US09301342B2
A heater wire is obtained by twisting together a plurality of heating element wires in which a rectangular wire is spirally wound around a core wire, and forming an insulating sheath on an outer peripheral surface of the twisted heating element wires. The current carrying capacity can be increased by increasing the number of the heating element wires and there is no need of increasing the cross-sectional area of each of the rectangular wires. Therefore, a reduction in the bending capacity due to an increase in the cross-sectional area of the rectangular wires can be avoided, and the bending capacity can be improved significantly.
US09301321B2
A network device can be configured to dynamically vary a total back-off duration. The network device can determine a total transmit duration for transmitting data on a communication medium. If the total transmit duration exceeds a predetermined transmit interval associated with the data, the network device can determine the total back-off duration based, at least in part, on the total transmit duration and the predetermined transmit interval. The network device can initiate the total back-off duration by deferring data transmission on the communication medium during the total back-off duration. In some embodiments, if the network device implements multiple consecutive back-off intervals, the network device can determine whether to vary the duration of a second back-off interval depending on whether a transmission by another network device is detected on the communication medium after a first back-off interval elapses.
US09301320B2
Aspects of a method and system for carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) with directional transmission are presented. Aspects of the system may include a communicating device (DEV), which transmits a portion of a PDU utilizing omnidirectionally transmitted signals and a subsequent portion of the PDU utilizing directionally transmitted signals. In an exemplary system the communicating DEV may transmit a frame, which represents a physical layer PDU. The frame may comprise a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) preamble that is transmitting utilizing omnidirectionally transmitted signals (omni preamble), a PLCP header that is transmitted utilizing omnidirectionally transmitted signals (omni header), a PLCP preamble that is transmitted utilizing directionally transmitted signals (directional preamble) and a physical layer service data unit (PSDU) field, or data, field, which is transmitted utilizing directionally transmitted signals (directional data). In another exemplary system, the communicating DEV may transmit PDUs utilizing directional signal transmission.
US09301313B2
Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved data transmission with coherence interval user selection. In one method, a transmit group to which to transmit during a first coherence time interval is selected. The transmit group is selected (101) from a plurality of users for which there is data to transmit during the first coherence time interval. The data associated with users in the transmit group is transmitted (102) to the transmit group during the first coherence time interval. Subsequent transmit groups to which to transmit during subsequent coherence time intervals are also selected (103). A user of the plurality of users is selected for transmission over the course of the first coherence time interval and the subsequent coherence time intervals with a predetermined probability.
US09301312B2
A communication system for providing network access over a shared communication link is disclosed. The communication system includes a user access point, a network access point and a communications link. The user access point is coupled to one or more user terminals that access a remote network. The network access point is coupled to the remote network. The communications link couples the user access point and the network access point. The communications link is at least partially controlled by the network access point, which monitors information passed between the remote network and the user access point to create an estimate of future usage of the communications link by the user access point based on the information. The network access point allocates communications link resources for the user access point based on the estimate.
US09301308B2
Mechanisms for determining a cluster set of mobile devices are disclosed. A controller node identifies a primary mobile device that has a scheduled transmission for the controller node at a first time. The controller node identifies, from a plurality of mobile devices, a set of eligible assistant (EA) mobile devices. Each EA mobile device in the set is directed to determine a corresponding mobile device-to-mobile device (MD-MD) channel indicator that identifies a quality of a channel between the each EA mobile device and the primary mobile device. The controller node receives from at least one EA mobile device in the set the corresponding MD-MD channel indicator. The controller node then determines a cluster set that includes the primary mobile device and the at least one EA mobile device.
US09301304B2
A radio base station and a method therein are provided for determining where in a cell a UE, being served by the radio base station, is located. The method includes receiving at least a first and subsequently a second Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value from the UE, and comparing the received first and second RSRP values. The method further includes selecting a first threshold value based on the comparison indicating increasing RSRP values corresponding to the UE moving towards a cell-center area, or selecting a second threshold value based on the comparison indicating decreasing RSRP values corresponding to the UE moving towards a cell-edge area. Further, the method includes determining whether the UE is located in the cell-center area or the cell-edge area using the selected threshold value.
US09301303B2
The invention concerns a method for scheduling frequency channels implemented in a device for a narrowband radiocommunication system sharing with a broadband radiocommunication system, each comprising a narrowband base station and a broadband base station, and the same frequency band, the frequency band being in part divided into a given number of frequency blocks, each comprising a given number of carrier frequencies to optionally be allocated to the narrowband base stations. The device comprises a means for associating carrier frequencies with the narrowband base stations and a means for distributing over the frequency band the carrier frequencies associated with the narrowband base stations such that each frequency block comprises at least two distinct groups of carrier frequencies, each associated with a different base station, the two groups of carrier frequencies being selected according to a distribution rule such that interference relating to the emission of the base stations associated with groups of carrier frequencies distributed in the same frequency block have a minimum interfered surface area.
US09301291B2
Methods of operating a network node are provided. Various embodiments may provide methods of processing enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) information by a network node of a radio telecommunications system. The methods may include differentiating between sets of physical resource block (PRB) pairs in an ePDCCH control region when defining blind decoding candidates. Moreover, the methods may include scheduling a resource for a User Equipment (UE) in response to differentiating between the sets of PRB pairs. Related network nodes and UEs are also described.
US09301271B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of LTE-A, and discloses a method for air interface synchronization between base stations. A base station to be synchronized, which simultaneously monitors a plurality of neighboring base stations, can select one neighboring base station to perform time-service synchronization in accordance with different criteria in order, such as whether CoMP is necessary, the time-service hop count, time-service delay, and the CQI level (channel quality indicator) and the like. That is, the most suitable synchronization source is determined according to a certain priority order. Such solution both applies to a phase of initial establishment of air interface self-synchronization between base stations, and also to a phase of periodic synchronization maintenance. In addition, the technical effect of such solution is particularly prominent in the case of intensively arranged Small Cells.
US09301265B2
A power calibration scheme adjusts power levels of network of femtocells based on macro signals seen at different points in and around a coverage area and based on the mutual positions of the femtocells (e.g., based on femtocell signals seen at these points). The power calibration scheme thus facilitates a good balance between providing a desired level of coverage and mitigation of interference to nearby macrocells and femtocells.
US09301259B2
Mechanisms are described for providing information to a user regarding a wireless charging operation via the user's mobile terminal. Information may be received from a device engaged in a wireless charging operation, such as the user device being charged and/or the wireless charging plate via which the user device is charged, in response to a trigger. Information such as a charge time remaining, an amount of charge completed, or a charging queue status may be presented by the user's mobile terminal, such as via a display of the mobile terminal and/or through an audible indication provided by a speaker of the mobile terminal. The trigger may be any of a number of user interactions with the device engaged in the wireless charging operation.
US09301258B2
System, apparatus and method for collecting data from, and providing power to, a geophysical data acquisition device are described herein. The method may include charging a data transfer device comprising a data transfer port, a power transfer port and a battery module, coupling the data transfer device to a geophysical data acquisition device, deploying the geophysical data acquisition device and collecting data therewith, collecting data from the geophysical data acquisition device via the data transfer port and providing power to the geophysical data acquisition device via the power transfer port, replacing the data transfer device with a charged device, coupling the data transfer device to a charging station, transferring data from the data transfer device, and transferring power to the data transfer device via the charging station.
US09301254B2
A method and device for operating in an idle mode for Machine To Machine (M2M) communication are provided. A M2M device receives a paging message from a base station. The paging message includes a M2M group identifier that identifies a M2M group to which the M2M device belongs. The M2M device monitors an uplink resource allocation beginning from an offset during a monitoring duration.
US09301243B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for traffic steering across cell-types. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device enables radio access network (“RAN”) selection across multiple cell-types, including, but not limited to, macro cells, metro cells, femto cells, pico cells, and the like, based upon network conditions, local device information, and/or other information such as policies and user profiles. The local device information can include, but is not limited to, mobility state information, performance measurement information, battery utilization information, channel quality information, and user overrides.
US09301242B2
A method of re-attempting to wirelessly connect a vehicle telematics unit with a wireless carrier system includes detecting that a primary retry method has failed; and carrying out a secondary retry method that: determines whether the vehicle telematics unit will communicate using a first radio access technology (RAT) or a second RAT; re-attempts a cellular connection with one or more base stations using a first RAT attachment procedure when it is determined that the vehicle telematics unit will communicate using the first RAT; and re-attempts a cellular connection with one or more base stations using a second RAT attachment procedure when it is determined that the vehicle telematics unit will communicate using the second RAT.
US09301238B2
The described apparatus and methods may include a local network formation module configured to join an overlay network via an available connection, retrieve from the overlay network at least one ad associated with forming a local network, determine if there is at least one matching ad to form the local network, and if no matching ads are determined, then publish an ad with a first local network configuration, or if one or more matching ads are determined, then join a local network according to a second local network configuration corresponding to one of the one or more matching ads.
US09301233B2
Methods and apparatus of cell detection include determining whether communication between a user equipment and a serving cell satisfies a serving cell unsuitability condition. The methods and apparatus further include performing one or more autonomous search procedures based on whether the serving cell unsuitability condition has been satisfied. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include conducting cell reselection based on one or more results from the one or more autonomous search procedures, wherein the one or more results indicate at least one suitable cell for reselection.
US09301225B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in communication with a wireless network that may include a base station (or base node) and a cell that may be in a dormant mode is contemplated. The WTRU may determine that the WTRU may be within a vicinity of the cell and may generate a report that includes one or more measurements related to a location of the WTRU. The WTRU may transmit the report to the network and may receive an indication to perform one or more measurements related to the cell. The one or more measurements related to the cell may be based on a Common Pilot Channel (CPICH), a Synchronization Channel (SCH), and/or a Broadcast Channel (Primary Common Control Physical Channel) (BCH P-CCPCH) that may be transmitted by the cell upon a command from a base node.
US09301207B2
A mobility management node (120, 125), arranged to serve a User Equipment, UEs (130) in a Public Land Mobile Network, a PLMN, also arranged to have an interface towards a Serving Gateway, an SGW (115). The mobility management node (120, 125) is arranged to, upon reception of one or more predefined messages from a UE (130) or in case of a change of mobility management node and/or PLMN for the UE (130), send a message to the SGW (115), comprising information on the maximum Quality of Service for the UE (130) allowed by the mobility management node (120, 125) and information on the subscribed Quality of Service for the UE (130), the mobility management node (120, 125) being arranged to receive a response message from the SGW (115), and to, as a result of the response message, implement a limitation of the UEs (130) Quality of Service.
US09301204B2
A method for mobile station accessing to a base station in a wireless communication system that uses selective acknowledgement mechanism, comprising: transmitting, an access probe from the mobile station to the base station; receiving, a message from the base station, wherein the message indicates parts of the plurality of data frames are not decoded by the base station; passing, an instruction from a MAC layer to a PHY layer of the mobile station, wherein the instruction is used to send a selective acknowledgement header; sending, the parts of data frames that are not decoded by the base station from the MAC layer to the PHY layer according to the message; and retransmitting the parts of the plurality of data frames.
US09301196B2
Systems, methods, and devices for compressing block acknowledgment (ACK) frames/packets are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes a compressed block acknowledgment frame including a bitmap, the bitmap indicating receipt of a plurality of fragments of a single data unit. The method further includes transmitting the compressed block acknowledgment frame.
US09301195B2
A method, system and device are provided for carrying out a login procedure of a mobile terminal into a mobile communications network. To compensate for a time delay on the communications channel between a base station and a control unit, a device is inserted into the connection between the base station and the control unit. The device is arranged between the base station and the section which is subject to time delay in the communications channel. The device stores the query reference broadcast by the mobile terminal device during each initiation of a login procedure and replaces the query reference in the reply with the query reference currently stored in this device. Thus, the mobile terminal device can carry out the login procedure even in the presence of time delays on the connection between the base station and the control unit.
US09301187B2
A communication unit of a radio terminal performs radio measurement of a base station and monitoring of a paging signal within a periodic duration. A controller controls the communication unit so as to perform filtering of the radio measurement within the duration with intervals less than half of the duration.
US09301186B2
Methods of MDT information logging and reporting are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided to resolve shortcomings of prior art by correlating UL measurements with QoS information to enable UL performance analysis and accurate detection of coverage problems. In another embodiment, a method is provided to resolve the shortcomings of the prior art by making DL measurements and location information collecting or logging conditional on UL measurements.
US09301182B2
Provided an apparatus and a method for reporting a measurement result in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives report conditions and a measurement setting including a report for position information from a base station. When a measurement report is triggered, the terminal determines whether valid position information is available and the measured result is transmitted to the base station. When the valid position information is not available, the measured result includes serving cell information and adjacent cell information.
US09301174B2
A method and system are provided for scheduling data transmission in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system. The MIMO system may comprise at least one MIMO transmitter and at least one MIMO receiver. Feedback from one or more receivers may be used by a transmitter to improve quality, capacity, and scheduling in MIMO communication systems. The method may include generating or receiving information pertaining to a MIMO channel metric and information pertaining to a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in respect of a transmitted signal; and sending a next transmission to a receiver using a MIMO mode selected in accordance with the information pertaining to the MIMO channel metric, and an adaptive coding and modulation selected in accordance with the information pertaining to the CQI.
US09301173B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor mobile internet usage are disclosed. An example method includes identifying an application associated with a first request received at a proxy. The application is credited with a presentation duration based on a time difference between the first request and a second request, the second request associated with a same application as the first request.
US09301172B2
Mobile broadband traffic has been exploding in wireless networks resulting in an increase of interferences and reduced operator control. Networks are also becoming more heterogeneous putting additional demand in interference management. Scheduler schedules uplink transmissions from UEs based on a load prediction algorithm that typically assumes worst case. However, UEs do not always use full power granted, and thus, much of granted radio resources are wasted. To address these and other issues, techniques to accurately predict/estimate other cell interferences and thermal noise separately and to accurately predict/estimate load utilization probabilities, rise-over-thermals, and load factor biases are described. The described techniques are applicable in a radio network node with any number of antenna branches. The techniques can be used to schedule UEs to more fully utilize available radio resources. Extended Kalman filtering can be adapted for use in estimation providing low order computational complexity.
US09301169B2
A fading simulator is provided, which includes a noise generator that generates an additive white Gaussian noise signal, receives a test signal to be input to a mobile communication terminal as a test target, and adds, to the test signal, a radio wave scattering effect, using the additive white Gaussian noise signal. The fading simulator is provided with setting means for setting for causing the noise generator to generate a same additive white Gaussian noise signal as the additive white Gaussian noise signal in the first test, when a first test is performed on the mobile communication terminal, and also for setting for causing the noise generator to generate the additive white Gaussian noise signal of the predetermined level when a second test for re-simulating the first test is performed after the first test.
US09301165B2
A device may determine that a parameter of a base station, included in a network, is to be adjusted. The device may determine a first proposed adjustment based on a first SON algorithm associated with adjusting the parameter based on performance information of multiple base stations included in the network. The device may determine a second proposed adjustment based on a second SON algorithm associated with adjusting the parameter based on performance information of the base station. The device may determine a weight factor, associated with the base station, based on a relationship between the base station and one or more neighbor base stations included in the network. The device may determine a final adjustment based on the first proposed adjustment, the second proposed adjustment, and the weight factor. The device may cause the parameter of the base station to be adjusted based on the final adjustment.
US09301164B2
A method, a system, and a terminal for performing a system update between mobile communication terminals. The method includes: determining, by a target mobile terminal, whether hardware is compatible with a source mobile terminal; if the hardware is compatible between both terminals, obtaining, by the target mobile terminal through a wireless network, a system backup file transferred by the source mobile terminal; and performing, by the target mobile terminal, a system update according to the system backup file. A system update can be implemented between mobile phones through a wireless network without depending on an update server or downloading an update file from the update server, thereby reducing the burden of the update server, and facilitating exchange of systems between mobile phone users.
US09301154B2
A method of controlling an antenna system in which performance indicators relating to capacity and coverage are used to generate an instruction to adjust the order of MIMO provided by the antenna system and at least one of the level of beam forming and transmission power. The instruction may not be followed in case a decision-making entity decides that it is not appropriate.
US09301152B2
The invention relates to a repeater arrangement for amplifying a communication link between a base station and user equipment, wherein the communication link comprises an uplink and a downlink utilizing frequencies within a coherence bandwidth. The repeater arrangement comprises: a first antenna for communication with the base station; a second antenna for communication with the user equipment; an amplifying device operatively connected to the first antenna and to the second antenna for conveying and amplifying communication signals between the first antenna and the second antenna, the amplifying device comprising a first signal path for the uplink and a second signal path for the downlink, the first and second signal paths having equal electrical length, in order to affect said communication signal identically in both uplink and downlink, providing same phase and amplitude characteristics to said communication signal.
US09301146B2
A method and system is presented for a mobile wireless communication device that may communicate information to a first network device for enabling authentication, authorization and/or management of accounting for the mobile wireless device for use within a first network that utilizes a first wireless communication standard. A communication session may be established with a second network that utilizes a second wireless standard based on data sent to the second network related to the first authentication, authorization and/or accounting management. The wireless mobile device is operable to establish simultaneous communication sessions with the first network and the second network without communicating authentication, authorization and/or accounting information to the second network. The first and/or second network may comprise and/or share a session control server. The mobile wireless device may receive, store and/or modify additional information associated with the authentication, authorization and/or accounting management.
US09301144B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, establishing communications with a femtocell located at premises with a gateway device. A request is received from the femtocell to authenticate the femtocell, wherein authentication allows the femtocell to receive subscribed services. Authentication information is received from the femtocell and an authentication process is initiated to authenticate the femtocell based on the request. An identification of the gateway device and the authentication information are provided to a remote server, wherein the providing of the identification and the authentication information is responsive to the establishing of the communications with the femtocell. The remote server identifies a subscriber account based on the identification of the gateway to authenticate the femtocell based on information obtained from the subscriber account. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09301143B2
A method and apparatus for providing security of a mobile terminal in various ways are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving a 1st signal from a mobile communication network via a wireless communication unit, when the display unit is activated, displaying a 1st substitute screen including a password input window on a display unit, inputting a password to the password input window, transmitting the inputted password to the mobile communication network via the wireless communication unit, if a 2nd signal indicating that the password is valid is received from the mobile communication network in response to the transmission, canceling the 1st substitute screen, and if a 3rd signal indicating that the password is not valid is received, maintaining the 1st substitute screen.
US09301134B2
Techniques for the secure generation of a set of encryption keys to be used for communication between a wireless terminal and an assisting base station in a dual-connectivity scenario. An example method includes generating (810) an assisting security key for the assisting base station, based on an anchor base station key. The generated assisting security key is sent (820) to the assisting base station, for use by the assisting base station in encrypting data traffic sent to the wireless terminal or in generating one or more additional assisting security keys for encrypting data traffic sent to the wireless terminal while the wireless terminal is dually connected to the anchor base station and the assisting base station. The anchor base station key, or a key derived from the anchor base station key, is used (830) for encrypting data sent to the wireless terminal by the anchor base station.
US09301133B2
A method, a device, and a communication system include receiving one or more concurrent transmissions from one or more source devices in the communication system; responsive to the one or more concurrent transmissions comprising a single source transmission from a single source device, retransmitting the single source transmission either clear or encrypted based on the single source transmission; responsive to the one or more concurrent transmissions comprising multiple transmissions from multiple source devices, performing one of: summing audio to create a summed resultant stream and broadcasting the summed resultant stream based on matching encryption parameters associated with each of the multiple transmissions; and broadcasting only a selected transmission of the one or more concurrent transmissions from a higher priority source device based on an encryption parameter mismatch between the multiple transmissions, wherein the selected transmission is broadcast based on encryption parameters associated with the selected transmission.
US09301132B2
A method, system and a computer program product for managing distribution of software updates in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile devices includes retrieving information of one or more softwares in one or more NFC mobile devices by a NFC reader in communication range with the one or more NFC mobile devices, transmitting the retrieved information from the NFC reader to a distribution server which determines if the one or more softwares requires an update based on the retrieved information, in response to said determination, receiving an available updated software or update components of the one or more softwares from the distribution server to the NFC reader and transmitting thereof from the NFC reader to a secure element of the one or more NFC mobile devices whose one or more softwares require an updation.
US09301129B2
A method and a terminal are described for providing a circuit switched (CS) service, a session initiation protocol (SIP)-based service, or a CSI service which is a combination of the CS service and an Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) service. The terminal may receive a terminal capability version of at least one target terminal, and compare the received terminal capability version with a previously stored terminal capability version of the at least one target terminal. The terminal may send a message for requesting for terminal capability information of the at least one target terminal, if the received terminal capability version of the at least one target terminal is different from the previously stored terminal capability version of the at least one target terminal based on the comparison result. Otherwise, a CS or IMS process is implemented.
US09301121B2
In an ad hoc peer-to-peer type network during peer discovery, information relating to an identifier associated with users of various devices is broadcast to other devices in an efficient manner. Two or more identifiers can be processed to produce a single value (e.g., bit vector) that is transmitted for the purpose of peer discovery, thus mitigating the need to broadcast the two or more identifiers separately. A public identifier can be converted to a private temporary identifier and the private temporary identifier can be used as one of the inputs to the operation producing the single value to be transmitted. The aspects are not limited to peer discovery and can include broadcasting by inanimate objects or broadcasting of services, functions or interests.
US09301115B2
A user equipment for handling an attach procedure with a service network is provided. In the user equipment, a wireless module transmits an attach request message to the service network and receives an attach accept message replied to the attach request message from the service network, while a controller determines whether to accept the attach accept message according to a first parameter accompanying the attach accept message and sends an attach complete message, via the wireless module, to the service network in response to the attach accept message being accepted.
US09301114B2
An approach is provided for determining significant places with greatly improved accuracy using universally available identifier information. A significant place platform causes, at least in part, a mapping of one or more communication coverage areas associated with one or more identifiers onto at least one geo-grid, wherein the one or more identifiers are associated with at least one device operating within at least one communication network. The significant place platform further processes the one or more identifiers to determine one or more significance scores associated with one or more grid units of the at least one geo-grid. The significant place platform also determines at least one significant place based, at least in part, on the one or more significance scores.
US09301112B2
A computer program product includes computer readable program code embodied on a computer readable storage medium. The computer program product include computer readable program code for receiving input from a user of a first communication device identifying a second communication device and initiating a call to the second communication device, computer readable program code for receiving further input from the user of the first communication device indicating that an incoming call from the identified second communication device is an urgent call, and computer readable program code for, in response to receiving the further input from the user of the first communication device, blocking any incoming call that is not identified as an urgent call.
US09301092B2
An earth positioning system (EPS) is provided. The EPS includes a plurality of fixed LED lights with communication functions and a mobile communications device. A cloud computer and at least one map marked with world coordinates of the fixed LED lights may be further included. The LED light includes a substrate, at least one LED die, a power supply, a wireless communication module, a control unit and a housing. The LED lights may be arranged in indoor and outdoor environments, with coordinates represented in longitude, latitude and altitude. The coordinates are included in a map data of the cloud computer. When the mobile communication device moves with its carrier, the world coordinates of the mobile communication device can be located based on the coordinates of the LED lights nearby or based on the unique IDs of the LED lights together with the aforementioned map.
US09301083B2
Examples may include techniques for a device trigger recall or a device trigger replace procedure as implemented at a machine type communication-interworking function (MTC-IWF) in response to a command received from a service capability server (SCS). Examples may also include the SCS generating a command for a device trigger recall or a device replace to cause the MTC-IWF to implement the device trigger recall or device trigger replace procedure to either recall or replace a trigger message destined for user equipment. Both the MTC-IWF and the SCS may operate in compliance with one or more 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards.
US09301072B2
An audio system comprises an electro-acoustic transducer (1) with transducer connections (12, 13) to receive an audio signal (AS) in the audio frequency range from a driver circuit (14) and measure means (11) to measure the excursion of a diaphragm (3) of the electro-acoustic transducer (1), wherein a sensor signal source (16) provides a sensor signal (SS) at the transducer connections (12, 13) with a sensor frequency beyond the audio frequency range and in the range of the resonance frequency of the electro-acoustic transducer and, wherein the measure means (11) comprise a sensor circuit (18) to sense changes of the impedance of the electro-acoustic transducer (1) for the sensor signal (SS) at the transducer connections (12, 13) caused by the excursion of the diaphragm (3) due to the audio signal (AS).
US09301065B2
A hearing device comprising a battery compartment including a metal-air battery and a microphone assembly arranged nearby or coupled to the battery compartment, the battery compartment and/or the microphone assembly in protected using an elastic polymer membrane.
US09301055B2
Acoustic actuator plate structures are used in acoustic applications. The acoustic actuator plate structure according to the invention contains an electret material and comprises a structurally weaker electret layer (1), where the specific resistance of the electret material is at least 10 Ωm and the yield point of it is high, and a structurally stronger support structure layer (2), where the plastic region of the support layer material is wider than the plastic region of the electret material. The electret layer (1) can be formed of a material that retains its electret properties extremely well even in high temperatures and humid conditions. This material may be brittle. The support structure layer (2) provides mechanical and structural strength to the acoustic actuator plate structure.
US09301047B2
A loudspeaker audio accessory provides and non-cable interface to a portable radio. The accessory can operate in conjunction with the radio or as a standalone device. An accessory loudspeaker is contained within the accessory housing, the accessory loudspeaker being positioned at a tilted angle within the housing to direct audio upwards towards audio porting located on a top surface of the accessory housing. The accessory provides a plurality of operational modes, the first mode of operation being a stand-alone mode generating an emergency alert audio tone via the loudspeaker in response to a switch being enabled; and the second mode of operation provides boosted audio via the accessory loudspeaker when the accessory is coupled to a radio. The accessory can also operate in conjunction with the radio via a short range link to selectively emergency signals and boosted audio.
US09301041B2
A headphone comprises a speaker. The rear volume of the speaker is coupled to a mixing volume, the front volume of the speaker is coupled to the mixing volume, and the mixing volume is coupled to the exterior. The acoustic impedances resulting from the rear volume, the front volume, the mixing volume, and the passages between them can be adjusted, in order to achieve the desired sound egress properties. Acoustic damping material can be included in the various leakage paths in order to achieve the desired properties, depending on the type of speaker to be used, the acoustic design of the headphone, the mechanical properties of the headphone body, and the desired frequency response characteristics of the headphone.
US09301040B2
A headphone includes an electro-acoustic transducer dividing an enclosed volume into a front volume and a rear volume, a first port in the housing coupling the front volume to an ear canal of a user, a second port in the housing coupling the front volume to space outside the ear, a third port in the housing coupling the rear volume to space outside the ear, and an ear tip configured to surround the first port and including a flap to seal the ear canal from space outside the ear. The second port has a diameter and a length that provide an acoustic mass with an acoustic impedance with a high reactive component and a low resistive component, reducing the occlusion effect that otherwise results from sealing the ear.
US09301036B2
A microphone comprises a microphone unit; and a HOT terminal and a COLD terminal that produce a balanced output of output signals of the microphone unit, and no filter circuit is disposed between the microphone unit and the HOT terminal and a low-pass filter is disposed only between the microphone unit and the COLD terminal.
US09301034B2
A method for operating an acoustic transducer is provided. The acoustic transducer includes a moving element and a fixed element, wherein the moving element is coupled to surrounding air. In the method, a signal-independent magnetic field is generated to urge the moving element into a rest position when no input signal is received; and a force is generated in response to the input signal and applying that force to the moving element to urge the moving element away from the rest position. The moving element is controlled by a combined influence of the signal-independent magnetic field and the signal-dependent force to generate acoustic vibrations in response to an audio input signal.
US09301032B1
An electronic stethoscope chestpiece includes a chestpiece housing having an interior space including a cavity extending from a radially enlarged open end to a radially constricted aperture to form a stethoscope bell. The radially enlarged open end and radially constricted aperture have a common radial axis. Another part of the interior space includes a circuit board positioned above the radially constricted aperture that mechanically supports a headphone connector and a sound detector located at the radially constricted aperture. The circuit board includes a first electrical channel adapted to transmit an electrical signal corresponding to sound in the stethoscope bell to a portable electronic device that records sound and a second electrical channel adapted to allow an audio signal transmitted from the portable electronic device to pass to the headphone connector.
US09301023B2
A device having a test module configured to connect with a server through a cellular telephone network and a wireless area network. The test module is also configured to initiate, in the server, a diagnostic test of an Internet Protocol television network and a media processor. The test module is further configured to receive information indicating problems with the Internet Protocol television network and the media processor, and to display the information on a display.
US09301019B1
A media correlation method, executed by a processor, determines an identity of a program. The method includes detecting a sign-in by a first media device; determining a location of the first media device relative to a second media device; receiving from the first media device, content clips emanating from the second media device; and identifying a program displayed on the second media device based on the received content clips.
US09301017B2
A method, apparatus, and user interface for providing operational status for multiple communication networks is described. The embodiments include receiving a request to change a program being provided on a first device in the plurality of devices, determining if the requested change requires changing the program provided to at least one second device in the plurality of devices, and outputting or displaying a list of programs currently provided to a subset of the plurality of devices if the requested change requires changing the program to the at least one second device, the subset of devices including the first device and the at least one second device.
US09301013B2
Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that alerts a user regarding the availability of media content. For example, the media guidance application may determine, based on the current progress of the user in media content, whether or not the user will complete the media content while the media content is available. If not, the media guidance application may alert the user.
US09301012B2
An exemplary method includes detecting, on a media content recording device, a media content recording conflict between a plurality of scheduled recordings of media content instances, and outputting, for display on a display device, data representative of a graphical user interface including a plurality of graphical objects representative of the plurality of scheduled recordings of the media content instances and at least one option configured to facilitate resolution of the media content recording conflict. Corresponding methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also described.
US09301007B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to monitor a media presentation include generating a plurality of interpixel differences associated with a plurality of video samples of a video signal corresponding to a video frame of the media presentation. Such example methods also include processing the plurality of interpixel differences to determine whether the video frame exhibits macroblocking. Such example methods further include eliminating a first source from a plurality of possible sources of the media presentation when the video frame exhibits macroblocking.
