US09216062B2
Sealing assemblies and methods are disclosed for sealing a surgical instrument having an internal drive shaft subject to lateral displacement. A sealing assembly includes a rigid portion shaped to interface with an instrument shaft of the surgical instrument. A laterally oriented slot is open at a radially perimeter location and configured to receive an o-ring seal via the perimeter location. Apertures are disposed on opposing sides of the slot and open to the slot. The apertures are configured to receive the drive shaft there through and are larger than the drive shaft to accommodate lateral displacement of the drive shaft. The slot includes opposing internal sides spaced to interface with opposed axial surfaces of the o-ring seal. The seal inhibits axial transmission of an insufflated gas and/or bodily fluids while accommodating lateral displacement of the drive shaft.
US09216055B2
A system (60) for ablating internal heart tissue (12) in an ablation pattern (50) on a surface of the tissue within the heart. The system (60) includes an ablation catheter (14) with a distal end having an ablating tip portion (20) operative to allow selective ablation of tissue. A guiding device (62) is engageable with the ablation catheter (14) and includes a tissue anchoring portion (74) operable to engage with tissue proximate to the tissue to be ablated so as to temporarily anchor the guiding device (62) relative to the tissue (12). Engagement of the guiding device (62) with the ablation catheter (14) operates to assist with guiding the ablating tip portion (20) in moving along the pattern (50). Various devices and methods of use are further disclosed.
US09216053B2
An elongate member for inserting into a cannula is disclosed. The cannula comprises an electrically insulated region and an electrically exposed conductive region for delivering energy to form a lesion within a patient's body at an intended location relative to the electrically exposed conductive region. The elongate member is structured to cooperatively engage with the cannula at a pre-determined insertion depth and to provide a variation in radiopacity, at a pre-determined position relative to the electrically exposed conductive region, when inserted to the pre-determined insertion depth. The variation in radiopacity provides a visual reference for distinguishing, using fluoroscopic imaging, the intended location of the lesion.
US09216052B2
An instrument suitable for minimal invasive surgery. The instrument can be introduced into a body, for example, through a trocar, and has two arms and a centrally guided knife for clamping vessels. The central guidance of the knife in at least one of the arms avoids disadvantages that could otherwise develop as a result of the off-center severing of coagulated tissue. Moreover, the clean central guidance of the knife results in lower wear on the knife. Thus, a better cut quality and a longer service life of the knife can be achieved.
US09216049B2
Implant removal systems and methods for using the system for removing an implant from a bone are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method for removing an intramedullary implant from a bone includes navigating a guidewire into an intramedullary cavity of the bone; inserting the guidewire into a lumen of an intramedullary implant located in the intramedullary cavity of the bone; advancing a removal screw over the guidewire to the intramedullary implant; threading the removal screw into the lumen of the intramedullary implant to engage the removal screw to the intramedullary implant; and applying impaction force on the removal screw to remove the intramedullary implant from the intramedullary cavity.
US09216042B2
An articulated fixation device is provided having a high degree of adjustability for securing a plate member thereof to a skull and at least one spinal rod thereof to a vertebral bone. In one form, an adjustable bridge member is provided that is adjustably connected to both the plate member and the spinal rod. The adjustable connections can include an upper and rearward pivot connection between the plate member and the bridge member and a lower and forward pivot connection between the spinal rod and the bridge member.
US09216041B2
A spinal implant having at least two bone anchors includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having hard, non-elastic sleeves for attachment to the bone anchors, at least one spacer located between the bone anchors, and in some embodiments, an end elastic bumper and cord blocker. A cord is received within the rigid sleeves, the spacer and the bumper, the cord being in fixed or sliding relationship with cooperating sleeves. The sleeves include portions for direct engagement with bone screw inserts and closure tops and may include a channel for receiving a projected portion of a spacer.
US09216039B2
A hinged bone screw and tool set is used for implanting such bone screws in a human spine, followed by the implantation of a longitudinal connecting member into the bone screws. The hinged bone screw includes a shank with an upper portion and a receiver with integral arms forming a U-shaped channel. A lower curved seat partially defining the U-shaped channel cooperates with an upper portion of the bone screw shank for hinged movement of the shank with respect to the receiver. The tool set includes an insertion tool, a bone screw driver, a reduction tool and a closure starter. The insertion tool includes a bone screw attachment structure and a laterally opening channel. The insertion tool further includes a threaded portion for cooperation with the reduction tool to provide synchronized placement of a closure structure in the bone screw receiver while reducing and capturing a longitudinal connecting member within the receiver. Further alternative bone screws are hinged, polyaxial or fixed and include lordosing or kyphosing lateral surfaces.
US09216033B2
A system for performing angioplasty and a method of utilizing same are provided. The system includes a balloon mounted on a catheter shaft and an expandable constraining structure mounted over the balloon. The expandable constraining structure includes a plurality of axial struts crossing a plurality of radially-expandable rings being for constraining said balloon such that isolated balloon regions protrude through openings in said constraining structure when the balloon is inflated.
US09216032B2
The invention relates to a liquid jet scalpel comprising a nozzle (12) for discharge of pressurized liquid (14) in the direction of tissue (16) that is to be manipulated, and a distance measuring device (18) for measuring the distance between the nozzle (12) and the tissue (16) that is to be manipulated. The invention further relates to a method for operating a liquid jet scalpel.
US09216024B2
The invention relates to the preparation of an intervertebral space with a trial implant (9), the insertion of an implant (5, 6, 7), the inserters (13, 16), and the method for feeding and inserting the implant (5, 6, 7) by means of an oblique anterior approach. In the novel improved method, the associated instruments (13, 16) for inserting an implant (5, 6, 7) into an intervertebral space, in particular for the lumbar spine at an oblique anterior angle of 45° was developed, the left side of the body being preferred for insertion of the implant (5, 6, 7). Either the implant (5, 6, 7) can be inserted all in one, or first the upper part (5) and lower parts (7) and then the inlay (6) may be inserted. By insertion by means of the left oblique anterior approach at 45°, optimum utilization of the area of the intervertebral space is ensured (footprint), and better retention of the implant is guaranteed by the exact chiselling at an angle of 90° normal to the respective intervertebral surface.
US09216023B2
An expandable implant includes an implant body defining an internal void, the implant body including a plurality of interconnected linkages. A first plurality of the linkages has an expansion characteristic that is different from a second plurality of the linkages. An expandable bladder is sized to be disposed in the internal void. The bladder defines a bore configured to receive an expansion material, such that the expansion material applies an expansion force against the bladder, which thereby applies the expansion force against the implant body so as to cause the first linkage to expand greater than the second linkage. The expandable implant can be placed in a fracture location so as to restore height to a fractured target bone.
US09216021B2
A ligating band dispenser for attachment to an endoscope having sliding elements that are positioned on the outer surface of a support structure of the ligating band dispenser. The sliding elements may be slidably engaged to the support structure. For example, the sliding elements may slide along a groove on the outer surface of the support structure. The sliding elements are advanced forward along the groove, causing the sliding elements to impact a ligating band and push the ligating band forward until it is deployed off the dispenser.
US09216019B2
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapler can comprise a cartridge deck and a plurality of staples at least partially positioned within the cartridge deck. In various embodiments, the staples can be supported by a support jaw of the surgical stapler and can comprise legs which can extend upwardly through apertures defined in the cartridge deck. In use, the cartridge deck can be pushed downwardly relative to the staples into a well defined in the support jaw.
US09216018B2
A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneously. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneously or in an open-heart surgery.
US09216014B2
The invention provides an intracardiac occluder, which has biological tissue scaffolds as occlusion shells, for the percutaneous transluminal treatment of an intracardiac defect. The intracardiac occluder includes a proximal support structure supporting the proximal occlusion shell and a distal support structure supporting the distal occlusion shell. In one embodiment, biological tissue derived from the tunica submucosa layer of the porcine small intestine forms the occlusion shells.
US09216010B2
A spectroscopy system for auto-aligning a biopsy collecting device is presented. The spectroscopy system includes an illumination subsystem configured to emit an illumination light towards the biopsy collecting device, whereas the biopsy collecting device includes an activator unit and a needle unit and wherein the needle unit includes a cannula and a stylet having a biopsy specimen. Also, the spectroscopy system includes a fixation subsystem capable of holding the biopsy collecting device and configured to place the needle unit comprising the biopsy specimen across the illumination light. Further, the spectroscopy system includes a detection subsystem configured to receive a light comprising at least one of an attenuated illumination light and a re-emitted light from the needle unit. In addition, the detection subsystem is configured to send a control signal to align the needle unit at a predetermined position in the spectroscopy system based on the received light.
US09216004B2
Two styles of The Mammography Device are intended, brassiere style (typically for females) and breastplate style (typically for males). The Device should be manufactured to include highly variable cup or mold sizes that will conform to the breast and torso snugly without tightness and use Sensors and Mesh Lines to “read” through breast tissue. Secondary Torso Connectors enhance sizing variability. The Device will have a Vacuum Ability, which allows the Conforming Mesh to be customized to individuals. The Device will create a more comfortable screening for breast tissue anomalies than current methods. The Device may be manufactured to be recyclable; each part should be soft. The Device may be ground for electricity via Grounding Points at its right or left Horn. The communication port on The Device may be used to connect it, if not using wireless communications, from its Rim to a computer.
US09215998B2
A device for obtaining a standard 12-lead ECG and a rhythm strip, comprising: a personal ECG device to which nine skin monitoring electrodes are electrically connected, either directly or via an electrodes belt and which presents an array of at least 6 precordial electrodes that are anatomically positioned for the user, two belt mounted limb electrodes and one flying electrode, such that the skin monitoring electrodes deployed on the belt in combination with those directly connected to the personal ECG device permit the acquisition of ECG data for the rhythm strip and the standard 12 lead ECG, and wherein the ECG device includes a communication module for transferring the ECG data to a remote data center via a mobile device.
US09215984B2
A method for evaluation of target media parameters using visible through near infrared light is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a light source, illuminator/collector, optional illumination wavelength selector, optional light gating processor, imager, detected wavelength selector, controller, analyzer and display unit. The apparatus illuminates an in situ target. The sample absorbs some light while a large fraction of the light is diffusely scattered within the sample and some light exits the sample and may be detected in an imaging fashion using wavelength selection and an optical imaging system. The method extends the dynamic range of the optical imager by extracting additional information from the detected light that is used to provide reconstructed contrast of smaller concentrations of chromophore. Using a reiterative calibration method, acquired spectra and images are analyzed and displayed in near real time in such a manner as to characterize functional and structural information of the target tissue.
US09215980B2
A heart monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes; and wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance monitoring vital signs.
US09215962B2
Autonomous planar surface cleaning robots are disclosed. The robot includes a main body having a bottom portion defining an outer portion defining a surface area about a perimeter thereof and an inner portion defining a cavity formed within the outer portion. The main body supports a driving mechanism, a vacuum source, a vacuum sensor, and a control unit. The vacuum source, cavity, and vacuum sensor are in fluid communication. The control unit is electrically coupled to the driving mechanism, the vacuum source, and the vacuum sensor, and is configured to control the robot to turn direction when the control unit receives a signal from the vacuum sensor indicating that a degree of vacuum pressure within the cavity is below a predetermined vacuum pressure. Also disclosed is robot that includes multiple vacuum sources. Also disclosed is an apparatus that includes a connector pole.
US09215956B2
Provided are a window cleaning apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The window cleaning apparatus including first and second cleaning units which are respectively attached on both surfaces of a window using a magnetic force to move together with each other includes a first magnetic module provided in the first cleaning unit, a second magnetic module provided in the second cleaning unit, a magnetic force detection part for detecting a magnetic force between the first and second magnetic modules, and a magnetic force control part for controlling the magnetic force between the first and second magnetic modules.
US09215946B2
A beverage preparation machine with a receptacle for removably receiving therein a disposable cartridge having a first liquid ingredient and alcohol separated by a frangible partition. A movable lid closes the receptacle with the cartridge therein and has an inlet tube that pierces the upper portion of the cartridge when the lid is closed. An outlet tube at a lower portion of the receptacle pierces the lower portion of the cartridge when the lid is closed. A bottle is removably mounted on the machine beneath the outlet tube. A cold water reservoir is connected to the inlet tube. For carbonated beverages, a carbon dioxide source is connected to the machine at the upper end of the bottle.
US09215943B1
A clothing hanger accessory that allows a user to store clothing accessories, such as necklaces, bracelets, ear rings, finger rings, bangles, wristbands, headbands, scrunchies, etc. in close proximity to clothing garments that, in combination, form an entire clothing outfit.
US09215940B2
A display fixture includes a shelf display including a main body having a front side and a backside, a plurality of shelves coupled to the front side of the main body and adapted to support merchandise and a back support attached to the backside of the main body and extending from the backside of the main body. The display fixture also includes a rack display including a frame having at least one substantially vertical member located on a first side of the rack display, at least one substantially vertical member located on a second side of the rack display and at least one arm coupled to the frame to support hanging merchandise. A plurality of fasteners secure the at least one substantially vertical member to the back support of the shelf display.
US09215938B2
A product display system includes a plurality of brackets, a plurality of shelves, and a plurality of products. Each bracket is configured to mechanically engage a support structure. Each shelf is mechanically engaged with at least one bracket. The shelves form a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column, and a third column. The first row is adjacent the second row, and the second row is adjacent the third row. The first column is adjacent the second column, and the second column is adjacent the third column. Each product is supported by one of the shelves. The shelves are arranged such that the distance between the shelves in the first column and the third column is smaller than the width of the product supported by the shelves in the second column.
US09215937B2
An adjustable side rail assembly includes a side rail and an actuation assembly. The side rail is rotatable between a storage position and a use position. The actuation assembly includes an inner member, an outer member, and a locking assembly. The outer member is coupled to the side rail and is rotatable relative to the inner member between first and second rotational orientations for rotating the side rail between the storage and use positions, respectively. The locking assembly is transitional between a locked condition, wherein the locking assembly engages both the inner and outer members to fix the inner and outer members in the first or second rotational orientation, and an unlocked condition, wherein the locking assembly is disengaged from the inner and/or outer member to permit rotation of the outer member relative to the inner member between the first and second rotational orientations.
US09215936B1
A single-person chair includes a proximal end and a distal end. A generally convex central portion extends between the proximal end and the distal end. The central portion extends upwardly, forming a first pool between the proximal end and the central portion and a second pool between the distal end and the central portion. A longitudinal centerline extends between the proximal end and the distal end. A first sidewall extends between the proximal end and the distal end on a first side of the longitudinal centerline. A second sidewall extends between the proximal end and the distal end on a second side of the longitudinal centerline such that that a liquid can be contained within the chair between the proximal end, the distal end, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall.
US09215935B2
A chair shade including a cover sheet, frame having a first end and a second end, a sliding unit simultaneously affixed to the cover sheet and slidably affixed to the frame such that the sliding unit moves along the length of the frame when a force is applied and maintains its position on the frame when no force is applied and a securing unit that secures the first end and second end of the frame to corresponding opposite sides of a chair.
US09215934B2
Provided is a corrective chair using a slider means that includes a supporting leg, a seat plate that is coupled to the supporting leg and on which a user seats, and a backrest whose lower part is coupled to an upper part of the supporting leg and that supports a back of the user when the user seats on the seat plate. The chair includes a slider that is interposed between the supporting leg and the seat plate. The slider includes guide rails that are coupled to both sides of a top surface of the supporting leg, and are disposed to be inclined toward the backrest in such a manner that portions of the guide rails close to the backrest are lowered and portions thereof opposite to the backrest are raised; guide blocks whose lower parts are slidably coupled to the guide rails, that are disposed on the guide rails opposite to the backrest in an initial state, and whose upper parts are coupled to a bottom surface of the seat plate; and elastic bodies whose one sides are coupled to a bottom surface of a front side of the seat plate and the other sides are coupled to a top surface of the supporting leg. When the user seats on the seat plate, the guide blocks are slid in an inclined direction of the guide rails to compress the elastic bodies, and the seat plate is moved toward the backrest to allow a back of the user to come in contact with the backrest, and when the user rises from the seat plate, the elastic bodies are restored to original states to restore the guide blocks and the seat plate to original states. Accordingly, since the guide rails are disposed to be inclined, when the user seats on the seat plate, the seat plate is retreated toward the backrest to allow the back of the user to come in close to the backrest. Accordingly, even though the user unconsciously seats on the chair, since the corrective chair using a slider means allows back portions of an upper body such as pelvis and waist to be straightened, the corrective chair using a slider means can correct a posture of the user so as to allow the user to seat on the chair in a correct posture.
US09215931B1
A storage rack includes front and rear deck beams and C-shaped tie supports extending between the deck beams. Each tie support has a side wall, a top flange and a bottom flange. The top flange has front and rear ends and tabs extending downwardly therefrom. The bottom flange has front and rear ends and tabs extending downwardly therefrom. When assembled with the deck beams the front and rear ends of the top flange are seated on a support ledge of the deck beams with the tabs received into respective slots. Similarly, the front and rear ends of the bottom flange are seated on a lower leg of the front and rear deck beams with the tabs received into the respective slots. The tie supports cooperate with the deck beams to limit the sagging of the decks, while also preventing outward twisting of the deck beams.
US09215929B2
A drive device includes an ejection element, a housing, and a locking element for the ejection element. The locking element is disposed in or on the housing and is movable relative thereto, and a detent element, which is connected to the ejection element and, in the closed position, abuts the locking element. In the locking position, the locking element can block the path of the detent element in the opening direction. The ejection element can be released both when a movable piece of furniture is subjected to increased pressure from a closed position in the closure direction and when the movable piece of furniture is pulled from the closure position in the opening direction. A detection system detects the position of the movable piece of furniture, and a transmission device transmits the position of the movable piece of furniture detected by the detection system to the locking element.
US09215926B1
A storage rack includes front and rear deck beams and C-shaped tie supports extending between the deck beams. Each tie support has a side wall, a top flange and a bottom flange. The top flange and bottom flange have front and rear ends and tabs extending downwardly therefrom. The top flange has a reinforcing rib. When assembled with the deck beams the front and rear ends of the top flange are seated on a support ledge of the deck beams with the tabs received into respective slots. Similarly, the front and rear ends of the bottom flange are seated on a lower leg of the front and rear deck beams with the tabs received into respective slots. The tie supports cooperate with the deck beams to limit the sagging of the decks, while also preventing outward twisting of the deck beams.
US09215923B1
A table apparatus and method of constructing the same including a table top having a plurality of slots, a plurality of legs, each of the legs inserted into a corresponding slot, and a support brace having a first longitudinal slot and a second longitudinal slot, the first longitudinal slot having a longitudinal length greater than a longitudinal length of the second longitudinal slot. A first leg of the plurality of legs is positioned in the first longitudinal slot. A second leg in the plurality of legs is positioned in the second longitudinal slot. The first leg can have a first bolt, the first bolt positioned to extend through a first slot of the plurality of slots and the first longitudinal slot. The second leg can have a second bolt, the second bolt configured to extend through a second slot of the plurality of slots and the second longitudinal slot.
US09215918B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a luggage bag, which includes an outer container and an organizer that is contained therein. The outer container includes a detachable garment flap having an envelope for storing one or more garments therein. The organizer includes a plurality of foldable compartments. The organizer can be stored within the outer container and covered by the detachable garment flap. The compartments can stack and fold onto each other and can fold into and out of the outer container. The compartments can be removably attached to each other by a connector, such as pile tape, snaps, buttons, etc. The compartments can be modular such that the organizer can be configured to include any desired number of compartments. In some embodiments, the organizer can occupy substantially the entire interior volume of the outer container. The compartments of the organizer are configured to unfold, deploy, and extend from the outer container.
US09215917B2
Protective eyewear cover that may be folded into or onto itself when removed from the eyewear, resulting in a profile that is slightly thicker than and slightly larger than the size of a single lens of the eyewear. The protective eyewear cover of the present invention is compact in comparison to certain conventional eyewear protection, such as a hard or semi-hard eyeglass case, yet offers maximum protection in comparison to other conventional eyewear protection, such as eyeglass bags or pouches.
US09215916B2
A protective cover of a mobile terminal is provided. The protective cover for supporting a mobile terminal in a dual direction and a multi angle includes: the protective cover for housing the mobile terminal at the inside; and a support sheet mounted in a recess formed at an outer surface of the protective cover and spread based on a groove line formed in a lattice and having a portion close contacting with the protective cover and having the remaining portions spread from the protection cover and contacting with the ground and for supporting the mobile terminal. Thereby, by supporting the mobile terminal in various heights and angles using an auxiliary card, the mobile terminal can be supported in a multi direction and a multi angle.
US09215908B1
A foot bed comprises a bottom encasing mechanically coupled to a cushion. The cushion is mechanically coupled to an encasing sheet. The encasing sheet is mechanically coupled to a top cover.
US09215907B2
An aspect of the present disclosure includes footwear with a sole assembly including an abrasion resistant medial arch portion. In various embodiments, a sole assembly can include a primary portion extending across lateral, toe, and heel regions of the sole assembly, and a secondary portion at a medial arch region of the sole assembly. The primary portion can include a first compound having a first durometer and the secondary portion can include a second compound having a second durometer higher than the first durometer. Additionally, the sole assembly can include a dam portion spaced between the primary and secondary portions. The dam portion can include sidewalls that form a recess configured to separate the first compound from the second compound.
US09215899B1
A pocket t-shirt with a pocket formed from a first material such as that of a necktie, affixed to the upper left portion of a shirt formed from a second material, different from the first, is provided. The shirt may be one of a variety of colors, and the pocket material may define a multitude of patterns and colors as well. The V-shaped pocket will be sewn onto the shirt to introduce an element of class to the casual look of the t-shirt. A method of forming a pocket t-shirt is also provided.
US09215892B2
A system and method for pasteurizing the surface of a food product includes a flame pasteurizing means arranged to transfer heat to an outer layer of the food product as it is carried by a cook belt. The flame pasteurizing means provides a medium that engulfs more than 50% of the surface area of the skin or outer layer and raises the temperature of the outer layer to at least 145° F. (about 62.8° C.). A washing means, arranged at an exit point of the flame pasteurizing means, removes the raised temperature outer layer and stops heat transfer to an adjacent inner layer of the food product. The pasteurized and washed product retains the same color and flavor as that of the unpasteurized product.
US09215890B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising an acidified aqueous solution of (1) micro colloidal silicic acid, (2) boric acid, and (3) a water absorbing additive, having a pH value of equal to or less than 1, wherein the micro colloidal silicic acid has particle sizes in the range of 1-8 nm, especially in the range of 1.5-6 nm. The invention also provides a particulate product obtainable by the method according to claim 18, wherein the particles comprise (1) silicic acid, (2) boric acid, and (3) the water absorbing additive, and wherein at least 90% of the particles in the particulate product have particle sizes in the range of 0.3-5 μm.
US09215882B2
An additive manufacturing system for printing a chocolate confection, the system comprising a platen, a recirculation loop configured to circulate a flow of a chocolate material, and further configured to maintain a temper of the chocolate material; and a print head the print head being configured to receive at least a portion of the chocolate material from the recirculation loop, and further configured to extrude and deposit the chocolate material onto the platen to print at least a portion of the chocolate confection based on the commands from a controller.
US09215874B2
A composition comprising at least a pyridylmethylbenzamide derivative of general formula (1) and N-(cyano-2-thienylmethyl)-4-ethyl-2-(ethylamino)-5-thiazolecarboxamide; in an (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 0.01 to 10. A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound.A method for preventively or curatively combating the phytopathogenic fungi of crops by using this composition.
US09215869B1
The subject invention relates in part to fragments of non-cadherin Cry toxin binding proteins, wherein the fragments potentiate, or act as synergists with, the insecticidal activity of Cry proteins. In some preferred embodiments, the binding protein (a Cry protein receptor on insect midgut cells) is an aminopeptidase. In preferred embodiments, the fragment comprises a Cry protein binding region.
US09215864B2
A method of producing earthworm castings by feeding earthworms with feed prepared by mixing solid fuel ash with shells, crab shells and yellow earth and to an earthworm bed for producing earthworm castings, comprises the steps of: grinding solid fuel ash; washing shells and crab shells to remove salt, and then removing 80% or more of water therefrom; grinding the washed shells and crab shells; mixing 60-70 wt % of yellow earth, 20-30 wt % of the solid fuel ash and 10-20 wt % of the ground shells and crab shells; fermenting and maturing the mixture; and feeding the matured mixture to earthworms to allow the earthworms to produce earthworm castings. The earthworm bed (50) comprises: a feeding unit (52) through which feed prepared by mixing solid fuel ash with shells, crab shells and yellow earth is fed; a breeding chamber (51) in which earthworms are bred to produce earthworm castings; and a discharge unit (53) through which the earthworm castings produced in the breeding chamber (51) are discharged. According to the invention, ash from a solid fuel boiler is used as feed for earthworms to produce earthworm castings, whereby problems associated with the disposal of the solid fuel ash are solved in an environmentally friendly and economical manner. The produced earthworm castings are used as fertilizers, solid amendments and the like.
US09215860B2
The present invention is a device for use by infants or pets which provides a fence for use by infants or pets to confine their activities within a restricted area so that caring of the infants or pets can become easier. The present invention comprises an assembly of fence plates rotatable in relation to each other, wherein the adjacent fence plates are assembled with each other by means of a rotating axle. The fence has a bottom portion which is disposed with fixing members. The present invention assembles a plurality of the fence plates to form a fence. The fence is fixed on the ground by the fixing members to prevent it from sliding. When infants or pets are put into an area restricted by the fence, they can enjoy sufficient rooms for activities. It is also possible to prevent the infants or pets from escaping out of the fence and to confine their activities within a restricted area, thus accidents due to absence of care could be avoided.
US09215853B2
A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘VARIADA’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 50 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green colored foliage (measuring about 50 cm length and about 4.5 cm in width) Superior floral bract production; bracts are orange-red in color (closest to RHS 32A and 17A) compound inflorescence, measuring about 18 cm in height and about 20 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.
US09215852B2
A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘SKY’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 20-25 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green color foliage (measuring about 25-30 cm length and about 3-3.5 cm in width) Superior floral bract production; bracts are red in color (closest to RHS 46A) singular head inflorescence, measuring about 18 cm in height and about 18 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.
US09215849B2
Methods and compositions for generating haploid organisms are described.
US09215845B2
A processing system for a combine harvester has a tubular rotor housing that concentrically receives a rotor used for threshing and separating crop materials. Concave and separator grate assemblies are arranged side-by-side axially along the processing system. Each grate assembly has laterally spaced apart side rails and a plurality of axial bars spanning the side rails. Each axial bar has a plurality of fingers extending therefrom toward an adjacent axial bar, the fingers defining apertures through which grain may pass. Each axial bar additionally has a plurality of disrupter walls placed between adjacent fingers, wherein an upper edge of each disrupter wall projects above the fingers on the same axial bar such that it is closer to the rotor to disrupt the axial flow of the crop material through the rotor housing.
US09215842B2
The present invention relates primarily to an improvement in a mucking rake that can also be adapted for landscaping use. The invention possesses parallel replaceable tines that are spaced apart at variable distances through the use of individual modular tines and/or spacers. The tines can also be manufactured in a wavy shape to enable the debris to be sifted and collected onto the rake without having to dispose of the debris each time debris is sifted and collected.
US09220183B1
Devices employing semiconductor die having hydrophobic coatings, and related cooling methods are disclosed. A device may include at least one semiconductor die electrically coupled to a substrate by electrical contact elements. During operation the semiconductor die and the electrical contact elements generate heat. By applying hydrophobic coatings to the semiconductor die and the electrical contact elements, a cooling fluid may be used to directly cool the semiconductor die and the electrical contact elements to maintain these components within temperature limits and free from electrical shorting and corrosion. In this manner, the semiconductor die and associated electrical contact elements may be cooled to avoid the creation of damaging localized hot spots and temperature-sensitive semiconductor performance issues.
US09220173B2
The present invention provides a back frame of flat panel display device, which includes at least two primary assembling pieces. The at least two primary assembling pieces both include a joint section. The at least two primary assembling pieces are joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame by having corresponding joint sections joined to and mating each other. At least one of the primary assembling pieces includes a reinforcement structure formed on the joint section thereof. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a back frame and a backlight system. The back frame of flat panel display device, the method for manufacturing back frame, and the backlight system of the present invention have a simple structure and can reduce the expenditure of the back frame mold, and can also save the material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flat panel display device, and also improve the strength of the back frame at a joining site to thereby ensure that the overall strength of the back frame meets the desired requirements.
US09220166B2
A method to manufacture an LED backlight module comprising steps: providing a substrate with circuits arranged thereon; pasting a plurality of LEDs on the substrate; electrically conducting the LEDs with the circuits on the substrate; providing a luminance photometer to measure an illumination of the LEDs in luminous state and getting an actual light intensity distribution of the light of the LEDs through a brightening sheet and a diffusion sheet; providing a computer to detect whether the actual light intensity distribution has a dark/bright band/spot. If the actual light intensity distribution is uniform, the LEDs are soldered to the substrate directly. If there is dark/bright band/spot, the positions of LEDs in connection with the irregular light band/spot are adjusted to enable the light from the LED backlight module to have a uniform intensity distribution.
