US09325294B2
An acoustic microwave filter comprises an input and an output, and a plurality of acoustic resonators coupled between the input and the output. The difference between the lowest resonant frequency and the highest resonant frequency of a plurality of resonators in the filter is at least 1.25 times the frequency separation of the resonator with the highest resonant frequency in the plurality of resonators. Another acoustic microwave filter comprises an input and an output, and a plurality of acoustic resonators coupled between the input and the output to form a passband. The frequency difference between a local minimum or a local maximum of a return loss magnitude of the acoustic microwave filter and the edge of the passband is at least once the frequency separation of the resonator with the highest resonant frequency.
US09325282B2
A self-healing monolithic integrated includes an electronic circuit having a plurality of transistors. At least one sensor is disposed within and electrically coupled to the electronic circuit and configured to sense a performance metric of the electronic circuit. A plurality of actuators is disposed within the circuit. Each actuator of the plurality of actuators has electrically coupled to it a control terminal. The plurality of actuators is configured to perform a selected one of, electrically coupling at least one transistor of the plurality of transistors into the electronic circuit and electrically de-coupling at least one transistor of the plurality of transistors, in response to operation of one of the control terminals to improve the performance metric.
US09325274B2
In an apparatus for controlling a variable of a rotary machine based on an AC voltage supplied to the rotary machine via a switching element of a power converter, a generator generates a drive signal including an on-off pattern of the switching element. A driver drives, based on the on-off pattern of the drive signal, the switching element. A parameter monitor monitors a parameter indicative of change of a harmonic current flowing in the rotary machine based on a harmonic voltage included in the AC voltage. A limiter limits, based on the parameter monitored by the parameter detector, generation of the drive signal by the generator to limit an increase of a level of the harmonic current.
US09325268B2
A power dissipating arrangement for dissipating power from a generator in a wind turbine is provided. The generator comprises a plurality of output terminals corresponding to a multi-phase output. The power dissipating arrangement comprises a plurality of dissipating units, a plurality of semiconductor switches, a trigger circuit for switching the semiconductor switches and a control unit for controlling the operation of the trigger circuit, thereby controlling the switching of the semiconductor switches. Each dissipating unit includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of each dissipating unit is coupled to each output terminal of the generator. Each semiconductor switch includes a first terminal anode, a second terminal and a gate terminal. The first terminal of each semiconductor switch is coupled to the second terminal of each dissipating unit and the second terminal of the semiconductor switch is coupled to the second terminal of another dissipating unit, such that the second terminal of each dissipating unit is coupled to the first terminal of one semiconductor switch and the second terminal of another semiconductor switch. The trigger circuit is coupled to the gate terminal of the plurality of the semiconductor switches for switching the semiconductor switches.
US09325260B2
In a butting control, while performing a constant current control for a motor based on an output of a current sensor, the motor is driven by sequentially switching over a current supply phase of the motor in a one-phase current supply method, in which only one of the phases of the motor is powered. By performing the constant current control in the butting control, changes in a current value of each phase caused by temperature changes or aging changes is suppressed and hence a torque change of the motor is suppressed. In addition, by sequentially switching over the current supply phase of the motor in the one phase current supply method under the constant current control, a torque change of the motor can be suppressed while maintaining the current value of the current supply phase at a constant value.
US09325259B2
A graphene sheet is provided. The graphene sheet includes a carbon lattice and a spatial distribution of defects in the carbon lattice. The spatial distribution of defects is configured to tailor the buckling properties of the graphene sheet.
US09325257B2
The purpose of the present invention is to reduce variance of a voltage to be applied between the terminals of each of the power semiconductor elements, and to improve lifetime of the power semiconductor elements and reliability of the power semiconductor device. In order to achieve the purpose, in this power semiconductor device, which is provided with three or more power semiconductor elements that are aligned and mounted on a metal wire, and another metal wire different from the metal wire, one terminal of each of the power semiconductor elements being connected to the wire and another one terminal thereof being connected to the other wire, the resistance value of the metal wire in a region where the power semiconductor elements are mounted is higher in the downstream side than that in the upstream side in the electric current flowing direction.
US09325248B2
A converter with at least one or more transformers having at least one primary side magnetically coupled to at least one secondary side, the primary side being electrically isolated from the secondary side, wherein a first transformer has first and second sets of coils and a second transformer has third and fourth sets of coils. The first set of coils is connected in series to the third set of coils, wherein one of the secondary sides is connectable to an external output unit, wherein another secondary side is connectable to an external input source, wherein the two secondary sides are electrically isolated from each other, wherein the primary side is adapted to drive the transformers that are connectable to an external power source. The converter uses a shared current path and an isolated current-to-current transfer between the input and output sides to replicate the input current to an output current.
US09325241B2
One embodiment includes a power supply system. The system includes a pulse-width modulation (PWM) system configured to generate a PWM signal. The system also includes a power stage comprising a gate driver, a high-side switch, and a low-side switch. The gate driver can be configured to alternately activate the high-side and low-side switches to provide an output signal to a load in response to the PWM signal, and to provide an activation dead-time between the alternate activation of the high-side and low-side switches. The system further includes a digital delay system configured to measure the activation dead-time and to add the measured activation dead-time to the activation of the high-side switch.
US09325233B2
DC to DC converters and PWM controllers are presented in which a slope compensation ramp signal is provided for current control operation via a frequency adaptive compensation circuit with a phase locked loop that provides a control output signal having an amplitude generally proportional to the frequency of a clock signal, and a slope generator circuit generating the slope compensation ramp signal with an amplitude generally proportional to the control output signal amplitude.
US09325232B1
Embodiments of an electrical power generation device and methods of generating power are disclosed. One such method comprises creating magnetic flux forces generally transverse to a face of a magnet facing a center of a cylinder, moving a coil of wound conductive material partially through the center opening of the cylinder to produce the electric current and, routing resistive forces generated from the moving coil through an iron core, wherein the first coil is positioned concentrically about a first portion of the core, and further routing the resistive forces around the cylinder.
US09325225B2
A rotating electric machine and a method of magnetizing a rotor of a brushless rotating electric machine are disclosed, the method including forming a stationary magnetic field, rotating a rotor of a magnetizing machine in the stationary magnetic field for producing alternating current, rectifying the alternating current with a controllable bridge situated in the rotor, receiving control instructions wirelessly to the rotor, controlling a magnitude of current with the controllable bridge based on the control instructions, and feeding the controlled current to the magnetizing winding of the rotating electric machine.
US09325222B2
A linear motor cooling structure for cooling a coil constituting a driving section of a linear motor includes a flat plate cooling section which forms a flow path for cooling water for cooling the coil in an inside between a plurality of flat plate members by overlapping the plurality of flat plate members, wherein the flat plate cooling section includes an inflow opening for inflow of the cooling water and an outflow opening for outflow of the cooling water, which are respectively provided at both ends thereof, and the flat plate cooling section comes into close contact with the coil.
US09325217B2
An energy storage system comprises a housing and a flywheel having a drive shaft portion attached to a cylindrical ferromagnetic rotor portion. The drive shaft portion defines a substantially vertical axis about which the rotor portion is mounted for rotation. A magnetic bearing assembly comprised of an annular permanent magnet having no electromagnetic components is mounted on the housing in stationary centered relation about the vertical axis above the rotor portion so as to attract the rotor portion axially upwardly towards a lower face of permanent magnet, thereby supporting a significantly high portion of the weight of the flywheel. At least one low friction mechanical bearing assembly is mounted within the housing about the drive shaft portion to provide radial positioning of the rotor portion and to limit at least upward axial movement of the rotor portion in relation to the lower face. The annular permanent magnet overlies a portion of the end face of the rotor with the balance providing a return path for magnetic flux.
US09325210B2
A rotor for a motor comprising a frame having a hub for connecting the rotor to a shaft and a perimeter portion for interacting with a stator of the motor to cause the rotor to rotate about an axis of rotation. The frame comprises legs extending from an outer portion of the frame towards the hub, each leg having an inner end at the hub and an outer end at the outer portion of the frame, the inner ends of a first plurality of legs being spaced from the inner ends of a second plurality of legs in a direction along the axis of rotation.
US09325209B2
A rotating electrical machine comprises a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor iron core in which a permanent magnet is disposed. The rotor iron core comprises a connection part, a plurality of magnetic pole part, a first gap, and a second gap for injection of the adhesive. The connection part is configured to surround a rotational axis. The plurality of magnetic pole parts are provided in an outer portion than the connection part in a radial direction. The first gap is configured to penetrate along an axial direction between the magnetic pole parts in an outer portion than the connection part in the radial direction and in which the permanent magnet is fixed with adhesive. At least one of the second gaps is provided for each of the first gaps in communication with the first gap.
US09325198B2
A wireless charging device includes a plurality of power supply modules, a control unit and a charge module. Each of the power supply modules includes a receiver and a conduction circuit. The receiver outputs an induction current. The conduction circuit is coupled to the receiver and generates an output signal according to the induction current. The control unit is coupled to the power supply modules and generates a control signal according to the induction current outputted by the receivers. The charge module is coupled to the power supply modules and generates a charge current according to the output signal generated from the power supply modules. The control unit adjusts the maximum value of the charge current according to the number of the power supply modules which generate the induction current.
US09325192B2
A battery charging management system for an automated guided vehicle that travels in an unpiloted manner by using a battery as a driving power source and performs a charging operation for the battery using a battery charger provided in a charging station, comprises a charge/discharge monitoring part that monitors a charge/discharge amount of the battery, a charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part that sets a charging needlessness threshold voltage for the battery, and a charging control part that performs the charging operation for the battery using the battery charger when it is determined that a voltage of the battery of the automated guided vehicle arriving at the charging station is lower than the charging needlessness threshold voltage set by the charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part. The charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part is configured to lower the charging needlessness threshold voltage during a particularly set time period.
US09325184B2
The present application relates to apparatus for wirelessly charging a rechargeable battery, the apparatus comprising: a charging resonator assembly for converting energy from a magnetic field external to the apparatus into an electric current; and a charging circuit for charging the battery using the electric current, wherein the charging resonator assembly includes a plurality of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches which, when open, divide the charging resonator into a plurality of electrically unconnected resonator portions, and which, when closed, connect the plurality of resonator portions to form a continuous resonator.
US09325180B2
A power supply system effective to provide power to a plurality of different personal electronic devices includes a source of AC or DC power, a power converter effective to convert the AC or DC power to a useable voltage and amperage, a remote power outlet or a plurality of remote power outlets each configured to receive one or more connectors and a signal decoder. The signal decoder determines the requirements of a connected one of the personal entertainment devices and personal computing devices and apply the requirements to the power outlet for powering the device.
US09325178B2
An apparatus for performing balancing on cells connected in series and included in a module may comprise a first switching unit including first cell selection switches respectively connected to the cells, and configured to connect a first cell to be balanced to a balancing unit; a second switching unit including second cell selection switches respectively connected to the cells, and configured to connect a second cell to be balanced to the balancing unit; a controller configured to measure voltages of each cell, and controlling operations of the first switching unit, the second switching unit, and the balancing unit based on information on the first and second cells, wherein the first and second cells are selected by the controller using the measured voltages; and/or the balancing unit, connected to the first and second switching units, and configured to perform balancing between the first and second cells selected by the controller.
US09325174B2
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of a voltage control and conservation (VCC) system used to optimally control the independent voltage and capacitor banks using a linear optimization methodology to minimize the losses in the EEDCS and the EUS. An energy validation process system (EVP) is provided which is used to document the savings of the VCC and an EPP is used to optimize improvements to the EEDCS for continuously improving the energy losses in the EEDS. The EVP system measures the improvement in the EEDS a result of operating the VCC system in the “ON” state determining the level of energy conservation achieved by the VCC system.
US09325170B2
A power management and distribution (PMAD) system includes first and second power supplies, first and second loads and a matrix of solid state power controllers (SSPCs) connected between the first and second power supplies and the first and second loads. The matrix is configured to selectively supply each of the first and second loads with a plurality of different power levels based on on/off states of the SSPCs of the matrix.
US09325156B2
A spark plug wherein an outer diameter of a first face that is a gap foliating face of the center electrode tip is denoted as R1, an outer diameter of a second face that is a gap forming face of the ground electrode tip is denoted as R2, a length of the gap is denoted as G1, and an average distance of a distance between an end in the first direction of the first face and an end in the first direction of the second face and a distance between an end in the second direction of the first face and an end in the second direction of the second face is denoted as G2, R1
US09325149B2
A multi-beam combining apparatus includes a phase shifting section, a superposing section, an observing section and a phase control section. The phase shifting section generates a plurality of phase-shifted laser beams by shifting the phase of each of the plurality of laser beams. The superposing section generates a plurality of superposed laser beam by superposing the reference laser beam and each of the plurality of phase-shifted laser beams. The observing section generates interference pattern data of a spatial interference pattern which appears when observing each of the superposed laser beams. The phase control section carries out a feedback control of the phase shifts in the phase shifting section based on the interference pattern data obtained for every superposed laser beam, and thereby sets the plurality of phase-shifted laser beams to desired states.
US09325144B2
A system and method for stabilizing and combining multiple emitted beams into a single system using both WBC and WDM techniques.
US09325138B2
A cable removal device comprises a body comprising a head portion and a rear portion, the rear portion adapted as a handle portion, the head portion comprising a bent portion extending from a front end of the head portion, the bent portion further containing tabs surrounding a gap that extends inward from the front end, the gap adapted to allow the bent portion to extend over a latch release tab of a cable connector device while the latch release tab is maintained in a latched position, without contact therewith until a subsequent movement of the body causes the body to contact the latch release tab and thereby move the latch release tab into a released position that disengages the cable connector device from a commodity connector device.
US09325123B2
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of detecting contacts (5) mounted into the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing (1) includes a base portion (11) and a tongue plate (12) extending from the base portion (11). The detecting contacts (5) include two first detecting contacts (51). The base portion (11) defines a receiving cavity (1130) passing through the base portion along an upper to down direction. The base portion includes a resisting portion (1152) disposed behind the receiving cavity. Each of the first detecting contacts includes a first main portion (512) received in the receiving cavity and a first contacting portion (511) extending from the first main portion forwardly. The resisting portion (1152) supports the first main portion (512) forwardly to prevent the first detecting contact from being pushed and dropping from the electrical connector when a plug connector is inserted.
US09325121B2
Various high speed shielded cables are used in combination with a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a plurality of electrical terminations in electrical contact with the conductor sets of the cable at a first end of the cable, the electrical terminations configured to make electrical contact with corresponding mating electrical terminations of a mating connector and at least one housing configured to retain the plurality of electrical terminations in a planar, spaced apart configuration.
US09325113B2
The present invention relates to a connector arrangement including a plug connector and a socket connector that may be suited for use with an electronically adjustable damper of an automobile. The socket connector is rotatably arranged in a socket connector housing and has an outer casing. The outer casing includes a guideway formed therein that is configured to receive a corresponding guide element of the plug connector. The guideway has a funnel shaped portion configured to receive the guide element. The guide element rotates the socket connector into a correctly aligned orientation with regard to the plug connector upon contacting the funnel shaped portion when the plug connector is inserted into the socket connector.
US09325108B2
An electrical connector assembly for an electronic module includes a plug element having a body including at least one terminal receiving section. The at least one terminal receiving section includes at least one locking tab element. At least one rigid bus bar terminal is mounted in the at least one terminal receiving section. The at least one bus bar terminal extends from a first end to a second end through a substantially rigid intermediate portion. The first end includes a locking tab member inter-engaging with the locking tab element and the second end includes a module connector member.
US09325099B2
Coupling system housings including a receptacle housing with a domed protective door and a male coupler housing that may be used to actuate the receptacle housing door are disclosed. The receptacle housing may be mounted in a receiving structure. The receptacle housing is configured with a dome-shaped door that conceals and protects the connectors of an assembled receptacle when in the closed position. The receptacle housing also includes a biasing mechanism that urges the door to a closed position and maintains the door in its closed position when a male coupler is not mated to the receptacle. The male coupler housing is configured with an ergonomic handle suitable for one handed operation of the male coupler. The male coupler housing may be used to actuate the receptacle housing door during insertion and mating of and assembled male coupler to an assembled receptacle.
US09325096B2
A receptacle connector for a male end of an audio plug connector to be inserted therein, includes an insulating body having an interface and a receiving cavity extended backwards from the interface, and at least one first terminal and two second terminals disposed inside the insulating body. The first terminal is located on a side of the male end, and has an extending arm in a plate-type U form. The two second terminals are disposed below or above the male end. All terminals are formed by punching a same strip and each have a soldering portion. The soldering portions are located on a same plane. The two second terminals contact two different contact regions away from a tail end of the male end. The first terminal contacts a contact region that adjoins the tail end of the male end.
US09325092B2
An electric connecting structure includes L-shaped terminals having electric connecting portions and a resin member which contains the electric connecting portions. The L-shaped terminals are assembled to a circuit board so that a mounting direction of electric components to the resin member is substantially parallel to an extending direction of the circuit board. The electric components are mounted to the resin member in a plurality of stages which are stacked in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the extending direction of the circuit board. Mounting planes of the resin member in which the electric components are mounted to the resin member are arranged in a step-like shape so as to be displaced backward in the mounting direction by a unit of the stage in accordance with increasing of a distance from the circuit board.
US09325085B2
A connection structure of an electric wire and a terminal includes the electric wire, the terminal, and a seal part. The electric wire has an insulating coated part in which a conductor part is covered with an insulating material, and a conductor exposed part in which the insulating material of an end of the electric wire is removed. The terminal includes a first crimp part crimped to the insulating coated part, and a second crimp part crimped to the conductor exposed part. The seal part is made of thermoplastic elastomer and covers a surface including the first crimp part and the insulating coated part of a side extending from said first crimp part toward a direction opposite to the end of the electric wire and a surface of the second crimp part in an extension direction of the electric wire.
US09325069B2
A tunable coil antenna (2) is disclosed, in which the tunable coil antenna (2) comprises a first antenna terminal (12), and a series of two or more incomplete turns (4), each incomplete turn (4) comprising a first end (8) and a second end (10), the first end (8a) of the first incomplete turn (4a) being electrically connected to the first antenna terminal (12), the first end (8) of each subsequent incomplete turn (4) arranged to be electrically connected to the second end (10) of a preceding incomplete turn (4) in the series, the second end (10) of each incomplete turn (4) arranged to either be electrically connected to the first end (8) of a subsequent incomplete turn (4) in the series or to provide a second antenna terminal.
US09325061B2
In one embodiment, an antenna assembly in a cellular network has a radome that houses a plurality of antenna arrays and an electronics module. The electronics module has a weatherproof housing that encloses electronics for processing signals received by and transmitted from a first of the antenna arrays. The electronics module is physically removeably connected to an outer surface of the radome and electrically removeably connected to the first antenna array, such that the electronics module can be removed without (i) disrupting service to other antenna arrays and (ii) removing the antenna assembly from the cell tower on which the antenna assembly is installed.
US09325055B2
An antenna apparatus is provided which has a centroid close to a vibration isolation structure and which is hard to vibrate like a pendulum motion when vibration is applied. The antenna apparatus includes a first base plate, an antenna unit disposed at a side of the first base plate and supported by the first base plate, and a counter weight unit disposed at another side of the first base plate opposite to the antenna unit and supported by the first base plate. The antenna apparatus further includes a vibration isolation structure having one end fixed to the first base plate to suppress a vibration of the first base plate, and a second base plate to which other end of the vibration isolation structure is fixed and which is fixed to a moving object or a structural object.
US09325054B2
A power supply circuit, an antenna control system, and a digital communication device are provided. The power supply circuit is adapted to supply electronic power to an antenna and includes a power management circuit and a pin. The power management circuit is coupled between a power input terminal and a power output terminal. In a first mode, the pin receives a mode control signal to control the power management circuit to deliver or not deliver electronic power of a power source from the power input terminal to the power output terminal. In a second mode, the pin stops receiving the mode control signal and provides a detection signal, which indicates whether the power supply circuit is overloaded. Thereby, power switching of the antenna and an overload detection/notification function are accomplished by using the single pin.
US09325051B1
A transmission-line network may include a transmission-line sub-network. The sub-network may include at least first and second transmission lines having respective first ends connected electrically in series relative to a first circuit node and respective second ends connected electrically in parallel relative to a second circuit node. A third transmission line may have a first end directly connected to the second circuit node and a second end electrically connected to the second end of the first transmission line. A fourth transmission line may have a first end directly connected to the second circuit node and a second end electrically connected to the second end of the second transmission line. The transmission-line network may further include an impedance assembly disposed relative to the third and fourth transmission lines configured to produce resistance between the second end of the third transmission line and the second end of the fourth transmission line.
US09325045B2
A filter according to embodiments includes n resonators, an input line, and an output line. Each of the resonators includes a first comb-like structure, a second comb-like structure, and a connection line that connect the first and the second comb-like structure. The first and second comb-like structures have a plurality of first lines and a second line that is connected to one end of the first lines. The first lines of the first and the second comb-like structures are arranged parallel to each other. The connection line has bending portions. Further, a second comb-like structure of a k-th resonator and a first comb-like structure of a (k+1)-th resonator are arranged so as to have an interlaced arrangement, and a second comb-like structure of the (k+1)-th resonator and a first comb-like structure of a (k+2)-th resonator are arranged so as to have an interlaced arrangement.
US09325043B2
Multiple phase shifting elements which include electrically conductive, slidable tuning members may be placed on a single circuit board. The elements may be used to adjust the phase of signals propagating through a multi-element antenna array.
US09325036B2
A rechargeable oxide-ion battery cell 20, operating below 800° C., containing a molten salt-containing electrode 22, made of active metal-active metal oxide-active metal salt; which electrode is associated with an electrolyte 24 and an air electrode 26 to provide the cell 20.
US09325034B2
Disclosed herein is a highly reliable secondary battery with organic electrolytic solution. The secondary battery has a set of plates for the positive and negative electrodes, with a separator interposed between them, and an organic electrolytic solution composed of an organic solvent and an electrolyte dissolved therein. The organic electrolytic solution contains polyethylene glycol and bis-(3-Sulfopropyl)disulfide.
US09325030B2
A battery and process of operating a battery system is provided using high hydrogen capacity complex hydrides in an organic non-aqueous solvent that allows the transport of hydride ions such as AlH4− and metal ions during respective discharging and charging steps.
US09325028B2
A flexible secondary battery includes an electrode stack structure. The electrode stack structure includes a first electrode layer including a first metal current collector, a second electrode layer including a second metal current collector, an isolation layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, connection tabs respectively extended from an end portion of the first metal current collector at a first end portion of the first electrode layer and an end portion of the second metal current collector at a first end portion of the second electrode layer; and a fixing element which fixes the end portions of the first and second metal current collectors only at a first end portion of the electrode stack structure. Second end portions of the first and second electrode layers opposite to the first end portions thereof are movable.
US09325026B2
An ion conducting membrane for fuel cell applications includes an ion conducting polymer and a porphyrin-containing compound at least partially dispersed within the ion conducting polymer. The ion conducting membranes exhibit improved performance over membranes not incorporating such porphyrin-containing compounds.
US09325024B2
Provided are a gas decomposition component, a method for producing a gas decomposition component, and a power generation apparatus. A gas decomposition component 10 includes a cylindrical-body MEA 7 including a first electrode 2 disposed on an inner-surface side, a second electrode 5 disposed on an outer-surface side, and a solid electrolyte 1 sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a porous metal body 11s inserted on the inner-surface side of the cylindrical-body MEA and electrically connected to the first electrode, wherein the gas decomposition component further includes a porous conductive-paste-coated layer 11g formed on an inner circumferential surface of the first electrode, and a metal mesh sheet 11a disposed on an inner circumferential side of the conductive-paste-coated layer, and an electrical connection between the first electrode and the porous metal body is established through the conductive-paste-coated layer and the metal mesh sheet.
US09325022B2
A gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell includes a gas diffusion layer substrate and a microporous layer formed on the surface of the gas diffusion layer substrate. The microporous layer is formed into a sheet-like shape including a binder and a carbon material containing at least scale-like graphite, and the sheet-like microporous layer is attached to the gas diffusion layer substrate. The gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell having such a configuration, prevents the components included in the microporous layer from entering the gas diffusion layer substrate, so as to ensure gas permeability. In addition, the scale-like graphite contained in the microporous layer as an electrically conductive material improves electrical conductivity and gas permeability. Accordingly, the gas diffusion layer contributes to an improvement in performance of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell.
US09325019B2
A composite body in which the Cr diffusion can be sufficiently reduced and conductivity is good, a collector member, a fuel battery cell device, and a fuel battery device are provided. The composite body includes a substrate containing Cr, and a coating layer covering at least a part of the substrate, in which the coating layer includes a first layer containing Cr among constituent elements excluding oxygen, and including a chromium oxide crystal, a second layer disposed on the first layer, containing Zn, Al, and Cr among the constituent elements excluding oxygen, and including a spinel type crystal, a third layer disposed on the second layer, containing Zn and Mn among the constituent elements excluding oxygen, and including a spinel type crystal, and a fourth layer disposed on the third layer, containing Zn among the constituent elements excluding oxygen, and including a zinc oxide crystal.
US09325018B2
The invention relates to primary electrochemical cells, in addition to methods for manufacturing and discharging the same, having a jellyroll electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode with a coating comprising iron disulfide deposited on a current collector situated on the outermost circumference of the jellyroll, a lithium-based negative electrode and a polymeric separator. More particularly, the invention relates to a cell design which optimizes cell capacity and substantially eliminates premature voltage drop-off on intermittent service testing by eliminating the edge effect through, for example, deliberately relieving stack pressure and/or extending the distance lithium ions proximate to the terminal end of the positive electrode must travel to undergo an electrochemical reaction in that region.
US09325015B2
A reaction layer for a fuel cell, which is interposed between a solid electrolyte membrane and a diffusion layer in the fuel cell, the reaction layer including a first layer that is in contact with the solid electrolyte membrane, a second layer that is in contact with the diffusion layer; and an intermediate layer that is interposed between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer have a catalyst supported by an electrically conductive support, and the intermediate layer has no catalyst.
US09325010B2
Provided is a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary cell, the material having the function of a binder for the active material, and being capable of stable reversible reactions with lithium. Also, provided are an extended-life lithium secondary cell having improved energy density and stable charge/discharge, and a method for producing the same. The negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary cell is polyimide represented by formula (1) (wherein R1 and R2 independently denote an alkyl, alkoxy, acyl, phenyl, or phenoxy group).
US09325008B2
Provided are: a solid electrolyte battery using a novel positive electrode active material that functions in an amorphous state; and a novel positive electrode active material that functions in an amorphous state. The solid electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, and the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-boric acid compound in an amorphous state, which contains Li, B, any element M1 selected from Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Au, Ag, and Pd, and O.
US09325005B2
A lithium nickel composite oxide, having small inner resistance, large battery capacity and high thermal stability, can be used as a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode active material is composed of the lithium nickel composite oxide of LibNi1-aMaO2 (wherein M represents at least one element selected from a transition metal element other than Ni, the second group element and the thirteenth group element; a satisfies 0.01≦a≦0.5; and b satisfies 0.9≦b≦1.1). This is obtained by filtering and drying the fired powder after water washing, wherein it is dried at 90° C. or lower, till moisture is reduced to 1% or less by mass in drying, and then at 120° C., and under gas atmosphere where content of compound components containing carbon is 0.01% or less by volume, or under vacuum atmosphere.
US09325004B2
A cathode active material for a magnesium secondary battery, the cathode active material including a composite transition metal oxide which is expressed by Chemical Formula 1 and intercalates and deintercalates magnesium: MgxMa1−yMbyO2+d Chemical Formula 1 wherein 0≦x≦1, 0.05≦y<0.5, and −0.3≦d<1, and Ma and Mb are each independently a metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 5 to 12 of the Periodic Table.
US09325001B2
The problem of the present invention is to provide a composite active material, which may restrain cracking and peeling of a coating layer, when the composite active material having an active material and the coating layer for coating the surface thereof is kneaded. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a composite active material including an active material and a coating layer for coating the surface of the above-mentioned active material, in which microparticles are disposed on the surface thereof, characterized in that the above-mentioned microparticles have a smaller particle diameter than the particle diameter of the active material, and contain Si.
US09324997B2
Technologies are generally described for a battery, a method for implementing a battery and a rechargeable battery system. In some examples, the rechargeable battery system includes a battery. The battery may include a first electrode including a tantalum component, a vanadium component and a boron component. The battery may further include a second electrode and an electrical insulator between the first and the second electrode. The battery system may include a housing, where the housing includes the first electrode, and where the housing is effective to communicate light and oxygen to the first electrode. A sensor may be disposed so as to be effective to detect a reaction of tantalum and oxygen in the housing and generate a reaction signal in response. A processor may be in electrical communication with the sensor and effective to receive the reaction signal and generate an indication based on the reaction signal.
US09324996B2
This invention provides a carbon nanostructure including: carbon containing rod-shaped materials and/or carbon containing sheet-shaped materials which are bound three-dimensionally; and graphene multilayer membrane walls which are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials; wherein air-sac-like pores, which are defined by the graphene multilayer membrane walls, are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials.
US09324995B2
An apparatus including a substrate and an active material, the substrate including an open interconnected wall structure of electrically conductive material having one or more pores, the open interconnected wall structure providing the substrate upon which the active material is supported, wherein the active material includes an electrically insulating lithium-based compound configured for use in generating and/or storing electrons, and wherein the open interconnected wall structure is configured to act as a charge collector for the generated and/or stored electrons through which an electrical path for the electrons is provided.
US09324993B2
A lithium-ion cell can include at least one electrode that includes packed active electrode particles that include a multimodal particle size distribution (PSD) and a packing density, for example, greater than approximately 0.56. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09324989B2
A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein; a cap plate closing an opening of the case; a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal extending through the cap plate and coupled to the electrode assembly; and an external short-circuiter including a membrane closing and sealing a short-circuit opening in the cap plate and coupled to the second electrode terminal, and a short-circuit tab coupled to the first electrode terminal and separated from the membrane, wherein the cap plate includes a bending inducement groove formed at the second electrode terminal.