US09301006B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing additional information on broadcast content, and particularly, to a method and a system for providing additional information corresponding to broadcast content displayed on a television to a separate viewer's terminal. The method for providing additional information on the broadcast content is performed by a voice feature extraction server and comprises the steps of: extracting audio feature data of the broadcast content to store voice feature information previously grouped in preset units in a provided storage space; and detecting voice feature information corresponding to the voice feature data received from the viewer's terminal among the stored one or more pieces of voice feature information and transmitting the detected feature information to the viewer's terminal, wherein the viewer's terminal extracts the voice feature data from an input audio signal according to a preset method and transmits the extracted voice feature data to the voice feature extraction server, a temporal position corresponding to the voice feature data is determined from the received voice feature information, and the additional information is displayed at the temporal position.
US09300999B2
Methods and apparatus for conserving bandwidth within a network based on two or more different service levels. In an exemplary embodiment, programming that is simulcast on two or more program channels is mapped to one physical channel during periods when the programming is scheduled at only one service level (e.g., standard definition), thereby conserving bandwidth on the network that would otherwise be consumed by the simultaneous broadcast on the two or more channels. When the programming service level becomes heterogeneous across the channels (e.g., SD and HD simulcast), physical channel(s) supporting the HD content are provided within a local service area only “on-demand” using, for example, a switched digital channel allocation. Accordingly, no HD broadcast occurs within a given area until at least one user requests it, thereby further conserving network bandwidth.
US09300998B2
A method and system of broadcasting a regional television channel to a user. A digital subscriber line access multiplex (DSLAM) receives a broadcast of multicast channels intended for delivery to the user. The multicast channels include national channels and a regional channel. The DSLAM broadcasts the multicast channels to the user and receives a regional channel control signal specifying a broadcast during a specified period of time of the regional channel instead of a national channel previously scheduled to be broadcast to the user during the specified period of time. The DSLAM switches the multicast channels broadcasted to the user during the specified period of time from the national channel to the regional channel such that the regional channel is in a specific channel slot of the national channel during the specified period of time during broadcasting the multicast channels to the user.
US09300997B2
The likelihood of consumption of a linear content stream may be determined. Information that includes data indicative of user interaction with a client device may be received. The information may correspond to a period during which the client device received linear content. The likelihood of consumption may be determined for that period based on the received information.
US09300982B2
The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding image information and to an apparatus using same, and the method for encoding the image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a recovery block; applying a deblocking filter to the recovery block; applying a sample adaptive offset (SAO) to the recovery block to which the deblocking filter is applied; and transmitting the image information including information on the SAO which is applied, wherein in the step of transmitting, information for specifying bands that cover a scope of a pixel value, to which a band off set is applied, is transmitted when the band offset is applied during the step of applying the SAO.
US09300980B2
Certain configurations herein include changing the resolution of an auxiliary map (e.g., a motion map, a z-map, etc.) at a first level of quality to obtain an auxiliary map at a second level of quality. For example, changing the resolution can include receiving a respective auxiliary map of one or more vectors at one or more lower levels of quality and progressively refining, via novel operations, the auxiliary map to higher or lower levels of quality in a hierarchy.
US09300979B2
A method is proposed for transmitting at least two data contents by means of a source node to a destination node via at least two transmission paths. The method for transmitting includes steps of: sub-dividing each content into a succession of elementary data groups according to a predetermined pattern of repetition comprising at least two types of different elementary groups; transmitting elementary groups on at least one of the paths, according to a predefined alternation of elementary groups resulting from the sub-division of at least two different contents.
US09300971B2
When encoding moving images using an encoding scheme in which a termination process is performed, controlling so that a picture to be encoded after a picture whose encoding has been forcibly terminated does not refer to the picture whose encoding has been forcibly terminated. By so doing, encoding using a reference picture with low correlation is suppressed and encoding efficiency can be improved.
US09300959B2
In one embodiment, a method determines a block of a current picture and a prediction type associated with the block. Also, the method determines one of a first list of reference pictures and a second list of reference pictures for the block. An encoder or a decoder selects the one of the first list of reference pictures or the second list of reference pictures implicitly without communication of information between the encoder and the decoder indicating which of the first list of reference pictures or the second list of reference pictures was selected. Then, the method sets a reference picture in the selected one of the first list of reference pictures and the second list of reference pictures as a collocated picture for the block. The selected reference picture is used in a temporal prediction process for the block.
US09300955B2
An information processing apparatus includes an input unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The input unit receives processed data having resulted from a process in which a test-content is read and processed by a device to be evaluated. The test-content is composed of a plurality of units for reproduction ordered along a time axis, each unit for reproduction having feature points, the number of the feature points monotonically increasing or decreasing by a predetermined difference along passage of reproduction time. The storage unit stores the predetermined difference. The control unit calculates the numbers of the feature points with respect to each of two adjacent units among the units for reproduction in the processed data, and detects an error in the processed data by determining whether or not a difference between the calculated numbers of the feature points is equal to the stored difference.
US09300947B2
A method of producing a stereo image from a temporal sequence of digital images, comprising: receiving a temporal sequence of digital images; analyzing pairs of digital images to produce corresponding stereo suitability scores, wherein the stereo suitability score for a particular pair of images is determined responsive to the relative positions of corresponding features in the particular pair of digital image; selecting a pair of digital images including a first image and a second image based on the stereo suitability scores; using a processor to analyze the selected pair of digital images to produce a motion consistency map indicating regions of consistent motion, the motion consistency map having an array of pixels; producing a stereo image pair including a left view image and a right view image by combining the first image and the second image responsive to the motion consistency map; and storing the stereo image pair in a processor-accessible memory.
US09300943B2
An image coding method is provided which enables prediction of a motion vector with high accuracy and coding of an image with high coding efficiency. The image coding method includes: calculating a disparity motion vector predictor for predicting a motion vector of a current block to be coded, from a motion vector of a disparity block; selecting a motion vector predictor for use in the prediction of the motion vector of the current block from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates including the disparity motion vector predictor; and coding (i) identification information corresponding to the motion vector predictor selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates and (ii) a motion vector difference that is a difference between the motion vector of the current block and the motion vector predictor.
US09300941B2
An input stereoscopic video signal has a first frame sequence (SL) in a left-eye channel and a second frame sequence (SR) in a right-eye channel, the second frame sequence (SR) having a zero or non-zero time offset τ1 with respect to the first frame sequence (SL). It is converted into an output stereoscopic video signal having a third frame sequence (S′L) in the left-eye channel and a fourth frame sequence (S′R) in the right-eye channel. The fourth frame sequence (S′R) has a zero or non-zero time offset τ2 with respect to the third left-eye frame sequence (S′L). The two time offsets τ1, τ2 may be different τ2≠τ1), in which case the conversion comprises a time interpolation of the frames of at least one of the first and second frame sequences with interpolation parameters selected to apply a relative time shift of τ2−τ1 to the right-eye channel with respect to the left-eye channel.
US09300939B2
An exemplary method includes a conflict resolution system 1) detecting a request for a DVR system having a plurality of tuners to tune to a media content program at a time during which all of the tuners are tuned to other media content programs, 2) identifying one or more media content programs that are being presented by the DVR system at the time of the request and one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system at the time of the request, 3) presenting a conflict resolution interface that includes one or more selectable entries representative of the identified one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system, and 4) excluding the identified one or more media content programs that are being presented by the DVR system from being represented in the conflict resolution interface.
US09300935B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus that corrects differences in the tints of captured images caused by differences in the color characteristics of lenses used to shoot the images, as well as a control method for such an apparatus. The type of an interchangeable lens used to shoot an image is determined from a plurality of types of interchangeable lenses having different color characteristics. The influence of differences in the color characteristics of the interchangeable lenses on the tint of the image is then reduced by setting at least one of white balance coefficients used in white balance adjustment of the image and conversion characteristics of a color space conversion process applied to the image to correspond to the type of the interchangeable lens used to shoot the image.
US09300922B2
An anti-counterfeit banknote recorder, an automatic teller machine and a system are provided. The recorder includes a microprocessor, a memory, a communication module and a first photographic device. The first photographic device includes a camera and a flasher with different types of rays. The microprocessor is able to regulate the flashlight automatically so as to provide different types of rays according to the optical characteristics on the surface of the banknote under monitoring, and control the camera so as to take photos of the banknote under monitoring, thus, photo information of the banknote is obtained. The microprocessor is able to receive commands from the external equipments via the communication module, thus, the first photographic device is controlled accordingly so as to take photos. Moreover, via the communication module, the microprocessor is able to receive transaction information in relation to the banknotes under monitoring from the external equipments. The microprocessor is able to save the photo information of the banknote and the transaction information to the memory in the form of encryption recording. Thus, transaction process of the counterfeit banknotes on the ATM is automatically and effectively recorded, which is capable of providing truly effective legal basis for the settling of related disputes.
US09300920B2
A remote support site having a detector internally collecting information on a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic of a media-playing set or television and a server enabling specification of a preferred setting for such characteristic from this information. A method including maintaining a remote site, therefrom internally collecting information from the set about a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic, and therefrom specifying a preferred setting for such characteristic. A similar method but information detected upon user request about user-adjustable component for selecting on-screen characteristic and final step is remotely adjusting component. A similar method but information is about broadcast characteristic potentially selectable initially by user instead remotely specified initially. A similar method but information is about plural broadcast characteristics and final step is remotely providing settings for each. Two methods on menu-free TV control via remote and a method listing possible broadcast outcomes so user can readily target outcome to resolve.
US09300916B1
A system of enhancing communication in a multi-participant video conference by tracking eye contact between participants, implemented by a computing processor, detects that a first participant is looking at a second participant on a first screen viewed by the first participant, where both are engaged in the multi-participant video conference. The system adjusts a first video representation of the first participant such that the first participant appears to look directly at the second participant on a second screen viewed by the second participant. The system adjusts the second video representation to look directly at the first participant to enhance communication between the first participant and the second participant by allowing the first participant and the second participant to look directly into each other's eyes during the multi-participant video conference.
US09300915B2
In response to a request for deleting a specific management terminal from being under management of a specific administrator, a transmission management system not only deletes terminal identification information of the specific management terminal, from terminal identification information of management terminals being managed by the specific administrator, but also deletes the terminal identification information of the specific management terminal from candidate counterpart terminal identification information for the other management terminals being managed by the specific administrator.
US09300908B2
The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which includes a camera which photographs a subject to be photographed, a transmission module which transmits an image of the subject to be photographed by the camera to another information processing apparatus, a receiving module which receives coordinate information relating to a designated area within the image of the subject to be photographed, and a display module which displays an image of the subject to be photographed within the designated area based on the coordinate information transmitted from the another information processing apparatus so that a user can grasp the subject to be photographed within the designated area. According to the information processing apparatus thus configured, when one communication party points a subject displayed on a screen in a videophone etc., the other communication party can easily recognize the pointed portion.
US09300890B2
An imaging device includes a first imaging area having a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels arranged therein and a second imaging area having a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of third pixels arranged therein. Each of the first pixels, each of the second pixels and each of the third pixels receive a light flux from first, second and third pupil areas, respectively, of the exit pupil of an optical system and operate for photoelectric conversion. The second and third pupil areas are decentered to opposite directions to each other relative to the center of gravity of the exit pupil. The first and second imaging areas are displaced to opposite directions as corresponding to the decentered directions of the second and third pupil areas relative to a position on the imaging device where the optical axis of the optical system passes.
US09300883B2
An imaging device for capturing an image of an imaging object that is an artificial food mass, in which a light-transmissive microparticle is contained in a base material having a property of blocking infrared light, includes imaging means for capturing the image of the imaging object from one side; and an infrared light source that emits infrared light on the imaging object from the other side of the imaging object. The imaging means includes visible-light removing means for not receiving visible light. The imaging means captures the image of the imaging object while the infrared light source emits the infrared light on the imaging object. The device can accurately count the number of “microparticles not finely crushed or ground” by a computer or the like.
US09300879B2
In a first operation mode, signals are read from pixels including ranging pixels in a pixel array and ranging and image generation are performed based on the read signals. In a second operation mode, signals are read from the pixels excluding the ranging pixels and exposure is controlled based on the read signals.
US09300869B2
A method of operating an image-sensing device includes detecting a trigger. The method also includes, in response to detecting the trigger, changing an operating mode of the image-sensing device from a first operating mode having a first spatial resolution and a first temporal resolution to a second operating mode having a second spatial resolution and a second temporal resolution. The second spatial resolution may be lower than the first spatial resolution and the second temporal resolution may be higher than the first temporal resolution. The method may also include capturing video data in the second operating mode, the video data having the second spatial resolution and the second temporal resolution.
US09300865B2
An image processing system comprises a filter associated with a sensor array, which is operable to capture an image. The filter is provided to separate a plurality of distinct qualities of light from the scene to be captured. The filter has filter portions associated with the plurality of distinct qualities of light which are spatially pseudo-randomly ordered relative to each other. The image processing system also comprises an image reconstruction algorithm specifically designed to operate with the filter.
US09300858B2
There is provided a control device including a focus control unit configured to perform control so as to sequentially bring multiple subjects within a captured image into focus, and a recording control unit configured to perform control in response to a trigger from a user so as to record, onto a storage medium, captured images of the multiple subjects sequentially brought into focus by the focus control unit.
US09300856B2
An apparatus and method for adjusting compression rate based on the image size analysis in a camera device are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a compression rate determiner which determines a compression rate according to complexity of an image by extracting auto focus filter values of the image acquired from the camera, a processor which processes the image acquired from the camera in a unit of the line, and a still image codec which compresses line images output from the processor at the compression rate.
US09300850B2
A camera module is disclosed, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board), a base arranged at an upper surface of the PCB, a holder member arranged at an upper surface of the base and formed with a plurality of magnet reception portions, a surface of which facing the base is opened, and a plurality of magnets coupled to the magnet reception portions, wherein the base is formed with a protrusion configured to support a bottom surface of the magnet by being protrusively formed at a position corresponding to an opening of the magnet reception portions.
US09300844B2
The number of gradation levels to be obtained after lossy-compressed data corresponding to a predetermined number of gradation levels is expanded and gradation conversion is performed is determined in such a manner that the number of gradation levels is determined to be a first number of gradation levels in a case where the degree of compression when the data to be processed is compressed in lossy compression is more than a first threshold value, and the number of gradation levels is determined to be a second number of gradation levels in a case where the degree of compression is less than or equal to the first threshold value, the first number of gradation levels being smaller than the second number of gradation levels.
US09300842B1
Methods and systems for determining an edge pixel as a function of both the local video and the spatial location. Several logical gating functions, which are solely mappings of image position, are generated. Edges are marked only at locations where the gating function is true (e.g., or active) and not at other image locations. In order for a pixel to be tagged as an edge pixel, both its surrounding pixels values must be detected as an edge and the gating function must be active. Each gate output can be determined by employing either the image pixel count or the image scanline count. Different gating functions can be associated with different edge types to ensure the edge modulation pattern occurs orthogonal to the edge direction.
US09300834B2
A computer peripheral that may operate as a scanner. The scanner captures image frames as it is moved across an object. The image frames are formed into a composite image based on computations in two processes. In a first process, fast track processing determines a coarse position of each of the image frames based on a relative position between each successive image frame and a respective preceding image determine by matching overlapping portions of the image frames. In a second process, fine position adjustments are computed to reduce inconsistencies from determining positions of image frames based on relative positions to multiple prior image frames. The peripheral may also act as a mouse and may be configured with one or more navigation sensors that can be used to reduce processing time required to match a successive image frame to a preceding image frame.
US09300830B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first-information acquiring section, a transmitting section, a second-information acquiring section, and a storage. The first-information acquiring section acquires first image information which is read by a reading apparatus. In response to the first image information which is acquired by the first-information acquiring section and which indicates that the reading apparatus is permitted to perform a reading operation, the transmitting section transmits instruction information to the reading apparatus. The instruction information indicates that the reading apparatus be permitted to perform the reading operation. The second-information acquiring section acquires second image information which is read by the reading apparatus in accordance with the instruction information. The storage stores the second image information in association with the first image information.
US09300824B2
An image forming apparatus includes a state management unit to manage state information of the image forming apparatus; a determination unit to determine functions allowable to the user accessing the image forming apparatus according to the state information; a web server unit to generate the user interface screen on which functions are activated according to a result of the determining; and a control unit to control the image forming apparatus to display the generated user interface screen to the user.
US09300821B2
A service providing apparatus includes a detection section, an acquisition section, a memory, and a notification section. The detection section detects states of resources which are to be used for providing a service. When an application program which is to perform a service process is added to the apparatus, the acquisition section acquires resource information indicating a resource which is necessary for the application program to perform the service process. The memory stores the resource information and the information of the service process so as to associate the resource information and the information with the application program. When the application program is executed, the notification section specifies a resource associated with the application program, determines whether notification of the state of the specified resource is necessary, and, in a case where the notification is necessary, notifies the application program of information indicating the detected state of the specified resource.
US09300818B2
An information processing apparatus includes an image generation unit that generates an image to be displayed at a terminal; a moved area detecting unit that detects a moved area in the image; a determining unit that determines whether the moved area includes a changed partial area that is different before and after the movement; an identifying unit that identifies the changed partial area as a frequently-changed area when the changed partial area is changed within a predetermined period of time for a number of times greater than or equal to a threshold; a first transmission unit that transmits image data of the changed partial area not identified as the frequently-changed area to the terminal; a second transmission unit that transmits video data of the frequently-changed area to the terminal; and a third transmission unit that transmits movement and size information of the moved area to the terminal.
US09300806B2
Systems and methods for providing alternate communication paths for telephone calls. Calls directed to a telephone are relayed to a second electronic communication device, which may be a second telephone, based on the physical relationship of the telephone and the second device. According to one aspect, the physical relationship is automatically detected and compared with one or more conditions. When one of the conditions is met, an incoming call directed to the telephone is relayed to the second electronic communication device. Detection of the physical relationship may include detecting whether the telephone and the second device are in close proximity, whether one or both of the telephone and the second device is moving, or other aspects of the relationship.
US09300801B1
The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein analyze customer-agent communications to determine personality of a customer. The methods include recording a mono recording of a communication between an agent and a customer, separately recording the agent voice data in an agent recording, subtracting agent voice data from the mono recording using the agent recording to provide a separated recording including only customer voice data, converting at least the customer voice data to text, and determining a personality type of the customer by applying one or more computer-implemented linguistic algorithms to the text of the customer voice data.
US09300797B2
A method and terminal for speed dialing are disclosed. The method includes a terminal configuring pattern information of dialing, and establishing a correspondence between the pattern information and a contact person, wherein the pattern information comprises a letter key corresponding to a pattern name, a format of a pattern, and a combination mode among multiple patterns. The method further includes the terminal receiving key information input by a user, determining whether the input first key information is a number or a letter, if a letter, looking up an address book of the terminal according to the input key information to determine whether there is a contact person who satisfies a matching condition of the pattern information and, if yes, displaying the contact person who satisfies the matching condition of the pattern information on a terminal interface to be selected by the user for speed dialing.
US09300792B2
A verification and notification system. The system receives information including a telephone number from a user during an attempt by the user to access a service. The telephone number is verified by establishing a short message service (SMS) connection with the user using the received telephone number, and receiving a submitted verification code entered by the user. The received information and verified telephone number are used to complete the registration process and enable the user to access the service. Upon the occurrence of a notification event, an indication of the occurrence of the notification event is transmitted to the verified telephone number. The system receives an acknowledgement of an action associated with the notification event from the user.
US09300778B2
A Bluetooth headset for a mobile phone includes a body configured to transmit and receive a signal to and from a mobile phone via Bluetooth communication. The body is connected to at least one of a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card and a Universal SIM (USIM) card, and is further configured to obtain subscriber information from the one of the SIM card and the USIM card to provide the obtained subscriber information to the mobile phone.
US09300770B2
The electronic device including a piezoelectric element, a vibration plate having the piezoelectric element fixed thereto for generating air conduction sound by vibrating the piezoelectric element and sound to be transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body, a housing having the vibration plate fixed thereto, and an operation key provided to the housing, makes vibration of the vibration plate not likely to be transmitted to the operation key.
US09300764B2
A method and a system are provided for encoding and processing digital information. The digital information is encoded according to binary encoding formats corresponding to primitive data types. The primitive data types comprise scalar data types including Boolean, integer, float, decimal, time stamp, string, symbol, binary large object, and character large object data types. The primitive data types also comprise composite data types including structure, list and S-expression data types. The binary-encoded digital information is stored in a message with a predetermined format for transmission. No metadata is included in the message.
US09300763B2
A computing system includes a hierarchical set of servers. The hierarchical set includes a master server and one or more slave server. The master server and slave servers communicate with at least one non-intelligent user system over a communications network. The master server has full access to each non-intelligent user system. The master server controls access permissions for each slave server to the non-intelligent user system(s). Each higher level slave server can control access permissions for sub-level slave server(s) to the non-intelligent user system(s). A master or, if permitted access, a slave server, creates a window in a display of the non-intelligent user system, and can provide access to the window to any lower-level slave server to send pixels to fill that window. The pixels can be the graphics output of an application such as a browser or spreadsheet or the pixels can be video (either live or read from a hard drive). In other applications of the servers, the server system can control output on components of the user system, and receive input from components and peripherals of the user system, all via communications over the network. Access to respective non-intelligent user systems is dictated by the master server and each higher level slave server of the hierarchical set of servers. Data representing input of components and peripherals is multiplexed and communicated over the network by the user system, and data representing output of components of the user system is received by the user system over the network and demultiplexed and delivered to the component for output on the user system.
US09300762B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes intercepting a remote desktop connection request and connecting to a network gateway based on the remote desktop connection request. A first connection with a server is initiated via the network gateway using a first communication protocol. A plurality of cryptographic contexts are exchanged with the server. A token encrypted using one of the plurality of cryptographic contexts is received from the server. The token is sent from a client device to the server or a proxy to authenticate the client device, and a second connection is initiated with the server, via the proxy, using a second communication protocol.
US09300755B2
In a system and method for determining the trustworthiness of network content (e.g., information units), the system collects information on the logical relationship between various information units (e.g. various information units may be logically inconsistent, logically identical, or otherwise logically related). The system also collects from a plurality of users, trustworthiness ratings for various information units. Based on these logical relationships and collaborative filtering with the users' preferences, the system generates individualized trust ratings that predict how much a user will trust any given information unit.
US09300753B2
Techniques are described above for smoothing peak load in collaborative systems. One embodiment includes, prior to a predicted peak load period, pre-staging user-data associated with one or more users of the collaborative system. During the predicted peak load period, a request from a first one of the users for access to the pre-staged user-data associated with the first user is received. And in response to the request, the pre-staged user-data is provided to the first user.
US09300745B2
A computer-implemented system and method for providing a dynamic execution environment. In an embodiment, the system and method comprises receiving a base user interface from a server, creating and storing one or more intermediate representations (IRs) which represent a mapping between the base user interface and a modified user interface, executing the one or more IRs to intercept network communication from the server, map between the base user interface and the modified user interface, and send the modified user interface to one or more clients, and executing the one or more IRs to intercept network communication from the one or more clients to the server with user data, map between the modified user interface and the base user interface, and send the base user interface and the user data to the server.
US09300741B2
In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system determines a user's current location, calculates a novelty score for the location representing the user's degree of familiarity, and surfaces content within a geographic and temporal radius based on the novelty score for display to the user.
US09300740B2
This system 1 accepts content marker information including content identifier information, and executes a process of causing a storing device to store the content marker information. The system accepts sharing-user identifier information for identifying a user/users who shares/share the stored content marker information. Upon acceptance of a content marker output request, the system transmits content marker information extracted based on the accepted sharing-user identifier information, to user equipment 2a, 2b. Upon acceptance of the content transmission request based on the content marker information, the system determines whether to transmit content data to the user equipment based on stored viewing permission information.
US09300733B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to communication between a client and a server in a communications network. In one particular example, a server is selected from a plurality of servers to provide a resource and/or a service to a client.
US09300732B2
Novel tools and techniques for Internet service providers to enable enhanced user control over content delivery. In an aspect of certain embodiments, these tools can allow the customer to select, on a variety of different bases, whether content should be obtained from the Internet or from a lower-cost source, such as a metropolitan content delivery network (“CDN”) operated by the ISP or a private peering connection with a content source. Both of these options can, for example, avoid accessing content over the Internet and thus can reduce ISP delivery costs. In some embodiments, these cost reductions can be passed to the consumer in the way the ISP accounts for the content delivery.
US09300726B2
A method, system and computer program product for optimizing quality of service settings for virtual machine deployment and migration. A first network (e.g., user network) is provided that is dedicated to running user workloads deployed on virtual machines. A second network (e.g., cloud management network), isolated from the first network, is also provided that is dedicated to virtual machine deployment and migration. As a result of the first and second networks not being shared, the administrative server utilizes unique quality of service settings for virtual machine deployment and migration supported by the second network that would otherwise not be possible if the first and second networks were shared.
US09300725B2
A system and method for instantiation of a virtual machine (VM) in a datacenter includes providing a network appliance in a location for listening to management information traffic. Indices are created for data center images in the network appliance. VM instantiation requests are intercepted in the network appliance. Locations from which blocks for the VM should be fetched based upon network cost are determined. VM image blocks are populated from the locations.
US09300721B2
The present disclosure provides a file directory-based file transfer method, apparatus and system to address the problem that conventional instant messaging (IM) systems cannot directly implement one-time transfer of an entire file directory. In one aspect, a the sending IM client sends files under root directories of one or more file folders under a file directory one file folder after another. Before sending files under a root directory of a respective file folder, the receiving IM client may send a notification message including a name of the respective file folder and location information of the respective folder under the file directory, and then send all files under the root directory of the respective file folder one-by-one. The receiving IM client establishes a file folder according to the received notification message, and stores files received after the notification message into a root directory of the established file folder.
US09300717B2
The present invention discloses an information transmission method and system, and a browser on a mobile terminal, and belongs to the field of the mobile Internet. Through the technical solutions of the present invention, an entire information transmission procedure does not require cooperation of an operator and a process having a specific function to be embedded, so that the information transmission procedure is simplified.
US09300714B2
Methods, apparatuses and program logic in storage media to process media data for quality enhancement. The media data is for rendering at a wireless device. Environmental quantities are accepted from one or more sensors located remote from the wireless device but sufficiently close to be indicative of similar quantities in the device's environment. The sensors at in or connected to a network node. At the network node, the method includes processing the media data using the environmental quantities to generate processed data, and wirelessly sending the processed output to the resource constrained device for rendering, such that the processed output is usable by the resource constrained device to render or to process and render the media data.
US09300710B2
Stalling of segment downloads during adaptive bandwidth switching where bandwidth drops in the midst of download of a segment is overcome by downloading segments in multiple subsegments via multiple download operations. Additionally, bandwidth monitoring can be performed in between each subsegment download, and if bandwidth has fallen substantially, and the segment download is not near completion, then the already-downloaded subsegments can be discarded, and the segment download can be restarted from a lower-quality variant.
US09300701B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving first user input, the first user input provided by a user of a computer-implemented social networking service and indicating first digital content that is to be distributed using the social networking service, receiving second user input through a distribution interface that is displayed to the user, the second user input defining a distribution for the first digital content, the distribution comprising at least one of a first sub-distribution that is defined based on a first social circle and a second sub-distribution, the first social circle comprising a first subset of contacts, and distributing the first digital content to contacts of the user based on the distribution.
US09300700B2
The present disclosure discloses a method of editing information in a social network service (“SNS”) application, and a terminal for the same. The method can comprise: sending from a command terminal to an execution terminal a multimedia information obtaining command while the command terminal is executing an editing operation in an editing area of an SNS application; obtaining multimedia information by the execution terminal in accordance with the multimedia information obtaining command; sending the obtained multimedia information to the command terminal; and inserting the multimedia information by the command terminal into the editing area of the SNS application. The present disclosure accomplishes information editing via inter-terminal interaction, simplifies the process of information editing operation, increases the convenience of information editing, and enhances the SNS application's user loyalty.
US09300693B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing data loss over virtualized networks may include (1) receiving, by a data loss prevention callout driver registered to a switch, a network packet from a virtual machine, (2) identifying, by the data loss prevention callout driver registered to the switch, flow context information that specifies a context associated with transmitting the network packet, (3) providing the flow context information and the network packet to a data loss prevention service, and (4) applying, by the data loss prevention service, a data loss prevention policy to the network packet based on the flow context information. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09300679B1
A system is provided that includes one or more computing servers and a processing circuit for monitoring data transactions of the computing servers. Each of the computing servers is configured to provide respective services to remote users. The processing circuit is configured to monitor data transactions of at least one of the computing servers, which is associated with a user account. A security policy of the user account includes a set of conditions that are indicative of unauthorized access when the conditions are satisfied by various characteristics of the monitored data. The processing circuit is configured to determine a threat level based on the characteristics of the data transactions and the conditions of the security policy. In response to the threat level exceeding a first threshold level indicated in the security policy of the user account, the processing circuit sends a notification to an authorized user of the user account.
US09300671B1
A restricted account may be created responsive to a successful login by a user for a shared account. The restricted account may have fewer access privileges to resources of the computer system than the shared account. The user may have access to the operating system through the restricted account rather than the shared account. The user is prompted for higher authentication information responsive to a request by the user to promote the restricted account to a higher authentication account during the session. The restricted account is promoted to the higher authentication account during the session. The higher authentication account has greater access privileges to resources of the computer system than the restricted account.
US09300664B2
An off-host authentication system includes a network. An off-host processing system is coupled to the network and sends an encrypted authentication item through the network in response to validating a user. An authentication information handling system (IHS) is coupled to the network and receives the encrypted authentication item from the off-host processing system through the network, decrypts the encrypted authentication item to produce a decrypted authentication item, validates the decrypted authentication item, and sends an approval message through the network. A directory system is coupled to the network and receives the approval message through the network and, in response, sends a user approval through the network. A host processing system, which is located in a user IHS that includes the off-host processing system and which is coupled to the network, logs a user into the user IHS in response to receiving the user approval through the network.
US09300651B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method, system, and computer program product for verifying a parameter on a computing node. The method can include accessing a first dynamically generated encoded visual representation from a computing node. The method can also include identifying one or more parameters of the computing node from the first dynamically generated encoded visual representation. The method can also include determining whether the computing node has a first parameter from the one or more parameters. The method can also include displaying the first parameter in response to the computing node having the first parameter.