US09220165B2
A power source terminal and a ground terminal for a semiconductor integrated circuit are connected to a conductor pattern through a capacitor. The conductor pattern is connected, through a filter, to a plane conductor connected to neither a ground plane nor a power source plane. Thus, a common mode noise arising from between the power source and the ground is caused to flow into the plane conductor. This reduces the common mode noise flowing in the ground and the power source of the printed wiring board, which relatively act as antennas.
US09220155B2
A lamp includes a lamp body, an LED light source, a storage unit, a switch apparatus, and a microprocessor. The storage unit stores a function table recording a relationship between a plurality of types of touches and a plurality of control functions. The switch apparatus includes a touch panel, a touch controller, and an indicator located under the first touch region. The touch panel generates signals in response to touches applied on thereon. The touch panel includes a first touch region and a second touch region. The touch controller receives the signals and determines the type of the touch intended. The microprocessor refers to the function table, and controls the LED light source to execute the control function and to give visual feedback when the touch panel is touched. A switch apparatus is also provided.
US09220150B2
The invention relates to a modular LED lighting unit, comprising a first module (1) to which an AC supply voltage (9) can be supplied and which comprises: a second sub-module (B), at the output of which a DC supply voltage (5) is provided, which is galvanically isolated from the supply voltage, and a control unit (G), further comprising a second module (2), preferably a lamp management module, which comprises a further sub-module (C) supplied with the DC supply voltage (5) of the first module (1), preferably a constant current source, which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), an LED module (F) which has at least one LED range (8) and is supplied by the further sub-module (C), and an emergency light operating circuit which is connected to a rechargeable energy store (ES); and takes over powering the modular LED lighting unit in the event of failure of the AC supply voltage (9).
US09220143B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) dimmer for an LED lighting device, including a power switch, a drive voltage supply, and a LED light-emitting unit. Operating zones of the LED lighting device are changed in accordance with the switching of the power switch, and a dimming level for a next operating zone is determined on the basis of the dimming level and time while the power switch was on during the previous operating period.
US09220133B2
A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is operable to conduct enough current through a thyristor of a connected dimmer switch to exceed rated latching and holding currents of the thyristor. The load control device comprises a controllable-load circuit operable to conduct a controllable-load current through the thyristor of the dimmer switch. The load control device disables the controllable-load circuit when the phase-control voltage received from the dimmer switch is a reverse phase-control waveform. When the phase-control voltage received from the dimmer switch is a forward phase-control waveform, the load control device is operable to decrease the magnitude of the controllable-load current so as to conduct only enough current as is required in order to exceed rated latching and holding currents of the thyristor.
US09220128B2
A system and method for bridging user devices communicating according to a 3rd Generation (3G) communication protocol to a LTE wireless communication network, thereby enabling user devices that do not have sufficient signal strength for directly coupling to the LTE wireless communication network to nevertheless access such wireless communication systems and methods via a bridging system.
US09220125B2
The present invention provides a method for processing a heartbeat message, a method for acquiring a heartbeat period, and an access network device. The method for processing a heartbeat message includes: acquiring, by a terminal, heartbeat control information (101); and sending, by the terminal, a heartbeat message according to the heartbeat control information (102). Embodiments of the present invention can reduce the signaling processing burden on a network side device and reduce the power consumption of a terminal, thereby ensuring the normal operation of the communication service of the terminal.
US09220121B2
Various communication systems may benefit from properly triggered handovers. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from device-to-device interference triggered handovers. A method may include identifying, at a device, at least one strong device to device communication. The method may also include reporting, or initiating the reporting, the at least one strong device to device communication to a controlling node, wherein the controlling node is configured to control the device.
US09220120B2
A method, device and system for transmitting packet service data are provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving the packet service data transmitted by a user equipment; determining the packet service data to be uninstalled in the packet service data according to the service uninstall strategy of the user equipment; and transmitting the packet service data to be uninstalled to the packet data network via a metropolitan-area network and an internet protocol (IP) backbone network. By applying this method, the problem in the prior art is overcome, thereby saving the operation and maintenance cost of the packet network.
US09220118B1
A mobility management entity (MME) may receive a request that identifies an access point name (APN) for a packet data connection for a wireless communication device (WCD). The APN may be authorized by the WCD according to a service profile in a home subscriber server (HSS), and the APN may be associated with a subscribed packet data policy. However, if the MME determines that it cannot validate the request (e.g., because the HSS is unreachable or non-responsive), the MME may send to a packet gateway a session request that identifies the WCD and includes a dummy APN. The dummy APN is associated with a substitute packet data policy that differs from the subscribed packet data policy. Based on the session request including the dummy APN, the packet gateway may establish a packet data session for the WCD in accordance with the substitute packet data policy.
US09220116B2
A wireless device receives control message(s) configuring a plurality of cell groups comprising a first cell group and a second cell group. The wireless device transmits, as a part of a random access process, a first random access preamble in the second cell group. The wireless device aborts the random access process if a first time alignment timer of the first cell group expires.
US09220113B2
In a mobile communication method according to the present invention, a mobile station (UE) transmits uplink data to a radio base station by using an uplink radio resource assigned to the mobile station by predetermined scheduling information, in a predetermined cycle. The method includes the steps: (A) notifying, to the mobile station (UE), the predetermined cycle and information on the uplink radio resource; (B) notifying, to the mobile station (UE), the predetermined scheduling information; and (C) transmitting uplink data in the predetermined cycle by using the uplink radio resource assigned by the predetermined scheduling information, the transmission starting at a certain point determined on the basis of the received predetermined scheduling information. In the step (C), the predetermined scheduling information is discarded, when the information on the uplink radio resource and information notified by the predetermined scheduling information are inconsistent with each other.
US09220105B2
A first base station transmits at least one message to configure at least one backward compatible carrier and at least one non-backward compatible carrier in a wireless device. The first base station transmits, in response to the first base station making a handover decision, a second message to a second base station. The second message comprises parameters indicating whether the wireless device supports configuration of non-backward compatible carriers, configuration information of at least one backward compatible carrier and/or configuration information of at least one non-backward compatible carrier.
US09220100B2
A signal transceiving section transmits a transmission signal to a transmission path, each frame in the transmission signal is divided into a plurality of periods in a time axis direction, and the plurality of periods includes superimposing period for superimposing a superimposed signal. A transmission unit includes a signal adjustment section for changing the proportion of the superimposing period in one frame of the transmission signal. The signal adjustment section adjusts the proportion of the superimposing period in accordance with a transmission state of the superimposed signal transmitted between second communication terminals. The signal adjustment section may adjust the proportion of the superimposing period so that the proportion of the superimposing period in one frame of the transmission signal increase with increasing the volume of transmission data transmitted between the second communication terminals through the superimposed signal.
US09220094B2
A method for selecting a channel for an access point (AP) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The method includes the AP receiving network conditions of APs within the sensing range of a terminal sent by the terminal, and the AP selecting a channel based on the received network conditions. By forwarding the network conditions of other APs which can be detected by the terminal, the method of the present invention enables an AP to select a channel from the view of a terminal to avoid conflicts at the terminal, thereby improving the available bandwidth of the terminal, and giving a better experience to users.
US09220092B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving a control signal. Indices of Resource Block (RB) sets are transmitted through higher layer signaling. Downlink Control Information (DCI) generated in a short DCI format is transmitted from a Base Station (BS) to a terminal. The DCI includes a first index indicating an RB set having at least one allocated RB and a second index indicating the at least one allocated RB. The terminal determines whether short DCI format is configured to be used. When the short DCI format is configured to be used, the first index and second index are received. The terminal communicates through the at least one allocated RB identified by the first and second indices.
US09220089B2
User Equipment (UE) transmits an acknowledgement signal in response to the reception of multiple Scheduling Assignments (SAs) transmitted by a base station. The SAs consist of Information Elements (IEs) including a Transmission Power Control (TPC) IE providing adjustments for the transmission power of the acknowledgement signal. The TPC IE in a first SA of the multiple SAs is used to provide the previous adjustments and the TPC IEs in the remaining of the multiple SAs are used to provide an indication of the resource used for the transmission of the acknowledgment signal.
US09220075B2
An access point transmits signals (e.g., a cell reselection beacon) on a carrier frequency according to a multi-power level transmission pattern. Signals are transmitted at a high power level for a first defined period of time (e.g., between 4-7 milliseconds) and at a low power level for a second defined period of time (e.g., between 58-65 milliseconds).
US09220072B2
A power control method to mitigate in-device coexistence (IDC) interference is provided. A wireless communication device (UE) is equipped with a first LTE radio module and a second co-located WiFi/BT/GSNN radio module. Upon detecting coexistence or IDC interference, the UE applies power control method to mitigate the interference. In a first embodiment, the LTE radio module adjusts its power parameters locally without informing the serving eNB. In a second embodiment, the LTE radio module adjusts its power parameters and implicit informs the eNB through existing PHR reporting. In a third embodiment, the LTE radio module changes its power or power class and explicitly informs the eNB through UE capability or new RRC message or MAC CE. Power control can be used as a low cost and lightweight solution before applying other heavyweight solutions that either require more resource or control overhead, or have higher impact on throughput.
US09220070B2
The present disclosure sets forth multiple embodiments of the invention. Among those embodiments is a method for determining a maximum power reduction of an uplink signal. The uplink signal is transmitted on a carrier that has a range of frequencies. Frequencies outside of the carrier frequency range include adjacent channel regions. Resource blocks of the carrier that have been allocated for use by to transmit the uplink signal are identified. A power spectral density is determined based on the identified resource blocks. A metric that is based on a third order convolution of the power spectral density function is determined. A maximum power reduction for the adjacent channel regions is also determined based on the metric.
US09220062B2
An approach is provided for providing a low-power browsing experience on a mobile device. A proxy platform receives a request for a webpage. The proxy platform also receives information about the mobile device. The proxy platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the information about the mobile device and sends the webpage to the mobile device in a format that is based on the information about the mobile device. The mobile device may then operate in a low-power mode when browsing the requested website.
US09220055B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for performing a cell selection by a multi-mode terminal from a legacy network (2G, 3G) to a advanced network (4G). The terminal performs the cell selection upon the existence of a Base Station (BS) on the advanced network system. The terminal does not attempt to perform the cell selection when the LTE BS does not exist.
US09220053B2
A solution for accessing a network is provided. Particularly, an embodiment of the invention provides for operating a wireless network access point providing an access to a network over a wireless connection, the access point being protected for limiting the access to the network to entitled users. A request to access the network is received from a mobile station. An entitlement of the mobile station to access the network through the access point is verified. An affiliation of the mobile station to an affiliation group of the access point is verified when the mobile station is not entitled, the affiliation group comprising a plurality of access points and a plurality of mobile stations. The access to the network is granted when the mobile station is affiliated, and the access to the network is denied when the mobile station is not affiliated.
US09220052B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), supporting Long Term Evolution (LTE), to perform circuit switched (CS) fallback is provided. The WTRU may receive, via a packet switched (PS) evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), a paging message including an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). The paging message may have a domain indicator indicating that the paging message is from a CS service. The WTRU may fallback to CS and subsequently use the IMSI.
US09220048B2
A communication system comprising moving relay/s including base- and mobile-station functionality and a radio manager, all co-located, emergency moving relay/s further including a simulated stationary network that includes a simulated IP connectivity gateway communicating with a simulated mobility management entity and simulating the operation of a stationary network; the emergency moving relay being a root of a subtree including moving relay/s and mobile station/s, and utilizing its mobile-station functionality, base station functionality and radio manager for normal and emergency operation including communicating to a designated mobile station in the subtree each message received from a moving relay mobile in the subtree, the message having an IP address of the designated mobile station; or communicating to the simulated stationary network each message received from a moving relay/mobile station in the subtree and having an IP address not matching any mobile station in the subtree.
US09220036B2
In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for wireless communication. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may be configured to determine that a device is switching from a first cell and a first location to a second cell and a second location to implement a mobile terminated circuit switched fallback process, generate a routing area update message including a flag indicating a pending data packet for communication, and transmit the generated routing area update message.
US09220033B1
Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for operating a wireless base station with dynamic pilot signals. In one example, a method of operating a wireless base station includes transmitting a first pilot signal at a first pilot frequency centered in a frequency band, wirelessly receiving first user data using a first filter configuration to pass energy within the frequency band, and detecting a network condition. The method further includes, in response to detecting the network condition, terminating transmission of the first pilot signal, and transmitting second and third pilot signals at second and third frequencies. The method also includes wirelessly receiving second user data using a second filter configuration, and wirelessly receiving third user data using a third filter configuration.
US09220022B2
One embodiment includes a method for determining a target location for a metro cell base station by calculating, via at least one monitoring device, at least one of a number of user equipments within a range of the at least one monitoring device and a radio frequency (RF) level of at least one macro cell base station. The method further includes determining, via the at least one monitoring device, the target location for the metro cell base station based on at least one of the calculated number of user equipments within the range and the calculated RF level of the at least one macro cell base station.
US09220021B2
A user apparatus transmits an uplink control signal to a base station apparatus using a single carrier scheme. The user apparatus includes: a unit configured to prepare acknowledgement information indicating positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement for a downlink data signal based on a result of demodulation of the downlink data signal; a unit configured to prepare channel state information indicating reception quality of a downlink reference signal; a unit configured to channel-code multiplexed control information in which the acknowledgement information and the channel state information are multiplexed to prepare the uplink control signal; and a unit configured to transmit the uplink control signal using dedicated resources different from resources for an uplink data signal.
US09220016B2
It is disclosed a method, an apparatus and a computer program for monitoring, for a position of a set of one or more positions that are associated with a coverage area of a communication node, if a report comprising a position associated with said coverage area of said communication node and lying in a defined environment of said position for which said monitoring is performed is received as a validation of said position for which said monitoring is performed.
US09220005B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for monitoring a device asset of a customer via a mobile endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method detects one or more devices of the customer via the mobile endpoint device, registers the one or more devices that are detected with an asset management system, wherein the asset management system is located remotely from the one or more devices, monitors the one or more devices and transmits one or more operation parameters associated with the one or more devices to the asset management system.
US09220003B2
A radio unit configured to connect to a baseband processing unit includes a transformation unit configured to obtain uplink time domain signal data and transform the uplink time domain signal data into uplink frequency domain signal data; and a compression unit configured to compress the uplink frequency domain signal data by using a compression algorithm.
US09220000B1
Systems, methods, and software for transferring text messages are provided herein. A method includes indicating to a wireless communication device a temporary address number, receiving an instruction from a user of the wireless communication device to transfer a text message to a destination number using the temporary address number instead of a device number of the wireless communication device. The method also includes transferring the text message for delivery to the destination number, receiving a response text message from the destination number indicating the temporary address number as a response destination number, and transferring the response text message for delivery to the routing node associated with the temporary address number. The method also includes translating the response destination number of the response text message into the device number of the wireless communication device, and transferring the response text message for delivery to the wireless communication device using the device number.
US09219995B2
A network entity comprises a detector for detecting at least one behavior indication indicating a behavior of the user entity during a communication towards the communication network, an allocator for allocating said user entity to a certain user entity group from a plurality of user entity groups in dependence on the detected at least one behavior indication, said certain user entity groups being respectively associated with a different set of management parameters adjusting said service, and an adjuster for adjusting said service for said user entity in dependence on the set of management parameters associated with the certain user entity group.
US09219993B2
Methods and systems for determining the motion of an object by capturing motion data. The methods and systems may comprise the use of motion sensor tags adapted for disposal on an object, wherein motion data may be collected by said motion sensor tags and transmitted via radio frequency signal for processing of collected data comprising the motion data, direction of arrival data, amplitude data, and phase data. The same system may also be adapted to determine the position of a UAV or aircraft by intercepting radio frequency communications signals emanating from the object.
US09219988B2
Method and apparatus to analyze and present location information in an easy-to-digest manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, each piece of location information can include a piece of location-designating information and a piece of location-related information. Location-designating information is primarily for identifying location. Location-related information is information related to location-designating information. The location-designating information and the location-related information can be supplied by a mobile device. With the help of location-related information, each piece of location-designating information can be more accurately transformed into a label to help identify a location. The amount of location information can be reduced. All of the location-designating information pertaining to a given area can be consolidated into one piece of location-designating information related to the label. Consolidation of some of the information may not occur if a piece of location-related information changes by more than a preset value. To better present location information in an easy-to-digest manner, location information can be compared to standards. Presentation can be on a display with respect to a reference location.
US09219987B2
Embodiments of a system and method for automatic context sharing across multiple devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an application context information transfer technique is provided that is capable of detecting when the user is moving away from or towards a stationary or fixed-location computing device, and transferring application context information to or from a mobile device. The application content information transferred between devices may include information that allows the user to continue a computing device activity on the mobile device or continue mobile device activity on the computing device, such as editing a document, reading a website article, or viewing a streaming video. The techniques described herein may be used to automate the transfer of such application context information between devices.
US09219986B2
A wireless receiver (e.g., access point (AP)) is a member of a group of a plurality of receivers in a wireless local area network and time synchronized with other receivers in the group. A channel scan list is generated from a plurality of wireless channels available in one or more frequency bands. A channel is selected for the receiver to monitor from the channel scan list based on a current time at the receiver such that each of the plurality of receivers in the group are scanning the same channel at the same time. The selected channel is scanned and signal characteristic information (e.g., received signal strength (RSS)) is generated for the signals received during a given scan duration.
US09219976B2
A private branch exchange system capable of enabling radio communication terminals belonging to an extension group to perform device-to-device direct communication (D2D communication) by using a radio access network such as LTE. A private branch exchange server 300 includes a transition trigger detection unit 310 configured to detect a trigger for a transition to the direct communication, an extension group list retention unit 320 configured to retain an extension group list containing an identifier of the radio communication terminal belonging to the extension group, a subgroup selection unit 330 configured to select a certain subgroup from the extension group list, and a direct communication command unit 340 configured to send permission information on the direct communication and configuration information on a communication environment necessary for the direct communication to the radio communication terminal contained in the subgroup selected by the subgroup selection unit 330.
US09219974B2
An apparatus and method for forming a Personal Sound Zone (PSZ) at a location of a listener are provided. An apparatus for simultaneously controlling a near sound field and a far sound field may classify the near sound field and the far sound field based on a distance between an array speaker and a listener, and may control the near sound field and the far sound field and thus, it is possible to perform focusing even when the listener is located in adjacent to the array speaker. Additionally, the apparatus may generate a directive sound source using the array speaker, and at the same time, may reduce a sound pressure in a far field, thereby reducing a sound source spreading to the far field while focusing is performed at the location of the listener.
US09219949B2
A display apparatus, an interactive server, and a method for providing response information are provided. The display apparatus includes: a voice collector which collects a user's uttered voice, a communication unit which communicates with an interactive server; and, a controller which, if response information corresponding to the uttered voice which is transmitted to the interactive server is received from the interactive server, controls to perform an operation corresponding to the user's uttered voice based on the response information, wherein the response information is generated in a different form according to a function of the display apparatus which is classified based on an utterance element extracted from the uttered voice. Accordingly the display apparatus can execute the function corresponding to each of the uttered voices and can output the response message corresponding to each of the uttered voices, even if a variety of uttered voices are input from the user.
US09219938B2
A system and method for routing digital audio data synchronized where the source and destination units are synchronized to individual, local chip-scale atomic clocks. A source unit receives audio data and digitizes the data in synchronization to a local atomic clock. The data is transmitted via a communications network to at least one destination unit that receives the network transmitted data, decodes and reconstructs the data in synchronization with its own local atomic clock, and outputs the data to an audio destination.
US09219936B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a demodulator for receiving encrypted information data and a hardware unit that enables conditional access to the information data. The hardware unit includes a processing unit, a RAM, a ROM, multiple non-volatile registers, and an interface unit for transferring an attribute to the demodulator. The non-volatile registers may include an IC identification and an encryption key. The ROM includes a boot code that causes the processing unit to fetch a code from an external memory and store the fetched code in the RAM. The fetched code may include a certificate that ensures the authenticity of the code. The fetched code may be encrypted and decrypted by the ROM using the IC identification and the encryption key. The demodulator includes a descrambler for decrypting the received information data using the attribute. The information data may include digital radio or television content.
US09219932B2
Remote control device of a data receiver, the data being representative of an audiovisual content, the data receiver receiving information relating to payment of an object and data representative of the object, the remote control device comprising means of configuring the data receiver useful for processing data representative of an audiovisual content, remote control device being characterized in that it comprises a user interface for initializing a payment transaction, a first wireless interface for receiving information useful for payment of the object and a second wireless interface for transmitting payment information with a remote payment unit.
US09219931B2
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting service discovery information in a multimedia transmission system. Service discovery information, including service access information for reception of a service, is generated. The service discovery information is transmitted after being classified into a plurality of levels.
US09219909B2
In a 3D image display device and a driving method thereof, a left-eye image and a right-eye image are displayed at a 3D display frequency higher than a 2D display frequency in a 3D mode. The left-eye image or the right-eye image is applied to a data line as data voltages having the same polarity and the same magnitude throughout at least two consecutive frames. A gate-on voltage is applied to a plurality of gate lines crossing the data line sequentially at an interval of a compensation gate-on application time calculated based on a total data delay value.
US09219892B2
An image taking unit takes an image by using a specific light projector which emits specific light in a wavelength region corresponding to one of the three primary colors of light and by exposing light receivers which are sensitive to light in wavelength regions corresponding to the three primary colors of light. A marker pulse generator generates an exposure timing pulse for the image taking unit, and an emission timing pulse for the specific light projector on the basis of a reference signal. A color image creator creates a color image from an image taken by the image taking unit. A synchronous detection processor creates a detection image by performing a synchronous detection process on the image taken by the image taking unit by use of the reference signal.
US09219890B1
An image analysis system and method are provided. The system can include a base for receiving an optical surface, at least one light source positioned above and at an oblique angle with respect to the optical surface, a camera positioned above the optical surface and adapted to provide an image data indicative of an image of the optical surface, and a computerized system adapted to receive the image data from the camera. The computerized system can analyze the image data to identify and quantify surface defects. Classification identifiers can be assigned to each surface defect based on the physical characteristics of the surface defect. A transmission metric is calculated for the optical surface to allow objective judgment of the surface.
US09219886B2
A system includes a visual inspection system and an image analysis system. The visual inspection system includes an inspection camera that captures images from within an interior of at least one of a utility line and a tunnel for installing a utility line, and a first communication interface that communicates image data corresponding to the images. The image analysis system includes a second communication interface that receives the image data from the visual inspection system, a model adaptation module that modifies a classifier model based on at least one of feedback data and training data, and a classifier module that implements the classifier model to identify a plurality of features in the image data corresponding to defects and that modifies the image data according to the identified plurality of features. The defects include at least one of a cross-bore, a lateral pipe, and an imperfection.
US09219881B2
A server device bridges a live video chat between two terminals, and then terminates the live video chat after a short period of time has elapsed since the live video chat, in order to reduce the pressure and fear of the parties to the live video chat.
US09219880B2
A method for activating a video conference between at least one local watcher using a local communication enabled device and at least one remote watcher using a remote communication enabled device is provided. The method may include detecting the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher at each respective communication enabled device. The method may also include transmitting a video signal and an audio signal between the local communication enabled device and the remote communication enabled device based on the detecting of both the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher at each respective communication enabled device. The method may further include transmitting a single captured image between the local communication enabled device and the remote communication enabled device based on the detecting of one of the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher.
US09219876B1
A television monitor and microwave oven combination includes a microwave oven that with a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall and a front wall. The front wall has an opening therein to allow positioning of food items access an interior of the housing. A door is hingedly coupled to the first lateral wall. A first lateral edge of the door is positioned adjacent to the first lateral wall of the housing. The door is positionable in a closed position covering the opening or in an open position exposing the opening. A display monitor is mounted on the microwave oven to allow viewing of video on the display monitor. A signal conduit is electrically coupled to the display monitor. The signal conduit includes an input port mounted on the housing.
US09219874B2
A device receives a request from a controlling device, such as a remote control, smart phone, or the like, where the request is intended to have one or more target devices perform one or more functional operations. The device responds to the request by applying the optimum methodology to propagate one or more commands to each intended target appliance to cause each intended target appliance to perform the intended one or more functional operations.
US09219869B1
A shading compensation method of an image capturing device, adapted to an image capturing device having a primary lens, a secondary lens, and a diffuser as well as pre-storing a primary-secondary lenses table and a secondary lens-diffuser table, includes the following steps. First, the secondary lens is covered by the diffuser. A scene is simultaneously captured by the primary lens and the secondary lens covered by the diffuser so as to generate a primary image and a diffused image. Next, according to the primary image and the diffused image, a shading compensation table corresponding to the scene is constructed by using the primary-secondary lenses table and the secondary lens-diffuser table. A shading compensation process is then performed on the primary image according to the shading compensation table so as to generate a compensated image.
US09219853B2
A focus detection apparatus includes an image pickup element including first and second pixels that detect light beams passing through different exit pupils in an image pickup optical system, an estimating unit that estimates a moving charge amount between the first and second pixels using first and second luminance signals, a correcting unit that corrects the first and second luminance signals based on an estimation result, a defocus amount calculating unit that obtains a defocus amount by using correction values of the first and second luminance signals, and a focus detecting unit that performs focus detection of a phase difference method using the defocus amount, and the moving charge amount is a charge amount which moves from one to the other of the first and second pixels as a charge amount accumulated in the one of the pixels comes close to a saturated charge amount.
US09219852B2
A method and a system for creating, receiving and playing multi-view images are provided, and a related mobile communication device is also provided. A service server in the system receives images collected by the devices and encodes the received images based at least partly on redundancy of the images. The service server converts the received images into the multi-view images and sends them to a client terminal.
US09219840B2
An electronic device associates first information and at least a first portion of a first image, and uses a second image that includes a portion corresponding to at least the first portion of the first image to access the associated first information.
US09219838B2
An overhead scanner 1 includes an imaging unit 22 that images a medium S placed on a mount surface 2 to be read from above and a light source 21 that is arranged to be able to irradiate the medium S with light during imaging by the imaging unit 22. A control device 40 of the overhead scanner 1 performs anti-glare control when detecting that the medium S is glossy. This prevents glare from occurring to the user during operation of the overhead scanner 1.
US09219829B2
The method and system allow a user to launch a client application on an web-enabled device and subsequently to navigate to an image source screen within the client application. After receiving an image source selection from the user, the client application retrieves images from the selected image source. The client application displays the retrieved images available for printing to a user, and in response to receiving a selection of an image, the client application transmits the image to a proprietary server. Moreover, upon receiving print order information, the client application additionally executes a location awareness application that determines a current location of the web-enabled device and subsequently, determines a proximal retail store to the current location of the web-enabled device. Thereafter, the remote printing system creates and transmits a print order that includes the selected image to the retail store for pickup.
US09219824B1
A system and method may provide an exchange service for providing the price of wireless minutes to wallet applications and other client applications. The system may obtain pricing information for the wireless minutes and provide the pricing information to a wallet application. The pricing information may be provided through a rate server that subscribed to receive the pricing information. The rate server typically also provides exchange rates for currencies for use at wallet applications that are communicably coupled to the rate server. By providing the pricing information to wallet applications, wireless service providers may variably price their wireless services. End users may be able to obtain real-time prices of the wireless services and purchase such services directly using payment accounts associated with a wallet application. For example, a Bitcoin wallet may be used to obtain real-time prices of the wireless services and purchase such services using Bitcoins.
US09219821B2
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed that provide disposable numbers for a conference service. A disposable number is assigned to a conference bridge that is only activated for a defined period of time, after which the disposable number is disposed and deactivated. A call is received to the disposable number, and the call is routed to the conference bridge. A database is queried that associates the disposable number to a subscriber's number. Subscriber information is retrieved that describes when a conference bridge subscription is active. If the conference bridge subscription is active, then a caller is connected to the conference bridge. If the conference bridge subscription is inactive, then the caller is prompted to pay for a conference service.
US09219818B2
A user of a personal computing device may identify an item of interest displayed in a user interface provided by a network-based service and would like to obtain more information. The user may submit an electronic contact requests to an agent continuity service in communication with one or more service agents in order to obtain more information. The agent continuity service may determine whether the user has communicated with an agent previously and, if so, provide the user with the option to communicate with the agent again, should the user desire.
US09219817B2
A web-based solution through which business entities create and manage communications campaigns, such as campaigns that afford target recipients an opportunity to be connected to a third party call center. A web interface is provided to enable a business entity customer to create a set of one or more rules that, when triggered during the campaign, cause the solution to take certain control actions in real-time, based on campaign performance. Preferably, this campaign performance is measured indirectly, i.e. without requiring a direct connection to an on-premises call center ACD. The interface provides the business entity customer with a convenient and easy-to-use display that identifies any rule that has been (or may be getting ready to be) triggered, together with a then current status of the campaign. The system takes a control action (e.g., campaign suspension, adjusting an outbound call rate, or the like) when a customer-configurable rule is triggered.
US09219806B2
A mobile telephone case is provided. An open face top cover has a substantially flat back platform with raised sides along three of four edges and is dimensioned to receive a mobile device. A bottom cover includes a further back platform with further raised sides along three of four edges and that is rotatably affixed to the fourth edge of the open face cover via a connecting member such that the raised sides interconnect with the further raised sides. A microfiber cloth is affixed to a continuous back surface formed by the back platform and the further back platform.