US09324983B2
An object of exemplary embodiments is to prevent increasing the height of a battery module housing a battery pack and a junction box. In the junction box, resin cases of a high-profile relay and an electric component are fixed to the shielding case wall. A low-voltage electric wire or a high-voltage electric wire is laid out on the metal plate. A resin case cover is put on when the relay and electric component is fixed to the bottom wall or the metal plate. The low-voltage electric wire or the high-voltage electric wire is covered with the case cover, predetermined contact portions of the relay and the electric component are exposed, the low-voltage electric wire or the high-voltage electric wire and a bus bar are disposed on the case cover, and the bus bar, the low-voltage electric wire or the high-voltage electric wire are connected to the exposed contact portions.
US09324972B2
An organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate that includes a plurality of pixel regions; a conductive line arranged on the substrate; and an anti-reflective layer arranged on the conductive line, wherein the anti-reflective layer includes an intermediate layer arranged on the conductive line and a semi-transparent layer arranged on the intermediate layer, and the conductive line is electrically connected with the semi-transparent layer.
US09324963B2
An organic light emitting display device is disclosed which includes: a first electrode including red, green and blue sub-pixel regions; a first hole injection layer disposed on the first electrode; a first hole transport layer disposed on the hole injection layer; second, third and fourth hole transport layers arranged on the first hole transport layer corresponding to the red, green and blue regions, respectively; an organic emission layer disposed on the second, third and fourth hole transport layers; an electron transport layer disposed on the organic emission layer; and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer, the second, third and fourth hole transport layers each having a hole mobility different from an electron mobility of the electron transport layer.
US09324957B2
Synthesis of four coordinated gold complexes and their applications in light emitting devices thereof.
US09324956B2
There is provided an organic semiconductor material with which it is possible to manufacture an electronic element by a wet process which is low cost. Furthermore, the object is to provide an organic semiconductor electronic element which is hardly broken, light in weight and inexpensive, and has high characteristic. According to the present invention, it has been found that it is possible to provide an organic semiconductor material in which performance is improved and which is suitable for a wet process by optimizing a phthalocyanine derivative which configures a phthalocyanine nano-sized substance and the completion of the present invention has been reached. Furthermore, it is possible to provide an electronic element which has high durability, is hardly broken, light in weight, inexpensive and has high characteristic by using the organic semiconductor material in an electronic element active part (a semiconductor layer).
US09324950B2
An organic electroluminescence device that includes an anode, an emitting layer that includes a host and a fluorescent dopant, an electron transporting zone, a cathode, a blocking layer adjacent to the emitting layer in the electron transporting zone where the blocking layer includes an aromatic heterocyclic derivative with an azine ring and where the triplet energy ETb (eV) of the aromatic heterocyclic derivative is larger than a triplet energy ETh (eV) of the host.
US09324945B2
A method of forming a memory cell includes forming an outer electrode material elevationally over and directly against a programmable material. The programmable material and the outer electrode material contact one another along an interface. Protective material is formed elevationally over the outer electrode material. Dopant is implanted through the protective material into the outer electrode material and the programmable material and across the interface to enhance adhesion of the outer electrode material and the programmable material relative one another across the interface. Memory cells are also disclosed.
US09324938B2
Boron carbide polymers prepared from orthocarborane icosahedra cross-linked with a moiety A wherein A is selected from the group consisting of benzene, pyridine. 1,4-diaminobenzene and mixtures thereof give positive magnetoresistance effects of 30%-80% at room temperature. The novel polymers may be doped with transitional metals to improve electronic and spin performance. These polymers may be deposited by any of a variety of techniques, and may be used in a wide variety of devices including magnetic tunnel junctions, spin-memristors and non-local spin valves.
US09324935B2
Provided is an information storage element comprising a first layer, an insulation layer coupled to the first layer, and a second layer coupled to the insulation layer opposite the first layer. The first layer has a transverse length that is approximately 45 nm or less, or an area that is approximately 1,600 nm2 or less, so as to be capable of storing information according to a magnetization state of a magnetic material. The magnetization state is configured to be changed by a current. The insulation layer includes a non-magnetic material. The second layer includes a fixed magnetization so as to be capable of serving as a reference of the first layer.
US09324933B2
A piezoelectric material contains a first component that is a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc1, a second component that is a crystal other than a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature e Tc2, and a third component that is a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc3 different from the first component, and in which Tc2 is higher than Tc1, Tc3 is equal to or higher than Tc2, and a value of (0.1×Tc1+0.9×Tc2) is equal to or lower than 280° C.
US09324925B2
To provide a method of manufacturing at low cost a light emitting device that converts the wavelength of light radiated by a light emitting element and emits, the method includes: forming a phosphor layer on a translucent substrate; arranging a plurality of light emitting elements with a predetermined spacing, the light emitting elements having an electrode formed face provided with positive and negative electrodes respectively and arranged with the electrode formed faces on the top; embedding a resin containing phosphor particles so that an upper face of the embedded resin does not bulge over a plane containing the electrode formed faces; and curing the resin, and then cutting and dividing the cured resin, the phosphor layer and the translucent substrate into a plurality of light emitting devices each including one or more of the light emitting elements.
US09324922B2
To provide an illumination method and a light-emitting device which are capable of achieving, under an indoor illumination environment where illuminance is around 5000 lx or lower when performing detailed work and generally around 1500 lx or lower, a color appearance or an object appearance as perceived by a person, will be as natural, vivid, highly visible, and comfortable as though perceived outdoors in a high-illuminance environment, regardless of scores of various color rendition metric. Light emitted from the light-emitting device illuminates an object such that light measured at a position of the object satisfies specific requirements. A feature of the light-emitting device is that light emitted by the light-emitting device in a main radiant direction satisfies specific requirements.
US09324918B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a stacked structure unit including first and second semiconductor layers and a light emitting layer between the first and second semiconductor layers; a first electrode on a first major surface of the stacked structure unit on the second semiconductor layer side to connect to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode on the first major surface of the stacked structure unit to connect to the second semiconductor layer. The second electrode includes: a first film on the second semiconductor layer and a second film on a rim of the first film. The first film has a relatively lower contact resistance with the second semiconductor layer, compared to the second film. A distance from an outer edge of the second film to the first film is smaller at a central portion than at a peripheral portion of the first major surface.
US09324916B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an electrode layer, a first semiconductor layer, a first elongated electrode, a second semiconductor layer, and a light emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a crystal having a cleavage plane. The first semiconductor layer includes a first thin film portion and a thick film portion. The first thin film portion extends in a first direction perpendicular to a stacking direction from the electrode layer toward the first semiconductor layer. The first thin film portion has a first thickness. The thick film portion is arranged with the first thin film portion in a plane perpendicular to the stacking direction. An angle between the first direction and the cleavage plane is not less than 3 degrees and not more than 27 degrees. The first elongated electrode extends in the first direction in contact with the first thin film portion.
US09324905B2
A wafer-level process for manufacturing solid state lighting (“SSL”) devices using large-diameter preformed metal substrates is disclosed. A light emitting structure is formed on a growth substrate, and a preformed metal substrate is bonded to the light emitting structure opposite the growth substrate. The preformed metal substrate can be bonded to the light emitting structure via a metal-metal bond, such as a copper-copper bond, or with an inter-metallic compound bond.
US09324903B2
A semiconductor light emitting element includes: an n-type semiconductor layer; a super lattice structure layer formed on the n-type semiconductor layer and including repeatedly-formed first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers having a composition with a band gap greater than that of the first semiconductor layer; an electron injection control layer including a first control layer formed on the second semiconductor layer of super lattice structure layer and a second control layer formed on the first control layer; and an MQW light emitting layer formed on the second control layer and including repeatedly-formed barrier layers and quantum well layers. The first control layer has a composition with a band gap smaller than that of the second semiconductor layer of super lattice structure layer. The second control layer has a composition and a thickness same as or smaller than those of the quantum well layer of the MQW light emitting layer.
US09324902B2
A semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention includes an In(X0)Ga(1-X0)N (0.25≦X≦0.35) template and a quantum well active layer containing Al(X2)In(Y2)Ga(1-X2-Y2)N (0≦X2≦1, 0≦Y2≦1) as a well layer.
US09324895B2
A plurality of thin linear thin wire electrodes are formed entirely over a first surface that is a light receiving surface of a solar cell element, a back surface collecting electrode is formed on a second surface that is a back surface of the solar cell element, and a wiring member which draws power is connected to each of the thin wire electrode and the back surface collecting electrode. The thin wire electrode and the wiring member are bonded with solder and side surfaces of the solder bonding portion in a longitudinal direction along the wiring member are coated with a thermosetting resin, and, in a region excluding the thin wire electrodes, the wiring member and the first surface are bonded with a thermosetting resin. The wiring member and the thin wire electrodes are bonded to have a sufficient mechanical bonding strength and high bonding reliability.
US09324890B2
The present invention provides a photovoltaic device, such as, a solar cell, having a substrate and an absorber layer disposed on the substrate. The absorber layer includes a doped or undoped composition represented by the formula: Cu1-yIn1-xGaxSe2-zSz wherein 0≦x≦1; 0≦y≦0.15 and 0≦z≦2; wherein the absorber layer is formed by a solution-based deposition process which includes the steps of contacting hydrazine and a source of Cu, a source of In, a source of Ga, a source of Se, and optionally a source of S, and further optionally a source of a dopant, under conditions sufficient to produce a homogeneous solution; coating the solution on the substrate to produce a coated substrate; and heating the coated substrate to produce the photovoltaic device. A photovoltaic device and a process for making same based on a hydrazinium-based chalcogenide precursor are also provided.
US09324888B2
The invention relates to a solar cell and to a method for manufacturing same. The solar cell contains a carbon structure layer; a microstructure formed on the carbon structure layer; and a thin-film layer covering the microstructure and including a charge separation junction part.
US09324886B2
A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate, at least one emitter layer on the substrate, at least one first electrode electrically connected to the at least one emitter layer, and at least one second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed using a plating method.
US09324870B2
Merged and unmerged raised active regions on semiconductor fins can be simultaneously formed on a same substrate by control of growth rates of a deposited semiconductor material on surfaces of the semiconductor fins. In one embodiment, a growth-rate-retarding dopant can be implanted by angled ion implantation onto sidewall surfaces of first semiconductor fins on which retardation of growth rates is desired, while second semiconductor fins are masked by a masking layer. In another embodiment, a growth-rate-enhancing dopant can be implanted by ion implantation onto sidewall surfaces of second semiconductor fins, while first semiconductor fins are masked by a masking layer. The differential growth rates of the deposited semiconductor material can cause raised active regions on the first semiconductor fins to remain unmerged, and raised active regions on the second semiconductor fins to become merged.
US09324855B2
Provided is a lateral power device having low specific ON-resistance and using a high-dielectric constant socket structure and a manufacturing method therefor, which relate to semiconductor power devices. A source electrode (8) of the device is of a first conduction type, and a channel region (6), a silicon substrate (4) and an ohmic contact heavily-doped region are of a second conduction type; at least two isolation regions are arranged in an embedded manner in a drift region (1); between the isolation regions are the drift region (1) and the channel region (6); each isolation region extends from the source electrode (8) to a drain electrode (11); high-dielectric constant material strips (3) and first insulation dielectric layers (10) form boundaries of the bottoms and sidewalls of the isolation regions; the isolation regions are filled with a first filling material (2), a second insulation dielectric layer (9) is arranged on the upper surface of the drift region (1) and the upper surfaces of the isolation regions, and a gate electrode (5) directly contacts the first filling material (2) via holes on the second insulation dielectric layer (9); and a source electrode lead-out wire (16) and a drain electrode lead-out wire (12) directly contact the source electrode (8) and the drain electrode (11) respectively via the holes on the second insulation dielectric layer (9). The area of a power device can be greatly reduced on the premise of not reducing the withstand voltage and not increasing the specific ON-resistance.
US09324852B2
A semiconductor device including a group III-V barrier and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including: a substrate, insulation layers formed to be spaced apart on the substrate, a group III-V material layer for filling the space between the insulation layers and having a portion protruding higher than the insulation layers, a barrier layer for covering the side and upper surfaces of the protruding portion of the group III-V material layer and having a bandgap larger than that of the group III-V material layer, a gate insulation film for covering the surface of the barrier layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation film, and source and drain electrodes formed apart from the gate electrode. The overall composition of the group III-V material layer is uniform. The barrier layer may include a group III-V material for forming a quantum well.
US09324851B2
A semiconductor device including a DC/DC converter circuit, in which the DC/DC converter circuit includes a transistor of a normally-off type, having a first drain electrode connected to an input terminal and a first source electrode connected to an output terminal, which is formed in a first compound semiconductor substrate having a two-dimensional electron gas layer, and a transistor having a second drain electrode connected to the first source electrode and a grounded second source electrode.
US09324846B1
A method of forming a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a field plate. The method may include forming: a substrate having a selectively implanted collector (SIC) and a collector separated by a shallow trench isolation (STI), a field plate in the STI, the field plate extends below a top surface of the SIC, a base layer directly on the SIC, a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) structure above the SIC, the HBT includes an emitter, the emitter is directly on the base layer, a fourth dielectric layer covering the HBT structure, the field plate and the collector, and an emitter contact, a field plate contact and a collector contact extending through the fourth dielectric layer, the emitter contact is in electrical connection with the emitter, the field plate contact is in electrical connection with the field plate and the collector contact is in electrical connection with the collector.
US09324843B2
Thermal condensation is employed to obtain a finned structure including strained silicon germanium fins having vertical side walls and a germanium content that may be high relative to silicon. A hard mask is used directly on a low-germanium content silicon germanium layer. The hard mask is patterned and fins are formed beneath the hard mask from the silicon germanium layer. Thermal condensation in an oxidizing ambient causes the formation of regions beneath the hard mask that have a high germanium content. The hard mask is trimmed to a target critical dimension. The regions beneath the hard mask and adjoining oxide material are subjected to reactive ion etch, resulting in the formation of high-germanium content fins with planar, vertically extending sidewalls.
US09324841B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods for fabricating field effect transistors such as finFETs. Stressor regions are used to increase carrier mobility. However, subsequent processes such as deposition of flowable oxide and annealing can damage the stressor regions, diminishing the amount of stress that is induced. Embodiments of the present invention provide a protective layer of silicon or silicon oxide over the stressor regions prior to the flowable oxide deposition and anneal.
US09324824B2
A semiconductor device including a central region, side regions located in both sides of the central region, and conductive layers including a first barrier pattern formed in the central region, a material pattern formed in the first barrier pattern and having an etch selectivity with respect to the first barrier pattern, and a second barrier pattern formed in the material pattern; and insulating layers alternately stacked with the conductive layers.
US09324820B1
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a source/drain structure over a substrate and forming a metal layer on the source/drain structure. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure further includes reacting a portion of the metal layer with the source/drain structure to form a metallic layer on the source/drain structure. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure further includes removing an unreacted portion of the metal layer on the metallic layer by an etching process. In addition, the etching process includes using an etchant including HF and propylene carbonate, and the volume ratio of HF to propylene carbonate in the etchant is in a range from about 1:10 to about 1:10000.
US09324819B1
A semiconductor device includes an active layer, source electrodes, drain electrodes, gate electrodes, a first dielectric layer, source trace, first source vias, a second dielectric layer, a source pad, and second source vias. The first dielectric layer covers the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, and the gate electrodes. The source traces are disposed on the first dielectric layer, are electrically connected to the source electrodes, and are covered by the second dielectric layer. The source pad is disposed on the second dielectric layer, and includes a first source trunk, a first source branch, and a source sub-branch. The first source branch is protruded from the first source trunk and is electrically connected to one of the drain traces through the second source vias. The source sub-branch is protruded from the first source branch and is electrically connected one of the source electrodes through the third source vias.
US09324814B2
A silicon carbide single-crystal substrate includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a peripheral edge portion sandwiched between the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of grinding traces are formed in a surface of the peripheral edge portion. A chamfer width as a distance from an outermost peripheral end portion of the peripheral edge portion to one of the plurality of grinding traces which is located on an innermost peripheral side of the peripheral edge portion in a direction parallel to the first surface is not less than 50 μm and not more than 400 μm. Thereby, a silicon carbide single-crystal substrate capable of suppressing occurrence of a crack, and a method for manufacturing the same can be provided.
US09324813B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a p-doped layer including a doped III-V material on the substrate. An n-type layer is formed on or in the p-doped layer. The n-type layer includes ZnO on the p-doped layer to form an electronic device.
US09324808B2
A semiconductor device, includes a semiconductor layer formed above a substrate; an insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer; and an electrode formed on the insulating film. The insulating film has a membrane stress at a side of the semiconductor layer lower than a membrane stress at a side of the electrode.
US09324804B2
Electrically conductive material structures, analog electronic devices incorporating the structures and methods for making the structures are provided. The structures include a layer of graphene on a semiconductor substrate. The graphene layer and the substrate are separated by an interfacial region that promotes transfer of charge carriers from the surface of the substrate to the graphene.
US09324789B1
The memory device is provided to include a substrate, a plurality of stack structures, conductive pillars, charge storage layers, and third conductive layers. The stack structures are arranged along a first direction and extend along a second direction, wherein each stack structure includes a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers that are alternately stacked along a third direction. Each conductive pillar is located on the substrate between two adjacent stack structures. Each charge storage layer is disposed between the stack structures and the conductive pillars. Each third conductive layer extending along the first direction overlaps the stack structures in a plurality of overlapped regions and covers a portion of top parts of the stack structures and the conductive pillars. An air gap is formed along the third direction in each overlapped region where the stacked structures and the third conductive layers overlap.
US09324781B2
Provided are semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same. The methods may include forming a molding layer on a semiconductor substrate. A storage electrode passing through the molding layer is formed. A part of the storage electrode is exposed by partially etching the molding layer. A sacrificial oxide layer is formed by oxidizing the exposed part of the storage electrode. The partially-etched molding layer and the sacrificial oxide layer are removed. A capacitor dielectric layer is formed on the substrate of which the molding layer and the sacrificial oxide layer are removed. A plate electrode is formed on the capacitor dielectric layers.
US09324778B2
A variable inductor includes a spiral inductor, a loop conductor, and a switch for opening or short-circuiting an end of the loop conductor. The loop conductor is formed in a direction perpendicular to the spiral inductor and is used for adjusting the inductance value of the spiral inductor by opening or short-circuiting the end of the loop conductor by the switch.
US09324777B2
There is provided an organic light emitting display device for preventing short and voltage drop between lines to improve yield. The organic light emitting display device includes: a plurality of sub-pixels located at crossing regions of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; first power lines for supplying a voltage for driving the sub-pixels, each of the first power lines being shared by two adjacent sub-pixels from among the plurality of sub-pixels; and initial power lines for supplying an initial power to the sub-pixels, each of the initial power lines being shared by the two adjacent sub-pixels and located between the two adjacent sub-pixels.
US09324775B2
A light emitting device is provided which can prevent a change in gate voltage due to leakage or other causes and at the same time can prevent the aperture ratio from lowering. A capacitor storage is formed from a connection wiring line, an insulating film, and a capacitance wiring line. The connection wiring line is formed over a gate electrode and an active layer of a TFT of a pixel, and is connected to the active layer. The insulating film is formed on the connection wiring line. The capacitance wiring line is formed on the insulating film. This structure enables the capacitor storage to overlap the TFT, thereby increasing the capacity of the capacitor storage while keeping the aperture ratio from lowering. Accordingly, a change in gate voltage due to leakage or other causes can be avoided to prevent a change in luminance of an OLED and flickering of screen in analog driving.
US09324773B2
One pixel is divided into a first region including a first light emitting element and a second region including a second light emitting element, wherein the first region emits light in one direction and the second region emits light in the direction opposite to that of the first region. Independently driving the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element allows images to be displayed independently on the surface.
US09324770B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate having a display region and a peripheral region adjacent to the display region, a plurality of display structures in the display region, the display structures including a plurality of switching elements and a plurality of organic light emitting elements, a plurality of solar cells adjacent to the organic light emitting elements in the display region, and a second substrate opposed to the first substrate.
US09324753B2
Provided is a solid-state imaging device including a lamination-type backside illumination CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor having a global shutter function. The solid-state imaging device includes a separation film including one of a light blocking film and a light absorbing film between a memory and a photo diode.
US09324744B2
A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor layer, a multilayer wiring layer, an opening which extends through the semiconductor layer, and reaches an electrically conductive layer in the multilayer wiring layer, an electrically conductive member arranged in the opening so as to be connected to the electrically conductive layer, and a trench which surrounds the opening, and extends through the semiconductor layer, the trench having a space with no solid substance, and the semiconductor layer including a wall portion arranged between a side face defining the opening, and an inner-side face defining the trench to surround the electrically conductive member.
US09324742B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units including a first display electrode, a second display electrode and an insulating portion, wherein, the insulating portion comprises a plurality of first via holes; the first display electrode is disposed at a surface of the insulating portion, and the second display electrode is disposed at bottom surfaces of the first via holes. Embodiments of the invention further provide a method for manufacturing the array substrate.
US09324737B2
To provide a novel display device. The display device includes a pixel portion, a driver circuit portion that is provided outside the pixel portion, and a protection circuit that is electrically connected to one of or both the pixel portion and the driver circuit portion and includes a pair of electrodes. The pixel portion includes pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix and transistors electrically connected to the pixel electrodes. The transistor includes a first insulating layer containing nitrogen and silicon, and a second insulating layer containing oxygen, nitrogen, and silicon. The protection circuit includes the first insulating layer between the pair of electrodes.
US09324734B2
A semiconductor device has a first element region, a second element region, and a first isolation region in a thin film region and a third element region, a fourth element region, and a second isolation region in a thick film region. It is manufactured with step (a) of providing a substrate having a silicon layer formed via an insulating layer, step (b) of forming element isolation insulating films in the silicon layer in the first isolation region and the second isolation region of the substrate step (c) of forming a hard mask in the thin film region, step (d) of forming silicon films over the silicon layer exposed from the hard mask in the third element region and the fourth element region, and step (e) of forming element isolation insulating films between the silicon films in the third element region and the fourth element region.
US09324730B2
A vertical memory device including a substrate including first regions and a second region; a plurality of channels in the first regions, the plurality of channels extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate; a charge storage structure on a sidewall of each channel in a second direction substantially parallel to the top surface of the substrate; a plurality of gate electrodes in the first regions, the plurality of gate electrodes arranged on a sidewall of the charge storage structure and spaced apart from each other in the first direction; and a plurality of supporters in the second region, the plurality of supporters spaced apart from each other in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the plurality of supporters contacting a sidewall of at least one gate electrode.
US09324727B2
A memory device may include a plurality of semiconductor patterns on a substrate including a plurality of first impurity regions doped at a first impurity concentration, a plurality of second impurity regions at portions of the substrate contacting the plurality of semiconductor patterns and doped at a second impurity concentration, a plurality of channel patterns on the plurality of semiconductor patterns, a plurality of gate structures, a plurality of third impurity regions at portions of the substrate adjacent to end portions of the plurality of gate structures, and a plurality of fourth impurity regions at portions of the substrate between the second and third impurity regions and between adjacent second impurity regions. The plurality of fourth impurity regions may be doped at a third impurity concentration which may be lower than the first and second impurity concentrations.
US09324725B2
The performances of a semiconductor device are improved. The semiconductor device has a first control gate electrode and a second control gate electrode spaced along the gate length direction, a first cap insulation film formed over the first control gate electrode, and a second cap insulation film formed over the second control gate electrode. Further, the semiconductor device has a first memory gate electrode arranged on the side of the first control gate electrode opposite to the second control gate electrode, and a second memory gate electrode arranged on the side of the second control gate electrode opposite to the first control gate electrode. The end at the top surface of the first cap insulation film on the second control gate electrode side is situated closer to the first memory gate electrode side than the side surface of the first control gate electrode on the second control gate electrode side.
US09324721B2
A pitch-halving IC process is described. Parallel base line patterns are formed over a substrate, each being connected with a hammerhead pattern at a first or second side of the base line patterns, wherein the hammerhead patterns are arranged at the first side and the second side alternately, and the hammerhead patterns at the first or second side are arranged in a staggered manner. The above patterns are trimmed. A spacer is formed on the sidewalls of each base line pattern and the corresponding hammerhead pattern, including a pair of derivative line patterns, a loop pattern around the hammerhead pattern, and a turning pattern at the other end of the base line pattern. The base line patterns and the hammerhead patterns are removed. A portion of each loop pattern and at least a portion of each turning pattern are removed to disconnect each pair of derivative line patterns.
US09324720B2
A method comprises implanting ions in a substrate to form a first active region and a second active region, depositing a first dielectric layer over the substrate, forming a first via and a second via in the first dielectric layer, wherein the first via is over the first active region and the second via is over the second active region, depositing a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, forming a third via and a fourth via in the second dielectric layer, wherein the third via is over the first via and the fourth via is over the second via and forming a connector in a metallization layer over the second dielectric layer, wherein the connector is electrically connected to the third via and the fourth via.
US09324711B2
A first transistor includes a first impurity layer of a first conduction type formed in a first region of a semiconductor substrate, a first epitaxial semiconductor layer formed above the first impurity layer, a first gate insulating film formed above the first epitaxial semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode formed above the first gate insulating film, and first source/drain regions of a second conduction type formed in the first epitaxial semiconductor layer and in the semiconductor substrate in the first region. A second transistor includes a second impurity layer of the first conduction type formed in a second region of the semiconductor substrate, a second epitaxial semiconductor layer formed above the second impurity layer and being thinner than the first epitaxial semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating film formed above the second epitaxial semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode formed above the second gate insulating film, and second source/drain regions of the second conduction type formed in the second epitaxial semiconductor layer and in the semiconductor substrate in the second region.
US09324700B2
A semiconductor device is made by providing a substrate, forming a first insulation layer over the substrate, forming a first conductive layer over the first insulation layer, forming a second insulation layer over the first conductive layer, and forming a second conductive layer over the second insulation layer. A portion of the second insulation layer, first conductive layer, and second conductive layer form an integrated passive device (IPD). The IPD can be an inductor, capacitor, or resistor. A plurality of conductive pillars is formed over the second conductive layer. One conductive pillar removes heat from the semiconductor device. A third insulation layer is formed over the IPD and around the plurality of conductive pillars. A shield layer is formed over the IPD, third insulation layer, and conductive pillars. The shield layer is electrically connected to the conductive pillars to shield the IPD from electromagnetic interference.
US09324696B2
In a package-on-package (PoP) device according to the inventive concepts, an anisotropic conductive film is disposed between a lower semiconductor package and an upper semiconductor package to remove an air gap between the lower and upper semiconductor packages. Thus, heat generated from a lower semiconductor chip may be rapidly and smoothly transmitted toward the upper semiconductor package, thereby increasing or maximizing a heat exhaust effect of the PoP device.
US09324687B1
A device and fabrication techniques are described that employ wafer-level packaging techniques to fabricate semiconductor devices that include an embedded integrated circuit chip device and an embedded passive device on a semiconductor wafer device. In implementations, the wafer-level package device includes a semiconductor wafer device, an embedded integrated circuit chip, an embedded passive device, an encapsulation structure covering at least a portion of the semiconductor wafer device, the embedded integrated circuit chip, and the embedded passive device, at least one redistribution layer structure, and at least one solder bump for providing electrical interconnectivity to the devices. Once the wafer is singulated into semiconductor devices, the semiconductor devices may be mounted to a printed circuit board, and the solder bumps may provide electrical interconnectivity through the backside of the device that interface with pads of the printed circuit board.
US09324686B2
Semiconductor chips are provided. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor chip body having an arch-shaped groove in a backside thereof and a non-conductive material pattern filling the arch-shaped groove. Related methods are also provided.
US09324684B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to the present invention includes the steps of (a) preparing an insulating or conductive substrate; (b) arranging a bonding material having sinterability in at least one bonding region of a principal surface of the substrate (i.e., insulating substrate); and (c) sintering the bonding material while a bonding surface to be subjected to bonding of at least one semiconductor element is brought into pressurized contact with the bonding material, and bonding the substrate (i.e., insulating substrate) and the semiconductor element together through the bonding material. The bonding region in the step (b) is inwardly positioned from the bonding surface (i.e., region) of the semiconductor element in plan view, and the bonding material is not protruded outwardly from the bonding surface of the semiconductor element in plan view even after the step (c).
US09324680B2
An electronic device including a solder structure and methods of forming an electrical interconnection are shown. Solder structures are shown including a solder ball formed from a first solder having a first melting temperature, and a connecting structure coupling the solder ball to one or more electrical connection pads, the connecting structure formed from a second solder having a second melting temperature lower than the first melting temperature. Electronic devices are shown including a polymer mold material formed over the solder structures.
US09324674B2
A die comprising a body of semiconductor material, said body configured to receive a solder layer of gold containing alloy for use in die bonding said die to a substrate, wherein the die includes an interface layer on a surface of the body for receiving the solder layer, the interface layer having a plurality of sub-layers of different metals.
US09324670B2
An embodiment is a method for forming a semiconductor assembly including cleaning a connector including copper formed on a substrate, applying cold tin to the connector, applying hot tin to the connector, and spin rinsing and drying the connector.
US09324667B2
A method forms a connecting pillar to a bonding pad of an integrated circuit. A seed layer is formed over the bond pad. Photoresist is deposited over the integrated circuit. An opening is formed in the photoresist over the bond pad. The connecting pillar is formed in the opening by plating.
US09324654B2
Integrated circuits including electronic fuse structures are disclosed. In some examples, the electronic fuse structure includes a fuse part and first and second pre-heating lines positioned generally parallel to and co-planar with the fuse part, and electrically connected with the fuse part. The electronic fuse structure also includes a cathode physically and electrically connected to the first pre-heating line and an anode physically and electrically connected to the second pre-heating line.
US09324651B1
A package structure includes a chip, a substrate, wires and a molding compound. The chip includes an active surface, a back surface and bonding pads disposed on the active surface. The substrate includes first and second solder masks, first and second patterned circuit layers and a core layer having a first surface and a second surface. The first patterned circuit layer is disposed on the first solder mask. The core layer disposed on the first solder mask with the first surface partially exposes the first patterned circuit layer. The substrate disposed on the active surface with the first solder mask exposes the bonding pads. The second patterned circuit layer disposed on the second surface. The second solder mask partially covers the second patterned circuit layer. The wires are connected between the first patterned circuit layer and the bonding pads. The molding compound covers the chip, the wire and the substrate.