US09300648B2
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit configured to perform image processing; and a control device configured to perform: transmitting the authentication information received by the input unit to the server; receiving a result of user authentication from server, the result indicating a specific user authenticated by the server; requesting individual restriction information for the specific user when the result received, determining whether the requested individual restriction information for the specific user is obtained; restricting the performance of the image processing based on the requested individual restriction information, when the requested individual restriction information is obtained; requesting common restriction information when the requested individual restriction information is not obtained, obtaining the requested common restriction information; and restricting the performance of the image processing based on the obtained common restriction information.
US09300643B1
Systems and methods for verifying the uniqueness of requested authentication credentials among one or more entities may include one or more verification credential servers configured to receive information associated with the requested authentication credentials and determine if the requested authentication credentials are unique.
US09300642B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises establishing a first data communications session with a first router. In response to receiving a first request to establish a second data communications session, a probe message that is configured to test whether the first data communications session or the first router is responsive is sent to the first router. In response to determining that the first router has not acknowledged the probe message before a probe timer has expired, and receiving a second request to establish the second data communications session, the second data communications session with the first router is established and a state for the first data communications session is deleted.
US09300641B2
An approach is provided for performing authentication in a communication system. In one embodiment, a key is established with a terminal in a communication network according to a key agreement protocol. The agreed key is tied to an authentication procedure to provide a security association that supports reuse of the key. A master key is generated based on the agreed key. In another embodiment, digest authentication is combined with key exchange parameters (e.g., Diffie-Hellman parameters) in the payload of the digest message, in which a key (e.g., SMEKEY or MN-AAA) is utilized as a password. In yet another embodiment, an authentication algorithm (e.g., Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption (CAVE)) is employed with a key agreement protocol with conversion functions to support bootstrapping.
US09300640B2
An approach to securely distributing and running virtual machines is described that addresses the inherent insecurity of mobile virtual machines by authenticating a user before establishing a specialized virtualization runtime environment that includes a filesystem driver inserted into the host operating system to provide secure access to a virtual machine by authorized hypervisors only. Further described is the creation of a SecureVM package that includes the various components used to perform the operations of installation, user authentication and establishment of the specialized virtualization runtime environment.
US09300636B2
Techniques utilizing common encryption approaches for data from multiple parties enable those parties to discover information that is held in common by the parties without disclosing to any party information that is not held in common by the parties. Encrypted information for each party can be compared to determine which encrypted values match, and those encrypted values can be returned to any of the parties such that a party can determine which corresponding data the parties have in common without having access to any other data of any other parties.
US09300627B2
At an intermediary dynamic host configuration protocol relay device, over a network, a dynamic host configuration protocol message is obtained from one of a plurality of remote dynamic host configuration protocol relay devices in communication with the intermediary dynamic host configuration protocol relay device over the network. The intermediary dynamic host configuration protocol relay device accesses data pertaining to a plurality of dynamic host configuration protocol back-end servers logically fronted by the intermediary dynamic host configuration protocol relay device. Based on information in the dynamic host configuration protocol message and the data pertaining to the plurality of dynamic host configuration protocol back-end servers, the dynamic host configuration protocol message is routed to an appropriate one of the plurality of back-end dynamic host configuration protocol servers.
US09300618B2
A user can specify particular news weather, traffic, or other perishable content received on a particular Internet radio station or other media channel. The user can customize the station so that wherever the user is currently located, he can receive perishable content related to a preferred geographic location or other category. In some embodiments, a user can specify that a customized station plays local news from one city at the top of the hour, traffic from another city at 10 minutes past the hour, and music or other content at other times. The user can also customize the station to select the perishable content, or other original content, from the personal libraries of specified users. Thus, a user can customize not only the genre of content or select a particular local station, but can also modify the perishable content provided by the customized station.
US09300605B2
The personal information manager system comprises a centralized information manager (CIM) and a personal information manager (PIM) device. The centralized information manager is encoded on a server and is accessable by the PIM device through Internet protocols over a wireless medium. The PIM, to be carried by a user, is connected to the CIM by a wireless transmitter, receives context-sensitive, customized, prioritized, filtered, and aggregated information from the CIM, and can directly receive GPS data and other sources of local information.
US09300604B2
A system comprising an access node (AN) coupled to a plurality of service providers (SPs) and a host and configured to forward a plurality of services between the SPs and the host using a plurality of first connections between the AN and the host and a plurality of second connections between the AN and the SPs, and a router gateway (RG) positioned between the host and the AN and coupled to the AN via an access line that comprises the first connections, wherein the AN translates a plurality of first identifiers for the first connections to a plurality of second identifiers for the second connections to route the services appropriately between the host and the SPs over the first connections and the corresponding second connections.
US09300590B2
An Ethernet device includes receive buffers and transmit buffers of a port, and a processor. The buffers are each associated with a respective class of service. The processor operates to determine a current buffer utilization in a receive buffer, determine that the current buffer utilization is different than a buffer threshold for the receive buffer, determine a data rate limit for the class of service associated with the receive buffer based upon the difference between the current buffer utilization and the buffer threshold, and send a data rate limit frame to another device coupled to the port. The data rate limit frame includes the data rate limit for the class of service.
US09300587B1
A first number of wireless devices in communication with an access node over a first frequency band is determined. A total bandwidth and a spectral efficiency of the first frequency band are determined, and a throughput provided to each of the first number of wireless devices in the communication between the access node and the first number of wireless devices is calculated. Based on the total bandwidth of the first frequency band, the spectral efficiency of the first frequency band, and the throughput provided to each of the first number of wireless devices, a second number of wireless devices permitted to communicate with the access node over the first frequency band is determined. To determine a third number of wireless devices permitted to communicate with the access node over the first frequency band, the throughput provided to each of the first number of wireless devices is adjusted.
US09300586B2
A method for load balancing traffic from controller to destination access point (AP) via switch across multiple physical ports starts with controller receiving a packet from a source client device that is destined for destination client device associated with destination AP. The controller may select, based on an identifier associated with source or destination client device, a first or a second controller IP address. Controller may encapsulate the packet to generate an encapsulated packet including an outer header that includes the selected controller IP address. Controller may transmit the encapsulated packet to the switch that may distribute traffic to destination AP across multiple physical ports based on the selected controller IP address. Controller may also select a destination port based on destination client device of a packet and may encapsulate the packet using CAPWAP to generate an encapsulated packet including the destination port in a header of the encapsulated packet.
US09300584B1
In one embodiment, a packet switching device provides more than eight behavior aggregates of Quality of Service (QoS) processing based on a service type of a received Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) packet and on a Traffic Class (TC) value extracted from a label of the MPLS packet. The service type is typically determined based on a forwarding equivalence class (FEC) associated with the MPLS packet. This service type may identify a service provided by a service provider and/or the type of packet traffic.
US09300581B1
In embodiments of mesh network addressing for duplicate address detection, an end device of the mesh network can generate an address identifier that includes an address and time-based information associated with the end device, which is attached to a router device for communication in the mesh network. The address identifier is maintained by the router device as a tuple state of the end device. The end device or the router device can initiate an address query requesting that mesh network devices in the mesh network having a designated address respond with the tuple state that corresponds to the designated address. The end device or router device receives the tuple state of mesh network devices having the designated address in response to the address query, and can then detect a duplicate address of a mesh network device based on the time based information.
US09300578B2
Various aspects provide large receive offload (LRO) functionality for a system on chip (SoC). A classifier engine is configured to classify one or more network packets received from a data stream as one or more network segments. A first memory is configured to store one or more packet headers associated with the one or more network segments. At least one processor is configured to receive the one or more packet headers and generate a single packet header for the one or more network segments in response to a determination that a gather buffer that stores packet data for the one or more network segments has reached a predetermined size.
US09300564B2
In one embodiment, a stateful path computation element (PCE) in a computer network determines a need to route at least a threshold number of tunnels, and in response, triggers a routing update from a determined set of routers. Having updated the routing information and available network resources for the set of routers, the stateful PCE may then compute the tunnels based on the update.
US09300562B2
At least one inline probe is employed to test compliance of a network element with a network traffic policy. The testing capability of the probe is handled by specialized software or hardware. The inline probes hardware can be implemented in network elements such as routers or transceivers. The inline probes can be discovered, registered, and controlled by a dedicated controller disposed at a remote location.
US09300555B2
Embodiments include peer-to-peer ad hoc network having a group having a plurality of members, each of the plurality of members comprising a locating device, wherein the plurality of members are configured to detect an absence of one of the plurality of members from the group. The system also includes a location server configured to communicate with the locating device of at least one of the plurality of members and a supervisor device configured to receive an alert from the location server, wherein the alert is generated by the location server in response to a detection of the absence of one of the plurality of members from the group.
US09300551B2
Provided is a service quality management system 10 including a service quality management device 51, 52 that belongs to a communication network and manages at least one relaying device 31, 32, a control traffic processing device 41, 42 that processes a control traffic for providing a user terminal 21, 22 with a media content through the communication network, and a service providing device 60 that provide the media contents, in which the control traffic processing device includes a receiving unit that receives a service request concerning the media content from the user terminal, an information adding unit that generate, on the basis of the service request received by the receiving unit, a service request in which device identification information for identifying the service quality management device belonging to the same communication network is added, and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the service providing device, the service request having the device identification information added thereto.
US09300549B2
In one embodiment, a method for estimating end-to-end accessibility in a voice over long term evolution network includes aggregating data, by a processor, from a plurality of sources in the network relating to calls originating from and terminating in the network, where the data indicates success rates for a plurality of procedures initiated by placement of the calls, and calculating, by the processor, a metric indicative of the end-to-end accessibility from the data.
US09300544B2
Methods and arrangements for identifying and characterizing subgraphs of a network. In a network comprising a plurality of nodes and edges, there is identified a subgraph including a plurality of nodes. Communication workload closure of the subgraph is calculated via: identifying and counting all length-2 paths in the network that include at least one of the nodes of the subgraph, each length-2 path including three nodes and two edges interconnecting the three nodes; for each of the length-2 paths, determining whether all three nodes belong to the subgraph; thereupon identifying and counting a subset of the length-2 paths wherein, for each path in the subset, all three nodes of the path belong to the subgraph; and dividing the number of paths in the subset by the total number of length-2 paths that include at least one of the nodes of the subgraph. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09300541B2
A topology map engine obtains, from a dynamic host control protocol relay device, a relayed request, of a client, for a dynamic host control protocol lease. The relayed request has at least one given IP address of the dynamic host control protocol relay device inserted therein. A search is made in a database for that IP address. If not found, dynamic host control protocol relay device information is obtained. This information includes: an identifier of the dynamic host control protocol relay device; and at least one network interface of the dynamic host control protocol relay device and any internet protocol addresses assigned to same. This information is obtained at the topology map engine and stored in the database.
US09300540B2
A Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network provides a multicast traceroute using network identifiers such as IP addresses for the source and destination (multicast group). The network identifiers, which are based on layer 3 (IP) designations of the traced multicast group, are mapped to a network identifier of the multicast group (corresponding to a layer 2, or MAC address) and an associated Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) which is used to transport the packets belonging to the multicast flow. Therefore, an operator issuing the traceroute command need not be familiar with the layer 2 concepts of the network, but rather need only supply the layer 3 (IP address) designations of the concerned entities.
US09300531B2
The various embodiments include methods, computing devices and communication systems for controlling services in a communications network. A communications server may be configured to receive bounding information from a first server, decision making information from a second server, and a request to generate a decision from any of a number of different systems or components. The communications server may define bounds for generating the decision based on the received bounding information, and generate the decision based on the received decision making information and defined bounds. The communication server may send the generated decision to a third server implementing a functional system, such as a server in policy management system, policy enforcement system, charging system, or mobile application server system.
US09300523B2
A method of profiling code executed within a monitored tier of a multi-tier computing system includes the steps of periodically sampling the code executed by processing enclaves of the monitored tier, determining in real-time the periodical sampling overhead, dynamically adjusting the periodical sampling rate, identifying the business context of each code sample, and merging request traffic data and profiling data for presenting to an operator of the multi-tier system.
US09300517B2
A method for transmitting a signal by a signal transmission apparatus in a communication system is provided. The method includes detecting a parameter related to a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme and a parameter related to a Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) scheme based on channel quality and an interference component, and modulating information bits using a modulation scheme based on the QAM scheme and the FSK scheme which uses the parameter related to the QAM scheme and the parameter related to the FSK scheme.
US09300516B2
The invention concerns receive circuitry for demodulating an input signal received from a transmission channel, the receive circuitry including a frequency interpolation filter arranged to provide channel estimations (Ĥn) of the entire channel, the frequency interpolation filter having at least one filter receiving the pilot frequency channel estimations and performing filtering based on a plurality (Q) of the pilot channel estimations at a time; and a memory arranged to store the filter coefficients for the at least one filter, the coefficients being based on a frequency-domain autocorrelation of a model of the transmission channel, the model representing the time distribution of the channel power of the transmission channel determined independently of the pilot frequency channel estimations, wherein said model is based on a χ2 distribution.
US09300514B2
OFDM generation apparatus and methods generating OFDM transmission signals from OFDM symbols, each including a plural OFDM subcarriers, for transmission in a multi-carrier data transmission system. In OFDM systems using the concept of Absolute OFDM and/or using Segmented OFDM common phase rotations of the OFDM subcarriers of the OFDM symbol with respect to adjacent OFDM symbols of the OFDM transmission signal generally appear. To avoid or compensate those common phase rotations, in the apparatus and method a selected mixing frequency is used for mixing the complex time-domain samples of the OFDM symbol from a baseband frequency up to a passband frequency by use of a mixing frequency to obtain the OFDM transmission signal, wherein the mixing frequency is selected such that common phase rotations of the OFDM subcarriers of the OFDM symbol with respect to adjacent OFDM symbols of the OFDM transmission signal are avoided or compensated after the mixing.
US09300509B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a conventional physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is transmitted in a first region of a physical downlink control channel structure utilized by a remote radio head that has been assigned a cell identifier that is common to one or more other remote radio heads within the cell, and an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) is transmitted in a second region of the physical downlink control channel structure.
US09300504B2
Embodiments of a mobile device transmitter and methods for transmitting signals in different signal dimensions are generally disclosed herein. The mobile device transmitter comprises a mapper to map a block of two or more input modulation symbols to different signal dimensions comprising two or more spatial dimensions, and linear transform circuitry to perform a linear transform on the block of mapped input modulation symbols to generate a block of precoded complex-valued output symbols such that each output symbol carries some information of more than one input modulation symbol. The mobile device also comprises transmitter circuitry to generate time-domain signals from the blocks of precoded complex-valued output symbols for each of the spatial dimensions for transmission using the two or more antennas. The precoded complex-valued output symbols are mapped to different signal dimensions comprising at least different frequency dimensions prior to transmission.
US09300503B1
Advanced detectors for vector signaling codes are disclosed which utilize multi-input comparators, generalized on-level slicing, reference generation based on maximum swing, and reference generation based on recent values. Vector signaling codes communicate information as groups of symbols which, when transmitted over multiple communications channels, may be received as mixed sets of symbols from different transmission groups due to propagation time variations between channels. Systems and methods are disclosed which compensate receivers and transmitters for these effects and/or utilize codes having increased immunity to such variations, and circuits are described that efficiently implement their component functions.
US09300502B2
The present invention discloses a method and device for performing coordinated precoding in a wireless access system. In particular, the present invention includes: transmitting, to a base station, a measurement result of a plurality of interference signals by a terminal, the plurality of interference signals being transmitted from a plurality of adjacent base stations; receiving quasi-orthogonal CDM (Q-CDM) code information from the base station by the terminal in order to remove some of the plurality of interference signals, the Q-CDM code information being determined by the base station and the plurality of adjacent base stations; transmitting information on a channel state to the base station on the basis of a Q-CDM code by the terminal; and receiving downlink data, to which coordinated precoding is applied, from the base station by the terminal. Interference signals that have an intensity greater than a predetermined threshold from among the plurality of interference signals may be removed by using the Q-CDM code, and interference signals that have an intensity less than the predetermined threshold from among the plurality of interference signals may be removed by using null precoding.
US09300500B2
Provided are an adaptive equalizer for adaptively controlling an equalization coefficient until two comparators outputs a same value, after generating a sensitivity difference between signals at a front end of each comparator for performing sampling, and a method of controlling the adaptive equalizer.
US09300499B2
The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus and a corresponding transmission method for transmitting data within a multi-carrier transmission system comprising two or more transmission apparatuses that are configured to transmit the same data. To avoid destructive interferences a transmission apparatus (10) is proposed comprising a signal input (30) configured to receive multi-carrier signals (S(k)) carrying data to be transmitted, a distortion unit (32) configured to distort said multi-carrier signals (S(k)) by use of a distortion function (P(k)) including a phase parameter for differently modulating the phase of said multi-carrier signals (S(k)), wherein said distortion function (P(k)) is different from distortion functions used by other transmission apparatuses, whose coverage areas overlap with the coverage area of the present transmission apparatus, by using a phase parameter that is different from the phase parameter used by said other transmission apparatuses, and a transmission unit (34) configured to transmit said distorted multi-carrier signals as transmission signal (Tx(k)).
US09300498B2
A decision-feedback equalizer for use in a receiving unit of an incoming data stream and for providing a stream of bit data outputs includes a number of comparators configured to perform a comparison related to a number of threshold values and related to a digitalized data sample and to obtain a comparison result; at least one correction block configured to receive the comparison result of a respective one of the comparators and to generate a plurality of intermediate results; and a multiplexer configured to select from the set of intermediate results depending on the output data history to provide the stream of bit data outputs.
US09300495B2
More than one set of sounding signal configuration parameters are determined for the same mobile terminal. The mobile terminal uses the sets of configuration parameters to generate different sounding reference signals which can be used for different purposes such as estimating timing and channel quality. In one embodiment, a method of configuring uplink sounding transmissions by mobile terminals in a wireless communication network is characterized by determining different sets of configuration parameters for sounding signal transmissions for a given mobile terminal (200). The different sets of configuration parameters are transmitted to the mobile terminal, allowing the mobile terminal to generate different sounding signals for different uses by the wireless communication network (202).
US09300488B2
A network connection method is provided. Firstly, plural communication address data and plural connecting port data are automatically transmitted from plural devices of an area network group to a connection module according to the UPnP protocol and the DLNA protocol. A communication address look-up table is created by the connection module of the passive electronic device according to the communication address data and the plural connecting port data. In addition, the communication address look-up table is transmitted to a network router of the area network group. Consequently, a controlling device can be connected to a passive electronic device of the area network group. Consequently, it is not necessary to input the communication address data and the connecting port data through manual settings.
US09300479B2
Techniques for protecting digital content in a storage device from pirate and illegal use are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a method for protecting digital content stored in a storage device from illegally accessing by a host, comprises: exchanging data between the storage device and the host to achieve a mutual authentication between the storage device and the host; disabling an encryption/decryption module in the storage device to prohibit the host from reading out the digital content decrypted by the encryption/decryption module until the authentication of the storage device to the host passes; and disabling the host to prohibit the host from reading out the digital content decrypted by the encryption/decryption module if the authentication of the host to the storage device fails. Thereby, pirate and illegal use of the digital content stored in the storage device are effectively prevented or decreased.
US09300466B2
There is provided a transmitting device including a public key information adder that adds information on a public key corresponding to an electronic signature to a sender address in an email with the electronic signature attached, and a transmitter that transmits the email.
US09300465B2
A method and system for attaching a title key to encrypted content for synchronized transmission to, or storage by, a recipient is provided. Specifically, under the present invention, an elementary media stream is parceled into content units that each include a content packet and a header. The content packets are encrypted with one or more title keys. Once the content packets have been encrypted, the title keys are themselves encrypted with a key encrypting key. The encrypted title keys are then attached to the corresponding encrypted content packets for synchronized transmission to a recipient.
US09300454B2
An apparatus is provided for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a signal including a reference signal, data information and acknowledgement information. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to control de-mapping the acknowledgement information that is mapped in first symbols in a slot of a subframe, the reference signal not being mapped to the first symbols and the first symbols being directly adjacent to a middle symbol in the slot, and de-mapping the data information that is mapped to remaining symbols in the slot.
US09300439B2
The present invention provides a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) failure indication method, an HARQ failure indication data frame and a Serving Node B thereof. In the above method, when the decoding of the received Enhanced Dedicated Transport Channel (EDCH) data frame is unsuccessful and the condition of sending HARQ failure indication is satisfied currently, Serving Node B sends an HARQ failure indication data frame to the Service Radio Network Controller (SRNC). Wherein, a carrier identifier which indicates the carrier on which the HARQ failure happens is carried in the HARQ failure indication data frame. According to the present invention, when the SRNC receives the HARQ failure indication data frame, SRNC can perform Outer Loop Power Control (OLPC).
US09300437B2
Problem: A packet error rate in a receiver needs to be effectively reduced.Solution to Problem: A transmitter 11 inserts error detection codes into information packets on one-to-one basis, at a certain layer at which signal processing is performed earlier than at a physical layer, to obtain first information packets. The transmitter 11 codes the first information packets at the physical layer to obtain second information packets, and transmits the second information packets. At the certain layer, the transmitter 11 generates parity packets by coding the information packets and inserts the error detection codes into the parity packets on one-to-one basis to obtain first parity packets. The transmitter codes the first parity packets at the physical layer to obtain second parity packets. The transmitter 11 transmits the second parity packets in accordance with a transmission request from each of one or more receivers.
US09300433B2
A method and apparatus for encoding a constant amplitude that is applied to a code division multiplexing communication system are provided. By dividing a data bit into a block unit, the receiving side can easily determine an error, and by reducing power consumption in outdoor wide area communication using a bit string of a small length in a basic unit of an input frame, efficiency can be improved, and thus a physical layer of a ubiquitous sensor network can be optimized.
US09300427B2
In general, the 1G-EPON standard specifies its upstream waveband broadly to allow for low cost lasers to be used to transmit upstream. Often, however, the lasers actually used by many 1G-ONUs to transmit upstream only occupy a narrow waveband that does not overlap with the upstream waveband specified by the 10G-EPON standard. The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that exploit this fact to efficiently provide for the coexistence of 10G-EPON and 1G-EPON over the same set of optical fibers in the upstream direction.
US09300418B2
A method and apparatus for electronically locating and tracking persons, animals, or objects in a predetermined work area utilizing a number of base stations associated with the work area, provided with stationary transmitting-/receiving devices and a number of transponders added to the persons, animals, or objects to be located, provided with transmitting and receiving means, wherein the base stations generate interrogation fields which can be received by the transponders, wherein with the base stations low-frequency magnetic fields with a unique frequency for each base station are generated in the predetermined work area, and wherein transponders are used, which are provided with means to measure the field strength associated with each separate received frequency at the location of the transponder and then to transmit this as a position signal via high-frequency transmitting means of the transponder to high-frequency receiving means provided in the base stations.
US09300415B2
A method of transmitting a broadcast signal includes generating vibration control information for controlling vibration of a terminal, and transmitting to the terminal broadcast data including the generated vibration control information. The method further includes converting the generated vibration control information into a format compatible with the transmitting to the terminal. An apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal includes a vibration control information generator for generating vibration control information for controlling vibration of a terminal, a broadcast data converter for converting the generated vibration control information into broadcast data and a transmitter for receiving the broadcast signal from the broadcast data converter and transmitting to the terminal the received broadcast signal.
US09300409B1
Systems and methods are provided for an electrochemical rotational sensor suitable for use in seismic applications that includes a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) calibrator. The systems and methods allow for a rotational sensor to utilize a smaller toroid electrolyte channel and to be calibrated in a bandpass range of 100 seconds or 100 Hz.
US09300399B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for optical communications with a remotely located laser. In one embodiment, a communication system includes an optical link and a communication hub comprising at least two lasers optically coupled to a first end of the optical link, the communication hub further comprising an optical multiplexer operable to multiplex light from the lasers and to propagate the multiplexed light along the optical link. The communication system also includes a communication node comprising an optical modulator optically coupled to a second end of the optical link, wherein the optical modulator is operable to modulate the multiplexed light from the communication hub with one or more modulating signals, and to propagate the modulated light to the communication hub.
US09300397B2
A device for measuring a measured optical transmission path includes a first optical transmitter transmitting into the measured optical tramsmission path and a compensation transmitter transmitting into a compensation optical transmission path. The device includes an optical receiver for receiving transmissions from each of the first optical transmitter and the compensation transmitter. A controller controls the compensation transmitter and provides a controller output signal representative of a measured value of the first transmission path. A nose piece separates the optical transmitter from the optical receiver. The compensation transmitter is placed in a first cavity. The receiver is placed in a second cavity. A filter in the measured optical transmission path has a transmissivity for the wavelength of the light of the first optical transmitter of at least 50% and an absorption factor for the wavelength of the light of the compensation transmitter of at least 25%.
US09300394B2
The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for sensing and communicating in transmission systems with shared spectrum usage, which may comprise e.g. a cognitive relay system. The communication between a transmitter and a receiver occurs in two transmission phases via the assistance of a relay. Sensing is performed at the transmitter during the second transmission phase, thus overcoming the need for dedicated slots for sensing.
US09300393B2
A method for a base station to transmit data, the data to be relayed by a relay station to user equipment, the method including: encoding, based on an identification of the relay station or an identification of the user equipment, control information that indicates resource allocation for the relay station; and transmitting the control information to the relay station.
US09300390B2
A high throughput satellite including a transponder configured to receive radio wave signal from a market area, transmit the signal to a hub, receive a response signal from the hub, and transmit both the original signal and the response signal back to the market area. The satellite may also provide increased throughput by re-using spectrum in the Ka band. The satellite may also include a payload architecture which may be reconfigured such that, in response to control signals received from the ground, the payload architecture provides satellite communications to a first market area, a second market area, or both the first market area and the second market area.
US09300388B1
Example methods and systems for using radio frequency (RF) signals with different beam widths for purposes of balloon-to-balloon communication are described. One example method includes determining a vertical angle between a first balloon and a second balloon, if the vertical angle is below a threshold angle, communicating with the second balloon using a narrow beam RF signal from a communication system of the first balloon, and if the vertical angle is not below the threshold angle, communicating with the second balloon using a wide beam RF signal from the communication system of the first balloon.
US09300382B2
One embodiment provides a signal processor configured to cooperate with a first apparatus having first and second antennas and a second apparatus having third and fourth antennas, including: first and second calculators for calculating first and second coefficient, respectively; first and second estimators for estimating first and second transfer functions of a path between the first and second apparatuses based on first and second weights; and a third calculator for calculating a third coefficient. The third coefficient is used with the first and second transfer functions for making a transfer function ratio regarding the first antenna, a transfer function ratio regarding the second antenna, a transfer function ratio regarding the third antenna and a fourth transfer function ratio regarding the fourth antenna same as one another.
US09300378B2
A system that implements multi user multiple inputs multiple outputs (MU MIMO) base station using a plurality of co-located single-user (SU) MIMO base stations is provided herein. The system may include a number N co-located single-user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO) bases stations each having a number K MIMO rank, wherein said N co-located SU-MIMO base stations are configured to share a common antennas array, operating over a common frequency band; a front-end MIMO processor connected to said N co-located SU-MIMO base stations and further coupleable to said common antennas array; and a back-end coordinator configured to collaboratively assist in optimizing operation of said N co-located SU-MIMO base stations, such that said N co-located SU-MIMO base stations and said front-end MIMO processor collaboratively implement a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) base station capable of dynamically separating a coverage area into N*K spatial channels.
US09300377B2
The invention concerns a method for downlink communication between a base station and a user terminal by means of a downlink superimposed radio signal comprising downlink data for the user terminal and for at least one further user terminal that are transmitted using the same radio resources, wherein the downlink data for the user terminal are transmitted with lower power than the downlink data for the at least one further user terminal, and control information is sent in downlink from the base station to the user terminal that enables the user terminal to decode the downlink data for the at least one further user terminal, a base station, a user terminal and a communication network therefor.
US09300376B2
A signal transmitting apparatus, a signal receiving apparatus and methods thereof are provided. A signal transmitting apparatus which transmits a signal to realize a diversity gain together with a signal transmitted from another transmitting apparatus in a multi input single output (MISO) method includes a first transmitter configured to transmit a first signal, a second transmitter configured to transmit a second signal, and a controller configured to control the first signal and the second signal to be transmitted in a first cooperative communication method, wherein the controller controls the first signal and the second signal to be transmitted together with the signal transmitted from another transmitting apparatus in a second cooperative communication method.
US09300374B2
Methods and communication terminals for determining rank indication in a multicarrier communication system, wherein communication in the multicarrier communication system is carried out over a plurality of subcarriers, wherein the communication terminal communicates with an interface station within a cell in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) configuration. In particular, multicarrier symbols are received including pilot signals from the interface station, wherein the pilot signals contain pilot data, and channel properties are estimated based on the received multicarrier symbols, wherein the channel properties include channel properties of at least one subcarrier carrying one of the pilot signals. The pilot data are equalized based on the channel properties for determination of at least one pilot power and at least one interference power based on the equalized pilot data, and a rank indication is determined based on the at least one pilot power and the at least one interference power.
US09300372B2
The invention is directed to a method and system for supporting MIMO technologies which can require the transport of multiple spatial streams on a traditional Distributed Antenna System (DAS). According to the invention, at one end of the DAS, each spatial stream is shifted in frequency to a pre-assigned band (such as a band at a frequency lower than the native frequency) that does not overlap the band assigned to other spatial streams (or the band of any other services being carried by the DAS). Each of the spatial streams can be combined and transmitted as a combined signal over a common coaxial cable. At the other “end” of the DAS, the different streams are shifted back to their original (overlapping) frequencies but retain their individual “identities” by being radiated through physically separate antenna elements.
US09300369B2
A wireless terminal may receive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) downlink communications from a wireless communication network including a plurality of base station sector antenna arrays using a codebook of precoding vectors. MIMO downlink communications may be received from the wireless communication. When receiving the MIMO downlink communications as multi-point MIMO downlink communications from first and second base station sector antenna arrays of the plurality of base station sector antenna arrays, a precoding vector may be selected for the multi-point MIMO downlink communications from only a subset of the precoding vectors of the codebook.
