US09375571B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed that allow a patient to self-treat a medical condition, such as migraine headache, by electrical noninvasive stimulation of a vagus nerve. The system comprises a handheld stimulator that is applied to the surface of the patient's neck, wherein the stimulator comprises or is joined to a smartphone. A camera of the smartphone may be used to position and reposition the stimulator to a particular location on the patient's neck. The system may also comprise a base station that is used to meter the charging of a rechargeable battery within the stimulator. The base station and stimulator transmit data to one another regarding the status of a stimulation session.
US09375565B2
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to a stimulating assembly of a cochlear implant. The stimulating assembly comprises one or more fixation features configured to be inserted into a recipient's cochlea via an opening in the cochlea. Following insertion, the one or more fixation features are configured to engage an inner surface of the cochlea adjacent to the opening to prevent movement of the stimulating assembly out of the cochlea through the opening.
US09375563B2
A method of forming an electrical stimulation lead includes molding an electrically-nonconductive substrate over and between spaced-apart electrically-conductive contacts to form a multi-contact lead assembly. The contacts are disposed along a first face of the substrate with a first face of each of the contacts exposed along the first face of the substrate and an opposing second face of each of the contacts covered by material forming a second face of the substrate. The multi-contact lead assembly is coupled along a first end portion of a lead body with the first face of the multi-contact lead assembly conforming to a shape of an outer surface of the lead body, and with the multi-contact lead assembly wrapping around the outer surface of the lead body. Conductors extending along a length of the lead body are electrically coupled to each of the contacts of the multi-contact lead assembly.
US09375558B2
Methods for the subungual treatment of diseases or disorders of the nail unit including infections, especially fungal infections, and nail psoriasis involving the toenails and fingernails are described. The methods provide a technique for placement of a drug-containing composition subungually with reduced risk of hematoma formation and improved patient comfort.
US09375543B2
The systems and methods described herein include a low-noise apparatus for providing positive air pressure to a patient. The systems may include a housing with an inlet port, a vibrationally isolated blower unit positioned in an acoustic chamber, and an outlet port for delivery of the pressurized air from the blower unit. The acoustic chamber may include noise attenuators, such as walls, which adjust airflow so as to reduce the overall noise output of the system.
US09375529B2
Provided is an extended use self-contained, wearable medical device. The device is preferably configured with an infusion deployment mechanism for variably inserting and retracting an infusion needle to different depths, or completely retracting the infusion needle from the infusion site and then re-inserting the infusion needle after a predetermined period of time, throughout an infusion cycle for extending the viability of the infusion site. Another embodiment comprises dual needle deployment mechanisms which may also variably insert and retract the infusion needles. A flow sensor is preferably provided for detecting the stoppage of flow through the infusion cannula and signaling the needle deployment mechanism to attempt infusion at a different depth or to deploy a second infusion needle. A re-fillable reservoir assembly is preferably provided for supplying a drug over the extended use of the device. Another embodiment comprises a partially reusable and partially disposable medical device implementing the above features.
US09375528B2
Methods and systems for dispensing a fluid using an automated fluid delivery system are disclosed. A pump may be configured to force an aliquot of fluid from a fluid source into a fluid delivery channel. A processor may receive values of a property for the aliquot and the fluid source of the aliquot, and may use these values to determine a volume of the aliquot. The determined volume is compared by the processor against an expected volume to establish the amount of fluid being pumped by the pump per unit, such as time or revolutions. The processor controls operation of the pump to dispense a predetermined dose based on the amount of fluid being pumped by the pump per unit.
US09375525B2
Extracorporeal systems and methods for treating blood-borne diseases in a subject or for developing drugs to treat blood-borne diseases include various environmental and treatment modules that can be tailored to a specific disease or infection. In certain embodiments of the systems and methods, a blood sample is treated with cold plasma and optionally with hydrostatic pressure, a pulsed electrical field, a pharmaceutical agent, microwave, centrifugation, sonification, radiation, or a combination thereof, under environmental conditions that are effective for the treatment.
US09375512B2
This invention relates to a tissue expander for use in medical, veterinary and dental applications. The tissue expander comprises a self-inflating polymer network and a biodegradable polymer having a non-degraded state and a degraded state which in the non-degraded state constrains the inflation of the self-inflating polymer network and in the degraded state allows inflation of the self-inflating polymer network. In a preferred embodiment, the self-inflating polymer network and the biodegradable polymer form an interpenetrating polymer network or a semi-interpenetrating polymer network. Alternatively or in addition, the self-inflating polymer network forms a core and the biodegradable polymer forms coating which partially or fully surrounds the core.
US09375504B2
An apparatus and method is provided for treating fluid provided to a patient support. An apparatus comprises a housing defining an interior space, an inlet in flow communication with a source of untreated fluid and the interior space, an outlet in flow communication with the patient support and the interior space, and a light source directed into the interior space such that light emitted by the light source bombards fluid flowing through the interior space with light within a wavelength range that destroys organisms within the fluid to thereby provide treated fluid to the patient support.
US09375501B2
The present invention relates to a deodorant composition containing (a) a polyphenol compound or a plant extract containing a polyphenol compound, (b) a basic substance, and (c) a metal salt. The deodorant composition of the present invention is capable of providing a deodorizing effect in a short period of time when it is applied to a malodor source, is capable of providing an excellent deodorizing activity and is also excellent in the store stability.
US09375497B2
The compounds and the synthesis of [F-18]-labeled L-glutamic acid, [F-18]-labeled L-glutamate, their derivatives as set forth in formula (I) and their uses are described.
US09375491B2
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for providing for cone cell specific expression of a polynucleotide in a human or animal. One aspect of the invention concerns a polynucleotide promoter sequence that directs expression of an operably linked polynucleotide in cone cells. In one embodiment, a polynucleotide of the invention comprises a nucleotide sequence of an interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) gene that is positioned upstream of a promoter nucleotide sequence of a cone transducin alpha-subunit (GNAT2) gene. Another aspect of the subject invention concerns methods for expressing a selected polynucleotide in cone cells. The selected polynucleotide can be provided in a polynucleotide of the invention wherein the selected polynucleotide is operably linked to a polynucleotide promoter sequence of the invention. In one embodiment, the selected polynucleotide sequence is provided in a polynucleotide vector of the invention. The vector comprising the selected polynucleotide is then introduced into a cell. The selected polynucleotide is expressed only in cone cells, with very little, if any, expression in rods or other cells. A selected polynucleotide can be one that encodes, for example, a therapeutic protein or a functional protein that is defective or underexpressed in the targeted cone cells.
US09375489B2
The present invention concerns improved methods and compositions for preparing SN-38 conjugates of proteins or peptides, preferably immunoconjugates of antibodies or antigen-binding antibody fragments. More preferably, the SN-38 is attached to the antibody or antibody fragment using a CL2A linker, with 1-12, more preferably 6 or less, most preferably 1-5 SN-38 moieties per antibody or antibody fragment. Most preferably, the immunoconjugate is prepared in large scale batches, with various modifications to the reaction scheme to optimize yield and recovery in large scale. Other embodiments concern optimized dosages and/or schedules of administration of immunoconjugate to maximize efficacy for disease treatment and minimize side effects of administration.
US09375485B2
Provided herein are methods for reducing neoplastic progenitor cell proliferation and alleviating symptoms associated in individuals diagnosed with or thought to have Essential Thrombocythemia (ET). Also provided herein are methods for using telomerase inhibitors for maintaining blood platelet counts at relatively normal ranges in the blood of individuals diagnosed with or suspected of having ET.
US09375484B2
The invention provides silicate prodrugs comprising a therapeutic agent linked to one or more groups of formula (I): —Si(OR)3 (I); wherein each R independently has any of the values defined herein, as well as nanoparticles comprising such compounds.
US09375481B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of making nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol.
US09375478B1
Provided herein are peptide formulations comprising polymers as stabilizing agents. The peptide formulations can be more stable for prolonged periods of time at temperatures higher than room temperature when formulated with the polymers. The polymers used in the present invention can decrease the degradation of the constituent peptides of the peptide formulations.
US09375476B2
A pharmaceutical composition of botulinum toxin and an adjuvant is disclosed. The composition is formulated for topical administration to deliver a therapeutically effective dose of botulinum toxin to an area of a subject suffering from inflammation. The botulinum toxin composition reduces a symptom of inflammation without producing substantial muscle weakness. The composition may optionally contain additional anti-inflammatory agents, such as steroidal or non-steroidal agents.
US09375475B2
Agonists to ICOS in combination with a blocking agent to a T cell inhibitory receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, PD-1, etc.) are demonstrated herein to be useful for the treatment of tumors.
US09375469B2
The present invention relates to novel hemagglutinin H5 proteins, nucleic acids and vectors encoding for those as well as vaccines comprising any of such H5 proteins, nucleic acids or vectors encoding for those H5 proteins. Moreover, the present invention also relates to the medicinal use of any of such compositions in humans and animals.
US09375456B2
The present invention relates to an antiviral composition containing an Aleurites fordii or Daphne kiusiana extract or a fraction thereof as an active ingredient. In detail, extracts of Aleurites fordii or Daphne kiusiana or fractions thereof can induce the secretion of an immune-related cytokine, interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in natural killer (NK) cells, and thus exhibit potent antiviral activity and superior effects for viral diseases, and therefore can be effectively used in an antiviral composition.
US09375452B2
This invention relates generally to methods and compositions for inducing stem cell or progenitor cell differentiation, and more particularly to methods and compositions for inducing differentiation of stem cells and/or progenitor cells into cells that function within the inner ear.
US09375451B2
A nutritional supplement composition for treating nutritional deficiencies caused by a medical condition in subjects is disclosed. The present application further discloses a method of using a nutritional supplements composition for treating a subject with complications resulting from sickle cell anemia. The method comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of the nutritional supplement.
US09375442B2
This invention is directed to methods of treating solid tumor cancers, particularly refractory cancers by administration of two pluralities of microparticles, one comprising drug-carrying microparticles sized to lodge at the tumor preferably in the capillary bed of the tumor and the other comprising non-drug-carrying microparticles sized to lodge in the arterial system servicing the tumor so as to embolize the tumor.
US09375429B2
This disclosure relates to methods of improving the efficacy of dextromethorphan, or providing beneficial pharmacokinetic effects to dextromethorphan, comprising co-administering erythrohydroxybupropion, or a prodrug thereof, and dextromethorphan to a human being. Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to dextromethorphan and erythrohydroxybupropion or a prodrug of erythrohydroxybupropion are also disclosed.
US09375428B2
Described are controlled release oral pharmaceutical composition comprising an erodible matrix composition comprising a polyethylene oxide, a therapeutically effective amount of an opioid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, complex, solvate or anhydrate thereof, or a mixture thereof and, optionally, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and a coating on the matrix composition, wherein the coating has at least one opening exposing a surface of an end portion of the matrix composition, thereby allowing controlled release of the opioid by erosion of the matrix surface, wherein the composition exhibits zero order release of at least 80% of the opioid contained in the composition. The matrix may have a cylindrical shape having a long axis and a conus-shaped end portion having a largest diameter and a smallest diameter, such that the surface area exposed increases during erosion of the conus-shaped end portion.
US09375423B2
The present application provides methods of using the aminoindane compounds of formula (I) or (II) in treating an overactive bladder or interstitial cystitis by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient.
US09375419B1
A method for treating or preventing a norovirus, such as Norwalk virus, infection in a subject, which comprises administering to said subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or solvate thereof or mixtures thereof. The subject can be an animal, particularly mammals and more particularly humans and companion animals such as cats and dogs.
US09375410B2
A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration-time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
US09375404B2
A dual release oral dosage system/dosage form comprising an immediate release component/composition and a delayed release component/composition is described. Each of the immediate release component/composition and delayed release component/composition comprises one or more of doxylamine, an analog thereof, a derivative thereof, a prodrug thereof, a metabolite thereof and/or a salt thereof, and one or more of pyridoxine, a salt thereof, a metabolite thereof and/or a salt of the metabolite. The dual release oral dosage system/dosage form exhibits an improved pharmacokinetic profile relative to the current Diclectin® formulation and is useful for example for the alleviation of the symptoms of nausea and vomiting, for example in the case of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP).
US09375400B2
The compositions and methods of the disclosure particularly target the divalent metal transporter expressed on olfactory nerve terminals to transport divalent cation-coated or cation-containing nanoparticles to all regions of brain. It has been found that such divalent cation-containing nanoparticles, including those nanoparticles comprising manganese have affinity for the metal transport receptor proteins. Although this receptor has particular affinity for manganese, it is contemplated that other divalent ions, including magnesium, calcium, and the like may also be bound to such receptors leading to transport of the nanoparticles into the intracellular cytoplasm. Nanoparticles have been developed, therefore, as vehicles for parenteral delivery of genes, proteins and drugs. The present disclosure encompasses embodiments of nanoparticle-based compositions and methods for the use thereof for the delivery of genes, oligonucleotides, including but not limited to small interfering RNA, and other small molecule drugs, into the brain by nasal insufflation.