US09219789B2
A beacon device is provided in proximity to a computing system within a computing center. A request to locate the computing system in the computing center is triggered on a central control unit. In response to the request to locate the computing system, the control unit generates specification data for a unique radio signal identifier, sends an activation request and the specification data to the beacon device, and provides the specification data to a portable device and stores the specification data on the portable device. In response to receiving the activation request, the beacon device sends a radio signal identifier generated from the specification data.
US09219788B1
Methods and systems for serving at least one online resource item to a user based on a state of the user are provided. A host computing device in communication with a memory receives data representing a record of movements of a user device. A user device profile associates locations of the user device with points in time, and with a state of a user. Following receipt of a resource request from the user device, a state of the user is determined. After at least one candidate online resource item responsive to the resource request are received, at least one online resource item relevant to the state of the user is identified and served to the user device.
US09219776B2
A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.
US09219775B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service can allow the web content to be published by a tenant using the multi-tenant on-demand database service for use by non-tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database service.
US09219771B2
A method, system and computer program product for servicing media content. In one embodiment, the media content is processed by having each of a group of services process increments of the media content, one increment at a time; and the order in which the services process these increments is orchestrated to process all of the media content in accordance with a defined procedure. In one embodiment, the increments of the media content are passed, one increment after another, to at least a plurality of the services in a defined order. In an embodiment, each time one of the plurality of services passes one of the increments of the media content to a subsequent one of the services in the defined order, the one of the plurality of services requests another increment of the media content from a preceding one of the services in the defined order.
US09219769B2
Incoming data streams are managed by receiving a data stream on at least one network interface card (NIC) and performing operations on the data stream using a first process running several first threads for each network interface card and at least one group of second multiple processes each with an optional group of second threads. The first process and the one or more groups of second multiple processes are independent and communicate via the shared memory. The first threads for each network interface card are different than the group of second threads. The system includes at least one network interface card that receives a data stream, a first processor that runs a first process that uses a plurality of first threads for each network interface card and a second processor that runs at least one group of second multiple processes each with art optional group of second threads.
US09219754B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining security factors associated with an operating environment for a computer through a wireless network. The computer identifies one or more local computers operating within range of wireless communications to the computer through a wireless network. The computer determines a current operating environment corresponding to the one or more identified local computers. The computer determines a current security value for the current operating environment corresponding to identities and security of the identified local computers. The computer identifies data corresponding to the current operating environment, the data corresponding to a current time period of the current operating environment. The computer determines security information corresponding to the current operating environment, wherein the security information includes a familiarity of the computer to the current operating environment, and a historical security of the computer in the current operating environment.
US09219753B2
Techniques for providing data security services with respect to cloud-based services are described. Examples include a security service provider (“SSP”) configured to perform or provide one or more security-related services or functions with respect to or on behalf of some other system or service. The other system or service may be, for example, a cloud-based system that provides network-accessible services. The SSP allows a user of the cloud-based service to provide and manage one or more security-related services, such as data storage, encryption, decryption, key management, and the like. By using and controlling the SSP, the user can be confident that his or her data is being securely represented and stored, even though it is being operated upon by a cloud-based service that is not under the user's control.
US09219747B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for filtering network traffic using protected filtering mechanisms. An indication that traffic is to be filtered can be received, and a hash key, a signature representation, and an obfuscated signature can be identified or generated. The hash key and the signature representation can be provided to a first device without exposing the contents of the signature to the second device, and the obfuscated signature can be provided to a second device without exposing the contents of the signature to the second device. The first device and the second device can execute independent operations to collectively determine if the traffic is to be filtered.
US09219742B2
A mechanism for preventing injection attacks of scripting languages is provided. There is a mechanism of transforming user-input data in a scripting language included. The mechanism comprises a step of tracing a script instruction to separate instruction related variables and user-input related variables; and a step of encoding the user-input related variables into data belonging to safe-character-set area which do not include reserved character, and passing the encoded user-input related variables to a statement of the script instruction.
US09219741B2
Time-based configuration profile toggling may be provided. Configuration profiles associated with user devices may be identified, determinations of whether the user devices are authorized to enable the configuration profiles on the user devices may be made based at least in part on time constraints, and the configuration profiles may be enabled on the user devices if the time constraints are satisfied.
US09219734B2
A method for automatically detecting media and implementing interaction control thereon. The present method receives a media change notification (MCN) from a non-defeatable autorun. After receiving the MCN of a media event an operation is automatically executed. The operation then initiates a controller for controlling interaction of deliverable electronic media from a media file corresponding to the media event, wherein the receiving, executing, and controlling are automatically implemented and cannot be defeated by a user.
US09219732B2
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for transparently requesting a new random challenge from a server within an authentication framework. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: transmitting a random challenge and an indication of a timeout period associated with the random challenge from a server to a client within the context of a network registration or authentication process using authentication devices communicatively coupled to the client; automatically detecting that the random challenge is no longer valid based on the timeout period; and responsively transmitting a request for a new random challenge from the client to a server, wherein transmitting is performed transparently to a user of the client.
US09219730B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses for securing a secret of a user are disclosed. One method includes one or more adjudicator devices providing a plurality of public keys, wherein each of the plurality of public keys has a corresponding at least one adjudicator, and a corresponding secret key, receiving, by the one or more adjudicator devices, a plurality of encrypted shares that were generated based on a secret of the user, a policy, and the plurality of public keys, and verifying that the plurality of encrypted shares can be used to reconstitute the secret upon receiving the plurality of encrypted shares, wherein the secret can be reconstructed, without access to the secret.
US09219727B2
A method for logging of a remote control session, for use in a remote control system comprising a session initiator operable to initiate a remote control session having a session identifier between a first computer and a second computer and a generator for generating a secure data structure comprising a data structure identifier, the method comprising the steps of: in response to generation by the generator of the secure data structure, initiating an associated first remote control session having a first session identifier; capturing data associated with a remote control function executable by a first computer for control of the second computer during the remote control session; obtaining the data structure identifier; and using the data structure identifier and the first session identifier to store the captured data in the secure data structure associated with the remote control session.
US09219722B2
A first copy of an intrinsic ID of a first node may be stored on a second node. The first node may receive a challenge that causes it to generate a second copy of its intrinsic ID. The second copy and a random value may be used as inputs of a function to generate a first code. The first code is transmitted to the second node. The second node decodes the first code using its local copies of the random value and/or the intrinsic ID. The second node checks the decoded information against its local information and authenticates the first node if there is a match.
US09219720B1
A method for authenticating a user includes receiving an account identifier from the user, obtaining, based on the account identifier, a valid media objects, and presenting, to the user, media objects that include valid media objects and a invalid media objects. A selection of a subset of the media objects is received. The method further includes obtaining user metrics for risk analysis, performing, by a computer processor, risk analysis to identify a risk level based on user metrics, authenticating, based on the risk level and the selection of the subset, the user, and authorizing the user to access a resource when the user is authenticated.
US09219719B1
A digital good offered for downloading from a first computing system to a client computing device for execution by a browser executing on the client is identified. The digital good is received at a third computing system, where source code for the received digital good includes scripting language code. The code is re-written to include tracking code to track behavior of the digital good during execution of the digital good, and the re-written digital good is executed in a browser run by the third computing system. Based on evaluation of results of executing the re-written digital good, it is automatically determined, by the third computer system, whether the digital good violates one or more predetermined conditions, and based on the determination of whether the digital good violates a predetermined conditions, it is automatically determined whether to discourage downloading the digital good to, or executing the digital good by, the client.
US09219713B2
Electronic electricity meter with integrated digital-certification mechanism for secure communication, comprising current sensors, voltage sensors, electronic circuit for conditioning the current signals and voltage signals in the electrical levels required by the processing unit, processing unit able to continuously sample the current signals and voltage signals provided by the circuit and that reflect, using a known ratio, the real value of the current and voltage delivered to the meter connection terminals, the processing unit calculates the active and passive through energy and determines the energy values to be counted, and a communication unit, linked to the processing unit, which uses a digital data protocol and a physical interface to communicate with the world outside the meter, and a processing unit with digital certification functions located between the processing unit and the communication unit.
US09219712B2
In order for intermediary WAAS devices to process and accelerate ICA traffic, they must decrypt the ICA traffic in order to examine it. Disclosed is a mechanism by which the ICA traffic may be re-encrypted for transport over the WAN in a manner that does not require explicit configuration by the administrator of the WAAS devices. For example, VDI traffic may be intercepted and all data redundancy elimination messages may be encrypted and sent to a peer network device.
US09219704B2
A messaging system that organizes and presents messages to users of the messaging system. The messaging system includes a mailbox module that receives messages and generates conversation threads from the messages. Messages received from different electronic message channels may be aggregated into a common conversation thread. The conversation threads are also organized in a message interface and then presented to a user of the messaging system. The messaging system may include a social networking system that stores social information about users, which can be used to organize the conversation threads. Other features include a multi mode message interface, and a method for adding contextual information to messages.
US09219695B2
A PCIe switch stores therein a first identifier used by a CPU to identify a device, a second identifier that is a common identifier to identify the device in a network formed among a plurality of switches that connect the CPU to the device, and a destination of an access request to the device in an associated manner. When having received an access request from the CPU, the PCIe switch identifies a second identifier and a destination that are associated with a first identifier included in the access request. After that, the PCIe switch adds the identified second identifier to the access request, and transmits the access request with the second identifier added to the identified destination.
US09219681B2
A system and method for storing flow entries in hardware tables includes one or more controllers, memory, a first flow table for storing first flow entries, and a second flow table for storing second flow entries that override the first flow entries. The first flow table implements a fixed priority and the second flow table a flexible priority. The one or more controllers is configured to determine whether a third flow entry with a first priority can only be stored in the second flow table. When the third flow entry can only be stored in the second flow table, the one or more controllers is further configured to add the third flow entry to the second flow table and move any first flow entries with priorities higher than the first priority that overlap the third flow entry to the second flow table.
US09219661B2
A system for providing access to one or more application device, such as a respective processed application program, is connected to a telecommunications network including at least one user device. The system includes a manager device connected to the respective application device, and the manager device communicatively connects to the respective user device. Each application device includes a respective processing state and a state table of each respective processing state. The manager device updates the respective processing state of the state table for each application device and respective user device. Each user device accesses the manager device to obtain the respective processing state in the state table of the particular application device for the particular user device. User devices can switch communications with the manager device and application device, providing continuing operations of the application device with same processing state.
US09219659B1
In a method of processing a packet in a network device, a packet is received at an ingress port of the network device. A metadata set for the packet is generated. The metadata set includes data generated by the network device for the packet. The metadata set is stored in a memory of the network device. A subset of data included in the stored metadata set is used to generated a key corresponding to the packet. The subset of data does not include all of the data included in the stored metadata set. A processing action for the packet is determined based on the key and the packet is processed by the network device using the processing action.
US09219656B2
Provided are approaches for remote managing comprising at least one or more agents being resident in at least one or more management terminals connected to each other through a network and controlling the corresponding management terminals; and a management server transmitting to the agents a request for a service for managing the management terminals, where the management server transmits the request to the agent through a control channel. An independent control channel is formed between a management server and a management device separately from an ordinary communication channel and, in case the management device is required to perform a server role for a particular service, makes the corresponding management device require a request related to the service through a control channel and thus, the server role is assigned to the management server at the time of carrying out a service.
US09219652B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with service configuration assurance are described. One example method includes comparing an expected device configuration model with an actual device configuration model for the network device and communicating service identifiers in the expected device configuration for which there is no corresponding service configuration item in the actual device configuration model to a user. The example method may also include generating a service-impact event notification when a likely service-impacting configuration change is detected.
US09219651B2
Training, refreshing and/or updating Ethernet link partners for silent channels and/or silent directions of channels may be determined based on control parameters. This may be used to improve energy efficiency in Ethernet communication. Control parameters may comprise a default value and/or may be determined based on prior training, refreshing and/or updating. New values for the control parameters may be generated based on a magnitude of change between current and prior control parameter values or based on performance such as bit error rate. User input may be utilized to determine when to execute the training, refreshing and/or updating. The training, refreshing and/or updating may be done for one or more of a near-end crosstalk canceller, alien near-end crosstalk canceller, far-end crosstalk canceller, alien far-end crosstalk canceller and echo canceller. After the training, refreshing and/or updating, the silent channels may transition to active and/or may remain silent.
US09219650B2
A network management apparatus is designed so that when reassigning the existing address, the network management apparatus extracts a link with the largest link cost from among links comprising the network based on the network configuration information and specifies a flow routed though the extracted link based on the statistic information; when receiving a path change request and a via link request to request a via link with respect to the specified flow from an external terminal, the network management apparatus selects either one of addresses of an address pair of the specified flow as a change target address; and when changing the selected change target address, the network management apparatus changes the change target address to a candidate address to be assigned by selecting an address, which is routed through a link included in the via link request and has not been assigned, as the candidate address to be assigned.
US09219641B2
A method, system, and computer program product for performing failover in a redundancy group, where the redundancy group comprises a plurality of routers including an active router and a standby router, the failover being characterized by zero black hole or significantly reduced black hole conditions versus a conventional failover system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an incoming message at a switch; sending a request of identification to the plurality of routers to identify a current active router, where the current active router represents a virtual router of the redundancy group; and in response to receiving a reply containing an identification from the current active router within a predetermined time, forwarding the incoming message to the current active router.
US09219631B2
A device and method for demodulation of multiple received signals is provided. The device can have a receiver configured to receive a composite signal having two or more constituent signals overlapped in frequency. The device can have one or more processors configured to determine a at least one modulation type and at least one symbol rate corresponding to the two or more constituent signals. The one or more processors can further resample the composite signal at a sampling rate that is a multiple of the at least one symbol rate to determine the characteristics of the two or more constituent signals. The one or more processors can separate and output the two or more constituent signals using the determined characteristics.
US09219618B2
There is provided an information processing system comprising: an information processing device; and a terminal management device that manages the information processing device, wherein: the information processing device has: a transmission section that transmits notification data denoting at least an operating state to the terminal management device; and a switch section that switches a notification destination of the notification data transmitted from the transmission section, based on return information for the notification data; and the terminal management device has: a return section that sends back the return information in response to the notification data transmitted from the information processing device; and a notification destination information insertion section that inserts notification destination change information for changing the notification destination of the notification data into the return information sent back by the return section.
US09219617B2
The invention relates to a switching module for creating and operating secure networks of data sources and monitoring stations, and for providing controlled access to the data sources and monitoring stations from public networks.
US09219616B2
In one embodiment, a network device, such as a router, receives a frame containing a message from a first terminal unit. The network device modifies the received frame by replacing an original value of an originator identifier field in the frame with a new value that is locally unique on a particular data link. The network device than forwards the modified frame to a selected second terminal unit selected from a plurality of terminal units.
US09219613B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses can operate to convert static multicast stream to dynamic multicast streams. Systems can include a static to dynamic converter operating to receive static multicast streams and to convert the static multicast streams into dynamic multicast streams. The dynamic multicast streams are then provided to a network edge component operable to provide multicast downstream service identifier forwarding enabled video streams to one or more media gateways enabled to receive such video streams.
US09219612B2
A method and apparatus are provided for mutually authenticating a reader and a radio tag. The method includes: a step of the tag sending data to the reader, the data enabling an index to be determined for identifying an authentication coupon of the reader, the index being selected by the tag; a step of the reader obtaining the coupon from the determined index and of the reader sending the coupon to the tag; a step of the tag obtaining an authentication value from the selected index and of the tag verifying that the coupon received from the reader corresponds to the authentication value that is obtained, if the verification is positive, then a step of finalizing the authentication of the tag by the reader; and if the verification is negative, interrupting the mutual authentication method.
US09219609B2
This invention relates to a method and a system for generating user passcodes for each of a plurality of transaction providers from a mobile user device. A method and system for activating a plurality of passcode generators on a user device configured with a passcode application installed on the user device is provided. Each of the passcode generators may correspond to a different user account or transaction provider, such that each passcode generator provides a user passcode configured for the corresponding account or transaction provider. One or more of the passcode generators may include a passcode generating algorithm and a passcode key. Access to one or more of the passcode generators may require providing a PIN or a challenge.
US09219605B2
An apparatus including: an input optical interface configured to receive a series of optical input signals each including photons; an encoder configured to encode a quantum key for distribution by encoding each of the series of received optical input signals with a measurable state; an attenuator configured to attenuate each of the encoded optical input signals to create a series of quantum optical signals; and an output optical interface configured to send the series of quantum optical signals to the remote apparatus via a quantum communication channel.
US09219598B2
On the basis of single-ended signals based on logic levels, and of differential, in particular common-mode-based, signals, a circuit arrangement and a corresponding method are proposed, in which a serialized signal transmission is always performed in an error-free and stable manner.
US09219593B2
Disclosed are a device-to-device (D2D) data transmission method in a wireless access system supporting D2D communication and an apparatus therefor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a D2D data transmission method in a wireless access system which supports D2D communication and cellular communication can comprise: a step in which a first device, which performs D2D communication with a second device, transmits first data to the second device only through a physical channel using an uplink of the cellular communication; and a step in which the first device receives second data from the second device through the physical channel.
US09219592B1
Systems, methods, and software for operating a wireless communication system to predict loading on a wireless access node are provided herein. In one example, a method includes allocating past wireless communication usage in a geographic area served by the wireless access node among different wireless communication device types, identifying a growth metric for each of the wireless communication device types based on past device sales in a geographic region larger than the geographic area, and applying the growth metric for each of the wireless communication device types to the past communication usage allocated to each of the wireless communication device types to predict future communication usage for each of the wireless communication device types at the wireless access node. The method also includes aggregating the predicted future communication usage loading for each of the wireless communication device types to predict the future loading on the wireless access node.
US09219591B2
An approach is provided for acknowledgement bundling. Dynamically scheduling of one or more of subframes per bundling window is performed by reusing an assignment index field (e.g., downlink assignment index (DAI) field). The assignment index field has a value greater than or equal to number of previously assigned subframes within the bundling window. The bundling window defines a group of subframes for common acknowledgement.
US09219575B2
A method for transmitting data streams in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system is provided, where each data stream is mapped to multiple layers in an MIMO channel space for transmission, and the method includes: performing inter-layer interleaving for N data streams to obtain N interleaved data streams; mapping the N interleaved data streams respectively to N layers in the MIMO channel space, and transmitting the N interleaved data streams that are mapped to the N layers. By using the method of the present invention, a combined CQI can be used in a better way to improve MIMO transmission performance. Further, an impact of inter-layer interference is canceled by using an interference cancellation technology (for example, an SIC technology) based on the inter-layer interleaving.
US09219568B2
A system for interacting with a thermal detector includes at least one unmanned aerial vehicle and a sensor mounted to the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle. The sensor is configured to determine the presence of a component of the thermal detector and to generate a signal indicative of the presence of the component. The system also includes a beam emitter mounted to the at least one unmanned vehicle and in communication with the sensor. The beam emitter includes a beam source configured to direct a beam of thermal radiation to the thermal detector in response to the signal from the sensor.
US09219565B2
An optical transmission apparatus includes a wavelength multiplexing unit that performs wavelength multiplexing with respect to dummy light for each channel of WDM and dummy light for each sub-band including the channels in plural; and a selecting unit that measures for each sub-band and corresponding to intensity of the channel-specific dummy light, transmission characteristics at a reception end, and according to measurement results, selects for each of the sub-bands, any one among the channel-specific dummy light and the sub-band-specific dummy light. The wavelength multiplexing unit wavelength multiplexes any of the channel-specific dummy light selected for each of the sub-bands by the selecting unit.
US09219564B2
Both a wireless terminal apparatus and wireless base station apparatus are provided that can, in an operation of encoding the control signals of the upstream link transmitted from the multiple terminal stations while encoding with regard to each of the terminal stations, increase a number of the terminal stations to which different codes are respectively assigned. A wireless terminal apparatus includes: an encoding information receiving portion receiving encoding information which is used at the wireless terminal apparatus from the base station; a phase-shifting unit which conducts a phase-shifting operation on a predetermined first code based on the encoding information; a code selection unit which, based on the received encoding information, selects a second code from multiple codes orthogonally crossing each other; and a control signal encoding portion which conducts an encoding operation on the control signal that is going to be transmitted to the base station by using both the first code on which the phase-shifting operation has been conducted and the second code.
US09219563B2
Methods and systems for addressing interference between co-existing radios of differing radio access technologies (RATs) are provided. One RAT radio send an indication to a second RAT radio when it is transmitting, but does so after determining there is an actual likelihood that the first RAT transmission will interfere with reception by the second RAT radio. Optionally, the second RAT radio makes its own determination of whether there is a likelihood of interference, and ignores the indication if it is determined interference is not likely. Alternatively, the second RAT radio sends an indication to the first RAT radio when it is receiving, only after determining there is a likelihood that first RAT transmissions will interfere with reception by the second RAT radio.
US09219560B2
In one embodiment, a multiprotocol interface includes a physical layer transmitter unit configured to transmit data from synchronous media access control layer units and asynchronous media access control layer units. The multiprotocol interface also includes a physical layer receiver unit configured to receive data and to deliver the received data to the synchronous media access control layer units and the asynchronous media access control layer units. The physical layer transmitter unit and the physical layer receiver unit are both configured to operate in either an asynchronous mode or a synchronous mode. The physical layer transmitter unit and the physical layer receiver unit transmit and receive only with the asynchronous media access control units, and physical layer transmitter unit and the physical layer receiver unit transmit and receive only with the synchronous media access control units.
US09219554B2
A communication device with a power detection scheme is disclosed. The communication device includes a transmitter for transmitting an RF signal, a demodulator for demodulating the RF signal by utilizing a phase-modulated (PM) signal provided from the transmitter to generate a demodulated signal, a loopback circuit coupled between the transmitter and the demodulator for transmitting the RF signal and the PM signal from the transmitter to the demodulator when the power detection scheme is enabled, and a power detector for detecting power of the demodulated signal.
US09219547B2
A method, device and system for implementing a long reach passive optical network are provided. Uplink optical burst packets are transmitted by an optical network unit. The uplink optical burst packets are converted into an electrical signal and then a continuous optical signal. The continuous optical signal is transmitted to a receiving device.
US09219540B2
A method and apparatus for a radio base station (300) aligns IQ data blocks for transmission over multiple radio frequency (RF) signal paths (318, 328, 338) between a base station controller (304) and a plurality of antennas (340) at the base station by determining a path delay (317, 327, 337) for each RF signal path, and then transmitting IQ data blocks from JESD 204 transmit interfaces (301-303) over each RF signal path ahead of a first predetermined time slot by an advance time period equaling the path delay for each RF signal path, thereby aligning IQ data block signaling to the first predetermined time slot at the antennas.
US09219537B2
The disclosure discloses an information transmission method and system in a relay communication network, the method comprises: establishing a first tunnel and a second tunnel, wherein the first tunnel is a tunnel between an Access Service Network Gateway (ASN GW) and a Base Station (BS), the second tunnel is a tunnel between the BS and a Relay Station (RS); performing signaling and/or data transmission between the ASN GW and the RS through the first tunnel and the second tunnel. The invention implements the transmission of signaling and/or data in Layer3 relay.
US09219535B2
A method for determining a beamforming vector or a beamforming channel matrix in a communication system including a transmitting station and a receiving station, and a communication system. The transmitting and receiving stations include respective antenna groups and respective codebooks include a plurality of predefined beamforming vectors for the antenna group.
US09219524B2
A repeater (1) particularly suitable for a time-division duplex transmission of communication signals is provided. The repeater (1) comprises a master unit (2) for communicating with a base station (3) of a wireless network, at least one remote unit (4) for communicating with a network terminal, as well as a waveguide (11) connecting the remote unit (4) with the master unit (2) for transmitting the communication signals in an uplink direction (6) from the remote unit (4) to the master unit (2) and in a downlink direction (5) from the master unit (2) to the remote unit (4). Both the master unit (2) and the remote unit (4) comprise one switch (19, 20) each for changing over the signal transmission between uplink direction (6) and downlink direction (5). Both switches (19, 20) are selected by a synchronizing unit (21) arranged in the master unit (2), the synchronizing unit (21) being designed for determining a clock pulsing from the communication signal fed to the master unit (2)—in particular from the base station (3)—and for supplying a control signal corresponding to this clock pulsing to the switches (19, 20).
US09219518B1
In an RF transceiver front-end device that operates in a receiving mode, a first transformer circuit generates, based on an external RF signal received by an antenna, a first induction signal that passes through a switch unit, and that is amplified by a low noise amplifier circuit and then demodulated by a demodulation circuit to thereby generate a reception signal. When the RF transceiver front-end device is in a transmitting mode, a power amplifier circuit generates, based on a modulated signal generated by a modulation circuit through modulation of an external transmission signal, an amplified output. A second transformer circuit then generates, based on the amplified output, a second induction signal that is thus radiated by the antenna.
US09219508B1
A method for processing communications signals. The communications signals are received from an area. The communications signals are received from a portion of the area in which interference is present. The interference is reduced from the communications signals received from the area using the communications signals received from the portion of the area.
US09219505B2
The invention provides a method for processing signals in a radio transmission apparatus (60) and a radio transmission apparatus (60) comprising a plurality of radio transmitters (61, 62), wherein clipping is applied to a signal in at least one of the plurality of radio transmitters, wherein the amount of clipping or/and a clipping threshold is adjusted individually for each of the plurality of radio transmitters.
US09219504B2
A memory in a LDPC decoding system includes data banks organized into a ping-pong memory. The ping-pong memory is connected to an interleaver and a de-interleaver. The interleaver interleaves L values; the interleaved L values are then stored in the ping-pong memory. A LDPC decoder retrieves L values from the ping-pong memory and returns E values to the ping-pong memory. The de-interleaver de-interleaves the E values and sends data to a LE queue and HD queue.
US09219494B2
An analog to digital converter is disclosed herein. The analog to digital converter includes a bit conversion module and a control module. The bit conversion module is configured to generate a quantization output in accordance with an input signal. The control module is configured to control the bit conversion module, so as to make the bit conversion module operate in one of a sigma delta mode and a successive approximation mode.
US09219481B2
An asynchronous level shifter electronic circuit including: a transmitter, which can be coupled to a first voltage and generates a communication signal; a receiver, which can be coupled to a second voltage; and a capacitive coupling stage, which receives the communication signal and supplies a corresponding filtered signal to the receiver. The receiver includes: a threshold device, which has an input terminal and an output terminal and switches an electrical quantity on the output terminal between a first value and a second value, as a function of corresponding transitions through a threshold of a first intermediate signal present on the input terminal, to generate a second intermediate signal; and a biasing circuit, which generates the first intermediate signal to have a d.c. component, which is a function of the second intermediate signal, and superposed on which is a variable component, which is a function of the filtered signal.
US09219475B2
A power selector for switching power supplies is implemented using a variety of methods and devices. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, an arrangement provides power to a circuit by selecting between a first supply and a second supply. The first power circuit provides a regulated level of power to the integrated circuit (IC) having an operating power level specified as a circuit operating level for providing power to the IC. The second power circuit provides power to the IC. A power-signal arbitration circuit for assessing VDDREG and whether the second power circuit is to provide power to the IC as an alternative to the first power circuit providing power to the IC is based on a threshold power level indicative of the specified operating power level and the regulated level of power. Based on the power-signal arbitration circuit's assessment, providing an arbitration-control signal to the power-signal switching circuit.
US09219472B2
A proximity switch assembly and method for detecting activation of a proximity switch assembly is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of proximity switches each having a proximity sensor providing a sense activation field and control circuitry processing the activation field of each proximity switch to sense activation. The control circuitry monitors the signal responsive to the activation field and determines a differential change in generated signal, and further generates an activation output when the differential signal exceeds a threshold. The control circuitry further distinguishes an activation from an exploration of the plurality of switches and determines activation upon detection of a stable signal. The control circuit further determines a rate of change and generates an output when the rate of change exceeds a threshold rate to enable activation of a switch.
US09219469B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for calibrating a data processing circuit. For example, a method for calibrating a data processing circuit is discussed that includes providing a digital filter, providing a detector circuit, and providing an analog filter. Operation of the digital filter is at least in part governed by filter taps that correspond to a filter tap constraint value. Operation of the detector circuit is at least in part governed by a target parameter. Operation of the analog filter is at least in part governed by an analog parameter that is one of a plurality of analog parameters. The methods further include selecting a target parameter, and calculating the filter tap constraint value based on the target parameter. Combinations of the target parameter, the calculated filter tap constraint value, and each of the plurality of analog parameters are applied to identify the analog parameter.
US09219463B2
A system, hybrid common mode choke, and method are described herein. The system includes a differential signal transmitter and a differential signal receiver. A differential signal transmitter ground and a differential signal receiver ground are electrically disconnected in a manner that enables a common mode filter. The transmitter ground and the receiver ground may be coupled using an inductor, a resistor, a capacitor, or any combination thereof.