US09300367B2
A receiving antenna circuit is arranged in a reactive near-field of a modulated magnetic induction signal and forms a narrow band-pass filter. The output of the antenna circuit is not subjected to any frequency translation prior to digitizing, and the signal may nevertheless be digitized with low resolution, which radically reduces the power consumption of the receiving circuits. The reduction in power consumption is of several orders of magnitude, which allows implementation of such receiving circuits in battery-driven devices such as hearing devices without substantially affecting the battery life.
US09300362B2
A low-pass filter (63) is disposed between a residential power line (3a) and a vehicle power line (7), and attenuates a power line communication high-frequency signal. A power line communication section (60) is connected in parallel to the low-pass filter (63), performs conversion to a signal of a frequency lower than that of a power line communication high-frequency signal superimposed on the residential power line (3a) from a charge command apparatus, and communicates with a vehicle via the vehicle power line (7) by means of the converted low-frequency signal. A control section (65) controls connection or disconnection of a connection section (64) based on a charge command apparatus command signal demodulated by the power line communication section (60).
US09300357B2
Signals sent between a first device and a second device are split. A first user adjustable input signal equalization and gain compensates for losses to signals from the first device before the compensated signals are forwarded to the second device, a first analytic instrument and a second analytic instrument. A second user adjustable input signal equalization and gain compensates for losses to signals from the second device before the first compensated signals are forwarded to the first device, the first analytic instrument and the second analytic instrument.
US09300354B2
A receiver acquires and tracks a spread spectrum navigation signal with changing subcarriers. The carrier signal changes between several subcarriers according to a hopping frequency and is modulated with data and a pseudorandom noise code signal. The receiver includes a carrier wipe off unit for down converting a received spread spectrum navigation signal from its carrier frequency to a baseband frequency, a frequency hopping wipe off unit for wiping off the hopping frequency from the received spread spectrum navigation signal, and a replica signal generation unit for generating at least one replica signal of the pseudorandom noise code signal for acquiring and tracking the received spread spectrum navigation signal after carrier wipe off. The generation of the at least one replica signal is performed depending on a sojourn time of the spread spectrum navigation signal at a subcarrier and a selected predetection integration time, and a correlation and integration unit correlates and integrates the received spread spectrum navigation signal after carrier wipe off with the at least one replica signal for the selected predetection integration time.
US09300344B2
This disclosure relates generally to an apparatus and/or system for housing a device. The apparatus includes a housing that is configured such that a device may be fitted within the housing and thereby be protected, such as from shocks and/or liquid. The housing may include top and bottom members that may be removably coupled together so as to form the housing. Each top and bottom member includes a perimeter portion defined by proximal and distal ends and opposing sides. The top and bottom members may include respective clasping mechanisms that extend along the perimeter of the top and bottom members and may be configured for engaging a third clasping mechanism, such as a locking comb or wedge feature. The clasping mechanisms are configured for coupling the top and bottom members with one another thereby sealing the housing, for instance, in a shock-proof and/or water tight seal.
US09300342B2
An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures. Proximity sensors and other sensors may be used in determining how the electronic device is being operated. Wireless circuitry such as a radio-frequency transmitter associated with a cellular telephone communications band, a wireless local area network band, or other communications band may be used in transmitting radio-frequency signals through the antenna structures at a transmit power. Control circuitry may adjust the wireless circuitry to ensure that the transmit power is capped at a maximum transmit power. The maximum transmit power may be adjusted dynamically by the control circuitry based on data from the proximity sensors, data from a magnetic sensor that detects whether a cover is present on the device, a connector sensor that detects whether the device is coupled to a dock or other accessory, and other sensors.
US09300332B2
A wireless device performs antenna tuner updates at times that minimize adverse effects on transmit and receive channels of the wireless device. The wireless device includes an antenna, an RF front end, an antenna tuner circuit and a processing module. The antenna tuner circuit is configured to substantially match a source impedance of the RF front end to a load impedance of the antenna based on a control signal. The processing module is configured to identify an update time for providing the control signal to the antenna tuner circuit that minimizes adverse effects on at least one of the transmit channel and the receive channel.
US09300317B2
An asynchronous SAR ADC converts an analog signal into a series of digital pulses in an efficient, low power manner. In synchronous SAR ADC circuits, a separate and cumbersome clock signal is used to trigger the internal circuitry of the SAR ADC. Instead of triggering the components of the SAR DAC synchronously with a clock signal, the asynchronous solution uses its own internal signals to trigger its components in an asynchronous cyclic manner. Further, in order to increase efficiency and guard against circuit failures due to difficulties arising from transient signals, the asynchronous SAR ADC may also include a delay circuit for introducing a variable delay to the SAR ADC cycle.
US09300310B2
A selection device includes an acquisition part to acquire digital selection signals, and an output part to output selection signals to respective unit cells, each unit cell capable of being commanded to output the value zero. In the selection device, each selection signal is to command the unit cell to output a value corresponding to that selection signal; the sum of the values to be output as commanded by the respective selection signals, which are output to the respective unit cells, is a value determined in association with the digital selection signal; and if the output corresponding to the digital selection signal is the value zero, then selection signals each commanding to output a non-zero value (N) are output to some of the unit cells.
US09300308B2
A light emitting device includes a first semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type, an active layer formed between the first semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the second semiconductor multilayer film mirror, a third semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a semi-insulating type formed between the first semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the active layer, and a contact layer of the first conductivity type formed between the third semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the active layer, and the third semiconductor multilayer film mirror is formed of a material having a bandgap energy higher than an energy of light generated in the active layer.
US09300306B2
The present invention provides a digitally controlled oscillator device capable of realizing a reduction in DNL. The digitally controlled oscillator device includes, for example, an amplifier circuit block, coil elements and a plurality of unitary capacitor units coupled in parallel between oscillation output nodes. Each of the unitary capacitor units is provided with capacitive elements, and a switch which selects whether the capacitive elements should be allowed to contribute as set parameters for an oscillation frequency. The switch is driven by an on/off control line extending from a decoder circuit. The on/off control line is shielded between the oscillation output nodes by a shield section.
US09300297B2
System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate data communications using a single-ended communication link. A method for data communications includes decoupling a direct current component from an alternating current component of a single-ended input signal, biasing the alternating current component with a predetermined bias voltage to obtain a realigned signal, and providing a digital output representative of the input signal by comparing the realigned signal with the predetermined bias voltage. The realigned signal can be compared with the predetermined bias voltage using hysteresis comparison to provide an output signal that switches between logic states compatible with a logic circuit.
US09300291B2
A system and method of performing off chip drive (OCD) and on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A common pull-up network composed of transistors and a common pull-down network composed of transistors are employed to implement both of these functions. In drive mode, the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “on” output is to be generated, and the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “off” output is to be generated. In termination mode, the pull-up network and the pull-down network are configured to produce a calibrated pull-up resistance and pull-down resistance respectively such that together, they form a split termination.
US09300281B2
A triangular wave generating circuit incorporates a capacitor, first, second, third, and fourth constant current sources, first and second switching units, a high/low level limiter, a clock generator, and a phase detecting unit. The first and second constant current sources charge the capacitor and the third and fourth constant current sources discharge the capacitor. The phase detecting unit compares an externally supplied clock signal with an internal clock signal and generates first and second phase signals base on a phase difference between the externally supplied clock signal and the internal clock signal. The second switching unit comprises a third switch and a fourth switch. The third switch couples the second constant current source to the capacitor in response to the first phase signal. The fourth switch couples the fourth constant current source to the capacitor in response to the second phase signal.
US09300278B2
A circuit and method for calibrating CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) inverters are provided. In a circuit, a first tunable CMOS inverter, controlled by a control signal, receives a first voltage from a first circuit node and outputs a second voltage to a second circuit node. A second tunable CMOS inverter, controlled by the control signal, receives the second voltage from the second circuit node and outputs the first voltage to the first circuit node. A resistor couples the first circuit node to the second circuit node. A switch, controlled by a reset signal, conditionally shorts the first circuit node to the second circuit node. A finite state machine receives the first voltage and the second voltage and outputs the reset signal and the control signal, wherein the control signal is adjusted based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.
US09300275B1
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a multi-bit pulsed latch circuit for an integrated circuit design system may include a pulse generator and a plurality of latches. The pulse generator may be configured to generate pulses. The plurality of latches may operate as storage elements and are coupled to the pulse generator in a manner so that the multi-bit pulsed latch circuit provides functionality of at least two flip flop elements, wherein the multi-bit pulsed latch circuit can replace the at least two flip flop elements that normally would be used by the integrated circuit design system.
US09300274B2
A method of providing multiple voltage references to a radio-frequency device using a single analog line includes the steps of setting the analog line voltage level to be a first reference voltage signal; instructing a first voltage reference device to memorize the first reference voltage signal by sending a first digital control signal to a digital line; providing the first reference voltage signal to the RF device via the first voltage reference device; re-setting the analog line voltage level to be a second reference voltage signal; instructing a second voltage reference device to memorize the second reference voltage signal by sending a second digital control signal to the digital line, the second digital control signal being different from the first digital control signal; and providing the second reference voltage signal to the RF device via the second voltage reference device.
US09300259B2
A sensor amplifier arrangement includes an amplifier having a signal input to receive a sensor signal and a signal output to provide an amplified sensor signal, and a feedback path that couples the signal output to the signal input and provides a feedback current that is an attenuated signal of the amplified sensor signal and is inverted with respect to the sensor signal.
US09300255B2
A radio communication circuit includes a power amplifier configured to amplify a signal and output the amplified signal, an envelope detector configured to extract an envelope of an input signal inputted to the power amplifier, an offset generator configured to generate an offset value for a power supply voltage to be applied to the power amplifier, based on a distortion amount in an output signal from the power amplifier, and a power supply voltage modulator configured to control the power supply voltage to be applied to the power amplifier based on the envelope extracted and the offset value generated.
US09300254B2
An embodiment of a radio-frequency (RF) device includes at least one transistor, a package, and a surface-mountable capacitor. The package contains the at least one transistor and includes at least one termination. The surface-mountable capacitor is coupled in a shunt configuration between the at least one transistor and a power supply terminal of the device to decouple the at least one transistor from a power supply.
US09300250B2
To provide, in a frequency synthesizer including: a variable attenuator provided at a subsequent stage of a voltage controlled oscillator; a detector; and a control unit outputting a control voltage for adjusting an attenuation amount of the variable attenuator via a digital/analog converter in accordance with a detection voltage, a technology with which a spurious due to a change in an output of the digital/analog converter can be suppressed. A low-pass filter is provided between an output side of a digital/analog converter and a variable attenuator to cut a frequency component corresponding to an overshoot generated when an output of the digital/analog converter is changed. Further, a period of time from when a control unit outputs a control voltage to when it reads a signal level detected by a detector is set to a period of time longer than a time constant of the low-pass filter determined by a cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter so that no influence is exerted on an operation of automatically controlling the signal level.
US09300247B2
In an electronic device, an RC oscillator generally includes a resistor, a capacitor and at least one inverter. The resistor and capacitor generate a time-varying voltage. The time-varying voltage is provided to the at least one inverter to cause a clock signal to propagate therethrough. The clock signal propagates with a time delay that is at least partially dependent on a supply voltage. The supply voltage is adjusted to maintain the time delay at almost a constant value.
US09300246B2
An apparatus comprises a resonator including a plurality of switched impedances spatially distributed within the resonator and a corresponding plurality of transconductance elements distributed within respective distances among the switched impedances. The resonator has a given desired resonant frequency and a given amplitude of response. Combined pairs of the switched impedances and transconductance elements have respective parasitic resonant frequencies which are higher than the given desired resonant frequency and have respective amplitudes of response which are lower than the given amplitude of response. The apparatus may be a voltage controlled oscillator or an active filter.
US09300231B2
An output control apparatus of a motor includes a controller formed by having a power device to bridge a motor and a power supply. The controller incorporating the power device provides voltage control modulation during different motor speeds so as to fix the recharging voltage at the DC bus in a specific range without involvement of any voltage converter. It is unnecessary to use additional complex circuits or other DC/DC converters to reduce the voltage recharged from the motor running at a high speed. In addition, space for the apparatus is reduced, and the specification and function of the original controller can be maintained without trading off work in redesigning the motor system.
US09300229B2
To provide an electrostatic chuck, including: a ceramic dielectric substrate having a first major surface on which an object to be processed is mounted, and a second major surface on a side opposite the first major surface, the ceramic dielectric substrate being a polycrystalline ceramic sintered body; and an electrode layer interposed between the first major surface and the second major surface of the ceramic dielectric substrate, the electrode layer being integrally sintered with the ceramic dielectric substrate, a temperature control plate provided on the second major surface side; and a heater provided between the electrode layer and the temperature control plate, and the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer of the ceramic dielectric substrate having an infrared spectral transmittance in terms of a thickness of 1 mm of not less than 20%.
US09300214B2
A multiphase DC-DC converter includes multiple groups of first and second LLC power trains coupled in parallel which collectively provide an output voltage to a load. A voltage feedback control loop senses an output voltage for the LLC converter and generates an identical reference current signal for each of the multiple groups of power trains, the signals representing a reference current based on the sensed output voltage, wherein an active current sharing operation is provided between each of the groups. A local current control loop for each of the groups generates PWM control signals to each of the respective first and second power trains based on the reference current, the PWM control signals having an identical frequency but out of phase with respect to each other, wherein a passive current sharing operation is provided within each of the plurality of power groups.
US09300210B1
A switched-mode power regulator circuit has four solid-state switches connected in series and a capacitor and an inductor that regulate power delivered to a load. The solid-state switches are operated such that a voltage at the load is regulated by repetitively (1) charging the capacitor causing a current to flow in the inductor and (2) discharging the capacitor causing current to flow in the inductor. The power regulator circuit may be configured to operate with zero current switching at frequencies in the range of 100 MHz, enabling it to be fabricated on a unitary silicon die along with the load that it powers.
US09300205B2
A power supply apparatus comprises a driver, an oscillator, a digital control circuit and a counter. The driver is connected to a power source voltage and performs an ON/OFF operation of supplying power to a load. The oscillator outputs an oscillator signal every constant period. The digital control circuit performs an ON/OFF control of the driver based on the oscillator signal outputted from the oscillator. The counter counts the oscillator signal outputted from the oscillator. The digital control circuit sets a threshold value representing an upper limit of a count value counted by the counter and stops an output operation of the oscillator signal by the oscillator when the count value counted by the counter exceeds the set threshold value.
US09300202B2
A regulator system with dynamic droop including a regulator control network which is adapted to control regulation of an output voltage to a reference level, a DC droop network which provides a droop signal to modify the reference level based on output load according to a predetermined DC load line, and a dynamic droop network which adjusts the droop signal to delay recovery to the predetermined DC load line within an AC load line tolerance in response to a load transient. A transient reduction network may be included to reduce transient overshoot for load insertion or release depending upon duty cycle type. The dynamic droop network adjusts the droop signal to optimize utilization of an AC delay parameter while transitioning between an AC offset voltage allowance and the predetermined DC load line.
US09300197B2
A high frequency inductor filter apparatus coupled with an inverter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output is described. For example, an inductor/converter apparatus is provided using a silicon carbide transistor that outputs power having a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies. A filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material and optional magnet wires, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.
US09300194B2
An electromagnetic device is provided and includes a stator defining a bore, a rotor rotatable within the stator bore and having permanent magnetic elements disposed about an outer surface thereof to define a series of magnetic poles, power coils configured to generate a power current as a first portion of the magnetic poles pass each of the power coils due to rotor rotation and sense coils configured to generate a sense current as a second portion of the magnetic poles pass each of the sense coils due to the rotor rotation.
US09300162B2
The present disclosure provides a wireless charging storage stand comprising a body and a power control circuit. The body has a plurality of containing portions. Each containing portion comprises a wireless charging unit, a wireless charging indication unit and a sensing circuit. The wireless charging unit is coupled to the wireless charging indication unit. The containing portion is for accommodating an electronic device with wireless charging capability which is charged by the wireless charging unit. The wireless charging indication unit generates a charging indication signal according to the charging status of the wireless charging unit. The power control circuit is disposed in the body and the power control circuit is coupled to the plurality of wireless charging units and the plurality of wireless charging indication units. The power control circuit provides electric power to the plurality of wireless charging units and the plurality of wireless charging indication units.
US09300161B2
A coil arrangement is described for an implantable medical system. A coil winding has a planar ring shape winding that encloses a coil interior area. The coil winding is adapted for placement parallel to a corresponding partner coil for communication of an implant link signal having an associated magnetic field component characterized by a coupling factor k representing fractional amount of magnetic field coupling between the coils. A coil coupling lens of magnetic conductive material has multiple lens surfaces and is adapted to shape the magnetic field component to increase the coupling factor and minimize self-heating of adjacent tissues due to the magnetic field component. The lens surfaces include: i. an inner lens surface lying substantially parallel to the plane of the ring shape winding and having an inner lens surface perimeter enclosed within the coil interior area, ii. an outer lens surface lying substantially parallel to the inner lens surface and having an outer lens surface perimeter greater than the inner lens surface perimeter, and iii. at least one lens connecting surface connecting the inner lens surface perimeter and the outer lens surface perimeter.
US09300154B2
A power management system includes: a first power source that includes a first storage cell; a second power source that includes a second storage cell; a power load that is driven with first power output by the first power source and second power output by the second power source; and an integrated control device that controls the first power and the second power such that a first cell temperature of the first storage cell is substantially the same as a second cell temperature of the second storage cell.
US09300153B2
The amount of power generated by a solar cell is used for charging more efficiently. An activation determination means 4 activates a charging control circuit 3 by allowing a maximum output current from a solar cell 1 to a GND potential to flow and detecting that the output current is equal to or greater than current consumption of the charging control circuit 3 instead of monitoring an unstable output voltage from the solar cell 1. Thus, the charging control circuit 3 can be activated more precisely in comparison to a case where an output voltage is monitored under the condition that the charging control circuit 3 is operated only by the amount of power generated by the solar cell. Thereby, a power instrument 2 is charged more efficiently with the amount of power generated by the solar cell.
US09300151B2
A wireless charging device of the disclosure is used for carrying out wireless battery charging for an electronic device. The wireless charging device includes a wireless charger, a positioning seat, and an adjusting seat. The positioning seat is fixed with the wireless charger. The positioning seat and the wireless charger collectively form a sliding space. The adjusting seat supports the electronic device. The adjusting seat extends into the sliding space and slides along the sliding space relatively to the positioning seat, to adjust a location of a transmitter coil center of the wireless charger, which results that the transmitter coil center of the transmitter of the wireless charger aligns to a receptor coil center of the electronic device.
US09300149B2
[Problem to be Solved]To provide a regulator capable of more appropriately preventing the voltage of a battery from increasing beyond a full-charge voltage during a battery chattering.[Solution]A regulator 1 includes a rectifying circuit 2, a first battery detecting circuit 3, a first full-charge detecting circuit 4, a first differentiating circuit 5 having a fifth resistor r5 connected between a first terminal T1 and one end of a first capacitor C1 and a second capacitor connected in series with the fifth resistor r5 between the first terminal T1 and one end of the first capacitor C1, and a first driving circuit DR that controls the rectifying circuit 2 to rectify an alternating current according to output of an alternating-current generator ACG and controls the rectifying circuit 2 to operate or stop according to signal at one end of a first battery connecting switch element SW1.
US09300148B2
A battery charging apparatus includes a converting unit, first and second charging units and a switching unit. The converting unit separately convert AC power into a first voltage and a second voltage. The first charging unit drops the converted first voltage and charge a high voltage battery with the dropped first voltage. The second charging unit drops the converted second voltage or a third voltage of the high voltage battery, and charges an auxiliary battery with the dropped second or third voltage. The switching unit performs, in a first mode, the charging of the high voltage battery and the auxiliary battery by the AC power, and in a second mode, stops the charging of the high voltage battery by the AC power and performs the charging of the auxiliary battery by the third voltage.
US09300146B2
A power supply apparatus including a near-field wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of communication terminals, a power transmission unit that sets a plurality of resonance frequencies to transfer power in a non-contact manner to each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a control unit that determines a priority level of each of the communication terminals based on identification information received from the communication terminals and determines an amount of power transmitted at each of the resonance frequencies based on the determined priority levels.
US09300145B2
A wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a transmitter that wirelessly transmits electric power; and a receiver that can receive, in a resonant relation with the transmitter, a transmission signal including the electric power transmitted from the transmitter, wherein the receiver includes a frequency variable unit that can change a reception resonant frequency; a detecting unit that detects reception power; and a control unit that controls the frequency variable unit to perform frequency adjustment such that the reception power detected by the detecting unit is maximized.
US09300135B2
A power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power reception device. A central conductor and a peripheral conductor are formed near the upper surface of a casing of the power transmission device. The peripheral conductor surrounds the central conductor in an insulated state from the central conductor. An alternating voltage generating circuit is provided for the power transmission device and applies an alternating voltage between the central conductor and the peripheral conductor. A central conductor and a peripheral conductor are formed near the lower surface of a casing of the power reception device. The peripheral conductor surrounds the central conductor in an insulated state from the central conductor. A load circuit is provided for the power reception device, and a voltage induced between the central conductor and the peripheral conductor is applied to the load circuit.
US09300129B2
Reverse battery protection circuits for devices powered by batteries coupled in parallel can include both P-channel and N-channel MOSFETs. Each positive battery terminal connector of a battery-powered device can be coupled to a gate of an N-channel MOSFET or to both a gate of an N-channel MOSFET and a gate of a P-channel MOSFET. In some embodiments, each negative battery terminal connector of the device can be connected to a gate of a P-channel MOSFET. In the event of a reverse battery connection, one or more of the protection circuit's P-channel and N-channel MOSFETS can switch to a non-conductive state to isolate the device's load from an incorrectly installed battery and prevent the incorrectly installed battery and/or other parallel-coupled battery from prematurely discharging. Methods of protecting a load from a reverse battery connection are also provided, as are other aspects.
US09300126B2
An apparatus for short-circuit protection of a three-phase load in a three-phase system includes an input for connection of the apparatus to a three-phase network, an output for connection of the three-phase load to the apparatus, a means for producing an auxiliary short circuit in the three-phase network by ignition of the means, a means for identifying a short circuit at the three-phase load, and a means for generating an ignition pulse upon identification of the short circuit. The means for producing the auxiliary short circuit and the means for identifying the short circuit are provided in the current path between the input and the output. The means for producing the auxiliary short circuit is ignitable by the ignition pulse. The means for generating the ignition pulse is formed so that the ignition pulse can be generated by a short-circuit current established by the means for identifying the short circuit.
US09300116B2
The plug comprises a nut, a coupling extending from the nut and adapted to receive an ignition wire and an insulator extending from the nut and away from the coupling. A positive electrode extends through the insulator. An externally-threaded tubular portion extends from the nut in surrounding relation to the insulator and terminating, short of the insulator end, in a cap that is disposed in spaced relation to the insulator. The cap defines a void having: a central portion into which the positive electrode extends; an annular channel surrounding the central portion; and a plurality of lobes, each positioned with respect to the central portion as the planet gears are positioned with respect to the sun gear in a planetary gear. The cap has a central surface that is axially spaced from the insulator and a convex surface that surrounds and extends to the central surface.
US09300112B2
A leadframe-type packaged laser diode is provided, in which the laser diode chip is electrically decoupled from the package. A leadframe-type package including a two-dimensional grid of electrodes encapsulated in a molded plastic framework allows batch processing of one- or two-dimensional arrays of leadframes, the batch processing including laser diode chips attachment, wirebonding, and packaging, with subsequent breakout of individual packaged laser diodes from the one- or two-dimensional array.
US09300103B2
Electrical connectors that are mating compatible with the MicroTCA® standard and configured to be mounted to an underlying substrate are provided. Certain of the electrical connectors can be configured to be mounted to a substrate configured in accordance with the MicroTCA® press fit footprint. Additionally, electrical connectors that are mating compatible with the MicroTCA® standard and configured to be mounted to respective alternative footprints, and substrates configured in accordance with the respective alternative footprints are provided. The disclosed electrical connectors and corresponding substrate footprints can operate to transmit data at speed up to and in excess of 25 Gigabits per second.
US09300098B1
An adapter plate is provided for connecting a first conductor pad with a first axis and a second conductor pad with a second axis where the pads have a common bolt pattern. The adapter plate includes a top and bottom surfaces, a first and second ends, a longitudinal axis defined between the ends, and first and second adjustable connectors. The first adjustable connector has arc-shaped slots extending through the top and bottom surfaces at the first end. Similarly, the second adjustable connector has arc-shaped slots extending through the top and bottom surfaces at the second end. The first adjustable connector is connectable to the common bolt pattern so that the top or bottom surface contacts the first conductor pad, while the second adjustable connector is connectable to the common bolt pattern so that the top or bottom surface contacts the second conductor pad.
US09300097B2
Embodiments of a multi-function power strip are shown, said strip including a first endcap and a second endcap; at least one rail, said rail being adapted to engage with at least one outlet module; the rail also being engaged with a transformer module, said transformer module in electrical connection with the at least one outlet module, and adapted to receive electrical power therefrom, said transformer module further comprising a transformer adapted to transform electrical power into a plurality of voltages suitable for powering a plurality of different models of electronic accessories, and a connector forming a circuit to provide a suitable one of the plurality of voltages to an electronic accessory; and wherein the at least one outlet module and the transformer module are releasably joined together.
US09300096B1
A power connector includes a conductive module and an insulating member. The conductive module includes a metal seat and a conductive pin at least partially protruding from the metal seat. The metal seat is configured to be installed on a first electronic device. The conductive pin is configured to insertably connect to a second electronic device. The insulating member covers part of the outer surface of the conductive module, and the conductive module has a contact portion exposed from the insulating member. The contact portion and the conductive pin are provided with electrical connection. The contact portion is configured to electrically connect to the first electronic device when the metal seat is installed on the first electronic device. The conductive pin is configured to electrically connect to the second electronic device when inserting into the second electronic device.
US09300092B1
There is provided a communication connector including a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts received by the housing. A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided and includes at least first and second pairs of electrical conductive traces. The first pair of traces is connected to a first pair of contacts. The second pair of traces is connected to a second pair of contacts. The PCB has first and second regions. The first pair of contacts is located in the first region and the second pair of contacts is located in the second region. The PCB further includes at least a first ground plane. The first ground plane has first and second sections. The first and second sections are electrically isolated from one another. At least a portion of the first section being adjacent to at least a portion of the first pair of traces. At least a portion of the second section is adjacent to at least a portion of the second pair of traces whereby signal transmission is enhanced. A layer of dielectric material which has a relatively low dielectric constant is located between the first and second traces and the first ground plane.
US09300089B2
An electric connector includes a housing to be fit into a second electric connector, a lock arm resiliently deforming when the lock arm makes contact with an engagement part of the second electric connector, and thereafter, returning back to its original position, when the electric connector and the second electric connector are coupled to each other, a first detection terminal for detecting whether the electric connector and the second electric connector are electrically connected to each other, and a unit for assisting the lock arm to return back to the original position, the lock arm, the first detection terminal, and the unit being arranged in the housing, the detection terminal including a first portion to be fixed relative to the lock arm, and a second portion to make contact with a second detection terminal of the second electric connector.
US09300084B2
An electrical connector includes a housing, a latch arranged relative to the housing in a first direction, and a securing member arranged between the housing and the latch. The latch includes an engagement element configured to be movable in the first direction when not blocked. The securing member includes a supporting surface and a counter-engagement element. The supporting surface is configured to support the latch in the first direction. The engagement and counter-engagement elements are configured such that when the engagement and counter-engagement elements are engaged with each other, a displacement of the securing element in and against a second direction relative to the housing is constrained, and when the engagement and counter-engagement elements are disengaged from each other, the securing element is adjustable relative to the housing along the second direction.
US09300081B2
Disclosed are interposer electrical connector embodiments including magnetic components used to facilitate interconnection of peripheral devices to standard input/output, or “I/O”, connectors (such as USB connectors) of devices such as mobile communications products (e.g. smart phones, tablets, and personal computers). The interposer connector embodiments disclosed include those in which a plurality of discrete permanent magnets are arranged with magnetic poles aligned in the same orientation perpendicular to and on one side of the electrical interface. Other embodiments include a plurality of bar permanent magnets located on opposite sides of the interface with all poles of the same type directed at the interface, but each one opposing a ferromagnetic element. These arrangements provide self-aligning capabilities useful for electrical connections that have restrictions on visibility or connection approach geometries. Other embodiments have a single magnet per mated connector pair and magnetic pole pieces and/or actuators to concentrate magnetic flux providing the magnetic attractive force for a plurality of electrical connections.
US09300079B2
An apparatus for electrically connecting and attaching an electrical device to a wall in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus provides a universal base plate with a first connection region with a first electrical connector arranged therein and a universal rear wall with a second connection region with a second electrical connector positioned therein. The universal base plate comprises attachment means for attachment to a wall in a vehicle, wherein the universal rear wall is designed to form part of an electrical device or to be attached thereto. The rear wall and the base plate comprise largely corresponding directions of extension and are designed to be brought into mechanical engagement with each other, wherein during mechanical engagement the first and the second connection regions are arranged adjacent to each other in such a manner that the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector establish a mutual connection.
US09300075B2
A connector includes: a terminal including a box part which covers a terminal-contact spring, a crimped part which holds a core wire, and a concave part formed between the box part and the crimped part; and a housing integrally including an insertion port from which the terminal is inserted, an accommodation chamber in which the terminal is accommodated, an band which constitute a part of the accommodation chamber and is put into a double end-supported state so that the elastic band is pressed and elastically deformed by the box part of the terminal when the terminal is inserted in the housing from the insertion port, a lance which protrudes from an intermediate part of the band to engage the concave part of the terminal, and a reinforcement part which protrudes from the lance toward a bottom side of the housing to enter in the concave part of the terminal.
US09300072B2
Full lock receiving portions (31) are provided on a widthwise central part of a housing (10), and partial lock receiving portions (28) are provided on opposite widthwise end parts of the housing (10). Full locking portions (68) configured to prevent a movement of a retainer (60) to a full locking position by coming into contact with a facing wall surface of a housing (10) at a partial locking position and prevent the retainer (60) from returning to the partial locking position by being locked to the full lock receiving portions (31) at the full locking position are provided on a widthwise central part of the retainer (60). Partial locking portions (73) configured to prevent the retainer (60) from coming out of the housing (10) by being locked to the partial lock receiving portions (28) at the partial locking position are provided on opposite widthwise end parts of the retainer (60).