US09375392B2
The invention relates to a use of the guanidinium cation and to a light-emitting component. This invention for the first time describes matrix materials and emitters for uses in organic electrochemical light-emitting cells containing a guanidinium cation unit. Guanidinium groups as a cationic system promise a wide electrochemical window and hence stable components. The route to guanidinium systems is described in detail in the literature.
US09375390B2
Biodegradable agricultural compositions comprising 1,3-propanediol and its esters are provided. The 1,3-propanediol and its esters in the agricultural composition are biologically derived, and as such, the agricultural compositions exhibit a low anthropogenic CO2 emission profile.
US09375382B2
A hand rehabilitation device is used in rehabilitation therapies, for motility and functionality of the hands. The device has an orthosis, fitted to partially cover a patient's hand and forearm, and flexible rods for a passive and assisted active, concurrent, and/or selective bending or extension of the fingers. Movements are freely settable by an operator. Elements for sliding and supporting of the flexible rods during bending or extension of the fingers include ‘finger socks” or gloves provided with thimbles, fixed rods, or plates to stabilize the thimbles and hinged to move the flexible rods. A movement/command and control unit, integral to, or remoted located relative to, the orthosis is provided with actuators for moving the flexible rods. A tension adjusts the rods and rehabilitation device, adjusting and adapting to the hand s anatomical features.
US09375381B2
A device for assisting a caregiver in delivering cardiac resuscitation to a patient, the device comprising a user interface configured to deliver prompts to a caregiver to assist the caregiver in delivering cardiac resuscitation to a patient; at least one sensor configured to detect the caregiver's progress in delivering the cardiac resuscitation, wherein the sensor is configured to provide a signal containing information indicative of ventilation; a memory in which a plurality of different prompts are stored, including at least one ventilation progress prompt to guide the rescuer's performance of ventilation; a processor configured to process the output of the sensor to determine a parameter descriptive of ventilation progress and to determine whether the ventilation progress prompt should be selected for delivery. Possible parameters descriptive of ventilation progress include ventilation rate, delivered tidal volume, and flow rate.
US09375379B1
A crutch extension upper body support assembly is provided. The crutch extension upper body support assembly includes a crutch extension member secured to rails of a crutch by a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes an inner plate having a pair of vertical channels for receiving the rails of the crutch. A hollow tubular member on the inner plate is adapted to receive the crutch extension member and an outer plate is affixed to the inner plate for securing the locking mechanism and the crutch extension member in place. A harness may be placed on the upper torso of an individual and attached to one or more crutch extension members by a pair of loops located on shoulder straps of the harness. When adjusted properly, placing the loops onto the one or more crutch extension members causes the weight of an individual to be distributed throughout the entire upper body.
US09375377B1
A hands-free crutch assembly allows a user's foot to float suspended over an artificial foot, while transferring at least a portion of the walking load to the upper leg and permitting more natural knee flexion and extension while walking.
US09375375B2
A nursing bed, including at least a net-shaped fabric with a plurality of mesh openings and a bearing frame. The net-shaped fabric includes a warp and a weft. The diameter or inscribed circle diameter of the mesh opening is 2 to 6 times the diameter of the warp and the weft. The ratio of the sum of the areas of the mesh openings with respect to the area of the net-shaped fabric is 35% to 78%. The diameter or the inscribed circle diameter of the mesh opening is less than 1.5 mm. The diameter of the warp and the weft is less than 0.55 mm. The thickness of the net-shaped fabric is less than 1.1 mm. At least two edges of the net-shaped fabric are connected to two opposite edges of the bearing frame, respectively.
US09375374B2
A siderail assembly for a person support apparatus comprises a siderail body, a grip portion, and a power communication device. The siderail body includes a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface extending between the front surface and the back surface. The side surface defines a perimeter of the siderail body. The grip portion includes a siderail opening through a portion of the siderail body. The grip opening has an upper grip opening portion that cooperates with the side surface to define a grip. The power communication device is configured to communicate power wirelessly to a device in communication therewith.
US09375362B2
A fastening member has inboard and outboard ends, a panel region, an end region, and a stiffening element. The panel region is disposed adjacent to the inboard end and has first and second layers. The first and second layers are joined in a face-to-face orientation. The end region is disposed adjacent to the outboard end and has a fastening element zone and an intermediate zone. The intermediate zone is disposed between the fastening element zone and the panel region adjacent an interface between the panel and end regions. The stiffening element is disposed in the end region and has a stiffness of greater than about 200 N/m. A portion of the stiffening element is disposed between the first layer and the second layer and is joined to the first layer and the second layer. The portion is disposed adjacent to the interface between the panel region and the end region.
US09375358B2
An absorbent article comprising a pair of leg cuffs (32) with an raised section (34) and an absorbent core (28) comprising at least one channel (26, 26′) at least partially oriented in the longitudinal direction (80) of the article. The article has crotch width (Wd) before use as measured between the proximal edges of the leg cuffs at the level of the crotch point of from to 70 mm to 200 mm, and a Relative Crotch Width Reduction (RCWR) of at least 30 mm/kg.
US09375356B2
The objective of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent article that enables the rapid transfer of menstrual blood to an absorbent body, is not susceptible to the spread of menstrual blood above a top sheet, and is not susceptible to causing feelings of stickiness on the top sheet. The absorbent article of the present disclosure has the following structure. An absorbent article (1) having a liquid-permeable top sheet (2), a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent body (3). The absorbent article (1) is characterized by: having an excretory orifice contact region (4) and embossed portions (5); the top sheet (2) inside the excretory orifice contact region (4) and the embossed portions (5) respectively containing a prescribed blood lubricating agent; and the amount of the blood lubricating agent in the embossed portions (5) being larger than the amount of the blood lubricating agent in the top sheet (2) in the excretory orifice contact region (4).
US09375344B2
Various embodiments provide for a breathing assistance device comprising right and left flanges and a protuberance. The right and left flanges may comprise an inner surface and an outer surface, and the flanges may be configured to be placed in a user's mouth such that at least a portion of the flanges are in front of teeth of the user. The protuberance may extend from the outside surface of the flanges and may define an air passage that passes through the flanges.
US09375343B2
A system and method are disclosed for positioning a patient on an operating table. The patient positioning system includes a positioning pad having a body formed from a compressible material including a slip-resistant surface, a first end and a second end. The body has a thickness which increases from the first end of the positioning pad to the second end of the positioning pad. A plurality of tethers is fixedly secured to the body. Each of the tethers includes a fastening member adapted to secure the body to an operating table. The body includes a transverse cut which extends transversely from one side wall of the body to an opposite side wall of the body. The system also includes a sheet positioned within the transverse cut of the body of the positioning pad spaced from the slip-resistant surface of the positioning pad and at least one strap for securing the patient to the operating table. The positioning pad may include a perforated section to mirror a perineal cutout of an operating table.
US09375338B2
An intraluminal device and method includes positioning the intraluminal device, such as a bariatric device, in a lumen that is subject to peristaltic waves, such as the GI tract. The intraluminal device includes a surface defined by a wall having opposite end portions. The surface is configured to generally conform to the shape and size of a portion of the lumen. The end portions are spaced apart along an axis in the direction of peristaltic movement along the lumen. The cover has at least one opening therein between the end portions in order to resist peristaltic waves causing distal migration of the device.
US09375331B2
The present invention is directed to a flexible expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery. The stent generally includes a series of metallic cylindrical rings longitudinally aligned on a common axis of the stent and interconnected by a series of links which be polymeric or metallic. Varying configurations and patterns of the links and rings provides longitudinal and flexural flexibility to the stent while maintaining sufficient column strength to space the cylindrical rings along the longitudinal axis and providing a low crimp profile, enhanced stent security and radial stiffness.
US09375318B2
A joint assembly incorporated into reconditioned end surfaces established between an upper bone and an opposing lower bone. The assembly includes a pair of first components anchored into reconditioned bone end surfaces of a first joint defining bone and exhibiting a flexible and band-shaped loop displace-ably supported along exposed undersides established between outer portions which are assembled around the bands. A second component anchored into a second reconditioned end surface of a second joint defining bone exhibits a planar support surface upon which said bands are in contact with and displace during articulating motion of the bones. Entrapment pockets are formed within the first components for collecting wear particles and debris resulting from displacement of the belt.
US09375297B2
A method of pre-operatively forming a surgical splint configured to receive a patient's dentition can include combining a 3-D facial computer model and a 3-D dental computer model. The method includes the step of obtaining a 3-D facial computer model of at least the patient's maxilla, mandible, and dentition from a CT scanner and the step of obtaining a 3-D dental computer model of the patient's dentition with an optical scanner. The 3-D dental computer model is then combined with the 3-D facial computer model to form a composite virtual model. The composite virtual model can be manipulated into a planned post-operative shape, and a surgical splint can be custom constructed to match the planned post-operative shape. The surgical splint can be configured to receive the patient's dentition.
US09375289B1
A mouthpiece of medical grade silicone that has two connecting portions, one a molded shallow trough that wraps around and contours the teeth, and another a flap or wing portion that attaches to the front of the shallow trough and that acts to sit between and keep separate the teeth and lips.
US09375282B2
The present disclosure is directed towards a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes a housing and an end effector assembly operably connected to the housing. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members each having a tissue contacting surface, at least one of the first and second jaw members movable between a first, spaced-apart position and a second proximate position, wherein in the second position, the jaw members cooperate to define a cavity configured to receive tissue between the jaw members. The end effector also includes at least one light-emitting element coupled to at least one of the first and second jaw members, the at least one light-emitting element adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members to treat the tissue.
US09375275B2
An electromagnetic surgical ablation probe having a tunable helical antenna element is disclosed. The probe includes a coaxial feedline having an inner conductor coaxially disposed within a dielectric, and an outer conductor coaxially disposed around the dielectric. The inner conductor and dielectric extend distally beyond a distal end of the outer conductor. A helical antenna element is operably coupled to a distal end of the inner conductor. During use, the antenna may be tuned by changing at least one dimension of the helical antenna element. Embodiments are presented wherein a dimensions of the helical antenna element is changed by state change of a shape memory alloy, by a change in temperature, by activation of a piston by fluidic pressure, by linear motion of a conical tip, and by a manual screw-type adjustment.
US09375274B2
The ablation systems, ablation probes, and corresponding methods according to the present disclosure reduce or eliminate energy radiating from an ablation probe into the environment. Some ablation probes include a retractable sheath that shields at least the radiating portion of the ablation probe. The retractable sheath and/or the ablation probe may include conduits through which a fluid may flow to shield the radiating portion and to drive the retractable sheath to an extended state. Other ablation probes include apertures defined in the probe walls through which the fluid can flow to expand a balloon surrounding the radiating portion. Yet other ablation probes include a thermal indicator to indicate the temperature of the ablation probe to a user. The ablation systems include fluid circuits and associated mechanical controls for varying the contents and/or flow rate of the fluid provided to the radiating portion of the ablation probe.
US09375272B2
A device for directing energy to a target volume of tissue includes a monopole antenna assembly that includes a monopole antenna radiating section having a monopole antenna element surrounded by a dielectric material. The monopole antenna assembly also includes a ground plane disposed at a proximal end of the monopole antenna radiating section, wherein the ground plane is configured to direct energy into the target volume of tissue.
US09375270B2
An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue. The electrosurgical generator includes impedance sensing circuitry which measures impedance of tissue, a microprocessor configured to determine whether a tissue reaction has occurred as a function of a minimum impedance value and a predetermined rise in impedance, wherein tissue reaction corresponds to a boiling point of tissue fluid, and an electrosurgical instrument including at least one active electrode adapted to apply electrosurgical energy to tissue.
US09375269B2
Methods and systems facilitate catheterization of a living subject by passing a fluid through an irrigation conduit. Heat energy is delivered to the conduit to create a heated pod of irrigation fluid that propagates downstream from the heat source. A departure time of the pod from a first location in the conduit is recorded, and an arrival time of the pod is detected at a second location that is downstream from the first location. A transit time of the pod from the first location to the second location is determined, and the flow of the fluid is adjusted responsively to the transit time.
US09375266B2
An electrosurgical forceps includes a shaft that extends from a housing of the electrosurgical forceps. An end effector assembly is operably coupled to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. Each jaw member has a jaw housing and an electrosurgical seal plate. The first jaw member is movable relative to the second jaw member from an open configuration to a clamping configuration. The first jaw member includes an elongated channel defined in its respective jaw housing and extends along a length thereof. A drive assembly operably couples to the first jaw member via a drive rod that is engageable with the elongated channel to move the first jaw member from the open configuration to the clamping configuration and to provide a closure force between the jaw members when the jaw members are in the clamping configuration.
US09375261B2
A medical device may include one or more operable components and one or more limited-use portions. The limited-use portion(s) is configured to transition from a first state to a second state upon being subjected to sterilization above a sterilization threshold. In the second state, the limited-use portion(s) inhibit the operability of the one or more operable components.