US09219462B2
Interface systems and methods are provided. An interface system can include a first isolator (200) and a second isolator (300) coupled to a modular interface (110). The interface can include a plurality of conductors (120). The first isolator can be coupled to a first signal format compliant first input/output (I/O) device (130). The second isolator can be coupled to a second signal format compliant second I/O device (140). The first isolator can pass a first signal format compliant signal to, and suppress the reflection of at least a portion of a second signal format compliant signal from, the first I/O device. The second isolator can at least partially block a first signal format compliant signal from, and to pass a second signal format compliant signal to, the second I/O device.
US09219461B2
A blind-mate capacitive coupling interconnection between a main module enclosure one or more sub-module enclosures has coupling surfaces each with a ground portion and an aperture, an inner element provided in the aperture, spaced away from the ground portion. The coupling surfaces may be provided, for example, as traces on a printed circuit board. To accommodate a degree of mis-alignment, one of the inner elements may be provided larger than the other. Capacitive coupling between the coupling surfaces occurs when the coupling surfaces are mated together, retained in position, for example, by a mechanical fixture.
US09219460B2
Embodiments described herein may involve dynamically adjusting the equalization of a playback device based on the environment in which the playback device is operating. One embodiment may involve emitting a first audio signal from a playback device, detecting, by the playback device, a second audio signal, where at least a portion of the second audio signal is a reflection of the first audio signal, in response to the detecting, determining one or more reflection characteristics, where each of the one or more reflection characteristics are based on at least the second audio signal, adjusting an equalization setting of the playback device based on the one or more reflection characteristics, and causing an audio track to play according to the adjusted equalization setting.
US09219450B1
A two-stage RF amplifier comprising first and second transistors arranged in cascode. An input stage includes a common source transistor having a gate terminal responsive to an input signal and an output stage includes a common gate transistor having a source terminal operatively connected to the drain terminal of the common source transistor. A shunt feedback network is arranged between a drain terminal of the common gate transistor and the gate terminal of the common source transistor. A source feedback network is arranged between the source terminal of the common source transistor and a reference potential. A common gate feedback network is arranged between the drain terminal of the common gate transistor and a gate terminal of the common gate transistor. And a termination feedback network is arranged in series between the reference potential and the gate terminal of the common gate transistor.
US09219446B2
A signal processing device includes a device package, processing circuitry and biasing circuitry. The processing circuitry is packaged in the device package and is operative to receive one or more Radio Frequency (RF) input signals from one or more antenna elements via one or more pre-amplifiers that are separate from the device, and to process the RF input signals so as to produce an RF output signal. The biasing circuitry is packaged in the device package and is operative to produce one or more biasing signals for biasing the pre-amplifiers.
US09219445B2
Optimization methods via various circuital arrangements for amplifier with variable supply power are presented. In one embodiment, a switch can be controlled to include or exclude a feedback network in a feedback path to the amplifier to adjust a response of the amplifier dependent on a region of operation of the amplifier arrangement (e.g. linear region or compression region).
US09219432B2
An angle estimation control system of a permanent magnet motor is provided. The angle estimation control system includes a Clarke transform module, a Park transform module, and an angle estimation module. The Clarke transform module generates orthogonal current signals in accordance with motor phase currents. The Park transform module generates a current signal in response to the orthogonal current signals and an angle signal. The angle estimation module generates the angle signal in response to the current signal. The angle signal is related to a commutation angle of the permanent magnet motor. The current signal is controlled to be approximately equal to zero. The angle signal is further coupled to generate three phase motor voltage signals.
US09219430B2
A sensor includes a piezoelectric detector (10) mounted in a support having electrically conductive walls forming a mechanical ground (MM), and an amplifier for processing the signal delivered by the piezoelectric detector, defining an electronic ground (ME) and at least a capacitive feedback loop (16). A voltage adder circuit (61) is inserted into the capacitive feedback loop in order to add an electrical voltage which varies as a function of the potential difference between the mechanical ground (MM) and the electronic ground (ME), so that the variations of this potential difference are continuously compensated for at the input (13) of the processing amplifier (12) receiving the signal delivered by the piezoelectric detector (10).
US09219428B2
A circuit for controlling a power converter featuring BJTs, through use of a control winding on the transformer that provides the base drive for the BJTs is disclosed. This controller can control the control winding current, thus modifying the commutating of the current or stopping the oscillations. It can provide unidirectional shorts to prevent commutation and can also provide an initial power pulse to control the start or operation of the power converter.
US09219425B2
An electric power converter includes a semiconductor module that has a semiconductor element therein, a cooler that cools the semiconductor module, a circuit board provided with a semiconductor control circuit that controls the semiconductor module, a capacitor electrically connected to the semiconductor module, and a quick discharge resistor for discharging an electric charge accumulated in the capacitor. The circuit board is provided with a discharge control circuit that controls a current that flows into the quick discharge resistor. The semiconductor module, the cooler, the capacitor, and the quick discharge resistor are disposed on one major surface of the circuit board.
US09219423B2
A converter bridge arm suitable for high-voltage applications and an application system thereof. The converter bridge arm comprises an energy storage capacitor (C) and a plurality of reverse-conducting switches, and is formed by serial connection of an upper telescopic arm (Bu), a lower telescopic arm (Bd) and an inductor (Lb). The upper telescopic arm (Bu) and the lower telescopic arm (Bd) are respectively formed by cascading connection of a plurality of units. The converter bridge arm has a simple modular structure, is easy to control, reliable and convenient for starting a high-voltage circuit, has self-balancing voltage sharing effect, and can operate without a transformer and has the characteristic of power bidirectional flow, does not require high-voltage isolation auxiliary power supply, has the advantages of suitability for high-frequency operation and electromagnetic compatibility, and can remarkably reduce the dimension of a filter.
US09219420B1
Systems and processes for protecting a power converter against overvoltage conditions are disclosed. In one example, an overvoltage protection circuit may be used to sense the input voltage of the power converter to determine whether the input voltage is greater than a threshold value. In response to determining that the sensed input voltage is greater than the threshold value, an input capacitance and/or capacitance of an EMI filter of the power converter may be discharged to ground or an input return through a tapFET of a switching element of the power converter to protect the components of the device. The capacitance(s) may continue to be discharged through the tapFET for a duration of time after the sensed input voltage falls below the threshold value to allow the capacitance(s) to discharge to a safe level.
US09219416B2
A switching converter has a self-driven bipolar junction transistor (BJT) synchronous rectifier. The BJT rectifier includes a BJT and a parallel-connected diode, and has a low forward voltage drop. In a first portion of a switching cycle, a main switch is on and the BJT rectifier is off. Current flows from an input, through the main switch, through the first inductor, to an output. Current also flows through the main switch, through the second inductor, to the output. In a second portion of the cycle, the main switch is turned off but the inductor currents continue to flow. Current flows from a ground node, through the BJT rectifier, through the first inductor, to the output. The BJT is on due to the second inductor drawing a base current from the BJT. In one example, the main switch is a split-source NFET that conducts separate currents through the two inductors.
US09219405B2
A portable driven generator for a bicycle includes a power generator assembly and a power generating circuitry. The power generator assembly includes a power generator supported on a bicycle frame, a driven shaft rotatably extended from the power generator, and a frictional member attached on the driven shaft and is in physical contact with a tire of the bicycle, wherein when the wheel rotates, the frictional member and the driven shaft are driven to rotate accordingly for generating electricity by the power generator. The power generating circuitry electrically connected to the power generator and the electrical appliance, wherein when power generator is activated to generate electricity, the electricity is regulated by the power generating circuitry, which is arranged to control an output current of the electricity supplied to the electrical appliance so as to uniformly and constantly transmit electrical power to the electrical appliance for operation thereof.
US09219403B2
A magnetic shear force transfer device for transferring shear forces across a non-magnetic gap includes a first magnetic structure comprising concentric circular tracks of magnetic sources magnetically printed into a first magnetizable material a second magnetic structure comprising concentric circular tracks of magnetic sources magnetically printed into a second magnetizable material. Each concentric circular track has an even number of magnetic sources where adjoining magnetic sources alternate in polarity. One or more tracks of the first magnetic structure are rotated relative to one or more tracks of the second magnetic structure such that a maximum torque condition coincides to one angular orientation between the first and second magnetic structures.
US09219400B2
An actuator unit of a sliding cam system includes an actuator pin for moving sliding cam units into different axial positions using at least one sliding groove on the circumference of the sliding cam units, which interacts with the actuator pin and which has at least one ejection ramp, the sliding cam system including an electromagnet unit, the actuator pins being loaded in the direction of the sliding cam unit by actuating springs, slidingly guided in a housing, the actuator pins being operatively connected to latching elements are guided in a shifting gate, spring-loaded and actuatable by the electromagnet unit, a return-stroke spring of the shifting gate being supported on the housing and loading the shifting gate in the insertion direction of the actuator pins, and the force of the return stroke spring is greater than the force of the actuating spring or springs.
US09219399B2
A method for fabricating a rotor for an induction motor includes disposing a first flux material on a plurality of first exposed ends of a respective plurality of conductor bars of a rotor core. A second flux material is disposed on a first end face of the rotor core. A first portion of a conductive material is cast over the plurality of first exposed ends to form a first shorting end ring to electrically and mechanically connect the plurality of conductor bars.
US09219391B2
A rotor for an electric machine includes a pole core having a coolable magnetisable rotor section which is made of a super-conducting material. The rotor section has a rotationally symmetric geometry. The pole core is formed as a cylinder and the rotor section is arranged on an outer surface of the cylinder so as to be encircling.
US09219387B2
A rotor is disclosed for a synchronous reluctance machine which includes an axis, which is supported by bearings to rotate inside a stator, and to which axis a rotor frame has been attached. The frame can be made of magnetically non-conductive material, having arranged magnetically conductive bar-shaped objects which extend through the rotor frame from the outer surface of the magnetic pole of the rotor to the outer surface of the pole. The whole length of each bar-shaped object inside the rotor frame can be surrounded by non-magnetic material.
US09219383B2
There is provided a semiconductor chip having four sides and being substantially formed in a rectangle, the semiconductor chip including: a first terminal which is located along one side of the four sides of the semiconductor chip and which is to be electrically connected to a solar cell outside the semiconductor chip; a second terminal which is located along the one side of the semiconductor chip and which is to be electrically connected to a secondary cell outside the semiconductor chip; and an interconnection line that electrically interconnects the first terminal and the second terminal.
US09219382B2
A control apparatus includes: a detection section configured to detect whether a rechargeable battery is in a fully charged state or not, and if the detection section detects that the rechargeable battery is in the fully charged state, an execution control section configured to give an instruction to an execution apparatus to execute a holdable task using electric power supplied from the rechargeable battery.
US09219379B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus, including an electric power receiving portion receiving an electric power from a power feeding apparatus by using a magnetic field, and a detecting portion detecting presence or absence of a foreign object between said power feeding apparatus and said detecting portion.
US09219376B2
The present invention relates to a charging circuit (20) for charging an energy storage element (30). The charging circuit (20) comprises a feedback module (201), a controlling module (202), a switching module (203) and a storage module (204), wherein the controlling module (202) is configured to adjust the control signal so as to increase the ON-OFF ratio of the switching module (203) when the feedback signal is substantially smaller than a reference signal, or to adjust the control signal so as to decrease the ON-OFF ratio of the switching module (203) when the feedback signal is substantially larger than a reference signal. By applying the charging circuit (20), the charging time for the energy storage element (30) is shorter and therefore less power from the power source (10) is consumed.
US09219373B2
A lithium ion power battery lossless charger adopts a charging method of overall serial constant-current and monomer parallel constant-voltage to realize lossless charging on lithium ion power batteries. Charging efficiency is close to 100%, and charging and discharging are completely based on the characteristic curve of the battery. All functions of a battery system, a charging system, a discharging system and a maintenance management system are realized only by a simple circuit, and no overcharge, overheating, over discharge, over current or short circuit occurs. The terminal voltages of all monomer batteries are completely equal when charging is finished, and no equalized charging is required.
US09219372B2
Disclosed is a battery charging circuit having several operating modes include boost and buck mode, and forward and reverse mode. A power train and a current sensing block may share power transistors thus reducing the number of space-consuming power devices in the circuit. The current sensing block may indicate output current based only a sensed input current, and vice versa.
US09219369B2
An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a first port. The electronic device also includes a second port. The electronic device further includes a multiphase charger. The multiphase charger includes a first buck. The multiphase charger also includes a second buck. The multiphase charger further includes a first port switch. The multiphase charger also includes a second port switch. The multiphase charger further includes a reverse boost switch. The multiphase charger also includes a multiphase switch.
US09219368B2
A charge controller includes a charge control circuit which controls a charging transistor; and a protection circuit that, when the secondary battery is over-discharged, turns off the first control switch element to block discharge current and when the secondary battery is overcharged, turns off the second control switch element to prevent the charge current from flowing. The charge control circuit includes a function of control for applying constant charge current through the charging transistor until the voltage of the secondary battery reaches a predetermined value and switching to control for applying charge current at a constant voltage after the voltage of the secondary battery reaches the predetermined value, and a terminal voltage on the positive electrode side and a terminal voltage on the negative electrode side of the secondary battery are supplied as monitoring voltage to the charge control circuit.
US09219367B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a power supply device is provided, where the apparatus includes at least one portion of the power supply device. The apparatus includes at least one battery module, each of which is a battery module of a set of battery modules connected in series within the power supply device, where each battery module of the set of battery modules includes at least one battery cell, at least one processing circuit, and at least one balancing circuit, which is electrically connected to the battery cell and the processing circuit. The processing circuit controls operations of the aforementioned each battery module of the set of battery modules. In addition, under control of the processing circuit, the balancing circuit performs balancing of the battery cell. Additionally, the balancing circuit provides the processing circuit with a bias voltage, and the processing circuit obtains electric power from the balancing circuit.
US09219360B2
The present disclosure provides a safe quick disconnect leakage protector, including a power supply circuit, a sampling circuit, a couple of single-pole single-throws, an on and off control circuit, and a testing circuit. The sampling circuit collects the leakage current signal between the live wire and the neutral wire and outputting the leakage current signal; the main control circuit receives the leakage current signal outputted from the sampling circuit, amplifies the leakage current signal, and outputs a grounding failure control signal when the leakage current reaches the predetermined value; the on and off control circuit receives the grounding failure control signal outputted from the main control circuit and controls the single-pole single-throw switches to disconnect the load from the external power supply according to the grounding failure control signal, thereby protecting the load and improves the safety of the leakage protection of an electrical appliance.
US09219351B2
A spark plug (20) for igniting a mixture of fuel and air of an internal combustion engine comprises a center electrode (22) and a ground electrode (24). At least one of the electrodes (22, 24) includes a body portion (28, 30) formed of thermally conductive material and a firing tip (32, 34) disposed on the body portion (28, 30). The firing tip (32, 34) includes a ceramic material, providing an exposed firing surface (36, 38). The ceramic material is an electrically conductive, monolithic ceramic material. The ceramic material of the firing tip (32, 34) includes at least one perovskite structure and/or at least one a spinel structure.
US09219337B2
A jumper for a connecting terminal arrangement (34) having a contact element (12), which has a contacting area (16) and a holding area (18), and a holding element (14) made from an insulating material is arranged on the holding area (18). The holding area (18) has a perforation (22) which is penetrated by the insulating material of which the holding element is made (14).
US09219335B2
An improved broadside coupled, open pin field connector. The connector incorporates lossy material to selectively dampen resonance within pairs of conductive members connected to ground when the connector is mounted to a printed circuit board. The material may also decrease crosstalk and mode conversion. The lossy material is selectively positioned to substantially dampen resonances along pairs that may be connected to ground without unacceptably attenuating signals carried by other pairs. The lossy material may be selectively positioned near mating contact portions of the conductive members. Multiple techniques are described for selectively positioning the lossy material, including molding, inserting lossy members into a housing or coating surfaces of the connector housing. The lossy material alternatively may be positioned between broad sides of conductive members of a pair. By using material of relatively low loss, loss when the conductive members are used to carry signals is relatively low, but an appreciable attenuation of resonances is provided on pairs connected to ground. As a result, an overall improvement of signal to noise ratio is achieved.
US09219333B2
An electrical connector for contacting a mating connector is proposed which has a locking device and includes a locking mechanism by means of a tiltable locking latch. The spring-loaded unlocking mechanism is triggered by pulling on a pull tab and constitutes a secure locking connection between the electrical connector and the mating connector.
US09219330B2
An ear jack device capable of adjusting an angle of the ear jack is provided. The angle adjustable ear jack device includes an ear jack unit capable of an angle adjustment, an ear jack support unit for adjusting the angle of the ear jack unit, and at least one hinge for assembling the ear jack unit and the ear jack support unit.
US09219327B2
A waterproof flat cable connector includes a flexible flat cable which has a conductive wire and an insulative film which covers the conductive wire, a terminal which is connected to the conductive wire, an insulative covering part integrally molded with the flat cable to cover a junction part of the conductive wire and the terminal, and a connector housing which is fitted with a connection mating connector to connect the terminal with a connection mating terminal. The connector housing is integrally molded with a surface of the insulative covering part. The insulative covering part has a protruding part which protrudes from an attached side end of the connector housing, which is at a side attached to the flat cable, toward an extending direction of the flat cable.
US09219323B1
A multiple connector direct connection external memory device facilitates retrieval and storage of data from a plurality of connection types. The device includes a housing having a top face, a bottom face, and a perimeter edge coupled to and extending between the top face and the bottom face. A plurality of connectors is provided. Each connector is configured for coupling to a unique port type relative to each other connector. At least one of the connectors is a universal serial bus. A memory unit is coupled to the housing. Each connector is in communication with the memory unit.
US09219320B2
The present invention discloses a structure for sharing card slot space. The structure includes a housing. A first card slot and a second card slot are disposed inside the housing. The insertion port of the first card slot is disposed opposite the insertion port of the second card slot. A common space is disposed between the first card slot and the second card slot. A groove is disposed inside the housing of the common space. A stopper is disposed inside the groove. The stopper can slide in the groove between the first card slot and the second card slot and is configured to prevent a card corresponding to the second card slot from being inserted into the first card slot or to prevent a card corresponding to the first card slot from being inserted into the second card slot.
US09219304B2
An electronic timepiece has a case; a time display unit housed in the case; an annular dielectric that is housed in the case and has a conductive driven element to which a specific potential is supplied; and a conductive ground plane with an annular shape that is housed in the case and supplied with ground potential. The dielectric body and the ground plane are disposed coaxially to the same center axis with the gap therebetween in the axial (z-axis) direction less than or equal to the thickness of the dielectric in the axial direction.
US09219300B1
Antenna tower reinforcement configurations use bolted gusset plate and splice plate configurations that allow for increased clearance access using short threaded bolts and threaded gusset plate apertures for increased clearance access and/or ease of installation. The gusset plates are welded to the reinforcement plates rather than bolted. Splice plates are bolted to the gusset plates using splice bolts.
US09219297B2
The invention relates to an amplifier module, comprising at least one amplifier (PA), an antenna port (ANT), a transmission port (TX), a reception port (RX), and a circuit arrangement having at least three 90 DEG hybrids (HYB1, HYB2, HBY3), which each divide a respective input signal into two output signals, wherein the two output signals have a relative phase shift of 90 DEG from each other, wherein the antenna port (ANT), the transmission port (TX), and the reception port (RX) are each connected to at least one 90 DEG hybrid (HYB1, HYB2, HBY3).
US09219294B2
Some embodiments relate to a power management system. The power management system includes a generator that provides a voltage output to a bus. The bus is adapted to be connected to a load. The power management system further includes a battery charger that is adapted to charge a battery. A generator controller operates the generator and also adjusts operating conditions of the battery charger. In some embodiments, the generator includes an internal combustion engine that drives an alternator. Embodiments are contemplated where the battery charger is adapted to receive power from a primary power source. As an example, the primary power source may be utility power or some other form of generator power.
US09219288B2
A secondary battery includes a circuit board including a first connection pad and a second connection pad; a first electrode layer on the circuit board and including a first electrode portion and a first tab portion connected to the first connection pad; a separator on the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer on the separator and including a second electrode portion and a second tab portion connected to the second connection pad.
US09219279B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a high-ductility, high-purity aluminum foil at a high film formation rate by electrolysis using a plating solution having a low chlorine concentration. A method for producing an aluminum foil of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that an aluminum film is formed on a surface of a substrate by electrolysis using a plating solution at least containing (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of an ammonium halide, a hydrogen halide salt of a primary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a secondary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a tertiary amine, and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by a general formula: R1R2R3R4N.X (wherein R1 to R4 independently represent an alkyl group and X represents a counteranion for the quaternary ammonium cation), and then the film is removed from the substrate.
US09219274B2
A secondary battery having high capacity and satisfactory high-temperature cycle characteristics is provided. A secondary battery according to the exemplary embodiment has an electrode element in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged so as to face each other, an electrolytic solution and an outer package packaging the electrode element and the electrolytic solution, wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active material containing at least one of a metal (a) capable of forming an alloy with lithium and a metal oxide (b) capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions, to a negative electrode collector, with a polyimide or a polyamide-imide serving as a negative electrode binder; and the electrolytic solution contains a phosphazene compound.
US09219270B2
A flat primary battery capable of enhancing the productivity and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The flat primary battery is a flat alkaline primary battery including a positive electrode mixture, a negative electrode mixture, and an electrolytic solution in a can, wherein the negative electrode mixture includes a zinc powder or a zinc alloy powder and an insulating powder of a non-metal which does not react with an electrolytic solution and which has an average particle diameter of 110 μm or more, the value of which is from 60% to 140% of an average particle diameter of the zinc powder or zinc alloy powder.
US09219268B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a rechargeable secondary battery, which can rapidly cut off charge and/or discharge paths by a force provided from an elastic force offering part in addition to fusion of a fuse when an external short circuit or overcharge occurs to the rechargeable secondary battery. To this end, there is provided a rechargeable secondary battery including: a case; an electrode assembly in the case; a collector plate coupled to the electrode assembly and comprising a fuse part; a terminal coupled to the collector plate and extending to an outside of the case; and an elastic force offering part between the case and the collector plate.
US09219255B2
An organic layer deposition apparatus includes a conveyer unit and a deposition unit that has one or more organic layer deposition assemblies configured to deposit an organic layer on a moving substrate. The conveyer unit includes a moving unit configured to move a substrate fixed thereto, a first conveyer unit configured to move the moving unit in a first direction during which an organic material is deposited on the substrate fixed to the moving unit, and a second conveyer unit configured to move the moving unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction after deposition is completed and the substrate is separated from the moving unit. The first conveyer unit and the second conveyer unit are configured to move through the deposition unit.
US09219254B2
A method of forming nanocrystals includes loading a substrate into a chamber, applying a first voltage to a first target to form a thin film including a first metal compound on the substrate by sputtering, and applying a second voltage to a second target and forming nanocrystals in the thin film by sputtering.
US09219250B2
An optical film includes: a high refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive index greater than 1 and having a first surface and a second surface which face each other, where a plurality of grooves is defined in the first surface, and each of the plurality of grooves is defined by a curved surface portion of the first surface of the high refractive index pattern and has a depth greater than a width thereof; and a low refractive index pattern layer including a plurality of protruding patterns disposed in the plurality of grooves, having a refractive index less than the refractive index of the high refractive index pattern layer, and including a plurality of layers having different refractive indices from each other.
US09219241B2
A hole transporting region made of a hole transporting material, an electron transporting region made of an electron transporting material, and a mixed region (light emitting region) in which both the hole transporting material and the electron transporting material are mixed and which is doped with a triplet light emitting material for red color are provided in an organic compound film, whereby interfaces between respective layers which exist in a conventional lamination structure are eliminated, and respective functions of hole transportation, electron transportation, and light emission are exhibited. In accordance with the above-mentioned method, the organic light emitting element for red color can be obtained in which power consumption is low and a life thereof is long. Thus, the display device and the electric device are manufactured by using the organic light emitting element.
US09219233B2
Disclosed are new semiconductor materials prepared from rylene-(π-acceptor) copolymers. Such copolymers can exhibit high n-type carrier mobility and/or good current modulation characteristics. In addition, the polymers of the present teachings can possess certain processing advantages such as solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
US09219216B2
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion element, a thermoelectric conversion element module, and a method of manufacturing the same that can easily realize high-density arrangement of thermoelectric conversion elements and securement of connection reliability. The thermoelectric conversion element has, for example, rod-shaped thermoelectric conversion material, tube that has an insulation property and an adiabatic property and houses thermoelectric conversion material, and electrodes that are in close adhesion to the end surfaces of thermoelectric conversion material and tube. A surface roughness Ra of the end surfaces is larger than 0.8 micrometers. In the present invention, the thermoelectric conversion elements can be arranged at a high density such that tubes are in close adhesion to each other. Also, since the close adhesion surface of electrodes on the end surfaces is large, the connection reliability of electrodes is further improved.
US09219208B2
A light emitting device according to the embodiment includes a body; a first lead electrode having a first bonding part and a second bonding part; a second lead electrode having a third bonding part and a fourth bonding part; a gap part between the first and second lead electrodes; a third lead electrode on a bottom surface of the body; a fourth lead electrode on the bottom surface of the body; a first connection electrode; a second connection electrode; a light emitting chip; and a first bonding member, wherein the gap part includes a first gap part disposed between the first and third bonding parts, and the first gap part includes first and second regions spaced apart from each other corresponding to a width of the third bonding part, and a third region connected to the first and second regions and disposed perpendicularly to the first and second regions.
US09219205B2
A method for increasing the luminous efficacy of a white light emitting diode (WLED), comprising introducing optically functional interfaces between an LED die and a phosphor, and between the phosphor and an outer medium, wherein at least one of the interfaces between the phosphor and the LED die provides a reflectance for light emitted by the phosphor away from the outer medium and a transmittance for light emitted by the LED die. Thus, a WLED may comprise a first material which surrounds an LED die, a phosphor layer, and at least one additional layer or material which is transparent for direct LED emission and reflective for the phosphor emission, placed between the phosphor layer and the first material which surrounds the LED die.
US09219204B1
The present invention provides an LED device capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation ranging from about 200 nm to 365 nm and a method. The device has a substrate member, the substrate member being selected from sapphire, silicon, quartz, gallium nitride, gallium aluminum nitride, or others and an active region overlying the substrate region. The active region comprises a light emitting spatial region comprising a p-n junction and characterized by a current crowding feature of electrical current provided in the active region. The device has an optical structure spatially disposed separate and apart the light emitting spatial region and is configured to facilitate light extraction from the active region.
US09219203B2
A light emitting device (1) of the present invention is a light emitting device including a light emitting section (3) provided on a substrate (2), light storing phosphors (7) being provided on or above at least a part of the substrate (2). It is therefore possible to provide a planar light emitting device having a light storage function.
US09219201B1
Light emitting devices include a blue LED that emits blue light having a peak wavelength between 430 nanometers and 480 nanometers and a recipient luminophoric medium that includes luminescent materials that down-convert a portion of the blue light emitted by the blue LED to light having a peak wavelength that is between about 500 nanometers and about 545 nanometers. The combination of the blue light emitted by the blue LED and the light emitted by the luminescent materials in the recipient luminophoric medium comprises light that is perceived as blue light having a color point that falls within the region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by ccx, ccy chromaticity coordinates of (0.1355, 0.0399), (0.175, 0.0985), (0.1743 0.1581), (0.1096, 0.0868), (0.1355, 0.0399).
US09219197B1
A micro-light-emitting diode (micro-LED) includes a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, a first edge isolation structure, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second type semiconductor layer and the first edge isolation structure are joined with the first type semiconductor layer. The first electrode is electrically coupled with the first type semiconductor layer. At least a part of a vertical projection of an edge of the first type semiconductor layer on the first electrode overlaps with the first electrode. The first edge isolation structure is at least partially located on the part of the first type semiconductor layer. The second electrode is electrically coupled with the second type semiconductor layer.
US09219189B2
A light emitting device includes a p-side heterostructure, an n-side heterostructure, an active region disposed between the p-side heterostructure and the n-side heterostructure. An electron blocking layer (EBL) disposed between the p-side heterostructure and the active region comprises an aluminum containing group-III-nitride alloy. An aluminum composition of the EBL decreases as a function of distance along a [0001] direction from the active region towards the p-side heterostructure over a majority of the thickness of the EBL.
US09219188B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor structure (20) comprises an n-type semiconductor region (3); a p-type semiconductor region (1); a p-n junction formed between the n-type and p-type semiconductor regions; and an active region (2). According to the present invention, the optoelectronic semiconductor structure (20) is configured to transport, when in use, charge carriers between the active region (2) and each of the retype semiconductor region (3) and the p-type semiconductor region (1) through a single substantially planar boundary surface (9) of the active region.
US09219186B2
A structure and method of making a thin-film solar cell is provided. A thin-film solar cell includes a substrate, absorber layer and a buffer layer. The absorber layer is deposited by a single-step bulk electrochemical process, or a multi-layer electrochemical process. The buffer layer is deposited by an electrochemical deposition process such as a multi-layer deposition or an atomic layer deposition. The absorber and buffer layers are non-toxic materials which can include sulfur incorporated during the deposition process or incorporated after deposition by an anneal step.
US09219179B2
A polymer substrate and back contact structure for a photovoltaic element, and a photovoltaic element include a CIGS photovoltaic structure, a polymer substrate having a device side at which the photovoltaic element can be located and a back side opposite the device side. A layer of dielectric is formed at the back side of the polymer substrate. A metal structure is formed at the device side of the polymer substrate.