US09300066B2
A device includes an electrical connector coupled to the end of a flex circuit. The connector includes interior ribs that engage slots in the flex circuit, with the ribs and slots separating adjacent contact pads on the flex circuit. The contact pads are exposed portions of conductive traces on the flex circuit. Other portions of the conductive traces may be covered by a dielectric material, such as a non-conductive ink. The ribs provide an increased isolation path between the contact pads.
US09300064B2
A connector includes a housing, contacts arranged and held in the housing, and a shell attached around the housing. The shell is made from a plate and includes an elongated part extending along a sidewall of the housing and a spring piece adapted to contact a ground contact of a mating connector. The spring piece includes a base part protruded from the elongated part in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends and bent so that its front end is positioned inward from the sidewall, an intermediate part extended from the front end of the base part in the direction in which the elongated part extends, and a contact tip extended from a front end of the intermediate part in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends. The intermediate part is spaced away from an inner surface of the sidewall and the contact tip is positioned further inward from the inner surface than the intermediate part and a front end of the contact tip is directed to the side from which the mating connector is inserted. The spring piece of the shell can be made pliant even though the profile of the connector is low. Thus, connector profile reduction can be achieved.
US09300063B2
A connecting member for the electrically conductive connection of two components, having a (first) conductor which comprises a tubular shell which has at least one opening to reduce axial stiffness.
US09300056B2
Disclosed is an antenna in which certain radiators are shared for multiple frequency bands. The antenna may include at least one first radiator for a first frequency band; one or more second radiator for a second frequency band; and a third radiator. Here, the third radiator may be used when realizing the first frequency band and may also be used when realizing the second frequency band.
US09300054B2
A new class of feed horns is provided based on the use of metamaterial printed circuit board (PCB) liners on the walls of the feed horns. These feed horns may be implemented to achieve low cost operation. PCBs making up the metamaterial liner may be assembled together in such a manner as to form a feed horn with a square or rectangular aperture shape, although other suitable shapes are possible. These PCBs may be fabricated from standard low cost, off-the-shelf dielectric material. A conductor artwork pattern on the PCB surface forming the interior surface of the feed horn can be designed such that the PCB feed horn yields radio frequency (RF) properties similar to that of a corrugated feed horn. A simple flat plate ground plane bonded to the back side of the PCB can serve as the feed horn structure.
US09300053B2
For use with an armored vehicle, a wideband embedded armor antenna is provided. The antenna includes an armor layer mounted to the armored vehicle. A driven dipole is mounted between the armor layer and the vehicle, the dipole operating in the UHF band. A first parasitically driven dipole is mounted on the outside of the armor layer. A second parasitically driven dipole is mounted between the driven dipole and the vehicle. A feed for the driven dipole is provided which does not pierce the armor layer.
US09300050B2
This invention relates to a miniature multiband antenna, in which a substrate being the carrier of a conductive element, and the conductive element configured as a layer onto the substrate and being the radiator in form of a slot, and a conductive layer configured onto the substrate and being the antenna feed line in form of a polygon patch area. Alternative embodiments illustrate use of slot type—and meander type antennas. The invention may be applied in any kind of electronic equipment, where a high capacity wireless system is required and within a very small physical embodiment.
US09300035B2
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element.
US09300032B2
The present invention provides an RFID device having a substrate body, and an IC component and antenna disposed thereon. The RFID device may further include one or more spacing elements, wherein at least a portion of the substrate body is adapted to be disposed around at least a portion the spacing element, thus reducing the overall size of the substrate body with proper impedance matching. The RFID device may further include an EAS element coupled to the substrate body and/or the spacing element in order to create a combination RFID/EAS device with the ability to reduce its overall footprint without sacrificing the ability to provide both identification and article surveillance functions.
US09300030B2
The present invention relates to a small-cell antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement comprises an antenna mounting unit and an active antenna element. The antenna mounting unit is arranged with fastening means from which the active antenna element is detachable. Further, the antenna mounting unit is arranged with a signalling interface via which signals are arranged to be transferred between the active antenna element and a remotely located base station with which the antenna arrangement communicates. Moreover, the antenna mounting unit is arranged with an interface via which the active antenna element is powered.
US09300018B2
System are described that include an energy storage device adapted to store and release energy and an ultracapacitor. The systems include a switching device coupled to the energy storage device to selectively connect and disconnect the energy storage device to a load, and a second switching device coupled to the ultracapacitor and adapted to connect and disconnect the ultracapacitor to the load. The systems may include a sensor adapted to sense the current draw at the load. The first switching device is activated to connect the energy storage device to the load when a rate of change of the current draw at the load is below a threshold, and the second switching device is activated to connect the ultracapacitor to the load when the rate of change of the current draw at the load is greater than or equal to the threshold.
US09300015B2
Desktop power use behavior may be detected while a portable information handling system or any other type of battery powered information handling, system is operating on external power such as an AC adapter. The desktop power use behavior may be detected by monitoring one or more power usage parameters to detect usage characteristics that indicate a battery powered information handling system is being operated in a manner that is similar to operation of a desktop information handling system. Upon detection of desktop behavior, one or more processing devices of the information handling system may respond by taking one or more desktop use response actions.
US09300012B2
Provided is a solid electrolyte secondary battery with a greater capacity than previous solid electrolyte secondary batteries. Furthermore, the disclosed solid electrolyte secondary battery can obtain a high power output and improve battery function while ensuring a large capacity. The solid electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a cathode chamber, a cathode active material container that is provided independently and stores some cathode active material, and a channel medium that is provided between the two and through which the active material passes. The cathode active material is transferred by the channel medium and heterogeneity, when the active material is discharged, can be curbed. By providing a transfer medium, which transfers the cathode active material, the cathode active material can be forcibly transferred.
US09300011B2
A solid state electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid state electrolyte material that is manufactured from a raw material composition containing Li2S and P2S5 and is substantially free of bridging sulfur, and a hydrophobic polymer for binding the sulfide solid state electrolyte material.
US09300010B2
Various embodiments of the invention disclose that the uptake of LiOiPr in Mg2(dobdc) (dobdc4−=1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate) followed by soaking in a typical electrolyte solution leads to a new solid lithium electrolyte Mg2(dobdc).0.35LiOiPr.0.25LiBF4.EC.DEC. Two-point ac impedance data show a pressed pellet of this material to have a conductivity of 3.1×10−4 S/cm at 300 K. In addition, the results from variable-temperature measurements reveal an activation energy of approximately 0.15 eV, while single-particle data suggest that intraparticle transport dominates conduction.
US09300004B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wound electromechanical storage device assembly including a negative electrode sheet, a plurality of negative electrode tabs which are integral to and extend from the negative electrode sheet, a positive electrode sheet, a plurality of positive electrode tabs which are integral to and extend from the positive electrode sheet, and a separator sheet disposed between the negative and positive electrode sheets, wherein the negative electrode sheet, positive electrode sheet, and separator sheet are wound around a common axis to form a plurality of windings, and wherein each winding includes one negative electrode tab and one positive electrode tab.
US09299999B2
Provided are a three electrode type microbial fuel cell and a method of operating the same. The fuel cell includes a sediment electrode acting as an anode and placed in sediment on the bottom of a contaminated water zone, an intermediate electrode acting as an anode or a cathode and placed in water, and an floating electrode acting as a cathode and placed adjacent to a water surface. In the three electrode type microbial fuel cell, the intermediate electrode may be used as an anode or a cathode according to the concentration of organic contaminants in water of the contaminated water zone, so that the fuel cell can continue to generate electricity in any case where the organic contaminants are present in or removed from the water.
US09299998B2
A fuel cell management method includes removing droplets remaining in a fuel cell stack using air supplied to a cathode and hydrogen supplied to an anode. Hydrogen and oxygen remaining are removed in the fuel cell stack by stopping the supply of the hydrogen and the air, and the hydrogen and the oxygen in the fuel cell stack are chemically reacted to remove residual hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is generated in the cathode of the fuel cell stack after removing the residual hydrogen and oxygen. The residual oxygen is additionally removed using the generated hydrogen, the generated hydrogen is absorbed on a surface of a catalyst layer formed on the anode and cathode and accelerating the chemical reaction of hydrogen and air.
US09299993B2
A separator having planar shape may comprise a second inner wall and a third inner wall formed inside of the separator and disposed between a first hole and a plurality of first inner walls. The second inner wall and the third inner walls may comprise a plurality of first grooves formed inside of the separator and a plurality of first concaves facing the plurality of first grooves inside of the separator. Each of the plurality of first grooves extends between the first hole and the plurality of first inner walls along a first direction. Each of the plurality of first concaves curves outward from inside of the separator and extends between one of the plurality of first grooves and other of the plurality of first grooves.
US09299992B2
The invention concerns an active layer for an electrochemical reactor comprising:—a carbon electronic conductor which is not a fullerene as a support; and —a catalytic system made up of one or more metals and a fullerene. It also concerns an electrochemical reactor integrating such an active layer.
US09299991B2
A process for the electrochemical deposition of nanoscale catalyst particles using a sacrificial hydrogen anode as counter electrode for the working electrode is disclosed, whereby a concurrent development of hydrogen at the working electrode is mostly or completely avoided.
US09299988B2
Disclosed herein is an electrode sheet having an electrode active material applied to one major surface or opposite major surfaces of a current collector sheet, the electrode sheet being cut to manufacture a plurality of unit electrode plates, wherein first notch portions are formed at one side, selected from between an upper side and a lower side, of the electrode sheet such that the first notch portions are arranged at intervals corresponding to a width of each of the unit electrode plates and second notch portions corresponding to the first notch portions are formed at the other side of the electrode sheet, and wherein an upper end cut side for a cutting margin is formed at each of the second notch portions, the upper end cut side being smaller in size than a lower end cut side.
US09299987B2
The present invention relates to a cable-type secondary battery having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, comprising: an inner electrode having an inner current collector and an inner electrode active material layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner current collector; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and an outer electrode surrounding the outer surface of the separation layer, and having an outer electrode active material layer and an outer current collector comprising at least one of a conductive paste and a carbon fiber.In accordance with the present invention, the outer current collector which comprises a conductive paste or a carbon fiber to have good flexibility is used in a cable-type battery to improve the flexibility of the cable-type battery.
US09299985B2
Provided is a secondary battery having a good battery property at a high temperature. A secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention comprises a negative electrode and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance on a negative electrode collector with a negative electrode binder; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a compound (A) having a C═S bond. In this embodiment, the negative electrode active substance is formed by covering at least one of a metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium and a metal oxide (b) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion with a carbon material (c). Alternatively, the negative electrode active substance comprises a metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium and the negative electrode binder negative electrode is a polyimide or a polyamide-imide.
US09299983B2
The invention discloses a novel method to prepare the Ni(Sn, Sb)3 skutterudite compound. Skutterudite compounds are thermoelectric materials, which can transform heat into electric energy. Besides, the Ni(Sn, Sb)3 compound is also an anode material of Li ion battery. The solid state diffusion method is used to prepare the Ni(Sn1-x, Sbx)3 compound. Compared to traditional physical or chemical processes, the method disclosed in the invention is simpler and operates at a lower temperature. By the method according to the invention, the composition of the Ni(Sn, Sb)3 compound can be adjusted to fulfill variety requirements for different applications. It is noteworthy that the invention can prepare ternary compounds. In comparison with the frequently used binary compounds such as Ni3Sn4 or Cu6Sn5, the invention can produce materials with better performance.
US09299977B2
A method of manufacturing a composite materials in which a carbon material and a metal compound can maintain a nanosized form as a final product is realized, and a method for manufacturing a superior electrode material is provided. A metal compound precursor is formed from a metal compound material source, and a mixture of the metal compound precursor and a carbon material is calcinated. In the treatment to form the precursor, a treatment of absorbing one of the metal compound material sources to the functional group of the carbon material and a treatment of producing on the carbon material a treatment of reacting the remaining material source of the adsorbed metal compound material source on the carbon material to produce a metal compound precursor are performed in separate steps.
US09299973B2
A battery module 11 is structured to include a flat-type battery 40 in which current can be taken out from both faces of an electric generation element 20 in a layered direction, flat-plate-type electrode tabs 50 and 60 having a face contact with a current-taking-out plane of the flat-type battery to take out current, and a packaging case 100 covering the flat-type battery and the electrode tab. The inner face of the packaging case and the electrode tab have therebetween an elastic member 120.
US09299972B2
A battery includes an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a current collector, the current collector being electrically and mechanically coupled to one of the electrodes, a case, the electrode assembly and the current collector being disposed within the case, a cap plate, the cap plate having a terminal protruding therefrom, the terminal being electrically coupled to the current collector, and a separating member, the separating member having a protrusion portion and a body portion, the protrusion portion being fixed to the cap plate, and the body portion extending along a length of the current collector and being interposed between the current collector and an inner wall of the case.
US09299966B2
Subassemblies for use in an electrochemical device are provided, as are processes for preparing the subassemblies and electrochemical cells incorporating the subassemblies. In some embodiments, the subassemblies include (a) a first electrode and (b) a separator or a first current collector or both. The first electrode is bonded to the separator or the first current collector or both. In some embodiments, the subassemblies further include a second electrode and a second current collector. In some embodiments, the electrodes or separators are sintered. Bipolar cells are also provided, including a plurality of stacked electrochemical cells that are joined in series. The positive electrode and the negative electrode of each stack include a sintered electrode.
US09299960B2
The electronic device manufacturing apparatus is provided with: a substrate holding member; a first supply source which is provided so as to move relative to the primary surface side of the substrate, and which forms a nitrogen-containing layer by supplying a nitrogen-containing compound towards the primary surface of the substrate; and a second supply source which is disposed downstream of the first supply source in the direction of movement relative to the substrate, which forms a transparent electrode layer by supplying towards the primary surface of the substrate an electrode material having silver as the main component thereof, and which is disposed such that, between starting formation and two minutes after finishing formation of the nitrogen-containing layer at a prescribed position on the substrate, formation of the transparent electrode layer is started at said prescribed position on the substrate.
US09299954B2
An organic light-emitting apparatus including: a substrate; an organic light-emitting device disposed on the substrate and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an encapsulation layer provided to cover the organic light-emitting device. The encapsulation layer includes a first inorganic layer including a first fracture point, and a first fracture control layer provided on the first inorganic layer to seal the first fracture point.
US09299949B2
A display panel and a display device, such as an organic light emitting panel that includes a spacer. The display panel and the display device include a semiconductor element including a first electrode; a passivation layer arranged on the semiconductor element and including a via hole exposing the first electrode; a second electrode arranged on the passivation layer and connected to the first electrode through the via hole; and a spacer arranged on the second electrode and adjacent to the via hole, wherein the spacer exposes at least a portion of a region where the via hole is formed.
US09299948B2
An organic light emitting display device includes an organic light emitting display panel including first to third pixels that emit light of different colors, a wavelength of a color light emitted from the third pixel being shorter than wavelengths of color lights emitted from the first and second pixels, a window on an upper portion of the display panel, and a light shielding pattern on the window, the light shielding pattern being adjacent to an outline of the third pixel.
US09299947B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device), which has improved luminous efficiency, shows sufficiently ensured driving stability, and has a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, a cathode, and organic layers including a hole-transporting layer and a light-emitting layer, the organic layers being interposed between the anode and the cathode, in which the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent light-emitting material and the hole-transporting layer and the light-emitting layer have an electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer therebetween, the electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer being adjacent to the light-emitting layer and containing an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (2). In the formula, a ring B represents a heterocycle represented by the formula (1c) to be fused with adjacent rings, Z represents an n-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and n represents 1 or 2.
US09299945B2
The present disclosure relates to an emissive construct, which can be used in various OLED applications, for example, top-emission white organic light-emitting diodes. The emissive construct includes a fluorescent emissive layer, a partial hole-blocking layer, and a phosphorescent emissive. A recombination zone is shared between the fluorescent emissive layer and the phosphorescent emissive layer, such that the thickness of the partial hole-blocking layer is less than about one-third of the thickness of the recombination zone.
US09299930B2
Some embodiments include integrated devices, such as memory cells. The devices may include chalcogenide material, an electrically conductive material over the chalcogenide material, and a thermal sink between the electrically conductive material and the chalcogenide material. The thermal sink may be of a composition that includes an element in common with the electrically conductive material and includes an element in common with the chalcogenide material. Some embodiments include a method of forming a memory cell. Chalcogenide material may be formed over heater material. Electrically conductive material may be formed over the chalcogenide material. A thermal sink may be formed between the electrically conductive material and the chalcogenide material. The thermal sink may be of a composition that includes an element in common with the electrically conductive material and includes an element in common with the chalcogenide material.
US09299928B2
Embodiments of the invention generally include a method of forming a nonvolatile memory device that contains a resistive switching memory element that has an improved device switching performance and lifetime, due to the addition of a current limiting component disposed therein. In one embodiment, the current limiting component comprises at least one layer of resistive material that is configured to improve the switching performance and lifetime of the formed resistive switching memory element. The electrical properties of the formed current limiting layer, or resistive layer, are configured to lower the current flow through the variable resistance layer during the logic state programming steps (i.e., “set” and “reset” steps) by adding a fixed series resistance in the formed resistive switching memory element found in the nonvolatile memory device. Typically, resistive switching memory elements may be formed as part of a high-capacity nonvolatile memory integrated circuit, which can be used in various electronic devices, such as digital cameras, mobile telephones, handheld computers, and music players.
US09299925B2
A three-dimensional sensor system made from an assembly of three either semi- or fully independently oriented sensors, each of which has a working principle based on detecting the movement of a floating magnet supported by magnetic levitation. The sensor system can be used for fall detecting, tilting monitoring and vibration tracking. The volume fabrication method of making individual sensor for such as system is also given.
US09299917B2
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device is provided that includes a MTJ element and a control wire. The MTJ element includes a top ferromagnet layer formed of a first magnetic material, a tunneling layer, and a bottom ferromagnet layer formed of a second magnetic material. The tunneling layer is mounted between the top ferromagnet layer and the bottom ferromagnet layer. The control wire is configured to conduct a charge pulse. A direction of charge flow in the control wire extends substantially perpendicular to a magnetization direction of the top ferromagnet layer. The control wire is positioned sufficiently close to the top ferromagnet layer to reverse the magnetization direction of the top ferromagnet layer when the charge pulse flows therethrough while not reversing the magnetization direction of the bottom ferromagnet layer when the charge pulse flows therethrough.
US09299914B2
A technique capable of maintaining the filter characteristics of a transmitting filter and a receiving filter by reducing the influences of heat from the power amplifier given to the transmitting filter and the receiving filter as small as possible in the case where the transmitting filter and the receiving filter are formed on the same semiconductor substrate together with the power amplifier in a mobile communication equipment typified by a mobile phone is provided. A high heat conductivity film HCF is provided on a passivation film PAS over the entire area of a semiconductor substrate 1S including an area AR1 on which an LDMOSFET is formed and an area AR2 on which a thin-film piezoelectric bulk wave resonator BAW is formed. The heat mainly generated in the LDMOSFET is efficiently dissipated in all directions by the high heat conductivity film HCF formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 1S.
US09299912B2
A vibration gyro-element includes a base portion, an excitation vibrating arm and a detection vibrating arm extending from the base portion, and a first adjustment vibrating arm and a second adjustment vibrating arm extending from the base portion and vibrating along with excitation vibration of the excitation vibrating arm, wherein an output signal of the first adjustment vibrating arm at least is out of phase with respect to an output signal of leakage vibration of the detection vibrating arm, and wherein an amplitude of the output signal of the first adjustment vibrating arm is larger than an amplitude of the output signal of the second adjustment vibrating arm.
US09299903B1
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting element includes a semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer is provided between the semiconductor layer and the first conductive layer. A light transmittance of the second conductive layer is higher than a light transmittance of the first conductive layer. An extinction coefficient of the second conductive layer is 0.005 or less.
US09299901B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a metal layer, a stacked structural body, a first electrode, a pad electrode, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and an insulating layer. The metal layer includes a major surface having a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region. The stacked structural body includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a light emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The second semiconductor layer is provided between the first region and the first portion. The first electrode is provided between the second region and the second portion. The pad electrode is provided on the third region. The first conductive layer is provided between the second region and the first electrode and between the third region and the pad electrode.
US09299900B2
An object is to provide a light-emitting device having a structure in which an external connection portion can easily be connected and a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device. A light-emitting device includes a lower support 110, a base insulating film 112 over the lower support 110 which has a through-hole 130, a light-emitting element 127 over the base insulating film 112, and an upper support 122 over the light-emitting element 127. An electrode 131 is provided in the through-hole 130, and the external connection terminal 132 electrically connected to the electrode 131 is provided below the base insulating film 112. The external connection terminal 132 is electrically connected to the external connection portion 133 and functions as a terminal that inputs a signal or a power supply into the light-emitting device. This light-emitting device has a structure in which an external connection portion can easily be connected.
US09299891B2
A light emitting device package is provided. The light emitting device package comprises a package body comprising a first cavity, and a second cavity connected to the first cavity; a first lead electrode, at least a portion of which is disposed within the second cavity; a second lead electrode, at least a portion of which is disposed within the first cavity; a light emitting device disposed within the second cavity; a first wire disposed within the second cavity, the first wire electrically connecting the light emitting device to the first lead electrode; and a second wire electrically connecting the light emitting device to the second lead electrode.
US09299890B2
In a semiconductor device 100, it is possible to prevent C from piling up at a boundary face between an epitaxial layer 22 and a group III nitride semiconductor substrate 10 by the presence of 30×1010 pieces/cm2 to 2000×1010 pieces/cm2 of sulfide in terms of S and 2 at % to 20 at % of oxide in terms of O in a surface layer 12. By thus preventing C from piling up, a high-resistivity layer is prevented from being formed on the boundary face between the epitaxial layer 22 and the group III nitride semiconductor substrate 10. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce electrical resistance at the boundary face between the epitaxial layer 22 and the group III nitride semiconductor substrate 10, and improve the crystal quality of the epitaxial layer 22. Consequently, it is possible to improve the emission intensity and yield of the semiconductor device 100.
US09299889B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a stacked structure body, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric body part. The stacked structure body includes a first semiconductor layer, having a first portion and a second portion juxtaposed with the first portion, a light emitting layer provided on the second portion, a second semiconductor layer provided on the light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a contact part provided on the first portion and contacting the first layer. The second electrode includes a first part provided on the second semiconductor layer and contacting the second layer, and a second part electrically connected with the first part and including a portion overlapping with the contact part when viewed from the first layer toward the second layer. The dielectric body part is provided between the contact part and the second part.
US09299868B2
A solar panel mounting system may include a solar panel mounting assembly for mounting to a support structure. The solar panel mounting assembly may include a restraining element, a retaining element and a biasing assembly that supports the restraining and retaining elements. The support structure may include an upper surface and a lower surface spaced from the upper surface. The biasing assembly may further include a biasing element that resiliently urges the retaining element toward a securing element for supporting a solar panel that is positioned between the retaining element and the upper surface of the support structure, and resiliently urges the restraining element toward the lower surface of the support structure. A retention device may resiliently bias the solar panels of a solar panel assembly together on a support structure.
US09299866B2
A photovoltaic device operable to convert light to electricity, comprising a substrate, a plurality of structures essentially perpendicular to the substrate, one or more recesses between the structures, each recess having a planar mirror on a bottom wall thereof and each recess filled with a transparent material. The structures have p-n or p-i-n junctions for converting light into electricity. The planar mirrors function as an electrode and can reflect light incident thereon back to the structures to be converted into electricity.
US09299859B2
A capacitor structure applied to an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The capacitor structure includes a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitor and two metal structures with different structures. The MOS capacitor has a first terminal and a second terminal. The two metal capacitors are formed above the MOS capacitor and respectively coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal. Subject to the confined chip area, the capacitance of the above-mentioned capacitor structure can still reach the design value, and the above-mentioned capacitor structure is further characterized by a large amount of current flow.
US09299854B2
To enhance the performance of a semiconductor device. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a metal film is formed over a semiconductor substrate having an insulating film formed on a surface thereof, and then the metal film is removed in a memory cell region, whereas, in a part of a peripheral circuit region, the metal film is left. Next, a silicon film is formed over the semiconductor substrate, then the silicon film is patterned in the memory cell region, and, in the peripheral circuit region, the silicon film is left so that an outer peripheral portion of the remaining metal film is covered with the silicon film. Subsequently, in the peripheral circuit region, the silicon film, the metal film, and the insulating film are patterned for forming an insulating film portion formed of the insulating film, a metal film portion formed of the metal film, and a conductive film portion formed of the silicon film.
US09299845B2
Semiconductor devices on a diffusion barrier coated metal substrates, and methods of making the same are disclosed. The semiconductor devices include a metal substrate, a diffusion barrier layer on the metal substrate, an insulator layer on the diffusion barrier layer, and a semiconductor layer on the insulator layer. The method includes forming a diffusion barrier layer on the metal substrate, forming an insulator layer on the diffusion barrier layer; and forming a semiconductor layer on the insulator layer. Such diffusion barrier coated substrates prevent diffusion of metal atoms from the metal substrate into a semiconductor device formed thereon.
US09299836B2
A semiconductor device including source drain stressors and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The methods may include forming a recess region in the substrate at a side of a gate pattern, and an inner surface of the recess region may include a first surface of a (100) crystal plane and a second surface of one of {111} crystal planes. The method may further include performing a first selective epitaxial growth (SEG) process to form a base epitaxial pattern on the inner surface of the recess region at a process pressure in a range of about 50 Torr to about 300 Torr. The method may also include performing a second selective epitaxial growth (SEG) process to form a bulk epitaxial pattern on the base epitaxial pattern.
US09299828B2
A nitride-based transistor includes a semiconductor structure, a gate electrode and a leakage current suppression structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first nitride-based semiconductor layer doped with impurities of a first conductivity type, a second nitride-based semiconductor layer doped with impurities of a second conductivity type, and a third nitride-based semiconductor layer doped with impurities of the first conductivity type. The gate electrode overlaps the second nitride-based semiconductor layer. The leakage current suppression structure is disposed along edges of the semiconductor structure. The leakage current suppression structure includes a depletion layer in at least one of the first and third nitride-based semiconductor layers.
US09299827B2
Provided are semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) devices including gate patterns having a step difference therebetween and a connection line interposed between the gate patterns. The semiconductor IC device includes a semiconductor substrate including a peripheral active region, a cell active region, and a device isolation layer. Cell gate patterns are disposed on the cell active region and the device isolation layer. A peripheral gate pattern is disposed on the peripheral active region. A cell electrical node is disposed on the cell active region adjacent to the cell gate patterns. Peripheral electrical nodes are disposed on the peripheral active region adjacent to the peripheral gate pattern. Connection lines are disposed on the cell gate patterns disposed on the device isolation layer. The connection lines are connected between the cell gate patterns and the peripheral gate pattern.
US09299823B2
To enhance the reliability of the semiconductor device using a nitride semiconductor. A channel layer is formed over a substrate, a barrier layer is formed over the channel layer, a cap layer is formed over the barrier layer, and a gate electrode is formed over the cap layer. In addition, a nitride semiconductor layer is formed in a region where the cap layer over the barrier layer is not formed, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed over the nitride semiconductor layer. The cap layer is a p-type semiconductor layer, and the nitride semiconductor layer includes the same type of material as the cap layer and is in an intrinsic state or an n-type state.
US09299810B2
A fin-type field effect transistor includes a first fin including a first source, a first drain, and a first channel. The fin-type field effect transistor includes a second fin including a second source, a second drain, and a second channel. The fin-type field effect transistor includes a first semiconductor region under the first fin and a second semiconductor region under the second fin. A first reacted region is adjacent the first semiconductor region while a second reacted region is adjacent the second semiconductor region. The first reacted region has a first dimension causing a first strain in the first channel. The second reacted region has a second dimension causing a second strain in the second channel. The first strain and second strain are substantially equal to one another. A method of fabricating an example fin-type field effect transistor is provided.
US09299800B2
The methods may include forming a first material layer on a substrate, increasing electric resistance of the first material layer, and forming a source pattern and a drain pattern, which are spaced apart from each other, on the first material layer, a band gap of the source and drain patterns greater than a band gap of a first material layer.
US09299799B2
Semiconductor devices are provided such as, ferroelectric transistors and floating gate transistors, that include an epitaxial perovskite/doped strontium titanate structure formed above a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The epitaxial perovskite/doped strontium titanate structure includes a stack of, in any order, a doped strontium titanate and a perovskite type oxide.
US09299796B2
A method for manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) gate stack structure in an insta-MOS field-effect-transistor (i-MOSFET) includes the following steps of: forming a silicon nitride layer over a silicon substrate; forming a nanopillar structure including a silicon-germanium alloy layer in contact with the silicon nitride layer; and performing a thermal oxidation process on the nanopillar structure to cause germanium atoms in the silicon-germanium alloy layer to penetrate the underneath silicon nitride layer to form a silicon-germanium shell layer in contact with the silicon substrate and a germanium nanosphere located over the silicon germanium shell layer, and to form a separating layer between the silicon-germanium shell layer and the germanium nanosphere by oxidizing silicon atoms from the silicon nitride layer or the silicon substrate, thereby forming a germanium/silicon dioxide/silicon-germanium i-MOS gate stack structure capable of solving interfacial issues between silicon and germanium and between germanium and the gate dielectric.
US09299794B2
A semiconductor device with improved characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a LDMOS, a source plug electrically coupled to a source region of the LDMOS, a source wiring disposed over the source plug, a drain plug electrically coupled to a drain region of the LDMOS, and a drain wiring disposed over the drain plug. The structure of the source plug of the semiconductor device is devised. The semiconductor device is structured such that the drain plug is linearly disposed to extend in a direction Y, and the source plug includes a plurality of separated source plugs arranged at predetermined intervals in the direction Y. In this way, the separation of the source plug decreases an opposed area between the source plug and the drain plug, and can thus decrease the parasitic capacitance therebetween.
US09299783B2
A transistor includes a channel forming layer on a substrate, a gate on the channel forming layer and including an electrochemically indifferent metal, a solid electrolyte layer between the channel forming layer and the gate, the solid electrolyte layer is formed as a stack structure with the gate on the channel forming layer, an active metal layer including an electrochemically active metal capable of enabling channel switching by using an oxidation-reduction reaction of the electrochemically active metal so that the active metal layer forms a metal channel in a channel region between the channel forming layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and a source and a drain electrically connected to the active metal layer.