US09375260B2
A surgical instrument includes a reusable base component including a handle and an electrically activatable modular component removably coupled to the base component. The modular component includes an end effector operable from the handle to treat tissue. The end effector is responsive to manipulation of the handle. A first energy storage component is disposed onboard the base component and is electrically coupled to a source of electricity. A second energy storage component is disposed onboard the modular component and is electrically insulated from the first energy storage component. The second energy storage component is arranged such that a current may be selectively induced in the modular component by delivery of electrical energy to the first energy storage component.
US09375257B2
A high-frequency treatment instrument 1 comprises a flexible tube 3 which is inserted into a body cavity and a treatment portion 2 which is located on the distal end of the flexible tube 3 when a high-frequency current is applied. In this high frequency treatment instrument 1, the flexible tube 3 is formed by a plurality of wound conductive wires and is provided with a multiple-thread coil 6 connected electrically to the treatment portion 2, and the high-frequency current is applied to the multiple-thread coil 6.
US09375251B2
A system for measuring real-time tissue reflection spectral characteristics during ablation includes a catheter for collecting light reflected from tissue undergoing ablation, a detection component for separating constituent wavelengths of the collected light, a quantification apparatus for generating measured light intensity data of the collected light, and a processor for analyzing the data in relation to time. A method for monitoring formation of steam pop during ablation includes delivering light to tissue, delivering ablative energy to the tissue, measuring the reflectance spectral intensity of the tissue, and observing whether the measured reflectance spectral instensity (MRSI) initially increases in a specified time period followed by a decrease at a specified rate. If the MRSI does not decrease, delivery of ablation energy continues. If the MRSI decreases within the specified time at the specified rate, formation of a steam pocket is inferred and delivery of ablative energy is decreased or discontinued.
US09375249B2
An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical power generating source, an energy applicator operably associated with the electrosurgical power generating source, a processor unit, and a data acquisition module configured to receive a reflected signal. The processor unit is disposed in operative communication with the data acquisition module and adapted to determine a tissue desiccation rate around at least a portion of the energy applicator based on one or more signals received from the data acquisition module.
US09375248B2
An electrosurgical high frequency (HF) generator comprising a generator circuit that produces an HF current between an active electrode and at least one neutral electrode. During the cutting or coagulating of biological tissue, unwanted tissue heating due to the HF current can be reduced because the electrosurgical HF generator comprises at least one further auxiliary neutral electrode connected in parallel to the neutral electrode.
US09375246B2
A system for planning, performing and/or evaluating the effectiveness of a therapeutic treatment of a target tissue is provided. The system includes at least one of a thermal conductivity probe including a microprobe sensor configured and adapted to measure a thermal conductivity in the target tissue in at least one direction and an electrical conductivity probe including a microprobe sensor configured and adapted to measure an electrical conductivity in the target tissue in at least one direction. The system further includes a multimeter operatively connected to at least one of the thermal conductivity probe and the electrical conductivity probe, the multimeter being configured and adapted to deliver energy to at least one of the thermal conductivity probe and the electrical conductivity probe and a computer operatively connected to the multimeter.
US09375243B1
A method for fusing a spinal sacroiliac joint The method includes the steps of locating the sacroiliac joint, retracting the soft tissue to expose the graft site, removing any bone obstructions and preparing a relatively smooth graft site horizontal to the immediate sacroiliac joint, creating a therapeutic cavity by creating a first cavity in the ilium and a second cavity in the sacrum to a predetermined depth that spans the sacroiliac joint, inserting a stabilization implant into the therapeutic cavity, and seating the implant within the therapeutic cavity at a predetermined depth.
US09375241B2
The bone nail is intended for the heel. It comprises a front part (15) that is intended to be inserted in the bone and is provided with a tip (17) and it also comprises a rear part (16) having an end (18). The rear part (16) is rigid at a length of at least 120 mm, starting from the end (18). The bone nail is cured in a plane and the curvature for each infinitesimal section of the bone nail has a curvature radius that is at least 130 mm. The key advantages that can be achieved with the bone nail according to the invention and thanks to the surgical technique that becomes possible with it are the possibility to adjust the heel with high precision relative to the lower leg and knee axis, the avoidance of the risk of an injury to the plantar nerves, and a less invasive implant compared to the known surgical techniques using other nails.
US09375240B2
A system includes a sleeve including first and second arms each including an outer ramp and an inward projection, each of the arms defining a cavity. First and second extensions are configured for disposal in the cavities. A fastener includes walls defining an implant cavity and a distal portion. The walls each include first and second end surfaces and a locking cavity. The extensions are configured for translation relative to the sleeve between a first orientation such that the extensions engage the respective ramps to fix the projections with a respective locking cavity in a configuration to capture the fastener with the sleeve and a second orientation such that the extensions move out of engagement with the respective ramps so that the projections are movable out of engagement with the locking cavities to release the fastener from the sleeve. Methods of use are disclosed.
US09375239B2
Disclosed is an orthopedic implant and methods of implantation for fixing adjacent bones. In an embodiment, the implant includes a locking mechanism that is adapted to be advanced by a locking instrument, wherein advancement of the locking mechanism in a first direction produces rotation of a first rigid abutment surface from a first orientation to a second orientation, and continued advancement of the locking mechanism produces advancement of the first rigid abutment surface towards a second rigid abutment surface and placement of a compressive load onto and sufficient to immobilize the implant relative to the first bony surface and the second bony surface.
US09375220B2
An apparatus for locating a curvilinear cut in a bone comprises a jig body and a first arm, a top end of which is rotatably coupleable to a first portion of the jig body in combination with a second arm, a top end of which is rotatably coupleable to a second portion of the jig body separated from the first portion and a saw guide rotatably coupleable to the first arm, the saw guide including a bottom surface extending along a curve corresponding to a desired path through which a bone is to be cut, the saw guide including a locking feature receiving a bone fixation element which, in an operative configuration, is mounted in the bone to align the saw guide relative to the arm so that an operator may precisely align a desired axis of the saw guide with a longitudinal axis of the first arm.
US09375213B2
The invention relates surgical abdominal methods of treating obesity in a patient by implanting a volume filling device that, when implanted in a patient, reduces the food cavity in size by a volume substantially exceeding the volume of the volume filling device. Also disclosed is a laparoscopic instrument for providing a volume filling device to be invaginated in the stomach wall of a human patient to treat obesity.
US09375205B2
A surgical instrument includes a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and a deployment mechanism. The first drive assembly is coupled to a first component and is configured to translate a first longitudinal distance X1 to deploy the first component. The second drive assembly is coupled to a second component and is configured to translate a second longitudinal distance X2 to deploy the second component. The deployment mechanism is operably coupled to both the first and second drive assemblies and is configured to move from a first position to a second position to translate the first and second drive assemblies the respective first and second longitudinal distances X1 and X2 to deploy the first and second components.
US09375196B2
A system and method of ultrasound imaging, the system including a laparoscopic surgical instrument including at least one ultrasound transducer, and a processor adapted to receive acoustic data from the ultrasound transducer and process the acoustic data from the ultrasound transducer to produce a graphical representation of the acoustic data, the graphical representation depicting echoic attributes of tissue substantially axially aligned with a transmission path of the at least one ultrasound transducer, and the distance of at least one tissue type having different echoic attributes from surrounding tissue form a distal tip of the laparoscopic surgical instrument.
US09375192B2
A method for generating a 3-dimensional reconstruction model of an object of interest that lies within a volume, the method executed at least in part by a computer, acquires a first set of projection images of the volume at a first exposure and a first field of view and a second set of projection images of the object of interest within the volume at a second exposure that is higher than the first exposure and a second field of view that is narrower than the first field of view. An object of interest is reconstructed from the second set of projection images according to information related to portions of the volume that lie outside the object of interest. The reconstructed object of interest is displayed.
US09375181B2
The disclosure describes techniques and systems for filtering noise from a physiological signal. In one example, one or more processors are configured to receive a signal indicative of physiological activity of a patient, wherein the signal comprises noise at one or more frequencies, and filter the noise from the signal according to a noise rejection model, wherein the noise rejection model predicts the noise at the one or more frequencies. The one or more processors may also be configured to, responsive to initiation of a blanking period for the signal, advance the noise rejection model in time during the blanking period, and, responsive to termination of the blanking period, filter, based on the noise rejection model advanced in time, the noise at the one or more frequencies from the signal.
US09375164B2
Apparatus and methods are described for use with an endoluminal data-acquisition device having a radiopaque portion coupled thereto, including, while the endoluminal data-acquisition device is being moved through the lumen, acquiring a plurality of endoluminal data points of the lumen using the endoluminal data-acquisition device. A combined extraluminal image of the lumen is generated that contains images of the radiopaque portion at first and second locations within the lumen, by co-registering first and second extraluminal images with each other. At least one location on the combined extraluminal image is identified as corresponding to a location within the lumen at which a given one of the endoluminal data points was acquired, by identifying the first and second locations of the radiopaque portion within the combined extraluminal image. An output is generated, in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
US09375161B2
A method has been developed that detects cardiac arrhythmia from intrinsic cardiac nerve signals obtained from a heart in a patient. The method includes sampling intrinsic cardiac nerve activity at a high sample rate, filtering the sampled signal with a high pass filter, comparing the filtered signal to a predetermined threshold, and initiating a therapeutic action in response to the filtered signal exceeding the predetermined threshold. The intrinsic cardiac nerve activity may be received through an electrode implanted on the heart or from an electrode inserted into the venous structure of the heart.
US09375160B2
The methods and systems for estimating cardiac output and total peripheral resistance include observing arterial blood pressure waveforms to determine intra-beat and inter-beat variability in arterial blood pressure and estimating from the variability a time constant for a lumped parameter beat-to-beat averaged Windkessel model of the arterial tree. Uncalibrated cardiac output and uncalibrated total peripheral resistance may then be calculated from the time constant. Calibrated cardiac output and calibrated total peripheral resistance may be computed using calibration data, assuming an arterial compliance that is either constant or dependent on mean arterial blood pressure. The parameters of the arterial compliance may be estimated in a least-squares manner.
US09375158B2
An exemplary apparatus and/or an exemplary method can be provided using which, it is possible (e.g., with at least one first arrangement) to measure an amplitude and/or a phase of at least one electromagnetic radiation provided from a particular portion of a sample. Further, it is possible (e.g., using at least one second arrangement) to scan a location of the particular portion along a path from a first point of the sample to a second point of the sample. In addition, it is possible to control the scan (e.g., with the second arrangement) such that the scan may comprise at least one first segment having a positive velocity and at least one segment having a negative velocity. A first distance of the first segment and/or the second segment can be smaller than a second distance between the first and second points.
US09375154B2
System and method for locating and identifying nerves innervating the wall of arteries such as the renal artery are disclosed. The present invention identifies areas on vessel walls that are innervated with nerves; provides indication on whether energy is delivered accurately to a targeted nerve; and provides immediate post-procedural assessment of the effect of energy delivered to the nerve. The method includes at least the steps to evaluate a change in physiological parameters after energy is delivered to an arterial wall; and to determine the type of nerve that the energy was directed to (none, sympathetic or parasympathetic) based on the evaluated results. The system includes at least a device for delivering energy to the wall of blood vessel; sensors for detecting physiological signals from a subject; and indicators to display results obtained using this method. Also provided are catheters for performing the mapping and ablating functions.
US09375151B1
A method for detecting acute ischemia is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining ST segment deviations and storing the results in heart rate based histograms. The histogram data is periodically analyzed to estimate a true range of ST deviation for a particular heart rate range. A current threshold for a heart rate range is set by estimating the true range of ST deviations within that bin, determining the median value of ST deviations within the range, and basing thresholds on the range and median value. The true range for a particular heart rate bin is estimated by locating ST deviation values between which reside a predetermined percentage of all ST deviation values collected for that bin.
US09375147B2
The present invention provides scanning mechanisms for imaging probes using for imaging mammalian tissues and structures using high resolution imaging, including high frequency ultrasound and/or optical coherence tomography. The imaging probes include adjustable rotational drive mechanism for imparting rotational motion to an imaging assembly containing either optical or ultrasound transducers which emit energy into the surrounding area. The imaging assembly includes a scanning mechanism having including a movable member configured to deliver the energy beam along a path out of an elongate hollow shaft at a variable angle with respect to the longitudinal axis to give forward and side viewing capability of the imaging assembly. The movable member is mounted in such a way that the variable angle is a function of the angular velocity of the imaging assembly.
US09375141B2
A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the determined pathway in order to assist a physician in navigating a probe to the designated target.
US09375132B2
A medical image processing apparatus including a storage, virtual endoscopic image generating unit, region identifying unit, and image generating unit. The storage stores three-dimensional images of a tubular body. The virtual endoscopic image generating unit generates, by using the three-dimensional images of the tubular body, virtual endoscopic images when an inside of a tract of the tubular body is observed based on a view point location and view direction placed inside the tract. The region identifying unit obtains an observation region and/or non-observation region based on the view point location and view direction by using the three-dimensional images. The image generating unit that generates an image that corresponds to the observation region and/or non-observation region are/is distinguishably displayed on the image obtained from the three-dimensional images.
