communicate the command to the mobile device.
US09213402B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a manipulation unit, a grip detecting unit, a driving unit, and a control unit. When the control unit determines that the end effector is applying the acting force to the target based on the information acquired by the grip detecting unit, the control unit sets an acting force increasing zone of a predetermined range in a first movable range in the first direction of the manipulation unit, sets a neutral zone in a remaining area of the first movable range, controls the driving unit so that the acting force increases with a constant gradient with respect to an amount of manipulation of the manipulation unit in the acting force increasing zone, and controls the driving unit so that the acting force is kept constant regardless of the amount of manipulation of the manipulation unit in the neutral zone.
US09213399B2
A BIOS controlled peripheral device port power device is described. The device includes a processor and at least one peripheral device port. The processor powers up a host controller in preparation for the processor to enter a sleep state. The processor also places the processor in the sleep state after the host controller is powered up. The processor also selectively powers the at least one peripheral device port by the host controller when the processor is in the sleep state according to at least one setting stored in the processor.
US09213391B2
By integrating multiple electronic devices, it is possible to increase the functionality of the devices individually. For example it is possible to improve media playback functionality, create media playlists “on-the-go” and to use a first device power supply to charge the power supply of the second device. By integrating the devices, it is possible to address some of the shortcomings of devices that are decreasing in size with increasing power requirements, while still maintaining the advantages that these devices offer.
US09213380B2
Mapping computers and ports of power distribution units in a data center, the data center including a plurality of computers and a data center management server, each computer in the data center connected for power to one of a plurality of power distribution unit (‘PDU’) ports of a PDU, each PDU connected through the communications module and a data communications network to the data center management server, including generating, by a power modulating module of a computer, a power consumption signal in the PDU, the power consumption signal encoding a unique identification of the computer; demodulating, by the PDU, the power consumption signal, including retrieving from the signal the unique identification of the computer; and reporting, by the PDU to the data center management server, an association of the unique identification of the computer and a PDU port.
US09213375B2
An enclosure assembly and systems and methods for using the same are disclosed. The enclosure assembly may include a base plate, a plurality of sidewalls, and one or more insulator layers disposed on the sidewalls. When coupled to a module, the enclosure assembly may least partially enclose the module to prevent the spread of EMI, to assist in heat dissipation, to protect the structural integrity of the module, and the like.
US09213374B2
A computer device includes a main casing, a computer body disposed in the main casing, a linkage mechanism including first and second sheets and a first shape-memory alloy, and a movable casing pivoted to the main casing. The main casing is for engaging with the movable casing to position the movable casing at an open position exposed from the main casing. A driving end of the first sheet is movably inserted into a slot of the movable casing. The second sheet is disposed on a recess structure of the main casing and pivoted to the first sheet. The first shape-memory alloy is pivoted to one of the second sheet and the recess structure and the driving end for moving the driving end along the slot when being heated to shorten or elongate to push the movable casing from a closed position contained in the recess structure to the open position.
US09213371B2
A portable electronic device includes a host module, a display module, a keyboard module and at least one pivoting module. The keyboard module is disposed on a cover of the host module. The keyboard module includes a supporting component, a frame disposed on the supporting component and a plurality of keycaps disposed on the frame. The at least one pivoting module is installed inside the host module and pivoted to the display module. The pivoting module includes a pivoting component pivoted to the display module, a linking component connected to the pivoting component and a driving device. The driving device is connected to the keyboard module and the linking component. When the display module rotates in a first rotating direction, the linking components moves with the pivoting component, so as to drive the driving device to drive the frame to press the plurality of the keycaps in a first direction.
US09213368B2
The present invention relates to an expansion chassis for a laptop computer. Specifically, the expansion chassis provides additional expansion bays for increased functionality, storage and/or battery power for the laptop computer. One or more BUS multipliers are integrated into a native SATA BUS, and one or more multifunction USB interconnect cables are integrated therein to integrate the expansion chassis into the existing laptop functions.
US09213366B2
A hinge mechanism with multiple rotating axes is disclosed. The hinge mechanism includes a first bracket, a linking bracket, a first rotating shaft, a second bracket and a second rotating shaft. The first rotating shaft is used for pivoting the first bracket and the linking bracket, such that the linking bracket is connected to the first bracket in a rotable manner. The second rotating shaft is used for pivoting the linking bracket and the second bracket, such that the linking bracket is further connected to the second bracket in a rotable manner.
US09213357B2
Examples include a playback device with a network interface and memory with program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the playback device to (a) receive, via the network interface from a network device communicatively coupled to the playback device over a LAN, an address identifying a network location of audio information available at an audio information source, where the audio information source is outside of the LAN, (b) obtain, via the network interface from the audio information source, the audio information, (c) transmit, via the network interface to another playback device, the audio information, and (d) play back the audio information.