US09324644B2
A trench portion (trench or groove) is formed at each of four corner portions of a chip bonding region having a quadrangular planar shape smaller than an outer-shape size of a die pad included in a semiconductor device. Each trench is formed along a direction of intersecting with a diagonal line which connects between the corner portions where the trench portions are arranged, and both ends of each trench portion are extended to an outside of the chip bonding region. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the chip bonding region so as to interpose a die-bond material. In this manner, peel-off of the die-bond material in a reflow step upon mounting of the semiconductor device on a mounting substrate can be suppressed. Also, even if the peel-off occurs, expansion of the peel-off can be suppressed.
US09324637B1
A Quad Flat Non-leaded (QFN) semiconductor package has a semiconductor die mounted on a die flag of a lead frame. A molded housing with a base and sides covers the die. The package has electrically conductive mounting feet each of which includes an exposed base surface in the base of the housing, an opposite parallel surface covered by the housing, and an exposed end surface in the one of the sides of the housing. The exposed end surface is normal to, and located between, the exposed base surface and the opposite parallel surface. Bond wires selectively electrically connect electrodes of the die to respective ones of the mounting feet. An electrically conductive plating coats the exposed base portion and exposed end surface of the mounting feet.
US09324632B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and semiconductor structure so formed are provided. The SOI substrate includes a semiconductor layer; a bulk semiconductor region underlying the semiconductor layer; and an insulation layer between the two. The method includes substantially simultaneously forming a first opening and a second opening extending from the semiconductor layer to the conductive region; introducing an insulating material to the side walls of the first opening; at least partially filling the first opening with a semiconductor material to provide an ohmic contact trench; and at least partially filling the second opening with an insulating material to form a device isolation trench. Insulating regions, for example, shallow trench isolation (STI) regions, may be formed about the device isolation trench and the ohmic contact trench. Semiconductor structures are also provided. The benefits of combining the features of SOI and STI structures are provided.
US09324627B2
An embodiment of an electronic assembly for mounting on an electronic board includes a plurality of electric contact regions exposed on a mounting surface of the electronic board. The electronic assembly includes a chip of semiconductor material in which at least one electronic component is integrated, at least one support element including a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the chip being enclosed by the at least one support element, a heat dissipation plate thermally coupled to said chip to dissipate the heat produced by it, exposed on the first main surface of the support element, a plurality of contact elements, each electrically coupled to a respective electric terminal of the electronic component integrated in the chip, exposed on the same first main surface of which is exposed to the dissipation plate. Also included are a plurality of electric connection elements, each adapted to electrically intercouple a respective contact element of the electronic assembly with a corresponding electric contact region of the electronic board, in such a way that the second main surface of the at least one support element faces the mounting surface of the electronic board.
US09324610B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having at least one metal gate thereon, a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the at least one metal gate, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the at least one metal gate; forming a plurality of contact holes in the ILD layer to expose the source/drain region; forming a first metal layer in the contact holes; performing a first thermal treatment process; and performing a second thermal treatment process.
US09324602B2
Provided is a technique which can properly invert a plurality of substrates at a time. To achieve this object, a substrate inverting apparatus includes: a support mechanism which supports a plurality of substrates in a state where the substrates are stacked vertically in a spaced-apart manner in a horizontal posture; and a clamping and inverting mechanism which clamps the plurality of substrates supported by the support mechanism respectively and inverts the plurality of substrates at a time. In the support mechanism, support members which support the substrate are moved to a standby position from a support position while being moved downward away from the center of the substrate as viewed in the vertical direction. On the other hand, in the clamping and inverting mechanism, clamping members which clamp the substrate are moved to a near position from a remote position by a clamping member drive part and are elastically biased by an elastic member toward side surfaces of the substrate at the near position.
US09324601B1
A method for adhesive bonding in microelectronic device processing is provided that includes bonding a handling wafer to a front side of a device wafer with an adhesive comprising phenoxy resin; and thinning the device wafer from the backside of the device wafer while the device wafer is adhesively engaged to the handling wafer. After the device wafer has been thinned, the adhesive comprising phenoxy resin may be removed by laser debonding, wherein the device wafer is separated from the handling wafer.
US09324593B2
A wafer processing tape includes a release film having a large length; an adhesive layer formed on a first surface of the release film and having a predetermined planar shape; a pressure-sensitive adhesive film having a label portion and a surrounding portion surrounding outside the label portion; and a support member formed on a second surface of the release film opposite to the first surface on which the adhesive layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive film are formed. The label portion has a predetermined planar shape and covers the adhesive layer so that the label portion contacts with the release film around the adhesive layer. The support member is disposed at both end portions of the release film in a short side direction of the release film. The support member has a coefficient of linear expansion of 300 ppm/° C. or less.
US09324592B2
A wafer processing tape includes a release film having a large length; an adhesive layer formed on a first surface of the release film and having a predetermined planar shape; a pressure-sensitive adhesive film having a label portion and a surrounding portion surrounding outside the label portion; and a support member formed on a second surface of the release film opposite to the first surface on which the adhesive layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive film are formed. The label portion has a predetermined planar shape and covers the adhesive layer so that the label portion contacts with the release film around the adhesive layer. The support member is disposed at both end portions of the release film in a short side direction of the release film. The support member has a coefficient of linear expansion of 300 ppm/° C. or less.
US09324575B2
In a plasma etching method for forming a hole in an etching target film, a process of generating a plasma of a processing gas containing at least CxFy gas and a rare gas having a mass smaller than a mass of Ar gas into the processing chamber in the processing chamber by switching on a high frequency power application unit under a first condition and a process of extinguishing the plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber by switching off the high frequency power application unit under a second condition are alternately repeated. A negative DC voltage from a DC power supply is applied such that an absolute value of the negative DC voltage of the second condition becomes greater than an absolute value of the negative DC voltage of the first condition.
US09324572B2
Provided is a plasma etching method increasing the selectivity of a silicon nitride film in relation to the silicon oxide film or silicon functioning as a base. In a plasma etching method setting a pressure in a processing container as a predetermined level by exhausting a processing gas while supplying the processing gas into the processing container, generating plasma by supplying external energy to the processing container, and setting a bias applied to a holding stage holding a substrate in the processing container as predetermined value to selectively etch the silicon nitride film with respect to a silicon and/or silicon oxide film, the processing gas includes a plasma excitation gas, a CHxFy gas, and at least one oxidizing gas selected from the group consisting of O2, CO2, CO, and a flow rate of the oxidizing gas with respect to the CHxFy gas is set to be 4/9 or greater.
US09324567B2
A method and system for performing gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) etch processing of various materials is described. In particular, the GCIB etch processing includes setting one or more GCIB properties of a GCIB process condition for the GCIB to achieve one or more target etch process metrics. Furthermore, the GCIB etch processing utilizes Si-containing and/or Ge-containing etchants. Further yet, the GCIB etch processing facilitates etching Si-containing material, Ge-containing material, and metal-containing material.
US09324563B2
Methods of forming patterns are provided. The methods may include sequentially forming an etch-target layer and a photoresist layer on a substrate, exposing two first portions of the photoresist layer to light to transform the two first portions into two first photoresist patterns and exposing a second portion of the photoresist layer to light to transform the second portion into a second photoresist pattern disposed between the two first photoresist patterns. The method may also removing portions of the photoresist layer to leave the two first photoresist patterns and the second photo resist pattern on the etch-target layer such that the etch-target layer is exposed.
US09324559B2
A multi chamber thin film deposition apparatus and a method for depositing films, is provided. Each chamber includes a three dimensional gas delivery system including process gases being delivered downwardly toward the substrate and laterally toward the substrate. A pumping system includes an exhaust port in each chamber that is centrally positioned underneath the substrate being processed and therefore the gas flow around all portions of the edge of the substrate are equally spaced from the exhaust port thereby creating a uniform gas flow profile which results in film thickness uniformity of films deposited on both the front and back surfaces of the substrate. The deposited films demonstrate uniform thickness on the front and back of the substrate and extend inwardly to a uniform distance on the periphery of the backside of the substrate.
US09324553B2
A method of reflecting ions in a multireflection time of flight mass spectrometer is disclosed. The method includes guiding ions toward an ion mirror having multiple electrodes, and applying a voltage to the ion mirror electrodes to create an electric field that causes the mean trajectory of the ions to intersect a plane of symmetry of the ion mirror and to exit the ion mirror, wherein the ion are spatially focussed by the mirror to a first location and temporally focused to a second location different from the first location. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
US09324508B2
An apparatus including first and second electrodes separated by an electrolyte, at least one of the first and second electrodes including an actuating substrate configured to undergo reversible deformation during actuation, wherein reversible deformation of the actuating substrate causes a decrease in the internal resistance of the apparatus.
US09324505B2
The invention relates to substituted ullazine and analogs of ullazine as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and other photoelectrochemical and/or optoelectronic devices. The sensitizers may comprise donor substituents and/or acceptor substituents, besides an anchoring group suitable for attaching the sensitizer on a semiconductor surface. DSSCs based on this type of sensitizers exhibit high power conversion efficiencies.
US09324501B2
A hard start capacitor replacement unit has a plurality of capacitors in a container sized to fit in existing hard start capacitor space. The capacitors are 4 metallized film capacitors wound in a single cylindrical capacitive element. The container has a common terminal and capacitors value terminals for the plurality of capacitors, which may be connected singly or in combination to provide a selected capacitance. An electronic or other relay connects the selected capacitance in parallel with a motor run capacitor. The hard start capacitor replacement unit is thereby adapted to replace a wide variety of hard start capacitors.
US09324497B2
A thin film capacitor includes a substrate and a dielectric thin film element formed on the substrate. The substrate can include an Si plate, an SiO2 film on the Si plate, and a Ti film formed on the SiO2 film. The dielectric thin film element includes a lower electrode, a dielectric thin film on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the dielectric thin film. The dielectric thin film is a thin film formed of a nanosheet, and a void portion of the dielectric thin film is filled with a p-type conductive organic polymer. Ti0.87O2, Ca2Nb3O10 or the like, is used as a dielectric material to form a major component of the nanosheet. As the p-type conductive organic polymer, polypyrrole, polyaniline, polyethylene dioxythiophene or the like, is suitable.
US09324489B2
A thin film inductor with top and bottom pole pieces that are mechanically connected to each other at at least two via zones, to create a magnetically permeable yoke that defines at least one interior space. Enclosed portion(s) of a winding member pass through the interior space(s) of the yoke. The enclosed portion(s) of the winding member define an axial direction and a transverse direction. The pole pieces extend beyond the via zones in the axial and/or transverse direction. The extended pole pieces improve magnetic performance of the thin film inductor, by effectively moving pole piece edges away from locations of high magnetic flux density.
US09324486B2
The present invention is a superconducting partial insulation magnet and a method for providing the same. The magnet includes a coil with a non-insulated superconducting wire winding wound around a bobbin. The coil has a first wire layer, a second wire layer substantially surrounding the first layer, and a first layer of insulating material disposed between the first wire layer and the second wire layer. Each wire layer comprises a plurality of turns, and the first layer of insulating material substantially insulates the second wire layer from the first wire layer.
US09324480B2
An interference prevention apparatus includes a control module configured to send a working signal to the interference prevention module. An interference prevention module is configured to receive the working signal and to control a working state of a first component. The first component is connected to the control module by a first connection wire. The first connection wire is divided into at least two segments by an interference prevention material, which is connected to ground.
US09324476B2
Insulated winding wires and associated methods for forming winding wires are described. A winding wire may include a conductor and insulation formed around the conductor. The insulation may provide a partial discharge inception voltage greater than approximately 1,000 volts and a dielectric strength greater than approximately 10,000 volts. Additionally, the insulation may be capable of withstanding a continuous operating temperature of approximately 220° C. without degradation. The insulation may include at least one base layer formed around an outer periphery of the conductor, and an extruded thermoplastic layer formed around the base layer. The extruded layer may include at least one of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) or polyaryletherketone (PAEK).
US09324472B2
Conductive metal and metallized fiber hybrid wires are disclosed, wherein such wires have a central member and a peripheral member and comprise at least one conductive metallized fiber. The peripheral member comprises (i) at least one conductive metal filament; and (ii) optionally, at least one conductive metallized fiber. The central member comprises (i) at least one non-metallized fiber; (ii) at least one conductive metallized fiber; (iii) at least one conductive metal filament; or (iv) combinations thereof.
US09324453B2
A memory unit that includes a tracking unit, a scan chain and a scan chain control unit. The tracking unit includes a tracking bit line, wherein the tracking unit is configured to receive a tracking control signal, selectively charge or discharge a voltage on the tracking bit line in response to the tracking control signal and generate a sense amplifier signal. The scan chain includes one or more logic devices, wherein the scan chain is configured to receive at least a first control signal. The scan chain control unit is connected to the scan chain and the tracking unit. The scan chain control unit is configured to receive the sense amplifier signal and generate the first scan chain control signal.
US09324450B2
Serial NAND flash memory may be provided with the characteristics of continuous read of the memory across page boundaries and from logically contiguous memory locations without wait intervals, while also being clock-compatible with the high performance serial flash NOR (“HPSF-NOR”) memory read commands so that the serial NAND flash memory may be used with controllers designed for HPSF-NOR memory. Serial NAND flash memory having these compatibilities is referred to herein as high-performance serial flash NAND (“SPSF-NAND”) memory. Since devices and systems which use HPSF-NOR memories and controllers often have extreme space limitations, HPSF-NAND may also be provided with the same physical attributes of low pin count and small package size of HPSF-NOR memory for further compatibility. HPSF-NAND memory is particularly suitable for code shadow applications, even while enjoying the low “cost per bit” and low per bit power consumption of a NAND memory array at higher densities.
US09324447B2
Circuits and systems for concurrently programming a plurality of OTP cells in an OTP memory are disclosed. Each OTP cell can have an electrical fuse element coupled a program selector having a control terminal. The control terminals of a plurality of OTP cells can be coupled to a plurality of local wordlines, and a plurality of the local wordlines can be coupled to at least one global wordline. A plurality of banks of bitlines can have each bitline coupled to a plurality of the OTP cells via the control terminal of the program selector. A plurality of bank selects can enable turning on the wordlines or bitlines in a bank. A plurality of the OTP cells can be configured to be programmable concurrently into a different logic state by applying voltages to at least one selected global wordline and at least one selected bitline to a plurality of the selected OTP cells in a plurality of banks, if a plurality of banks are enabled.
US09324432B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell unit, word lines, a driver circuit, and first transistors. The word lines are connected to the control gates of 0-th to N-th memory cells. The (N+1) number of first transistors transfer the voltage to the word lines respectively. Above one of the first transistors which transfers the voltage to an i-th (i is a natural number in the range of 0 to N) word line, M (M
US09324430B2
A method of generating a default state in an embedded Multi-Time-Programmable-Read-Only-Memory for a high-performance logic technology consisting of a plurality of memory cells featuring a charge trap, each having a first and a second NMOS transistor. The first and second NMOS transistors use a different mask having different threshold voltages. The second NMOS threshold voltage is adjusted to a middle point of the threshold voltage of the first NMOS with or without trapping the charge. When the charge is not trapped by the first NMOS, the NMOS threshold is lowered to the second NMOS, thereby generating a default state. When the charge is trapped to the first NMOS, the NMOS threshold is higher than the second NMOS, generating a second state. Moreover, a reference voltage generation can use two arrays, each consisting of memory cells and reference memory cells such that a default state can be generated for a single transistor per memory cell.
US09324426B2
A method in a resistive memory device includes configuring two or more memory cells in a column of the array sharing the same bit line and the same source line to operate in parallel as a merged memory cell; programming the resistance of the merged memory cell in response to the write data, the resistance of the two or more resistive memory cells in the merged memory cell being programmed simultaneously; and reading the programmed resistance value of the merged memory cell, the programmed resistance of the two or more memory cells in the merged memory cell being read simultaneously.
US09324424B2
A memory device includes multiple bit lines extending in a first direction, multiple word lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and multiple memory cells each coupled to corresponding two word lines and corresponding two bit lines. Each memory cell includes a memory element configured to store information on the basis of changes in resistance and two select transistors. One terminal of the memory element is coupled to one of the two bit lines corresponding to the memory cell; the other terminal is coupled to respective drains of the select transistors; respective sources of the select transistors are coupled to the other bit line; a gate of one of the select transistors is coupled to one of the two word lines corresponding to the memory cell; and a gate of the other is coupled to the other word line.
US09324421B2
A method of switching a memristive device applies a current ramp of a selected polarity to the memristive device. The resistance of the device during the current ramp is monitored. When the resistance of the memristive device reaches the target value, the current ramp is removed.
US09324416B2
A memory and a method for operating the memory provided. In one aspect, the memory may be a PDP memory. The memory includes a control circuit configured to generate a first clock and a second clock in response an edge of a clock for an access cycle. A first input circuit is configured to receive an input for a first memory access based on the first clock. The first input circuit includes a latch. The second input circuit configured to receive an input for a second memory access based on the second clock. The second input circuit includes a flip-flop.
US09324415B2
A circuit includes a memory cell, a first data line, a second data line, and a clamping unit. The memory cell includes a data node, a first pass gate, and a second pass gate. The first pass gate is between the first data line and the data node. The second pass gate is between the second data line and the data node. The clamping unit is electrically coupled to the first data line and configured to pull a voltage level of the first data line toward a clamped voltage level when the clamping unit is enabled, and to function as an open circuit to the first data line when the clamping unit is disabled. The clamping unit is disabled when a first control signal indicates that a voltage level of the second data line is pulled toward a reference voltage level.
US09324413B2
A write assist circuit includes a first switch, a second switch and a bias voltage circuit. The first switch connects a cell supply voltage node of a memory cell to a power supply voltage node in response to a write control signal having a first state, and disconnects the cell supply voltage node from the power supply voltage node in response to the write control signal having a second state. The bias voltage circuit generates, at an output thereof, an adjustable bias voltage lower than the power supply voltage. The second switch connects the cell supply voltage node to the output of the bias voltage circuit in response to the write control signal having the second state, and disconnects the cell supply voltage node from the output of the bias voltage circuit in response to the write control signal having the first state.
US09324408B2
A semiconductor memory device may include a power control signal generator and a sense amplifier circuit. The power control signal generator may generate a first power control signal, the first power control signal having an enablement period that may be controlled in response to a temperature signal having a cycle time. The cycle time may be controlled according to a mode signal and an internal temperature. The sense amplifier circuit may generate a first power signal driven to have a first drive voltage in response to the first power control signal. In addition, the sense amplifier circuit may sense and amplify a level of a bit line using the first power signal as a power supply voltage.
US09324407B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a plurality of memory banks configured to perform a refresh operation in response to an address count value and row active signals; a refresh control block configured to update refresh bank informations which define a bank designated to perform the refresh operation in response to a refresh command and bank addresses, and activate a count control signal in response to the refresh bank informations; and a counter configured to change the address count value in response to activation of the count control signal.
US09324405B2
A memory cell and memories constructed from that memory cell are disclosed. A memory according to the present invention includes a ferroelectric capacitor, a charge source and a read circuit. The charge source receives a data value to be stored in the ferroelectric capacitor. The charge source converts the data value to a remanent charge to be stored in the ferroelectric capacitor and causes that remanent charge to be stored in the ferroelectric capacitor. The read circuit determines a charge stored in the ferroelectric capacitor. The data value has more than three distinct possible states, and the determined charge has more than three determined values. The memory also includes a reset circuit that causes the ferroelectric capacitor to enter a predetermined known reference state of polarization.
US09324400B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a unit memory bank having a plurality of memory cell mats, which shares a local data line, and divided by a row address; and at least one dummy cell mat disposed between the plurality of memory cell mat.
US09324398B2
Apparatuses and methods for targeted row refreshes are disclosed herein. In an example apparatus, a predecoder receives a target row address and determines whether a target row of memory associated with the target row address is a primary or a redundant row of memory. The predecoder is further configured to cause one or more rows of memory physically adjacent the primary row of memory to be refreshed if the primary row is the target row or one or more rows of memory physically adjacent the redundant row of memory to be refreshed if the redundant row of memory is the target row of memory.
US09324389B2
A topology for memory circuits of a non-volatile memory system reduces capacitive loading. For a given channel, a single memory chip can be connected to the controller, but is in turn connected to multiple other memory devices that fan out in a tree-like structure, which can also fan back in to a single memory device. In addition to the usual circuitry, such as a memory arrays and associated peripheral circuitry, the memory chip also includes a flip-flop circuit and can function in several modes. The modes include a pass-through mode, where the main portions of the memory circuit are inactive and commands and data are passed through to other devices in the tree structure, and an active mode, where the main portions of the memory circuit are active and can receive and supply data. Reverse active and reverse pass-through modes, where data flows in the other direction, can also be used. The pads of the memory chip can be configurable to swap input and output pads to more efficiently form the memory chips into a package.
US09324384B2
In a sense amplifier, a switching transistor is configured to apply a ground voltage to a ground node in response to a sense enable signal. A first detection circuit is configured to output a first detection signal to the first detection node based on a mode signal and a voltage of a bit-line. A second detection circuit is configured to output a second detection signal to the second detection node based on a voltage of a complementary bit-line. A latch circuit is connected to a supply voltage, the first detection node and the second detection node, and configured to output a first amplified signal and a second amplified signal through a latch node and a complementary latch node, respectively, based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal.
US09324382B2
A resistive memory device includes a cell block having a plurality of unit memory cells in which a resistive element and a cell select element are connected to each other in series, the cell block operating in response to a word line, a bit line, and a source line, and a dummy line, when different interconnection layers form the source line and the bit line, respectively, connected to one of the interconnection layers which is formed at a lower side the remaining interconnection layer between the interconnection layers for the source line and the bit line, wherein the dummy line has a resistance lower than a resistance of the lower interconnection layer.
US09324378B2
A method comprising utilizing a first navigator to seek to a navigation point appropriate to a begin frame of a first video segment, to step to the begin frame of the one video segment, and to cue a playing at the begin frame of the one video segment; utilizing a second navigator to seek to a navigation point appropriate to a begin frame of a non-sequential video segment, step to the begin frame of the non-sequential video segment, and cue a playing at the begin frame of the non-sequential video segment; utilizing the first navigator to enable a playing of the first video segment; and synchronizing the second navigator to enable a playing of the non-sequential video segment seamlessly following the playing of the first video segment.
US09324346B1
A novel head stack assembly (HSA) is disclosed and claimed. The HSA includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having a mouth with an upper mouth edge and a lower mouth edge. The FPC includes a first plurality of conductive terminals immediately adjacent the upper mouth edge and a second plurality of conductive terminals immediately adjacent the lower mouth edge. The mouth defines and is bisected by a mouth centerline disposed equidistant from the upper mouth edge and the lower mouth edge. The mouth centerline is substantially parallel to and substantially equidistant from first and second actuator arms of the HSA. A first plurality of conductive traces of a first head gimbal assembly (HGA) is electrically connected to the first plurality of conductive terminals, and a second plurality of conductive traces of a second HGA is electrically connected to the second plurality of conductive terminals.
US09324343B2
A magnetic storage system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head having a removable organic coating thereon in an amount sufficient for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials. A kit according to one embodiment includes a drive having a magnetic head, and a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to the magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials.
US09324329B2
A method for parametric spatial audio coding of a multi-channel audio signal comprising a plurality of audio channel signals is provided, the method comprising: calculating at least two different spatial coding parameters for an audio channel signal of the plurality of audio channel signals, selecting at least one spatial coding parameter of the at least two different spatial coding parameters associated with the audio channel signal on the basis of the values of the calculated spatial coding parameters; including a quantized representation of the selected spatial coding parameter into a parameter section of an audio bitstream; and setting a parameter type flag in the parameter section of the audio bitstream indicating the type of the selected spatial coding parameter being included into the audio bitstream.
US09324328B2
A method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes decoding an encoded audio signal to obtain a decoded baseband audio signal, filtering the decoded baseband audio signal to obtain subband signals, and generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals. The method also includes adjusting a spectral envelope of the high-frequency reconstructed signal based on an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion extracted from the encoded audio signal to obtain an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal, generating a noise component based on a noise parameter extracted from the encoded audio signal, and adding the noise component to the envelope adjusted high-frequency signal to obtain a noise and envelope adjusted high-frequency signal.
US09324325B2
A method and system for converting voice data to text data between users is provided. The method includes receiving voice data from at least one user and determining phoneme data items corresponding to the voice data. Conversion candidate string representations of the phoneme data items are identified by referencing a conversion dictionary defining the conversion candidate string representations for each phoneme data item. The plurality of conversion candidate string representations are scored and a specified conversion candidate string representation is selected as text data based on the scores. The text data is transmitted to a terminal device accessed by the at least one user.
US09324311B1
An adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from that is injected into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. At least one microphone provides an error signal indicative of the noise cancellation at the transducer, and the coefficients of the adaptive filter are adapted to minimize the error signal. In order to prevent improper adaptation or instabilities in one or both of the adaptive filters, spikes are detected in the error signal by comparing the error signal to a threshold ambient noise average. Therefore, if the magnitude of the coefficient error is greater than a threshold value for an update, the update is skipped. Alternatively the step size of the updates may be reduced.
US09324297B2
An image display unit, includes: an image display section having pixels each including red, green, blue, and white pixels; and a signal generating section configured to generate red, green, blue, and white sub-pixel signals, the signal generating section being configured to determine values of the red, green, and blue sub-pixel signals Rcvt, Gcvt, and Bcvt, based on a first matrix and a second matrix, with use of a coefficient ‘Purity’, an additive-color-mixture matrix, and a purity coefficient ‘Ψ’, and being configured to employ a value of the white sub-pixel signal Wcvt as a value of min (RnL, GnL, BnL), where the min (RnL, GnL, BnL) represents a minimum value of the red-, green-, and blue-display image signal RnL, GnL, and BnL that are linearized and normalized and are provided for each of the pixels.
US09324295B2
A projector includes a projection unit that displays an image on a screen, a control unit that allows the projection unit to display a plurality of images based on image data input from a plurality of PCs, a location detection unit that detects an operation location by a pointing tool, an output control unit that selects the PC based on the operation location detected by the location detection unit and a display location of the image on the screen, and an output switching unit that outputs coordinates of the operation location to the PC selected by the output control unit.
US09324283B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel; and a fourth sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the first sub-pixel and an extension coefficient is supplied to the first sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the second sub-pixel and the extension coefficient is supplied to the second sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the third sub-pixel and the extension coefficient is supplied to the third sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least the input signal for the first sub-pixel, the input signal for the second sub-pixel, the input signal for the third sub-pixel, and the extension coefficient is supplied to the fourth sub-pixel. The extension coefficient varies based on at least a saturation of the input signals.
US09324279B2
A micon unit (11) performs, along at least one direction within the plane of planar light, brightness correction processing for adjusting brightness distribution of the planar light on light source color video signals (RSd, Gsd and BSd) so as to change them into light source color video signals (RSd′, GSd′ and BSd′), and the micon unit (11) further calculates the total light emission power of all LEDs (52) based on the light source color video signals (RSd′, GSd′ and BSd′), and performs, when the total light emission power exceeds an allowable light emission power, light emission power correction processing on the light source color video signals (RSd′, GSd′ and BSd′).
US09324278B2
Techniques for operating a display system in a wide range of ambient light conditions are provided. An intensity of ambient light on a display panel may be detected. The display panel may be illuminated by light sources in addition to the ambient light. An individual light source may be individually settable to an individual light output level. If it is determined that the luminance level of the ambient light is above a minimum ambient luminance threshold, an ambient black level may be calculated using the intensity of ambient light. Light output levels of one or more of the light sources may be elevated to first light output levels. Here, the one or more light sources may be designated to illuminate one or more dark portions of an image. The first light output levels may create a new black level equaling the determined ambient black level.
US09324275B2
Discussed is an OLED display device and a method of driving the same. The OLED display device includes first to third transistors, a capacitor, a driving transistor, and an OLED. The first transistor supplies a data voltage to a first node according to a first scan signal. A first electrode of the second transistor is connected to the first node, and a gate of the second transistor is connected to a second electrode of the second transistor. The third transistor initializes a voltage of a second node according to a second scan signal. One end of the capacitor is connected to the second node, and the other end of the capacitor is connected to a third node. A gate of the driving transistor is connected to the second node, and a source of the driving transistor is connected to the third node. The OLED emits light.
US09324274B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a scan driving unit configured to provide a scan signal to pixel circuits via a plurality of scan lines, a data driving unit configured to provide a data signal to the pixel circuits via a plurality of data lines, a power unit configured to provide a first power voltage and a second power voltage to the pixel circuits, the first power voltage being greater than the second power voltage, a gamma reference voltage generating unit configured to generate a gamma reference voltage corresponding to a voltage difference between the first power voltage and a subtraction reference voltage, a gamma voltage generating unit configured to generate a plurality of gamma voltages based on the gamma reference voltage, and to provide the gamma voltages to the data driving unit, and a timing control unit.
US09324262B2
A pixel array structure of a display device, for example, an organic light emitting display device, includes a plurality of pixel units. In the pixel array structure, each of the pixel units includes four color pixels arranged in a lattice form, and a white sub-pixel positioned at the center of the pixel unit. The four pixels are disposed at a periphery of the pixel unit. In the pixel array structure, pixels are efficiently arranged in consideration of characteristics of the pixels.
US09324253B2
Modular displays are made up of arrays of modules that include light sources and light modulators. The modules may include control circuits that perform some image processing functions. The modules may illuminate a screen directly or may include optical systems that project light onto a screen.
US09324252B2
A wiring structure of a wiring area on a liquid crystal displaying panel includes a number of wiring lines connected to one end of a corresponding data line and corresponding scan line on the wiring area, at least one signal testing point, a number of first testing lines connected between the wiring lines and the signal testing point, a number of second testing lines connected between the signal testing point and the other end of the corresponding data line and the corresponding scan line, and a switch controlling circuit connected to the second testing lines. After the testing lines are disconnected from the wiring lines in the previous process, the testing signal still can be transmitted through the other end of the corresponding data line or the scan line, to implement the image test of the liquid crystal displaying panel.