US09375121B2
A vacuum hose storage system comprises a vacuum unit, a storage tube, and a vacuum hose. The vacuum unit is fluidly connected to the storage tube, and is operable to generate a partial vacuum within the storage tube. The vacuum hose can be draw in into the storage tube by the partial vacuum. The vacuum hose can be removed from the storage tube and connected to an inlet to provide a partial vacuum within the vacuum hose.
US09375118B2
The invention relates to an apparatus including a housing having a cover and a pivotably mounted flap, said housing receiving a module that receives the strip of precut material. Said module is arranged with a transverse supporting plate, and a flap that is pivotably mounted relative to said module and to said supporting plate while being placed in front of the latter and opposite the inner front surface of the cover so as to enable the material strip to pass therethrough. The module hingedly receives, in front of the flap, a cover plate that is profiled, on the top edge thereof, with an edge, which is oriented toward the inside of the flap and which is suitable for projecting from the top of said flap so as to make it possible to guide the material strip between said flap and said cover plate. Said flap and the cover plate are arranged in a complementary manner on both sides of central notches, with one or more slots and one or more ribs that are capable of penetrating into said slot(s) when closing the cover, wherein the flap and the transverse supporting plate are coupled together so as to be limitedly pivotable such that the operator can access the inner space between the flap and the cover plate.
US09375109B2
A tree stand comprising a supporting base including an upwardly facing hemispherical socket, a positioning sphere having a cavity for receiving a trunk of the tree, and a collar engageable by threads with the base and comprising a flange, wherein the positioning sphere may be disposed in the hemispherical cavity, and the compression collar maximally threadably engaged with the base, thereby contacting the flange with the sphere and immobilizing the sphere in the socket.
US09375106B2
A bowl or mug system has various extensions from the handle or rim portions that are indicative of parts of various sports games, such as soccer and hockey nets, field-goal posts, and other extensions containing openings, holes, or back stops that are connected to the rim or handle of a mug and extend over the open container portion of the mug or bowl. Embodiments also contain launching platforms formed opposite from the sports equipment.
US09375089B2
A seating unit that includes a linkage mechanism adapted to adjust between closed, extended, and reclined positions is provided. The linkage mechanism includes a seat-mounting plate mounted to a footrest assembly, a back-mounting link and a rear bellcrank both rotatably coupled to the seat-mounting plate, an activator bar that controls a footrest drive link, and a linear actuator for carrying out automated adjustment of the linkage assembly. In operation, a stroke in a first phase of the linear actuator generates a torque on the activator bar. The footrest drive link converts the torque into a laterally-directed force that pushes the footrest assembly into the extended position. A stroke in the second phase acts to push the activator bar forward and translate the seat-mounting plate forward at a consistent inclination angle. The forward translation causes the rear bellcrank to rotate, thereby biasing the back-mounting link rearward into the reclined position.
US09375072B2
A device for packaging a cosmetic product, comprising a container having an opening defined by a neck of the container, a cap for closing the container, a closing-off element for the opening, connected to the cap, a spring member located between the cap and the closing-off element, a seal able to engage with the closing-off element and the neck of the container, and a mechanism for locking the cap on the container in a locked position.The locking mechanism comprises a retaining means and a means for actuating the retaining means in order to inactivate the retaining means so as to enable the cap to be moved from its locked position into an unlocked position in which the cap can be separated freely from the container.
US09375069B2
A package for a consumer care composition including a container having a base, a solid stick of a consumer care composition supported on the base, an annular sleeve surrounding the solid stick, the annular sleeve being coupled to the base by a coupling mechanism, the coupling mechanism being adapted to control longitudinal movement of the annular sleeve relative to the base between extended and refracted positions.
US09375068B2
In a click-type applicator, when the propelling element is moved forwards by a clicking operation, the advancing motion is transformed into a rotary motion of a transfer cam element in one direction by the function of guide slots of the propelling element and projected parts so that when a cam portion of transfer cam element meshes with a cam portion at the rear of a rotary cam element, the rotation of the transfer cam element causes rotary cam element to rotate and thereby move the screw shaft and hence a piston forwards. On the other hand, by releasing the clicking operation, propelling element is moved backwards due to the repulsive force of a spring, and the backward motion is transformed into a rotary motion of transfer cam element in the other direction by the function of the guide slots and projected parts so as to restore the original position.
US09375059B2
The invention provides a safety lock for zipper bags, comprising a first pull block with a locking bar and a second pull block with a locking frame. Said locking bar is inserted into the locking frame to link the first pull block with said second pull block; said second pull block is further equipped with a release unit for detaching the locking bar from the locking frame. A slot is formed between said release unit and top surface of the second pull block. In the invention, the locking bar and the locking frame can connect and lock the two pull blocks which can be unlocked by pressing the pressing portions with certain force. Children are unable to open the zipper bag easily. Therefore, the invention can prevent children from mistakenly opening the zipper bag effectively and avoids loss of important documents and accidental ingestion of medicines.
US09375051B2
An article, such as an article of footwear or an article of apparel, includes an upper having a gradient-like coloring pattern. The article further includes protruding elements configured in a pattern that corresponds to the coloring pattern. The article may have a layered structure including a base layer, a coloring ink layer and a layer of protruding elements.
US09375047B2
A computer system including a Web site and/or a cloud array of computers. The system is configured to have a connection to a smartphone or other mobile computer device and to use the device to control a configuration of computer-controlled bladders, compartments, chambers and/or internal sipes in footwear soles of a device user. The system is further configured to control the configuration of the bladders, compartments, chambers and/or internal sipes by using the device and the connection to: transmit data to the system for storage and/or shared or independent processing and/or analysis: process data received from the sensors in the footwear soles, a sensor including a gyroscope and/or an accelerometer in the device and a sensor including a gyroscope and/or an accelerometer located in, on, or near a head of the device user; and use the processed data to alter a configuration of the bladders, compartments, chambers and/or internal sipes.
US09375037B1
A garment for outdoor wear, having a central portion adapted to fit about an adult's torso, the central portion comprising respective side panels; sleeves extending downwardly from the upper extremity of the central portion, to accommodate the arms of a person wearing the garment; and size-adjusting closures extending from the lower extremity of the central portion upwardly under the sleeves.
US09375033B2
A smokeless tobacco gel product is providing, including a tobacco material in an amount of at least about 0.01 weight percent, based on the total weight of the smokeless tobacco gel product; at least about 50 percent by weight of one or more sugar alcohols; a humectant in an amount of at least about 0.1 weight percent; and water in an amount of at least about 10 weight percent. The tobacco material (e.g., particulate tobacco or a tobacco extract such as tobacco-derived nicotine) can be present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent. The humectant amount can be varied to vary the properties of the gel product, with more paste-like consistency achieved with a humectant amount of at least about 7 weight percent, and more syrup-like consistency achieved with a humectant amount of less than about 6 weight percent.
US09375024B2
A process for producing powdered cocoa shells as a food ingredient, as replacer for cocoa powder, to impart coloration in food products, and as fat bloom inhibitor in cocoa-based products.
US09375023B2
The invention relates to a sunflower oil with high heat stability, which is characterized in that between 15% and 45% of the fatty acid total are saturated fatty acids (palmitic acid and stearic acid), between 45% and 75% of the fatty acid total is oleic acid and more than 85% of the tocopherol total corresponds to the sum of gamma-tocopherol and delta-tocopherol. The invention also relates to sunflower seeds that contain an oil with the aforementioned characteristics and sunflower plants which as a result of self-pollination produce seeds with the aforementioned characteristics. In addition, the invention relates to the use of said oil in food and animal feed and for the formulation of biolubricants and biofuels.
US09375022B2
A food product heat treatment apparatus for heat-sensitive fluid food products, including an inlet for supplying the food product, an outlet for discharging the heat treated food product, a holding device downstream the inlet for holding the food product a specific time at a specific temperature, and a back pressure device downstream the holding device, wherein the holding device is a positive displacement holding device and/or a self cleaning holding device. A method for heat treating a heat-sensitive fluid food product, including supplying the food product to an inlet, heat treating the food product by holding the food product a specific time at a specific temperature in a holding device, providing a back pressure device downstream the holding device, and discharging the heat treated food product through an outlet, wherein the back pressure device includes a cooled valve and/or the food product is positively displaced through the holding device.
US09375018B2
An animal hide removal apparatus is provided. The apparatus may have a plurality of pulleys and winches that are associated with cables that are selectively connected to a carcass. Operation of the winches moves the cables in opposite directions to remove the hide from the animal.
US09375017B2
A variety of compositions and methods for removing hair from animal skin are disclosed. The methods can include heating the skin and applying force to the skin to remove hair. The methods can further include applying an adhesive comprising a wax and a resin to the skin, allowing the adhesive to solidify, and applying force to the adhesive.
US09375013B2
At present, many herbicidal compositions have been developed and used, but they are not necessarily sufficient to control undesired plants such as weeds to be controlled in some cases, and a herbicidal composition having high activity has been desired.A herbicidal composition comprising flazasulfuron or its salt, and at least one herbicidal compound selected from the group consisting of imazapic, hexazinone, mesotrione and their salts, and a method for controlling undesired plants using it.
US09375010B2
The present invention provides 4-substituted-3-{phenyl[(heterocyclylmethoxy)imino]methyl}-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5(4H)-one derivatives of formula (I) Wherein A, X1 to X3, Y1 to Y5 represent various substituents.
US09374999B2
Disclosed are biocide compositions. The compositions are useful in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions, particularly in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas.
US09374995B2
An apparatus for micromanipulation of biological material, includes a vessel (1) having a reservoir (2) wherein the vessel has a channel (3) formed in a portion of the reservoir, the channel including an intermediate restriction (4) dimensioned to resist passage of the biological material but allow passage of liquid treatment solutions.
US09374984B2
A dog leash (10) comprising an elastic section (11) having an elliptical section elastic material (12) and an outer braiding (13) whereby the braiding is woven so that it may extend in a limited amount in the direction of the arrow (14) and be limited in that extension by reason of the limitation imposed by the weave on the braiding.
US09374981B2
An animal feeder is configured to resist clogging, enable user cleaning of the feed dispensing canister assembly and resist pest intrusion. The animal feeder includes an outer shell assembly detachably connected to a dispensing canister assembly configured to push the feed over the top of the dispensing canister assembly into the outer shell assembly. The expelled feed is collected into a feed passage and delivered to a feed receptacle.
US09374978B2
A conveyor system for transporting sand that is moved outwardly, from a lower end of an enclosure region in at least one animal stall toward a gutter, to a discharge location. The conveyor system includes a conveyor assembly having a transportation element for moving the sand, a drive subassembly for moving the transportation element on a predetermined path, and one or more guide subassemblies, for guiding the transportation element. The conveyor system also includes one or more support assemblies for at least partially defining a slot in the preselected region in which a part of the transportation element is receivable, for receiving at least a portion of the sand, and one or more grates located at least partially above the part of the transportation element positioned in the preselected region, through which the portion of the sand is permitted to pass.
US09374977B2
A biodegradable litter kit to be used for the collection and disposal of animal waste. The kit includes a litter box having a tray portion and a retractable lid. The tray has a bottom and at least one protruding side to which the lid is connected. The box includes a perforated false bottom positioned within the tray for holding a layer of fresh litter above the bottom of the tray. The perforated false bottom permits for the passage of soiled litter but prevents the passage of fresh litter to the bottom of the tray thus keeping a layer of fresh litter accessible for use by an animal. A separator piece may be included for selective positioning over the layer of fresh litter to maintain it within the box when the box is not in use. The box may include biodegradable accessories.
US09374975B2
A robotic attacher retrieves cups from the right side of an equipment area located behind a dairy livestock and attaches the cups to the teats of the dairy livestock in sequence. The sequence comprises attaching a first cup to the right front teat, a second cup to the left front teat, a third cup to the right rear teat, and a fourth cup to the left rear teat.
US09374965B1
A novel maize variety designated PH263M and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH263M with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH263M through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH263M or a locus conversion of PH263M with another maize variety.
US09374959B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1K8N and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1K8N with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1K8N through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1K8N or a locus conversion of PH1K8N with another maize variety.
US09374957B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 11R115B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 11R115B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 11R115B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 11R115B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US09374955B2
Methods and compositions comprising design of enlarged pectins are provided. Elaborated pectins are useful for a multitude of functions including surface coating, penetrant, additive and gell. Methods according to the present invention comprise steps for treatments to one or more live pectic cells in one or more compositions that result in modified pectins. In specific embodiments, methods are provided for applying the nanotechnology to live cells for carriage and incorporation of polar compounds.
US09374952B1
A rotatable vertical growing system enhances circulation between a hydroponic network and an aquaponic network in a closed fluid circulation. The networks are interdependent and operate on a constant body of growth fluid that continuously circulates between an aquaponic vessel and a hydroponic growing container. A rotational energy and a direct pressure generated by an external fluid serve to increase the flow rate of the growth fluid during circulation. A rotatable base portion floats concentrically in the aquaponic vessel. The base portion includes a gear system that enables rotation. Protruding members extend from the rotating base portion to agitate and guide the growth fluid through the circulatory path. The external fluid discharges into the vessel to aerate the fluid, increase the flow rate of the growth fluid, and actuate the gear system. The hydroponic growing container rotates to provide uniform access to light for the plants.