US09219177B2
The photo detector (100, 300, 500, 600, 700, 900) comprises a photo transistor (102, 902). The photo transistor has a light sensitive region (112, 910) for controlling the transistor action of the photo transistor. The photo detector further comprises a dielectric layer (118). The dielectric layer is in contact with the photo transistor. The photo detector further comprises a grating pattern (114, 604, 914, 1010) in contact with the dielectric layer. The grating layer and the dielectric layer are adapted for focusing electromagnetic radiation in the light sensitive region.
US09219164B2
To give stable electrical characteristics to and improve reliability of a semiconductor device including a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a channel formation region. As a base film, an insulating film or an oxide semiconductor film is used. A single-layer metal film is formed over the base film. After that, a resist mask is formed, and etching is performed plural times. Accordingly, electrodes each including projecting portions when seen in cross-section are formed. Even when a gate insulating film over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer or an oxide semiconductor film has a small thickness, disconnection of the gate insulating film is unlikely to occur.
US09219160B2
A decrease in on-state current in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film is suppressed. A transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an insulating film which includes oxygen and silicon, a gate electrode adjacent to the oxide semiconductor film, the oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the interface with the insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region.
US09219158B2
As a display device has a higher definition, the number of pixels, gate lines, and signal lines are increased. When the number of the gate lines and the signal lines are increased, there occurs a problem that it is difficult to mount an IC chip including a driver circuit for driving the gate and signal lines by bonding or the like, whereby manufacturing cost is increased. A pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion are provided over the same substrate, and at least part of the driver circuit includes a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor interposed between gate electrodes provided above and below the oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion and the driver portion are provided over the same substrate, whereby manufacturing cost can be reduced.
US09219156B2
A display substrate includes a gate line disposed on a base substrate and extending in a direction. A data line crosses the gate line. A thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, a semiconductor pattern, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The thin film transistor is connected to the gate line and the data line. A pixel electrode is connected to the thin film transistor. A light blocking pattern overlaps the semiconductor pattern. The light blocking pattern includes a haze-processed material of substantially the same material as the pixel electrode.
US09219153B2
One method disclosed herein includes forming a stack of material layers to form gate structures, performing a first etching process to define an opening through the stack of materials that defines an end surface of the gate structures, forming a gate separation structure in the opening and performing a second etching process to define side surfaces of the gate structures. A device disclosed herein includes first and second active regions that include at least one fin, first and second gate structures, wherein each of the gate structures have end surfaces, and a gate separation structure positioned between the gate structures, wherein opposing surfaces of the gate separation structure abut the end surfaces of the gate structures, and wherein an upper surface of the gate separation structure is positioned above an upper surface of the at least one fin.
US09219146B2
A high voltage PMOS replacing the lightly doped region of the drain region with a low voltage P-well adopted in the low voltage devices, so as to save a mask. In order to achieve the high breakdown voltage and the low on resistance, a thick gate oxide applied in the DMOS is inserted. The N-type well region surrounding the source region may be replaced by a low voltage N-well adopted in the low voltage device to further save a mask.
US09219145B2
To satisfy both suppression of rise in contact resistance and improvement of breakdown voltage near the end part of a trench part. The trench part GT is provided between a source offset region and a drain offset region at least in plan view in a semiconductor layer, and is provided in a source-drain direction from the source offset region toward the drain offset region in plan view. A gate insulating film GI covers the side surface and the bottom surface of the trench part GT. A gate electrode is provided in the trench part at least in plan view, and contacts the gate insulating film GI. A contact GC contacts the gate electrode GE. The contact GC is disposed, shifted in a first direction perpendicular to the source-drain direction relative to the centerline in the trench part GT extending in the source-drain direction in plan view, and is provided in the trench part GT in plan view.
US09219144B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. A first trench extends into or through the semiconductor substrate from a first side. A semiconductor layer adjoins the semiconductor substrate at the first side. The semiconductor layer caps the first trench at the first side. The semiconductor device further includes a contact at a second side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first side.
US09219143B2
A semiconductor device includes semiconductor mesas of a first conductivity type extending between a first surface and a bottom plane of a semiconductor portion, and a semiconductor structure of a second, complementary conductivity type extending along sidewalls of the semiconductor mesas and outwardly from the semiconductor mesas. A thickness of the semiconductor structure has a local maximum value at a first distance to both the first surface and the bottom plane.
US09219139B2
A semiconductor device including at least two fin structures on a substrate surface and a functional gate structure present on the at least two fin structures. The functional gate structure includes at least one gate dielectric that is in direct contact with at least the sidewalls of the two fin structures, and at least one gate conductor on the at least one gate dielectric. The sidewall of the gate structure is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate surface, wherein the plane defined by the sidewall of the gate structure and a plane defined by an upper surface of the substrate surface intersect at an angle of 90°+/−5°. An epitaxial semiconductor material is in direct contact with the at least two fin structures.
US09219136B2
Provided is a switching element that is hardly destroyed even under a high bias condition in an off state because an electric field near a gate electrode is relaxed. A switching element 1 includes a carrier transit layer 13, a carrier supply layer 14 formed on an upper surface of the carrier transit layer 13, having a wider bandgap than the carrier transit layer 13, and forming a heterojunction with the carrier transit layer 13, a source electrode 15, a drain electrode 16, and a gate electrode 17 arranged between the source electrode 15 and the drain electrode 16. An impurity-doped layer 20 is interposed between the carrier transit layer 13 and the drain electrode 16. The impurity-doped layer 20 is formed as a semiconductor layer by heavily doping an impurity having the same conductivity type as a carrier constituting a two-dimensional carrier gas layer 18 generated due to the heterojunction, and a depletion layer 23b is formed in the impurity-doped layer 20 when the switching element 1 is in the off state, and thereby a high electric field generated near the gate electrode 17 is dispersed.
US09219134B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer, a floating gate electrode provided over the semiconductor layer via a first insulation film, and an erase gate electrode to which an erase voltage is applied. The floating gate electrode has an opposing region that opposes via a second insulation film to the erase gate electrode. The opposing region has such a shape that multiple electric field concentrating portions are formed when the erase voltage is applied to the erase gate electrode.
US09219130B2
A performance of a semiconductor device is improved. A gate electrode is formed on an SOI substrate via a gate insulating film, and a laminated film including an insulating film IL2 and an insulating film IL3 on the insulating film IL2 is formed on the SOI substrate so as to cover the gate electrode, and then, a sidewall spacer formed of the laminated film is formed on a side wall of the gate electrode by etching back the laminated film. Then, a semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on a semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate SUB which is not covered with the gate electrode and the sidewall spacer but is exposed, and then, an oxide film is formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer by oxidizing the surface of the semiconductor layer. Then, the insulating film IL3 forming the sidewall spacer is removed.
US09219129B2
A semiconductor structure including expanded source/drain regions that extend in an opposite direction of a gate electrode is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a stack of a body-containing region and a buried insulator portion, a gate dielectric in contact with a surface of the body-containing region, a gate electrode in contact with the gate dielectric, and a source region and a drain region laterally spaced by, and in contact with, the stack. The semiconductor structure further includes a contact level dielectric layer deposited on surfaces of the source region, the drain region and the buried insulator portion.
US09219119B2
A semiconductor device has gate-all-around devices formed in respective regions on a substrate. The gate-all-around devices have nanowires at different levels. The threshold voltage of a gate-all-around device in first region is based on a thickness of an active layer in an adjacent second region. The active layer in the second region may be at substantially a same level as the nanowire in the first region. Thus, the nanowire in the first region may have a thickness based on the thickness of the active layer in the second region, or the thicknesses may be different. When more than one active layer is included, nanowires in different ones of the regions may be disposed at different heights and/or may have different thicknesses.
US09219111B2
A nitride semiconductor structure of the present invention is obtained by growing an h- or t-BN thin film (12) and a wurtzite-structure AlxGa1-xN (x>0) thin film (14) as buffer layers and forming a single-crystal wurtzite-structure AlGaInBN thin film (13) thereon. While GaN, AlGaN, AlN, and the like have the wurtzite structure with sp3 bonds, h-BN or t-BN has the graphite structure with sp2 bonds, and has a completely different crystal structure. Accordingly, it has heretofore not been considered that a wurtzite-structure AlGaInBN thin film can be grown on a graphite-structure h-BN thin film. However, when a wurtzite-structure AlxGa1-xN (x>0) thin film (14) is formed as a buffer layer on a graphite-structure boron nitride thin film (12), a wurtzite-structure AlGaInBN (13) nitride semiconductor structure such as GaN can be grown on the buffer layer.
US09219107B2
A semiconductor device structure a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type and a top surface. A plurality of first doped regions is at a first depth below the top surface arranged in a checkerboard fashion. The first doped regions are of a second conductivity type. A dielectric layer is over the top surface. An inductive element is over the dielectric layer, wherein the inductive element is over the first doped regions.
US09219106B2
A system and method for providing an integrated inductor with a high Quality factor (Q) is provided. An embodiment comprises a magnetic core that is in a center of a conductive spiral. The magnetic core increases the inductance of the integrated inductor to allow the inductor to be used in applications such as a RF choke. The magnetic core may be formed in the same manner and time as an underbump metallization.
US09219104B2
A self-emissive display and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed over the substrate, and a pixel defining layer (PDL) formed above at least an end portion of the first electrode, wherein the PDL defines a light emission area and a non-emission area. A light-emitting layer is formed over the first electrode in the light emission area and a second electrode is formed over the light-emitting layer. A protrusion is formed in the PDL in an area over the end portion of the first electrode.
US09219103B2
An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed. The display includes some pixel areas which are opaque and some pixel areas which are partially opaque and partially transparent. Selectively displaying the light emission of the pixel areas allows for control of the relative brightness of a displayed image and an object behind the display.
US09219085B2
A thin film transistor array panel and a manufacturing method capable of forming an insulating layer made of different materials for a portion contacting an oxide semiconductor and a second portion without an additional process. Source and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor each include a lower layer and an upper layer. A first passivation layer contacts the lower layer of the source and drain electrodes but does not contact the upper layer of the source and drain electrodes, and a second passivation layer is disposed on the upper layer of the source and drain electrodes. The first passivation layer may be made of silicon oxide, and the second passivation may be made of silicon nitride.
US09219079B2
A III-N semiconductor channel is formed on a III-N transition layer formed on a (111) or (110) surface of a silicon template structure, such as a fin sidewall. In embodiments, the silicon fin has a width comparable to the III-N epitaxial film thicknesses for a more compliant seeding layer, permitting lower defect density and/or reduced epitaxial film thickness. In embodiments, a transition layer is GaN and the semiconductor channel comprises Indium (In) to increase a conduction band offset from the silicon fin. In other embodiments, the fin is sacrificial and either removed or oxidized, or otherwise converted into a dielectric structure during transistor fabrication. In certain embodiments employing a sacrificial fin, the III-N transition layer and semiconductor channel is substantially pure GaN, permitting a breakdown voltage higher than would be sustainable in the presence of the silicon fin.
US09219078B2
A method for semiconductor fabrication includes providing channel regions on a substrate including at least one Silicon Germanium (SiGe) channel region, the substrate including a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region. Gate structures are formed for a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) in the first region and a second NFET and a second PFET in the second region, the gate structure for the first PFET being formed on the SiGe channel region. The gate structure for the first NFET includes a gate material having a first work function and the gate structures for the first PFET, second NFET and second PFET include a gate material having a second work function such that multi-threshold voltage devices are provided.
US09219067B2
An array of memory cells on an integrated circuit device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in at least one column. Each of the memory cells includes a plurality of transistors forming two complementary memory nodes. Each of the complementary memory nodes is connected to a respective pair of pull-up or pull-down transistors, which are connected in series and have a shared node between them. For a particular one of the memory cells, one of the shared nodes associated with one of the complementary memory nodes is directly connected to a corresponding respective shared node associated with a corresponding complementary memory node in a second one of the memory cells, and another of the shared nodes associated with another of the complementary memory nodes is directly connected to a corresponding shared node associated with a corresponding complementary memory node in a third one of the memory cells.
US09219060B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first, second, and third electrodes, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region is provided between the first and second electrodes. The second semiconductor region is provided between the first electrode and the first semiconductor region. The third and fourth semiconductor regions are provided between the first electrode and the second semiconductor region. The fifth semiconductor region is positioned between the third semiconductor region and the second electrode, and is provided between the first semiconductor region and the second electrode. The sixth semiconductor region is positioned between the fourth semiconductor region and the second electrode, and is provided between the first semiconductor region and the second electrode. The seventh semiconductor region is provided between the fifth semiconductor region and the second electrode. The third electrode is provided on the seventh, fifth, and first semiconductor regions.
US09219049B2
A compound structure including a carrier wafer and at least one semiconductor piece bonded onto the carrier wafer by a bonding material obtained by a ceramic-forming polymer precursor.
US09219048B2
The present disclosure provides a substrate and a semiconductor package. The substrate includes a body, at least one pad group, a plurality of traces and at least one pillar group. The pad group includes a plurality of pads. Each pad has at least one inner side and at least one outer side. The inner side of a first pad is faced to the inner side of an adjacent second pad with a spaced section between. Each pillar group includes a plurality of pillars disposed on respective ones of the pads. The use of pad groups having multiple pads on which to form pillars allows an increase in the number of the pillars available in a given area so as to increase the amount of I/O connections. Furthermore, for a given number of I/O connections, the area occupied by the pads, pillars and traces can be reduced.
US09219025B1
A molded flip-chip semiconductor package includes a leadframe having opposing first and second main surfaces, a first metallization on the first main surface, a second metallization on the second main surface, recessed regions which extend from the second main surface toward the first main surface, and spaced apart leads chemically etched into the leadframe between gaps in the first metallization. The package further includes a semiconductor die having a plurality of pads facing and attached to the leads of the leadframe, a first molding compound that fills the recessed regions, and a second molding compound that encases the semiconductor die and fills the space between the leads such that the second molding compound abuts the first molding compound. A is the overall thickness of the leadframe, B is the spacing between adjacent ones of the leads, and B/A<1.
US09219023B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional (3D) chip is provided in which a second chip is present embedded within a first chip. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a first chip including first electrical devices and forming a recess extending from a surface of the first chip. A second chip is formed having second electrical devices. The second chip is then encapsulated within the recess of the first chip. Interconnects are then formed through the first chip into electrical communication with at least one of the second devices on the second chip. A three-dimensional (3D) chip is also provided in which a second chip is embedded within a first chip.
US09219022B2
Heat transfer devices and methods for making the same that include a first enclosure having at least one inlet port; a second enclosure having a bottom plate and one or more dividing walls to establish channels, at least one internal surface of each channel having rib structures to create turbulence in a fluid flow; and a jet plate connecting the first enclosure and the second enclosure having impinging jets that convey fluid from the first enclosure to the channels, said impinging jets being set at an angular deviation from normal to cause local acceleration of fluid and to increase a local heat transfer rate.
US09219021B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate serving as a base and having a surface on which electrodes are provided, a semiconductor chip mounted to the surface of the substrate, a sealing portion sealing the semiconductor chip and the surface of the substrate, first vias each penetrating the sealing portion in a thickness direction of the sealing portion to reach the electrodes on the surface of the substrate, external terminals connected to the first vias, and second vias provided near the semiconductor chip, extending to such a depth that the second vias do not penetrate the sealing portion, and insulated from the substrate and the semiconductor chip.
US09219012B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. A substrate comprising a P-well is provided. A low voltage device area and a high voltage device area are defined in the P-well. A photoresist layer is formed on the substrate. A photomask comprising a shielding region is provided. The shielding region is corresponded to the high voltage device area. A pattern of the photomask is transferred to the photoresist layer on the substrate by a photolithography process using the photomask. A P-type ion field is formed outside of the high-voltage device area by selectively doping P-type ions into the substrate using the photoresist layer as a mask.
US09218983B2
The etching method of the present invention comprises first and second etching steps (S1, S3) having different types of films to be etched and different types of process gases. During a transition from the first etching step (S1) to the second etching step (S3), a first switching process step (S2) is performed in which the process container is filled with a cleaning gas and the cleaning gas is turned into a plasma to remove the reaction product deposited in the process container in the first etching step. During a transition from the second etching step (S3) to the first etching step (S1), a second switching process step (S4) is performed in which the process container is filled with a cleaning gas and the cleaning gas is turned into a plasma to remove the reaction product deposited in the process container in the second etching step.
US09218977B2
A fabricating method of a semiconductor device includes stacking a high-k dielectric film not containing silicon (Si) and an insulating film containing silicon (Si) on a substrate, and diffusing Si contained in the insulating film into the high-k dielectric film by annealing the substrate having the high-k dielectric film and the insulating film stacked thereon.
US09218975B2
Disclosed herein are various methods of forming a replacement gate structure with a gate electrode comprised of a deposited intermetallic compound material. In one example, the method includes removing at least a sacrificial gate electrode structure to define a gate cavity, forming a gate insulation layer in the gate cavity, performing a deposition process to deposit an intermetallic compound material in the gate cavity above the gate insulation layer, and performing at least one process operation to remove portions of intermetallic compound material positioned outside of the gate cavity.
US09218967B2
The present invention provides a method for separating an epitaxial layer from a growth substrate, comprising growing an epitaxial layer including a plurality of layers on a growth substrate; etching an edge of at least one layer in the epitaxial layer to form a notch; forming a bonding layer on the epitaxial layer, contacting a bonding substrate onto the bonding layer, and then heating the bonding layer to a bonding temperature for joining the epitaxial layer and the bonding substrate; and cooling the bonding layer after the heating of the boding layer, so that the epitaxial layer and the bonding substrate are joined by the bonding layer, and the epitaxial layer is separated from the growth substrate, wherein the separating the epitaxial layer from the growth substrate starts with separation from the at least one layer where the notch is formed.
US09218963B2
In some aspects, methods for forming a germanium thin film using a cyclical deposition process are provided. In some embodiments, the germanium thin film is formed on a substrate in a reaction chamber, and the process includes one or more deposition cycles of alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a vapor phase germanium precursor and a nitrogen reactant. In some embodiments, the process is repeated until a germanium thin film of desired thickness has been formed.
US09218960B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a layered structure having a hard dielectric layer containing a first dielectric material having a Young's modulus greater than 10 GPa in a central portion of a main surface of a main body comprising a single crystalline semiconductor body, and providing a dielectric stress relief layer containing a second dielectric material having a lower Young's modulus than the first dielectric material, the stress relief layer covering the layered structure and extending beyond an outer edge of the layered structure.
US09218954B2
A method for forming an epitaxial layer on a substrate surface having crystalline defect or amorphous regions and crystalline non-defect regions includes preferential polishing or etching the crystalline defect or amorphous regions relative to the crystalline non-defect regions to form a decorated substrate surface having surface recess regions. A capping layer is deposited on the decorated substrate surface to cover the crystalline non-defect regions and to at least partially fill the surface recess regions. The capping layer is patterned by removing the capping layer over the crystalline non-defect regions to form exposed non-defect regions while retaining the capping layer in at least a portion of the surface recess regions. Selective epitaxy is then used to form the epitaxial layer, wherein the capping layer in the surface recess regions restricts epitaxial growth of the epitaxial layer over the surface recess regions.
US09218953B2
A low profile USB flash memory device, and methods of forming same, are disclosed. The USB flash memory device includes an integrated circuit memory portion and a USB connector. The memory portion and the USB connector may be integrally formed on the same substrate. The USB flash memory device includes a substrate on which is mounted one or more flash memory die, a controller die, passive components and an LED for indicating when the memory is being accessed. In contrast to prior art USB memory devices which used TSOP packages mounted on a printed circuit board, the semiconductor die of the present invention are affixed to the substrate and wire bonded in a SIP configuration. Omitting the encapsulated TSOP packages allows a reduction in the overall thickness of the USB flash memory device.
US09218952B2
An electric lamp having a longitudinal axis is provided. The electric lamp may include a base; and a built-in lamp, which has a pinch seal. Two power supply lines protrude out of the pinch seal. Two pins for connection to the power supply lines are provided on the base side. In each case one pin and one power supply line are connected by means of a mounting clip. A mounting clip is a punched sheet-metal part having a bottom which is configured so as to be substantially rectangular with a width B and a length L. Two spring arms are attached to the bottom, which spring arms surround the pinch seal of the built-in lamp. In each case one means for fastening a pin and one means for fastening a power supply line are provided on the mounting clip.
US09218949B2
A mass spectrometer of the type useful in mass cytometry includes an ion detector. A digitizing system for converting analog signals from the ion detector includes two analog-to-digital converters. The analog-to-digital converters are configured to provide an increased dynamic range for a targeted period while limiting the amount of data generated.
US09218937B2
A charged particle beam apparatus includes: a charged particle beam column configured to irradiate an irradiation target with a charged particle beam; a detector configured to detect secondary charged particles emitted from the irradiation target by the irradiation of the charged particle beam; a needle arranged in an irradiation area of the charged particle beam; a needle actuator configured to actuate the needle; and a controller configured to control the needle actuator to actuate the needle along a movement route that is configured by a preset target position and preset way points. The controller controls the needle actuator to set an actuating direction of the needle for each of the way points.
US09218924B2
An isolator switch assembly, especially an isolator switch and key assembly for a powered apparatus, such as a lawncare product, for example a lawnmower, includes a key, a keyway and an electrical switch positioned adjacent the keyway. The assembly is arranged to provide a first configuration in which the key is insertable into and removable from the keyway and the switch is open and a second configuration in which the key bears against an actuator surface of the switch to close the switch. In one embodiment, the assembly is arranged to provide a third configuration in which the switch is not actuated and the key is not removable from the keyway and is biased into a predetermined rotational position intermediate the first and second configurations. In a further embodiment, the assembly is provided with an over-torque or over-rotation prevention mechanism.
US09218918B2
A single-pole switching unit including electrical switching having two stationary contacts and a moving contact including a bridge having two ends each able to cooperate with a stationary contact. The moving contact includes a first branch and a second branch designed to connect the two stationary contacts, respectively and being movable relative to one another. The first branch is separated from the stationary contacts, while the second branch is still in contact with said stationary contacts when the contacts are opened. The second branch is in contact with the stationary contacts, while the first branch is separated from the contacts when the contacts are closed.
US09218914B2
Photoelectrochemical solar cell comprising sensitizing anthocyanin dyes and method of preparing same
The present invention relates to the use of sensitising dyes of natural origin in photoelectrochemical solar cells and to the process for obtaining such vegetal extracts from fruits and vegetables.
US09218913B2
A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating contains an alkyl-substituted poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) having a certain structure. Such polymers can result in a higher degree of capacitance than many conventional types of coating materials. Further, because the polymers are generally semi-crystalline or amorphous, they can dissipate and/or absorb the heat associated with the high voltage. The degree of surface contact between the conductive coating and the surface of the metal substrate may also be enhanced in the present invention by selectively controlling the manner in which the conductive coating is formed.
US09218909B2
There is provided a multi-layered ceramic electronic component including a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, first and second internal electrodes disposed within the ceramic body so as to face each other, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and a first external electrode electrically connected to the first internal electrodes and a second external electrode electrically connected to the second internal electrodes, wherein the first and second external electrodes include a conductive metal and glass and further include a second phase material occupying an area of 1 to 80% with respect to an area of glass in the first and second external electrodes.
US09218907B2
A crystalline perovskite crystalline composite paraelectric material includes nano-regions containing rich N3− anions dispersed in a nano-grain sized matrix of crystalline oxide perovskite material, wherein (ABO3−δ)α-(ABO3−δ−γNγ)1−α. A represents a divalent element, B represents a tetravalent element, γ satisfies 0.005≦γ≦1.0, 1−α satisfies 0.05≦1−α≦0.9, and 1−α is an area ratio between the regions containing rich N3− anions and the matrix of remaining oxide perovskite material.
US09218900B2
A high voltage bushing including a hollow insulator and a conductor extending through the hollow insulator and including a hollow conductor fixed at the ends of the hollow insulator. The conductor includes a supporting part arranged inside the hollow conductor, the supporting part extends in the longitudinal direction of the hollow conductor and the supporting part is adapted to support the hollow conductor in order to increase the stiffness of the conductor and thereby decrease the static deflection of the conductor in the hollow insulator.
US09218895B2
A memory card and methods for testing memory cards are disclosed herein. The memory card has a test interface that allows testing large numbers of memory cards together. Each memory card may have a serial data I/O contact and a test select contact. The memory cards may only send data via the serial data I/O contact when selected, which may allow many memory cards to be connected to the same serial data line during test. Moreover, existing test socket boards may be used without adding additional external circuitry. Thus, cost effective testing of memory cards is provided. In some embodiments, the test interface allows for a serial built in self test (BIST).
US09218892B2
Potential errors that might result from operating logic and/or memory circuits at an insufficient operating voltage are identified by electrically altering nodes of replica or operational circuits so that the electrically altered nodes are susceptible to errors. The electrically altered nodes in an embodiment are controlled using parametric drivers. A minimized operating voltage can be selected by operating at a marginal operating voltage and detecting a voltage threshold at which errors in the electrically altered nodes are detected, for example.
US09218889B1
A circuit includes a non-volatile memory, a calibration circuit, and a sense amplifier. The sense amplifier senses a state of a memory cell during sensing. The sense amplifier includes a differential circuit having a first input coupled to a reference current source, a second input, and an output coupled to the calibration circuit during a calibration mode. A calibration current source is configured to be coupled to the second input of the differential current sensing circuit during the calibration mode and decoupled from the second input during the sensing mode. A variable current source is coupled to the differential current sensing circuit and the calibration circuit. The calibration circuit tests a plurality of currents of the variable current source during the calibration mode and selects one of the plurality of currents. The sense amplifier senses using the selected one of the plurality of currents.
US09218879B2
A check engine includes comparators, where each comparator has flash cells. Each comparator is configured to store at least one reference bit included in a set of reference bits defining a first pattern. Each comparator also includes an input for presenting at least one target bit included in a set of target bits defining a second pattern. Each comparator is configured to produce an output representing a level of matching between the at least one target bit and the at least one reference bit. The check engine is configured such that the outputs of the comparators are combined to produce a combined output that is compared to a reference signal to determine whether there is a match between the first pattern and the second pattern.
US09218870B2
To increase a storage capacity of a memory module per unit area, and to provide a memory module with low power consumption, a transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor film, a silicon carbide film, a gallium nitride film, or the like, which is highly purified and has a wide band gap of 2.5 eV or higher is used for a DRAM, so that a retention period of potentials in a capacitor can be extended. Further, a memory cell has n capacitors with different capacitances and the n capacitors are each connected to a corresponding one of n data lines, so that a variety of the storage capacitances can be obtained and multilevel data can be stored. The capacitors may be stacked for reducing the area of the memory cell.
US09218867B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes: a nonvolatile memory that stores data according to a write access; an address memory that stores a first address described with a gray code; a first counter that counts up the first address for each write access, generates a second address as the count-up result, and supplies the second address to the nonvolatile memory; a rounding circuit configured to calculate a third address that is equal to or larger than a final output of the first counter and larger than the first address by one or a power of two after a series of write accesses is completed; and a controller that rewrites the third address in the address memory.
US09218862B1
An integrated circuit may have circuitry that includes a storage circuit, a processing circuit, and at least one state register to implement a finite-state machine. The storage circuit may store base addresses and output data for each state of the finite-state machine. The storage circuit may further store offset values that are based on the input data to the finite-state machine and the state transition from a current state to a next state caused by the input data. The processing circuit may compute the address of the storage circuit location where the output data of the next state is stored. The computation of this address may depend on the offset value and base address of the current state. The state register may receive the address from the processing circuit, store the address, and perform the corresponding memory access operation on the storage circuit.
US09218860B2
A memory includes a memory array, read circuitry, and a strobe generator. The read circuitry is configured to provide read data from the memory array in response to a read request, wherein the read circuitry provides the read data in accordance with a first clock. The strobe generator is configured to provide a strobe signal with the read data, wherein the strobe generator provides the strobe signal in accordance with a second clock. The second clock is out of phase with the first clock by a phase in a range of 30 degrees to 150 degrees.
US09218859B2
A semiconductor memory device comprises: a plurality of on-die termination circuits connected to each of a plurality of input/output pads; and a control circuit for controlling the on-die termination circuit. The on-die termination circuit comprises: a pull-up element connected between a first terminal and an output terminal; and a pull-down element connected between the output terminal and a second terminal. The pull-up element is driven by a first pull-up element driver, and the pull-down element is driven by a first pull-down element driver. The control circuit activates a plurality of the on-die termination circuits at different timings.
US09218855B2
An access detection section detects access to an access object circuit and outputs a signal which restricts switching the access object circuit from a first operation state to a second operation state (low power consumption operation state) in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the first operation state (normal operation state) until no-access period which lasts from last access to next access reaches a first period. An operation control section controls operation of the access object circuit according to the output of the access detection section.
US09218852B2
An apparatus includes a first semiconductor device including a memory core. The apparatus also includes a second semiconductor device including periphery circuitry associated with the memory core. The second semiconductor device includes a second serializer/deserializer communication interface coupled to a first serializer/deserializer communication interface of a memory controller.