US09324240B2
A vertically integrated, mobile educational system for a child aged about 1 to about 12 years is presented comprising a mobile digital processing device that is optionally connected to a computer network and at least one mobile application provided to the mobile digital processing device. The one or more mobile applications include executable instructions that create a mobile interactive educational resource characterized by: providing a mobile extension of a web-based educational suite; integrating with the web-based educational suite according to an instructional plan designed to accomplish one or more specific educational objectives in a subject; and comprising one or more learning activities associated with a subject appropriate for the child. Additionally, the educational resource is substantially free of activities not teaching toward one or more educational objectives in a subject.
US09324234B2
A mobile computing device with a mobile operating system and personal computer or vehicle processing module operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel without virtualization. The mobile operating system provides a user experience for the mobile computing device that suits the mobile environment. The personal computer operating system provides a full personal computer user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a secondary terminal environment. The vehicle processing module operating system provides a full vehicle processing module user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a secondary terminal environment. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile OS and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
US09324232B2
A method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information, comprising: (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriented road section network; (b) acquiring a variety of the vehicular traffic data and information associated with the oriented road section network, from a variety of sources; (c) prioritizing, filtering, and controlling, the vehicular traffic data and information acquired from each of the variety of sources; (d) calculating a mean normalized travel time (NTT) value for each oriented road section of said oriented road section network using the prioritized, filtered, and controlled, vehicular traffic data and information associated with each source, for forming a partial current vehicular traffic situation picture associated with each source; (e) fusing the partial current traffic situation picture associated with each source, for generating a single complete current vehicular traffic’ situation picture associated with entire oriented road section network; (f) predicting a future complete vehicular traffic situation picture associated with the entire oriented road section network; and (g) using the current vehicular traffic situation picture and the future vehicular traffic situation picture for providing a variety of vehicular traffic related service applications to end users.
US09324228B2
A pipe system includes a pipe for containing a pipe flow therethrough having a first flow rate, a sampling tube coupled in fluid communication to the pipe for receiving and containing a portion of the pipe flow therethrough, for interacting with the portion of the pipe flow therethrough so as to form a second flow rate of the portion of the pipe flow being an amplification of the first flow rate, and for returning the portion of the pipe flow to the pipe, and a sensor for sensing the second flow rate and for transmitting a signal being a function of the second flow rate.
US09324224B2
Operation of a generally requires that the operator have sufficient range of motion in the upper limbs to 1) steer the vehicle and/or 2) to operate the vehicle's ancillary controls. The presently disclosed technology provides for limiting upper limb movement by requiring a user's upper limbs to be oriented in a way as to limit or prevent the user from being able to operate the vehicle. Cuffs may be secured to a variety of locations on a user's upper limbs. In a predetermined upper limb position, the cuffs are oriented in a specific location and orientation on the user's upper limbs and in a specific proximity and orientation with respect to one another. The user is compliant by maintaining the cuffs in the predetermined upper limb position. To ensure compliance, the cuffs are equipped with a compliance monitor that monitors the cuffs contact, proximity, and/or orientation with one another in conjunction with GPS information such as location and/or speed.
US09324223B2
A new and improved electronic monitoring home units and associated installation methods. The present disclosure provides for an electronic monitoring home unit capable of automated confirmation of location and method of automated confirmation of location when a home unit has been installed. The present disclosure provides for a home unit capable of intelligent inclusion zone setting for a home unit and a method of such inclusion zone setting. The present disclosure also provides for a streamlined installation method with automated communication between a home unit and central monitoring system.
US09324215B2
A game machine uses a lottery region having cell columns and symbol columns for providing a game opportunity, causes a special symbol column to appear in it, determines by lottery symbols of the special symbol column, causes the special symbol column containing the symbols obtained by a lottery result to appear and moves and stops the special symbol column so that the symbols of the special symbol column are arranged on the cells to be changed, and determines whether the symbols arranged in a cell group of a determination target form a prize winning pattern based on the symbols arranged by the special symbol column. Further, the game machine moves the special symbol column along each cell so that at least a direction crossing a movement direction of each symbol column is included as a movement direction of the special symbol column.
US09324208B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include storing a copy of wagering game content of a wagering game on a portable data storage device while the portable data storage device is connected to a wagering game machine in a casino, the wagering game being played at the wagering game machine. The operations can further include disconnecting the portable data storage device from the wagering game machine, the portable data storage device being configured to transport the copy of the wagering game content to play on a computing device outside the casino.
US09324207B2
When a wild symbol 311a is fixedly displayed, a gaming machine of the present invention preferentially displays a fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a over a symbol 311 rearranged behind the fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a until rearrangement is completed. When the plurality of symbols 311 rearranged including the symbol 311 rearranged behind the fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a satisfy a predetermined relation, the symbol 311 rearranged behind the fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a is preferentially displayed over the fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a. When the predetermined relation is not satisfied, the fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a is preferentially displayed over the symbol 311 rearranged behind the fixedly displayed wild symbol 311a.
US09324205B1
A system and method are provided for implementing system controlled randomization and related functioning in screening procedures when granting individuals entry into certain limited access areas. The disclosed schemes supplement personnel access systems with additional user aware features to implement standard objective randomization processes for the selection, identification and tracking of individuals for separate levels of screening. The randomization scheme is tracked to collect information regarding the selection of individuals from the group of all individuals screened at a particular screening checkpoint to verifiably prove objective randomness in the implementation of the randomization scheme. An additional verifiable capability is provided to modify the randomization scheme locally, or from a centralized location, to adapt to changing situations while maintaining the objectivity in the scheme. These modifications can be individually directed by a system administrator, or can be automated to make them one or more of time- or event-driven.
US09324202B2
A method and system for providing location-based services are proposed, wherein the objective is the determination of the authorization of a person to use location-based services using non-contact detection and the evaluation of media information from a customer medium, whereby the location of the customer medium is carried out based on the detection of the medium and where the media information of the customer medium is recorded based on an automatically implementable non-contact interaction between at least one reading device assigned one location and connected to computer and the customer medium, if the customer medium is within the range least one reading device, where the customer medium comprises an RF transceiver and communicates with the computer via at least one reading device in a predetermined frequency range, where location-based services are provided cases of a valid authorization, the provision of which depends on the detection of the customer medium via at least one reading device assigned to the location, and where the customer medium is controlled by a computer via least one reading device in such a manner that the energy consumption of the customer medium is minimized.
US09324196B2
Vehicle diagnostic tests may be performed by an owner of a vehicle on a self-serve basis. In one implementation, a method may include communicating, by a vehicle diagnostic device, with a vehicle through an OBD connector of the vehicle, to obtain diagnostic information relating to operation of the vehicle. The method may further include receiving instructions relating to the obtaining of the diagnostic information and playing, via a speaker associated with the vehicle diagnostic device, the instructions as audible instructions.
US09324192B2
A monitoring unit for vehicle monitoring comprising a receiving module configured to receive data from an OBD, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of jerks detected by a 3-axis accelerometer. The monitoring unit comprises an analytics module configured to compare an intensity of each jerk of the plurality of jerks to a predefined jerk threshold and capture high intensity jerks from the plurality of jerks. The high intensity jerks have intensity equal to or more than the predefined jerk threshold. The method further comprises determining an elapsed time for each of the high intensity jerks. The elapsed time for each of the high intensity jerks is compared to a predefined time threshold. Further it is determined whether an analysis on the high intensity jerks is to be performed at the vehicle or at a server located remotely.
US09324189B2
An ambulatory system to communicate visual projections. An embodiment of an apparatus for ambulatory communication includes: a propulsion system to enable the apparatus to fly, including to hover in place and to follow a user; a stereo camera to record an image of a user of the apparatus or a scene nearby the user of the apparatus; a transmitter to transmit video data generated by the stereo camera to a second apparatus via network for a communication with a remote user; a receiver to receive video data via the network from the remote user; and a video projection mechanism to project an image including the received video to the user.
US09324187B2
A visualization process visualizes a visualization range of a three-dimensional model based on physical values of regions of the model. The visualization process may include setting the visualization range, projecting the physical values corresponding to the visualization range onto a visualization plane, designating a coloring range for the projected physical values within the visualization range based on the physical values, defining color information that determines a relationship of the physical values and colors based on the coloring range, and coloring the visualization range based on the color information and the coloring range.
US09324182B2
Techniques for single pass radiosity from depth peels are described. In one or more embodiments, radiosity for frames of a graphics presentation is computed using depth peel techniques. This may occur by rendering geometry for a frame and then computing two depth peels per frame based on the geometry, which can be used to determine occlusion of secondary bounce lights as well as color and intensity of third bounce lights for radiosity. The two depth peels may be generated in a single rendering pass by reusing rejected geometry of a front depth peel as geometry for a back depth peel. The use of depth peels in this manner enables accelerated radiosity computations for photorealistic illumination of three dimensional graphics that may be performed dynamically at frame rates typical for real-time game play and other graphics presentations.
US09324181B2
Method for producing an autostereoscopic display with an optical element and an image forming unit, characterized by the following method steps: provide an optical element preferably generated on a flat substrate, determine position parameters of the optical element using a sensor unit, particularly an optical sensor unit, and deposit the image forming unit onto the back of the optical element based on the position parameters determined. In addition, an autostereoscopic display produced in this manner is disclosed.
US09324163B2
A tile-based graphics processing system 3 has a write out stage 31 configured to compress depth data by dividing each depth value to be compressed into plural parts, forming plural depth data channels by associating corresponding ones of the plural parts of different depth values with each other and applying a data compression scheme separately to each depth data channel to be compressed in order to produce compressed representations of the depth data channels. The compressed representations of the depth data channels are written to external memory 34.
US09324162B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus including a tone mapper that losslessly tone maps image data in a floating-point representation, a base layer generator that generates base layer image data by reducing a bit depth of the image data tone mapped by the tone mapper, and an enhancement layer generator that generates enhancement layer data by using the image data tone mapped by the tone mapper and the base layer image data generated by the base layer generator.
US09324161B2
Methods for content-aware image compression are disclosed. One method comprises the steps of non-uniformly downscaling an original input image according to a saliency map, creating a residual image, encoding the residual image and downscaled input image, and transmitting the residual image and downscaled input image. The encoded image components are transmitted to a receiver. Downscaling may be performed using an aspect ratio that is automatically calculated from the saliency map. The saliency map may be based on an algorithm specified at an encoder or on regions of interest selected by a plurality of users of receivers that receive the transmitted encoded image components.
US09324160B2
The present invention relates to the field of image processing and image stabilization methodologies used on image acquisition and processing systems. A method and apparatus to generate an image sequence output that is stable and free of any sudden jumps from an image sequence input acquired with an imaging system whose line of sight is fixed but may drift in time, and by efficiently updating the reference frames that are used in the image stabilization, the method can be optimized.
US09324151B2
System and methods for determining where a digital photograph was taken by estimating the camera pose with respect to a global scale three-dimensional database. Accurate location and orientation of the digital photograph is established through feature correspondence and geometry estimated from photograph collections.
US09324149B2
A method and use are described for disabling certain wireless communication device functionalities based on input from the device's user-facing camera. More particularly, image data of the user is collected, image analysis is used to extract certain metrics about the user, and if those metrics are in violation of one or more thresholds one or more device functionalities are disabled. The functionality may be disabled for a period of time or until the user's image metrics fall below one or more thresholds. The disabled device functionalities may also be extended to connected peripheral devices. Finally, records of threshold violations resulting in disabled device functionality may be stored on the device or a database and made available to third parties.
US09324143B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for diagnosing strokes. In particular, systems and methods for acquiring timely patient status information are described that enable a physician to make diagnostic and treatment decisions relating to ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. The systems and methods enable the efficient and quantitative assessment of arterial collaterals within the brain for aiding these decisions in the case of ischemic strokes. In the case of hemorrhagic strokes, the systems and methods are effective in determining if there is a leak and what is the rate of leaking.
US09324137B2
Methods and apparatuses for adjusting a global dynamic range of an image are described. An image is decomposed into (i) a low spatial frequency component and (ii) a high spatial frequency component. The global dynamic range of the low spatial frequency component is adjusted to produce an adjusted low spatial frequency component. The image is reconstructed with (i) the adjusted low spatial frequency component and (ii) the high spatial frequency component to thereby produce a processed image.
US09324133B2
A system for determining a high resolution image includes receiving a low resolution image and determining a vector of a patch of the low resolution image based upon a low resolution dictionary. The system includes determining a high resolution patch based upon a high resolution dictionary and the vector and determining the high resolution image based upon the high resolution patch.
US09324125B2
The present disclosure provides a method for rendering of CT image data. The method includes acquiring 2D image data of a background and 2D image data of a target; rendering the 2D image data of the target into a 3D image of the target to obtain a first hit position of a ray; rendering the 2D image data of the background into a 3D image of the background; adjusting the 3D image of the background based on the first hit position; and synthetically rendering the 3D image of the background and the 3D image of the target. The present disclosure also provides apparatus for implementing the method.
US09324121B2
A system and method are described to track and warn a person suspected of texting while driving a moving vehicle. The position and speed of a user's cell phone are compared with those of other cell phone users in the vicinity. If the position and speed of a phone track that of one or more neighboring phones, it is assumed that a user may under certain conditions be texting while driving. For circumstances where persons suspected to be in the same vehicle utilize different service providers, parameters such as for instance cell phone position, velocity, and direction of travel are time stamped and then compared. Cell phone users who are determined likely to be texting while driving based on the disclosed methods may be warned without disabling their texting capability.
US09324120B2
Embodiments of the invention leverage mobile proliferation to enable laypersons to initiate a timely and effective emergency response in case of an emergency, such as a medical emergency, e.g. cardiac event. Mobile apps are made available as part of an organization's overall response plan and program, allowing bystanders of emergency events to easily initiate notification of trained responders, for example in their facility, in a timely manner commensurate with the type of emergency specific to their facility. More particularly, embodiments of the invention use mobile applications to alert certified first trainees to respond to the scene of the emergency.
US09324118B2
There is described herein a system and method for tracking an infant formula product. Coded data representative of a unique identity of the formula product is attached thereto and read to allow inventory control and track the allocation of the infant formula product to a user. For instance, safety mechanisms can be put into place to ensure the authenticity of the formula product and that the user is fed the product in accordance with a prescribed composition.
US09324117B2
A system and method for transacting retrieval of inventory data, such as real estate property listing(s), over an information network and dynamically transmitting the listing(s), in near or real time, to one or more subwindows of a web browser window. The listings contain customized rendering instructions that are encoded into an inventory data string and sent to an ad server that renders the listings in the subwindow according to the customized rendering instructions.
US09324102B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for sketch based queries are presented. A sketch corresponding to a search item may be received from a user. At least a portion of the sketch may be generated by the user. An item attribute may be extracted from the sketch. The item attributed may correspond to a physical attribute of the search item. A set of inventory items similar to the search item may be identified based on the extracted item attribute and a search scope. The identified set of inventory items may be presented to the user.
US09324098B1
Various embodiments of a hosted payment service are disclosed. In some embodiments, a merchant can enable customer use of the payment service by adding a line or sequence of widget code to a web page, such as a shopping cart page, of the merchant's site. Thereafter, a user who is registered with the payment service can invoke the payment service and complete a purchase transaction directly from the merchant site. For example, while viewing a shopping cart page, the user may be able to securely interact with the payment service and complete the purchase transaction via a transaction display object that is incorporated into the shopping cart page. In some embodiments, the transaction display object prompts the registered customer to enter a secondary authentication input, and the payment service uses this input in combination with a browser cookie to authenticate the user.
US09324094B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for characterizing effectiveness of online advertisements inserted into media streams based at least in part on monitoring events indicative of an audience skipping ad streams inserted into the media streams. The methods and systems described in this specification enable tracking the number of impressions prior to detecting events indicative of interest or disinterest for ad streams inserted into a media stream.
US09324091B2
Methods, systems, software, computer readable non-transitory media, applications, devices, and the like for providing location based, mobile, user selected, time, location, and number limited or unlimited electronic coupon card selection of automatic location based reserve and redeem discounts on products or services with a profile picture, tag, motion enabled watermark, or other visual, 2D or mechanism for security purposes.
US09324090B2
In some embodiments, a fulfillment entity receives over an electronic interface from a merchant website associated with a third-party online user community an order from a member of the user community for an item from the merchant website. During order processing, a set of rules for rewarding members of the third-party online user community based on the past behaviors of one or more members of the user community is evaluated. Responsive to a condition fulfilling one of the rules, the member order is modified to provide an incentivizing reward to the member of the online user community.
US09324081B2
Systems and methods for transmitting content to a client via a communication network are provided. In one embodiment, a method of transmitting unsolicited content, such as an advertisement, to a client via the Internet may include one or more of the following steps: 1) intercepting a data transfer protocol request/response; 2) analyzing information contained within the data transfer protocol request/response; 3) selecting advertising content to send to the client; and 4) sending the selected content to the client. For example, a TCP/IP request, such as a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, from the client may be detected. Next, substitute or supplemental content may be selected for sending to the client. Lastly, the selected substitute or supplemental content may be sent to the client in lieu of or in addition to the originally requested content.
US09324078B2
The system service provider automatically spawns a custom website for any group created using the system. The group may be created from a user interface and a groups lozenge provided by the interface. Messages may be sent between group members using a multi-user chat provided by the custom website. In addition, video and images and other digital media and content may be shared with group members. The website associated with the group stores any messages sent to the group, any multi-user chat between group members, any shared videos or images, and any shared files. As a result, group members may access this information at any time; however, others people beyond the group are unable to access this information.
US09324076B2
A user may select or create a PIN at a non-secure input device, such as a web-enabled personal computer. PINs are stored at a financial host in encrypted form, as PIN offsets. The user selected PIN and a corresponding account number are sent in clear text form to the host, which selects a base PIN offset corresponding to the PIN. A host security module within the host converts the base PIN offset to an actual PIN offset using the actual account number. The actual PIN offset (corresponding to the new PIN and the account number) is then stored at the financial host.
US09324074B2
Systems and methods are directed to monitoring the communications to and from a mobile communication device in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example in accordance with an embodiment, data services such as a mobile wallet on a mobile communication device may be monitored against rules stored in a central data center repository. Other data services may include all forms of communications between the mobile communication device and a third party along with changes to application or data within the mobile communication device. An alert may be provided to an administrator when unauthorized mobile wallet activity is detected and/or a message may be sent to the mobile communication device to prevent the unauthorized mobile wallet activity.
US09324073B2
The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document.
US09324071B2
There is provided a card or token for use in financial transactions. The financial transaction token or card has an onboard energy storage device that enables onboard electronics to operate when the card is not in the proximity of a merchant Point-Of-Service (POS) terminal. In one implementation, the onboard energy storage device includes a capacitor such as a thin-film capacitor that stores sufficient energy to power onboard electronics without the need for an onboard battery. The card may be incorporated within various conventional apparatus such as a see-through and/or protective substrate, an item of clothing, an item of jewelry, a cell phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a credit card, an identification card, a money holder, a wallet, a personal organizer, a keychain payment tag, and like personality.
US09324070B1
Financial transaction card data can be entered by providing a picture of the card to a server programmed with a text recognition algorithm. The server can perform text recognition on the image at the same time that a consumer enters additional required data, such as a zip code. The server can perform as much text recognition processing as possible in the time the consumer is entering the additional data. Once the additional data is received, a signal can be provided to the server indicating that the user is now waiting for results of the text recognition process, meaning the server should provide them as quickly as possible. Once text recognition results are received, a consumer can make a selection to identify a character which the text recognition algorithm did not sufficiently identify. Based on known account number constraints, the user selection can cause multiple characters to be identified.
US09324069B2
An apparatus and method for enabling effective use of a contactless payment device in a transit system. The invention may be implemented in a manner that separates the authentication process from the pre-authorization process, thereby permitting a transit system patron to access and begin use of the transit system prior to authorization of the transaction by the issuer of the device.
US09324066B2
An approach is provided for virtual credit card services. A request for a limited use transactional account number representing a virtual credit card is generated at a mobile device. The limited use transactional account number is received in response to the request. A point of sale interface is configured with the limited use transactional account number for presentation at a point of sale terminal.
US09324047B2
A portable computing device of a carpool participant may include functionality enabling a mobile application executed on the device to detect an appropriate end of a carpool for a respective participant. Once the end of the carpool is detected for a particular carpool participant, the mobile application may automatically generate and present a carpool survey to the participant on the participant's mobile device. The survey may be presented and feedback collected immediately once the carpool has concluded for each participant using movement and/or location based technologies included in the mobile computing device. Mobile computing devices, methods, and computer readable media are provided.
US09324043B2
A reservation system for travel, accommodation, venue ticketing and other purposes may be accessed on-line, for example via a social networking website. A user enters their social networking identification into the reservation system, which is stored for future use. When a subsequent user makes a reservation, they also enter their social networking ID and the system retrieves a list of associated parties from the social networking website, which may be a friends or contacts list, and searches for reservations made by any of those parties which have an overlapping criterion, such as date and destination. It then sends the subsequent user the social networking ID of the overlapping party. The overlap may be used to identify parties who will be at the same destination at the same time as the subsequent user, and/or are travelling on the same flight or journey. The list of associated parties may also be used to identify parties who are listing as living at the destination to which the subsequent user is travelling and those parties social networking IDs may be sent to the subsequent user. On check-in, the system may use the list of associated parties to notify the party checking-in that one of their friends or contacts has also check-in.
US09324030B2
Interface management techniques provide reduced power consumption along with reducing heat and EMI generation in a computer system having multiple interconnected processing units. Physical link layers of external interfaces that interconnect the processing units of have dynamically adjustable bandwidth and the bandwidths are dynamically adjusted by predicting interface bandwidth requirements. An interface controller detects events other than I/O requests that occur in a processing unit that are indicators of potential future transactions on one of the external interfaces connected to the processing unit. The interface controller predicts, from the detected events, that future transactions will likely occur on the interface, and in response, controls the dynamically adjustable bandwidth of physical link layer of the interface to accommodate the future transactions.
US09324016B1
A method of managing a lifecycle of a mobile communication device. The method comprises storing a biographical digest in a radio frequency identity chip of the mobile communication device at the time of manufacture of the communication device, wherein the biographical digest comprises information about the device and comprises a static portion and a dynamic portion. The method further comprises activating the device for wireless communication service; after activating the device, deactivating the device for wireless communication service; and after deactivating the device, writing a device status of the dynamic portion of the biographical digest in the radio frequency identity chip of the device to a value of dead, whereby the device is prevented from being activated for wireless communication service after once having the device status of the dynamic portion of the biographical digest in the radio frequency identity chip of the device written to the dead value.
US09324015B2
A solid housing tag and method to form the solid housing tag, the method including for example, an injection molding process. The solid housing tag has a single, continuous housing of which at least partially surrounds one or more various tag components arranged about a frame. The tag components may include a lock component and/or security component. The security component may include EAS elements, such as AM, EM, and/or RF technology elements; RFID elements; and/or benefit denial type elements.
US09324014B1
A method and system for augmenting images in physical documents with additional digital media content is described. A user device can scan the images and automatically retrieve and render the associated digital media content. Combinations of photographs, audio, maps and videos may be generated to allow users to create a cohesive interactive story. Some aspects of the disclosure involve gathering content to generate a physical document with augmented images, analyzing images for suitability to be augmented, linking images with digital media content, and generating augmented images from digital media content such as digital images, videos, and maps.
US09324013B2
An image used commercial goods creating apparatus and an image used commercial goods creating method that automatically create desired image used commercial goods using a processed image which a user has strong feelings about. Whether an image is a processed image obtained by processing an original image is judged. The content of processing of the image which is judged to be the processed image is judged. At least one of the arrangement and size of the processed image in image used commercial goods is determined on the basis of the content of processing of the processed image. The processed image is laid out on the basis of the determined at least one of the arrangement and size of the processed image to create the image used commercial goods.
US09324002B2
A system and method for user identification and personalization based on automotive identifiers are described. Image data of a vehicle is received from an image capture device. Vehicle identification information is extracted from the image data. A data record associated with a user is retrieved using the vehicle identification information. A personalized communication for the user is generated based on the retrieved data record. The personalized communication may be transmitted to a device. The personalized communication may comprise a recommendation.
US09323987B2
An apparatus and method for detecting forgery/falsification of a homepage. The apparatus includes a homepage image shot generation module for generating homepage image shots of an entire screen of an accessed homepage. A character string extraction module extracts character strings from each homepage image shot using an OCR technique. A character string comparison module compares each of the extracted character strings with character strings required for determination of homepage forgery/falsification, thus determining whether the extracted character string is a normal character string or a falsified character string. A homepage falsification determination module determines whether the corresponding homepage has been forged/falsified, based on results of the comparison. A character string learning module learns the character string extracted from the homepage image shot, based on results of the determination, and classifies the character string as the normal character string or the falsified character string.
US09323986B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for recognizing a situation based on an image using a template. The present invention provides the device for recognizing a situation based on an image. The device includes a camera unit capturing an image which is divided into a plurality of regions and having a template for each of the regions, the template defining characteristics of each of the regions, and a control unit detecting an object in the image and determining the situation surrounding the object according to the template mapped to the region to which the detected object belongs. In addition, the present invention provides the method of operating the device for recognizing a situation.
US09323985B2
A method for gesture recognition including detecting one or more gesture-related signals using the associated plurality of detection sensors; and evaluating a gesture detected from the one or more gesture-related signals using an automatic recognition technique to determine if the gesture corresponds to one of a predetermined set of gestures.
US09323983B2
According to some aspects, disclosed systems and methods include obtaining an image displaying an object; and performing pattern recognition on the image to determine a characteristic of the object. The systems and methods also include searching a central repository based on the characteristic to determine a candidate match associated with the object, the candidate match being associated with a preference, the preference comprising display instructions for the image; and modifying the image based on the display instructions for the image.
US09323982B2
A method of certifying a user is provided. The method includes: generating a learning system; if a reference image is registered, analyzing the reference image by using the learning system to detect characteristic information; storing the detected characteristic information; photographing a user to acquire a user image; analyzing the user image by using the learning system to detect face characteristic information and additional information of the user; and comparing the face characteristic information and the additional information with stored characteristic information to certify the user. Therefore, a user certification is accurately performed.
US09323972B2
A finger biometric sensor may include first and second integrated circuit (IC) dies arranged in a stacked relation. The first IC die may include a first semiconductor substrate and an array of finger biometric sensing pixels thereon, and the second IC die may include a second semiconductor substrate and processing circuitry thereon coupled to the array of finger biometric sensing pixels. The first and second IC dies may each have respective first and second non-rectangular shapes, such as circular shapes that are coextensive.
US09323967B2
There are provided a method and a system of pallet packing that generate information on an article to be loaded and a loading place of the article on a specific pallet by recognizing a 3D position on which articles are loaded on a pallet, and a method for providing loading information of the article on the pallet by using loading information of the article generated by the method. More particularly, there are provided a method and a system of pallet packing that generate information on a 3D loading position of each article by using identification information of the pallet and each article and depth information for a whole area of the pallet acquired through a depth measurement sensor and a method for providing information on a loading shape of all articles or a state in which a specific article is loaded by using loading information of the article generated through the method.
US09323964B2
Techniques for CSC detection and selection include generating a radio frequency (RF) field that defines a range of communication for the CSC reader, transmitting a signal in the RF field, and detecting a modulation in the RF field indicating that a first CSC is within the RF field and has responded to the signal. The modulation is inspected for collision, wherein collision occurs if more than one CSC within the RF field responds to the poll signal. After determining that the modulation does not contain a collision, a halt command is transmitted to the first CSC instructing the CSC to only respond to one or more specific commands.
US09323961B2
The problem of the present invention is to provide a tablet-type portable electronic device that can perform payment by way of a card, as well as having a compact size. A tablet-type portable electronic device of the present invention includes a plate-shaped housing having a front surface, a touch panel and display unit provided to the front surface of the housing, and reading units that perform reading processing of a card related to payment. The reading units are configured integrally with the housing.
US09323957B2
An apparatus includes a mesh block, a first number generator configured to generate a first number, a second number generator configured to generate a second number, and a comparator block configured to compare the first number with the second number and generate an output signal from the mesh block. The output signal indicates an occurrence of an unauthorized activity on the mesh block.
US09323950B2
An integrated circuit device comprises a processor and a secure protection zone with security properties that can be verified by a remote device communicating with the integrated circuit device. The secure protection zone includes a persistent storage that is configured for storing cryptographic keys and data. The secure protection zone also includes instructions that are configured for causing the processor to perform cryptographic operations using the cryptographic keys. In addition, the secure protection zone includes an ephemeral memory that is configured for storing information associated with the cryptographic operations. The instructions are configured for causing the processor to perform the cryptographic operations on the data stored in the persistent storage and the information in the ephemeral memory as part of a secure communication exchange with the remote device.
US09323936B2
A method and/or system for using a file whitelist may include receiving a request to approve an application for release in an application store. The request may comprise application data. The application data may comprise a resource manifest and/or a file whitelist. The resource manifest may comprise, for example, one or more resource items. The file whitelist may comprise, for example, one or more file items. The request may be analyzed based on application data. A determination may be made whether the applications may be released in the application store based on the analyzing of the applications data. A request to access a particular file may be received. A determination of whether to grant the request may be based on a resource manifest and/or a file whitelist associated with the application.
US09323934B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for managing and tracking commands associated with a change on a managed computer system. The managed computer system receives a log-on of an administrator onto the managed computer system, determines the lockdown level of the managed computer system by querying a managing computer system, and retrieves a list of authorized commands under the lockdown level from the managing computer system. The managed computer system determines, by querying the managing computer system, whether an authorized change on the managed computer system exists. The managed computer system removes the lockdown level to receive from the managing computer system authorization of commands that have been locked down, in response to determining that the authorized change exists. The managed computer system sets the lockdown level with the authorized commands on the managed computer system, in response to determining that the authorized change does not exist.
US09323928B2
Systems and methods for detecting malicious processes in a non-signature based manner are disclosed. The system and method may include gathering features of processes running on an electronic device, applying a set of rules to the features, and applying a statistical analysis to the results of the rules application to determine whether a process should be classified into one or more of a plurality of process categories.