US09374945B2
An apparatus and method for compacting material into a bale and wrapping the bale with a wrapping material is set forth. The method comprises steps of supplying a material to be baled to a baling chamber of a combined baler and bale wrapping apparatus, and forming a bale of the material in the baling chamber, opening a cover of the baling chamber, securing the bale by a securing-mechanism operatively assigned to the baling chamber in the baling chamber, applying a wrapping material supplied from a dispenser to the secured bale, thereby providing one or more securing layers of the wrapping material encircling the bale, and releasing the bale from securing by the securing-mechanism, and wrapping the bale with the wrapping material by supplying further wrapping material from the dispenser to the bale, and expelling the wrapped bale from the baling chamber.
US09374944B2
An agricultural air seeder includes a tilling implement having a plurality of air lines. An air cart is coupled with the tilling implement, and includes a pneumatic distribution system with a plurality of air lines. A plurality of air line connections respectively interconnect between an air line associated with the tilling implement and an air line associated with the air cart. Each air line connection has a female connector and a male connector. Each female connector has an inside diameter with an annular groove, and a seal disposed within the annular groove. The male connector is positioned within the female connector and sealed with the seal.
US09374943B1
An agricultural seeder implement includes a seed boot connected directly to an opener having a leading extremity and a trailing extremity. The seed boot and the opener form a channel and an outlet. The channel extends forwardly from an inlet of the seed boot proximate to the trailing extremity of the opener to the outlet behind the leading extremity of the opener. The opener is for being pulled for cutting a furrow in the ground by the leading extremity ahead of the outlet, and the channel is for guiding a stream of air-driven seed forwardly therethrough from the inlet and into the furrow through the outlet directed downwardly in the furrow.
US09380734B2
A container includes an air conditioner, a double group of air conductor sheets and a number of racks. The air conditioner includes at least one air outlet. The double group of air conductor sheets is positioned in the at least one air outlet. The double group of air conductor sheet includes a first group of air conductor sheets and a second group of air conductor sheets oriented in different directions. The double group of air conductor sheets is positioned between the racks. The first group of air conductor sheets rotates toward the racks positioned at two sides, and the second group of air conductor sheets rotates toward the racks positioned at two ends.
US09380727B2
A method for designing and assembling a modular IT rack includes a manufacturer designing and constructing lightweight, modular corrugated cardboard modules/segments and corresponding banding and corner components that can be used to assemble the modular IT rack. A user/assembler of the modular IT rack assembles modular tray grouping and enclosure (MTGE) casing units using a first set of cardboard modules. The user constructs trays using a second set of cardboard modules. The user affixes cable support components to the sides of sub-groups of the constructed trays. The user encloses sub-groups of trays having the affixed cable support components within the assembled MTGE casing units to create MTGE blocks. The user vertically stacks the MTGE blocks having the tray sub-groups and the affixed cable support components enclosed within. The user aligns and secures the vertically stacked MTGE blocks in a fixed position using banding and corner components.
US09380726B2
Retainers are described that comprise at least one center body component comprising a plurality of center body troughs, and at least one compatible component comprising a plurality of compatible troughs, wherein at least part of the plurality of the compatible troughs couple with at least part of the plurality of center body troughs. In addition, thermal displacement devices are described that incorporate at least one retainers and at least one additional component, wherein the at least one retainer is coupled at least in part to the at least one additional component through a contact area or a substrate, surface or combination thereof, wherein the at least one retainer is coupled with the substrate, surface or combination thereof through a contact area.
US09380724B2
A wireless communication module includes: a wireless circuit configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal; a first inter-board connector; a first board on which the wireless circuit and the first connector are mounted; a signal processing circuit configured to process the wireless signal transmitted/received by the wireless circuit; a second inter-board connector configured to be connected to the first connector; and a second board on which the signal processing circuit and the second connector are mounted. The first board overlaps at least partially with the second board under a condition where the first connector and the second connector are interconnected.
US09380720B2
Disclosed are a hinged connector and a video display assembly containing an attachment panel having a front surface and a back surface, with a video display attached to the front surface and at least one hinged connector attached to the back surface.
US09380718B2
A latch device is provided, which is used for a server. The latch device comprises: a positioning post fixed on a case of the server; a containing shelf fixed on a top cover of the server; a shifting plate fixed in the containing shelf through at least one fixing parts, wherein the fixing part permits the shifting plate moved along an opening thereof; and a rotating handle jointed with the shifting plate through two rotating axles and able to be moved between a first rotating position and a second rotating position. When the positioning post is inserted into an insertion hole of the shifting plate inside the containing shelf, the rotating handle can drive the containing shelf to be moved backward and forward, so that the top cover is driven to be moved backward and forward with the containing shelf, and the shifting plate is moved therewith.
US09380717B2
A rectifier module comprises a conductive housing made of injection molded aluminum or aluminum alloy. Diodes are inserted into recesses formed in the housing. The housing is placed at an alternating input potential during operation, and transmits alternating current input power to the diode modules for conversion to direct current power. Multiple recesses may be provided for high and low side diodes, of which there may be one or many. Multiple such modules may be provided for converting multiple phases of input power to direct current power.
US09380716B2
A mobile terminal having a case defining an external appearance thereof, and a method of manufacturing such a case, are provided. The case may include a base formed of a resin material and having a recessed portion, a sheet disposed within the recessed portion and formed of a material that is different from that of the base, the material of the sheet having greater rigidity than that of the base, and a reinforcing member filled between the base and the sheet to integrally couple the base and the sheet. The rigidity of the material of the reinforcing member may have an intermediate value between the rigidity of the base and the rigidity of the sheet.
US09380715B2
A supporting mechanism for supporting a display module on a base includes a stand and a buckling structure. An end of the stand is pivoted to the base, and the buckling structure is pivoted to the other end of the stand and for buckling the display module. The buckling structure includes a housing, at least one buckling component and at least one resilient component. The housing is pivoted to the other end of the stand. The at least one buckling component is movably installed in the housing. The at least one resilient component is installed inside the housing and connected to the at least one buckling component. The at least one resilient component drives the at least one buckling component to buckle a fastening portion of the display module as the housing and the at least one buckling component are inserted into a containing portion on the display module.
US09380714B2
A portable terminal includes a display module and a case member coupled to the display module. A face of the case member is formed to have a center portion and an edge, which are different from each other in their heights to thereby support a center portion of the display module in lengthwise and widthwise directions of the display module respectively. The portable terminal configured above supports a rear face of the flat display module using at least one of a portion protruded from the case member and a stiff material film, to thereby diffuse an impact exerted on a display device to the case member. Thus, it is possible to relieve the damage to the flat display device due to an external impact.
US09380712B2
There is provided a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a wiring pattern of an outermost layer; a solder resist layer having an opening portion therein, wherein a portion of the wiring pattern is exposed through the opening portion, and the exposed portion of the wiring pattern is defined as a connection pad; and a solder bump on the connection pad. The connection pad includes: a solder layer; and a metal post that is entirely covered by the solder layer, wherein a portion of the solder layer is interposed between the connection pad and the metal post.
US09380701B2
Provided is a laminate in which at least a layer including a support, a primer layer, a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second conductive layer are laminated, wherein the insulating layer is formed by coating at least a portion of or entirety of a surface of the first conductive layer with a resin composition and drying the resin composition; and the second conductive layer includes a second plating seed layer formed by coating a portion of or entirety of a surface of the insulating layer with a fluid containing a conductive substance, and a second plating layer formed on a surface of the second plating seed layer. This laminate has high adhesion between layers and allows the high adhesion to be maintained even upon exposure to a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.
US09380698B1
An electronic patch includes a foldable circuit layer that includes a foldable network that includes comprising: a plurality of electronic modules comprising a plurality of electronic components, and flexible straps that connect the plurality of electronic modules, wherein the flexible straps comprise conductive circuit that are conductively connected with the plurality of electronic components in the plurality of electronic modules. Neighboring electronic modules can undulate in opposite directions normal to the foldable circuit layer. The electronic patch also includes an elastic layer that encloses the foldable circuit layer.
US09380691B2
A system for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes an optical amplifier including a gain medium positioned on a beam path, the optical amplifier configured to receive a light beam at an input and to emit an output light beam for an EUV light source at an output; a feedback system that measures a property of the output light beam and produces a feedback signal based on the measured property; and an adaptive optic positioned in the beam path and configured to receive the feedback signal and to adjust a property of the output light beam in response to the feedback signal.
US09380687B2
An ESD protection device is provided which has a low electrostatic capacitance, a low short-circuiting rate and an excellent durability. Also, in the ESD protection device, the damage derived from short-circuiting or the peak voltage can be inhibited. The ESD protection device includes an insulating substrate, electrodes separately and oppositely disposed on the insulating substrate and a discharge inducing section arranged between the electrodes. The discharge inducing section consists of porous structure with microscopic voids discontinuously dispersed therein and has a hollow structure in which at least one hollow space is contained. Further, the plane where the hollow structure is formed has a dense structure.
US09380681B2
Disclosed herein are a lighting switch apparatus and a lighting switching method, which can perform lighting control by blocking or passing light from a lighting device using a user's hand motion while the user may make input to a lighting switch by means of a capacitive touch on the lighting switch. The lighting switch apparatus includes a capacitive touch sensing unit for recognizing a user's touch. A hand motion visible light receiving unit receives visible light from a lighting device depending on motion of the user's hand. A control unit generates a touch-based lighting control signal based on results of touch recognition, controls the hand motion visible light receiving unit so that the user's hand motion-based signal is output based on the results of touch recognition, and generates a lighting control command by combining the lighting control signal with the user's hand motion-based signal.
US09380677B2
In a lighting device, a primary control unit (103) and a group of light units (107) are arranged in a power supply chain, each light unit (107) of said group being arranged for receiving commands from the primary control unit (103) via a light unit interface (117) of the light unit (107), wherein each succeeding unit (103; 107) of the chain has a power input (145) which is connected to a switchable power output (147) of a respective preceding unit (103; 107), each preceding unit (103; 107) being arranged to supply power at the power output (147) only after initializing an address identification of the unit, and each succeeding unit (103; 107) being arranged to initialize an address identification of the unit upon being supplied with power at the power input (145).
US09380670B2
An LED lamp comprises one or more LEDs, an inductive element coupled to an input voltage source and the one or more LEDs, and a switch coupled to the inductive element. A first current detector is coupled between the input voltage source and a ground node of the LED lamp, such that a current detected by the first current detector is proportional to a bulk voltage across the input voltage source. A second current detector is coupled between the inductive element and the ground node, such that current detected by the second current detector is proportional to a drain voltage across the switch. A switch controller controls the switch based on a feedback signal indicative of a voltage across the inductive element, which is generated based on a difference between the current detected by the second current detector and the current detected by the first current detector.
US09380668B2
A modulated current of an LED device provides a capability to dim of the light produced by a string of LED device. The current modulation takes the form of pulse width modulation (PWM) or pulse density modulation (PDM). The modulation is produced on the primary side of a transformer and coupled to the string of LED diodes that are coupled to the secondary side of the transformer. The modulation is varied to change the current of the LED devices and therefore the light intensity of the LED devices.
US09380666B2
A LED driving device is provided. The LED driving device includes a multi-segment linear LED driver, first current-compensating device and second current-compensating device. The LED driving device is used to drive a LED device which is composed by a plurality of serial LED modules. The multi-segment linear LED driver selectively provides a first path to a first LED module of the LED modules for flowing a first constant current, or provides a second path to the first LED module and a second LED module of the LED modules for flowing a second constant current. When the first path is provided, first compensating current flows through the first current-compensating device. When the second path is provided, the first current-compensating device stops conducting the first compensating current. When the second path is provided, second compensating current flows through the second current-compensating device.
US09380662B1
A light emitting diode driving system is applied to a light emitting diode lamp string, such that the light signal is carried through a power line to reduce the signal transmission lines. The light emitting diode driving system includes a switch unit, a control unit and a light signal generating unit. The switch unit includes a power input side, a power output side and a controlled side. The power output side is electrically connected to the light emitting diode lamp string. The control unit is electrically connected to the switch unit. The light signal generating unit is electrically connected to the control unit and the power output side. The light signal generating unit generates a light signal when the control unit turns off the switch unit. The light signal generating unit sends the light signal to the light emitting diode lamp string.
US09380660B2
An electronic ballast includes an AC-DC converter, a DC-DC converter, a cooling device and a power supply. The cooling device is configured to cool the light source. The power supply includes a first power supply configured to generate a first operating voltage from a first voltage obtained from a chopper circuit included in the AC-DC converter to supply the first operating voltage to at least one of the AC-DC converter and the DC-DC converter. The power supply further includes a second power supply configured to generate a second operating voltage from a second voltage obtained from the chopper circuit to supply the second operating voltage to at least the cooling device of the AC-DC converter, the DC-DC converter and the cooling device.