US09299770B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first active region, a second active region, an inactive region located between the first active region and the second active region, and a third active region, which crosses the inactive region to electrically connect the first active region to the second active region, in a semiconductor layer; forming an insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; and forming an opening selectively in the insulating layer by dry etching.
US09299764B2
An inductor layout (200, 300, 400) comprising a first inductor (210, 310, 410) and a second inductor (220, 320, 420). The first and second inductors (210, 310, 410; 220, 320, 420) are electrically and magnetically independent inductors concentrically arranged on an integrated circuit 800. At least one of the first and second inductors (210, 310, 410; 220, 320, 420) is a multi-loop inductor with a first axis (226a, 316a, 326a, 416a, 426a) of symmetry.
US09299760B2
A circuit unit is provided in which it is possible to connect circuit board to a terminal using a simple operation without removing a passivation film from above the terminal. A metal electrode which conducts with a circuit element is formed above a substrate. Multiple column shaped insulation films are each formed at a uniform pitch in two intersecting directions above the surface of the metal electrode. A metal electrode is formed above the metal electrode including the insulation film. A passivation film is formed on a surface of the metal electrode. Conductive beads are stuck between pairs of projection structured bodies formed on a surface of the passivation film, the passivation film on a side surface of the projection structure is scraped whereby the conductive beads conduct simultaneously with the metal electrode and an electrode formed on the circuit board.
US09299746B2
The present disclosure provides a memory cell that includes a resistive memory element disposed between a first conductor and a second conductor, the first conductor and the second conductor configured to activate the resistive memory element. The memory cell also includes a backward diode disposed in series with the memory element between the memory element and either the first conductor or the second conductor.
US09299735B2
Image sensor package structure and method are provided. The method includes: providing first substrate having upper surface on which image sensing areas and pads are formed; providing second substrate having through holes; forming tape film on upper surface of second substrate to seal each through hole; contacting lower surface of second substrate with upper surface of first substrate to make image sensing areas in through holes; removing portions of tape film and second substrate, wherein remained tape film and second substrate form cavities including sidewalls made of second substrate and caps sealing sidewalls and made of tape film, and remained second substrate also covers pads; removing portions of remained second substrate to expose pads; slicing first substrate to form single image sensor chips including image sensing areas and pads; and electrically connecting pads with circuits on third substrate through wires. Pollution or damage to image sensing areas may be avoided.
US09299698B2
A semiconductor structure includes first, second, and third transistor elements each having a first screening region concurrently formed therein. A second screening region is formed in the second and third transistor elements such that there is at least one characteristic of the screening region in the second transistor element that is different than the second screening region in the third transistor element. Different characteristics include doping concentration and depth of implant. In addition, a different characteristic may be achieved by concurrently implanting the second screening region in the second and third transistor element followed by implanting an additional dopant into the second screening region of the third transistor element.
US09299695B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first main electrode, a base layer of a first conductivity type, a barrier layer of the first conductivity type, a diffusion layer of a second conductivity type, a base layer of the second conductivity type, a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and a second main electrode. Bottoms of the barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type are positioned on the first main electrode side of lower ends of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type form a super junction proximally to tips of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.
US09299675B2
A method of assembling a semiconductor package includes attaching a semiconductor die to a frame having a strip or panel form. The semiconductor die has at least one stud bump. The die and the stud bump are covered with a first encapsulation material, and then at least a portion of the stud bump is exposed. At least one die conductive member is formed on the first encapsulation material and electrically coupled to the stud bump. The die conductive member is covered with a second encapsulation material, and then at least a portion of the die conductive member is exposed. At least one grid array conductive member is formed on the second encapsulation material and electrically coupled to the die conductive member. Finally, at least one solder ball is attached to the at least one grid array conductive member.
US09299672B2
Disclosed herein are contact pads for use with integrated circuit (IC) packages. In some embodiments, a contact pad disclosed herein may be disposed on a substrate of an IC package, and may include a metal projection portion and a metal recess portion. Each of the metal projection portion and the metal recess portion may have a solder contact surface. The solder contact surface of the metal recess portion may be spaced away from the solder contact surface of the metal projection portion. Related devices and techniques are also disclosed herein, and other embodiments may be claimed.
US09299669B2
A transmitter, comprises: a first branch for providing a positive output having a first set of serially-connected transistors; a second branch for providing a negative output having a second set of serially-connected transistors; and a biasing circuit, wherein the biasing circuit generates a first biasing voltage and a second biasing voltage as a function of the positive output, the negative output, and a predefined threshold voltage, and wherein the first biasing voltage, the second biasing voltage, and a differential input signal drive the first set of serially-connected transistors and the second set of serially-connected transistors.
US09299664B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor die is formed to have sloped sidewalls. A conductor is formed on the sloped sidewalls.
US09299659B2
A semiconductor device is manufactured by forming a lower structure on a substrate including first and second regions, simultaneously forming a first interconnection on the lower structure of the first region and a first portion of a second interconnection on the lower structure of the second region, forming a first interlayer insulating layer on the first interconnection and on the first portion of the second interconnection, forming a trench exposing a top surface of the first portion of the second interconnection in the first interlayer insulating layer, and forming a second portion of the second interconnection in the trench. Related structures are also disclosed.
US09299658B2
A semiconductor device with the metal fuse and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The metal fuse connects an electronic component (e.g., a transistor) and a existing dummy feature which is grounded. The protection of the metal fuse can be designed to start at the beginning of the metallization formation processes. The grounded dummy feature provides a path for the plasma charging to the ground during the entire back end of the line process. The metal fuse is a process level protection as opposed to the diode, which is a circuit level protection. As a process level protection, the metal fuse protects subsequently-formed circuitry. In addition, no additional active area is required for the metal fuse in the chip other than internal dummy patterns that are already implemented.
US09299657B2
A method for manufacturing semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion and a third conductive portion over a substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, and the third conductive portion; forming a high-resistance layer over the first conductive portion; forming an oxide layer over the high-resistance layer and the dielectric layer; patterning the dielectric layer and the oxide layer by using the high-resistance layer as a blocking layer to form a first recess to expose the second conductive portion and the third conductive portion and to prevent the first conductive portion from exposure; and forming a plug layer in the first recess to connect the second conductive portion and the third conductive portion.
US09299656B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device includes a first metal line disposed in a first insulating layer, and a via having a portion surrounding a portion of a first sidewall of the first metal line.
US09299645B2
A semiconductor device is assembled from a lead frame. The device has a semiconductor die mounted on a flag of the lead frame. A mold compound forms a housing that covers the die. Lead fingers surround the die. Each lead finger has an inner lead length that is covered by the housing and an outer lead length that protrudes from the housing. The inner lead length extends from an edge of the housing towards the die. The inner lead length has an intermediate region that has been bent to form a notch. Bond wires electrically connect electrodes of the die to respective inner lead lengths.
US09299644B1
Integrated circuit packaging system with routed circuit lead array and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a terminal having a top with a depression; applying a dielectric material in the depression, the dielectric material having a gap formed therein and exposing a portion of the top therefrom; forming a trace within the gap and in direct contact with the top, the trace extending laterally over an upper surface of the dielectric material; and connecting an integrated circuit to the terminal through the trace.
US09299631B2
According to example embodiments, a stack-type semiconductor package includes a lower semiconductor package, an upper semiconductor package, connection pads, and a metal layer pattern. The lower semiconductor package includes a lower semiconductor chip on a top surface of a lower package substrate, lower lands on the lower package substrate, and an encapsulant on the top surface of the lower package substrate. The encapsulant defines via holes that expose the lower lands. The upper semiconductor package is on the encapsulant. Upper solder balls are connected to a bottom surface of the upper semiconductor package. The connection pads are on the via holes and the encapsulant. The connection pads electrically connect the lower semiconductor package to the upper semiconductor package. The metal layer pattern is between the lower package substrate and the upper semiconductor package. The metal layer pattern surrounds the connection pads and is isolated from the connection pads.
US09299629B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate provided with a scribe region and an IC region. A first insulating film is disposed on the semiconductor substrate across the scribe region and the IC region. At least one separation groove is provided in the first insulating film in the scribe region. Side walls made of a plug metal film are formed only on respective lateral walls of the separation groove so that the plug metal film on the lateral walls does not extend out of the separation groove and does not exist on an upper surface of the first insulating film. A second insulating film covers at least the side walls formed on the respective lateral walls of the separation groove so that the side walls are disposed under the second insulating film.
US09299628B2
A power semiconductor module is provided which is capable of keeping low the degrees of increases in temperatures of wide bandgap semiconductor elements, reducing the degree of increase in chip's total surface area of the wide bandgap semiconductor elements, and being fabricated at low costs, when Si semiconductor elements and the wide bandgap semiconductor elements are placed within one and the same power semiconductor module. The Si semiconductor elements are placed in a central region of the power semiconductor module, and the wide bandgap semiconductor elements are placed on opposite sides relative to the central region or in edge regions surrounding the central region.
US09299619B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may include the following steps: preparing a substrate having a PMOS region and an NMOS; forming a first gate trench on the PMOS region; forming a first high-k dielectric layer and a first high-k cap layer that cover a bottom and sides of the first gate trench; forming a second gate trench on the NMOS region; forming a second high-k dielectric layer and a second high-k cap layer that cover a bottom and sides of the second gate trench; removing a portion of the first high-k dielectric layer and a portion of the first high-k cap layer that are positioned on a side of the first gate trench; and removing a portion of the second high-k dielectric layer and a portion of the second high-k cap layer that are positioned on a side of the second gate trench.
US09299607B2
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a dielectric layer is formed on a substrate, and a contact hole is formed from the dielectric layer to the substrate. A dielectric spacer liner is formed to cover a sidewall and a bottom of the contact hole. A portion of the dielectric spacer liner is removed to expose a portion of the substrate. A metal silicide layer is formed into the substrate through the contact hole.
US09299606B2
A substrate bonding method is able to reliably bond substrates while avoiding a reduction in yield made worse by finer pitches. The substrate bonding method can include: forming an adhesive resin layer on a surface of a first substrate on which a pad has been formed; forming an opening on the adhesive resin layer above the pad; filling the opening with molten solder to form a pillar-shaped solder bump; and applying heat and pressure to the first substrate and a second substrate while a terminal formed on the second substrate is aligned with the solder bump.
US09299596B2
A substrate treating apparatus for treating substrates includes a plurality of substrate treatment lines arranged vertically for carrying out plural types of treatment on the substrates while transporting the substrates substantially horizontally, and a controller for changing processes of treatment carried out on the substrates for each of the substrate treatment lines. By changing the processes of treatment carried out for the substrates for each substrate treatment line, the processes of treatment carried out for the substrates can be changed for each substrate conveniently. Thus, a plurality of different processes of treatment corresponding to the number of substrate treatment lines can be carried out in parallel for the respective substrates.
US09299590B1
Various particular embodiments include a method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) device including: forming at least one thermoelectric cooling device over an upper surface of a handle wafer based upon a known location of an elevated temperature region in the IC device; forming a first oxide layer over the handle wafer covering the thermoelectric cooling device; forming a second oxide layer over a donor silicon wafer to form a donor wafer; bonding the donor wafer to the handle wafer at the first oxide layer and the second oxide layer, such that the second oxide layer contacts the first oxide layer on the handle wafer; and forming at least one semiconductor device over the donor silicon wafer side of the donor wafer, wherein the at least one thermoelectric cooling device is located proximate the at least one semiconductor device.
US09299584B2
Devices and methods of forming an integrated circuit and a FinFET device with a planarized permanent layer are provided. In an embodiment, a method of forming a planarized permanent layer includes providing a base substrate that has an uneven surface topography. A permanent layer is conformally formed over the base substrate. The permanent layer includes raised portions and sunken portions that correspond to the surface topography of the base substrate. A sacrificial layer is conformally formed over the permanent layer. The sacrificial layer and the raised portions of the permanent layer are chemical-mechanical planarized to provide the planarized permanent layer. The sacrificial layer is substantially completely removed after chemical-mechanical planarizing.
US09299580B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for forming features in a film stack that may be utilized to form stair-like structures with accurate profiles control in manufacturing three dimensional (3D) stacking of semiconductor chips. In one example, a method of etching a material layer disposed on a substrate using synchronized RF pulses includes providing an etching gas mixture into a processing chamber having a film stack disposed on a substrate, synchronously pulsing a RF source power and a RF bias power into the etching gas mixture at a ratio of less than 0.5, and etching the film stack disposed on the substrate.
US09299579B2
An etching method of selectively etching a first region formed of silicon oxide with respect to a second region formed of silicon nitride includes: a process (a) and a process (b). In the process (a), a target object is exposed to plasma of a fluorocarbon gas and a thickness of a protective film on the second region is larger than a thickness of a protective film formed on the first region. In the process (b), the first region is etched by plasma of a fluorocarbon gas. In the process (a), a temperature of the target object is set to 60° C. or more to 250° C. or less.
US09299576B2
A trench is etched in a semiconductor wafer by turning a first introduced gas introduced into a reaction chamber into plasma. A protection film is formed on a wall surface of the trench by turning a second introduced gas introduced into the reaction chamber into plasma. The protection film formed on a bottom surface of the trench is removed by turning a third introduced gas introduced into the reaction chamber into plasma. The reaction chamber is evacuated after the protection film formed on the bottom surface of the trench is removed.
US09299572B2
An apparatus relating generally to a substrate is disclosed. In such an apparatus, the substrate has formed therein a plurality of vias. A liner layer is located on the substrate, including being located in a subset of the plurality of vias. At least one of the plurality of vias does not have the liner layer located therein. A thermally conductive material is disposed in the at least one of the plurality of vias to provide a thermal via structure.
US09299568B2
A method of scaling a nonvolatile trapped-charge memory device and the device made thereby is provided. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a channel region including polysilicon electrically connecting a source region and a drain region in a substrate. A tunneling layer is formed on the substrate over the channel region by oxidizing the substrate to form an oxide film and nitridizing the oxide film. A multi-layer charge trapping layer including an oxygen-rich first layer and an oxygen-lean second layer is formed on the tunneling layer, and a blocking layer deposited on the multi-layer charge trapping layer. In one embodiment, the method further includes a dilute wet oxidation to densify a deposited blocking oxide and to oxidize a portion of the oxygen-lean second layer.
US09299566B2
A method for forming a germanium-based layer is provided. The method includes: providing a substrate having a Ge or GeSi surface layer; and implanting atoms, molecules, ions or plasmas containing an element Sn into the Ge surface layer to form a Ge-based GeSn layer, or implanting atoms, molecules, ions or plasmas containing an element Sn into the GeSi surface layer to form a Ge-based GeSnSi layer, or co-implanting atoms, molecules, ions or plasmas containing elements Sn and Si into the Ge surface layer to form a Ge-based GeSnSi layer.
US09299562B2
Materials, methods, structures and device including the same can provide a semiconductor device such as an LED using an active region corresponding to a non-polar face or surface of III-V semiconductor crystalline material. In some embodiments, an active diode region contains more non-polar III-V material oriented to a non-polar plane than III-V material oriented to a polar plane. In other embodiments, a bottom region contains more non-polar m-plane or a-plane surface area GaN than polar c-plane surface area GaN facing an active region.
US09299561B2
A method for fabricating a nitride semiconductor thin film includes preparing a first nitride single crystal layer doped with an n-type impurity. A plurality of etch pits are formed in a surface of the first nitride single crystal layer by applying an etching gas thereto. A second nitride single crystal layer is grown on the first nitride single crystal layer having the etch pits formed therein.
US09299557B2
A method for integrated circuit fabrication can include removing silicon oxide by a pre-clean process. The pre-clean process can include depositing a halogen-containing material on the surface of a substrate in a first reaction chamber, and transferring the substrate having the halogen-containing material to a second reaction chamber. Silicon oxide material can be removed from a surface of the substrate by sublimating the halogen-containing material in the second reaction chamber. A target material, such as a conductive material, may subsequently be deposited on the substrate surface in the second reaction chamber.
US09299540B2
Provided is a parallel flat-panel type plasma processing apparatus which includes a recipe storing unit storing a processing recipe for performing a plasma processing, a compensation setting unit setting an accumulation time of the plasma processing or the number of processed substrates after starting using a new second electrode and the compensation value of the set temperature of the second electrode in an input screen, and a storage unit storing the compensated set value. The plasma processing apparatus is further equipped with a program for controlling a temperature adjusting mechanism based on a set temperature after compensation by adding a set temperature of an upper electrode written in the processing recipe to the compensation value stored within the storage unit. As a result, the non-uniformity in the plasma processing between the substrates caused by the change of processing atmosphere is suppressed.
US09299539B2
A device for use in a wafer processing chamber having a plasma forming volume and a hot edge ring. The hot edge ring has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is in contact with the plasma forming volume. The second surface is not in contact with the plasma forming volume. The device includes a detector operable to contact the second surface of the hot edge ring. The detector can detect a parameter of the hot edge ring and can provide a detected signal based on the detected parameter.
US09299538B2
A system provides post-match control of microwaves in a radial waveguide. The system includes the radial waveguide, and a signal generator that provides first and second microwave signals that have a common frequency. The signal generator adjusts a phase offset between the first and second signals in response to a correction signal. The system also includes first and second electronics sets, each of which amplifies a respective one of the first and second microwave signals. The system transmits the amplified, first and second microwave signals into the radial waveguide, and matches an impedance of the amplified microwave signals to an impedance presented by the waveguide. The system also includes at least two monitoring antennas disposed within the waveguide. A signal controller receives analog signals from the monitoring antennas, determines the digital correction signal based at least on the analog signals, and transmits the correction signal to the signal generator.
US09299533B2
A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of first blankers to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam in multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member, a plurality of second blankers to deflect a defective beam in the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member to be in a direction orthogonal to a deflection direction of the plurality of first blankers, a blanking aperture member to block each of beams which were deflected to be in a beam off state by at least one of the plurality of first blankers and the plurality of second blankers, and a detection processing unit to detect a defective beam in the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member.
US09299520B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a contact part including a fixed contact and a movable contact, and a drive part including a fixed core and a movable core. The movable core is connected to the movable contact via an axial core. The fixed core includes a plate member, which is positioned between the contact part and the drive part and includes a through hole through which the axial core is inserted. The movable core includes a convex part protruding in a direction opposing the plate member. The plate member includes a concave part opposing the convex part and having a shape corresponding to the convex part.
US09299516B2
A luminous keyboard device includes a keypad module, a supporting plate, a light-mixing type light-emitting element, a first light guide plate, and a second light guide plate. The supporting plate has a partition part. By the partition part, a first color light beam and a second color light beam from the light-mixing type light-emitting element are not mixed with each other. The first color light beam is guided by the first light guide plate to a first light-outputting zone and a third light-outputting zone of the keypad module. The second color light beam is guided by the second light guide plate to a second light-outputting zone and the third light-outputting zone of the keypad module. The first color light beam and the second color light beam projected on the third light-outputting zone are mixed as a third color light beam.
US09299515B2
A luminous keyboard includes plural bottom-emitting type illumination elements, a sensing module, plural keys, and plural light-transmissible elastic elements. As a key is moved toward the sensing module, the sensing module generates a corresponding non-contact key signal. Each bottom-emitting type illumination element is aligned with a key, and disposed under the corresponding key. Each light-transmissible elastic element is aligned with a bottom-emitting type illumination element, and arranged between the corresponding bottom-emitting type illumination element and the corresponding key. After the light beam provided by each bottom-emitting type illumination element is transmitted through the corresponding light-transmissible elastic element, the light beam is projected to the corresponding key.
US09299508B2
The present disclosure provides a touch device comprising at least one first conductive axis, a plurality of second conductive units, a plurality of bridging structures and an insulating layer. The first conductive axis has a plurality of openings in which the second conductive units are located respectively. There is a space existed between each of the second conductive units and the corresponding first conductive axis. Each of the majority of the bridging structures are electrically connected to every two adjacent second conductive units in two adjacent first conductive axes. The insulating layer is located between the bridging structure and the first conductive axis. The insulating layer has a plurality of holes exposing the second conductive units respectively, and the bridging structures connect to the second conductive through the holes. In addition, the disclosure also provides an electrostatic shielding method of touch device.
US09299506B2
In a linear actuator, a limit switch includes an insulation housing formed with an opening and plural slots; a press block disposed on the insulation housing and exposed outside the opening; a pair of connection pins disposed in the insulation housing and spaced with an interval, and respectively protruded from the slots; an elastic connection guiding set including an elastic unit pressed by the press block and a connection guiding sheet connected to the elastic unit, wherein the connection guiding sheet are connected to the pair of connection pins; and a diode disposed in the insulation housing and including two guide pins, wherein the two guide pins are respectively and correspondingly connected to the pair of connection pins in the insulation housing. Accordingly, the electrical connection for the limit switch is simplified thereby facilitating automatic production.
US09299504B2
Preparation method of low temperature sintering active electrode paste for dye sensitized solar cell
The present invention relates to a method for preparing titanium dioxide paste for dye sensitized solar cell, and more specifically a method for preparing titanium dioxide paste fir dye sensitized solar cell, which is curable at a low temperature and is able to form a uniform coating layer and exhibits relatively high energy conversion efficiency. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing low temperature curable paste which requires no separate dye adsorption process or can improve energy conversion efficiency by adding dye or metal precursor in advance.
US09299489B2
A micromagnetic device includes a first insulating layer formed above a substrate, a first seed layer formed above the first insulating layer, a first conductive winding layer selectively formed above the first seed layer, and a second insulating layer formed above the first conductive winding layer. The micromagnetic device also includes a first magnetic core layer formed above the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer formed above the first magnetic core layer, and a second magnetic core layer formed above the third insulating layer. The micromagnetic device still further includes a fourth insulating layer formed above the second magnetic core layer, a second seed layer formed above the fourth insulating layer, and a second conductive winding layer formed above the second seed layer and in vias to the first conductive winding layer. The first and second conductive winding layers form a winding for the micromagnetic device.
US09299488B2
A magnetic device includes an electrically insulating body and a conductor coil. The insulating body defines an internal cavity for a magnetic device core and a coolant channel routed about the internal cavity. The conductor coil extends through the insulating body and winds about the internal cavity. The electrically insulating body electrically insulates the internal cavity and coolant channel from the conductor coil.
US09299487B2
A laminated coil component that has DC superimposition characteristics improved without causing an increase in direct-current resistance, and reduces stress which can be generated in a magnetic body. A laminated coil component includes a magnetic section of magnetic layers stacked and a conductor section which has a plurality of conductor pattern layers arranged between the magnetic layers, and interconnected in a coiled shape to pass through the magnetic layers, and which is buried in the magnetic section. The conductor section is composed of a conductor containing silver. The magnetic section is of a sintered ferrite material containing Fe2O3, NiO, ZnO, and CuO. The ratio of the Cu content (in terms of CuO) in a near-conductor section region of the magnetic section to the Cu content (in terms of CuO) in a central region of the magnetic section is 0.2 to 0.5.
US09299479B2
There is provided a wire harness. The wire harness is wired in a predetermined wiring pattern with respect to an attached body. The wire harness is packaged by being held by a one-sided adhesive sheet so that the wiring pattern is kept. The one-sided adhesive sheet is formed into an external shape that fits a wiring course shape of the wire harness with respect to the attached body.
US09299473B2
An electrically conductive structure including a substrate material and graphene. A first cross-section taken along an axial direction of the electrically conductive structure includes a plurality of layers of the substrate material and at least one internal layer of the graphene alternatingly disposed between the plurality of layers of the substrate material. A method of tailoring an amount of graphene in an electrically conductive structure is also included.
US09299472B2
In various embodiments, electronic devices such as thin-film transistors incorporate electrodes featuring a conductor layer and, disposed below the conductor layer, a barrier layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.
US09299469B2
An improved radiation window comprises a film permeable to radiation disposed on a support structure. The support structure comprises a primary transmissive area comprising a plurality of support members defining a plurality of apertures for radiation to pass through; a flange disposed around the periphery of the primary transmissive area having generally greater mechanical rigidity than the primary transmissive area; and a transition region disposed between, and contiguous with, the primary transmissive area and the flange; the transition region having generally greater mechanical rigidity than the primary transmissive area and generally lesser mechanical rigidity than the flange, thereby providing an intermediate rigidity transition between the dissimilar rigidities of the primary transmissive area and the flange. A radiation detection system comprises a sensor configured to detect radiation, disposed behind such an improved radiation window.
US09299463B2
A noble metal injection apparatus is connected to a piping of a nuclear plant at the time of stop of the nuclear plant before start of the nuclear plant. In chemical decontamination, oxidation decontamination agent decomposition, and reduction decontamination on an inner surface of the pipe system are executed. After reduction decontamination, a part of an oxalic acid included in a reduction decontamination solution is decomposed and platinum is injected into the reduction decontamination solution of pH 3.5 or higher. When the platinum concentration becomes a preset concentration, a reduction agent is injected and the reduction decontamination solution including the platinum and reduction agent is brought into contact with the inner surface of the piping. The platinum is deposited on the inner surface of the piping. The injection of the platinum and reduction agent is stopped and the platinum and reduction agent are decomposed.
US09299462B2
A nuclear fuel rod for a fast reactor is provided, in which a reactor core of the fast reactor can be designed compact-sized by reducing the length of the nuclear fuel rod to be smaller than the length of a conventional one. The nuclear fuel rod for a fast reactor includes a tubular fuel materials comprising a hollow portion formed therein, a tubular inner pipe inserted into the hollow portion of the tubular fuel materials to prevent collapse of the tubular fuel materials due to combustion of nuclear fuel, a tubular cladding pipe which surrounds the tubular fuel materials, and a liquid metal, or He gas or vacuum applied in a gap between the tubular fuel materials and the tubular cladding pipe, and the tubular inner pipe includes a collecting space formed therein to collect fission products such as fission gas which are generated due to combustion of the nuclear fuel.
US09299461B2
A single-pass heavy-ion fusion system for power production from fusion reactions alone, power production that uses additional energy of fission reactions obtained by driving a sub-critical fission pile with the neutrons from fusion reactions, destroying high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste by intense bombardment with fusion neutrons, or for the production of neutron beams for various applications includes a new arrangement of current multiplying processes that employs a multiplicity of isotopes to achieve the desired effect of distributing the task of amplifying the current among all the various processes, to relieve stress on any one process, and to increase the design margin for assured ICF (inertial confinement fusion) ignition for applications including but not restricted to the above list. The energy content and power of the ignition-driver pulses are greatly increased, thus increasing intensity of target heating and rendering reliable ignition readily attainable.
US09299444B1
A nonvolatile memory device includes a block switching unit which transmits an operation signal to a memory cell array, and a voltage sustaining block which provides a voltage to sustain the operation signal to an arbitrary interconnection overlapping the block switching unit.
US09299438B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first string; a second string; and a controller. The first string is coupled with a first bit line and includes first memory cells. The second string is coupled with a second bit line and includes second memory cells. The controller executes writing first data into the first memory cells and writing second data into the second memory cells simultaneously. The controller reads data from the first and second strings after writing the first and second data.
US09299431B2
Structures and methods for a multi-bit phase change memory are disclosed herein. A method includes establishing a write-reference voltage that incrementally ramps over a write period. The increments of the write-reference voltage correspond to discrete resistance states of a storage cell of the multi-bit phase change memory.
US09299430B1
Methods for reading and programming one or more resistive change elements within a 1-R resistive change element array are disclosed. These methods include using measurement and storage elements to measure the electrical response of one or more selected cells within an array and then comparing that stored electrical response to the electrical response of a reference element within the array to determine the resistive state of the one or more selected cells. These methods also include programming methods wherein selectable current limiting elements are used to permit or inhibit programming currents from flowing through selected and unselected cells, respectively. These methods further include programming methods that use specific biasing of array lines to provide sufficient programming currents through only selected cells.
US09299428B2
A resistive memory apparatus includes a memory region including a plurality of resistive memory cells, and a controller suitable for storing a threshold number of write operations according to a data storage material of the resistive memory cells, counting numbers of write operations for the respective resistive memory cells as a write operation is performed for the memory region, and performing interrupt control when a memory cell that reaches the threshold number of write operations is detected.
US09299425B2
The embodiments herein relates to a hybrid non-volatile memory cell system and architecture for designing integrated circuits. The system comprises CMOS access transistor connected to a memristor which stores a data based on a resistance. The system has a word line for accessing the hybrid memory and two bit lines carrying data of mutually opposite values for transferring a data from the memory. The two terminals of the transistor are connected respectively to a first terminal of the memristor and to a first bit line. The gate terminals of the transistors are coupled together to form a word line. The access transistors control the two bit lines during a read and write operation. A control logic performs a read and write operation with the hybrid memory cells. The memory architecture prevents a power leakage during data storage and controls a drift in a state during a read process.
US09299422B1
A 6T static random access memory cell, array, and memory thereof are provided, in which the memory cell includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a first access transistor, and a second access transistor. A first high supply voltage and a low supply voltage are coupled to the first inverter. A second high supply voltage and the low supply voltage are coupled to the second inverter. The first access transistor has a gate terminal coupled to a first word line. The first access transistor has a source terminal coupled to the first node. The second access transistor has a gate terminal coupled to a second word line, and the second access transistor has a source terminal coupled to the second node. The first word line provides ON signals to turn on the first access transistor, and the second high supply voltage provides a first differential voltage simultaneously.
US09299421B1
A static random access memory (SRAM) includes a voltage generator coupled to receive a positive power supply voltage, and to controllably generate a first power supply voltage, which is with a reduced level and is higher than a retention voltage during a specific period. A first inverter and a second inverter each is connected between the first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage. The first inverter and the second inverter are cross-coupled, and the output nodes of the first inverter and the second inverter act as a bit node pair.
US09299419B1
Systems and methods for optimizing a memory rail voltage are disclosed. The system may comprise a plurality of sensor cells, each sensor cell comprising at least one bitcell replica having a predefined data retention voltage higher than a data retention voltage of a similar memory bit cell. The sensor cells may be configured to provide an output based on a sensor rail voltage higher than the predefined data retention voltage. The system may further comprise a controller operably coupled to a power management circuit and configured to adjust the memory rail and the sensor rail voltages. The controller may be further configured to compare an expected value to the sensor indication. The controller may decrease the sensor rail voltage and the memory rail voltage based on the indication until a sensor indicates a bitcell replica has failed, indicating an optimum memory rail voltage has been reached.