US09323916B1
Described is a process for securely authorizing access to media content from a first device to a second device. Access to content may be authorized by performing authentication from the first device. Information used for authentication (e.g. login information) is not shared with the second device. Instead, a token may be used to authenticate the second device. The authorization process may be done in a secure manner by sharing only the generated token with the second device. Authentication information may not be derived from the token, and accordingly, even if the second device is not secure or the token is exposed, authentication information remains secure.
US09323897B2
A medication dispenser comprises a body with an opening, an advancing device, a reader, an output device and a processor connected to the advancing device, the reader and the output device. The body is closable and lockable and is arranged to receive a medication container comprising multiple individual sealed medication chambers, each medication chamber including a data tag relating to the medication chamber. The opening in the body is for a medication chamber and the advancing device is arranged to advance a medication chamber through the opening. The reader is arranged to read a data tag on a medication chamber and the processor is arranged to control the advancing device and the output device, according to a data tag on a medication chamber.
US09323893B2
Mobile consumer devices are used to communicate with consumer medical devices to either provide update data to the consumer medical device or to obtain data from the consumer medical device. Some data is used to evaluate performance and operation of the medical device or a biological condition of the living being that is being treated with the medical device. Other data is used to calibrate and update the consumer medical device or to enable or disable certain functionality of the medical device. Communications between the medical devices and mobile consumer devices can be performed automatically or on demand, as initiated by a user, a third party, or in response to predetermined conditions detected by the devices.
US09323876B1
Pre-boot metadata transfer may include loading a first configuration bitstream into a programmable integrated circuit (IC), wherein the first configuration bitstream includes a first circuit design and metadata for a second circuit design. The metadata may be stored within a memory of the programmable IC. A configuration bitstream load condition may be detected and, responsive to the configuration bitstream load condition, a second configuration bitstream may be loaded into the programmable IC. The second configuration bitstream includes a second circuit design.
US09323869B1
A system and method for shape optimization that includes receiving information regarding a model that represents one or more physical objects to be manufactured, the information comprises a finite element mesh, geometric parameters, geometric constraints, and manufacturing constraints of the model and generating a morphed mesh that results in an updated finite element mesh in order to meet specified model characteristics. The method further includes generating the morphed mesh by displacing nodes located at the boundary regions of the model and determining a displacement of interior nodes of the finite element mesh using an interpolation of boundary node displacement.
US09323860B2
An object request associated with a requesting entity can be identified. The object request can comprise of an object identifier and an object type associated with an object instance which can be a renderable entity. The entity can be a widget within an application executing within a client device. An object type associated with the object request can be determined which can be decomposed into an attribute request based a selected schema. The attribute request can comprise of an object instance identifier and an attribute identifier associated with an attribute value. An attribute index associated with a client-side object cache can be queried for the attribute value. When the attribute value exists in the attribute index, an appropriate attribute value associated with the attribute can be conveyed to the entity. When the attribute value is absent from the attribute index, the attribute request can be conveyed to a request aggregator.
US09323859B2
A method for providing Internet domain name suggestions includes parsing a web page; obtaining at least one keyword from the parsing, generating a first query from the at least one keyword; and determining, based at least on the first query, if at least one name suggestion is available. The method also includes, if at least one name suggestion is available, generating at least one domain name suggestion based at least on the first query and displaying the at least one domain name suggestion.
US09323856B2
Mapping of a universal resource locator (URL) to a virtual world location may include receiving a URL for access to an entity, accessing a mapping of the URL to coordinates of a location of the entity in a virtual world, and providing access to the entity in the virtual world. A device that may include a network interface, the network interface being configured to receive a URL and provide access to a virtual world, and a memory, the memory containing at least one mapping of a URL to coordinates in the virtual world.
US09323853B1
The present invention provides systems and methods for generating alerts based on results received from one or more custom search engines. In an embodiment, the present invention generates alerts based on custom search engines by (1) receiving one or more alert specifications including a custom search engine identifier; (2) receiving at least one current result from the identified custom search engines; (3) determining one or more itemized alert elements based on the at least one current result; and (4) transmitting a signal representing the one or more itemized alert elements to a user via a communication network.
US09323850B1
Methods and systems are disclosed for estimating a “viral score” for users in a social network, where the viral score estimates a potential contribution of a user to the virality of a content item (e.g., a webpage, a photo, a video clip, an audio clip, etc.) if the content item is shared with the user via the social network. In one embodiment, when a first user wishes to share a content item with one or more of his or her followers in the social network, a computer system determines a viral score for a second user who is a follower of the first user. The computer system then determines whether the second user is to be included in a list of potential recipients for the content item based on the second user's viral score, and presents the list to the first user.
US09323840B2
A query fingerprint of a set of frames of video content captured at a client device may be generated. Multiple patches of the set of frames of video content may be selected and a value calculated for each of the selected multiple patches. The value for each patch may be indicated as a single bit along with an additional 1-bit value to indicate whether the patch value is weak. A database of known reference fingerprints may be queried using the generated query fingerprint. Matches between the query fingerprint and the reference fingerprints may be identified. Weak bits may be given reduced weight in identifying the match of fingerprints. Based on the matches, an identifier for the video content may be returned to the client device. The client device may use the received identifier to access the supplemental content.
US09323828B2
Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
US09323824B2
An interface is provided on a computing device for interacting with data stored in a data repository. Input is received including information identifying two or more attributes, and information indicating an order for the identified attributes. A hierarchical data structure is stored, with an order of hierarchy levels corresponding to the indicated order. Multiple attribute values for the attributes are determined. The method includes assigning to each node of a first level at least one of the attribute values of a first attribute, and assigning to each node of a second level at least one of the attribute values of a second attribute, each of the nodes of the second level also being assigned respective ones of the attribute values assigned to one or more nodes of preceding levels. The interface is displayed including displaying interface elements associated with each of the nodes.
US09323818B1
A method and system for anonymizing data to be transmitted to a destination computing device is disclosed. An anonymization strategy module is executed on a computing device to store anonymization strategy for data anonymization in a data store. A logic configured to receive data from a user computer, to be stored in the destination computing device. An anonymization module is executed on the computing device to selectively anonymize data to be stored in the destination computing device, based on the anonymization strategy for the data to be stored. Anonymized data is transmitted to the destination computing device for storage, over a network.
US09323812B2
A method of processing a set of intersection queries in a multi-dimensional data structure may include receiving the set of intersection queries for the multi-dimensional data structure. The method may also include determining whether to process each of the set the intersection queries individually, or whether to process the set of intersection queries together using pre-cached modifier mappings. The method may additionally include processing the set of intersection queries, and providing intersection values that correspond to the set of intersection queries.
US09323810B2
A method of ranking curations includes receiving a query. The method also includes calculating, based on the query, a content similarity measurement for each of multiple curations. The method also includes extracting, from each of the curations, multiple curation-specific features. The method also includes calculating a curation credit measurement for each of the curations based on the extracted curation-specific features. The method also includes ranking each of the curations based on the corresponding content similarity measurement and the corresponding curation credit measurement.
US09323801B2
A system for reconciling object for a configuration management databases employs statistical rules to reduce the amount of manual identification required by conventional reconciliation techniques. As users manually identify matches between source and target datasets, statistical rules are developed based on the criteria used for matching. Those statistical rules are then used for future matching. A threshold value is adjusted as the statistical rules are used, incrementing the threshold value when the rule successfully matches source and target objects. If the threshold value exceeds a predetermined acceptance value, the system may automatically accept a match made by a statistical rule. Otherwise, suggestions of possibly applicable rules may be presented to a user, who may use the suggested rules to match objects, causing adjustment of the threshold value associated with the suggested rules used.
US09323800B2
Included are method, article of manufacture, and device that serve to identify one or more tracked categories in a document, the tracked category representing a portion of the document, identify a change in one or more of the tracked categories of the document, identify a client to notify of the change in the tracked category, and send a notification to a client, where the notification provides notice that a change has occurred in a tracked category of a document.
US09323798B2
In an embodiment, a first key value is received. A plurality of candidate rows are found in a database table, wherein the plurality of candidate rows are deleted. For the plurality of candidate rows, a plurality of respective impacts on a plurality of respective densities of each of other key values that are stored within a first key range of the first key value are calculated. For the plurality of candidate rows, a plurality of function results of the plurality of respective impacts on the plurality of respective densities are calculated. A selected candidate row of the plurality of candidate rows with a smallest function result of the plurality of function results of the plurality of respective impacts on the plurality of respective densities is selected. The first key value is stored to the selected candidate row.
US09323796B2
A data partitioning method and apparatus. The method includes: determining tuple relationship information according to received mixed loads and structure information of a database; determining tuple split cost information according to the tuple relationship information and a feature about whether the mixed loads are executable in parallel; obtaining multiple partitioning schemes according to the tuple split cost information, and determining, from the partitioning schemes, a partitioning scheme with a minimum total cost value as an optimum partitioning scheme to perform partitioning processing on data stored in the database. In the data partitioning method and apparatus, optimum partitioning is performed on data associated with the mixed loads in a database, after partitioning, data has features of a transaction load and an analytical load in the mixed loads, thereby improving working performance of the database system oriented to the mixed loads.
US09323794B2
Disclosed herein is a method and system for accelerating the generation of pattern indexes. In exemplary embodiments, regular expression pattern matching can be performed at high speeds on data to determine whether a pattern is present in the data. Pattern indexes can then be built based on the results of such regular expression pattern matching. Reconfigurable logic such a field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be used to hardware accelerate these operations.
US09323791B2
A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to evaluate an expanded shared-nothing data store configuration. A data redistribution schedule table with specified parameters is formed. Data is redistributed within the expanded shared-nothing data store in accordance with the data redistribution schedule table.
US09323790B2
In a method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a personal catalog of media content, a plurality of media content listings is received from a plurality of network enabled media devices. The plurality of network enabled media devices has common ownership with the computer system, which comprises a network enabled media device. The plurality of media content listings and a media content listing of the computer system are used to compile a personal catalog of media content. The personal catalog of media content is displayed on the display device.
US09323787B2
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for managing a system that retrieves a image corresponding to a first type specified by a retrieval request received from a terminal device and another image corresponding to a second type associated with the first type, from an image database storing a plurality of images associated with at least a number of a plurality of types, the procedure includes: referring to a learning state representing whether feature values of images corresponding to each of the plurality of the types have been obtained; retrieving an unlearned type in which the feature value has not been obtained, among the plurality of types; specifying an association type associated with the unlearned type; and outputting the unlearned type in accordance with the learning state of the association type.
US09323785B2
The embodiments herein provide a method and system for providing an image based mobile augmented reality. The system comprises a mobile device comprising a camera for capturing plurality of images, a display screen for displaying results, a GPS module for determining geographical coordinates, an input interface and a client application including a client-side database; and a central server comprising a server-side database and an image matching and ranking module comprising one or more image matching algorithms for performing an image search. The method comprises capturing a query image, transmitting query data to the central server, applying one or more image matching and ranking algorithms to identify database images matching to the search query, extracting relevant information, presenting the extracted relevant information as search results to the user and providing an option to the user to interactively communicate with the system.
US09323783B1
Disclosed is a system and method for identifying an organism. At least one database includes electronic organism profile information representing at least one respective physical characteristic associated with a plurality of respective organisms, at least one respective corresponding attribute of the respective organisms, and an identity of at least one of the plurality of organisms, as well as owner information representing at least one person respectively associated with at least one of the organisms. Profile information that includes information representing physical characteristic(s) associated with the first organism associated with a first organism is received. In accordance with at least some electronic organism profile information and at least some of the first electronic profile information, an identity is identified. Thereafter, the at least one processor transmits to the first user computing device, the identity of the at least one of the plurality of respective organisms associated with the first organism.
US09323772B2
Victim segments to be returned to a free area in a segment cleaning process from a plurality of segments included in each segment group are selected by using a method corresponding to the segment group. A host comprises an interface relaying data exchange with a storage device; and a file system module performing a segment cleaning process by selecting victim segment from a plurality of segments stored in the storage device, discovering live blocks in each of the victim segments, writing back the discovered live blocks to the storage device through the interface, and returning the victim segments to a free area. The file system module calculates victim points for all segments included in a first segment group using a first victim point calculation formula, calculates victim points for all segments included in a second segment group using a second victim point calculation formula, and selects the victim segments based on the victim points.
US09323771B2
Highly concurrent systems use lock-coupling for tree traversal wherein only two levels (parent and current) are locked at any time. The parent lock is released as soon as successful lock is attained on the grandchild. The rename technique described here facilitates using finer grained locking and multiple path traversals by changing lock ownerships.
US09323767B2
Systems and methods that allow for an intelligence platform for distributed processing of big data sets including both structured and unstructured data types across two or more intelligent data operation engine servers. The intelligent data operation engine servers can form a conceptual understanding of content in each electronic file and then cooperates with a distributed index handler to index the conceptual understanding of the electronic file. A query pipeline and the distributed index handler in the intelligence platform cooperate with the two or more intelligent data operation engine servers to improve scalability and performance on the big data sets containing both structured and un-structured electronic files represented in the common index.
US09323766B2
The storage allocation system reduces the amount of storage needed to store data, and also to store the most interesting dynamic data samples (e.g., waveforms). Dynamic data is relevant if it has changed from a previous sample. Changes need to be detected for different machinery conditions. The storage allocation approach normalizes static data to a percentage of danger alarm value that indicates how much the data is changing. The difference of successive percent of danger alarm values provides an instantaneous change value indicating how interesting the data is. To manage how much data is collected; the system maintains an interestingness threshold and stores data samples having an interestingness value above the threshold. The threshold is automatically adjusted if too much/little data is being saved. This approach optimizes the amount and value of data stored and data storage requirements for improved data storage efficiency.
US09323761B2
Techniques for indexing file paths of items in a repository may include, for each type associated with instances that are not associated with file path indexes, starting with folder types prior to item types in a round robin sequence, attempting to associate the instances of the type with file path indexes. The repository may be queried for instances of a current type that are not associated with file path indexes and that are filed in a folder that is associated with a file path index. Responsive to the querying returning one or more instances of the current type, the one or more instances of the current type may be associated with the file path indexes. Responsive to the querying returning one or more instances of the current type, attempting to associate the instances of the same current type with file path indexes may be repeated.
US09323752B2
A method and system for displaying slides associated with display categories. Display categories are simultaneously displayed, each display category including display sets, each display set including a set of slides. A first row of buttons is displayed for a selected display category. Each button in the first row of buttons corresponds to a different display set in the selected display category such that each display set is represented by a different button in the first row of buttons. A second row of buttons is displayed simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons. Each button in the second row of buttons corresponds to a different slide in the display set selected via selection of the first button in the first row of buttons. The slide corresponding to the selected second button is displayed simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons and the displayed second row of buttons.
US09323751B2
Access to documents by parties can be controlled as follows. First, access can be controlled in accordance with access counters associated with the parties, where the documents have one or more versions. Second, access can be controlled in accordance with access levels associated with the parties. The access level of each party is one of a first access level, a second access level, a third access level, or a fourth access level. The first, second, third, and fourth access levels are ordered from the first access level to the fourth access level such that the first access level provides a greatest degree of access to the documents and the fourth access level provides a least degree of access to the documents. Third, access can be controlled in accordance with placement of organizations within a hierarchy of organizations, where the parties are organized over the organizations.
US09323747B2
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for machine translation of a source document in an input language to a target document in an output language, comprising generating translation options corresponding to at least portions of each sentence in the input language; and selecting a translation option for the sentence based on statistics associated with the translation options.
US09323745B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing translations from a source language to a target language. The method comprises receiving a source phrase, generating a target bag of words based on a global lexical selection of words that loosely couples the source words/phrases and target words/phrases, and reconstructing a target phrase or sentence by considering all permutations of words with a conditional probability greater than a threshold.
US09323741B2
A system and method for searching through functions and expressions with symbols. Moreover, the system can be used to recognize and further analyze the notations of this nature and use this in order to translate, transform into audio, or solve the mathematical problems. According to at least some embodiments, the functions comprise mathematic equations which are defined by symbols and mathematic notation. The system and method enable a user to enter a mathematical equation in a WYSIWYG environment to a search engine, and to find similar or identical equations, first and foremost according to theoretical similarity, and secondly, according to visual similarity. The engine does this be understanding the meaning behind the visual symbols of the equation using a Dynamic Hidden Markov Model (hereon DHMM). The system enables the user to insert the equation with no prior knowledge of LaTeX, or any computing language, and with no need to follow a predefined generic protocol in order to insert the query.
US09323732B2
A method for an accessibility solution provided as a software. The method includes approving or implementing by a website owner of a code into his website and receiving web format by a user device by “scraping” the data from the website pages or by other means of using client side plugin, server side plugin, browser or 3rd party server side or mobile app. The method also includes analyzing the data over the user device or on the server side and clicking a button by the end-user and the original code and the content and code that were collected from the website are rewritten which can also be done automatically as a suggestion to the end user, and the end-user sees or can use a new format according to the updated standard.
US09323727B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for communicating between pages to be displayed at a client, a system for communicating between pages to be displayed at a client, and a computer program product for communicating between pages to be displayed at a client. A method for communicating between pages to be displayed at a client is provided. The method includes detecting whether a first page is to transmit data to a second page, in the event that the first page is to transmit the data to the second page, obtaining a communication identifier of the second page in a current page group storing the first page and the second page, and establishing a communication link between the first page and the second page based on the communication identifier, and using the communication link to send the data to be transmitted to the second page.
US09323714B2
Embodiments of a multi-processor array are disclosed that may include a plurality of processors, and controllers. Each processor may include a plurality of processor ports and a sync adapter. Each sync adapter may include a plurality of adapter ports. Each controller may include a plurality of controller ports, and a configuration port. The plurality of processors and the plurality of controllers may be coupled together in an interspersed arrangement, and the controllers may be distinct from the processors. Each processor may be configured to send a synchronization signal through its adapter ports to one or more controllers, and to pause execution of program instructions while waiting for a response from the one or more controllers.
US09323703B2
Techniques are disclosed to provide arbitration between input ports and output ports of a switch. For each of at least one input port of a group of input ports, a respective request is received specifying for the respective input port to be allocated a clock cycle in which to send data to a group of output ports. A grant of the request of a primary input port is issued at each clock cycle, the primary input port including a first input port of the at least one input port. Upon a determination, subsequent to a first clock cycle count elapsing, that an input arbiter has not yet accepted any grant of the request of the primary input port, a grant is issued at each clock cycle, including alternating between issuing a grant of the request of the primary input port and of an alternate input port, respectively.
US09323697B2
A detachable audio device structured to be coupled to an interface port of a computer system simulates the coupling and uncoupling of an audio controller to trigger an operating system being executed by a processing device of the computer system to select between an audio driver for that same audio controller and another audio driver for a different audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access, thus triggering a selection between causing audio played by the computer system to be acoustically output through either an acoustic driver to which the detachable audio device relays the audio or another acoustic driver associated with the other audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access.
US09323692B2
In response to a current context, with a particular process currently in control of a processor requesting access to a shared address space, a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) controller sets a process identifier field in a virtual address to be looked up in a TLB to a clamped value different from an identifier for the process, wherein the virtual address comprises at least the process identifier field and an effective address field set to an address in the requested shared address space. In response to the TLB controller comparing the virtual address for the current context to a particular entry of at least one entry within the TLB comprising the at least one entry stored for a previous translation of a previous virtual address, the TLB controller only indicates a match between the process identifier field and a translation process identifier field within the particular entry of the TLB if the translation process identifier field is also set to the clamped value.
US09323681B2
A file storage system for storing data of a file received from a client includes a back-end file server in which the data is stored. The system includes a cache appliance in communication with the file server, such that the appliance stores portions of the data or attributes of the file, and uses the stored data or attributes to process file system requests received from the client, and which reads and writes data and attributes to the back-end file server independently. A system for responding to a file system protocol request in regard to a back-end server includes a token server. The system includes a plurality of cache appliances in communication with the token server, each of which receives tokens from the token server to synchronize access to data and attributes caches of the cache appliances, and reading and writing data and attributes to the back-end servers when tokens are revoked, the cache appliance having persistent storage in which data are stored, and the token server having persistent storage in which tokens are stored. A storage system includes a plurality of backend servers. The system includes a token server which grants permission to read and write file attributes and data system, and includes a plurality of cache appliances in communication with at least one of the backend servers and the token server for processing an incoming NFS request to the one backend server. Each cache appliance comprises an NFS server which converts incoming NFS requests into cache manager operations; a token client module in communication with the token server having a cache of tokens obtained from the token server; a cache manager that caches data and attributes and uses tokens from the token client module to ensure that the cached data or attributes are the most recent data or attributes, and an NFS client which sends outgoing NFS requests to the back-end file server. Methods for storing data of a file received from a client.
US09323680B1
A method and apparatus for pre-fetching data to be streamed from a data storage to a user computer comprising the steps of determining information regarding a file type of a data file, establishing pre-fetch parameters in response to the information, accessing the data file and pre-fetching data blocks from the data file in accordance with the pre-fetch parameters is described.
US09323677B2
A data processing system includes a plurality of virtual machines each having associated memory pages; a shared memory page cache that is accessible by each of the plurality of virtual machines; and a global hash map that is accessible by each of the plurality of virtual machines. The data processing system is configured such that, for a particular memory page stored in the shared memory page cache that is associated with two or more of the plurality of virtual machines, there is a single key stored in the global hash map that identifies at least a storage location in the shared memory page cache of the particular memory page. The system can be embodied at least partially in a cloud computing system.
US09323675B2
Filtering snoop traffic in a multiprocessor computing system, each processor in the multiprocessor computing system coupled to a high level cache and a low level cache, the including: receiving a snoop message that identifies an address in shared memory targeted by a write operation; identifying a set in the high level cache that maps to the address in shared memory; determining whether the high level cache includes an entry associated with the address in shared memory; responsive to determining that the high level cache does not include an entry corresponding to the address in shared memory: determining whether the set in the high level cache has been bypassed by an entry in the low level cache; and responsive to determining that the set in the high level cache has not been bypassed by an entry in the low level cache, discarding the snoop message.
US09323672B2
A scatter/gather technique optimizes unstructured streaming memory accesses, providing off-chip bandwidth efficiency by accessing only useful data at a fine granularity, and off-loading memory access overhead by supporting address calculation, data shuffling, and format conversion.
US09323668B2
An abstraction for storage class memory is provided that hides the details of the implementation of storage class memory from a program, and provides a standard channel programming interface for performing certain actions, such as controlling movement of data between main storage and storage class memory or managing storage class memory.
US09323667B2
A method and system for managing a flash memory system facilitates the use of TRIM or similar operations so as to release physical memory space of logical block addresses (LBAs) that are declared to be deleted by a user file management system. A plurality of data structures corresponding to levels of indirection are used to manage the mapping between a user logical block address and the physical location of the data in the flash memory system and to respond to user read and write requests by determining the current status of the user logical block address in the frame of reference of the memory system. This process substantially decouples TRIM management from garbage collection and wear leveling operations.
US09323666B2
The present disclosure relates to examples of controlling recycling of blocks of memory. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method comprises determining whether to reclaim one or more blocks of a memory. The method further comprises allocating at least one of the blocks to be written in accordance with the equalizing, in response to the determining, and selected from a subset of the blocks, wherein a respective lifetime factor is below a threshold set prior to the allocating.
US09323660B2
A memory is readable by page and erasable by block including a plurality of pages. After a read request to the memory is issued, a memory controller specifies all blocks which can be accessed based on an address specified by a read command, as candidate blocks, and specifies an inspection target page out of pages included in the candidate blocks on the basis of a predetermined rule. The memory controller inspects whether or not there is an error in the inspection target page.
US09323658B2
Disclosed is a storage system. The storage system includes a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) controller. The RAID controller includes a flash memory controller coupled to a flash memory. The flash memory controller may perform background management tasks. These include logging and error reporting, address translation, cache table management, bad block management, defect management, wear leveling, and garbage collection. The array controller also allows the flash memory to be divided into multiple mappings.
US09323652B2
A bottleneck detector may use an iterative method to identify a bottleneck with specificity. An automated checkpoint inserter may place checkpoints in an application. When a bottleneck is detected in an area of an application, the first set of checkpoints may be removed and a new set of checkpoints may be placed in the area of the bottleneck. The process may iterate until a bottleneck may be identified with enough specificity to aid a developer or administrator of an application. In some cases, the process may identify a specific function or line of code where a bottleneck occurs.
US09323646B2
The present invention relates to the field of debugging of compiled programs in a hardware security module such as a microprocessor card. A module according to the invention includes a microprocessor and a compiled program to be executed by the microprocessor in order to carry out an operation. The compiled program includes at least one debugging instruction which whether or not it is executed does not modify the execution of the operation. And, the hardware security module includes an element of inhibiting or activating the debugging instruction during the execution of the compiled program.
US09323636B2
Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
US09323635B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a peripheral component interconnect express endpoint device accessing method, a computer system, and an apparatus. A state of an access request sent by a processor is monitored, and a simulation response message for the access request is sent to the processor when it is determined that the PCIe endpoint device sends no response message for the access request. Therefore, according to the simulation response message, the processor can confirm completion of the procedure corresponding to the previously sent access request, and shut down a timer for timing the access request and clear the buffered access request, thereby keeping normal processing in the processor and avoiding the MCE resetting problem that arises from accumulation of access requests in the processor.
US09323633B2
A dual-master controller includes a plurality of JTAG data registers including a controller-mode register that stores information indicating a standard JTAG or a processor-controlled mode of operation. A JTAG TAP controller receives control signals over a standard test access port and a processor controller receives processor control signals over an external processor bus. A selection multiplexer outputs either signals on the standard JTAG access port or the external processor bus responsive to a JTAG mode selection signal. A logic circuit activates the JTAG mode selection signal responsive to the force JTAG signal being active or information in the controller-mode register indicating the standard JTAG mode, and deactivates the JTAG mode selection signal responsive to the force JTAG signal being deactivated or the information in the controller-mode register indicating the processor-controller mode. An instruction decoder and multiplexer circuit applies control signals from the selection multiplexer to control the JTAG data registers.
US09323632B2
A method and system is disclosed for monitoring and viewing physical parameters while the emulator is emulating a design. Additionally, the parameters are in real time or substantially real time, such as after a periodic update. In one embodiment, a monitoring portion of the emulator periodically monitors the emulator boards and power supplies for physical information. The physical information is communicated to a workstation for communication to a user. For example, the workstation can display the physical information in a graphical user interface (GUI) that shows which boards are plugged in the system and which slots are empty. In yet another aspect, the user can select a particular board in the system and view communication information, such as data errors, status, link errors, global errors, etc.
US09323629B2
Disclosed herein is a method of managing the path of an OSEK network. The method of managing the path of an OSEK network includes step S1 at which a message is transferred along nodes of the OSEK network; step S2 at which a failed node at which a network failure has occurred is detected while the message is being transferred at step S1; step S3 at which the failed node of step S2 is eliminated from the overall network; and step S4 at which the message is transferred from a source node that has transferred the message to the failed node of step S2 to a target node to which the failed node will transfer the message by connecting the source node with the target node.
US09323613B2
A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may include a first word line, a second word line, and a third word line. The second word line may be between the first word line and the third word line. The non-volatile memory may further include a first string and a second string. The first string may be adjacent to the second string. The data storage device may further include circuitry configured to store parity information at a fourth word line of the non-volatile memory. The parity information may correspond to a combination of first data associated with the first word line and the first string, second data associated with the first word line and the second string, third data associated with the third word line and the first string, and fourth data associated with the third word line and the second string.
US09323608B2
A method for improving data bus integrity includes a selectable data bus integrity feature that can improve the integrity of a data bus in a memory system. An external controller generates error correction data in response to associated data to be transmitted. The error correction data is divided into multiple data packets and appended to the corresponding data for transmission over the data bus. The memory device can use the ECC data, if the feature is enabled, to attempt to correct the corresponding data and store both the corrected data and the ECC data.
US09323603B2
A method begins by a processing module applying a share encoding function on data to produce a plurality of encoded shares and generating a corresponding plurality of random numbers for the plurality of encoded shares. The method continues with the processing module generating an encryption key based on a common password and a corresponding one of the corresponding plurality of random numbers and encrypting the encoded share utilizing the encryption key to produce an encrypted share for each encoded share of the plurality of encoded shares. The method continues with the processing module facilitating storage of the corresponding plurality of random numbers and each of the encrypted shares.
US09323594B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory device suitable for outputting health monitoring data including information on a threshold voltage distribution, and outputting read data read from memory cells included in the memory device, and a controller suitable for receiving a predetermined quantity of the read data from the memory device based on the health monitoring data, and performing a decoding operation for an error correction by using the received read data.
US09323593B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for saving a running log, including: when a running exception occurs in an operating system, configuring that a random access memory adapted to record a running log of the operating system works in a self-refresh mode; performing reset on an application processor of the operating system and keeping a power management unit working normally, where the power management unit is adapted to manage power of the application processor and the random access memory; acquiring the running log of the operating system from the random access memory and saving the running log of the operating system, after reset of the application processor is completed. The embodiments of the present application further disclose a device. By adopting the present application, it can be ensured that a log is saved completely during a preset process of the system.
US09323592B2
A remote procedure call channel for interprocess communication in a managed code environment ensures thread-affinity on both sides of an interprocess communication. Using the channel, calls from a first process to a second process are guaranteed to run on a same thread in a target process. Furthermore, calls from the second process back to the first process will also always execute on the same thread. An interprocess communication manager that allows thread affinity and reentrancy is able to correctly keep track of the logical thread of execution so calls are not blocked in unmanaged hosts. Furthermore, both unmanaged and managed hosts are able to make use of transparent remote call functionality provided by an interprocess communication manager for the managed code environment.
US09323587B2
The present invention provides a mechanism for detecting and resolving Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) comprising: requesting a server device by a client device for the APIs supported by the server; and responding by the server with a list containing the identifiers of the APIs supported by the server, wherein each of the identifiers contains the network address from which the corresponding API definition document can be obtained. The proposed mechanism provides a systematic way to establish the consensus on API definitions between a client and a server even if the client, the server, and the API definitions are each developed by a different party. Therefore, this invention allows independently developed devices to be easily integrated into a system, in which a client device can automatically and correctly determine the APIs for communicating with a server device at runtime.