US09380659B2
Electrical device (30) for compensating an effect of an electrical current (IL) of a load (14; 34), in particular an LED unit having one or more LEDs, when the load is supplied via a phase cut dimmer, which is normally conceived for traditional filament lamps. The electrical device comprising a connection element (66) for electrically connecting the electrical device (30) to an external power source (12) providing a supply voltage (V 10) for powering the load (14;34), a monitoring device (46; 52) for monitoring the electrical current (IL) of the load (14;34) during a first time interval (Toff), and a signal controller (62, 64) connected to the connection element (66) for providing an electrical compensation signal (13) to the connection element (66) during a second time interval (TIR, TDC) on the basis of the electrical current (IL) monitored by the monitoring device (46; 52).
US09380640B2
A communication apparatus equipped with switchable antenna mechanism is provided, where the communication apparatus includes at least a portion of a portable electronic device, which includes a plurality of wireless communication functions respectively corresponding to different communication standards, and the wireless communication functions include a mobile phone function and at least one other wireless communication function. The communication apparatus includes: an antenna; a processing circuit; a plurality of processing modules arranged to provide the portable electronic device with a plurality of functions, respectively, where the functions include at least a portion of the wireless communication functions; and a switching unit. It is an advantage that, by utilizing the switching unit, different portions of the communication apparatus can share the antenna to achieve the best beneficial result through the limited area of a printed circuit board (PCB).
US09380636B2
A first network node of a cellular system is configured for communication with a second network node over a twisted pair wire. The first network node includes a receiver for receiving, over the twisted pair wire, an intermediate frequency signal from the second network node, which intermediate frequency signal has been converted from a high frequency signal having a frequency higher than the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal by the second network node, and a down-converter for converting the intermediate frequency signal to a low frequency signal having a frequency lower than the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal. The first network node also includes an up-converter for converting a received low frequency signal to an intermediate frequency signal having a frequency higher than the frequency of the low frequency signal.
US09380621B2
A mobile terminal includes a camera for capturing a first image, a radio transceiver for discovering wireless devices and determining a position of the discovered wireless devices with respect to the mobile terminal, processing means for projecting the position of each discovered wireless device onto the first image and creating a second image by overlaying symbols at the projected positions, and a display for displaying the second image, the mobile terminal being arranged for pairing, in response to a request from a user of the mobile terminal selecting one of the overlaid symbols, the corresponding wireless device with the mobile terminal.
US09380610B2
A station that performs methods related to emergency calls. In one example, the station determines that a first connection to a cellular network is unavailable, the client station being associated with a home network having a home Public-Safety Answering Point (PSAP), the station disposed at a location outside the home network, the location having a remote PSAP. The station determines a second connection to a WiFi network is available, establishes the second connection to the WiFi network and performs an emergency call over the WiFi network. The emergency call being routed to the remote PSAP associated with the location. In another example, the station determines it is capable of performing an emergency call over a cellular network, receives a request to perform an emergency call, determines whether a circuit switched radio access technology (CS-RAT) is available and performs the emergency call over a WiFi network when the CS-RAT is unavailable.
US09380608B1
A system for connecting a mobile emergency call to a public safety answering point (PSAP). The system comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the memory. When executed by the processor, the application receives an emergency call from a mobile station, wherein the mobile station is associated with a non-dialable number, in response to receiving the emergency call from the mobile station, associates a temporary dialable number to the mobile station, and promotes establishing a communication link between the mobile station and a public safety answering point and providing the temporary dialable number to the public safety answering point.
US09380603B2
The present disclosure concerns a method, uplink traffic control device and computer program product. The method comprises determining that predictive scheduling is to be applied for the mobile station. Thereafter an uplink transmission scheme is determined for the predictive scheduling. Thereafter periodic messages comprising uplink transmission grants, according to the uplink transmission scheme, are sent to the mobile station, said messages further comprising a request for a downlink channel quality indicator, CQI, report.
US09380599B2
Disclosed are a method for scheduling control information and a method for receiving the scheduled control information in a mobile communication system. The method performed in a base station may comprise performing scheduling on a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs) including a first TTI to a Nth TTI which are temporally continuous, wherein N is a natural number larger than 1; and transmitting scheduling information obtained from the scheduling to a first terminal. Thus, power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and overall system capacity can be increased.
US09380597B2
A method and system for prioritized baseband processing in a wireless communication network is disclosed. Parameters affecting processing times for performing tasks associated with different user equipments are evaluated and the tasks are prioritized based on the evaluation. Each task is performed by the baseband processor at a time that is based on the priority assigned to the task.
US09380596B2
A wireless communication device has a first wireless communication module coupled to a second wireless communication module via only one wire. The first wireless communication module is configured to performing a first wireless transceiving and to send a first request to the second wireless communication module indicating a remaining period of time to perform a second wireless transceiving, during which the first wireless communication module is not required to perform wireless transceiving. The second wireless communication module is configured to perform a second wireless transceiving, the second wireless communication module further configured to send a first response to the first request by indicating acceptance of the request if a status of the second wireless communication module is in an active mode, else by indicating that the first request is not accepted if the status of the second wireless communication module is in a sleep mode.
US09380594B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improved traffic management in wireless communications are disclosed. Aspects of the present disclosure provide real-time radio frequency (RF) assessments to a network by leveraging measurement reports from user equipment (UE). In some aspects, the network utilizes the real-time RF assessments based on the measurement reports to adjust one or more idle-mode parameters of the UE and assign priorities to a plurality of frequencies based on their respective coverage area and/or propagation characteristics. In one example, the priority assignments for two or more of the plurality of frequencies may be inversely proportional to their respective coverage areas, so as to push UEs with acceptable signal quality to frequencies with smaller coverage area, thereby releasing frequencies with greater coverage area for UEs that are near or at the edge of the effective range of the base station.
US09380593B2
Disclosed are a method and system for establishing a bearer supporting uplink Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) and a User Equipment (UE) thereof, and the method includes: an RRC entity of a UE parses an RRC connection reconfiguration message transmitted from an eNB to obtain logic channel configuration information, EPS bearer activation request information and RBID information, transmits the logic channel configuration information to an MAC entity of the UE and transmits the EPS bearer activation request information and the RBID information to an NAS of the UE; the MAC entity of the UE establishes an LC and an LCG between itself and an RLC entity according to the received logic channel configuration information, and establishes a mapping between the RBID and the LCG; the NAS of the UE establishes an EPS bearer between itself and an NAS of an EPC according to the received EPS bearer activation request information, and establishes correspondences between classifiers and LCs; and parses a QCI and the RBID from the EPS bearer activation request information, establishes a mapping between the parsed QCI and the received RBID, and transmits the mapping to the MAC entity. The present disclosure enables a UE to identify LCGs that can be scheduled by SPS, thereby using efficiently uplink SPS resource and improving quality of uplink services scheduling.
US09380586B2
A medical system includes one or more medical body area network (MBAN) systems. Each MBAN system includes one or more MBAN devices which acquire and communicate patient data with a hub device via short-range wireless communication. The communication of the patient data via the short-range wireless communication is within a predefined spectrum. The hub device receives patient data communicated from the one or more MBAN devices and communicates with a central monitoring station via a longer range communication. A MBAN channelization scheme defines one or more overlapping channels in the predefined spectrum and a MAC parameter dynamically enables or disables access to each defined channel. A channel regulator manages the MBAN utilization of the predefined spectrum by setting the MAC parameter to dynamically enable/disable the one or more predefined MBAN channels within the predefined spectrum.
US09380580B2
Various methods are described for determining a communications window for served nodes and internal applications in order to optimize power consumption. One example method may comprise determining a communications window for a plurality of served nodes. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the communications window to be signaled to the plurality served nodes. The method of this embodiment may also include causing a communications interface to be activated during the communications window in an instance in which at least one packet is received for at least one served node of the plurality of served nodes.
US09380579B2
When a plurality of radio signals having different sub frame lengths are transmitted on the same radio carrier, a radio signal of a short sub frame length is arranged inside a carrier band, and a radio signal of a sub frame length longer than the sub frame length of the short sub frame length signal is arranged outside the carrier band.
US09380570B2
A radio base station apparatus has a multiplication section that multiplies downlink control information allocated to an extended downlink control channel resource region in a resource block, by a user terminal-specific weight; and a reporting section that reports one group, among a plurality of groups that are configured by selecting different antenna ports from a plurality of antenna ports corresponding to the number of transmission layers of a demodulation reference signal, to the user terminal, and in each group, extended downlink control channel resource regions in the resource block and antenna ports to constitute the group are associated with each other; and the multiplication section multiplies a demodulation reference signal corresponding to an antenna port in the one group that is associated with the extended downlink control channel resource regions where the downlink control information is allocated, by the weight.
US09380569B2
A mobile communications network for communicating data to/from mobile terminals, including a wireless access interface that provides a shared channel for communicating data to or from the mobile terminals, the shared channel divided in time into different units of communications resource. The mobile communications network is configured to form super-frames including plural units of communications resource of the shared channel, to allocate each of the mobile terminals in one or more of groups, and to transmit control information providing for each of the mobile terminals in each of the groups of mobile terminals a short identification number in association with an identification number allocated to the mobile terminal by the mobile communications network, the short identification number for use in allocating the units of communications resource to each of the mobile terminals in one of the groups for one of the super-frames.
US09380568B2
Uplink control channel resource allocation for an enhanced downlink control channel is disclosed. A first example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink control channel carrying a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator, mapping the PUCCH resource indicator to a first offset, mapping a position of the downlink control channel to a second offset, and mapping a linear combination of the first and second offsets to an index identifying a first PUCCH resource. A second example method disclosed herein includes, in response to receiving, at a UE, an indication of a dynamic resource offset in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) transmitted in a first ePDCCH set, determining a position of the ePDCCH and a subframe offset, and processing the indication of the dynamic resource offset, the position and the subframe offset to determine an allocated uplink control channel resource for the UE.
US09380563B2
A cell2 configured by only a DL CC2 being a resource for downlink is configured. The cell2 does not include a resource for uplink, that is, a UL CC to be associated with the DL CC2 by a DL/UL link. The link information indicating the above is notified a communication terminal device by a base station device using the DL CC2. A DL CC1 and a UL CC1 constitute a cell1. The downlink communication from the base station device to the communication terminal device is performed using the cell1 and the cell2, and the uplink communication from the communication terminal device to the base station device is performed using the cell1.
US09380558B2
A mobile wireless device maintains registration on two parallel wireless communication networks that each use different wireless communication protocols. In response to a first connection request received from a first wireless network, the mobile wireless device tunes a single receiver contained therein from the first wireless network to a second wireless network. Subsequently in response to a second connection request received from the second wireless network, the mobile wireless device connects to the second wireless network.
US09380546B1
Techniques for minimizing latency and latency jitter in communication transmission systems are provided. In some embodiments, a first communication transmission system in a chain is configured to operate in accordance with a particular signal processing mode. Operating in accordance with the particular signal processing mode causes user data received in a first wireless signal to bypass a first set of one or more processing modules in an upstream receiver and a second set of one or more processing modules in a downstream transmitter. After the user data has bypassed the first and second set of processing modules, a second wireless signal that includes the user data is transmitted to a third communication transmission system in the chain. In other embodiments, the signal processing mode may be adaptively changed based on one or more conditions that are monitored along the chain.
US09380536B2
Methods, systems and devices are provided for selecting one or more target devices for device-to-device (D2D) communication with a device. A device processor may determine whether a battery power level of the device is below a threshold battery power level. The device processor may establish a received power level threshold in response to determining that the battery power level of the device is below a threshold power battery level. The device processor may determine whether a received power level of a signal from target devices for D2D communication is above the received power level threshold. In response to determining that the received power level from a target device is above the received power level threshold, the device processor may permit D2D communication with that target device.
US09380520B2
The disclosure is directed to using motion to reduce unnecessary scans for local wireless networks. An aspect determines whether or not a motion state change event of a user device indicates a change from a moving motion state to a stationary motion state, and if the motion state change event indicates a change from a moving motion state to a stationary motion state, ignoring the motion state change event. An aspect of the disclosure is directed to using motion to reduce latency of scanning for local wireless networks. An aspect determines whether or not a user device is in motion, determines whether or not a periodic scan timer has expired and/or a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is below a threshold, and if the user device is in motion and the periodic scan timer has expired or the RSSI is below the threshold, scanning for a local wireless network.
US09380519B2
The disclosure is directed to using motion to improve local wireless network connectivity. An aspect determines whether or not a motion state of a mobile device has changed and, if the motion state has changed, determines whether or not to trigger a scan for a local wireless network.
US09380518B2
A method and apparatus for managing device discovery in a wireless system are provided. The method includes performing a periodic search operation to discover a peer device, stopping the periodic search operation upon discovering a suitable peer device, and switching to a periodic listening operation for allowing the Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) Peer-To-Peer (P2P) device to be discovered by the discovered peer device and for permitting a connection with the discovered peer device.