US09218850B1
A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium having improved signal-to-noise ratio capabilities includes a high-temperature exchange break layer (EBL) inserted between magnetic recording layers, where the high-temperature exchange break layer material is capable of maintaining its chemical properties at temperatures exceeding 300° C. The high-temperature EBL may include a non-metallic compound including at least one of an oxide, a carbide, and a nitride.
US09218848B1
Techniques are described for dynamically restructuring an encoded video stream to support a wide range of high-speed playback with accompanying visual feedback of the underlying video content. For a particular range of playback speeds, frames in each fragment are retained or dropped based on the encoded dependencies among the frames in the fragment and the selected playback speed. The set of frames in each fragment is analyzed to determine the optimal pattern of frames to retain or drop for a given playback speed. The time stamps of the retained frames are adjusted to achieve the proper spacing for the decoder.
US09218845B2
Systems and method relating generally to data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for utilizing multiple data streams for data recovery from a storage device. As an example, a data processing system is discussed that includes a first read head and a second read head each operable to sense information on a storage medium. A synthesizer circuit is operable to determine a quality metric based upon a signal to noise ratio of a first preamble pattern compared with a signal to noise ratio of a second preamble pattern. A balancing circuit is operable to generate a composite output as a combination of a first data set derived from the first read head a second data set derived from the second read head based at least in part on the quality metric.
US09218836B2
Systems that include an energy source configured to provide transverse electric (TE) mode energy; a channel waveguide configured to receive energy from the energy source, the channel waveguide having at least one mirror plane; and a near field transducer (NFT) configured to receive energy from the channel waveguide, the NFT having at least one mirror plane.
US09218829B2
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT including a peg having five surfaces, the peg including a first material, the first material including gold (Au), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), or combinations thereof; an overlying structure; and at least one intermixing layer, positioned between the peg and the overlying structure, the at least one intermixing layer positioned on at least one of the five surfaces of the peg, the intermixing layer including at least the first material and a second material.
US09218817B2
An encoder and a method for encoding a digital signal are provided. The method includes encoding a preceding frame of samples of the digital signal according to a predictive encoding process, and encoding a current frame of samples of the digital signal according to a transform encoding process. The method is implemented such that a first portion of the current frame is also encoded by predictive encoding that is limited relative to the predictive encoding of the preceding frame by reusing at least one parameter of the predictive encoding of the preceding frame and only encoding the parameters of said first portion of the current frame that are not reused. A decoder and a decoding method are also provided, which correspond to the described encoding method.
US09218816B2
In a DAC device, a distortion correction function g1(x) of a harmonic obtained from a result of a frequency analysis on an analog output signal of a DAC circuit is obtained. A correction value is determined based on the correction function g1(x) in accordance with an input digital signal, and is previously stored in a memory. A nonlinear correction circuit reads a corresponding correction value from the memory in accordance with the value of a digital signal output from a digital filter, and transmits the correction value to a subtractor. The subtractor subtracts the correction value from the digital signal output from the digital filter.
US09218814B2
The invention discloses a cross monitoring method and system based on voiceprint recognition and location tracking, belonging to the field of monitoring systems. The invention collects personal information and voice samples of a monitored individual and constructs a voiceprint model thereof, and collects location information thereof and voiceprint information through a positioning communication device and/or wireless communication network service, which are compared with the stored information in a repository; output a complete report reflecting the human body movement trace and actual non-compliance with the restrictions for a supervisory staff or other person of authority to inspect and evaluate the performance of the monitored individual. The supervisory staff can request and evaluate the statistical analysis report concerning the activity performance of the monitored individual, observe the movement trace and the state thereof, and/or adjust the monitoring scheme thereof according to the performance. The invention realizes the remote location tracking of the monitored individual, also realizes non-contact biological identity recognition of the monitored individual and satisfies the need of remote and non-contact monitoring of the monitored individual. The invention can be widely applied to the non-contact electronic monitoring and identity recognition field.
US09218811B2
An electronic device for managing voice entered text using gesturing comprises a housing, display, power source, speech recognition module, gesture recognition module, and processor. A first speech input is detected, and textual words are displayed. One or more swipe gestures are detected, and a direction of the swipe gesture(s) is determined. Each textual word is highlighted one-by-one along a path of the direction of the swipe gesture(s) highlighting for each swipe gesture. For one embodiment, a second speech input may be detected and a highlighted textual word may be substituted with a second textual word. For another embodiment, a type of the swipe gesture(s) may be determined. A textual word adjacent to a currently highlighted word may be highlighted next for the first type, and a textual word non-adjacent to the currently highlighted word may be highlighted next for the second type.
US09218806B1
Features are disclosed for selecting and using multiple transforms associated with a particular remote device for use in automatic speech recognition (“ASR”). Each transform may be based on statistics that have been generated from processing utterances that share some characteristic (e.g., acoustic characteristics, time frame within which the utterances where processed, etc.). When an utterance is received from the remote device, a particular transform or set of transforms may be selected for use in speech processing based on data obtained from the remote device, speech processing of a portion of the utterance, speech processing of prior utterances, etc. The transform or transforms used in processing the utterances may then be updated based on the results of the speech processing.
US09218803B2
A system, method and computer readable medium that enhances a speech database for speech synthesis is disclosed. The method may include labeling audio files in a primary speech database, identifying segments in the labeled audio files that have varying pronunciations based on language differences, identifying replacement segments in a secondary speech database, enhancing the primary speech database by substituting the identified secondary speech database segments for the corresponding identified segments in the primary speech database, and storing the enhanced primary speech database for use in speech synthesis.
US09218802B2
The number of signal lines connecting an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body is reduced or wireless communication is realized by reducing a volume of data of reception signals outputted from plural ultrasonic transducers. The ultrasonic probe includes: plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves according to drive signals and receiving ultrasonic echoes to output reception signals; signal processing units for performing orthogonal detection processing or orthogonal sampling processing on the reception signals to generate two signals representing a complex baseband signal; sampling units for sampling the two signals to generate parallel sample data; a serializing unit for converting the parallel sample data into serial sample data; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the serial sample data.
US09218798B1
Provided is a voice assist device in an electronic musical instrument in which tone selection or a sound setting corresponding to a key is performed in advance by pressing the operation button 1 while pressing one of the keys in the keyboard 2, including a changed state recognizing unit 3 that recognizes from a pressed key a changed state of tone selection or a sound setting determined corresponding to the key in advance, a setting item name storing unit 4 that stores a setting item name of the tone selection or sound setting as voice data, and a sound emitting unit 5 that emits a setting item name corresponding to the changed state, and the changed state recognizing unit 3 includes a voice assist recognizing unit 6 that detects a depression for a preset time or more of the operation button 1 prior to a depression of the key.
US09218793B2
A tile-based graphics processor includes tile processing circuitry that has both a tile buffer and a per-pixel general purpose data store. The per-pixel general purpose data store is read accessible and write accessible by the tile processing circuitry to store intermediate values. These intermediate values are generated by the tile processing circuitry and then consumed by the tile processing circuitry to generate the output values for the tile being processed.
US09218779B2
Provided are a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device and a driving method thereof. A method of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: transferring a pull-up signal to a corresponding gate line formed in an in-cell touch panel during an image output period in one frame and, after the pull-up signal is outputted during the image output period, turning on a first pull-down transistor or a second pull-down transistor to transfer a pull-down signal to the gate line; and detecting a touch by using a touch electrode formed in the in-cell touch panel while the stage turns on the first pull-down transistor and the second pull-down transistor to transfer the pull-down signal to the corresponding gate line, during a touch sensing period in the one frame, wherein, the stages sequentially transfer the pull-up signal to the respective gate lines.
US09218774B2
A driving system for a liquid crystal display apparatus and a method thereof are provided, the driving system comprises a data-latching circuit, a synchronous-signal separating module, a vertical synchronous-signal discriminator, a vertical synchronous-signal counter, a horizontal synchronous-signal discriminator, a data operator and a polarity-signal generator. The vertical synchronous-signal discriminator outputs a start signal to the polarity-signal generator when vertical synchronous signals exist. The vertical synchronous-signal counter accumulates an amount of the vertical synchronous signals, and outputs an accumulated result to the data operator. The horizontal synchronous-signal discriminator sends the start signal to the data operator. The data operator subtracts odd sub-pixel data from even sub-pixel data of RGB data in a horizontal line or subtracts the even sub-pixel date from the odd sub-pixel date to obtain an Msum value, and controls the polarity-signal generator output polar-controlling signals to scan lines according to the Msum value and the accumulated result.
US09218771B2
The present application provides a an image compensation method for side-emitting backlight comprising steps of: S1, dividing the display screen into several regions; S2, arranging virtual light sources at one side of each region where actual light sources are located for imitating the actual light sources; S3, inputting a pixel value and a coordinate of the point to be compensated; S4, computing a ratio value between an all-full-lighting backlight brightness of the point to be compensated when fully lighted and an all-reduced backlight brightness of the point to be compensated when reduced in brightness; S5, obtaining a compensation factor of the point to be compensated, according to the ratio value; S6, compensating the pixel value of the point to be compensated by using the compensation factor; S7, determining whether all the points to be compensated in the image to be compensated have been compensated or not.
US09218768B2
Disclosed an organic light-emitting diode display device in which the number of signal lines is minimized by sharing a predetermined signal line between adjacent pixels in a display panel having a plurality of signal lines formed therein, thereby improving an aperture ratio. The organic light-emitting diode display device includes a display panel defining pixels, a gate driver, a data driver, a multiplexer (MUX) electrically connecting an output terminal of the data driver and the pixels into a 1:1, 1:N (N is a natural number) or N:N structure, and a timing controller. Accordingly, the MUX is provided between the data driver and the pixels, and each pixel and signal lines are selectively connected through the MUX, so that it is possible to reduce the number of Integrated chips (ICs) provided by allowing a compensation circuit built in the data driver.
US09218767B2
Disclosed herein is a display device in which light emitting elements of a plurality of colors including a light emitting element emitting blue light are formed in each pixel on a substrate on which a transistor is formed for each sub-pixel, and a plurality of pixels formed with sub-pixels of the plurality of colors as a unit are arranged in a form of a matrix, wherein relative positional relation between transistors of sub-pixels of respective light emission colors including blue light and a light emitting section of a light emitting element emitting the blue light is laid out such that distances between the transistors of the sub-pixels of the respective light emission colors including the blue light and the light emitting section of the light emitting element emitting the blue light are equal to each other for the respective colors.
US09218765B2
A display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver for transmitting scan signals to the plurality of pixels; a data driver for transmitting data signals to the plurality of pixels; and an initialization control driver for generating and transmitting an initialization signal to initialize data voltages corresponding to the data signals of a previous frame charged in the plurality of pixels during a first period of one frame.
US09218759B2
A method and a system to decrease the appearance of undesirable straight lines on a picture which are not part of the intended image, on announcement surfaces as street announcing boards, airport and train station announcers, street and indoors announcing boards, conference displays, TV and computer monitors and the like, which discloses a hexagonal module populated with individual pixels of light origination, the combination of many such hexagonal modules being able to substantially cover the desired surface. Within each module the light pixels are arranged in row-column, hexagonal close-packed or other industrially easy to produce order, yet breaking the display edge-to-edge row-column matrix arrangement used by previous display devices. The invention also discloses a hexagon shaped module which breaks the continuous seam line between adjoining square or rectangular blocks of light, and also discloses smaller variations within each hexagonal module, to further breaks the continuity of pixel light positioning from one haxagonal module to the next ones.
US09218753B2
A simulated tissue structure for practicing surgical techniques is provided. In particular, a realistic organ model or tissue portion for practicing the removal of a tumor or other undesired tissue followed by suturing a remnant defect as part of the same surgical procedure is provided. The simulated tissue structure includes an artificial tumor disposed between layers of elastomeric material and mounted on a simulated organ wall or tissue portion. The simulated tissue structure is modular and interchangeable. At least one of the layers includes a mesh reinforcement. A defect comprising two juxtapositioned surfaces defining a gap between the surfaces is created in the simulated tissue structure and the trainee practices tumor removal and closure of the gap by suturing in a laparoscopic environment.
US09218750B2
Devices which contain tactile and visually readable identifying indicia to assist the visually handicapped in identifying room numbers and the contents of items such as condiment shakers and liquid containers. The visually readable indicia allow a sighted person to correctly associate the device with the proper item to be identified. The devices take the form of bands which fit around the condiment holders, tags which may be attached to items by tying or adhering, and sleeves which may partially or fully surround the item. The identifying devices for room numbers may be clip-on sleeves for doorknobs or plates which attach to peep-hole tubes.
US09218742B2
Described are a system and a method for airport noise monitoring. The system may include (a) a data receiving arrangement receiving, from a data source, information corresponding to an airport; (b) a data comparing arrangement comparing the received information to noise rules; and (c) an alert generating arrangement generating a noise alert based on the comparison of the received information to the noise rules.
US09218730B2
Systems (100) and methods (1300) for selectively preventing an unauthorized detachment of a security tag (100) from an article (114). The methods involve: coupling the security tag to the article by locking a tack assembly (110) to a securement member (206) disposed within a housing (104) of the security tag; guiding an external tool (102) into a channel (500) formed within the security tag for releasing the tack assembly from the securement member; and obstructing the external tool's access to the securement member by biasing a post (602) into a first position in which the post at least partially extends into the channel. A magnetic field may be applied to the security tag so as to transition the post from the first position to a second position in which the external tool's access to the securement member is no longer obstructed by the post.
US09218727B2
One embodiment may take the form of a method of reducing noise from vibration of a device on a hard surface. The method includes activating a haptic device to indicate an alert and sensing an audible level during activation of the haptic device. Additionally, the method includes determining if the audible level exceeds a threshold and initiating mitigation routines to reduce the audible level to a level below the threshold if the threshold is exceeded.
US09218711B2
A gaming system, device and method are operable upon a bet. The system, in one embodiment, receives a bet related to a plurality of different outcome generators. The system provides an award based, at least in part, on consecutive occurrences of a competition outcome.
US09218700B2
A system is provided that includes a wireless communication device (or end device), a vehicle having a central module, and a key provisioning server. The key provisioning server is communicatively coupled to the wireless communication device and the central module via wireless connections. The central module can establish a wireless connection with the wireless communication device to initiate a current communication session. When the wireless connection is established with the central module, the wireless communication device communicates a request message to request temporary security information (e.g., public key and/or a digital certificate). The key provisioning server can then provide, in response to the request message, the temporary security information to the wireless communication device and/or the central module. The temporary security information can then be used to encrypt communications between the wireless communication device and the central module.
US09218691B1
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for specifying scene programs, where the effect of executing a particular scene program is to generate a sequence of graphics commands. The application programming interface is extended to include calls used to specify a high-level scene program. Upon receiving a high-level scene program, the graphics driver generates a machine code scene program. When an application program emits a call to execute one or more machine code scene programs, the graphics driver transmits corresponding scene programs execution commands to the graphics pre-processing unit. For each scene program execution command, the graphics pre-processing unit processes instructions, programmatically reconfigures the graphics pipeline based on the execution of the machine code scene program, and launches one or more parallel threads that execute commands within the graphics pipeline. Advantageously, using scene programs, application developers may tailor application programs to more effectively dispatch tasks to the GPU.
US09218690B2
A method 10 of modeling hyperspectral images includes building a scene in a first frame with objects and materials using a three dimensional modeling tool 16, selecting one or more hyperspectral bands and changing the reflectivity of each object and material 20 in the scene to correspond to reflectivity in the hyperspectral bands, changing the emissivity of a spectral source 24 for each object and material in the scene to correspond to the emissivity of the spectral source in the hyperspectral bands, rendering the scene to generate a hyperspectral image 28, and repeating the process for subsequent frames 30.
US09218687B2
An system and method for displaying a position of a medical device disposed within a region of interest in a body are provided. The system includes a position sensing system disposed outside of the body and configured to interact with a position sensor on the medical device upon generation of an electric and/or magnetic field. The sensor generates a position signal indicative of the position of the device within a coordinate system. The system further includes an electronic control unit comprising a registration module for registering a volumetric data set within the coordinate system. The unit further comprises a generation module for generating a volumetric rendering of the region of interest from the volumetric data set and a superimposition module for superimposing a representation of the medical device on the volumetric rendering responsive to the position signal.
US09218681B2
An image processing apparatus for compositing a plurality of images that are shot with different exposures, comprises an object detection unit configured to detect object regions from the images; a main object determination unit configured to determine a main object region from among the object regions; a distance calculation unit configured to calculate object distance information regarding distances to the main object region for the object regions; and a compositing unit configured to composite the object regions of the plurality of images using a compositing method based on the object distance information, so as to generate a high dynamic range image.
US09218676B2
Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for displaying computer dashboard information are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, historical values associated with time intervals are displayed in a single gauge. The historical values are arranged in such a manner that at least one of the historical values is contrasted against a current value for comparison as a single metric. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages.
US09218675B2
Client-side and server-side methods for displaying points of interest (POIs) within a map displayed on a client computing device are presented. In an example, the method includes transmitting a request for map data and receiving, in response, map data and POI data related to the request. The method further includes filtering POIs in the POI data to determine one or more sets of POIs wherein each POI in any set of POIs is within a predetermined distance from the other POIs in the set. The method includes creating a merged icon for the set of POIs, the merged icon comprising a collection of layered icons and creating a merged, multi-line label for the set of POIs, wherein each label is associated with a corresponding one POI in the set. The method also includes displaying, for each set of POIs, the merged icon adjacent to the merged, multi-line label.
US09218673B2
A system and method for obtaining image information of features of a sample article using non-visible light is described. In one embodiment, a visible light filter is used on a camera to block out the visible light spectrum. The non-visible light is used to generate a colorless image of the sample article that includes the features of the sample article without the color information. Subsequent false color rendering of all or portions of the colorless image can be used to generate a visual representation of the sample article having a desired false color. The false color rendering of the sample article can be used in a catalog, brochure, website, advertisement, or any other publication or visual presentation.
US09218669B1
A method for image ghost removal is provided. The method for image ghost removal includes receiving an image and a background model related to the image, and generating a foreground mask based on the image and the background model. The method also includes identifying image ghosts within the foreground mask, and updating the background model to eliminate the image ghosts.
US09218662B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for exchanging images. In use, one or more images are received at a server. Additionally, the one or more images are analyzed. Further, image processing code is outputted referencing the one or more images, based on the analysis of the one or more images. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.
US09218659B2
A method obtains a magnetic resonance (MR) spectrum of a voxel in a magnetic resonance (MR) image obtained from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. The method includes configuring a sampling pattern of k-space data; sampling predetermined data from the k-space data based on the configured sampling pattern; and obtaining the MR spectrum of the voxel by using the sampled data.
US09218657B2
A method of analyzing a spinal region of a subject. The method includes steps of obtaining a first sagittal image of the spinal region of the subject using an upright magnetic resonance imaging unit; identifying a first vertebral edge on a first side of a first disc in the first sagittal image; identifying a second vertebral edge on a second side of the first disc in the first sagittal image; and determining a first angle between the first vertebral edge and the second vertebral edge for the first disc.
US09218654B2
An apparatus for recognizing an object may include a lens, a camera and a signal-processing unit. The lens may include two cross sections having different focal lengths. The camera may be configured to photograph the object having a first part through the lens. The first part may have a first shape. The signal-processing unit may be configured to recognize a height of the first part based on deviations of the first shape in an image obtained from the camera. Thus, the apparatus may only include the cylindrical lens interposed between the object and the camera except for the softwares for processing the signals. As a result, the apparatus may have a simple structure without a structure of a laser irradiation.
US09218646B1
A method plans paths of a set of mobile sensors with changeable positions and orientations in an environment. Each sensor includes a processor, an imaging system and a communication system. A desired resolution of coverage of the environment is defined, and an achieved resolution of the coverage is initialized. For each time instant and each sensor, an image of the environment is acquired using the imaging system. The achieved resolution is updated according to the image. The sensor is moved to a next position and orientation based on the achieved resolution and the desired resolution. Then, local information of the sensor is distributed to other sensors using the communication system to optimize a coverage of the environment.
US09218645B2
An image processing method includes: storing a threshold matrix for quantization processing of input image data, applying mask processing to an abnormal recording element based on abnormal recording element information, correcting a correspondence relationship between a recording element and a threshold such that processing of a pixel to be formed by the abnormal recording element subjected to mask processing is excluded and the continuity of a pattern of the threshold matrix is maintained, and performing quantization processing using a corrected threshold matrix.
US09218643B2
A system for registering images includes an image registration unit. The image registration unit is configured to receive first image data for a first image in an N-dimensional space, receive second image data for a second image in the N-dimensional space, calculate a field of update vectors that maps the first image into a moving image, and map the first image into the moving image using the field of update vectors such that the moving image more closely matches the second image. The field of update vectors includes a plurality of N+M dimensional update vectors, each update vector having N spatial components and M extra components. N is a number greater than zero, and M is a number greater than zero. The M extra components of the plurality of update vectors identify portions of the first image that are assigned external values during the mapping the first image into the moving image.
US09218637B2
A method of making a video stream from a plurality of viewports within large format imagery is described. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving a plurality of viewports within a plurality of images, each image being arranged as a matrix of tiles, from a file container. The method includes inputting parameters including an identification of a plurality of records where the plurality of images containing the plurality of viewports are stored, an origin of each of the plurality of viewports and a pixel width and a pixel height of each of the plurality viewports. The method further includes requesting the plurality of viewports from the file container using the parameters; and reading data of each of the plurality of viewports starting from the origin of each or the plurality of viewports. The method may further include arranging the plurality of viewports as a video codestream of a group of pictures.
US09218635B2
According to various embodiments, a load planning system is provided for simulating shipments based on a shipping entity's planned routing of packages and a shipper's (e.g., shipping entity customer) historical shipping volume. By using the load planning system to simulate shipments according to a variety of package routing plans, a user of the load planning system may identify shipping routes along which certain shipments may by-pass the sorting process of regional shipping hubs. These by-passing routes allow the shipping entity to provide the shipper with more efficient and less costly shipping options according to various embodiments.
US09218631B2
A device configured in a unitary housing which includes a computing device with memory that stores energy information. A power supply and prongs attach to the power supply in the same unitary housing, wherein the prongs are configured to plug into a wall outlet.
US09218629B2
The present disclosure provides for prioritization and display of relevant news information for at least one watched contact in order to present only news of interest about a user's contacts to a user. A news information spike analysis of news information associated with a watched contact determines whether the watched contact has experienced a news information spike during a time period. News information associated with a news information spike is retrieved and at least one news information item representative of the news information spike are selected and presented in a user interface.
US09218620B2
A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box without disturbing or affecting any other part of the host Web page being displayed. Beneficially, the first and second revolutions may be communicated to a user computer together with and at a same time as the host Web page. Also, the second revolution may include a variety of data which is selected or customized to match the user data submitted in the first revolution. Each revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box may be comprised of any combination of general textual data entry fields, category (pull-down) menus, contact information data entry fields, and opt-in/opt-out buttons.
US09218615B2
A system and method for predicting a performance of a target advertisement placement via a simulation for optimum tuning is disclosed. A simulator receives a set of queries from a production engine, selects a subset of simulation queries from the queries by filtering, modifies query parameters as needed, transmits the simulation queries to the target engine for simulation, collects search results from the target engine, and computes a summary metric, which includes data fields retrieved from the search results and quantities calculated by using a prediction model derived from a production data warehouse. The simulator may further produce a simulation report, an indicator of performance prediction for the target engine, which comprises multiple metrics for the target engine, calculated with varying engine parameters.
US09218613B2
The present invention is a short message service (“SMS”) based interactive information and marketing system, which provides the User with a means to rapidly and effectively communicate with its customer base. The system represented by this invention is a completely voluntary, opted-in system, by which the customer provides its mobile telephone number or the telephone number of its chosen mobile device to the User and requests that the User forward marketing, promotional and informational materials to the customer. The present invention permits the customer to request that certain product specific information be transmitted by the User to the customer visa short message service (“SMS”) text, as said information becomes available. The present invention permits both the User and the customer to transmit a URL link from the User's website to a mobile number via short message service (“SMS”) text directly from the web site page. The present invention permits the User to forward via short message service (“SMS”) text, a Short Cut Icon to reside on the home page of the customer's mobile phone or mobile device, which when clicked, will act as a short-cut to the User's web site.
US09218610B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify usage of quick response codes. An example method includes inspecting a received request to identify a QR code associated with the request, the request being received from a device in response to an instruction included in the QR code. The example method further includes storing a record indicating access to the identified QR code. The example method further includes determining a redirect universal resource locator (URL) associated with the identified QR code. The example method further includes transmitting a redirect message to the device, the redirect message to instruct the device to navigate to the redirect URL.
US09218609B2
A computer-implemented method provides customizable brand experiences. The method includes providing a server coupled to a storage system and coupled to a network. The storage system stores end-user data, associated with a first plurality of brands, and a second plurality of end-users. Additionally the method includes operating the sever to run a plurality of modules, each module associated with at least one of the brands and customized to provide an outcome message as an output, conditioned on a change in end-user data from one state to another state, wherein the change from the one state to the other state is further conditioned on receipt by the server of a programmable pattern of a set of trigger messages. Finally, the method includes making the outcome message available over the network to an outcome destination client.
US09218608B2
A method of delivering a discount on a purchasable item via a cellular message includes capturing a token of the item by a cellular device. The cellular device processes the token and sends a message artifact as a cellular message, such as SMS message. A discount service computer receives and parses the message artifact, and reconstructs the token. The token is matched to a record of an eligibility database, if any exist, or else a corresponding record for the token is generated. A discount database is accessed for a discount coupon relevant to the record and the purchasable item identity. The discount coupon is sent to the cellular device as a text message. A benefit processor may adjudicate an insured coverage, if applicable. The item is discounted at point of purchase, accounting for any insurance coverage, and the applicable record of the discount database is updated.
US09218606B2
A system and method for monitoring a brand sentiment through a plurality of different web sources are provided. The method comprises receiving a request to monitor a brand; searching the plurality of web sources for multimedia content elements related to the brand; generating at least one signature for each multimedia content element determined to be related to the brand, wherein each of the at least one generated signatures represents a concept; and correlating the concepts respective of the generated signatures to determine a context of the multimedia content elements determined to be related to the brand, wherein the context is the brand sentiment.
US09218603B2
A Conference System that allows Advisors to offer conference sessions to Users who buy conference session time through the system. All conference sessions shall be conducted over the phone. During the conference session, the Advisor shall be talking while all the Users shall be in listening only mode in order to maintain the Users privacy. Advisors and Users can email each other through the system message center before the conference session. During the conference session, the User and Advisor can chat real time online to answer specific questions. The Advisor and Users information such name, address, bank information, credit card info, email, phone numbers, etc are kept confidential through out the process and only “Account Name” is disclosed. The price per conference session varies from conference session to conference session. Each Advisor sets their individual conference session rate.
US09218595B2
The disclosed embodiments include a mobile client device for automatically performing a mobile financial service function, including a memory storing software instructions, the software instructions including a mobile financial service application configured to perform financial service processes. The system may also include and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to detect a physical action performed on the mobile client device, and determine a first financial service function to perform based on the detected physical action, wherein the first financial service function is a function provided by the mobile financial service application. The one or more processors may also determine whether verification of a user is required, verify the user if verification of the user is required, and automatically initiate the first financial service function.
US09218577B2
There is provided an electric power generation amount estimation device, including a solar power generation device identification portion that identifies a solar power generation device that generates electric power by receiving irradiation of sunlight, a sunlight amount calculation portion that estimates and calculates an amount of sunlight, and an electric power generation amount calculation portion that calculates an amount of electric power to be generated by the solar power generation device, based on information about the solar power generation device identified by the solar power generation device identification portion and about the amount of sunlight calculated by the sunlight amount calculation portion.
US09218576B2
This invention relates to a method and a system of silhouette image representation of a subject located at a remote location. Input data relating to the remote location are received, one or more graphical indicator indicating graphically at least one local condition at the remote location is obtained based on the received input data, and the one or more graphical indicators are incorporated in the silhouette image.
US09218575B2
I/O parameters are adjusted based on a number of errors detected in a received training signal. A controller device sends the training signal while a memory device is in a training mode. The memory device samples the training signal and the system causes an adjustment to at least one I/O parameter based on a detected number of errors. Either the controller or the memory device can perform the error detection, depending on the configuration of the system. Either an I/O parameter of the controller or an I/O parameter of the memory device can be adjusted, depending on the configuration of the system.
US09218561B2
The examples describe the integration of a RFID tag with a touch sensor.
US09218547B2
A method and an apparatus for recognizing characters using an image are provided. A camera is activated according to a character recognition request and a preview mode is set for displaying an image photographed through the camera in real time. An auto focus of the camera is controlled and an image having a predetermined level of clarity is obtained for character recognition from the images obtained in the preview mode. The image for character recognition is character-recognition-processed so as to extract recognition result data. A final recognition character row is drawn that excludes non-character data from the recognition result data. A first word is combined including at least one character of the final recognition character row and a predetermined maximum number of characters. A dictionary database that stores dictionary information on various languages using the first word is searched, so as to provide the user with the corresponding word.