US09323582B2
Implementations of node to node collaboration are described. In one technique described herein, one or more secondary nodes coupled to a primary node are identified. In one possible implementation, the secondary nodes are coupled to the primary node via a peer to peer network. Resources associated with the one or more secondary nodes can be shared with the primary node to improve a performance of an oilfield services application being run at the primary node.
US09323581B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a cloud computing environment. In some embodiments, this includes partitioning resources to create a space, determining a parent space, inheriting properties of the parent space, and storing the space in a storage device. In some embodiments, a precedence may be designated to resources of the created space, and may override properties of the parent.
US09323580B2
The present invention includes a method for resource optimization of map/reduce computing in a computing cluster. The method can include receiving a computational problem for processing in a map/reduce module, subdividing the computational problem into a set of sub-problems and mapping a selection of the sub-problems in the set to respective nodes in a computing cluster, for example a cloud computing cluster, computing for a subset of the nodes in the computing cluster a required resource capacity of the subset of the nodes to process a mapped one of the sub-problems and an existing capacity of the subset of the nodes, and augmenting the existing capacity to an augmented capacity when the required resource capacity exceeds the existing capacity, and when a cost of augmenting the existing capacity to the augmented capacity does not exceed a penalty for breaching a service level agreement (SLA) for the subset of the nodes.
US09323579B2
A system and method for performing a resource allocation diagnosis on a distributed computer system includes computing current resource allocation of the distributed computer system using a current snapshot of the distributed computer system. The current snapshot includes configurations and resource usage information of at least some components of the distributed computer system. The system and method also includes computing improved resource allocation of the distributed computer system using a modified version of the current snapshot of the distributed computer system and outputting the current resource allocation and the improved resource allocation for the resource allocation diagnosis.
US09323565B2
Embodiments provision and customize virtual machines (VMs), such as desktop VMs, without rebooting the desktop VMs. In response to a request to provision the VMs, a computing device creates a clone VM from a parent VM template identified in the request. One or more customization that prompt rebooting of the clone VM are applied to the clone VM. The computing device instantiates a plurality of child VMs from the customized clone VM. A child VM configuration is applied to at least one of the instantiated child VMs without provoking a reboot of those child VMs.
US09323557B2
Techniques promote monitoring of hypervisor systems by presenting dynamic representations of hypervisor architectures that include performance indicators. A reviewer can interact with the representation to progressively view select lower-level performance indicators. Higher level performance indicators can be determined based on lower level state assessments. A reviewer can also view historical performance metrics and indicators, which can aid in understanding which configuration changes or system usages may have led to sub-optimal performance.
US09323552B1
Embodiments are disclosed for recycling memory from a memory pool dedicated to a virtual machine instance. For example, memory sub-pools can be pre-allocated to respective virtual machine instances. Memory scrubbing can be ordinarily performed to avoid data leakage between different customers. However, scrubbing can be inhibited when a given virtual machine reclaims memory previously released to the dedicated pool because the memory remains dedicated to the instance. Further features, such as partition and merge of sub-pools can be supported. Control of the features can be accomplished via API calls as part of a web service.
US09323542B2
Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses and methods for faster solid state drive (SSD) boot-up. On boot-up, SSD control algorithms may load non-logical to physical (L2P) parts of a context and signal the system that the SSD is ready. The context may comprise various state data pertaining to the SSD. After signaling that the SSD may be ready to receive access requests, the SSD control algorithms may begin loading segments of the L2P table sequentially. Access to the L2P table may be blocked, however, when a requested segment has not yet been loaded. In such cases, the SSD control algorithms may then load the requested segment out of turn and then service the access request.
US09323541B2
Technologies are provided in example embodiments for determining that a module is to be loaded, the module being associated with module code, determining that the module is a frozen module, the frozen module being associated with frozen module code, determining that a module fingerprint of the module fails to correspond with a frozen module fingerprint of the frozen module, and causing loading of the frozen module code instead of the module code.
US09323534B2
A method includes determining, for a first thread of execution, a first speculative decoded operands signal and determining, for a second thread of execution, a second speculative decoded operands signal. The method further includes determining, for the first thread of execution, a first constant and determining, for the second thread of execution, a second constant. The method further compares the first speculative decoded operands signal to the second speculative decoded operands signal and uses the first and second constant to detect a wordline collision for accessing the memory array.
US09323529B2
Embodiments relate to reducing a number of read ports for register pairs. An aspect includes executing an instruction. The instruction identifies a pair of registers as containing a wide operand which spans the pair of registers. It is determined if a pairing indicator associated with the pair of registers has a first value or a second value. The first value indicates that the wide operand is stored in a wide register, and the second value indicates that the wide operand is not stored in the wide register. Based on the pairing indicator having the first value, the wide operand is read from the wide register. Based on the pairing indicator having the second value, the wide operand is read from the pair of registers. An operation is performed using the wide operand.
US09323528B2
Described herein are mechanisms for creating, executing, and terminating mini-threads. A processor executes instructions with a primary thread in a first execution mode, and to execute an instruction to create a secondary mini-thread that is associated with a first subset of registers and associates the primary thread with a second subset of the registers during a second execution mode. During the second execution mode, the primary thread operates as a primary mini-thread.
US09323527B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing transient instruction streams. Transient flags are defined in Branch-and-Link (BRL) instructions that are known to be infrequently executed. A bit is likewise set in a Special Purpose Register (SPR) of the hardware (e.g., a core) that is executing an instruction request thread. Subsequent fetches or prefetches in the request thread are treated as transient and are not written to lower-level caches. If an instruction is non-transient, and if a lower-level cache is non-inclusive of the L1 instruction cache, a fetch or prefetch miss that is obtained from memory may be written in both the L1 and the lower-level cache. If it is not inclusive, a cast-out from the L1 instruction cache may be written in the lower-level cache.
US09323520B2
A method for component discovery from source code may include receiving source code, and determining business classes by excluding packages and classes in the source code identified as belonging to a presentation layer, as belonging to a data access layer, as models and/or as utilities. The method may further include extracting multi-dimensional features from the business classes, estimating similarity for business class pairs based on the extracted multi-dimensional features, clustering the business classes based on the similarity and mapping functional concepts to the clusters. The clusters generated by the clustering may represent components of the source code. The method may also include determining interfaces for the components based on the clustering.
US09323510B2
Systems, methods and techniques relating to publishing mobile applications are described. A described technique includes identifying, at a second component container contained in a first component container, a first component container profile associated with the first component container, translating at least a portion of the first component container profile to a second component container profile associated with the second component container, and initializing the second component container based, at least in part, on the second component container profile.
US09323509B2
A method for automated process distribution includes selecting a process definition; identifying a first process portion and at least one second process portion in the process definition; generating a first further process definition for the first process portion; generating a second further process definition for each the second process portion; generating a corresponding service definition for each the second further process definition. In the method, generating the first further process definition includes generating a process definition element configured to invoke at least one service of the service definitions, and generating the second further process definition includes generating a process definition element configured to offer a service of the service definition corresponding to that second further process definition.
US09323506B2
A communication stack for software-hardware co-execution on heterogeneous computing systems with processors and reconfigurable logic, in one aspect, may comprise a crossbar operable to connect hardware user code and functioning as a platform independent communication layer. A physical interface interfaces to the reconfigurable logic. A physical interface bridge is connected to the cross and the physical interface. The physical interface bridge connects the crossbar and the physical interface via a platform specific translation layer specific to the reconfigurable logic. The crossbar, the physical interface, and the physical interface bridge may be instantiated in response to the hardware user code being generated, the crossbar instantiated with associated parameters comprising one or more routes and associated data widths. The hardware user code is assigned a unique virtual route in the crossbar.
US09323505B2
Systems and methods are provided for handling database deadlocks induced by database-centric applications (DCAs). SQL statements and transactions associated with the DCAs are analyzed and parsed to generate Petri net models. A supervisory modeler generates augmented Petri net models based on the Petri net models, which are used in generating supervisory control. The supervisory control is used in handling database deadlocks.
US09323501B1
Techniques to provide and use modularized XML namespaces are disclosed. In various embodiments, a resolution request associated with a first module is received. A resolution context associated with the first module is used to determine that a component made available by a second module is associated with the resolution request. Access to a shared instance of the component made available by the second module is provided.
US09323500B2
In an embodiment, a fused multiply-add (FMA) circuit is configured to receive a plurality of input data values to perform an FMA instruction on the input data values. The circuit includes a multiplier unit and an adder unit coupled to an output of the multiplier unit, and a control logic to receive the input data values and to reduce switching activity and thus reduce power consumption of one or more components of the circuit based on a value of one or more of the input data values. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09323492B2
Methods disclosed permit the printing of online content in a manner that optimally uses printer capability. A method for printing web page content can comprise: receiving a print request for a first print data associated with the web page at a printer, wherein the print request includes the web-page URL; generating a request for a second print data, wherein the request for the second print data is based on the web-page URL, and the second print data is associated with the first print data; and printing according to the second print data received in response to the request. For example, for online maps, the first print data can be low resolution map data while the second print data can be higher resolution map data. For online images, the first print data can be RGB image data while the second print data can be CMYK image data.
US09323486B2
A terminal device may perform receiving a specific key from a print intermediation server. The terminal device may perform sending the received specific key to a print intermediation server in response to the terminal device accepting a print related instruction relating to printing in a printer after the specific key is received. The terminal device may perform receiving an authentication key from the print intermediation server in response to sending the specific key. The terminal device may perform sending a first request to the print intermediation server after a first item of the authentication key is received from the print intermediation server. The terminal device may perform sending a second request to the printer after a second item of the authentication key is received from the print intermediation server.
US09323481B2
A preview display device is provided that includes a display unit, and a controller configured to determine whether a print-requested page requested to be printed is permitted to be printed, based on print restriction information, and control the display unit to display a preview image showing a print result of the print-requested page in advance of printing of the print-requested page, in a manner to distinguish the preview image showing the print-requested page determined to be permitted to be printed from the preview image showing the print-requested page determined to be not permitted to be printed.
US09323470B2
A method includes computing, in a local storage system having a local volume with a plurality of local regions, respective local checksum signatures over the local regions, and computing, in a remote storage system having a remote volume with remote regions in a one-to-one correspondence with the local regions, respective remote checksum signatures over the remote regions. A given remote region is identified, the given remote region having a given remote signature and a corresponding local region with a given local signature that does not match the given remote signature. The data in the given remote region is then replaced with data from the corresponding local region.
US09323466B2
A system and method for property assignment in a data storage system is presented. A data storage system defines a client configuration profile comprising a set of storage operation properties, wherein the storage operation properties regulate criteria for performing storage operations by the data agent on client devices that are associated with the client configuration profile. A storage management system associates a first client device to the client configuration profile; and communicates the set of properties of the client configuration profile to property tables of corresponding objects in the first client device.
US09323458B2
The present memory system includes a memory buffer having an interface arranged to buffer data and/or command bytes being written to or read from the RAM chips residing on a DIMM by a host controller. The memory buffer further includes at least one additional interface arranged to buffer data and/or command bytes between the host controller or RAM chips and one or more external devices coupled to the at least one additional interface. For example, the memory buffer may include a SATA interface and be arranged to convey data between the host controller or RAM chips and FLASH memory devices coupled to the SATA interface. The memory buffer may be employed in various types of systems, such as a computer server system, a network system, or a data center.
US09323456B2
A multi-character continuous handwriting input method where a character is written on a touch unit and after an ith character is written, an (i+1)th character is written in an overlapping manner on the ith character. When a user is writing, it is determined whether a current stroke belongs to the ith character or (i+1)th character; if it is the (i+1)th character, the display color of the ith character is dimmed automatically, so that the user clearly sees the newly written character on a display screen. Multiple characters can be written continuously without pauses and when an (i+2)th character is written, the ith character disappears automatically from the screen, and the color of the (i+1)th character is dimmed automatically. Thus, the ability to continuously write multiple handwritten characters on a screen and the corresponding recognition and display processing significantly improves the input efficiency of handwritten text.
US09323450B2
For unlocking touch control of a touch control terminal, it is detected if any unlock object is selected, then the selected unlock object is tracked to see if the selected unlock object has slid to any of a plurality of unlocking positions outside the corresponding locking zone. If positive, the touch control for a function corresponding to the selected unlock object is unlocked.
US09323436B2
Technologies are described herein for utilizing drawing guides in determining the display of smart guides in a drawing program. The drawing program detects that an active drawing object is being manipulated on a drawing canvas. The drawing program determines if one or more drawing guides are visible on the drawing canvas. Upon determining that one or more drawing guides are visible on the drawing canvas, the drawing program treats the drawing guides as drawing objects in determining the display of smart guides on the drawing canvas and the snap-to positioning of the active drawing object.
US09323435B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a device operable to process input for a picture password for proof of knowledge. In some embodiments, the device includes a display, an input subsystem, processor(s), and memory containing instructions executable by the processor(s) such that the device is operative to display, on the display of the device, an image for the picture password proof of knowledge. The image is associated with an overlaid grid comprising a plurality of elements, and each element corresponds to a distinct area of the image. The device is further operative to, determine an offset to be used and, in response to receiving an input via the input subsystem at a first location of the display, highlight an element of the overlaid grid at a second location on the first image on the display. The second location is offset from the first location by the offset.
US09323433B2
A method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for changing a reproducing time point, and an imaging apparatus incorporating the same are provided. The GUI for changing a reproducing time point displays reduction images of specific time points within a time period including a specific time point selected by a pointer, and changes the reproducing time point to the time point represented by the reduction image selected from the displayed reduction images. Accordingly, a user is able to search for a desired time point without going through a plurality of manipulations to change the reproducing time point on the progress bar using the pointer.
US09323431B2
A method, apparatus and computer program for forming graphics in a drawing area based on user instructions. In response to addition or changing of a first graphical object, an interaction zone is formed around the first graphical object for a given continuation period. It is detected if a second graphical object is drawn starting from the interaction zone during the continuation period and if yes, the first graphical object is changed by merging the second graphical object with the first graphical object.
US09323413B2
A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for manipulating a presentation of a region of interest within visual information displayed on a display screen of a computer display system. The GUI includes: a first bounding shape surrounding the focal region; a second bounding shape surrounding the shoulder region; a base outline; a pickup point; a slide bar; a move area within the region of interest; at least one zoom area; and, a zoom button.
US09323406B2
An electronic paper touch device including: a first substrate; a first electrode layer located on the first substrate; an electronic paper display layer located on the first electrode layer; a transparent electrode layer located on the electronic paper display layer and having plural transparent electrodes; a second substrate located on the transparent electrode layer; and a control unit having a touch mode and an electronic paper mode, wherein, when the control unit is in the touch mode, the control unit will couple a touch detection unit with the first electrode layer and with the transparent electrode layer to perform a capacitive touch detection procedure.
US09323397B2
An apparatus for determining location of a moveable object in relation to an input device includes an array of one or more piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) elements and a processor. The array is formed from a common substrate. The one or more pMUT elements include one or more transmitters and one or more receivers. The processor configured to determine a location of a moveable object in relation to an input device using sound waves that are emitted from the one or more transmitters, reflected from the moveable object, and received by the one or more receivers.
US09323396B2
A touch-screen device includes an imaging waveguide, in which the imaging waveguide has a radiation receiving surface and an imaging surface different than the radiation receiving surface. The imaging waveguide is configured to receive, at the radiation receiving surface, radiation emitted by a contact receiving structure, and transmit the received radiation from a position on the radiation receiving surface to a position and/or angle of incidence on the imaging surface as a function of the position on the radiation receiving surface at which the transmitted radiation was received. An imaging sensor coupled to the imaging surface of the imaging optical waveguide is configured to detect radiation incident upon the imaging surface of the imaging optical waveguide. A processing device coupled to the imaging sensor is configured to determine contact points on the exposed contact surface of a contact receiving structure based on radiation detected by the imaging sensor.
US09323392B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for sensing pressure using an optical waveguide sensor. The apparatus for sensing pressure using an optical waveguide sensor, includes: a light source radiating light; an optical waveguide panel emitting some of the radiated light outside through a plurality of light transmitting regions previously formed, and changing an amount of totally reflected light according to pressure applied to at least one of the plurality of light transmitting regions; a detector detecting the amount of light; and an analyzer determining intensity and a location of the pressure according to the detected amount of light.
US09323384B2
A touch sensor substrate includes a base substrate, a first touch sensor part that is disposed on the base substrate and includes a plurality of sensing circuits configured to sense a touch in an electromagnetic induction mode and a second touch sensor part that is disposed on the base substrate, is electrically insulated to the first touch sensor part, and comprises a plurality of sensing electrodes configured to sense a touch in a self capacitance mode.
US09323381B2
A touch screen driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits for dividedly driving a touch screen. One of the plurality of integrated circuits, which generates a driving signal to be supplied to Tx lines of the touch screen, transmits a synchronization signal synchronized with the driving signal to other integrated circuit. The other integrated circuit receiving the synchronization signal receives charges of the touch sensors through Rx lines of the touch screen in response to the synchronization signal.
US09323375B2
A touch sensor integrated type display device includes gate lines and data lines crossing over the gate lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively disposed in areas defined by the crossing of the gate lines and the data lines, a plurality of 1-1 electrodes each of which is disposed correspondingly to some of the pixel electrodes and has a first size, a plurality of 1-2 electrodes connected to the plurality of 1-1 electrodes, each of which is disposed correspondingly to another some of the pixel electrodes, and has a second size greater than the first size, and a plurality of second electrodes, each of which is disposed between the 1-1 and 1-2 electrode and is arranged in a direction crossing the 1-1 and 1-2 electrodes. The two 1-1 electrodes are disposed between the 1-2 electrodes in parallel.
US09323374B2
A display includes: display elements; drive electrodes; touch detection electrodes each forming an electrostatic capacitance with corresponding one of the drive electrodes; and a drive section applying an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes during each of a plurality of touch detection periods, the AC drive signal involving multiple transition to generate one or more transition timing pairs. The AC drive signal includes at least a first transition timing pair and a second transition timing pair over the plurality of touch detection periods. The first transition timing pair has a first transition interval, and the second transition timing pair has a second transition interval different from the first transition interval.
US09323360B2
Provided is a touch input detection method that detects a contact or approach of a touch input means (90) such as a finger of a human body, an electric conductor or a touch pen on a touch panel (10) and produces an input signal. The touch input detection method includes the steps of: (a) detecting a first touch input; (b) calculating an area where the first touch input has been detected; (c) detecting a second touch input that occurs at a predetermined time interval after occurrence of the first touch input; (d) calculating an area where the second touch input has been detected; and (e) judging a change in the areas from the first touch input to the second touch input to thus produce a zooming signal. Accordingly, a zooming signal is produced according to a change in an area of a touch input, to thus implement a zoom gesture very simply, to also realize the zoom gesture with only one finger, and to thereby achieve a touch input operation compactly.
US09323355B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing and an image sensor that is coupled to the housing and has a field of view. The apparatus also includes a non-imaging optical system coupled to the housing and disposed outside of the field of view of the image sensor. The non-imaging optical system can output diffuse light in a set of directions to a surface to produce scattered light. The image sensor and the non-imaging optical system are collectively configured such that during operation, the image sensor receives at least a portion of the scattered light.
US09323348B2
A drawing stylus that transmits data to a base unit using high-frequency audio or radio frequency signals is described. The stylus includes a color selector that enables a user to select a color to be associated with inputs from the stylus. A pressure sensor is also included to detect a pressure applied to the tip of the stylus. The selected color and pressure data are transmitted over high-frequency audio or radio frequency signals to a base unit for processing. The base unit may use the data received via the transmission along with one or more other data elements as inputs to an application executing on the base unit.
US09323340B2
A method for gesture-based control of a portable, electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface. Novel gestures are introduced that may be compatible with conventional touchscreen gestures. Contrary to custom, the user may hold a finger or any other input object in a steady manner and may move, shift, and/or rotate the electronic device below the unmoved finger or input object. In one embodiment, the user moves a smartphone or a smartwatch toward or away from the unmoved finger to establish or terminate contact with the touchscreen. In another embodiment, the user drags or rotates the smartphone below the unmoved finger such that the unmoved finger slides on the touchscreen. An acceleration sensor and/or a gyroscope may be used for capturing the movements of the electronic device.
US09323337B2
A system and method for gesture spotting and recognition are provided. Systems and methods are also provided employing Hidden Markov Models (HMM) and geometrical feature distributions of a hand trajectory of a user to achieve adaptive gesture recognition. The system and method provide for acquiring a sequence of input images of a specific user and recognizing a gesture of the specific user from the sequence of input images based on a gesture model and geometrical features extracted from a hand trajectory of the user. State transition points of the gesture model are detected and the geometrical features of the hand trajectory of the user are extracted based on the relative positions of the detected state transition points and a starting point of the gesture. The system and method further provide for adapting the gesture model and geometrical feature distribution for the specific user based on adaptation data.
US09323334B2
A control system includes: a ridge interface configured to perform a gesture therewith; and a control unit, coupled to the ridge interface, configured to interpret the gesture for controlling a device.
US09323331B2
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating the quality of automatically composed digital content based on intentional user feedback obtained through a haptic interface. For example, a method includes accessing intentional user feedback collected by a haptic interface executing on a computing device, wherein the intentional user feedback provides an indication as to a user's reaction toward digital content that the user interacts with on the computing device. The digital content includes content that is automatically generated using content generation rules. The method further includes evaluating a quality of the digital content based on the intentional user feedback, and generating an evaluation report that includes information providing an evaluation of the quality of the digital content.
US09323328B2
Touch panel providing tactile feedback in response to variable pressure and operation method thereof
A touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pressure detection unit including a light-source unit configured to generate an optical signal, an optical waveguide configured to transfer the optical signal, a sensing unit contacting with the optical waveguide to receive the optical signal according to an intensity of pressure applied externally, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive the optical signal transferred through the optical waveguide from the sensing unit; and an actuator contacting with the pressure detection unit to cause a deformation of a material according to the pressure intensity, wherein the actuator provides a tactile feedback through a vibration according to the pressure intensity.
US09323318B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for dynamically applying power policies to a computing environment. For example, a computing environment may comprise one or more activity components (e.g., a display driver, an audio driver, an application, etc.) that may provide status information used to identify a scenario (e.g., a video game scenario, a full screen video playback scenario, etc.) that is activated for the computing environment. A power policy assigned to a currently identified scenario may be applied to the computing environment to dynamically improve performance and/or power conservation, for example. Activity components, scenarios, and/or power policies may be maintained in an extensible manner such that activity components, scenarios, and/or power polices may be added, removed, and/or modified by merely updating corresponding data structures, such as tables or registry keys, as opposing to updating power management software code.
US09323317B2
A method of saving power in a computing system having a plurality of dial in-line memory modules (DIMMs) and employing a suspend-to-RAM sleep mode includes, when entering suspend-to-RAM sleep mode, consolidating selected information into a subset of DIMMs, and turning off power to all other DIMMs. A DIMM power rail may be coupled to each of the DIMMs, the DIMM power rail being configured to selectively have power being supplied to respective DIMMs turned off in response to enable/disable logic signals.
US09323311B2
In an Ethernet network comprising link partners that are coupled via an Ethernet link, an energy efficient network (EEN) communication control policy may be established above a MAC layer. The EEN control policy may determine a power level mode of operation for the link partners. Power level mode control data may be communicated from hardware, software and/or firmware of upper layer protocols to PHY devices. The control data may specify when, where and/or how long to implement the power level mode. The control data may be communicated via a “magic” packet comprising start and/or end of frame delimiters and bits that indicate the power level mode. The PHY devices may detect, parse and/or interpret the “magic” packet and may enter and/or exit a lower power mode of operation. The PHY devices may respond to by generating a magic packet and sending the packet to upper layers.
US09323308B1
A system includes a power-consuming, at least one energy storage device, and a power management system. The facility is configured to receive electrical power from an electric utility grid. The energy storage device is located at the power consuming facility and is configured to store electrical energy from the electrical power received from the electric utility grid. The power management system is configured to receive, from the electric utility grid, a request that indicates an amount of power and, in response to the request, to cause at least a portion of the power-consuming facility to be powered by the at least one energy storage device rather than the power received from the electric utility grid such that an amount of the received power consumed by the power-consuming facility is reduced by at least the indicated amount.
US09323304B2
A system and method for operating a solid state drive (SSD) within power limitations while maintaining SSD performance. In one embodiment a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is used to measure power consumption, and a built-in self-test (BIST) procedure is used to exercise the storage device, and to calibrate the power consumed by various SSD operations. The results are stored in a power consumption cost table. In one embodiment, a procedure to dynamically adjust the power consumption cost table is employed. A power credit allocation scheme is used, along with the power consumption cost table, to track and limit the power consumed by the SSD in operation.
US09323301B2
Computing system voltage control methods include receiving an indication of a first performance state. The first performance state is associated with a first voltage and applies to at least one computing system component. The indication of the first performance state is received by a first computing system component from a second computing system component. An indication of a second performance state is received, wherein the second performance state is associated with a second voltage that is not equal to the first voltage. It is determined whether the second performance state is within a range defined by a minimum performance state and a maximum performance state. Responsive to determining that the second performance state is within the range defined by the minimum performance state and the maximum performance state, the voltage of the at least one computing system component is set equal to the voltage associated with the second performance state.
US09323293B2
An electronic device includes a first module including a first conductive component and a power control unit coupled to the first conductive component. The electronic device further includes a second module, a first hinge for pivoting the second module relative to the first module, and a first arm connected to the first hinge. The power control unit controls whether to execute a first power management status according to whether the first arm contacts the first conductive component as the second module pivots relative to the first module at a first angle by the first hinge.
US09323283B2
An output signal device and method that provides the operator force feedback similar to a pilot control joystick. These force feedback regions include free play, dead-band start of modulation, modulation, fore-warning bumper and hold near max angle. This output signal device may also vary the fore-warning feel and hold positions to be at any angle. This output signal device uses force sensing as the signal and has force slope changes used as auto-calibration of the output signal. This improves signal accuracy and provides a service prognostic signal. The prognostic signal may be used to activate redundant sensor. The variable force feedback may improve operation on rough terrain. The force feedback, may allow more productive operating positions to be learned. This enables productivity and other important job site criteria such as fuel usage to be optimized by interactive communication with this output signal device.
US09323275B2
A proportional to absolute temperature, PTAT, circuit is provided. By judiciously combining circuit elements it is possible to generate a voltage at an output node of the circuit that is temperature dependent. Such a PTAT circuit can be used as a temperature sensor or can be combined with other temperature dependent circuits to provide a voltage reference.
US09323267B2
A switching mode power converter includes a DSC with a digital PWM module configured for complementary operation mode during normal operation. The control algorithm of the DSC is configured such that during an initialization stage immediately following power up of the device relevant digital PWM modules used for interleaving operation are reconfigured to temporarily operate in an independent operation mode with the duty cycle associated with each channel set at zero. The reconfigured digital PWM modules remain set in the independent operation mode for a predefined period of time. Once the predefined time period is reached, the reconfigured digital PWM modules are again reconfigured back to the original complementary operation mode configuration and the control algorithm resumes normal operation of the DSC and digital PWM modules.
US09323265B2
Multi-stage amplifiers which provide a constant output voltage subject to load transients are presented. The amplifier has a pass device to source a load current at an output voltage. The amplifier has a first driver circuit to control the pass device based on a reference voltage and based on a first feedback voltage. The amplifier has a sink transistor to sink a first current from the output node to a low potential. Furthermore, the amplifier comprises a bypass transistor configured to couple a sense voltage, to sink a second current from the output node to the low potential. There is a second driver circuit to control the sink transistor and the bypass transistor, based on the reference voltage and based on a second feedback voltage. A voltage divider derives the first feedback voltage, the second feedback voltage and the sense voltage from the output voltage.
US09323262B2
Provided is a voltage regulator capable of preventing breakdown of a gate of an input transistor even when an overshoot occurs at an output terminal. The voltage regulator includes a diode, which is provided to an input transistor to which a divided voltage of an error amplifier circuit is input. The diode includes a cathode connected to a source of the input transistor and an anode connected to a gate thereof.
US09323258B2
Provided is a voltage regulator that is low in current consumption and is capable of suppressing the occurrence of an excessive overshoot at an output terminal when a power supply voltage becomes high in a non-regulated state. The voltage regulator includes: an overshoot limiting circuit for detecting an occurrence of an overshoot in an output voltage and limiting a current of the output transistor; and a non-regulated state detection circuit for detecting a non-regulated state of the voltage regulator based on a voltage of an output terminal and a current flowing through the output transistor. The overshoot limiting circuit has an operating current controlled by a detection signal of the non-regulated state detection circuit.
US09323251B2
A flow control valve has a valve body part which has a pressure differential device part and a valve seat, a first diaphragm which defines first and second chambers, a second diaphragm which defines third and fourth chambers and is provided with a valve element, a first moving part which advances and retracts together with the first diaphragm, and a second moving part which advances and retracts together with the second diaphragm; the second chamber and the fourth chamber form between them a connecting chamber, an intermediate transmission member which transmits movements of the first and second moving parts to each other is arranged, and a pressure differential control valve element which advances and retracts with respect to the pressure differential opening part and a pressure differential control valve element advancing/retracting means for making the pressure differential control valve element advance and retract are provided, and a flow control system using the same.
US09323248B2
A mission management system to manage both ground and flight phases of a mission of an aircraft is proposed. The mission management system may be implemented in flight management system architecture with core and supplementary modules distinct from each other. The core module may implement a set of generic functionalities related to a flight management of the aircraft, and the supplementary module may implement supplementary functionalities specific to an entity to which the aircraft belongs. The mission management system may include a flight management unit to define and manage a flight plan and associated flight trajectory, an airport navigation unit to define and manage a ground plan and associated ground trajectory, and a mission management unit to manage a continuity between the ground and flight phases of the mission and prediction computations made by the flight management and the airport navigation units.