US09299417B2
A memory includes a DRAM array having memory cells, wordlines and bitlines coupled to the memory cells, and sense amplifiers. The memory can be configured to perform a method in which a wordline of the DRAM array is set to an active state. While the wordline is active, signals develop on the respective bitlines according to the flows of charge between the memory cells coupled to the wordline and the respective bitlines. The sense amplifiers connected to the respective bitlines can remain inactive such that the sense amplifiers do not amplify the signals to storable signal levels. Then, when the wordline is set again to the inactive state, insufficient charge remains in the memory cells coupled to the wordline such that the data stored in memory cells coupled to the wordline are erased. These steps can be repeated using each of a remaining number of wordlines of all or a selected range of the DRAM array so as to erase the data stored in all of the DRAM array or a selected range.
US09299406B2
Apparatuses and methods of providing word line voltages include an example apparatus including a voltage driver and a word line driver. The voltage driver is configured to provide a word line voltage, wherein the word line voltage is a pumped supply voltage responsive to an active mode and the word line voltage is a non-zero voltage less than the pumped supply voltage during a standby mode. The word line driver is coupled to the voltage driver and is configured to drive a respective word line to the word line voltage during the active and standby modes.
US09299400B2
A memory controller issues a targeted refresh command in response to detection by a distributed detector. A memory device includes detection logic that monitors for a row hammer event, which is a threshold number of accesses to a row within a time threshold that can cause data corruption to a physically adjacent row (a “victim” row). The memory device sends an indication of the row hammer event to the memory controller. In response to the row hammer event indication, the memory controller sends one or more commands to the memory device to cause the memory device to perform a targeted refresh that will refresh the victim row.
US09299397B2
Systems and methods for reducing the power consumption of memory devices. A method of operating a memory device may include monitoring a plurality of sense amplifiers, each sense amplifier configured to evaluate a logic value stored in a memory cell, determining whether each of the plurality of sense amplifiers has completed its evaluation, and stopping a reference current from being provided to the sense amplifiers in response to all of the sense amplifiers having completed their evaluations. An electronic circuit may include memory cells, sense amplifiers coupled to the memory cells, transition detection circuits coupled to the sense amplifiers, and control circuitry coupled to the transition detection circuits, the transition detection circuits configured to stop a reference current from being provided to the sense amplifiers if each transition detection circuit determines that its respective sense amplifier has identified a logic value stored in a respective memory cell.
US09299394B2
Systems and methods are provided for reducing surge current in power gated designs. In one aspect, a storage capacitor supplies a portion of the current used to power up a circuit. The storage capacitor may be charged from a power supply or other source. When the circuit is to be powered up, the circuit is connected to the power supply and the storage capacitor. As a result, current is supplied to the circuit from the power supply and the storage capacitor to power up the circuit. Because a portion of the current used to power up the circuit is supplied from the storage capacitor, the amount of current needed from the power supply to power up the circuit can be reduced, thereby reducing current surge through the power supply. The storage capacitor may be shared by multiple circuits.
US09299390B2
The present invention discloses a discrete three-dimensional vertical memory (3D-MV). It comprises at least a 3D-array die and at least a voltage-generator die. The 3D-array die comprises a plurality of vertical memory strings. At least a voltage generator for the 3D-array die is located on the voltage-generator die instead of the 3D-array die. The 3D-array die and the voltage-generator die have substantially different back-end-of-line (BEOL) structures.
US09299375B2
In response to determining that a first write operation is to be performed on a portion of tape, writing data to a data track with a tape head element spacing at a nominal value. A tape width of one or more tape positions at which data is written is recorded. In another aspect, a tape width value associated with a tape is retrieved. A current tape width value associated with the tape is determined, and the tape head element spacing is set based on a difference between the retrieved tape width value and the determined current tape width value.
US09299373B2
A method according to one embodiment includes generating or receiving a value representative of a lateral position of a tape. The value is used to adjust a position of a coarse actuator in response to determining that the value is in a first range relative to a first threshold. An integrator center value is used to adjust the position of the coarse actuator in response to determining that the value is in a second range relative to the first threshold.
US09299364B1
Content identification methods for consumer devices determine robust audio fingerprints that are resilient to audio distortions. One method generates signatures representing audio content based on a constant Q-factor transform (CQT). A 2D spectral representation of a 1D audio signal facilitates generation of region based signatures within frequency octaves and across the entire 2D signal representation. Also, points of interest are detected within the 2D audio signal representation and interest regions are determined around selected points of interest. Another method generates audio descriptors using an accumulating filter function on bands of the audio spectrum and generates audio transform coefficients. A response of each spectral band is computed and transform coefficients are determined by filtering, by accumulating derivatives with different lags, and computing second order derivatives. Additionally, time and frequency based onset detection determines audio descriptors at events and enhances descriptors with information related to an event.
US09299348B2
An intelligent conversation system augmenting a conversation between two or more individuals uses a speech to text block configured to convert voices of the conversation into text, a determination circuit configured to determine topics from the text of the conversation, search parameters determined by the determination circuit from the topics are sent to an Internet, search results corresponding to the search parameters are received from the Internet; and a memory configured to store the search results received from the Internet. The speech to text block is configured to convert the search results to speech. An earphone is configured to transmit the speech to one of the two or more individuals. The speech is used by one of the individuals to augment the conversation.
US09299341B1
Apparatus and methods are provided for using automatic speech recognition to analyze a voice interaction and verify compliance of an agent reading a script to a client during the voice interaction. In one aspect of the invention, a communications system includes a user interface, a communications network, and a call center having an automatic speech recognition component. In other aspects of the invention, a script compliance method includes the steps of conducting a voice interaction between an agent and a client and evaluating the voice interaction with an automatic speech recognition component adapted to analyze the voice interaction and determine whether the agent has adequately followed the script. In still other aspects of the invention, respective data for specific interactions, including voice records or panels, transcribed text equivalents to such voice records or panels, and/or script text governing such voice records or panels, can be forwarded to one or more respective clients.
US09299328B2
A tilter for a stand, in particular a cymbal stand, comprises two elements being movable relative to each other, a connecting means connecting the moveable elements to each other, a locking means for reversibly fixing the position of the movable elements with respect to each other, as well as at least one friction means arranged between the movable elements. In a fixed position of the locking means, the friction means is in frictional contact with a peripheral surface of at least one of the movable elements.
US09299327B1
A removably engagable string musical instrument hand support apparatus that includes a beam having a first end portion and a second end portion, a principal surface, a minor surface, and a peripheral surface. Further included are first and second extension members that both extend from the minor surface, wherein the extension members contact a body of the musical instrument and the beam forms a non-contacting scaffold adjacent to or over a string of the musical instrument. Also included is a flexible tie having primary and secondary end portions, the primary portion is threaded therethrough the beam and removably engages the instrument, wherein the secondary portion extends from the primary portion to form a lanyard that removably engages the instrument and continues to be threaded therethrough a cinch and the beam forming a hoop assembly also removably engaged to the instrument and threaded back through the beam and cinch.
US09299325B1
An improved roller assembly that, when installed on a BIGSBY vibrato system, causes the roller to be raised, which reduces the angle of the strings. This reduces the tension on the strings, which improves the performance of the device and reduces or eliminates the instability in tuning. Two versions of the device are disclosed that can be used with both BIGSBY and BIGSBY LICENSE model vibratos.
US09299322B2
In one embodiment, dividing a set of texts into one or more text blocks, each text block including a portion of the set of texts; rendering each text block to obtain one or more rendered text blocks; determining a placement instruction for each rendered text block, the placement instruction indicating a position of the rendered text block when it is displayed; and sending the one or more rendered text blocks and their respectively associated placement instructions to an electronic device for displaying on the electronic device.
US09299316B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a display device and a driving method each of which is capable of displaying moving images without causing flicker and reducing power consumption. The display device (1) includes: a display panel (2) having a plurality of scanning signal lines (G) and a plurality of data signal lines (S); a scanning line drive circuit for scanning the plurality of scanning signal lines (G); and a signal line drive circuit (6) for supplying data signals, via the plurality of data signal lines, to pixels. In the display device 1, the plurality of scanning signal lines (G) includes a scanning signal line (Gb) for displaying a first certain color, scanning signal lines for displaying the other colors (Gr, Gg), among which the scanning signal line (Gb) is scanned least frequently than the scanning signal line (Gr) and the scanning signal line (Gg).
US09299309B2
The present invention discloses an integrated source driver for a liquid crystal display device. The integrated source driver includes a reference voltage generating circuit, for providing a plurality of adjustable voltage ranges within a supply voltage and a ground level, and a reference voltage selecting circuit, including a plurality of digital to analog converters, for selecting and generating a plurality of internal reference voltages from the plurality of adjustable voltage ranges, respectively. The plurality of adjustable voltage ranges decrease progressively.
US09299308B2
A display device includes a first-stage output circuit adapted to perform output to a first-stage output signal line as an endmost output signal line out of a plurality of output signal lines disposed in parallel to each other, and the first-stage output circuit includes a start signal line to which a start signal for applying a conducting potential sequentially to the plurality of output signal lines is applied, a first clock signal line to which a first clock signal is applied, a second clock signal line to which a second clock signal is applied, a first transistor having a source to which the first-stage output signal line is connected, and a drain to which the first clock signal line is connected, and a second transistor having a gate to which the start signal line is connected.
US09299296B2
A liquid crystal material is prevented from being degraded by a voltage to control the shift of the threshold voltage which is applied to a back gate on the same conductive film as a pixel electrode. A liquid crystal display device includes a pixel circuit including a pixel electrode which applies an electric field to a liquid crystal layer; and a driver circuit including a transistor including a first gate and a second gate with a semiconductor film interposed therebetween. The transistor overlaps with the liquid crystal layer. A signal for controlling on/off of the transistor is input to the first gate. A signal for applying a first voltage is input to the second gate in a gate line selection period. A signal for alternately applying the first voltage and a second voltage is input to the second gate in a vertical retrace period.
US09299289B2
An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
US09299288B2
A driving circuit includes a first transistor, a capacitor, a second transistor, and a charging circuit. The input terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a voltage source. The output terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to an organic light-emitting diode. The first terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to the control terminal of the first transistor. The input terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the capacitor. The control terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a scan line. The output terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the output terminal of the first transistor. The charging circuit is electrically connected to the first and second terminals of the capacitor, the scan line, and a current source.
US09299270B2
A stall structure includes a door mounted between two pilasters. The stall also includes an occupancy indicator. The occupancy indicator is engaged by the action of closing the door so that the occupancy indicator changes from indicating the stall as vacant to indicating the stall as occupied. The indicator may include a display having a VACANT indicator and an OCCUPIED indicator. An engagement element may engage the stall structure as the door is closed and move the display from the VACANT indicating position to the OCCUPIED indicating position.
US09299264B2
Generally, embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods, computer readable medium, servers, and systems for providing sound assessment and remediation between a computing device and a user instrument. The sound assessment may be based on algorithmic composition or a threshold to remediate performance of providing a plurality of sounds.
US09299253B2
The disclosed approaches for processing traffic signal priority requests include receiving traffic signal priority requests from a vehicle. The number of stopped vehicles at the intersection and on an approach to the intersection is determined in response to receiving each priority request. An activation threshold is computed as a function of an estimated-time-of-arrival (ETA) threshold and the number of stopped vehicles. A vehicle ETA of the vehicle at the intersection is determined in response to each priority request. In response to the vehicle ETA being less than the activation threshold, the priority request is submitted for preemption service processing at the intersection. In response to the vehicle ETA being greater than the activation threshold, submission of the priority request is bypassed for preemption service processing at the intersection.
US09299241B1
An enhanced alerts server may receive alert-related and user-related information from various sources. The server may then generate various types of alerts, including alerts related to weather, crime, product recalls, etc. The server may then apply various predefined rules for associating different types of alerts with a given end user. In deciding on which alerts are transmitted to which users, the enhanced alerts server may also consider any feedback provided by the users regarding previously delivered alerts. An additional aspect of the implementation relates to an easy-to-understand, color-coded display associated with a device through which users may access received alerts.
US09299234B2
A security system includes a plurality of motion sensor units for positioning at desired locations of a building structure, in which each motion sensor unit comprises a motion sensor adapted for detecting motion external to the building structure. The system includes a mobile alarm display unit operatively connected to the plurality of motion sensor units that comprises a plurality of alarm indicators corresponding to the plurality of motion sensor units. Each alarm indicator is operatively linked to a particular one of the plurality of the motion sensor units, and detection of motion by the particular motion sensor unit activates the corresponding alarm indicator linked to the particular motion sensor unit.
US09299231B2
An image processing sensor system functions as a standalone unit to capture images and process the resulting signals to detect objects or events of interest. The processing significantly improves selectivity and specificity of detection objects and events.
US09299218B2
The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. By integrating real-world wager outcomes with gameplay and other user interactions, the system may provide an engaging user experience with interactive media. For example, a game may reveal an outcome of a real-world wager (which has already occurred), in response to in-game actions such as user actions in the game, other players' actions in the game, game events (e.g., events caused by the game logic/artificial intelligence), and/or other events.
US09299216B2
A method and system for generating a current game display includes receiving data indicating the commencement of a current game, receiving data representing a random event in the current game, determining a current game state at an intermediate point in the game prior to the end of the game, generate a current game display at the intermediate point, and display the current game display at the intermediate point. In an optional embodiment, wagers may be received prior to commencement of the game and/or at the intermediate point and resolved at the end of the game.
US09299214B2
A gaming device includes a cabinet having a front surface, wherein at least a portion of the front surface includes an optically restrictive material. The gaming device also includes at least one indicator positioned with respect to the optically restrictive material, wherein the at least one indicator is configured to display an event indication through said optically restrictive material when illuminated by light.
US09299213B2
An automated pill dispensing system includes an output chute configured to hold pill-containing vials and an optical sensor located at a predetermined location in the output chute. The optical sensor includes an optical emitter and an optical detector configured to be operated cooperatively to output a detection signal indicating a presence or absence of a vial at the predetermined location of the output chute. A controller is coupled to the optical sensor and is configured to receive the detection signal therefrom, detect the presence or absence of the vial at the predetermined location of the output chute in response to the detection signal, and control a next depositing event whereby a next vial is deposited in the output chute responsive to the detection. Related methods of operation are also discussed.
US09299211B2
A tablet division feeder includes a moving unit to move a tablet T, a fixing blade located in a movement path of the tablet T, and a support plate extending from the fixing blade such that divided tablets T2 on the fixing blade are transferred and kept onto the support plate. The fixing blade divides the tablet T into upper and lower divided tablets as the tablet T is moved in such a manner that the lower divided tablet T1 is discharged and the upper divided tablet T2 is transferred from the fixing blade to the support plate by the moving unit and kept on the support plate. The upper divided tablet T2 is discharged from the support plate as the upper divided tablet T2 is further moved by the moving unit in such a manner that the upper divided tablet T2 is discharged from the moving unit.
US09299209B2
A method of dispensing bolts includes a step of forming a column of bolts on top of one another. The column includes an upper end and a lower end. A shank portion of each of the bolts is oriented toward the lower end. The method further includes steps of moving the column of bolts and dispensing a bolt at a time from the lower end. A bolt dispensing system is provided and includes a dispensing tube and a dispensing section. The dispensing section is located near an end of the dispensing tube and is configured to dispense bolts one at a time from the end.
US09299205B2
A keyless entry system including multiple portable devices and an in-vehicle device controlling smart lock and smart unlock of a vehicle door is disclosed. The in-vehicle device includes an vehicle-cabin-inside portable determination section, which when locking the vehicle door by the auto-lock function, determines whether or not there is the portable device located inside the vehicle cabin, and a disabled state release section that releases the disabled states of all of the portable devices when the vehicle-cabin-inside portable determination section determines that there is no portable device located inside the vehicle cabin.
US09299204B2
A locking system with infrared communications includes a lock (1) and a programming key (2). The lock (1) includes an interacting device (3) for interacting with the user, a first communications module (4) having an infrared sensor which receives and sends information when communications with the key (2) is established. A first control module (5) manages the received information and a mechanical device (6) opens and locks the locking system a first warning (7) and a first power supply (8). The programming key (2) includes a second communications module (10) including an infrared sensor for communicating with the lock (1), a second control module (11), a storage module (12), a second warning (13), a connector for connection externally (14) and a second power supply (15).
US09299203B2
Access level management techniques which require less manual intervention. In one example, a registration system registers an individual for an access level and receives a mobile device identifier from the individual. The registration system generates an electronic pass, which may include a mobile barcode, granting the individual access at the requested access level, and provides the electronic pass to a mobile communication device of the individual using the mobile device identifier. In one application, an individual with a mobile barcode associated with priority access level privileges may be allowed to bypass a queue by using a priority lane.
US09299201B2
Data collection and analysis processes include collecting energy consumption data from an in-vehicle energy source sensor, collecting emissions data from an in-vehicle emissions sensor, the emissions data reflecting emissions produced by a vehicle, and collecting mileage data from a mileage sensor in the vehicle. The data collection and analysis processes also include processing the energy consumption data and the emissions data as a function of the mileage data, calculating an efficiency rating from the processing, and transmitting results of the processing to a data collection system.
US09299194B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to communication technologies for securely sharing information in head worn computing.
US09299188B2
Image editing techniques are disclosed that support a number of physically-based image editing tasks, including object insertion and relighting. The techniques can be implemented, for example in an image editing application that is executable on a computing system. In one such embodiment, the editing application is configured to compute a scene from a single image, by automatically estimating dense depth and diffuse reflectance, which respectively form the geometry and surface materials of the scene. Sources of illumination are then inferred, conditioned on the estimated scene geometry and surface materials and without any user input, to form a complete 3D physical scene model corresponding to the image. The scene model may include estimates of the geometry, illumination, and material properties represented in the scene, and various camera parameters. Using this scene model, objects can be readily inserted and composited into the input image with realistic lighting, shadowing, and perspective.
US09299185B2
An enhanced system and method for rendering virtual surface is disclosed. A grid may be constructed in a world space to provide positions that facilitate the rendering of the virtual surface. The grid may be constructed by intersecting circular lines and radial lines. The distance of circular lines with respect to one another may be determined by intersecting tessellation level and binary tree. Motion caused by a viewpoint transformation may be compensated by adjusting the grid. Rotational change of the viewpoint may compensated by rotating the grid according a degree of grid edge. Translational change of the viewpoint may be compensated by moving or rotating the grid in a direction opposite to the translational change.
US09299182B2
A divided-area-based rendering device includes: a table generating unit that calculates, for each unit polygon, a first area including the unit polygon, using screen coordinates, determines, from among divided areas obtained by dividing a rendering region, a divided area including at least part of the first area, and generates an area-by-polygon table that is a table in which, for each unit polygon, the divided area including the at least part of the first area including the unit polygon is associated with the unit polygon; a determining unit that determines a rendering unit polygon that is one of the unit polygons which is associated with the divided area, by referring to the area-by-polygon table; and an area rendering unit that performs, for each divided area, vertex processing and rasterization on the rendering unit polygon.
US09299176B2
Large graph visualization embodiments are presented which generally render and display the more important elements for a current view. To this end, a measure of importance referred to as a zoom level is assigned to the vertices and rails of a graph. Each rail is a curve segment in the graph that represents an edge or a set of edges passing through it. The rendering and displaying of a graph (or a part thereof) is done quickly, even as a user moves about the graph, and the visualization of the large graph is not so dense and so full of detail that the user becomes disoriented. In general, this is accomplished by specifying a current viewport, or a current zoom level, or both. Furthermore, the visualization is stable in that the layout of vertices and rails will be the same for the same zoom level and viewport.
US09299169B2
A method includes reconstructing measured projection data using an iterative statistical reconstruction algorithm that reduces image artifact caused by differences in variances in projections of the measured projection data used to update a voxel of the image for one or more voxels of the image. A reconstructor includes a processor that reconstructs measured projection data using an iterative statistical reconstruction algorithm that reduces or mitigates image artifact caused by differences in variances in projections used to update a voxel of the image for one or more voxels of the image. A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to: reduce image artifact caused by differences in variances in projections used to update a voxel of an image for one or more voxels of the image using an iterative statistical reconstruction algorithm.
US09299159B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for performing object tracking. One embodiment is a method for tracking an object in a plurality of frames, comprising obtaining a reference contour of an object in a reference frame and estimating, for a current frame after the reference frame, a contour of the object. The method further comprises comparing the reference contour with the estimated contour and determining at least one local region of the reference contour in the reference frame based on a difference between the reference contour and the estimated contour. Based on the difference, at least one corresponding region of the current frame is determined. The method further comprises computing a degree of similarity between the at least one corresponding region in the current frame and the at least one local region in the reference frame, adjusting the estimated contour in the current frame according to the degree of similarity, and designating the current frame as a new reference frame and a frame after the new reference as a new current frame.
US09299157B2
Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a computer-implemented method that comprises analyzing an image over a plurality of different scales, where the analyzing includes determining spectral characteristics of the image at each of the plurality of different scales, determining spatial characteristics of the image at each of the plurality of different scales, and determining a segmentation pattern (i.e., superpixel) for the image at each of the plurality of different scales based on the spectral and spatial characteristics of that particular scale. The method further includes identifying objects in the image based on portions of the segmentation patterns that are scale-invariant over the plurality of different scales. In some cases, the method can include determining statistical, textural, and/or intensity characteristics of the image at each scale, where determining the segmentation patterns for the image at each scale is further based on one or more of these characteristics.
US09299155B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for segmentation and identification of structured features in images. According to an aspect, a method may include representing an image as a graph of nodes connected together by edges. For example, the image may be an ocular image showing layered structures or other features of the retina. The method may also include adding, to the graph, nodes adjacent to nodes along first and second sides of the graph. The added nodes may have edge weights less than the nodes along the first and second sides of the graph. Further, the method may include assigning start and end points to any of the added nodes along the first and second sides, respectively. The method may also include graph cutting between the start and end points for identifying a feature in the image.
US09299145B2
Systems and articles of manufacture for image segmentation are provided herein, and include creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image.
US09299137B2
An image processing device includes: a candidate abnormal region determining unit that determines a candidate abnormal region from an image using a first determination criterion; a bubble region determining unit that determines a bubble region from the image; a bubble inside determining unit that determines whether the candidate abnormal region is present inside the bubble region based on a determination result of the bubble region; and an abnormal region determining unit that determines whether the candidate abnormal region is an abnormal region using a second determination criterion different from the first determination criterion when the candidate abnormal region is determined to be present inside the bubble region.
US09299136B2
A metal element deformation state detection device is provided in which since a plurality of the metal elements are in line contact with each other via a rocking edge and are aligned in an arc shape to form a metal element row, a light source is disposed on the radially inner side or the radially outer side of the arc of the metal element row, and a deformation state of the metal element is detected by observing passed-through light that has been emitted from the light source and has passed through a gap between adjacent metal elements, slight deformation in the metal element can reliably be detected.
US09299135B2
An inspection system, and a computer program product that stores instructions for: obtaining an aerial image of an area of the mask; wherein the aerial image represents an expected image to be formed on a photoresist of an object during a lithography process that involves illuminating the area of the mask, by a lithography tool; wherein the photoresist has a printability threshold; wherein the lithography process exhibits a process window that introduces allowable changes at pixels of the expected image that do not exceed an intensity threshold; and searching for at least one weak point at the area of the mask, which is either a local extremum point of the aerial image spaced apart from the printability threshold by a distance that does not exceed the intensity threshold or a crossing point of the printability threshold and being of a slope that is below a predefined threshold.
US09299131B2
The present invention is directed to a noise reduction method, comprising: for each of multi-layer regions each containing a pixel of interest and having a successively reducing area, calculating a pixel statistic value of pixels in that region; for each of successive layers, correcting the pixel statistic value for a region at a current layer using a corrected pixel statistic value for a region at a preceding layer having a greater area than that of the region at the current layer; and correcting the pixel of interest using a corrected pixel statistic value for a region with a smallest area.
US09299130B2
Methods and apparatus to providing image fusion using a number of image processing approaches. In one embodiment, a single image is processed and image fusion is performed. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, image enhancement, denoising, edge detection, etc., can be provided.
US09299128B2
An apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to process a first image at a first resolution to generate a first solved image at the first resolution, determine a difference between the first solved image and a function of the first image, and generate a second solved image at a second resolution higher than the first resolution based at least in part on the difference between the first solved image and the function of the first image.
US09299120B2
Implementations may relate to various aspects of modifying, or using, a coded bitstream, or to recovering watermarking information from data. In one implementation, a coded bitstream is modified to allow for the application of a watermark to the coded bitstream without changing the coding of any other syntax elements in the bitstream. This is performed by identifying conditions necessary to change a coded syntax element without disrupting the interpretation of subsequent coded elements. The coded syntax element is replaced with another coded value if the modified value generates the same decoding variables as the original value would have generated. Particular implementations focus on syntax elements coded using entropy coding, including, for example, Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC). Regardless of the type of coding or watermarking, various implementations may provide for recovering watermarking information. Particular implementations recover watermarking information using detection data and feature information.
US09299111B2
A method implemented in a network component, the method comprising receiving a presence information message from a presence server in a ring of a plurality of presence servers, removing content in the presence information message that is previously originated by the network component and previously sent on the ring, copying the presence information message locally for subsequent processing, appending to the presence information message buffered presence information from a local client coupled to the network component, and forwarding the presence information message to a second presence server in the ring.
US09299110B2
Client devices periodically capture ambient audio waveforms and modify their own device configuration based on the captured audio waveform. In particular embodiments, client devices generate waveform fingerprints and upload the fingerprints to a server for analysis. The server compares the waveform fingerprints to a database of stored waveform fingerprints, and upon finding a match, pushes content or other information to the client device. The fingerprints in the database may be uploaded by other users, and compared to the received client waveform fingerprint based on common location or other social factors. Thus a client's location may be enhanced if the location of users whose fingerprints match the client's is known, and, based upon this enhanced location, the server may transmit an instruction to the device to modify its device configuration.
US09299109B2
A motor vehicle monitoring method for determining driver negligence is carried out by a company in order to determine a final assessment for the vehicle. The present invention enables the company to calculate an average revolutions per initial odometer value and an average revolutions per secondary odometer value, where the average revolutions per secondary odometer value is a direct indication about operating state of the vehicle or an action of an end user during a designated time period. Then the company is able to adjust the contact agreement for the designated time period upon the final assessment, wherein the responsible party that violates the contact agreement is only liable for the respective damages.
US09299106B2
In one example, a method includes: receiving a first input value associated with a first data field; responsive to determining the first data field is associated with a delta operation, selecting a second input value associated with a corresponding second data field of a previously transmitted message; comparing the first input and second input values to determine if the first and second input values are equivalent; when the first and second input values are not equivalent, generating a message, wherein the first data field includes only data of the first input value not included in data of the second input value, and providing an operator symbol indicating the delta operation to specify that the first data field of the message includes only data of the first input value that is not included in data of the second input value associated with the second data field of the previously transmitted message.
US09299101B2
A universal user interaction module for web transactions with user controlled conditions. A request is received from a user to begin an order. User information is collected from one or more data repositories. The user information is consolidated and a determination is made as to what additional data is required to complete the order. The additional data is requested from the user and is received from the user. The additional data includes one or more user conditions for placing the order. The order is then stored. The order for the product includes the one or more user conditions, and the order is placed only after all of the one or more user conditions have been met.
US09299095B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for balancing a business margin against a target customer value to fulfill a request to purchase a plurality of items. An initial sale price for a request to purchase the items is calculated, the initial sale price based on a sum of retail prices for the items, discounted by a predetermined target customer value. An initial business margin for the request is determined, the initial business margin based on the sum of the retail prices for the items minus a sum of predetermined net prices for the items. The initial sale price is adjusted to create an intermediate sale price, responsive to the initial business margin being outside a range defined by a lower business margin threshold and an upper business margin threshold, and the intermediate sale price is compared to the initial sale price to create a final sale price.
US09299093B2
A method for charging a plug-in electric vehicle with an external power source. In an exemplary embodiment, the method receives one or more utility rate preferences from a user, determines the utility rates of a local utility company, determines the total charging time needed to charge the plug-in electric vehicle, uses the utility rate preferences, the utility rates and the total charging time to develop several charging options that are presented to a user, and charges the plug-in electric vehicle according to the charging option selection made by the user.
US09299089B2
A device is configured to receive scheduling information associated with a program. The device is configured to determine a time break, corresponding to an advertisement, associated with the program. The device is configured to receive guide information associated with the program. The device is configured to identify the program based on the guide information and the scheduling information, and generate an advertisement map based on identifying the program and based on the time break. The advertisement map may include information that identifies the time break and the program. The device is configured to provide the advertisement map to a dynamic advertisement insertion system to permit the dynamic advertisement insertion system to replace the advertisement during a subsequent playing of the program.
US09299084B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for improving customer service. A video feed of a camera viewing a POS queue is analyzed to identify customers and measure customer biometric data. The biometric data is analyzed and used to generate customer service actions such as alerting a representative or calling in additional staff if the data indicates customer dissatisfaction. The biometric data of a customer may be correlated to transaction data of the customer in order to detect changes of the purchase habits of the customer due to dissatisfaction. Changes in purchase habits, such as a loss of a customer, may be used in combination with the biometric data to establish thresholds of biometric data used to generate customer service actions.
US09299078B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for directing information to people and/or households likely to be receptive to the information. Systems and methods according to the invention can be used to target one or more marketing messages, such as various types of offers, to one or more consumers determined likely to be receptive to the message(s).
US09299074B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for one button-based heterogeneous barcode integration authentication/approval which is capable of providing a one-button integration authentication/approval service for a heterogeneous barcode with existing barcode authentication affiliated stores infrastructures utilized as they are, and exchanging barcodes of existing gift certificates, coupons, pre-paid cards, credit cards, etc. possessed by a user for heterogeneous barcodes through a gateway operator server.