US09218544B2
Predicting likely fingerprint information (most likely finger, orientation, or otherwise), responsive to situational information or spatial orientation, for matching with a function button. The device determines first, second, and further likely choices. Responsive to display orientation and an accelerometer, the device determines whether the function button is on the right or left. Responsive to recent movement, the device determines the user's most likely hand movements. Responsive to a lifetime average, situational information, or accessories coupled to the device, the device determines the user's most likely finger choice. Responsive to most likely choice, the device can de-crypt match information while collecting fingerprints.
US09218541B1
An image grid system is provided that includes a network manager device and a database. The network manager device is configured to communicatively connect to an interface device and to receive images. The network manager device includes a relational component and a grid generation component. The relational component is configured to determine at least one relationship among two or more images from the interface device and analyze the two or more images to associate at least one character of the images. The grid generation component is configured to generate an image grid with a plurality of viewpoints about the image grid and populate the viewpoints with the two or more images based on the determined relationship and association of the two or more images. The grid generation component is further configured to generate a display of the image grid. The database is communicatively connected to the network manager device. The database stores the images, image relationships, image associations and/or image parameters.
US09218539B2
Uploading an image to a website server receives position data defining an image area on a display screen of an image to be uploaded. An image file is created of the image area and uploads the image to the website server. In some examples, the position data are provided by a pointing device with an image upload button.
US09218538B2
Methods and systems for detecting an object borderline. A first image with respect to the object can be captured by an image-capturing unit without a flash light and borderlines of the object can be detected. If the detection is successful, the detected borderlines can be outputted. Otherwise, a second image with respect to the object can be captured by the image-capturing unit by applying a flash light and the borderlines can be detected in the image. A geometric transformation between the two images can then be estimated. Finally, the border lines in the first image can be determined by transforming the borderlines detected in the second image. Such an approach effectively detects the appliance borderlines and avoids artifacts caused by applying flash.
US09218537B2
An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: acquiring a picked image; selecting pixels, which are adjacent to each other, to be connected based on value of the pixels in the image; generating a pixel connected area which includes the connected pixels; extracting a feature point from an outer edge of the pixel connected area; and calculating a moved amount of the feature point on the basis of the feature point of a plurality of images that have been picked at the first time and the second time by the acquiring.
US09218534B1
An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of arranging a digital camera on a vehicle body, operating the digital camera to provide an image file depicting an image of a scene related to vehicle operation on a road, in a computer memory, receiving from the memory the image file depicting pixels of an image of the scene related to vehicle operation on a road, and using an analysis of the pixels to generate an illumination invariant image of the scene. A further process step includes using the illumination invariant image to analyze the road scene for painted road markings.
US09218532B2
A light receiver records images of light beams originating from a neighborhood of lights, and demodulates identifiers (IDs) from them at determined image positions. The receiver retrieves a set of neighbor IDs for each demodulated ID and a real-world position of the corresponding light. The receiver cross-references the demodulated IDs against the retrieved sets of neighbor IDs to reveal errors in the demodulated IDs. The receiver corrects the errors to produce correct IDs each indexing a real-world position that is correctly matched to one of the determined light beam positions. The receiver determines a position of the receiver relative to the light transmitter based on the correctly matched real-world and determined light beam positions.
US09218530B2
Methods and arrangements involving portable devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, are disclosed. One arrangement enables a creator of content to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another arrangement utilizes the camera of a smartphone to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some of the detailed technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09218519B2
Methods and apparatuses for selecting a subset of RFID tags are provided in some embodiments. These methods and apparatuses utilize the susceptibility to light by persistent nodes found in passive tags. Light can be used to intentionally reduce persistence times in a particular subset tags or even an individual tag. Then, persistent nodes can be used as a selection criterion to distinguish previously illuminated tags from non-illuminated tags. In other embodiments, a power circuit receives a RF input source and generates a direct current (DC) output voltage. The circuit includes a bias circuit to supply a gate to source bias, which is independent of the DC output voltage. The circuit further includes a voltage multiplier circuit that is coupled to the bias circuit. The voltage multiplier circuit has MOS transistors with one transistor to receive the gate to source bias.
US09218517B2
A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card is disclosed in which the card reader device comprises a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe, and an output plug adapted to be inserted into a headset jack associated with a host device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe to a host device.
US09218514B2
Provided is a switched-capacitor integrator, a method of operating the switched-capacitor integrator, and apparatuses including the switched-capacitor integrator. The switched-capacitor integrator including an amplifier including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, a first capacitor disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal, and a switched capacitor circuit configured to sample an input signal in response to control signals, and to integrate a difference between a feedback signal and the input signal while sampling the input signal.
US09218504B2
A method and apparatus for a hand-held device for ensuring a secured mode transition. The method includes receiving a request to transition to a mode, determining the mode of the hand-held device, transitioning to a transition mode relevant to the received request, wherein the relevant transition mode ensures that the transition is securely executed, setting the device in accordance with the received request, and transitioning to the mode requested.
US09218503B2
A device may receive a request for analytics information associated with a user device. The device may retrieve application programming interface (API) information associated with the request for analytics information. The API information may include information associated with providing an authorization token and with providing user device information. The device may determine demographic information based on the request for analytics information. The demographic information may be associated with a user of the user device. The device may determine the analytics information based on an analysis of the API information and the demographic information. The device may provide the analytics information.
US09218493B2
A method is provided for generating a human readable passcode to an authorized user including providing a control access datum and a PIN, and generating a unique machine identifier for the user machine. The method further includes modifying the controlled access datum, encrypting the controlled access datum using the PIN and/or a unique machine identifier to camouflage the datum, and generating a passcode using the camouflaged datum and the PIN and/or the unique machine identifier. A mobile user device may be used to execute the method in one embodiment. The passcode may be used to obtain transaction authorization and/or access to a secured system or secured data. The unique machine identifier may be defined by a machine effective speed calibration derived from information collected from and unique to the user machine.
US09218492B2
A programmable display that is connected to a control apparatus controlling apparatuses and that functions as a user interface for the control apparatus, includes a display processing unit displaying, on a display unit, a screen and display objects arranged in the screen; and a storing unit storing, concerning each of a candidate screen, which is a candidate of the screen, and a candidate display object, which is a candidate of the display objects, setting security level information for specifying a level to which the candidate screen or the candidate display object belongs among levels obtained by ranking security in a horizontal division manner and setting security group information for specifying a group to which the candidate screen or the candidate display object belongs among groups obtained by dividing security in a vertical division manner over the levels.
US09218490B2
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for using a trusted platform module for boot policy and secure firmware are disclosed. In one embodiment, a trusted platform module includes a non-volatile memory, a port, and a mapping structure. The port is to receive an input/output transaction from a serial bus. The transaction includes a system memory address in the address space of a processor. The mapping structure is to map the system memory address to a first location in non-volatile memory.
US09218486B2
When using intrusion detection systems, security specialists are concerned with false positive rates and true positive rates. False positives are when an alert is raised, but no actual intrusion occurs. True positives are when an alert is raised for an actual intrusion. Ideally, true positive rate is 1 and false positive rate is zero, but such a situation is impossible in the real world. So one must balance a true positive rate and a false positive rate to produce the best result at the best price. One can simplify the choice of detection sets by, instead of determining each possible operating point of the information detection system, by only choosing operating points that are not dominated by other operating points.
US09218479B2
A method for authenticating a computing device includes: storing an account profile, the profile including data related to a service account including an alphanumeric code; generating a session identifier and a seed value; computing a first hash using the session identifier; computing a second hash using the session identifier and the alphanumeric code; computing a third hash using the second hash and a utilized seed value; transmitting the session identifier to a computing device via a first communication protocol; transmitting the session identifier and first hash to a remote notification service for transmission to the computing device via a second communication protocol; receiving a fourth hash and the session identifier from the computing device via the first communication protocol; validating the fourth hash based on a comparison of the fourth hash and the computed third hash; and transmitting a validation result to the computing device based on the validation step.
US09218475B2
Example embodiments provide various techniques for securing communications within a group of entities. In one example method, a request from an entity to join the group is received and a signed, digital certificate associated with the entity is accessed. Here, the signed, digital certificate is signed with a group private key that is associated with a certification authority for the group. The signed, digital certificate is added to a group roster, and this addition is to admit the entity into the group. The group roster with the signed, digital certificate is itself signed with the group private key and distributed to the group, which includes the entity that transmitted the request. Communication to the entity is then encrypted using the signed, digital certificate included in the group roster.
US09218471B2
Embodiments relate to a method, program product and an information processing device for handling lock functions. The device includes a lock function for restricting user operations and a lock setting unit responsive to the lock function for transitioning the information processing device to a locked state after a period of inactivity. It also includes a lock releasing unit responsive to the lock setting unit for releasing the locked state in response to the input of a predetermined first password and a changing unit responsive to the lock releasing unit for changing the number of characters to be inputted in the first password to release the locked state.
US09218466B2
Systems and methods of detecting copying of computer code or portions of computer code involve generating unique fingerprints from compiled computer binaries. The unique fingerprints are simplified representations of the compiled computer binaries and are compared with each other to identify similarities between the compiled computer binaries. Copying can be detected when there are sufficient similarities between at least portions of two compiled computer binaries.
US09218456B2
A diabetes management system is provided that employs a communication protocol with enhanced security. The diabetes management system includes: a medical device operable to perform a diabetes care function in relation to a patient and store data related to the operation thereof; and a diabetes care manager in data communication with the medical device using a communication protocol defined in accordance with IEEE standard 11073. The diabetes care manager is able to request access to a given security role supported by the medical device, where the given security role is associated with a set of commands that are defined as a private extension of the communication protocol.
US09218455B2
Mobile or embedded devices are dynamically paired with medical applications. By displaying identifying information associated with the medical application and capturing the display with a sensing device, the identifying information may be used by a server to route sensed data from the sensing device to the medical application for the patient. Barcodes or other identifying information may be used. The mobile device may be a smart phone, allowing smart phones to be dynamically paired with the medical application as desired by the user.
US09218453B2
A blood glucose management device is operable to seamlessly provide a sequence of at least two displays of data relating to one or more blood glucose measurements to a user, upon minimal user interaction, with the blood glucose management device.
US09218452B2
An ultrasound imaging system is provided, including a beamformer in communication with a transducer probe to acquire ultrasound image data for communication by a transceiver. An identity server can include a series of profiles each including a unique identifier of an external environment and a unique predefined system setting of the system. A tracking system can scan for a first tag having a unique identifier of a user of the system and for a second tag having a unique identifier of the patient. The identity server is operable to select a match of one of the series of profiles based on the acquired unique identifier and automatically communicate the profile to the transceiver for automatic activation of the system settings to the ultrasound imaging system.
US09218448B2
A method comprises generating a plurality of multiple patterning decompositions associated with a layout of an integrated circuit. Each of the plurality of multiple patterning decompositions comprises a first pattern associated with a first mask, a second pattern associated with a second mask, the first mask and the second mask being two masks of a multiple patterning mask set, a width value associated with at least one of the first pattern or the second pattern, and a spacing value between the first pattern and the second pattern. A file is generated comprising a plurality of dielectric constant values associated with the plurality of multiple patterning decompositions that are based on the width values and the spacing values.
US09218445B2
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing enhanced physical design quality using historical placement analytics in a design of an integrated gate. Mathematical data analysis is performed to determine placement trends in order to seed an initial placement of subsequent physical design placement processes. A placement seed is generated for a subsequent placement process.
US09218429B2
A method of associating a content object with metadata uses a combination of a content identifier and a bounding identifier to enable handling of disparate sets of content identifiers for content objects with potentially conflicting content identifiers. The method receives a content identifier for a content object from among a set of content identifiers. It provides a unique bounding identifier for the set of content identifiers. This unique bounding identifier is used in combination with the content identifier to form a globally unique identifier for the content object. This globally unique identifier is associated with a metadata source, which enables routing of a user to the metadata source.
US09218424B2
A set of context profiles containing profile content rules for filtering which content within a set of personal productivity applications (such as e-mail, chat, calendar, and contacts applications) is accessible by a user. Content rules support filtering content by, for example, content originator, and/or subject matter. The context profiles are centrally maintained for control of integrated, non-integrated, and/or independently administered personal productivity applications.
US09218414B2
A method for searching multiple documents on a computer system includes steps for sending a query to a system core where the query is passed to a search component for searching the documents. The system core in turn receives results from the search component indicating related documents to the query and passes to a summarization component a specified number of the results. The summarization component processes related documents corresponding to the specified number of results to produce a multi-document summary. The system core receives the summary from the summarization component. The multi-document summary is received from the system core.
US09218408B2
Systems and methods are described for automating the creation of data marts within an enterprise. Data is maintained in a plurality of data sources that include at least a relational database and a multidimensional database. The system includes a business intelligence server that provides a virtual logical semantic model to integrate all of the plurality of data sources. The user specifies a list of levels and measures on the virtual logical semantic model. The list of levels and measures can span data from multiple data sources. The user can also specify a location in the plurality of data sources that will store the aggregate matrix. Once the list of levels and measures are specified, the business intelligence server generates a multidimensional cube to store the data for the aggregate matrix and stores the multidimensional cube in the data source location.
US09218402B2
A method for converting CIM MOF files from a first CIM implementation to a second CIM implementation includes receiving at least a first MOF file in a first format, and replacing at least a first parameter within the received file with a second parameter. The first format and first parameter are compatible with the first CIM implementation and the second parameter is associated with the second CIM implementation. The method further includes creating a transformed file based on the replacing, determining at least a first rule set associated with the second CIM implementation, and comparing the transformed file to the determined first rule set. Additionally, the method includes converting the transformed file to a second format based on the comparison, wherein the second format is compatible with the second CIM implementation.
US09218399B2
A method and system to develop a digital platform by organizing of data sets, interactions and communications of the participants in structured categories and thereby deriving value networks of any economic entity or industry comprising of individuals or groups or legal entities or any combination of those to facilitate, enhance and encourage evolving value network cycles commencing from value creation to value consumption. The platform may comprise a service database configured to store information associated with value networks, a user interface coupled with and configured to interact with the service database, a search engine coupled with the user interface and configured to perform searches in the service database, a catalog creation and updation module configured to create a catalog and store the same in the service database, said catalog comprising one or more data structures including but not limited to industry, sub-sectors, functions, sub-functions, supporting functions, and components; and further update the value networks thus created.
US09218394B2
In an embodiment, a first plurality of rows of a first table are read from memory in an order of page addresses of pages in the memory that comprise the first plurality of rows. First selected rows from the first plurality of rows that meet a query predicate are stored into a result set. After the reading the first plurality of rows in the order of the page addresses, a second plurality of rows of the first table are read from secondary storage, in an order of row identifiers of the second plurality of the rows in the first table. Second selected rows from the second plurality of rows that meet the query predicate are stored into the result set.
US09218385B2
There are provided a system and a computer program product for operating multi-node data stores. The system stores a data table in a first computing node and stores an index table in a second computing node. The index table provides keys used for accessing data in the first computing node and other multi-node data stores. The system performs operations that update or read the data table accessed from the first computing node and the index table accessed from the second computing node. The operations optimize between latency in updating or reading the data table and the index table and data consistency maintained between data entries in the data table and data entries pointed by indices in the index table.
US09218381B2
Techniques for supporting a portable index include, in response to determining that a removable computer-readable storage medium is recently mounted on a particular drive having a particular drive identifier, determining a particular media identifier for the removable computer readable storage medium. Before harvesting metadata from each file of a set of one or more files on the removable computer-readable storage medium, it is determined whether a portable index file is stored on the removable computer-readable storage medium. The portable index file includes, for each file of the set, data that associates the media identifier (312) and a relative directory path (314) for one file of the set with metadata (316) for the one file. If the portable index file is stored, then an index is caused to be retrieved from the portable index file without harvesting metadata from each file of the set.
US09218377B2
A method of data loading for large information warehouses includes performing checkpointing concurrently with data loading into an information warehouse, the checkpointing ensuring consistency among multiple tables; and recovering from a failure in the data loading using the checkpointing. A method is also disclosed for performing versioning concurrently with data loading into an information warehouse. The versioning method enables processing undo and redo operations of the data loading between a later version and a previous version. Data load failure recovery is performed without starting a data load from the beginning but rather from a latest checkpoint for data loading at an information warehouse level using a checkpoint process characterized by a state transition diagram having a multiplicity of states; and tracking state transitions among the states using a system state table.
US09218371B2
An approach for an automatic table cleanup process of use, implemented in relational databases, are provided. A method includes setting up a table cleanup process in a database which is operable to perform an automatic table cleanup on a table within the database using an auto purge value associated with the table. The method further includes altering the table with a virtual column to keep track of dates on the table. The method further includes turning on an automatic table maintenance capability of the database to include and initiate the table cleanup process. The method further includes running the table cleanup process to perform the automatic table cleanup using dates which are automatically filled in during an insert or update operation on the table, the table cleanup process comprising looking through the records and automatically purging the table when the auto purge value has been met.
US09218368B2
A system for determining a time that a file was created and associating an ID with the file based on the file creation time is disclosed. The system adjusts the creation time by a time zone offset. In the case of image files, the file creation time may be based on information associated with the image: (1) by the camera that took the picture (exchangeable image file data); (2) when the photo was last modified in memory (file modification time data); (3) based on the raw date and time the photo file was created (file date-time data); and (4) when the photo was imported onto a client device. The system may rename the file with this adjusted creation time to create a standardized name. As a result, the standardized name provides a filename nomenclature that is based on the actual or estimated time of when the file was created.
US09218361B2
A method for tag-based search includes capturing an image, extracting a tag from the image, identifying a location associated with the captured image, and querying stored content for information that matches the location and the tag. Local storage is checked for the information first, and remote storage may be checked subsequently. Any located information may be used to augment the image. Information located in the remote storage may be saved in the local storage until it reaches a certain age, until it fails to be accessed for a threshold period of time, or until the location moves outside a threshold radius associated with a location of the information located in the remote storage.
US09218358B2
Methods for leveraging a user's social network connections to search files stored on client devices are provided. Upon receipt of a search query, it is determined that the searching user is a social network connection of at least one user of a social networking application having files on their client device designated for sharing. Those designated files are searched to determine if any of them match the received search query. Client device files associated with users of the social networking application that have been designated for public sharing also are searched. Any files shared publicly or with social network connections of the sharing user that are stored on a client device and determined to match the received query may be presented to the searching user independent of the algorithmic search results or may be integrated into the algorithmic search results, as desired.
US09218350B2
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to file system placeholders. In aspects, placeholders may be used by a client to represent remote file system objects. The placeholders may include metadata, searchable text, and may also include none, some, or all of the content of the represented remote file system objects. Search data from the placeholders is integrated into a local search database of the client such that the client is able to satisfy queries and identify relevant local and remote file system objects even when the client is offline with respect to remote storage.
US09218347B2
A method for archiving to a single database table information located across multiple database tables. The method begins by monitoring at least one data value residing in the multiple database tables. After monitoring, the method continues by identifying at least one archival data value where each archival data value corresponds to a unique data value not exceeding a threshold. An end user provides the threshold used to identify the archival data values prior to execution of the method. After identifying the archival data values, the method continues by storing archive files in the single database table, each archive file comprising at least one archive data value. Finally, after storing the archive files in the single database table, the method concludes by removing from the multiple database tables each archival data value.
US09218346B2
The present invention relates to a file system, an apparatus in the file system thereof, and a method of providing and managing content in the file system thereof. According to the present invention, it may be possible to minimize data loss caused by server failure and to provide the convenience of data (content) management by (1) grouping overall data nodes (servers) to manage with a network server group including several data nodes (servers), (2) defining content management information, (3) storing and duplicating contents in each network server group using the defined content management information to maintain and manage the contents, (4) and maintaining and managing the contents in a file unit without using file chunks.
US09218342B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for high fidelity conversion of a document to a less rich format. A bounding area can be identified in the document that comprises an unsupported element, and/or a blending of elements that is not supported in the less rich format. The bounding area that comprises the unsupported element(s) can be rasterized, by creating an image and identifying raster data for the image. Those elements in the document that are outside the bounding area are not rasterized, and their vector data-based format is retained in the converted document.
US09218341B2
The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for translating a first language text entered into a computer application to a second language text. The method comprises intercepting the first language text during a display time by a processor. Subsequently, the first language text is translated to the second language text by the processor by performing a language dictionary look-up and/or a phonetic transliteration on the first language text. Thereafter, the second language text is displayed on a display device and the first language text is stored in ANSI format in a memory.
US09218333B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for adaptively autocorrecting text according to context. Text may be received at a mobile electronic device that was input by a user. The received text may be displayed at a display component of the mobile electronic device. An auto-correct dictionary is selected from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries. The auto-correct dictionary may be selected based at least on usage information that is representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device. The displayed text is auto-corrected according to the selected auto-correct dictionary.
US09218331B2
Methods, software and devices for automatically constructing a structured electronic representation of a user-fillable form are disclosed. Each structured electronic representation is constructed from a parsable version of that form. A plurality of data structures for constructing structured electronic representations of user-fillable forms is stored. Each of the data structures is representative of a form region of one of a plurality of pre-defined types. A parsable version of the user-fillable form is received. This parsable version is parsed to identify fields of the user-fillable form, including at least one text field and at least one input field. These fields are grouped to form a plurality of form regions. Each of these form regions is matched to one of the stored data structures that best represents the form region in a structured electronic representation. An indicator of each matched data structure is stored.
US09218322B2
A method for producing web page content includes identifying blocks within a web page. The blocks are selectively assembled into sections. The sections are selectively assembled into article candidates. An article candidate that includes article content is distinguished from article candidates that do not include article content. Content is produced only from the article candidate distinguished as including article content.
US09218320B2
Example methods and apparatus to display summary information for an electronic book are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves, during an electronic book reader session, receiving a request for a summary associated with an electronic book. The example method also involves obtaining a marker indicative of a location in the electronic book and obtaining the summary for a portion of the electronic book demarcated by the marker. The summary is displayed via the electronic book reader.
US09218309B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a driver, a plurality of drops, and a plurality of transmission lines, including one transmission line between the driver and one of the plurality of drops and one transmission line between successive adjacent drops. Each particular transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines may be manufactured to have a desired impedance based on a corresponding effective impedance as seen at a drop located on an end of the particular transmission line furthest from the driver in a direction away from the driver.
US09218308B2
A bus arbitration apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of masters may be classified into master types based on master characteristics, and bus arbitration may be performed. Thus, it is possible to prevent a bus from being distributed to a predetermined master, and it is possible to improve overall performance of a bus system by solving a problem of unbalanced distribution of performance between the plurality of masters.
US09218303B2
A method for managing migration of a virtual machine includes accessing a first information handling system and a second information handling system, accessing a network information handling resource, using one or more switches to virtualize access of the network information handling resource to the first and second information handling systems, accessing a virtual bridge associated with the network information handling resource, accessing a virtual machine configured to access the resources of the first information handling system, and copying the operational state of the virtual machine from the first information handling system to the second information handling system using the first virtual bridge. The first and second information handling systems, share the network information handling resource using the virtualized access and the network information handling resource is configured to bind a driver to one or more ports, indicating availability to a virtualization environment regardless of an actual connection status.
US09218293B2
When data in first and second requests from a processor does not reside in cache memory, a first data element responsive to the second request is received by a cache controller from an external memory module after a first data element responsive to the first request and before the second data element responsive to the first request. Ownership of a linefill buffer is assigned to the first request when the first data element responsive to the first request is received. Ownership of the linefill buffer is re-assigned to the second request when the first data element responsive to the second request is received after the first data element responsive to the first request is received.
US09218283B2
A die assignment scheme assigns data in the order it is received, to multiple memory dies. Any busy dies are skipped until they become ready again so that the system does not wait for busy dies to become ready. Immediately sequential writes to the same die are prohibited so that reading speed is not impacted.
US09218279B2
A method of performing an atomic write command in a data storage device comprising a volatile memory and a plurality of non-volatile memory devices configured to store a plurality of physical pages. The method may comprise storing data in a plurality of logical pages (L-Pages), each associated with a logical address. A logical-to-physical address translation map may be maintained in the volatile memory, and may be configured to enable determination of a physical location, within one or more of the physical pages, of the data referenced by each logical address. The data specified by a received atomic write command may be stored one or more L-Pages. Updates to the entry or entries in the translation map associated with the L-Page(s) storing the data specified by the atomic write command may be deferred until all L-Pages storing data specified by the atomic write command have been written in a power-safe manner.
US09218277B2
A method for operating a computer memory. The memory is organized to store data in units of such memory. For each unit of a set of units a wear level of the unit is determined. A maximum wear level among the wear levels is determined. A suggestion of a subset of one or more units for being selected for data erasure is received and at least one unit in the subset is identified for subsequent data erasure, a wear level (c(i)) of which units (i) is less than the maximum wear level (c_max).
US09218272B2
Embodiments relate to building, by a computing device, a pseudo-random dynamic instruction stream that comprises instructions configured to perform a transaction execution, testing, by the computing device, the transaction execution in a uni-processing system based on the instruction stream, and outputting, by the computing device, a status of the test to one or more output devices. A determination may be made that an abort occurs in the transaction execution based on the testing.
US09218271B2
A method for refining a test plan is provided. The method comprises defining a coverage model including: one or more variables, wherein respective values for the variables are assigned, and one or more definitions for value combinations for said variables with assigned values, wherein zero or more of said value combinations are defined according to one or more restrictions for the purpose of generating a test plan to test a system for which the coverage model is constructed; determining zero or more uncovered value combinations in the test plan; and providing means to update the test plan.
US09218257B2
Techniques for managing caching use of a solid state device are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques may be realized as a method for managing caching use of a solid state device. Management of the caching use may include receiving, at a host device, notification of failure of a solid state device. In response to the notification a cache mode may be set to uncached. In uncached mode input/output (I/O) requests may be directed to uncached storage (e.g., disk).
US09218256B1
A computer-implemented method for shipping I/O operations to prevent replication failure may include 1) attempting to perform an I/O operation in a system configured to replicate data from a data cluster to another data cluster, 2) detecting a failure in at least part of the attempt to perform the I/O operation that threatens to fail the system's replication of data from the data cluster to the other data cluster, and, in response to detecting the failure, 3) shipping the I/O operation from a node originally responsible for servicing the I/O operation to another node to complete the I/O operation without failing the system's replication of data from the data cluster to the other data cluster. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09218254B2
Systems, methods, and media for recovering an application from a fault or an attack are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method is provided for enabling a software application to recover from a fault condition. The method includes specifying constrained data items and assigning a set of repair procedures to the constrained data items. The method further includes detecting a fault condition on the constrained data items during execution of the software application, which triggers at least one repair procedure. The triggered repair procedures are executed and the execution of the software application is restored. In some embodiments, the restoring comprises providing memory rollback to a point of execution of the software application before the fault condition was detected.
US09218246B2
In various embodiments, methods and systems for coordinating, between a host and a tenant, fault recovery of tenant infrastructure in a distributed system is provided. A fault occurrence is determined for a tenant infrastructure in the distributed system. The fault occurrence may be a software failure or hardware failure of the tenant infrastructure supporting a service application of the tenant. A fault recovery plan is communicated to the tenant to notify the tenant of the fault occurrence and actions taken to restore the tenant infrastructure. It is determined whether a fault recovery plan response is received from the tenant; the fault recovery plan response is an acknowledgement from the tenant of the fault recovery plan. Upon receiving the fault recovery plan response or at the expiration of a predefined time limit, the fault recovery plan is executed to restore the tenant infrastructure.
US09218238B2
According to one embodiment, a contents data recording apparatus includes a storage module and a data delete module. The storage module stores encoded first-system and second-system contents data. The data delete module deletes either the first-system contents data or second-system contents data from the storage module based on a predetermined condition after the first-system and second-system contents data has been stored in the storage module.
US09218229B2
A notification system comprises a plurality of claim checks and a plurality of communication device identifiers. The notification system further comprises a messaging module that is configured to receive an electronic notification of an event. The messaging module is further configured to associate at least one of the claim checks and one of the communication device identifiers with the event. The messaging module is also configured to generate a message that contains the associated claim check and transmit the message to a communications device identified by the communication device identifier. In one embodiment, the notification system further comprises a retrieval module that is responsive to a request to access the event. In another embodiment, the messaging module is configured to receive an electronic notification of a second event and associate the claim check and another communication device identifier with the message.
US09218228B2
A computerized machine control system comprises an application-independent machine-specific part with a machine-specific domain model of the machine and a control module, which accesses data points of the machine via a machine-specific communication protocol and updates corresponding data point objects in the machine-specific domain model or data points in the machine. In addition, the machine control system comprises a machine-independent, application-specific part with an application-specific domain model and a mapping module which accesses the machine-specific domain model and maps data objects of the application-specific domain model to data point objects of the machine-specific domain model and vice versa.
US09218227B2
Embodiments of a method and system for utilizing user-designed applications are disclosed. A user-designed application that utilizes at least one high-level API available within a system may be received. The user-designed application may be deployed server-side within the system. A user request may be processed server-side for the user-designed application in the system.
US09218224B2
A disclosed electronic apparatus in which an application program is installable includes an interface information extracting unit configured to extract interface information of a method from an intermediate code of a first application program; and an interface providing unit configured to provide an interface for the method indicated by the interface information, wherein the interface providing unit calls the first application program for the method corresponding to the identification information in response to a request including the identification information of the method.