US09323246B2
Provided are a method, a test system and a microcontroller (40), for use in a test system for testing vehicles and automotive components. Control signals that are generated by active components within a vehicle during a test drive are sampled and played back to a specimen vehicle within a laboratory test environment, and the control signals are played back synchronously with data representing conditions and events such as loads, acceleration and displacements that are experienced during the test drive. A microcontroller (40) is provided to buffer control signal data and to synchronize playback of the control signals via a CAN (60) bus within the specimen test vehicle in response to trigger signals.
US09323245B2
An automation control system is provided with an interface device configured to enable a user to monitor, control, or monitor and control processes of the automation control system. Upon power on or initialization of the interface device or when a previously logged in user is logged off, the interface device logs in a guest account associated with a user role having a defined set of access rights and provides access to monitor, control, or monitor and control the processes based upon the set of access rights.
US09323243B2
A method of allocating time slots for sensor node sample transmission from sensor nodes in a wireless sensor node network which forms part of a control system for controlling an industrial process includes receiving a sample from a first sensor node in a first time slot of a superframe, which first sample has a value outside an accepted range of values, obtaining an identification of a second time slot of the superframe in which second time slot the first sensor node is to send a further sample in a subsequent superframe, and providing instructions to the first sensor node to send the further sample in the second time slot of a subsequent superframe. A computer program product and a sensor node network interface system are also disclosed herein.
US09323241B2
The invention relates to a control cabinet monitoring device, comprising a control device which is connected via a field bus to various sensors and/or actuators for monitoring and controlling various control cabinet functions, such as climate control, moisture control and access control. Flexible adaptation possibilities for different applications of control cabinets are offered in that at least one part of the sensors and/or actuators are direct connection sensors and/or direct connection actuators, each having a dedicated bus coupling circuit and being coupled by same to the field bus, and the control device has an initialization unit or can be connected to such a unit, via which the direct connection sensors and/or the direct connection actuators can be initialized before startup and automatically addressed and are subsequently connected via the control device for the exchange of data for operating purposes on the basis of individually allocated addresses.
US09323231B2
A semiconductor device, wherein the semiconductor device includes a high-voltage supply circuit suitable for supplying a high voltage; a discharge circuit suitable for discharging the high voltage; and an auxiliary-voltage supply circuit suitable for supplying a first auxiliary voltage, which varies according to an operation state of the high-voltage supply circuit, to a reference node of the discharge circuit.
US09323229B2
A reception control unit of an electronic timepiece includes a satellite-capturing control unit configured to search for a preferential search satellite more preferentially than the other position information satellites, the preferential search satellite being the position information satellite having a stored satellite number, a reception-state determining unit configured to determine, at timing of an end of the search for the preferential search satellite, whether a number of the captured position information satellites is equal to or larger than a predetermined number; a reception-stop control unit configured to stop a reception processing when the reception-state determining unit determines that the number of the position information satellites is smaller than the predetermined number; and a storage control unit configured to store the satellite number of the captured position information satellite in the satellite-number storing unit.
US09323225B2
A timepiece provided with a metal case having a fitting section which is annularly provided in a lower portion of the inner circumferential surface, a metal lid body having a lid main body section which is arranged on a lower end of the case and covers a lower portion of the case and a cylindrical section which is arranged in the fitting section of the case, and a synthetic resin gasket having a gasket main body section which is arranged between the fitting section of the case and the cylindrical section of the lid body and a spacer section which forms a space between a lower end surface of the case and an upper surface of the lid main body section.
US09323222B2
A device for elastic guidance in rotation for a timepiece mechanism allowing rotation of one element relative to another element about an axis of rotation Z defining an axial direction, including construction blades, each construction blade includes an assembly fixing part including a body and a functional part extending from the body as far as one end, the assembly fixing part and the functional part being separated by at least one slot in at least two extensions which are elastically connected and extend in a radial direction transverse to the axial direction, and anchorage zones which are disposed at opposite axial ends of the flexible guidance device, and configured to be fixed to the elements.
US09323215B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a first cartridge; a second cartridge; and a retaining member. The main body includes a first power-supplying part; and a second power-supplying part. The first cartridge includes a first power-receiving part. The second cartridge includes a second power-receiving part. The first and second power-receiving parts are configured to contact with the first and second power-supplying parts respectively. The retaining member is configured to retain the first and second cartridges and includes one side wall having a frame formed of a resin material and a reinforcing member formed of a metal material. A top edge of the frame is positioned lower than top edges of the first and second power-receiving parts. A top edge of the reinforcing member is positioned at a same vertical position as or lower than the top edge of the frame.
US09323204B2
A belt unit, including an endless belt, a first roller, a second roller, and a guiding member, is provided. The endless belt includes a belt strip and a guided section protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the belt strip. The guiding member with a groove is arranged on one of axial-end sides of the first roller coaxially with the first roller. The guided section of the endless belt is set in the groove. The groove includes a first face and a second face facing each other along a direction in parallel with a central axis of the first roller. The guiding member includes a first piece containing the first face and a second piece containing the second face. The first face protrudes outwardly with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the belt strip.
US09323193B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a pressing member, a heat source and a heat transmitting member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged rotatably to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The pressing member presses the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member. The heat source is arranged at the inside in a radial direction of the fixing belt to radiate a radiant heat. The heat transmitting member comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt to absorb the radiant heat radiated from the heat source. A part of the heat transmitting member is sandwiched between the fixing belt and the pressing member.
US09323191B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure rotating body, a nip member, a heating member, a rotating member and a biasing member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably around a rotating axis. The pressure rotating body is rotatably arranged at an external diameter side of the fixing belt to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt and to form a fixing nip. The nip member is arranged at an internal diameter side of the fixing belt to press the fixing belt toward a side of the pressure rotating body. The heating member comes into contact with a contacted area in an inner circumference face of the fixing belt to heat the fixing belt. The rotating member sandwiches an end part of the fixing belt with the heating member and is rotated together with the fixing belt. The biasing member presses the heating member to the contacted area.
US09323190B2
In a fixing device for thermally fixing a developer image transferred onto a recording sheet, a nip plate is disposed on an inner surface of a tubular flexible fusing member which is flexibly deformable in such a manner that permits the fusing member to slide along the nip plate, and configured to be heated by a heating element disposed inside the fusing member. The fusing member is nipped between the nip plate and a backup member to form a nip portion between the fusing member and the backup member. The nip plate is bent to form a recessed portion which opens on the inner surface of the fusing member and holds a lubricant.
US09323189B2
A fixing device includes an endless belt extending in a first direction and configured to rotate, a nip member extending in the first direction and disposed in contact with an inner surface of the endless belt, a backup member extending in the first direction and disposed in contact with an outer surface of the endless belt such that that the backup roller and the nip member sandwich the endless belt therebetween and the backup member and the endless belt form a nip therebetween, a first heating element extending along the endless belt in the first direction and configured to generate heat, and an inner surface guide disposed in contact with an end portion of the inner surface of the endless belt in the first direction and spaced apart from the nip in a second direction. The inner surface guide includes a second heating element configured to generate heat.
US09323182B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a belt; a first image forming unit including a first drum; a second image forming unit including a second drum; a contact-and-separation portion; an executing portion; and a controller for rotating the second drum by a predetermined angle so that when a cycle of an operation is to be repeated N times, a position of the second drum contacting the belt in an (N−1)th cycle differs from a position of the second drum contacting the belt in an Nth cycle, the cycle including receiving the image data in a state that the belt and the first and second drums are at rest and in a stand-by state that the image forming apparatus waits for an input of the image data in the first state, executing the image forming operation, and then returning the image forming apparatus to the stand-by state.
US09323181B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt that is stretched over a plurality of rollers to be circumferentially moved, a transfer roller, a transfer power supply, etc., and transfers a toner image formed on an image carrying member to a recording medium using the transfer belt. The image forming apparatus includes a transfer current control unit that measures a use situation of the transfer belt and controls a transfer current to be supplied to the transfer roller based on the use situation. Since re-transfer of a toner is prevented by controlling the transfer current that flows into the transfer roller based on the use situation of the transfer belt, it is possible to prevent, without extending preliminary operation time of the transfer belt, a poor image due to a contact trace that occurs on the transfer belt.
US09323177B2
A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating chamber configured to accommodate developer, a feeding portion configured and positioned to feed the developer in the developer accommodating chamber by rotation thereof, and a developer discharging chamber provided with a discharge opening configured to permit discharging of the developer fed by the feeding portion. In addition, a rotatable gear rotates the feeding portion, a pump portion acts upon at least the developer discharging chamber, with the pump portion having a volume which changes with reciprocation, and a drive converting portion converts a rotational force generated by rotation of the gear to a force for operating the pump portion.
US09323171B2
An optical scanning device including a light source and a rotating polygon mirror having a plurality of reflective surfaces scans a scan area of a surface in a main scanning direction with the light flux emitted from the light source and reflected by the rotating polygon mirror. All the light flux is reflected by a first reflective surface when light flux deflected by the rotating polygon mirror is directed onto a center position of the scan area, and a part of the light flux incident to the rotating polygon mirror is reflected by a second reflective surface adjacent to the first reflective surface when light flux reflected by the rotating polygon mirror is directed onto at least one end of both ends of the scan area and the light flux obliquely enters a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis of the rotating polygon mirror.
US09323158B2
A design method of extreme ultraviolet lithography projection objective comprises: determining the optical design parameters of the lithography projection objective, setting the projection objective to include six lenses and an aperture diaphragm, and dividing the six lenses into the three groups according to the beam propagation direction; determining the radii and the intervals of the first and third groups, respectively; and determining the radii and the intervals of the second group of lenses according to the parameters of the foregoing two groups of lenses. The design method has the advantage of avoiding the blindness in revising and error testing of the existing structure of the conventional optical design method by calculating lens structures that meet the parameter conditions, so that light rays can be selected conveniently according to the special requirements of optical processing detection, and a mass of searches and judgments can be avoided.
US09323153B2
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition in the present invention contains a nitrogen-containing compound (N) which is represented by the following general formula (N1): wherein, in the general formula (N1), X represents a group including a hetero atom; L represents a single bond or an alkylene group; R2 represents a substituent, in the case where a plurality of R2's are present, they may be the same as or different from each other and a plurality of R2's may be bonded to each other to form a ring; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4.
US09323150B2
Provided is an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition including a resin (Aa) containing at least one repeating unit (Aa1) derived from monomers of general formula (aa1-1) below and at least one repeating unit (Aa2) derived from monomers of general formula (aa2-1) below and comprising a resin (Ab) that when acted on by an acid, changes its alkali solubility.
US09323142B2
Methods of reducing registration errors of photomasks and photomasks formed using the methods are provided. The method may include forming a plurality of photomask patterns on a substrate and determining registration errors of the plurality of photomask patterns. The method may further include forming a plurality of stress-producing portions in the substrate to reduce the registration errors by considering exposure latitude variations.
US09323141B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a substrate with a multilayer reflective film for EUV lithography including a multilayer reflective film disposed on a principal surface of a substrate, the method including a multilayer reflective film formation step of forming the multilayer reflective film on the principal surface of the substrate in such a manner that the multilayer reflective film has a slope region in which the film thickness is decreased in a direction from the inside to the outside of the substrate on a peripheral portion of the principal surface, and a fiducial mark formation step of forming fiducial marks in the slope region by removing at least a portion of the multilayer reflective film, the fiducial marks serving as references for a defective location indicated by defect information with respect to the surface of the substrate with the multilayer reflective film.
US09323140B2
A method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation is disclosed in which a plurality of charged particle beam shots is determined which will produce a pattern on a reticle, where the reticle is to be used to form an aerial image on a resist-coated substrate using an optical lithographic process. A simulated reticle pattern is then calculated from the plurality of charged particle beam shots. A calculated aerial substrate image is then calculated using the simulated reticle pattern, and a shot in the plurality of shots is modified to improve the calculated aerial substrate image. Similar methods for forming a pattern on a reticle and for manufacturing an integrated circuit are also disclosed.
US09323138B2
There is provided an image output device including a projectable region calculating unit that calculates a projectable region which is a region on a screen in which laser beam is projectable based on a trajectory in which scanning with the laser beam is performed using information specifying the screen onto which an image is projected by two-dimensional scanning with the laser beam, a projection window setting unit that causes the laser beam to be emitted and sets a projection window serving as a range in which the image is projected in the projectable region, and a generating unit that generates a pixel value of each of positions corresponding to pixels included in the image within the projection window on the screen for each pixel in a manner that the image is projected in the range set by the projection window.
US09323128B1
An integrated optical modulator device. The device can include a driver module coupled to an optical modulator. The optical modulator is characterized by a raised cosine transfer function. This optical modulator can be coupled to a light source and a bias control module, which is configured to apply an off-quadrature bias to the optical modulator. This bias can be accomplished by applying an inverse of the modulator transfer function to the optical modulator in order to minimize a noise variance. This compression function can result in an optimized increased top eye opening for a signal associated with the optical modulator. Furthermore, the optical modulator can be coupled to an EDFA (Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier) that is coupled to a filter coupled an O/E (Optical-to-Electrical) receiver.
US09323125B2
An electronic book includes an electronic paper display module, an electrochromic unit, a light source module, and a light detecting unit. The electrochromic unit is arranged on the electronic paper display module and configured for adjusting a brightness for the electronic paper display module. The light source module is arranged on the electrochromic unit and configured for illuminating the electronic paper display module. The light source module includes a light guide member and a light source, the light source arranged at one side of the light guide member. The light detecting unit includes a light detector, a storage unit, and a control unit. The light detector is configured for detecting a brightness of ambient light, the storage unit is used for storing a preset value range, and the control unit is used for controlling the light source module and the electrochromic unit.
US09323107B2
An array substrate, a color filter substrate or a liquid crystal display device comprises an alignment film (6) which is a light sensitive alignment film (6) and can generate directions of orientation perpendicular or parallel to the polarization direction under different dosages of linearly polarized ultraviolet light (10). By adjusting the polarization direction or dosage of the linearly polarized ultraviolet light (10), multi-dimensional orientations of the alignment film (6) is achieved. Manufacture of a multi-dimensional liquid crystal display device using a substrate (1) having the alignment film (6) with multi-dimensional orientations avoids the manufacture of the multi-dimensional electrode, and reduces costs and difficulty of process.
US09323103B2
The liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (10) having a plurality of pixels (P), and a backlight (20) having at least one light source (22) that emits light to the liquid crystal panel (10). Each of the plurality of pixels (P) includes four or more sub-pixels (R, G, B, Ye), and the light source unit (22) includes a red light source (22R), a green light source (22G), and a blue light source (22B). According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display device which can perform display of wide color reproduction range with low power consumption is provided.
US09323097B2
The invention is related to thin film optical filters, and can be used in liquid crystal displays (LCD) in order to increase their brightness, and provide savings in energy consumption. According to the invention, a reflective color filter for visible light substantially transmitting a light of the chosen spectral range entering into it and substantially reflecting a visible light of other spectral ranges, includes an odd total number of alternate nonmetallic and metal layers, and the first and last layers are nonmetallic ones, and each metal layer is placed between nonmetallic layers, each nonmetallic layer possesses a refractive index not less than 2.2 and thickness not less than 40 nanometers, and each metal layer possesses the thickness in a range from 10 to 40 nanometers.
US09323090B2
A display device may include a substrate and a first roof layer portion that is formed of a roof layer material and overlaps the substrate in a direction, the direction is perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. A lateral surface of the first roof layer portion is disposed in a plane. The display device may further a second roof layer portion formed of the roof layer material and separated from the first roof layer portion. The display device may further a common electrode portion disposed between the first roof layer portion and the substrate in the direction. A lateral surface of the common electrode portion is disposed in the plane or is spaced from the lateral surface of the first roof layer portion in a second direction parallel to the surface of the substrate. The display device may further a pixel electrode disposed between the first common electrode portion and the substrate.
US09323088B2
A liquid crystal display device is equipped with: LEDs; a liquid crystal panel; printed boards; flexible substrates; a housing member; an outer frame having a panel pressing section and a side wall; and mounting members mounted on the side wall in a rotatable manner that mount the printed boards to the housing member. The mounting member is rotatable between a first position, where the printed board are locked, and a second position, where the mounting member is fixed to a surface of the housing member that is on a side opposite to a liquid crystal panel by rotating the mounting member from the first position against the side wall by bending the flexible substrates while the printed board is kept in a locked state.
US09323087B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided with: an LED; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate having a light input surface; a chassis having a second bottom plate section; a frame; an LED substrate; a heat dissipating member, which is disposed such that the heat dissipating member can slide in the direction orthogonal to the light input surface, the heat dissipating member holding the LED substrate on one plate surface, and having a plate-like attaching section disposed on the second bottom plate section; a side plate section, which is disposed on the side opposite to the light input surface with the attaching section therebetween, the side plate section extending in a board-shape from the frame, and having a through hole; and an adjusting screw, which has a shaft shape, and which penetrates the side plate section through the through hole such that one end of the adjusting screw faces the attaching section, the adjusting screw being capable of bringing the one end closer to the light input surface side when the other end of the adjusting screw is screwed to the side plate section side.
US09323086B2
The present invention provides a curved liquid crystal display device, which includes: a backlight module (2), a mold frame (4), a liquid crystal display panel (6), and a front bezel (8). The backlight module (2) includes a backplane (22), a curved light guide plate (24) arranged in the backplane (22), a backlight source (26) arranged in the backplane (22), and a heat dissipation board (28) receiving the backlight source (26) mounted thereto. The heat dissipation board (28) includes a bracket section (282) and a mount section (284) connected, in an inclined manner, to the bracket section (282). The bracket section (282) is mounted to the backplane (22). The backlight source (26) is mounted to the mount section (284). The front bezel (8) includes a front plate (82) and a side plate (84) connected to the front plate (82). The mount section (284) includes a mounting tab (286) extending therefrom toward the side plate (84). The mounting tab (286) is coupled to the side plate (84) so as to couple the front bezel (8) and the heat dissipation board (28) together.
US09323083B2
A display device includes a display panel having a display area and a bezel area formed around edges of the display area; a backlight unit disposed on a rear side of the display panel to provide light to the display panel; a supporting member to support the display panel and the backlight unit; and a top case having at least one joint and incorporated with a surface of the supporting member, wherein the top case has a main frame combined with the supporting member, and a sub frame having a design of at least one color and disposed on the bezel area.
US09323080B2
The present invention provides a display panel, which includes active area and vacant area surrounding the active area, and dummy pattern area without display functionality being disposed along boundary between active area and vacant area. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of display panel and a panel display device. The present invention disposes dummy pattern area along boundary active area to withstand loading effect and to ensure active area is not affected by loading effect and display patterns are normal and uniform.
US09323076B2
A cleaning device for cleaning eyewear has a mounting element for mounting the cleaning device on the eyewear, a cleaning element, and a retraction mechanism. The mounting element includes a loop mounting system that may be wrapped around a part of the eyewear and connected to form a loop for mounting the cleaning device on the eyewear. The retraction mechanism is mounted on the mounting element, and a cord attaches the cleaning element to the retraction mechanism. The invention further includes a method of use of the cleaning device for cleaning the eyewear.
US09323072B2
A bridge-mounted support and support pads are disclosed that enable a patient after nose surgery or nose injury, wearing eyeglasses such that the glasses do not touch the nose, yet the optical centers of the lenses of the eyeglasses are aligned with the centers of the corresponding pupils of patient's eyes. Instead of being supported by the nose pads resting on nose, eyeglasses are supported by cheek pads of bridge-mounted support or support pads, each resting on the corresponding cheek. Eyeglasses are pushed forwards, away from the face of patient such that it does not touch the nose. Bridge-mounted is made of resilient metal wire having: a fold to attaché it to the bridge of the glasses, frame pads to attach it to the frame of the glasses, and soft cheek pads. Support pads are blocks of rubber foam glued to the lenses of eyeglasses.
US09323059B2
A virtual image display apparatus configured to be in front of at least one eye of a user includes an image display unit, a first beam splitting unit, and a reflection-refraction unit. The image display unit provides an image beam. The first beam splitting unit disposed on transmission paths of the image beam and an object beam causes at least one portion of the object beam to propagate to the eye and causes at least one portion of the image beam to propagate to the reflection-refraction unit. The reflection-refraction unit includes a lens portion and a reflecting portion on a first curved surface of the lens portion. At least part of the image beam travels through the lens portion, is reflected by the reflecting portion, travels trough the lens portion again, and is propagated to the eye by the first beam splitting unit in sequence.
US09323049B2
In certain embodiments, a scanning system comprises optical elements and a movement system. The optical elements comprise an optical fiber and a focusing element. The optical fiber transmits a light ray and has a fiber axis that extends to an imaginary fiber axis. The focusing element refracts the light ray and has a focusing element optical axis that is substantially aligned with the imaginary fiber axis. The movement system rotates the focusing element about the focusing element optical axis to scan the light ray. In other embodiments, a scanning system comprises optical elements and a movement system. The optical elements comprise an optical fiber, a focusing element, and a prism. The prism has a prism optical axis and receives the light ray from the focusing element. The movement system rotates the prism about the prism optical axis to scan the light ray.
US09323048B2
In an optical deflector including a mirror, a fixed frame surrounding the mirror, and first and second piezoelectric actuators of a meander-type provided opposite to each other with respect to the mirror, for rocking the mirror around an axis on a plane of the fixed frame, the first piezoelectric actuator includes a plurality of first piezoelectric cantilevers folded at first folded portions and coupled to the fixed frame, and the second piezoelectric actuator includes a plurality of second piezoelectric cantilevers folded at second folded portions and coupled to the fixed frame. The optical deflector further includes at least one first crossing bar coupled between one of the first folded portions and one of the second folded portions symmetrically located with respect to the mirror.
US09323036B2
A microscope objective comprises in order from an object side, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group includes a first cemented lens, and at least one positive single lens, the second lens group includes a second cemented lens, and the third lens group includes a first lens component and a second lens component. A positive lens and a meniscus lens are cemented in the first cemented lens. A surface nearest to an image side of the first lens component is a concave surface, and a surface nearest to the object side of the second lens component is a concave surface. The first lens component and the second lens component are disposed such that the both concave surfaces are face-to-face, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 0.5<(n0/n1o)/NAob<0.65 (1)
US09323028B2
An optical image capturing system includes five lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, and the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein at least one inflection point formed on the image-side surface thereof, and the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric.
US09323026B2
The invention relates to an optical arrangement comprising an optical module having a first carrier body to which there are attached at least one optical element and a plurality of first mounting elements, and a housing having a second carrier body for at least one further optical element, wherein a plurality of second mounting elements is attached to the carrier body. Also comprised is a movement device for displacing the first carrier body relative to the second carrier body in a movement direction between a removal position from which the optical module can be removed from the housing and a mounting position in which the movement device presses the first mounting elements against the second mounting elements. The invention relates also to an optical module and to a method for correctly positioning an optical module in a housing.
US09323023B2
A lens focusing device includes a lens holder, a winding fitted around the lens holder, and an outer case enclosing the lens holder therein. The outer case includes an outer wall portion, and multiple inner wall portions connected to the outer wall portion via multiple connecting portions. The inner wall portions are located between the lens holder and the winding, and respectively include an inner surface, an outer surface, and a first and a second side surface. The lens holder is formed on an outer face with confining areas, each of which includes a main surface and a first and a second raised side surface respectively facing against the inner surface and the first and second side surfaces, so that the inner wall portions are limited to move relative to the lens holder only within the confining areas. Therefore, the lens focusing device is impact-resistant and undue-twisting protected.
US09323021B2
An embedded optical fiber termination device includes a fiber holder with an inner bore and an outer surface. The inner bore is configured to receive a length of optical fiber therein. A removable armature is positioned about a portion of the outer surface of the fiber holder and is removably positioned around a portion of the fiber holder. A composite structure and a method of using the embedded device are also provided.
US09323007B1
An optical fiber adapter according to the present disclosure includes a main body, at least one first stop block, at least one second stop block, two first hooks, a first mounting member and a second mounting member. The first and second stop blocks are respectively positioned on the first and second walls within the main body. The first hooks are configured to hook on to a first optical fiber connector. The first mounting member is placed within the main body through the first opening of the main body. The first mounting member includes two second hooks, at least one third hook and at least one fourth hook. The second mounting member is placed within the main body through the second opening of the main body.
US09322999B2
An optical device including: a waveguide of refractive index na for carrying at least one mode of at least one wavelength, and at least one resonator with a resonant wavelength. The resonator has a mode volume of less than ten cubic resonant wavelengths. In use light in the waveguide is vertically coupled into the at least one resonator, and the waveguide and resonator(s) are arranged to provide wave-vector matching between at least one mode of the resonator and at least one mode of the waveguide.
US09322993B1
As kilowatt class fiber laser and amplifier systems become more in demand, there are ongoing efforts to improve optical fiber laser and amplifier designs to maximize efficiency and further increase the capacity of these high-energy optical fiber lasers and amplifiers. The present disclosure provides a fiber laser or amplifier system configured to efficiently and conveniently generate and couple high numerical aperture and high-energy pump light into a fiber laser or amplifier system.
US09322982B2
The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device using the backlight module. The backlight module includes a backplane (2), a light guide plate (4) arranged in the backplane (2), a backlight source (6) arranged in the backplane (2), and a heat dissipation plate (8) arranged between the backlight source (6) and the backplane (2). The backplane (2) includes a bottom plate (22) and a side plate (24) perpendicularly connected to the bottom plate (22). The backlight source (6) includes a PCB (62) and an LED chip (64) mounted on the PCB (62). The PCB (62) is arranged on the bottom plate (22) of the backplane (2) and the heat dissipation plate (8). The PCB (62) includes a mounting section (622) and a lapping section (624) connected to the mounting section (622). The heat dissipation plate (8) includes a support section (82) and a bearing section (84) connected to the support section (82). The lapping section (624) is positioned on and overlaps the bearing section (84). The light guide plate (4) is carried on the support section (82) and the lapping section (624).
US09322974B1
A system and method provides for tracking of an object. A personal digital key (PDK) includes a profile uniquely associated with the object. A reader is configured to wirelessly communicate with the PDK. The reader receives profile information from the PDK. A tracking server is configured to communicate with the reader. The tracking server is configured to track and log location information of the PDK associated with the object. The location information is received from the reader. A computing device is configured to communicate with the reader and the tracking server, the computing device configured to display data on a display device responsive to receiving the location information from the reader.
US09322964B2
Nanostructured photonic materials and associated components for use in devices and systems operating at ultraviolet (UV), extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and/or soft Xray wavelengths are described. Such a material may be fabricated with nanoscale features tailored for a selected wavelength range, such as at particular UV, EUV, or soft Xray wavelengths or wavelength ranges. Such a material may be used to make components such as mirrors, lenses or other optics, panels, lightsources, masks, photoresists, or other components for use in applications such as lithography, wafer patterning, biomedical applications, or other applications.
US09322961B2
Disclosed are an optical member, a display device including the same and a method of manufacturing the same. The optical member includes a wavelength conversion layer; and a capping part covering lateral sides of the wavelength conversion layer. The capping part includes an organic substance and an inorganic substance to improve the sealing function of the wavelength conversion layer.
US09322959B2
Optically clear silicone hydrogel contact lenses are described that comprise a polymeric lens body that is the reaction product of a polymerizable composition comprising at least 25 wt. % of at least one hydroxyalkyl methacrylate; and at least 20 wt. % of at least one HEMA-compatible bifunctional polysiloxane comprising at least 6 siloxane groups and having an HLB value of at least 5 and/or a hydroxyl group content of at least 1 wt. %.
US09322956B2
The invention relates to photo-alignment layers for planar alignment of liquid crystals. Photo-alignment layers according to the invention exhibit a characteristic wavelength dependency of the dichroism in the uv wavelength range. The invention further relates to methods for providing such photo-alignment layers as well as liquid crystal devices containing them.
US09322955B2
The problem of the present invention is to provide a phase difference film, by utilizing a cellulose ester having an acyl group substitution degree of less than 2.0 and improved compatibility, having high phase difference property despite its small film thickness and imparting high contrast and optical transmittance to a liquid crystal display device. A polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device provided with the phase difference film are also provided. The phase difference film of the invention contains a cellulose ester which is obtained by substituting an acyl group having at least two carbon atoms for a hydroxy group in a glucose unit composing a cellulose, the film satisfies specific expressions when DS2, DS3 and DS6 are degrees of substitution of the acyl groups for the hydroxy groups at a 2C, 3C and 6C positions, respectively, of the glucose unit.
US09322945B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for marine surveying that use electrically powered seismic sources that are distributed at spaced apart locations. In one example, a marine seismic survey system comprises: a survey vessel; a plurality of seismic sources configured to be towed by the survey vessel, wherein the seismic sources are electrically powered and are distributed behind the survey vessel at spaced apart locations with a spacing of about 50 meters or more; and a plurality of sensor streamers configured to be towed.
US09322938B2
A detector module for a radiation detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the detector module includes a converter layer with contacts, arranged distributed over an area on the rear side, for transmitting electrical signals, wherein the contacts are routed, by way of rewiring, to target contacts on a target region that is smaller than this area. This provides the conditions for simple and secure signal routing between the contacts on the converter layer and readout electronics. In particular, this is successful if a substrate layer used for stabilization purposes has a cutout for the target region, through which cutout the target contacts are directly connected to the signal-routing lines of readout electronics.
US09322935B2
An imaging system (100) includes a radiation source (110) and a radiation sensitive detector array (116), which includes a scintillator array (118) and a photosensor array (120) optically coupled to the scintillator array, wherein the scintillator array includes Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce. A method includes detecting radiation with a radiation sensitive detector array (116) of an imaging system (100), wherein the radiation sensitive detector array includes a Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce based scintillator array (118). A radiation sensitive detector array (116) includes a scintillator array (118) and a photosensor array (120) optically coupled to the scintillator array, wherein the scintillator array includes Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce, and an amount of Tb3+ in the Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce is equal to or less than two hundred mole parts per million.
US09322933B2
The invention presents a backscattering scintillation detector. The scintillation detector includes a scintillation crystal detector; a X-ray sensitizing screen, which is disposed forward the scintillation crystal detector and where a backscattered X-ray from an object to be detected is processed and then at least part of the processed X-ray is incident to scintillation crystal detector; and photoelectric multiplier, which is disposed backward the scintillation crystal detector and is configured to collect a light signal from scintillation crystal detector and convert it to an electrical signal. Through the above preferable embodiment, a X-ray sensitizing screen, a scintillation crystal detector, and light guiding and wave-drifting technologies are combined together to obtain a novel scintillation detector, which can improve detection of X-ray, transmission of light signal and conversion of light signal to electrical signal.