US09380516B2
A local wireless data communication system and a method and apparatus for automatically setting information in the system, in which a service device is accessed via the Internet by setting Internet access using Internet access information received from a management terminal device and beacon identification information that is to be included in a beacon signal is automatically set by requesting and receiving identification information from the accessed service device. Thus, the beacon identification information may be automatically set and changed in a simple manner by a beacon device without performing a complicated process of accessing the beacon device and changing the settings of the beacon device by the management terminal device in order to set or change the beacon identification information. Also, the beacon device may be managed in a more convenient and simpler manner without an administrator's efforts. Also, costs and a time needed to manage the beacon device may be reduced.
US09380507B2
Systems and methods for transitioning between networks are disclosed. A multifunction device detects a vehicle network advertisement beacon over a first communication channel. The vehicle network advertisement beacon indicates wireless network capabilities of a wireless networking device hosting a wireless network in a vehicle. Responsive to detecting the vehicle network beacon over the first communication channel, a handoff process for migrating the multifunction device from a first wireless network to the wireless network in the vehicle is performed.
US09380505B2
A base station (1) is connectable to a mobile station (4) by a plurality of Radio Access Technologies (RATs) including first and second RATs. The base station (1) is configured to be able to use a communication path (400) that passes through a first upstream network (140) corresponding to the first RAT, when the mobile station (4) performs communication via the second RAT. This enables, for example, efficient use of the upstream networks when the Multi-RAT base station (1) supports a plurality of upstream networks.
US09380501B2
A method and system for switching a radio access technology (RAT) between wireless communication systems connected to each other while implementing different RATs with a multi-mode WTRU are disclosed. A plurality of wireless communication systems are deployed with overlapping coverage areas wherein each system implements different RATs and are connected to each other such that a service that is provided by one system may be provided through the other system. Each wireless communication system transmits an indication of the existence of an inter-working wireless communication system in a coverage area of each system. The WTRU receives the indication and information regarding the inter-working wireless communication system. The WTRU then initiates a handoff to the inter-working wireless communication system using the received information, whereby the WTRU continues to receive the same services that the WTRU receives from the currently connected wireless communication system through the inter-working wireless communication system.
US09380500B1
Systems and techniques for improved mobility robustness optimization. A user device experiencing a radio link failure sends a radio link failure report upon successfully connecting to a cell. The radio link failure report is routed to an appropriate cell, such as the cell where the radio link failure occurred. Radio conditions measurement information appearing in the radio link failure report is compared against each possible applicable threshold that might have been used by the user device, and a failure event is recorded for each comparison that indicates a failure, such as a radio link failure or handover failure. The failure event information is forwarded to suitable network elements for analysis and improvement of mobility robustness optimization operations.
US09380495B2
Disclosed are a method for data offloading in a wireless communication supporting multiple radio access networks, and a device for the same. Specifically, the method comprises: a step in which a neighboring cell report including an identifier for a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) is received from a first terminal and a second terminal; a step in which, if the first and second terminals are communicating with one another and the WLAN AP identifiers transmitted by the first and second terminals are the same, an offloading indication message, indicating the offloading of first and second terminal data, is transmitted to the WLAN AP having the WLAN AP identifier; and a step in which an offloading command message, ordering the transmission and reception of data via the WLAN AP, is transmitted to the first and second terminals.
US09380494B2
Wireless communication traffic can be offloaded from a user equipment (UE) to two wireless points of access. For example, user equipment (UE) is connected to a radio access network (RAN) using a radio access technology (RAT) such as a long term evolution (LTE) network. The UE can determine which network capabilities are available for traffic offloading and adapt to the capabilities presented. In one embodiment, the UE can determine whether the network supports three different configurations and configure traffic offloading to operate within the network conditions: (1) RAN rules without access network detection and selection function (ANDSF), (2) ANDSF in conjunction with RAN rules or (3) enhanced ANDSF with RAN assistance.
US09380489B2
A system may receive, from a base station, information indicating that a network congestion level associated with the base station satisfies a threshold, the network congestion level being a measurement of traffic associated with a network, and the network including the base station. The system may determine, based on the network congestion level satisfying the threshold, traffic flow information for a plurality of traffic flows associated with the base station. The system may identify a congestion-causing traffic flow, of the plurality of traffic flows, based on the traffic flow information. The system may provide information identifying the congestion-causing traffic flow.
US09380487B2
Embodiments are provided for traffic scheduling based on user equipment (UE) in wireless networks. A location prediction-based network scheduler (NS) interfaces with a traffic engineering (TE) function to enable location-prediction-based routing for UE traffic. The NS obtains location prediction information for a UE for a next time window comprising a plurality of next time slots, and obtains available network resource prediction for the next time slots. The NS then determines, for each of the next time slots, a weight value as a priority parameter for forwarding data to the UE, in accordance with the location prediction information and the available network resource prediction. The result for the first time slot is then forwarded from the NS to the TE function, which optimizes, for the first time slot, the weight value with a route and data for forwarding the data to the UE.
US09380482B2
The present invention provides a method and a system for processing a measurement event in a multi-carrier system. The method for processing a measurement event in a multi-carrier system comprises: a mobile terminal receives a measurement assignment configured and transmitted by a network side device (S302); the mobile terminal determines a serving cell and a neighbor cell corresponding to the received measurement assignment (S304); the mobile terminal measures the determined serving cell and neighbor cell (S306); and when a measurement result meets a report condition of a measurement event corresponding to the received measurement assignment, the mobile terminal reports the measurement result (S308). By configuring measurement events and assignments for different serving cells, the present invention solves the problem that a measurement event cannot distinguish between a primary serving cell and a secondary serving cell in the conventional art, thus the mobile terminal can implement measurement and reporting under the configuration of multiple serving cells.
US09380480B2
A mobile wireless communication device efficiently uses memory when performing a minimization drive test (MDT) by storing less than all of the MDT measurements. The mobile wireless communication device receives a control signal comprising MDT configuration parameters indicating at least a measurement interval. When executing the MDT, the mobile wireless communication device measures a signal characteristic of measurement signals in accordance with the MDT configuration parameters to generate a number of measurements for a measurement period. Rather than storing all of the measurements, only a number of log values corresponding to the measurements are stored in memory, where the number of log values is less than the number of measurement values.
US09380479B2
A controller of a wireless access node is operative to estimate an adjacent one of a plurality of wireless channels while the access node is communicating over a present one of the plurality of wireless channels, comprising the controller, determining a difference between a measured signal quality of a signal communicated over the present wireless channel and a measured signal quality of a signal communicated over the adjacent channel, estimate a difference between a packet success rate of the present channel and a packet success rate of the adjacent channel based on the determined difference, and estimating a packet success rate of the adjacent channel based on a packet success rate of the present channel and the estimated difference between the packet success rate of the present channel and the packet success rate of the adjacent channel.
US09380477B2
Provided are a terminal and a system and method for monitoring a wireless network. The system for monitoring a wireless network includes: a first terminal including: a packet gap model (PGM) transmission unit for transmitting a plurality of measurement packets at a previously calculated transmission time interval; and a channel quality indicator (CQI) unit for acquiring information regarding channel quality of a wireless communication channel to measure an assured maximum increment of speed of the network; a second terminal including a PGM reception unit for receiving the measurement packets and measuring a non-assured maximum possible speed of the network from a reception time interval of the received measurement packets; and a wireless access point connected with the first terminal through the wireless communication channel.
US09380476B2
The present disclosure relates to a technique for configuring and collecting network performance measurements in a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising at least one network node and at least one mobile terminal 208 connected to the at least one network node, implementing a Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) trace measurement configuration and collection. A method embodiment comprises the steps of performing, in the at least one mobile terminal 208, a service specific measurement based on a service specific measurement configuration, wherein the service specific measurement includes determining one or more quality metrics related to at least one of one or more services, one or more service types, one or more bearers, one or more applications and one or more application types provided in the mobile communications network, to obtain a result of the performed service specific measurement and generating, in the at least one mobile terminal 208, active test traffic based on an active measurement configuration to perform an active measurement, wherein the active measurement uses the generated test traffic to obtain a result of the performed active measurement, the result of the performed active measurement indicating the performance of the test traffic in the mobile communications network.
US09380474B2
A system and method for monitoring a patient over a network. In one embodiment, the system includes a network; a connection device configured to connect to the network, the connection device including a reporter that transmits reports to the network; a user interface device in communication with the network, the user interface device including a display and a gateway; a network management system in communication with the network, the network management system comprising an active alert system list listing each user interface device having a gateway that has registered with the network management system; a communications interface in communication with the network, the communications interface receiving reports from the reporter and transmitting reports to the network management system; wherein the network management system determines if a report received from the communications interface is to be sent to the user interface device as an alert.
US09380451B2
A handheld terminal 200 performs wireless communication with a game apparatus 103 and determines whether the wireless communication with the game apparatus 103 is possible. The game apparatus 103 performs wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 and determines whether the wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 is possible. The game apparatus 103 performs a return home determination process, based on the determination about whether the wireless communication is possible, when the wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 has become, after having become disabled, enabled again.
US09380447B2
An apparatus (10) comprising: at least one memory (16) storing computer program instructions; at least one processor (14) configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus (10) at least to perform: determining values of one or more parameters of an electrical energy storage device (28) for a plurality of profiles of the apparatus (10), the plurality of profiles being defined by one or more user programmable apparatus settings; and performing a function using the determined values of the one or more parameters of the electrical energy storage device (28).
US09380445B2
A device and method generates a hopping scheme for mobile stations of a wireless network. The method includes receiving a number of channels N of the wireless network. The method includes generating a shuffling matrix as a function of the number of channels N, each row of the shuffling matrix being indicative of a respective one of the mobile stations, each column of the shuffling matrix being indicative of a respective broadcast time of a discovery signal in a hopping scheme. The method includes generating the hopping scheme for the mobile stations in the channels as a function of the shuffling matrix. The hopping scheme maximizes an interval between two consecutive broadcast times that any two of the mobile stations are assigned to transmit discovery signals on adjacent channels.
US09380442B2
The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for implementing a D2D discovery resource allocation by a network for D2D discovery by UEs belonging to multiple cells in a D2D discovery area, e.g., in LTE wireless systems. A network such as LTE may determine an allocation of one or more resources (UL and/or DL) for a device-to-device discovery among a plurality of UEs located in multiple cells of the network in a D2D discovery area. The allocation of the one or more resources is then may be provided by the network to the plurality of UEs for performing, using these one or more resources, the D2D discovery between any two UEs of the plurality of UEs located in the multiple cells in the D2D discovery area.
US09380441B1
A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for receiving information about an event from at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information and identifying the event based on the information, the event being identified by associating the event type information with a specific event and associating the location information with a particular location associated with the specific event.
US09380434B2
Methods and apparatuses for ad-hoc group messaging are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods for ad-hoc group messaging may include detecting two or more subscribers proximate a common location, creating an ad-hoc group including contact information of the two or more subscribers proximate the common location, and transmitting information associated with the ad-hoc group to a device of each of the two or more subscribers associated with the ad-hoc group.
US09380425B2
A method comprising obtaining, by a system using a processor, a wireless fingerprint corresponding to a mobile communication device and a subject area in which the mobile communication device is or was positioned. The method also includes obtaining, by the system, an area wireless signal distribution map indicating wireless signal strength values corresponding to multiple wireless transmitters positioned in the subject area, and determining, by the system, based on the wireless fingerprint and the area wireless signal distribution map, a location of the mobile communication device.
US09380421B1
Systems and methods of adjusting computing device applications, such as smartphone applications, based on external beacon identifiers are described. Based on the identifier of the beacon detected by the smartphone, the smartphone application communicates with a backend server to receive location-specific information based on the identifier of the detected beacon. The location-specific information includes a location-specific user interface. In some arrangements, the location-specific user interface includes a designated user authentication level that varies from other location-specific user interfaces.
US09380420B1
Retention, recommendation and collaboration of mobile based task sessions is provided. A processor: searches for a matching mobile session from one or more saved sessions and available community sessions, provides one or more recommendation selections, receives a selected recommendation for a current session or creates a new session as the current session, activates the available mobile resources, or obtains or provides a recommendation of mobile resources, records any mobile resources used as part of the current session along a route to the destination location, determines whether a new session is required and automatically recalculates a new matching session, stores information for a completed session, and stores the current session as a new session with the corresponding initial location, destination location and resources used along the route to the destination location.
US09380416B2
A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices, protecting data on such devices, and for compensating owners of devices. A GPS mechanism of the invention provides real time tracking of missing devices that may be coordinated with security agencies to intercept and recover missing computing devices. When a stolen device is unrecoverable, the invention may receive a signal to initiate data recovery where a wireless network is available to recover data for the owner. Alternatively, the GPS mechanism instructs the device to encrypt or destroy stored data files to prevent commercial espionage or privacy violations. The invention discloses a software system and method for computing a purchase price of the GPS mechanism, computing compensation for loss of the device and lost data.
US09380404B2
Method and apparatus for use in providing context-aware identification of mobile device applications
Various methods, apparatuses, devices, and articles of manufacture are provided for use by one or more electronic devices to provide or otherwise identify applications for potential use by a mobile device with respect to a particular environment. For example, a computing device may apply a context-aware filter to identify a list of applications for potential use by a mobile device; and, in response to a first event proffer one or more applications for use by the mobile device; and, in response to a second event withdraw the application for use by the mobile device. In another example, a mobile device may, in response to a first indication that an application has been proffered for use, initiate activation of the application; and, in response to a second indication that the application has been withdrawn for use, initiate deactivation of the application.