US09213355B2
In a system comprising a first device and a second device coupled via an interconnect, a method includes setting a rate of insertion of clock mismatch compensation symbols for a transmit port of the first device to one of a plurality of rates of insertion responsive to the second device having capability to compensate for a clock frequency mismatch. A device includes an interconnect interface comprising a transmit port and a receive port, and a configuration structure. The configuration structure comprises a capability field to store a value indicating whether the device has a capability to compensate for a clock frequency mismatch, and an enable field. The device further includes a packet control module to configure a rate of insertion of clock mismatch compensation symbols by the transmit port into a data stream responsive to a value stored at the enable field.
US09213353B2
A band gap reference circuit is provided that includes a first resistor (R1), a second resistor (R2), a third resistor (R3), a fourth resistor (Ra), a fifth resistor (Rb), a capacitor (Ca), an operational amplifier A, a first field effect transistor (FET) (P1), a second FET (P2), a third FET (P3), a fourth FET (Pa), a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) (Q1), a second BJT (Q2), and a third BJT (Q3). P3 and Rb are used to control Pa, which is configured to control current flow to a reference node, and thus a reference voltage (Vref) output by the band gap reference circuit. The band gap reference circuit is configured to output a substantially constant reference voltage and is less sensitive or susceptible to noise from a power supply. Additionally, the band gap reference circuit prevents Vref from overshooting when the band gap circuit is enabled.
US09213348B2
A broadband gateway may be used to provide peer-to-peer communications with other broadband gateways. One or more peer-to-peer connections may be configured with each of the other broadband gateway, for use in peer-to-peer communications, which may be utilized to communicate shared content among the broadband gateways. Users may receive incentives for participating in peer-to-peer communications, comprising sharing credits and/or reduced charges. The broadband gateway may track and/or aggregate sharing credits based on communication of shared content. Peer-to-peer connections may be configured using at least one physical layer connection utilized by the broadband gateway in communicating with corresponding access network service provider. Peer-to-peer connections may also be configured using direct connections and/or links between the broadband gateways. The broadband gateway may generate a directory for use in conjunction with peer-to-peer operations. The directory may be presented via a user interface. The broadband gateway may generate and/or communicate peer-to-peer related alerts.
US09213345B2
A protection and attenuation circuit for sensitive AC loads is described. The circuit provides AC power protection and attenuation utilizing high-efficiency switch-mode techniques to attenuate an AC power signal by incorporating a bidirectional, transistorized switch driven from a pulse width modulation signal, PWM. The circuit monitors characteristics of the AC power signal driving a known load and characteristics of the load or other elements and determines the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated signal, PWM, based upon the duration and amplitude of the over-voltage, over-current, over-limit or other event.
US09213328B2
A method for detecting defective hardware of an image measurement machine, the method creates a hardware-recording table that records abnormalities to occur in hardware components of the image measurement machine, and detects device connecting faults, port connecting faults, and hardware faults of the image measurement machine. If any fault is detected, the method searches a serial number and one or more solutions for the fault from the hardware-recording table, and displays the serial number and the one or more solutions on a display screen of the computing device.
US09213324B2
Systems and methods for managing interaction with controllable lighting networks are disclosed. Particularly, a user's input regarding the user's preferred level of interaction with a controllable lighting network is used in conjunction with memories and processors, to selectively allow the controllable lighting network access to the user's personal data such as the user's identity or the user's personal lighting preferences. A user's preferred level of interaction with a controllable lighting network is also used, in conjunction with personal mobile electronic communication devices, to allow the user to control lighting within controllable lighting networks.
US09213323B2
A method includes receiving signals processed according to a control law and generating an error signal based on the signals. The method includes determining at least one characteristic of the error signal, and determining whether to disable the control law based on the at least one characteristic.
US09213320B2
An electronic timepiece has a tubular outside case of which at least part is a conductive material, a transparent crystal, a dial housed in the outside case, an annular antenna body disposed around the dial, a feed part that feeds the antenna body, and a dial ring made of a non-conductive material covering the antenna body. The antenna body includes an annular dielectric base, and an arc-shaped fed element feed by the feed part, an annular parasitic element disposed between the dial ring and crystal, and receives circularly polarized waves.
US09213315B2
A timepiece, which includes a base board made of any of ABS resin, AS resin, and PS resin, and further includes a projection portion; a rotary board made of any of ABS resin, AS resin, and PS resin, and rotatable about and relative to the projection portion; and a rotational shaft projecting toward a front side of the base board through an opening formed in the projection portion. An end of the rotational shaft is connected with a hand provided for indicating time. The timepiece further includes an ornamental body movable relative to the base board; and a securing member made of any of POM resin, PBT resin, and PA resin. The ornamental body is prevented from moving forward to the front side and coming into contact with the hand provided for indicating time when, for example, shock is applied to the timepiece.
US09213312B2
A holographic three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus and a method of driving the same are provided. The holographic 3D printing apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a beam, a beam splitting and expanding unit configured to split the emitted beam into a reference beam and a signal beam and expand the signal beam, an illumination unit configured to extract the expanded signal beam and collimate the extracted signal beam, a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to modulate the collimated signal beam, an objective lens unit configured to emit the modulated signal beam to a holographic recording medium, and a reference beam forming unit configured to emit the reference beam to the holographic recording medium.