US09218220B2
A system and method are disclosed for an elastic and scalable publish/subscribe scheme. Subscription information is received at a dispatcher node. A plurality of matching nodes is selected in an overlay network to store the subscription information on a computer readable storage medium. Upon receiving an event at a dispatching node, at least one of the matching nodes with the stored subscription information is selected to process the event.
US09218215B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for job scheduling are disclosed. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes receiving a job in a job scheduling system. At least part of the job is transmitted to a job reader. An indication of one or more functions required for performing the job is received from the job reader. A first computing device is selected from among a plurality of computing devices, where the selection is based, at least in part, on whether the first computing device supports the functions required for performing the job.
US09218213B2
Techniques for managing a system of heterogeneous applications are provided. A plurality of applications is classified into a plurality of application types. One or more of the plurality of applications in each of the plurality of application types are classified into one or more collections. A utility function of possible resource allocations is computed for each of the one or more collections. An application placement is computed that optimizes a global utility of the plurality of applications in accordance with the one or more utility functions. Placement and resource allocation of the plurality of applications are modified in the system in accordance with the application placement.
US09218204B2
A system includes an atomic processing engine (APE) coupled to an interconnect. The interconnect is to couple to one or more processor cores. The APE receives a plurality of commands from the one or more processor cores through the interconnect. In response to a first command, the APE performs a first plurality of operations associated with the first command. The first plurality of operations references multiple memory locations, at least one of which is shared between two or more threads executed by the one or more processor cores.
US09218195B2
A vendor-independent resource configuration interface automatically maps virtual functions to physical functions in a self-virtualizing IO resource using the concept of a logical port that maps to a particular physical port and protocol in the self-virtualizing IO resource. A user wishing to provide a logical partition access to a self-virtualizing IO resource typically creates or configures a logical port for the logical partition by mapping the logical port to a particular physical port and protocol defined for the self-virtualizing IO resource, and an appropriate virtual function mapped to an appropriate physical function on an appropriate self-virtualizing IO resource is automatically selected, typically without requiring the user to have a detailed understanding of the numbers of supported virtual functions, physical functions and protocols supported by specific resources.
US09218192B2
A method for selecting a virtual machine (VM) for problem determination utilizes a policy-based process for receiving an authorized program analysis report (APAR) containing problem type, a client information handling system (IHS) environment, a configuration, and a program version. The method determines automatically that the problem according to a provisioning policy is a candidate for provisioning a VM for analyzing the problem and searches a provisioning database for an existing VM for a system environment and configuration according to a closeness criteria. The method applies required updates to the provisioned VM, and utilizes the provisioned VM with the required updates for problem analysis. The method also may automatically create a new baseline image in the database according to expected value policy criteria that exceeds predetermined criteria.
US09218189B2
Techniques for providing user-based context to a virtual workspace, including: generating a virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace comprising a plurality of workspace modules comprising data contained in one or more data objects; identifying an interaction by the user with at least some of the data contained in the one or more data objects; and based on the identified interaction, identifying additional data contained in the one or more data objects that is semantically related to the data interacted with by the user.
US09218186B2
A computer-implemented method for creating a threaded package of computer executable instructions from software compiler generated code includes allocating, through a computer processor, the computer executable instructions into a plurality of stacks, differentiating between different types of computer executable instructions for each computer executable instruction allocated to each stack of the plurality of stacks, creating switch points for each stack of the plurality of stacks based upon the differentiating, and inserting the switch points within each stack of the plurality of stacks.
US09218180B2
A system and computer implemented method for producing a user configuration profile of a software configuration including software configuration modifications selected by a user which read by an installer engine in comparison to the software configuration allows installation of an updated software configuration including the software configuration modifications selected by the user.
US09218166B2
A development system with improved methodology for creation and reuse of software assets is shown and described. In one embodiment, for example, in a development system, a method is described for facilitating creation of a reusable application, the method comprises steps of: during development of the application, capturing knowledge and intent of the application's original developer alongside source code created for the application; producing an archival module storing the source code for the application together with metadata capturing the knowledge and intent of the original developer, the metadata including at least one script guiding subsequent developers in use and modification of the source code for the application; and consuming the archival module by a follow-on developer, including executing the at least one script for facilitating creation of a reusable version of the application.
US09218163B2
Techniques for generating complex event processing rules in a controlled natural language are provided. The techniques include obtaining one or more vocabularies that encompass a set of one or more noun and verb concepts, dynamically building an inheritance hierarchy of one or more named vocabulary concepts from the one or more vocabularies, parsing a controlled natural language input textual statement by using one or more names and the inheritance hierarchy to identify one or more temporal concepts and one or more complex event processing concepts, and converting the controlled natural language input textual statement to a complex event processing language statement by generating a representation of a lexical structure of the controlled natural language input textual statement that contains a reference to each identified temporal and complex event processing concept.
US09218160B2
The invention is based on a process and system for producing random numbers by means of a quantum random number generator where the method comprises the steps of operating a laser in single mode and high modulation bandwidth by means of an electrical pulse driver, transforming the phase randomized optical pulses produced before in optical pulses with random amplitude and detecting the resulting random amplitude signals by means of a fast photodiode. The numbers thus produced are truly random.
US09218157B2
The disclosed embodiments disclose techniques for using a split division circuit that includes a first divider that is optimized for a first range of divisor values and a second divider that is optimized for a second range of divisor values; the first range is distinct from the second range. During operation, the circuit receives a divisor for the division operation. The circuit: determines whether the divisor is in the first range or the second range to determine whether the first divider or the second divider should perform the division operation; performs the division operation in the selected host divider; and then outputs the result that was generated by the selected host divider.
US09218142B2
Storing data records within a log data store is provided. The log data store that stores data records within a plurality of successive non-disjoint layers inserted across a plurality of different types of data storage devices associated with a data processing system is generated. A first non-disjoint layer of the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is inserted within a main memory device. A set of intermediate non-disjoint layers of the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is inserted within a set of storage-class memory devices. A last non-disjoint layer of the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is inserted within a hard disk drive. A size of each successive non-disjoint layer in the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is increased exponentially. The data records are organized into the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers of the log data store inserted across the plurality of different types of data storage devices.
US09218139B2
Aspects of the present invention provide a solution for creating a snapshot of a virtual server. In an embodiment, a first write storage is created in response to a snapshot request. For each write from the virtual server to primary storage that is the first write of that particular data block since the snapshot request, the data that resided in the data block previous to the write is copied from the primary storage to the first write storage.
US09218134B2
For read based temporal locality compression by a processor device in a computing environment, read operations are monitored, traced, and/or analyzed to identify repetitions of read patterns of compressed data. The compressed data is rearranged based on the repetitions of read order of the compressed data that are in a read order.
US09218130B2
A mechanism is provided for tape writing of small transactions. A first file is written as a plurality of fixed-length data sets (DS), the DS number of the final DS in the plurality of DS is stored in memory as #N(DS#N) and the WP number as #M(WP#M), and the final first file and the second file in the DS following the final DS(DS#N, WP#M) containing the first file are packed and written in sequential DS units, and are stored as DS#N, DS#N+1, etc. and WP#M+1 in sequential order in DS containing the second file. The remaining first, second, or third file is packed and DS#N with WP#M is overwritten as DS#N with WP#M+2, and the remaining #N in the DS numbers of the second file and the third file in the subsequent DS are written as DS#N+1, N+2, etc. with WP#M+2, and the DS#N, #N+1, #N+2, etc. with WP#M+2 are stored.
US09218127B2
Systems and methods for performing data entry in videoconferencing and other systems that use remote controls and other non keyboard-based user interface devices. In some embodiments, the keys of a numeric keypad are associated with letters and symbols, such that when a number key is pressed the system displays a selection of choices in a spatial configuration, including the number pressed as well as additional character choices. Users can use navigation buttons to move the selection to any one of the displayed characters and select it, thus minimizing the number of remote control operations for data entry.
US09218121B2
Disclosed are a touch gesture recognition apparatus and method that can be, or applied to, both a single-touch system and a multi-touch system. The touch gesture recognition method recognizes touch gestures using the diagonal-line length of a bounding box created based on touch location information and variations in the diagonal-line length. After a gesture is recognized, the recognized gesture is mapped to an input event of a user input device and feedback according to the input event is provided.
US09218108B1
This disclosure describes systems and methods related to determining and providing battery charging metrics for an electronic device. In one embodiment, one or more processors may determine the capacity of the battery of an electronic device and a first battery charge level. A charging rate associated with the battery charger may be determined. A battery charging time may be calculated based at least in part on the battery capacity, the charging rate, the first battery charging time, and a second battery charging time. A representation of a charging status associated with the battery may be generated.
US09218098B2
A conducting layer (7) is formed in a shape of a grid having a predetermined width of lines extending along the first direction (horizontal direction in the drawing) and the second direction (vertical direction in the drawing). In a region that, when seen in planar view, overlaps those lines of the conducting layer (7) which extend along the first direction, lines of an insulating light-blocking layer (6) that are wider than those of the conduction layer (7) are arranged at predetermined intervals along the second direction. The conducting layer (7) is broken at predetermined places in a region that overlaps the insulating light-blocking layer 6 when seen in plane view. This makes it possible to achieve a liquid crystal display device including a touch panel substrate that has a high aperture ratio and that can suppress leakage of light through cuts in a conducting layer.
US09218095B2
A processing system for an input device includes a comparator, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a feedback path coupling the DAC to the comparator. The comparator generates a first comparison signal associated with a resulting signal and a first output signal of the DAC; and generates a second comparison signal associated with the resulting signal and a second output signal of the DAC. The processing system also includes a control module and a determination module. The control module is coupled to the DAC and to the comparator's output and modifies a rising reference value and a falling reference value based on the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal, respectively. The determination module determines positional information for an input object in a sensing region of the input device based on the rising reference value and the falling reference value.
US09218084B2
A touch-sensing device includes a substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a signal transmitting layer, a first connecting pin assembly and a second connecting pin assembly. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the substrate. The signal transmitting layer is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the touch-sensing structure. The first connecting pin assembly is disposed on the substrate in a position different from the touch-sensing structure. The first connecting pin assembly has a plurality first connecting pins electrically connected to the signal transmitting layer. The second connecting pin assembly is disposed on the substrate in a position different from the touch-sensing structure. The second connecting pin assembly has a plurality second connecting pins electrically connected to the signal transmitting layer. The first axis of the second connecting pin assembly and the second axis of the first connecting pin assembly are not arranged in the same axis.
US09218078B2
A touch panel includes an insulating layer, a first axis electrode, and a second axis electrode. The insulating layer has first holes and second holes. The first axis electrode include first upper conductive units disposed on an upper side of the insulating layer and first lower conductive units disposed on a lower side of the insulating layer. Each first hole partially exposes the corresponding first lower conductive unit. The first upper conductive units are electrically connected to the first lower conductive units via the first holes. The second axis electrode includes second upper conductive units disposed on the upper side of the insulating layer and second lower conductive units disposed on the lower side of the insulating layer. Each the second holes partially exposes the corresponding second lower conductive unit. The second upper conductive units are electrically connected to the second lower conductive units via the second holes.
US09218076B2
An electronic device includes a display and a proximity sensor arranged near a display surface of the display and configured to provide an output signal corresponding to a degree of proximity of an object to the display surface, and provides a position of the approaching object in a direction horizontal to the display surface. A user interface control unit has a first operational mode and a second operational mode, where in the first operation mode, the proximity of a user's hand from the display surface is monitored based on the output signal of the proximity sensor. In the second operational mode, a position of the user's hand in a direction horizontal to the display surface is detected within a detection target range and a user's operation is accepted according to the detected position of the user's hand.
US09218068B2
An apparatus may include a processor arranged to receive an input signal from an input device and a first event conversion module. The first event conversion module may receive an input event from the input device as an operating system (OS)-specific event arranged in a format operable by a first operating system, convert the OS-specific event into a converted event having an OS-independent format, and dispatch the converted event for processing. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09218066B2
A computer program product is provided and includes a non-transitory tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and on which instructions are stored for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes enabling retrieval of a keyboard pressed sequence of characters of a first type, permitting a re-selection of characters of a second type, which are associated with the keyboard pressed sequence of the characters of the first type and permitting modification of the keyboard pressed sequence of the characters of the first type to initiate a search for and retrieval of characters of the second type.
US09218064B1
A computing device comprises a processor and an authoring tool executing on the processor. The processor receives demonstration data representative of at least one demonstration of a multi-finger gesture and declaration data specifying one or more constraints for the multi-finger gesture. The processor generates, in accordance with the demonstration data and the declaration data, a module to detect the multi-finger gesture within a computer-generated user interface.
US09218063B2
A method, including receiving, by a computer, a sequence of three-dimensional maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer, and identifying, in the maps, a device coupled to the computer. The maps are analyzed to detect a gesture performed by the user toward the device, and the device is actuated responsively to the gesture.
US09218062B2
Disclosed is an augmented reality-based three-dimensional menu system using manual operation tools. According to the present invention, the three-dimensional menu system comprises: a display device; at least one pair of manual operation tools which are manually operated by the user, and are in a hexahedral shape; an image acquisition device which acquires images for the manual operation tools; and a menu augmentation unit which tracks the manual operation tools from the acquired images, and augments menu items in the vicinity of the manual operation tools of the acquired images, thereby outputting the augmented menu items to the display device.
US09218059B2
An input apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus being used for operation input to various vehicular electronic devices, sets position input permission areas on a two-dimensional operation surface of an operation input device discretely by control of a main controller. In control modes of a reaction force, a guide input mode where position indication operations to the areas on the operation surface by the operation input device are guided along unique paths defined in the respective area and an arbitrary mode where the position indication operations are not guided but performed freely can be changed. The guide input mode is set at least during a vehicle travel.
US09218058B2
A new computer wearable input device, referred to as Imagine, may be used to control electronic devices in a natural, intuitive, convenient and comfortable manner, having a form factor which does not impede normal daily or business activities. For example, an Imagine may serve as an alternative to input devices such as a mouse, keyboard, or game controller. An Imagine device is able to recognize complex gestures, such as a person signing American Sign Language. An Imagine device may include a plurality of motion sensors affixed to a user's fingers and a plurality of motion sensors affixed to a user's wrists, a processing component and a communication component designed to communicate with a second electronic device.
US09218056B2
A display apparatus employs two tracking units to track the gaze of a user. The display apparatus includes a first tracking unit to generate position information on a user positioned relative to a displayed image; and a second tracking unit to track a gaze of the user upon the displayed image, based on the position information. A method of eye tracking using the display apparatus includes steps of displaying an image; generating position information on a user positioned relative to the displayed image; and tracking a gaze of the user upon the displayed image, based on the position information.
US09218053B2
A surgical assistant system includes: an operation unit configured to give an input; an arm unit on which a treatment tool is mounted; an operation imaging unit configured to acquire an operation image that is an image including the operation unit; an endoscope configured to acquire an internal-body image; a mode control unit having a plurality of operation modes and configured to enable one of the plurality of operation modes to be set as a setting operation mode; a driving unit configured to enable the arm unit to be operated based on the input given by the operation unit and the setting operation mode; a synthetic image creation unit configured to synthesize images using at least the operation image to create a synthetic image based on the setting operation mode; and a display unit configured to display the synthetic image.
US09218049B2
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a self calibration unit configured to iterate a test on a logic circuit in the integrated circuit at respectively lower supply voltage magnitudes until the test fails. A lowest supply voltage magnitude at which the test passes is used to generate a requested supply voltage magnitude for the integrated circuit. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a series connection of logic gates physically distributed over an area of the integrated circuit, and a measurement unit configured to launch a logical transition into the series and detect a corresponding transition at the output of the series. The amount of time between the launch and the detection is used to request a supply voltage magnitude for the integrated circuit.
US09218048B2
In an embodiment, a functional unit control system includes an instruction decoder of a processor comprising a pipeline, the instruction decoder being configured to decode an instruction to be performed by the processor. The system further includes a power controller unit coupled to the instruction decoder, and a functional unit which may operate during execution stages of the processor's pipeline coupled to the power controller unit and the instruction decode stage. The power controller unit is configured to determine whether the functional unit should be used to perform at least part of the instruction based on data of the instruction decoder. The power controller unit is further configured to perform at least one of activating and deactivating the functional unit in accordance with the determination of whether the functional unit should be used.
US09218042B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for runtime based enforcement of energy policies collaboratively. The application runtime environment executing within a virtual machine on the data processing system receives notification of a change in energy policy for the virtual machine or the physical host it is running on. Responsive to determining the virtual machine is to be run under a power cap based on the notification of a change in energy policy, the application runtime environment dynamically modifies execution of an application in the application runtime environment or requests the execution environment for delaying enforcement of energy policies. The application comprises a set of application modules.
US09218041B2
An apparatus includes logic to control heat generation in a device. The device to operate at least in one of a first state and a second state, wherein the device to consume more power in the first state than in the second state. The device to connect to a network at least for a portion of time while in the second state. The logic to select a plurality of thermal control solutions to decrease the generation of heat in the device in the second state, the selected thermal control solution to be performed while the device is in the second state to reduce the generated heat to below a predetermined level.
US09218039B2
A circuit arrangement, method, and program product communicate data over a communication bus by selectively encoding data values queued for communication over the communication bus based at least in part on at least one data value queued to be communicated thereafter and at least one previously communicated encoded data value to reduce bit transitions for communication of the encoded data values. By reducing bit transitions in the data communicated over the communication bus, power consumption by the communication bus is likewise reduced.
US09218037B2
A system comprises an energy source that provides a system current for the system. The system also comprises logic coupled to the energy source. The logic receives an analog signal that is derived from a measurement of current in the system and computes an amount of energy consumed by the system based on the analog signal.
US09218034B2
Apparatuses and methods for user-directed motion gesture control are disclosed. According to aspects of the present disclosure, direct user inputs can be used to predictably manipulate power control behavior. In some embodiments, a wearable mobile device may be configured to accept user commands, and be configured to sense multitude of use, use environment, and use contexts. The wearable mobile device may include a memory configured to store a set of reference power control motion gesture sequences, one or more sensors configured to sense a motion gesture sequence, and a controller configured to provide interactive power control of the device using the motion gesture sequence and the set of reference power control motion gesture sequences.
US09218027B2
An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing device includes a housing and a display unit configured to display at least a portion of a first content to a user. A projection unit is configured to project at least a portion of a second content onto a projection surface. A detection unit configured to detect a displacement between the projection surface and a portion of the housing, the housing being configured to support the display unit, the projection unit, and the detection unit. The detection unit is further configured to determine whether the displacement falls within a threshold distance. The projection unit is further configured to project the second portion of the content onto the projection surface, when the displacement falls within the threshold distance.
US09218019B2
An example mounting structure in accordance with one implementation of the present disclosure includes an engagement assembly to mount within a pass-through tunnel of a support stand for an electronic display. The structure further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the engagement assembly. The mounting bracket provides a mounting surface for an electronic device.
US09218011B2
The various aspects provide for an IC design and methods for utilizing the IC design to emulate corner case ICs during power/thermal testing of a test system by installing a specially chosen IC on the test system. The chosen IC may be a fully functioning IC that also includes a leakage-add controller and a current leak circuit. The current leak circuit may simulate additional current leakage on the IC and may be driven by the leakage-add controller. The chosen IC may also include a programmable voltage table for adjusting the chosen IC's operational voltage. The chosen IC may emulate the thermal characteristics of various corner-case ICs while performing normal IC activities on the test system during power/thermal testing, thereby eliminating current limitations in thermal/power testing of test systems due to the difficulty of providing corner-case ICs and testing those corner-case ICs on various test systems.
US09218004B2
A method and apparatus for changing a flight path of an air platform. A change for the flight path of the air platform is identified. A weight system associated with the air platform is moved during flight of the air platform such that a center of mass of the air platform changes in a manner that causes the flight path of the air platform to change.
US09218003B2
A system and method for mapping parameter data acquired by a robot mapping system is disclosed. Parameter data characterizing the environment is collected while the robot localizes itself within the environment using landmarks. Parameter data is recorded in a plurality of local grids, i.e., sub-maps associated with the robot position and orientation when the data was collected. The robot is configured to generate new grids or reuse existing grids depending on the robot's current pose, the pose associated with other grids, and the uncertainty of these relative pose estimates. The pose estimates associated with the grids are updated over time as the robot refines its estimates of the locations of landmarks from which determines its pose in the environment. Occupancy maps or other global parameter maps may be generated by rendering local grids into a comprehensive map indicating the parameter data in a global reference frame extending the dimensions of the environment.
US09217997B2
A method improves surface scanning measure machine speed while minimizing tip touchdown impact on the surface of the object being measured. Specifically, the method controls a surface scanning measuring machine having a probe head with a distal probe tip that contacts the surface of an object to be measured. To that end, the method selects a nominal initial contact point (on the surface) having a normal vector, and then moves the distal probe tip toward the nominal initial contact point along an approach path. The approach path has a generally linear portion that generally linearly extends from the nominal initial contact point to some non-contacting point spaced from the surface. The generally linear portion forms an angle of between about 20 degrees and about 60 degrees with the normal vector.
US09217993B2
A timepiece that provides a wide variety of appearance. The timepiece includes: an ornamental body; a drive mechanism that moves the ornamental body; a restriction portion that restricts a movable range of the ornamental body; and an output portion capable of outputting a sound. The timepiece further includes a monitor operation portion; and a control portion that performs movement control for outputting a piece of theme music and moves the ornamental body from an initial position, depending on the operation of the monitor operation portion.
US09217990B2
In an image forming apparatus, a cartridge is detachably mounted in a frame, the cartridge being located at a mounted position in the frame when the image forming apparatus is packaged with the cartridge mounted in the frame, the mounted position being defined in the frame in a mounting direction, in which the cartridge moves relative to the frame so as to be mounted in the frame. An attachment member is detachably attached to the cartridge when the image forming apparatus is packaged with the cartridge mounted in the frame. A restricting mechanism restricts mounting of the cartridge to the mounted position if the attachment member is attached to the cartridge, the restricting mechanism restricting the mounting of the cartridge at a position upstream of the mounted position in the mounting direction.
US09217987B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body composing the image forming apparatus, a unit drawably stored in the apparatus body, a lock mechanism provided in the unit and configured to lock the unit in a state in which the unit is stored in the apparatus body, a display portion provided on an upper surface part of the apparatus body, and an unlock mechanism configured to unlock the lock mechanism. The unlock mechanism includes an operating portion provided in a region facing the display portion of the upper surface part of the unit and operated in unlocking the lock mechanism.
US09217970B2
A heater for fixing devices includes a glass substrate, a heating element, electrode patterns connected to the heating element, a first protective layer, and a second protective layer. The glass substrate is made of an alkali-free glass. The first protective layer is formed by firing a mixture of a first glass powder and a first filler. The first glass powder contains no alkali metal oxide and has a lower softening point than the glass substrate. The first filler has a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the alkali-free glass for the glass substrate. The second protective layer is made of a material that does not contain the first filler contained in the first protective layer.
US09217968B2
In accordance with the invention, there are image forming apparatuses, fusing subsystems, and methods of making a member of the fusing subsystems. The method of making a member of a fusing subsystem can include providing a fuser member, the fuser member including a substrate and providing a dispersion including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a stabilizer, a hydrophobic polymer, and a solvent, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is selected from the group consisting of single wall carbon nanotubes and multiple wall carbon nanotubes. The method can also include applying the dispersion over the substrate to form a coated substrate and heating the coated substrate to form a hydrophobic composite coating such that a top surface of the fuser member has a water contact angle of at least about 120°.
US09217967B2
An induction heating fusing device and method of an image forming apparatus including: a pressure roller; a heating element that forms a fusing nip together with the pressure roller and is rotatable; an inductor that is installed in a rotation axis direction on the outer circumference surface of the heating element, includes a main coil and a plurality of control coils located on the main coil, and inductively heats the heating element; and a controller that selectively drives at least one of the plurality of control coils depending on the width of a printing paper passing though the fusing nip, and controls the main coil and the plurality of control coils so that a current direction of the main coil and a current direction of the plurality of control coils become the same as or opposite to each other depending on the width of the printing paper.
US09217952B2
An image forming unit includes an image bearing body, a developer bearing body that supplies a developer to the image bearing body, a developer storage portion for storing the developer, a developer reserving portion that reserves the developer, a replenishing member that replenishes the developer from the developer reserving portion to the developer storage portion, and a guide member provided between the replenishing member and the developer bearing body. The guide member temporarily holds the developer replenished by the replenishing member and regulates falling of the developer. A conveying member conveys the developer held by the guide member in an axial direction of the developer bearing body along the guide member. A detecting portion is provided between the guide member and the developer bearing body for detecting the developer. The replenishing member replenishes the developer to the developer storage portion based on a result of detection using the detecting portion.
US09217945B2
Provided is a small sized belt conveying apparatus provided with a separating unit configured to move a transfer member and an image forming apparatus provided with the belt transfer apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a drive unit configured to transmit a drive force from a drive source provided in an apparatus body, and a drive transmitting unit configured to transmit the drive force branched and transmitted from the drive unit. The separating unit is configured to move the transfer member by a drive force transmitted by the drive transmitting unit via the drive unit.
US09217944B2
A carbon black having an I2 number from 30 mg/g to 200 mg/g and a DBP from 20 cc/100 g to 40 cc/100 g.
US09217933B2
A lithographic projection apparatus includes a stage assembly having a substrate table on which a substrate is supported and exposed with an exposure beam from a final optical element of a projection optical assembly through an immersion liquid. A confinement member encircles a portion of a path of the exposure beam and has an aperture through which the exposure beam is projected. A movable member is movable in a space between the confinement member and the substrate, the substrate table, or both, such that a first portion of the space is located between a first surface of the movable member and the confinement member, and a second portion of the space is located between a second surface of the movable member and the substrate, the substrate table, or both.
US09217932B2
A projection objective for imaging a pattern arranged in an object surface of the projection objective into an image surface of the projection objective with a demagnified imaging scale has a plurality of optical elements which are arranged along an optical axis of the projection objective and are configured so that a defined image field curvature of the projection objective is set such that an object surface that is curved convexly with respect to the projection objective is imaged into a planar image surface. Such projection objective, with a suitable setting of the object surface curvature, avoids the disturbing effect on the image quality that would otherwise result from gravitation-dictated bending of a mask.
US09217931B2
A method of operating an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is provided. A set of illumination parameters that describe properties of a light bundle which converges at a point on a mask to be illuminated by the illumination system is first determined. Optical elements whose optical effect on the illumination parameters can be modified as a function of control commands are furthermore determined, as well as sensitivities with which the illumination parameters react to an adjustment of the optical elements, induced by the control commands. The control commands are then determined while taking the previously determined sensitivities into account, such that deviations of the illumination parameters from predetermined target illumination parameters satisfy a predetermined minimization criterion. These control commands are applied to the optical elements, before the mask is illuminated.
US09217922B2
A liquid processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit arranged within a processing cup and configured to horizontally hold a substrate, a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the substrate holding unit about a vertical axis, a processing liquid supply unit configured to supply a processing liquid onto a surface of the substrate, and an exhaust mechanism configured to discharge an atmospheric gas around the substrate. The exhaust mechanism includes an exhaust flow path connected to an exhaust port formed at the processing cup, a circulation flow path branched from the exhaust flow path and configured to communicate with the processing cup, a gas liquid separator, a first regulator valve installed at one end of the exhaust flow path, and a second regulator valve installed at the other end of the exhaust flow path.
US09217913B2
A projection system (900) includes a scanner (802) and light source (801). The scanner (802) is configured to crate a scan cone (994) for forming images (995). A principal beam (992) defines a traveling direction of the scan cone (994). An optical device (880) having decentered, free-form major faces is disposed at an output of the projection system (900) such that the scan cone (994) passes through the optical device (880). The optical device (880) is configured to redirect the principal beam (992), and accordingly the traveling direction of the scan cone (994), by a predetermined amount and to correct both anamorphic distortion and vertical smile distortion initially present in the image.
US09217911B1
A camera assembly having a camera support system that may include a first support member, a second support member, a first biased hinge, and a strap. The first support member may have a first end and a second end. The second support member may have a first end and second end. The first biased hinge may include the first end of the first support member, the first end of the second support member, a first pivoting rod, and the strap wrapped around the first pivoting rod. The camera support system may further include a second biased hinge. The second biased hinge may include the second end of the first support member, a second pivoting rod, a portion of a camera body, and the strap wrapped around the second pivoting rod.
US09217909B2
The present application discloses a display panel, comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate, and a blue phase liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are adapted to generate an electric field in a first direction perpendicular to the display panel. An optical path diverting device is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the optical path diverting device is configured so that a light entering the blue phase liquid crystal layer in the first direction from the first substrate is diverted to propagate in the blue phase liquid crystal layer in a second direction parallel to the display panel, and then the light propagating in the second direction is diverted to pass through the blue phase liquid crystal layer and exit from the second substrate in the first direction. According to the present invention, by providing an optical path diverting device in the liquid crystal cell, the display panel can perform normal display even under a vertical electric field, and thus solves the problem that the driving voltage is too large by using a lateral electric field.