US09299072B2
Methods for operating a portable electronic device to conduct a mobile payment transaction at a merchant terminal are provided. The electronic device may verify that the current user of the device is indeed the authorized owner by requiring the current user to enter a passcode. If the user is able to provide the correct passcode, the device is only partly ready to conduct a mobile payment. In order for the user to fully activate the payment function, the user may have to supply a predetermined payment activation input such as a double button press that notifies the device that the user intends to perform a financial transaction in the immediate future. The device may subsequently activate a payment applet for a predetermined period of time during which the user may hold the device within a field of the merchant terminal to complete a near field communications based mobile payment transaction.
US09299068B2
A method for performing transactions comprises receiving registration information and money transfer transaction specifications, generating a distribution profile based on the registration information, and storing the money transfer transaction specifications in the distribution profile. The distribution profile is identified based on an initiation instruction and associated user authentication data, and one of the money transfer transaction specifications in the distribution profile is identified based on the initiation instruction. Payment source status is verified according to the identified money transfer transaction specification, and a staged send transaction is initiated, based on the payment source status at the time the send transaction is initiated.
US09299065B2
A method of downloading data to a mobile device, the method comprising receiving a message at the mobile device, the message including an indication that there is an attachment to the message that is available for downloading to the mobile device, determining if the attachment relates to a calendar event, determining if a user of the mobile device requires the attachment for participating in the calendar event, and automatically downloading the attachment to the mobile device in response to the mobile device determining that the attachment is required for participation in the calendar event.
US09299063B2
A computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a data processing system display a user-defined email preview within a mail folder of an email client. A user can enter a user-defined preview text into a preview field associated with a particular email. When a preview of the email is shown in a mail folder, the user-defined preview text is shown as the email preview instead of a truncated portion of the email body.
US09299056B2
A Peer-to-Peer (“P2P”) email and social networking system for use by plural users to exchange emails and attachments includes a mesh network that includes plural node computers, each running a P2P email client, and each constructed to transmit and receive emails. The emails are stored in mailboxes residing on each node computer, and may be encrypted during transmission, and may remain encrypted while stored at each node computer.
US09299053B2
A mobile user apparatus useful for obtaining services wirelessly, such as for transfer of items or transport modalities to a prescribed location. In one embodiment, the mobile user apparatus is a wireless-enabled device which can cause transmission of a message to a third party to provide the desired service at a location previous specified by a global positioning system (GPS) or similar position determining apparatus of the user apparatus. In one variant, the user apparatus can communicate wirelessly with other user mobile devices to receive location information, and cause provision of the desired services at the received location.
US09299047B2
In some embodiments, the presentation manager is configured to provide an interface requesting information regarding a proposal from a digital device over a network and receive the information from the digital device. The business object manager is configured to instantiate a business object based on the received information and store the instantiated business object within a data structure residing in a computer readable medium. The business rule manager is configured to generate a business rule associated with the business object, the business rule comprising instructions to perform an operation, the instructions being conditional based on the instantiated business object. The metadata manager is configured to generate metadata associated with the instantiated business object, store the generated metadata in the computer readable medium, perform the operation based on the business rule and the generated metadata, and instruct the presentation manager to provide a second interface indicating a status of the proposal.
US09299044B2
Communication from enterprise servers to handheld devices in the field supports dispatch, data synchronization, logistics and personnel. Bi-directional data delivery from enterprise-based servers over wireless data networks is enabled using wireless capabilities resident in handheld personal computing devices. Real time communications facilitates real-time access to remote programs, assistance and/or information related to the field operations and asset (personnel and inventory) resource management. Management is facilitated for at least one of: construction industry project analysis, HVAC system analysis, project management, equipment readiness inspection, troubleshooting, inventory tracking, inventory ordering, sales (e.g., providing cost estimates to customers), customer invoicing, conducting legal investigations, field data collection, and multi-user remote function coordination.
US09299041B2
Techniques for obtaining data from unstructured data for a structured data collection include receiving unstructured data that includes text; identifying an attribute associated with a structured data collection; obtaining at least one of historical data associated with the attribute or additional data associated with a user of the computing system; identifying one or more terms from the unstructured data as being associated with the attribute based on at least one of the historical data or the additional data; and storing the identified one or more terms in a data record of the unstructured data collection.
US09299038B2
A method for evaluating the benefit of a remediation system, the method comprising calculating plume stability characteristics, determining a mass indicator trend line; determining a contaminant removed trend line, graphically displaying the mass indicator trend line and the contaminant removed trend line, and determining a remediation system benefit trend based on a graphical relationship of the mass indicator trend line and the contaminant removed trend line shown on the graphical display. Also, a method for analyzing a remediation system, the method comprising determining a remediation system benefit trend, determining a relative cost trend, determining a cost/benefit indicator, and categorizing the remediation system according to the remediation system benefit trend, the relative cost trend, and the cost/benefit indicator.
US09299016B2
A misregistration correcting apparatus form an edge list showing information of edges of one scan line from stored drawing objects, updates the formed edge list, and converts the formed edge list into a bit map of one scan line. The updating comprises a first edge list updating that updates the formed edge list on the basis of setting information of a trapping based on characteristics of a printing apparatus and an edge list of a one-line preceding line of the one scan line, and a second edge list updating that updates the edge list on the basis of the trapping setting information and a span showing an outline of the drawing object on the edge list.
US09299009B1
Various embodiments provide a method for determining color information for an image. For example, a color descriptor for an image can be determined and compared against color descriptors stored for each of a number of sample images, which each represent a color in a color space. Upon comparison, matching scores can be generated for a color match between the image and each respective sample image. In this example, the number of sample images with a matching score above a threshold value can be summed and the image can be assigned to a color associated with a highest frequency of the number of sample images. Accordingly, the assigned color of the image can then be used in a “query by color” search or a browse-by-color capability.
US09299002B2
A method for extracting an epitome from an image Y is described. The method comprises: searching, for each block, a list of patches in the image Y with similar content; determining, for each patch of said lists, the set of blocks able to be represented by the patch; constructing, from the sets of blocks, epitome charts comprising, for each epitome chart, initializing said epitome chart with one patch and extending said epitome chart with at least one candidate region contained in a patch overlapping said epitome chart; said method being characterized in that said candidate region is selected by taking into account the blocks represented by said patch overlapping said epitome chart and by any other patch contained in said epitome chart enlarged by said selected candidate region.
US09298999B2
A method of capturing biometric data is provided that includes activating a security application in a device. The security application is activated by an operator of the device and is configured to cause the device to display an outline image. Moreover, the method includes displaying the outline image in a stationary position on a display of the device, positioning desired biometric data proximate the device such that the desired biometric data appears as a biometric image on the device display, and monitoring the outline and biometric images shown on the device display. Furthermore, the method includes positioning the device and the desired biometric data to better align the outline and biometric images when the outline and biometric images do not align and capturing the desired biometric data from an individual after approximately aligning the outline image with the biometric image.
US09298994B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for detecting when a user is not being attentive based on eye convergence. The technique includes determining a first distance from the user to a first object. The first distance may be determined using a depth sensor. The technique further includes determining a first vergence angle associated with a left eye of the user and determining a second vergence angle associated with a right eye of the user. The technique further includes determining a first eye convergence distance based on the first vergence angle, the second vergence angle, and an interocular distance between the left eye and the right eye. The technique further includes comparing the first distance to the first eye convergence distance to generate a first result. An inattention alert may be generated based on the first result.
US09298989B2
An information processing apparatus obtains a picture containing an image of a person from an imaging device. Also obtained are first data indicating distance of the person and other subjects seen in the picture from the imaging device, second data indicating distance of a wrist of the person from the imaging device, and third data indicating a coordinate position of the wrist in the picture. The information processing apparatus extracts a set of pixels whose coordinates fall within a specified coordinate range defined around the coordinate position of the wrist and whose distances from the imaging device fall within a specified distance range defined around the distance of the wrist. Then based on a ratio representing how many of the extracted pixels have a distinctive color tone, the information processing apparatus determines whether the person has picked up an object.
US09298986B2
A system and method for processing video is disclosed. The method includes receiving video of an area; determining a movement profile for each of a plurality of movable objects in the video; determining an interest-rating for each movable object of the plurality of movable objects based on a correlation between the movement profile of that object and a template; and identifying a sub-portion of the video based upon the interest-ratings.
US09298981B1
A computer-implemented system and method for controlling document image capture are provided. The method includes identifying a categorization model for categorizing image frames and configuring an image capture device, based on the identified categorization model. A flow of frames of a same document captured with the configured image capture device is received and an image representation generated for each of a plurality of frames within the flow of frames. With the identified categorization model, for each of the plurality of frames, a confidence for at least one category is assigned to the frame based on the image representation. A category is assigned to the document when a threshold confidence for one of the at least one categories is assigned. An automatic capture of an image of the document is triggered based on the assigned category.
US09298980B1
Various embodiments provide an image pre-processing method to accelerate image computing tasks. For example, an image is obtained from a camera of a portable computing device. Salient features of the image are identified by a number of techniques, such as identifying feature points, identifying gradients within the image, and other techniques and methods discussed herein. Based at least in part on the identified salient features, a saliency map of the image is computed. The saliency map includes a saliency value for each of at least a portion of the plurality of pixels. In this example pixels above a threshold saliency value are processed with an optical character recognition engine.
US09298979B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing and extracting content from an image of a driver's license captured using a mobile device. In one embodiment, an image of a driver's license (DL) is captured by a mobile device and corrected to improve the quality of the image. The corrected image is then further processed by cropping the image, identifying the format and layout of the DL, binarizing the image and extracting the content using optical character recognition (OCR). Multiple methods of image cropping may be implemented to accurately assess the borders of the DL, and a secondary layout identification process may be performed to ensure that the content being extracted is properly classified.
US09298970B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate interaction with a computing device, such as interaction with an object viewable via a display of a computing device. In the context of a method, an object viewable via a display is identified, such as by facial recognition. The method also includes determining that the object has become aligned with an operation indicator as a result of movement of the display relative to the object. In response to determining that the object is aligned with the operation indicator, the method also performs an operation associated with the operation indicator. In this regard, a method may perform the operation upon at least one aspect associated with the object. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided.
US09298966B2
Electronic device including sub-array based deblurring of a blurred finger image and related methods
An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor that includes an array of electric field sensing pixels and image data output circuitry coupled thereto and capable of processing the image data from each of sub-arrays of the array of electric field sensing pixels. The electronic device may also include a dielectric layer over the array of electric field sensing pixels and causing electric field diffusion so that the image data output circuitry generates image data corresponding to a blurred finger image. The electronic device also includes deblurring circuitry coupled to the image data output circuitry and capable of processing the image data from each of the plurality of sub-arrays of the array of electric field sensing pixels to produce processed image data representative of a deblurred finger image.
US09298963B2
Systems and methods for use with a handheld mark reader that reduce the time between activation of the reader's trigger and the reader returning a successful decode response. Image processing may be performed prior to the user actuating the trigger and thus obtaining a decodable image with reduced delay. Separate pre-trigger and post-trigger parameters may be used for image decoding. A feedback loop may be incorporated for repeated parameter updates. An adjustable lens may be utilized either with illumination OFF or ON.
US09298958B1
A wireless active RFID tag, system and method, the system including: a plurality of access points, wherein each access point is groupable by a characteristic in common with another access point; a system controller communicatively coupled to a system memory and to the plurality of access points; and an active RFID tag, the tag comprising: a transmitter module configured to transmit, to access points in the system, request for an acknowledgement from any member of a predetermined group of access points. The acknowledgement may further include one or more of a time reference used by the system; and an identification of secondary technologies used by the system.
US09298939B2
A method is performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors. The method includes generating a document, including marking one or more portions of the document as private; and sending the document to an intermediary system for transmission to a destination system. Prior to the document being transmitted to the destination system, the marked portions of the document are encrypted by the intermediary system using a key that is unavailable to the destination system.
US09298935B1
An apparatus, program product and method for managing access to a secure, encrypted webserver. A user computer may communicate through a cloud server with the secure webserver via an End-To-End encrypted connection. The webserver being able to run applications, receive and distribute data with similarly secured webservers and receive and distribute data between the webserver and the client computer. The End-To-End Encrypted connection may remain open until the client computer disconnects and the identity of the user is authenticated by a cloud server.
US09298928B2
A computer processor receives rules associated with applications installed on a mobile device, and collects declared intents of the applications prior to execution of the applications. The computer processor generates possible combinations of declared intents of the applications and collects, by an intent proxy during execution, information associated with intercepted intents. The computer processor compares the information associated with each of the intercepted intents to the rules, wherein a match results in a first violation. The computer processor compares the intercepted intents to the possible combinations of the declared intents, wherein the intercepted intents other than the possible combinations of the declared intents results in a second violation. The computer processor displays a risk alert for the applications associated with either or both of the first violation and the second violation.
US09298926B2
Processing a downgrader specification by constructing a set of candidate downgrader placement locations found within a computer software application, where each of the candidate downgrader placement locations corresponds to a transition between a different pair of instructions within the computer software application, and where each of the transitions participates in any of a plurality of data flows in a set of security-sensitive data flows within the computer software application, applying a downgrader specification to the set of candidate downgrader placement locations, and determining that the downgrader specification provides full coverage of the set of security-sensitive data flows within the computer software application if at least one candidate downgrader placement location within each of the security-sensitive data flows is a member of the set of candidate downgrader placement locations.
US09298925B1
Software patch information is received from an entity. Supplier information is also received from the entity. The entity is directly or indirectly associated with a supply chain based upon the supplier information. A metric of cyber preparedness in the supply chain is identified based upon the software patch management information. The metric of cyber preparedness is communicated to a member of the supply chain (i.e., an entity in the supply chain). Related systems, methods and computer program products as described.
US09298923B2
In one implementation, software components include an identity of a revocation authority. Prior to loading of the software in a given platform, the revocation authority is checked for any revocation messages. The revocation authority creates software component specific messages for any software components to be revoked, rather than using certificate revocation or individual licenses. The messages include mitigation information, such as instructions for automatically configuring already installed software without requiring an update or change in code.
US09298920B1
An improved approach for classifying computer files as malicious (malware) or benign (whiteware) is disclosed. The invention classifies any computer file as malware or whiteware after using Bayes Theorem to evaluate each observable feature of each file with respect to other observable features of the same computer file with reference to statistical information gathered from repositories of known whiteware and malware files.
US09298908B1
A method of operating a module is disclosed. The method includes determining if a voltage between a power connection and a ground connection exceeds a predetermined threshold and if so determined then setting a module communication address to a first address, responding to a first serial communication received via the serial communication connection addressed to the module communication address, and not responding to a second serial communication received via the serial communication connection addressed to a different address than the module communication address. Other methods and devices are disclosed.
US09298906B2
In validation of an analyzing apparatus, in the case where the system configuration is not standard or where a reference value required for the validation is different from a standard value, the validation work cannot be automatically performed, which requires time and effort. For a validation target analyzing apparatus system, first, a parameter acquiring unit acquires parameters for qualification implementation of the analyzing apparatus system on a basis of an electronically supplied qualification plan document and an electronically supplied qualification implementation procedure manual. Then, a validation executing unit executes validation of the analyzing apparatus system using the acquired parameters for qualification implementation.
US09298898B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for event-based security challenges. A computer can execute a security application. The computer can receive a request for authentication information associated with a user device. The computer can access event data corresponding to the user device. The computer can generate, based upon the event data, a challenge question and a response to the challenge question. The computer can provide data indicating the challenge question and the response to a requestor associated with the request.
US09298896B2
A web application user is authenticated directly upon selecting a link in a notification email. In this approach, the user's web browser stores a first data string provided by the web application (e.g., in a cookie) during a prior session. The first data string encodes first data about the user that can be verified by the application. Later, the user receives the notification email that includes the link. The link encodes a second data string from which second data about the user can be verified by the application. When the end user selects the link, an authentication request is transmitted to the application. The authentication request includes both the first and second data strings. If both the first data and the second data (as obtained from their respective data strings) can be verified, the user is authenticated without having to perform any additional steps (e.g., manual entry of credentials).
US09298894B2
A method (and structure) of enhancing efficiency in processing using a secure environment on a computer, includes, for each line of a cache, providing an associated object identification label field associated with the line of cache, the object identification label field storing a value that identifies an owner of data currently stored in the line of cache.
US09298889B2
A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool's housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records.
US09298886B2
Systems and techniques relating to evaluating performance characteristics are provided. One or more fitness devices, for example, a ball and/or a mat, may have sensors for measuring a user's actions during an activity protocol, such as a testing drill. Sensors configured to detect if the fitness device meets operational criteria are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fitness device may comprise a ball and the operational criteria may relate to the weight, dimensions, and/or internal pressure of the ball. In one embodiment, data from fitness device(s) may be used to calculate a score. In other embodiments, a score may be calculated; however, it may not be associated with credentials or certified if an operational criteria is not met.
US09298884B1
Remote instruction and monitoring of health care may be facilitated by transmitting and processing image data of a patient, image data demonstrating a medical procedure, and image data of performance of the medical procedure. Image data of a patient may be transmitted to a remote doctor. Remote doctor may view the image data of the patient and provide a demonstration of a medical procedure. Image data of the demonstration may be provided to a local doctor who may perform the medical procedure. Image data of the performance of the procedure may be compared with image data of the demonstration of the procedure, and a result of the comparison may be transmitted to local doctor or remote doctor.
US09298872B2
Timing for a critical path of a circuit design is optimized by splitting up the path so the synthesis effort to solve the path is appropriately apportioned. Selected nodes of the path are made visible, and internal timing constraints are applied to gates at the visible nodes. The internal timing constraints are translated into physical locations, and placement constraints are applied to the gates based on the physical locations, followed by timing-driven placement. The internal timing constraints can be required arrival times computed using a linear delay model. The placement constraints can include an attractive force between a given one of the selected gates and a corresponding one of the physical locations. The results are better stability control from run to run, and significant savings in power consumption due to less buffering and better gate sizing, with an optimum partition of the path for better routing.
US09298869B2
A method for showing hierarchical structure for a given power intent described in a power intent description language (e.g. a formal power intent description language) with a design described in a hardware design description language, an associated apparatus, and an associated computer program product are provided, where the method includes: retrieving hardware design description contents written in the hardware design description language from a hardware design description file, and retrieving power intent description contents written in the power intent description language from a power intent description file; and controlling a display module to display a power domain hierarchy associated with the power intent description contents and the hardware design description contents respectively retrieved from the power intent description file and the hardware design description file, wherein the power domain hierarchy includes at least one power domain. For example, the power intent description language is the unified power format (UPF) language.
US09298866B1
The present patent document relates to a method and apparatus for modeling a flip-flop of a user's circuit design when that circuit design is mapped in a hardware functional verification system including a plurality of interconnected emulation chips, or in a single emulation chip. The flip flop can be modeled in the emulation chip as two stages using only a single instruction, and may be configured by programming a register set. A data block, enable block, and LUT block are provided to model the flip flop, and may operate in one of several modes, including combined and uncombined modes. The data block includes a data array to store and provide previous data inputs and previous states of the modeled flip flop. The disclosed embodiments allow a more efficient use of LUTs for modeling flip flops, including options for resets and global enables, operating in several modes.
US09298859B2
Apparatus, computer readable medium, program code, and methods for performing a parameter recalibration on parameters for an electrical submersible pump application model, are provided. An example of a method can include generating a data set containing a plurality of winning data sets or rows containing ESP application model input parameters and associated theoretical output parameters for an ESP application model substantially matching a corresponding set of measured ESP output parameters, through application of a self-organizing map analysis on a substantial number of training data sets. An averaging analysis is performed on the plurality of winning data sets or rows to obtain a set of ESP application model input parameters that can be used to recalibrate the ESP application model.
US09298854B2
Disclosed is a time-series management device capable of filtering time-series data having a possibility of matching a specified search pattern and reading in the data from a storage device when performing a time-series analysis. A data accumulation unit (120) creates a time-series index having a feature value of a data series calculated at a specific regular time interval. In addition, a data search unit (130) makes a decision as to the feature value for each regular time interval included in the time-series index using an evaluation formula of a specified search condition, identifies a time period of a complying data series group, and performs a time-series analysis for only the data series of the identified time period.
US09298847B1
Systems and methods for configuring software systems help guarantee correctness while providing operational flexibility and minimal time to recover. A configuration system uses a un-typed syntax tree with transactional semantics layered under a set of late-bound semantic constraints. Configuration settings are defined in property flies which are parsed into a syntax tree during startup and which can be safely reloaded. Semantic constraints are dynamically specified by software components. The system maintains a transactional history to enable rollback and inspection.
US09298846B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for efficient Xpath matching of a document comprising Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). A Xpath engine identifies an Xpath expression for processing values in the document, which is represented by a stack of nodes. The device may traverse the stack from top to bottom to match each step of the Xpath expression to a type and name of one or more nodes in the stack. The device may store a flag in each node that matches a step of the Xpath expression. Responsive to encountering a leaf node, the device may trace bottom to top from the leaf node to one or more flagged nodes in the stack and compare each flagged node against a corresponding step of the path expression. Responsive to the tracing of the flagged nodes, the device determines if the path expression is matched.
US09298840B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media exposing video user interface elements associated with search engine homepages are provided. Upon receiving a request for presentation of a search engine homepage, a video file is transmitted for presentation as the background for the search engine homepage. The video file includes a plurality of sequentially-arranged frames, a portion of which contain the same content, making such portion appear as a static image upon play of the video file, and a portion of which contain content which differs, such that such portion has visually discernable movement upon play of the video file. After a predetermined amount of time, play of the video file is initiated. As only portions of the background content include visually discernable movement, a user's attention is attracted to such portions of the background. Upon user interaction with such portions, additional information about the background content may be presented.
US09298839B2
A method of resolving a dead shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL) comprising, with a processor, recognizing that a shortened link is a dead link, gathering data associated with the dead link, comparing data associated with the dead link with a number of potential live links, and generating a ranked list of potential live links that have been compared with the associated data. A system for resolving a dead shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL) posted within a status update of a social networking site, comprising, a processor and a discovery module, in which the discovery module, upon selection of a shortened URL by a user of the social networking site, recognizes that the shortened URL is a dead shortened URL, gathers data associated with the status update, and redirects the user to a live URL based on the data associated with the status update.
US09298836B1
A source system searches a provider system for one or more listings. The source system receives a plurality of potential matching listings. The source system designates a representative listing of the entity located on a provider system from among the plurality of potential matching listings. The source system designates one or more remaining potential matching listings of the plurality of potential matching listings as one or more duplicate listings. The source system transmits, to the provider system, a request to synchronize the representative listing as the only representative listing of the entity on the provider system, the request comprising a first provider-supplied external identifier of the representative listing. The source system transmits, to the provider system, a request to suppress the one or more remaining potential matching listings as one or more duplicate listings, the request to suppress comprising one or more provider-supplied external identifiers of the one or more remaining potential matching listings.
US09298833B1
A system, method, and computer program product for a search engine of Boolean nature wherein a multiplicity of key words are searched through a database. The results of each key word search become the database for searching with the next key word. In a normal Boolean search documents not found to contain a searched key word are immediately disposed of. In this method documents not containing the key word being searched are held until it has been determined if other documents containing the key word have been found. If so then the documents not containing the key word are disposed of; if not, all the documents of the database being searched are retained and become the database to be searched by the next word. Every key word is searched through the database resulting from the previous search. There are no search failures and results are always generated.
US09298817B2
An approach for building an ontology is provided. Syntactically transformed complex triples whose core terms are identified are semantically transformed into simplified triples referring to new conceptualized core terms formed by user selections from a lexical database or by adding a suffix to core terms. The core terms are assigned to respective definitions and keys in a reference ontology, thereby retaining the semantics of the complex triples. Based on the reference ontology, an enrichment transformation of the simplified triples is performed to create simplified and enriched triples by adding relations derived from a correspondence each term in the simplified triples has with the reference ontology and by adding representations of semantics of reference ontology definitions of the terms. The simplified and enriched triples are stored as an ontology representing knowledge in an application providing the free-form text from which the complex triples were extracted.
US09298812B1
A real-time messaging platform and method is disclosed which classifies messages in accordance with a combination of user engagement events as modified to reflect the temporal structure of the user engagement events. A message can be assigned a metric based, for example, on a weighted combination of user engagement rates, decayed with time to reflect an intuition that recent interactions by one or more users with the message will have a greater impact than older interactions with the message. Different types of interaction by one or more users with the message can be assigned different weights when the different engagement events are combined and, also, can be assigned different temporal characteristics.
US09298803B2
In a method for asset management, a transmission of information is received from a first reporting source about an asset and a transmission of information from is received from a second reporting source about the asset. The second reporting source uses a different means of transmission than the first reporting source. A database is populated with the information from the first reporting source and the information from the second reporting source such that information from the first reporting source and information from the second reporting source can be collected from the database. A computer system, accessing the database, generates an asset information report comprising at least a portion of information from the first reporting source and at least a portion of information from the second reporting source.
US09298800B2
A method, system, and computer program product for discovering relationships between data processing environment components are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Whether a log entry in a set of log entries references a combination of the data processing environment components is detected. The combination of components includes a first component and a second component present in the data processing environment. A type of the log entry is determined. A weight is assigned to the log entry according to the determined type. The weight of the log entry is combined with a second weight of a second log entry to form a cumulative weight. A strength level for which the cumulative weight qualifies is determined. The strength level is assigned to a relationship between the combination of components.
US09298798B2
A first database implemented on a remote device such as a handheld computer may be reconciled with a corresponding second database implemented on a host computer during execution of an application program on the handheld device. In addition, the application program may be executed according to program instructions stored in an application program file located in the remote device. The databases may be reconciled by first commencing execution of the application program. Then, during the course of program execution, a synchronization instruction located in said application program file is retrieved. The synchronization instruction is executed by establishing a communications link between the handheld computer and the host computer. Subsequently, any difference between the first database and the second database are reconciled. Furthermore embodiments of the invention contemplate that in addition to reconciling all of the databases located on the handheld and host computers, less than all of the databases may be reconciled to reduce the amount of time required to execute the reconciliation process. In addition, after reconciliation control may be returned to the calling application program, or to another application, as determined by the application designer.
US09298790B2
The replication of an asset from a source cluster in a source data center to multiple target clusters in multiple destination data centers. The replication occurs by first estimating or determining a cost parameter associated with copying of the asset from the source cluster to each of at least some of the target clusters. As an example, the cost parameter might be a geographical parameter, but might also be any cost parameter such as a channel bandwidth, channel cost, utilization ratio or the like. Based on the cost parameters, an order of replication priority is determined. Then, the replication is initiated in accordance with the prioritization. The replication may occur in multiple phases, and replication prioritization may occur on a per phase basis.
US09298787B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and a system for supporting star and snowflake data schemas for use with an Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) process, comprising selecting a data source comprising dimensional data, where the dimensional data comprises at least one source table comprising at least one source column, importing a data model for the dimensional data into a data integration system, analyzing the imported data model to select a star or snowflake target data schema comprising target dimensions and target facts, generating a meta-model representation by mapping at least one source table or source column to each target fact and target dimension, automatically converting the meta-model representation into one or more ETL jobs, and executing the ETL jobs to extract the dimensional data from the data source and loading the dimensional data into the selected target data schema in a target data system.
US09298782B2
A method of managing a database system that receives N number of requests from one or more nodes in the database system. The N requests are combined before initiating operations to attend to the requests. The number of operations to attend to the requests is reduced and this reduced number of operations is executed.
US09298776B2
In various example embodiments, systems and methods for providing category aspect information by mining historical data is provided. In example embodiments, historical data is compiled. The historical data comprises user behavior data based on actions performed with past queries by users. Listing data is accessed. The listing data includes aspect data for each listing. The historical data is then joined with the listing data and a determined category of the listing to create joined data. Demand scores based on the joined data are determined. The determined demand scores is then sorted to determine at least one relevant aspect name for a category.
US09298775B2
In an embodiment, a query plan is compressed to data in a cache at a high compression level if a runtime of a query that the query plan implements is greater than a high time threshold. The query plan is compressed to the data in the cache at a medium compression level if the runtime of the query that the query plan implements is less than the high time threshold and greater than a low time threshold. The query plan is stored to the data in the cache at an uncompressed level if the runtime of the query that the query plan implements is less than the low time threshold.
US09298771B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing resource estimation for query optimization. An embodiment operates by generating a subplan for which an optimization process may be invoked, predicting performance and resource consumption for optimizing the subplan by measuring similarity between a hypergraph of the subplan and one or more etalon queries having known performance and resource consumption properties, selecting an algorithm for optimizing the subplan from a plurality of optimization algorithms based on the performance and resource consumption properties, and generating an optimized access plan using the selected algorithm.
US09298757B1
A computer-implemented system for searching includes a data store accessible via a network for storing a data set; an indexing system coupled to the network and indexing the data set, the indexing system configured to generate content vectors for terms in the data set; generate index vectors for terms in the data set; and generate a bitset signature from the index vector. The system further includes a search module coupled to the network and configured to receive a search query and perform a search on one or more terms in the search query by accessing a bitset signature and content vector corresponding to the term; retrieving bitset signatures that are within a predetermined closeness to the bitset signature; selecting content vectors corresponding to retrieved bitset signatures; and selecting content vectors that are within a predetermined similarity to the term content vector; and return the terms corresponding to the content vectors.
US09298754B2
A database system maintains a feature set of a modern database system while operating directly on raw data files. Systems may use an adaptive indexing mechanism that maintains positional information to provide efficient access to raw data files, a flexible caching structure, and techniques for selective parsing and selective tokenizing. In doing so, possible performance bottlenecks associated with repeated parsing, tokenizing, and expensive data type conversion costs can be overcome.
US09298752B2
A system for migrating data items from a source cluster to a destination cluster in a database system. During operation, while the database continues to process live database traffic, the system records a current position in an operation log for the database, wherein the operation log comprises a sequential record of operations applied to the database. Next, the system retrieves data items from the source cluster, and inserts the copies of the retrieved data items into the destination cluster. The system also applies a sequence of updates, starting from the recorded position in the operation log, to the copies of the data items in the destination cluster. Finally, after the sequence of updates is applied, the system performs a cut-over operation that diverts the live database traffic from the data items on the source cluster to the copies of the data items on the destination cluster.
US09298744B2
A computer implemented method and apparatus for ordering images in an image set based on social interactions and viewer preferences. The method comprises ordering the images in an image set based on social interactions with the image set and viewer preferences; and providing for display, the ordered images.