US09322932B2
A scintillator panel for converting radiation into scintillation light, includes a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of scintillator sections formed on the front surface of the substrate so as to be separate from one another, and having upper surfaces and side surfaces extending from the upper surfaces toward the front surface of the substrate, solvent permeation blocking film formed on the upper surfaces and the side surfaces of the scintillator sections so as to cover the upper surfaces and the side surfaces of the scintillator sections, and a light shielding layer formed on the solvent permeation blocking film, that is for shielding the scintillation light, and the scintillator section is composed of a plurality of columnar crystals of a scintillator material, the solvent permeation blocking film is formed so as not to fill gaps between the side surfaces of the adjacent scintillator sections.
US09322927B2
The present invention relates to a fiber-optic sensor system for measuring the relative dose of a therapeutic proton beam by measuring Cerenkov radiation and a method of measuring using the same, and more particularly to a fiber-optic sensor system for precisely and economically measuring a proton beam by measuring the Cerenkov radiation generated from a fiber-optic sensor and a method of measuring using the same. The present invention comprises a proton beam source, a fiber-optic sensor for measuring the Bragg peak of the proton beam and SOBP, an optical detector for measuring the Cerenkov radiation, and a pair of optical fibers connecting the fiber-optic sensor and the optical detector, wherein the fiber-optic sensor being irradiated with a proton beam, the Cerenkov radiation generated in the optical fibers themselves is delivered through the optical detector to an amplifier system, and the resulting signal is transferred to a computer.
US09322924B2
A frequency synthesizer in a GNSS receiver chip enables duty cycling operation of the frequency synthesizer. The frequency synthesizer is cycled on to generate required clock signals for the GNSS receiver chip, and cycled off during a measurement duty cycle comprising measurement available intervals and measurement unavailable intervals. A reference clock inputted to the frequency synthesizer is on during the measurement duty-cycle. During the measurement available intervals, the frequency synthesizer is cycled on to generate the required clock based on the reference clock. During the measurement unavailable intervals, the frequency synthesizer is cycled off and clock timing is maintained based on the reference clock. A number of elapsed clock cycles of the reference clock is captured for a measurement unavailable interval and transferred to a clock offset. The GNSS receiver chip processes signals received using the required clock and the clock offset in a following measurement available interval.
US09322922B2
Apparatus for calculating the position of a receiver in dependence on the time it takes signalling events to travel from a plurality of satellites to the receiver, obtains an indication of a transit time for a signalling event to travel from each satellite to the receiver, and forms an indication of an expected transit time for a signalling event to travel from the satellite to the receiver. The obtained indication of the transit time and the indication of the expected transit time for each non-reference satellite are compared with the obtained indication of the transit time and the indication of the expected transit time for the reference satellite to form residuals that are representative of a combined error in those indications of expected transit time; and the position of the receiver is calculate without calculating the integer ambiguities in the obtained transit times, in dependence on the residuals.
US09322916B2
An environment monitoring device in a motor vehicle having a signal generating device for generating a transmitted signal, at least one ultrasonic transducer for converting electric oscillations into acoustic oscillations and/or vice versa, and an evaluation device which evaluates an electric received signal in order to determine distances to objects in an environment of the motor vehicle, wherein the signal generating device is linked to the at least one ultrasonic transducer so that the ultrasonic transducer emits an ultrasonic transmitted signal into the environment in accordance with the electric transmitted signal, and the evaluation device is connected to the at least one ultrasonic transducer or at least one further ultrasonic transducer in order to receive the electric received signal. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring an environment by using a cross-correlation.
US09322915B2
A 360-degree sonar imaging system and method are provided. The system includes a sonar transducer assembly pod with tilted mechanically scanning sonar (MSS) transducers that is deployed into the water below the bottom of the boat. The system provides photo-like imaging of an area surrounding a boat which does not require the boat to be in motion. The pod is deployed by a variety of manual, (trolling motor, transom) or powered mechanical (bow, transom, or fairing block) deployment mechanisms to allow for deployment and retraction of the sonar transducer assembly. In particular embodiments, the MSS system communicates with a side-scan-sonar-imaging-equipped control head unit to display the images generated therefrom. Various speeds and sector scans are provided, as well as a locked side-scan sonar mode. Waypoint navigation and split screen views are also provided.
US09322913B2
A transportable weather radar, including radar electronics functionally located above the elevational joint, a frame superstructure rotationally connected to an elevational assembly supporting the elevational joint, a rotational drive assembly mounted below and supporting the elevational assembly, and at least one harmonic drive for positioning the radar antenna. The radar includes a fiber optic rotary joint positioned above a slip ring assembly which is positioned within a lower portion of the elevational assembly so that as the elevational assembly rotates a fiber optic cable connected to the lower end of the fiber optic rotary joint is stationary relative to the rotating elevational assembly. The slip ring assembly permits electrical signals to traverse through traditional metal cables from the pedestal to the frame superstructure where electronics are held.
US09322910B2
A method for the real time volume imaging of geological structures and/or man-made objects having electrical conductivity is described, using electromagnetic (EM) sources and/or EM sensors mounted from at least one moving platform. The EM sources may include natural EM sources and/or man-made inductive sources and/or man-made galvanic sources. The EM sensors may measure at least one component of the EM field at the at least one sensor position. The EM fields measured for each combination of EM source and EM sensor may be volume imaged in real time using a moving sensitivity domain that captures the finite spatial sensitivity of each combination of EM sources and EM sensors. At least one desired property, such as conductivity, dielectric permittivity and/or induced polarization parameters, may be derived from the volume image, providing a reconstruction or classification of the physical properties of the geological structures and/or man-made objects.
US09322906B2
This document describes a wireless sensor comprising a MEMS resonator and an antenna directly matched thereto. Also a method of reading the wireless sensor is described. The method comprises illuminating the wireless sensor with electromagnetic energy at a first and second frequencies and receiving an intermodulation signal emitted by the wireless sensor in response to said electromagnetic energy at the first and second frequencies.
US09322897B1
A dual-satellite emergency locator beacon including a first satellite communications transmitter, a second satellite communications transmitter, a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. The first microprocessor controls the first transmitter and the second microprocessor controls the second transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to communicate over a first satellite communications system, such as the Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz system, and the second transmitter is configured to communicate over a second satellite communications system, such as a commercial satellite communications system. The beacon includes a shared section comprising an antenna system comprising a first and second antenna, the first for the 406 Mhz transmitter and the second for the commercial satellite transmitter. The first and second microprocessors of the beacon are interconnected to permit data transfer between the two sections of the beacon.
US09322893B2
The present invention relates to methods of distinguishing between glutamine formed by cataplerosis or proteolysis. Sample from a subject may be assayed for deuteriated glutamine (following administration of deuteriated water (2H2O) and an agent that promotes excretion of glutamine from the subject). The methods are useful in clinical settings (e.g. to test whether or not patients are suffering from proteolysis or whether athletes are abusing anabolic drugs); and may be adapted for screening test compounds for cataplerotic or proteolytic activity.
US09322892B2
A system and method for magnetic field distortion compensation includes a cryostat for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The cryostat includes a vacuum casing having a vacuum therein. A cryogen vessel is disposed within the casing, the vessel having a coolant therein. A thermal shield is disposed between the vacuum casing and the cryogen vessel. An eddy current compensation assembly is disposed within the casing. The eddy current compensation assembly includes a plurality of electrically conductive loops formed on one of the vacuum casing, the cryogen vessel, and the thermal shield and constructed to mitigate vibration-induced eddy currents in the MRI system.
US09322891B2
A local coil for an imaging system includes a number of shim coils. A current for generating a shim field in one of the shim coils may be switched on and switched off. A current for generating a shim field in another of the shim coils may be switched on and switched off. The currents may be switched on and switched off independently of one another for generating a respective shim field in the shim coils.
US09322881B2
An impulse voltage generator uses a predetermined rectangular waveform signal and a high voltage to generate an impulse voltage. The high voltage is obtained by boosting an instruction voltage of the rectangular waveform signal on a per-cycle basis. A partial discharge frequency calculation section receives detection signals based on partial discharges occurring in an object to be measured by the application of the impulse voltage and counts the detection signal on a per-cycle basis as a partial discharge frequency. An application voltage signal observation circuit observes an application voltage signal indicating the impulse voltage applied to the object to be measured. In a first cycle in which the partial discharge frequency reaches a specified frequency or more, a voltage value acquiring section sets, as a partial discharge starting voltage, the peak value of the voltage indicated by the application voltage signal output from the application voltage signal observation circuit.
US09322880B2
The present invention relates to a measuring device (10) for measuring a resistance of a switching contact (5) of an electrical circuit breaker (1). The measuring device (10) comprises a high-current generating unit (11) for generating a measurement current for the resistance measurement, and a measuring unit (12) for registering a measurement signal at the circuit breaker (1) during the opening or closing of the switching contact (5), and for determining a time-based resistance course of the switching contact (5) during opening or closing, in dependence on the measurement current and the measurement signal.
US09322872B2
A computer implemented system for testing electronic equipment where test inputs, test outputs, test applied environmental conditions, and test processes are recorded and correlated.
US09322870B2
A method of testing a semiconductor device includes forming a test circuit over a semiconductor substrate. The test circuit includes a plurality of interconnects electrically connected to a set of device structures supported by the semiconductor substrate. A test, such as a gate stress or leakage current test, of each device structure is conducted with the test circuit. The plurality of interconnects are removed after conducting the test.
US09322851B2
A local area networking apparatus comprises a power stage for connecting to a network cable for carrying power and data. The power stage comprises a main current flow path which includes a switch comprising at least one transistor positioned in the main current flow path and a current monitoring apparatus for monitoring current flow in the main current flow path, and wherein the current monitoring apparatus comprises a sensor which is not placed in series with the main current flow path. The current monitoring apparatus can comprise a current mirroring stage which is arranged to mirror current flowing in the main current flow path to a monitoring current flow path. The switch can be implemented as a set of switches.
US09322847B2
A test system including an embodiment having a sensor array adapted to test one or more devices under test in learning modes as well as evaluation modes. An exemplary test system can collect a variety of test data as a part of a machine learning system associated with known-good samples. Data collected by the machine learning system can be used to calculate probabilities that devices under test in an evaluation mode meet a condition of interest based on multiple testing and sensor modalities. Learning phases or modes can be switched on before, during, or after evaluation mode sequencing to improve or adjust machine learning system capabilities to determine probabilities associated with different types of conditions of interest. Multiple permutations of probabilities can collectively be used to determine an overall probability of a condition of interest which has a variety of attributes.
US09322839B2
An inertial sensor having a body with an excitation coil and a first sensing coil extending along a first axis. A suspended mass includes a magnetic-field concentrator, in a position corresponding to the excitation coil, and configured for displacing by inertia in a plane along the first axis. A supply and sensing circuit is electrically coupled to the excitation coil and to the first sensing coil, and is configured for generating a time-variable flow of electric current that flows in the excitation coil so as to generate a magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic-field concentrator to induce a voltage/current in the sensing coil. The integrated circuit is configured for measuring a value of the voltage/current induced in the first sensing coil so as to detect a quantity associated to the displacement of the suspended mass along the first axis.
US09322837B2
In a semiconductor device, a heater is formed on a surface of a cap chip, and a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor are formed on a surface of a base chip. The cap chip and the base chip are laminated through a connection member such that the surfaces oppose to each other. The position of the heater is different from the positions of the temperature sensors in a direction of the lamination. The heater in the cap chip contacts bumps directly.
US09322824B2
The present invention relates to an immunochromatographic detection sensor comprising optical waveguides and a detection method using the same, and more particularly, to an immunochromatographic detection sensor comprising optical waveguides, in which the optical waveguides are provided under the membrane, probe beams transmitted through the optical waveguide maximize the interaction frequency between evanescent wave generated on the surface of the optical waveguide and the colored conjugate in the band formed on the membrane, resulting in the absorbance signal from the colored conjugate being greatly amplified to improve the sample detection sensitivity, and to a detection method using the same.
US09322821B2
Using NMR/MS based metabonomics and targeted lipidomics approaches the inventors have explored the metabolic phenotypes of aging and longevity in a cohort including centenarians, elderly and young adults. The invention provides biomarkers for a reduced risk of developing ageing related chronic inflammatory disorders and propose an in vitro method of diagnosing a lifestyle that allows to delay and/or avoid ageing related chronic inflammatory disorders using p-cresol sulphate as biomarker.
US09322820B2
A piezoelectric substrate having a nanopore opening that separates two reservoirs of conductive fluid may provide for sensitive biological measurements by allowing control of the size of the nanopore according to piezoelectric stimulation of the substrate. Multiple embodiments are provided of monolithic piezoelectric substrates and nanopores for this purpose as well as a control system for controlling the nanopore dimensions electrically using AC or DC waveforms.
US09322817B2
A soil tester is disclosed, and comprises a housing and a sampling apparatus. The housing includes an interior sampling chamber configured to receive a sample container. The sampling apparatus comprises a photodetector and a light source. The photodetector is mounted along a portion of the interior sampling chamber and has a variable resistance determined by a property of incident light. The light source is mounted to the interior sampling chamber in a transmissive orientation relative to the photodetector so that a beam of light can be transmitted from the light source to the photodetector through the interior sampling chamber. A display on the housing is responsive to the photodetector.
US09322816B2
A gas sensor control apparatus (1) for controlling a gas sensor (2) includes a change amount detection means (40); an element resistance detection means for detecting the element resistance Rpvs of a sensor element section (3) on the basis of the response change amount ΔVs; a heater energization control section for on-off controlling the supply of electric current to a heater section (4) by pluses PS having a fixed period T; and an instruction signal output section for instructing the change amount detection section (40) to detect the response change amount ΔVs at a third timing t3 which comes after elapse of a predetermined wait time TW from a second timing t2 (heater energization off) which changes in accordance with the pulse width PSW.
US09322811B2
A fluidic connection system may comprise a port which includes a capillary tube receptacle with an end seal face and a threaded wall. The fluidic connection system may also comprise a capillary tube that includes a front end face for sealingly abutting against the end seal face of the port. On the capillary tube, a flange may be affixed at a distance from the front end face of the capillary tube. The fluidic connection system may further comprise a fitting nut that includes an axial hole to allow the capillary tube to pass therethrough and a matching threaded wall corresponding to the threaded wall of the port. The fitting nut may be slidably coupled with the capillary tube behind the flange. The distance at which the flange is affixed may be predetermined such that when the flange is pushed forward by the fitting nut, the front end face of the capillary tube abuts directly against the end seal face of the port.
US09322790B2
Provided is an X-ray inspection device having a pair of conveyor frames that is disposed symmetrically with respect to a center line as an axis along a substrate conveying direction, and clamps a printed substrate in a substrate width direction. A substrate conveying mechanism conveys in an X axis direction the printed substrate supported by the conveyor frames. A distance adjustment mechanism drives the pair of conveyor frames so that the conveyor frames approach or depart from each other in the Y axis direction, thereby adjusting the width dimension of a printed substrate that can be conveyed by the substrate conveying mechanism disposed on each of the conveyor frames.
US09322779B2
A stability of at least one foulant within a hydrocarbon-based fluid sample may be determined where the hydrocarbon-based fluid sample may have or include, but is not limited to a hydrocarbon fluid and foulant particles. The fluid sample may have a viscosity ranging from about 0.5 cSt to about 5000 cSt. The hydrocarbon-based fluid sample may be centrifuged, and a laser light (in the near-infrared region) with a detector may be applied to the hydrocarbon-based fluid sample. At least one transmittance measurement from the laser light passing through the hydrocarbon-based fluid sample may be used to measure foulant flocculation. A foulant stability reserve measurement may be obtained by comparing a first transmittance measurement of the centrifuged hydrocarbon-fluid sample to a second transmittance measurement of a non-centrifuged hydrocarbon-fluid sample.
US09322777B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for identifying, classifying, differentiating, etc., objects. For example a hyperspectral imaging system can include a dark-field module operably coupled to at least one of an optical assembly, a dark-field illuminator, and a hyperspectral imaging module. The dark-field module can include circuitry having one or more sensors operable to acquire one or more dark-field micrographs associated with scattered electromagnetic energy from an object interrogated by the dark-field interrogation stimulus. The hyperspectral imaging module can be operably coupled to the dark-field module, and can include circuitry configured to generate an angular-resolved and spectrally resolved scattering matrix based on the one or more dark-field micrographs of the object.
US09322773B2
An optical spectral sensing device for determining at least one property of a fluid. The device has an elongated porous body, a first end and a second end, a solid-state optical emitter at the first end of the body oriented to emit radiation toward the second end of the body, and a solid-state optical detector at the second end of the body oriented to detect radiation emitted by the optical emitter. A package for detecting properties of a fluid includes a body defining a cavity, with a movable and biased carrier for an optical detector or emitter mounted in the cavity for increased reliability. A system for determining relative concentrations of fluids in a sample includes emitter/detector pairs operating at reference wavelength and wavelengths corresponding to absorption peaks of at least two fluids, and a processor for determining concentration based on measured data and calibration data.
US09322770B2
A method for adjusting, calibrating and/or checking a function of a photometric sensor, which is embodied for measuring at least one measured variable in a medium, wherein the sensor works with at least one measuring wavelength and at least one reference wavelength, comprising the steps as follows: mounting a calibration insert in a receptacle provided therefor at the sensor, adjusting, calibrating and/or performing the function check, and removing the calibration insert, characterized in that the transmittance of light of the measuring wavelength and the transmittance of light of the reference wavelength through the calibration insert are different. The invention relates further to a calibration insert.
US09322765B2
An optical system comprising a light source comprising a plurality of light emitting elements (LEEs) is presented. The light source is mounted on the same substrate or chip board so that the LEEs are in thermal contact with each other such as to enable thermic conduction and heat transfer between the LEEs. The system is switchable between light source modes in which different light emitting elements or a different number of light emitting elements is switched in an on mode and in a down mode respectively. In all light source modes, one or more light emitting elements, such as those with longer expected lifetime, remain in the on mode, while one or more light emitting elements, such as those with shorter expected lifetime, may be switched in the down mode.
US09322759B2
The invention provides a method of calibrating a vibrating tube densitometer intended to operate at combined elevated temperatures and pressures.
US09322756B2
A nondispersive infrared (NDIR) micro-optics sensor package is described that includes one or more light sources, a photodetector, and control circuitry coupled to the one or more light sources to non-invasively measure blood alcohol concentration, such as without utilizing ex vivo bodily fluids for the measurements. Additionally, a mobile phone device configured to measure blood alcohol concentration is described that includes a mobile phone system and an NDIR micro-optics sensor package as disclosed above. Further, a process for measuring alcohol content within a subject is described.
US09322755B2
A cell capturing filter, in which cells or particles having a predetermined size or greater in a sample may be easily captured, and clogging of a flow passage due to the captured cells or particles may be prevented, and stresses acting on the captured cells or particles may be reduced, having a first surface and a second substrate having a second surface that is bonded to the first surface, wherein the first substrate may include a flow passage formed in the first surface of the first substrate so that a sample flows in the flow passage, and a barrier that protrudes across the flow passage, and the second substrate may include a fine groove formed in an area on the second surface corresponding to the barrier, and a gap may exist between a surface of the barrier and the fine groove.
US09322752B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus, systems, compositions, and methods for analyzing a sample containing particles. In some aspects the system comprises an analyzer which may be a visual analyzer. In one aspect, this disclosure relates to a particle imaging system comprising a flowcell through which a sample containing particles is caused to flow, and a high optical resolution imaging device which captures images for image analysis of samples. Other compositions, methods and features of this disclosure are disclosed herein.
US09322743B2
This invention is a test system 1 that is used for a mobile object such as a vehicle or a component used for the mobile object, and the test system 1 comprises one or a plurality of devices for test 4 used for a test and a device administrating device 7 that is connected to the device for test 4 in a communicable manner and that administrates the device for test 4, and is characterized by that the device administrating device 7 or the device for test 4 comprises a QC storing part 45 that stores a regulation ID to identify a regulation for the test and a quality check time or item to be provided for the device for test 4 in a mutually associated manner.
US09322739B2
An eyeglass lens measuring apparatus includes a measuring optical system configured to measure optical properties of an eyeglass lens for the right eye and optical properties of an eyeglass lens for the left eye; and a point marking mechanism including a first point marking member configured to provide a first mark point defining an optical center and an astigmatic axis of the eyeglass lens which are acquired by using the measuring optical system, and a second point marking member configured to provide a second mark point defining an upper portion and a lower portion of the eyeglass lens, wherein the point marking mechanism is configured to provide the eyeglass lens for the right eye and the eyeglass lens for the left eye respectively with the second mark points almost the same in position.
US09322734B2
A tire testing apparatus allows attachment and detachment of a rim assembly in which first and second rims are integrated and performs testing of a tire attached to the rim assembly. The tire testing apparatus includes a first attaching part; a second attaching part; a rotating part that rotates the first attaching part around a reference axis orthogonal to the first reference surface of the first rim attached to the first attaching part; a fixing part that fixes the first attaching part and the second attaching part to each other and is capable of releasing the fixation; an attaching portion moving part that adjusts the distance in a direction along the reference axis between the first attaching part and the second attaching part; and a rotation regulating part that regulates rotation of the second attaching part around the reference axis.
US09322728B2
A pressure sensor includes: a supporting body which has an opening; a pressure detecting portion which includes a supporting film provided on the supporting body and having a diaphragm portion closing the opening, and a piezoelectric body provided on the diaphragm portion and deflecting to output an electric signal; a frame body which has, on the pressure detecting portion, a cylindrical cavity along a film thickness direction of the supporting film, and is formed, in plan view when viewed from the film thickness direction of the supporting film, at a position where a cylindrical inner peripheral wall of the cavity overlaps with the opening, or outside of the opening; a sealing film which closes the frame body; and a silicone oil which is filled in an inner space formed of the cylindrical inner peripheral wall of the cavity, the sealing film, and the pressure detecting portion.
US09322722B2
An oil temperature sensor mounting structure for an internal combustion engine is provided which is capable of improving appearance while protecting an oil temperature sensor with a simple structure and further capable of miniaturizing and downsizing a vehicle body. In the oil temperature sensor mounting structure for an internal combustion engine in which an oil temperature sensor for detecting temperature of oil is mounted to a cylinder portion protruding upwardly from a crankcase, the cylinder portion has an upper portion laterally covered with a body cover. A head cover is provided on a cylinder head constituting the upper portion of the cylinder portion. The head cover has an upper portion formed with a shoulder. The shoulder is located below a periphery thereof and protrudes laterally. The oil temperature sensor is mounted to the shoulder inwardly in a vehicle width direction of the body cover.
US09322721B2
The present invention is effective in that automatically corrected temperature can be measured using one light source and one optical detector.
US09322719B2
A temperature-measurement input stage may include a resistor, a thermistor, a first multiplexor, an amplifier, a second multiplexor, and an output stage. The first multiplexor may be configured to couple the resistor to a first amplifier input during a first multiplexor state, and couple the thermistor to the first amplifier input during a second multiplexor state. The amplifier may comprise the first amplifier input, a second amplifier input coupled to a voltage reference, and an amplifier output coupled to a feedback path. The second multiplexor may be configured to route a feedback current to the resistor during the first multiplexor state and route the feedback current to the thermistor during the second multiplexor state. The output stage may be configured to provide an output current based on the feedback current.
US09322709B2
A luminescent infrared transparent sticker is disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a substrate that is transparent with respect to light at a first wavelength and light at a second wavelength and an adhesive on a first side of the substrate, wherein the adhesive contains taggant that has luminescent properties such that when the taggant is illuminated with light at the first wavelength, it emits light at the second wavelength.
US09322707B2
Disclosed is a method for measuring luminance of each of entire pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a light-emitting display panel at regular intervals, using an image sensor in which light receiving elements are two-dimensionally arranged at regular intervals, the method including: providing an optical lens between the light-emitting display panel and the image sensor, and adjusting distances between the light-emitting display panel, the image sensor, and the optical lens by setting intervals of images of the entire pixels to be N times as large as intervals of the light receiving pixels, where N is a natural number, the images being to be formed on a light receiving surface of the image sensor through the optical lens; displaying, on the light-emitting display panel, a display pattern in which predetermined pixels from among the entire pixels produce a luminescence; and measuring the luminance of the predetermined pixels, using the light receiving elements.
US09322704B1
Composite active optical cables are provided. An active optical cable may include a plurality of optical fibers and one or more insulated electrical conductors. In some instances, the optical fibers may be positioned within a microtube. Additionally, in some instances, the electrical conductors may include stranded conductors. A jacket may also be formed around the optical fibers and the electrical conductors. A first optical to electrical converter may be positioned at a first end of the cable, and a second optical to electrical converter may be positioned at a distal end of the cable. Further, the conductors may be configured to carry a power signal from the first end of the cable to the distal end of the cable to power the second optical to electrical converter.
US09322703B2
A spectroscopic instrument comprising a compartment (2) for housing instrument components (3) and desiccant (4) to protect the instrument components, and a deformable container (5) having at least one wall portion which is movable within the compartment (2) so as to vary the volume of the compartment (2) that is occupied by the deformable container as the container is deformed. The interior of the deformable container (5) is in fluid communication with the surroundings of the instrument, such that a difference in pressure between the compartment and the surroundings tends to cause the deformable container to deform, moving the wall portion.
US09322701B2
Systems, apparatus and methods for estimating a mass of an object by a mobile device are presented. The mobile device, which may be a smartphone, vibrates the mobile device both unloaded (without an object) and loaded (with an object) while measuring the unloaded and loaded vibrations. Next, the mobile device compares the unloaded and loaded vibrations and determines the mass of the object from the comparison.
US09322683B2
A sensor assembly for a vortex flowmeter having a flowtube, a bluff body in the flowtube, and a sensor that detects vortices. The sensor assembly extends into contact with the process fluid through a process penetration opening. A sensor body seals the process penetration opening to limit flow of process fluid out of the flowmeter through the process penetration opening. A vortex sensor housing is secured to the sensor body. The vortex sensor housing has a pair of pressure-responsive diaphragms facing outwardly from opposite sides of the vortex sensor housing. A vortex sensor is positioned to detect motion of at least one of the pressure-responsive diaphragms to detect vortices formed in the process fluid. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the process fluid.
US09322674B2
Incremental angular capacitive displacement transducer has movable and fixed dielectric plates, sections of electrode, sections of two electrodes located on side of movable dielectric plate facing fixed dielectric plate, and signal conversion unit. The transducer has six oscillating circuits with inductance coils, and sections of six electrodes of three oscillating circuits situated by circumference on side of fixed disc facing movable disc, sections of six electrodes of three oscillating circuits on smaller diameter circumference on side of fixed disc facing movable disc, sections of common electrode of three oscillating circuits located by circumference on side of movable disc facing fixed disc above sections of six electrodes of three oscillating circuits, sections of common electrode of three oscillating circuits situated by smaller diameter circumference on side of movable disc, and signal conversion unit with six inductance coils, and six inductance coils for reading the resonant oscillation frequency of six oscillating circuits.
US09322671B2
Method for determining the position of a magnetic element on a gearbox selector of an automobile, generating a magnetic field ({right arrow over (V)}), the speed selector moving in two directions with respect to a longitudinal axis, a main direction and a secondary direction, the magnetic element facing a position sensor including three Hall effect cells, includes measuring three voltages (V1, V2, V3) at the respective outputs of the three Hall effect cells oriented in the same direction and positioned as follows: two cells being aligned on a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the third cell being positioned on the longitudinal axis perpendicularly to the transverse axis, passing through the other two Hall effect cells, calculating a ratiometric ratio (P) between the first, second and third voltages defined by: P = k * ( V 3 + k 1 * V V + k 3 * V 3 ) with V=√{square root over (V12+V22)} and k, k1, and k3 being constants, deducing the position of the magnetic element in the secondary direction.
US09322669B2
An intelligent electronic device having an audible and visual interface for providing audible and visual instructions to a user in an event of an alarm or trouble indication in the electrical power system. The intelligent electronic device includes at least one sensor configured for measuring at least one power parameter of an electrical circuit and generating at least one analog signal indicative of the at least one power parameter; at least one analog to digital converter for receiving the at least one analog signal and converting the at least one analog signal to at least one digital signal; a processor configured for receiving the at least one digital signal and detecting at least one event occurring in the electrical circuit; and an interface configured for providing instructions associated to the at least one detected event. The instructions may be in the form of text, audio and/or video.
US09322668B2
This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization.
US09322665B2
Embodiments of a system and method for navigation with inertial characteristics are described. Embodiments may include a navigation component configured to generate a map display including at least a portion of a map and a position indicator representing a location of a user on the map. The position indicator may be positioned in a first position relative to the map display. The navigation component may be configured to detect that the user is turning in a direction of travel. The navigation component may also be configured to, responsive to the detection that the user is turning in the specific direction of travel, shift the position indicator within the map display in a direction opposite to the detected direction of travel. The shifting may cause additional map information to be displayed in the direction of travel. In various embodiments, the position indicator may be returned to the first position post-turn.
US09322660B2
A method for improving and extending an existing road network and generating new networks from statistically relevant amounts of probe data recorded by GPS-enabled navigation devices. New probe data is matched to the existing digital vector map, then the data merged into the existing network using a weighted mean technique. When new roads are detected, appropriate junction points are made with the existing network elements. The updated network data is simplified to improve computing speed and reduce data storage requirements.
US09322656B2
One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for organizing spatial data are disclosed. For example, a method includes receiving a location data point from a navigation device. A controller compares the distance from each of a plurality of data points to the location data point. In constructing a depthmap that associates each of the data points with the distance from the location data point, the controller assign data points within a minimum distance from the location data point into a first cell and data points greater than the minimum distance from the location data point into a second cell. The second cell is larger than the first cell and corresponds to a larger geographic area than the first cell. The depthmap may be configured to position points of interest in a panoramic or street level view image.