US09380400B2
A system with speakers in a listening environment is optimized acquiring data to determine characteristics of the acoustic field generated by the speakers. Test signals are supplied to the speakers and sound measurements made at a plurality of microphone positions in the listening environment. A set of parameters is generating reflecting a weighted frequency response curve, the set of parameters being calculated from the frequency response data weighted in proportion to a distance between a listening spot within the listening environment and the microphone position.
US09380391B2
A microphone and method of manufacturing the microphone are provided. The microphone includes a substrate that has a penetration aperture, a vibration film disposed on the substrate that covers the penetration aperture, and a first electrode disposed on the vibration film. The first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion separated from each other. In addition, the microphone includes a piezoelectric layer disposed on the second portion of the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a fixed electrode. Further, the first portion of the first electrodes is disposed at a substantially center portion of the vibration film and the second portion of the first electrode is disposed at an edge portion of the vibration film.
US09380390B2
A loudspeaker including a loudspeaker frame, a magnet, and a ring is provided. The magnet includes an outer surface and a shoulder. The ring includes an inner surface that is constructed so as to form a press fit with the outer surface of the magnet. In the press fit, the loudspeaker frame is clamped between the shoulder of the magnet and the ring.
US09380388B2
Techniques for removing crosstalk from a system, e.g., an audio system, having first and second (e.g., left and right) channels. In an aspect, first and second output voltages of corresponding first and second amplifiers are sampled during a calibration mode, in which one of the amplifiers is driven with a reference voltage, and the output of the other of the amplifiers is configured to have a high impedance. The sampled first and second output voltages may be digitized for processing by a processor to estimate a crosstalk removal function. The crosstalk removal function may then be multiplied with the input signals and added in a cross-channel manner to the first and second input signals prior to amplification to remove crosstalk from the system. In certain aspects, multiple reference voltages may be applied during the calibration mode to improve the estimate of the crosstalk removal function.
US09380383B2
Example methods and systems for modifying the playback of content using pre-processed profile information are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems may access a stream of content to be delivered to a playback device, identify a piece of content within the stream of content to be delivered to the playback device, determine a profile for the identified piece of content, and deliver the determined profile to the playback device. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems may receive a stream of content at a playback device, access profile information associated with the stream of content, and modify playback of the stream of content based on the accessed profile information.
US09380377B2
The present invention provides a directional MEMS microphone and a receiver device wherein MEMS microphone comprises a microphone cover, a printed circuit board (PCB), a application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip, a MEMS die, a diaphragm, a damping, a metal wire(s), at least two internal acoustic ports and at least two external acoustic ports corresponding to the internal acoustic ports. The microphone further comprises a tuning cavity which includes a first tuning cavity by which a first internal acoustic port is communicated with a first external acoustic port, or by which a second internal acoustic port is communicated with a second external acoustic port. Compared with the prior art, the directional MEMS microphone including the tuning cavity to form a sound transmission channel by connecting the internal acoustic port and the external acoustic port expands the sound transmission distance, thereby increasing the sensitivity the directivity of the MEMS microphone.
US09380376B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a headband cover for a headphone. In one embodiment, a headphone comprises a headband having an interchangeable headband cover folded around the headband of the headphone.
US09380375B2
An earphone with a speaker ring contains: a sound guiding tube, a speaker, and a body. The sound guiding tube is connected with the body, and the speaker is disposed in the sound guiding tube. The speaker has a first O ring fitted on a front end thereof and a second O ring fitted on a rear end thereof, and the first O ring and the second O ring are defined between the speaker and the sound guiding tube. Thereby, the first O ring, the second O ring, and the third O ring are arranged between the speaker and the sound guiding tube to reduce the resistance between the speaker and the sound guiding tube, thus increasing tone quality.
US09380373B2
A headset having game, chat and microphone audio signals is provided with a programmable signal processor for individually modifying the audio signals and a memory configured to store a plurality of user-selectable signal-processing parameter settings that determine the manner in which the audio signals will be altered by the signal processor. The parameter settings collectively form a preset, and one or more user-operable controls can select and activate a preset from the plurality of presets stored in memory. The parameters stored in the selected preset can be loaded into the signal processor such that the sound characteristics of the audio paths are modified in accordance with the parameter settings in the selected preset.
US09380370B2
An earphone device configured to be removably secured within an ear of a user includes a main body having a base wall and a longitudinal axis, a first projection extending outwardly away from the base wall perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a second projection formed at a position spaced apart from the first projection and extending outwardly away from the base wall parallel to the longitudinal axis. The second projection has a tearshaped body tapering from a distal first end toward a proximal second end which defines a single connection point with the base wall. An opening is formed through the tearshaped body. In a use position, the first projection extends inwardly toward the internal cavity of the ear and the second projection deforms to conform to the antihelix of the ear, such that movement of the earphone device relative to the internal cavity of the ear is limited.
US09380368B2
A microphone fixing device is adapted for fixing a microphone to a sound-producing object. The microphone includes a head and a cable electrically connected to the head. The microphone fixing device includes a fixing unit, a buffer seat and a supporting seat. The fixing unit is adapted to be mounted to the sound-producing object, and is formed with at least one cable groove that is adapted for retaining a portion of the cable of the microphone. The buffer seat is mounted on the fixing unit, is spaced apart from the at least one cable groove, and includes at least one resilient wall. The supporting seat is removably mounted on the resilient wall of the buffer seat, and is adapted for supporting the head of the microphone thereon.
US09380362B2
A communication network including a master switch and one or more local switches is provided with a loop-back test device for in line loop-back testing. The local switches convey communication traffic between one another using one or more channels of a transmission medium and configuration information using an out-of-band channel of the transmission medium that is separate from the channels used to convey the communication traffic. The master switch includes an application that generates configuration information including loop-back connection information for configuring the out-of-band channel using at least one loop-back test device, transmits the generated configuration information to the loop-back test device using the out-of-band channel of the transmission medium, and conducts loop-back testing using the out-of-band channel.
US09380356B2
Example methods and apparatus to generate identifying tags for media content as described herein. An example method includes obtaining an identifier value associated with at least one of audio or video of received media content by at least one of: extracting the identifier value from at least one of the audio or the video or determining the identifier value based on inherent information of at least one of the audio or the video, generating a tag including the identifier value, and storing the tag with the media content to cause the tag to be distributed to a presentation location along with the media content.
US09380350B2
Methods and systems for DVB-C2 are disclosed and may include receiving data encoded utilizing variable encoding, variable modulation and outer codes via a physical layer matched to a desired quality of service. An error probability may be determined for said received data and retransmission of portions of said data with error probability above an error threshold may be requested. The variable modulation may include single carrier modulation, orthogonal frequency division modulation, synchronous code division multiple access, and/or from 256 QAM to 2048 QAM or greater. The variable encoding may include forward error correction code, which may include low density parity check code.
US09380347B2
The present invention provides a method and system for accessing services in a television system. In one implementation, a DHCT presents a user a menu containing a plurality of selectable link representations corresponding to separate services or applications offered by the cable television system. The user navigates the menu with a remote device and selects a desired service by choosing the selectable link representation corresponding to the desired service or application. The DHCT receives the user input, translates the selectable link command into an executable call, and activates the service or application corresponding to the selected link representation from the menu chosen by the user.
US09380346B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving information associated with a user of media services, wherein the received information does not uniquely identify one media head end for the user, identifying a plurality of head ends responsive to the received information, and generating, for display on a client device associated with the user, information for displaying a program guide aggregating channels for the plurality of head ends.
US09380344B2
An information processing apparatus receives a user selection of content to be reproduced by an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. A request to reproduce the user selected content is sent to the external device. Information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content is received from the external device. In response to the external device having started reproduction of the selected content, a thumbnail image is reproduced that corresponds to the content being reproduced by the external device.
US09380341B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for a touchscreen device. The method includes presenting a program guide. The program guide includes a cell associated with a content item. The cell is selected in response to a first user input. The method also includes determining, in response to a second user input, a number of content occurrences of the content item to record based on a length of the second user input. The second user input includes a rightward movement. Additionally, the method includes scheduling the content item to be recorded for the number of content occurrences.
US09380333B2
Displaying art work or thumbnail images representative of movies, television (TV) programs/episodes and other media content is an appealing and often intuitive way of displaying available media content in a media content browser. However, computer displayable cover art is not necessarily available for all titles. For example, an older movie may not have computer displayable cover art because at the time the movie title was made available it was not anticipated that the movie title might be selectable through a media browser. After considering this description one will understand how the features of various implementations are configured to enable various systems, methods and devices to create computer displayable cover art or thumbnail images for media titles to be displayed by a media browser.
US09380332B1
A method is described for selecting and caching a video advertisement to be presented on a client device. The method may include determining customer interests for an individual customer, selecting a video advertisement based upon the customer's interests and providing the video advertisement to a client device so that the video advertisement may be cached on the client device and may be available to display to a customer when a customer selects video content to play on the client device.
US09380327B2
Systems and methods of adaptive streaming are discussed. Transcoded copies of a source stream may be aligned with one another such that the independently specified portions of each transcoded stream occur at the same locations within the content. These transcoded copies may be produced by one or more transcoders, whose outputs are synchronized by a delay adjuster. A fragmenter may use the synchronized and aligned streams to efficiently produce fragments suitable for use in adaptive streaming.
US09380322B2
A video on demand (VoD) network architecture implements a gateway that provides both satellite-based communications and radio frequency-based communications. The gateway may receive a content request from a video client and determine whether the content request corresponds to a content delivery network (CDN). When the content request corresponds to the CDN, the gateway may install a VoD access point name (APN) route designated for VoD traffic between the video client and the CDN, and communicate the content request to the CDN via the VoD APN route. The VoD APN route may include a VoD APN of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) connected to the gateway via an air interface. When the content request does not correspond to the CDN, the gateway may communicate the content request via an Internet APN route.
US09380321B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, methods and computer program code are disclosed for operating automated video broadcasting systems and include capturing, by a video camera, video data at an event site. Scene description data is extracted from the video data, and the scene description data is transmitted, over a wireless communication network, to a video processing system. The video data is transmitted separately from the scene description data from the video camera to the video processing system over the wireless communication network.
US09380320B2
Frequency domain sample adaptive offset (SAO). Video processing of a first signal operates to generate a second video signal such that at least one characteristic of a first portion of video information of the first video signal is replicated in generating a second portion of video information, such that the first portion of video information and the second portion of video information undergo combination to generate the second video signal. Such use of the first video signal may involve replication and scaling of the first video information to generate the second portion of video information. One possible characteristic of the first portion of video information may correspond to an energy profile as a function of frequency. One or more portions of the first video signal may be employed to generate different respective portions of the second signal. Such video processing operations may be performed on a block by block basis.
US09380313B2
The disclosed subject matter describes a new pattern description that can be part of an SEI message or a parameter set, and can be used to describe a temporal picture coding structure and associated bitrates and frame rates. The knowledge of the coding structure can benefit transraters, bitstream extractors, and digital video recorders. Decoders can utilize the coding structure information for example, to decode pictures in parallel, using multiple threads/cores.
US09380311B2
In a video processing system, a method and system for generating a transform size syntax element for video decoding are provided. For high profile mode video decoding operations, the transform sizes may be selected based on the prediction macroblock type and the contents of the macroblock. A set of rules may be utilized to select from a 4×4 or an 8×8 transform size during the encoding operation. Dynamic selection of transform size may be performed on intra-predicted macroblocks, inter-predicted macroblocks, and/or direct mode inter-predicted macroblocks. The encoding operation may generate a transform size syntax element to indicate the transform size that may be used in reconstructing the encoded macroblock. The transform size syntax element may be transmitted to a decoder as part of the encoded video information bit stream.
US09380305B2
An apparatus for decoding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor operationally coupled to the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store at least one reference picture list of an enhancement layer, the at least one reference picture list comprising residual prediction reference picture information. The processor is configured to: decode signaled information about residual prediction reference picture generation; generate a residual prediction reference picture based on an enhancement layer reference picture and the decoded signaled information such that the generated residual prediction reference picture has the same motion field and the same picture order count (POC) as the enhancement layer reference picture from which it is generated; and store the generated residual prediction reference picture in the at least one reference picture list of the enhancement layer.
US09380304B1
An example embodiment may involve obtaining an a×b pixel macro-cell from an input image. Pixels in the a×b pixel macro-cell may have respective pixel values and may be associated with respective tags. It may be determined whether at least e of the respective tags indicate that their associated pixels represent edges in the input image. Based on this determination, either a first encoding or a second encoding of the a×b pixel macro-cell may be selected. The first encoding may weigh pixels that represent edges in the input image heavier than pixels that do not represent edges in the input image, and the second encoding might not consider whether pixels represent edges. The selected encoding may be performed and written to a computer-readable output medium.
US09380299B2
An image processing apparatus and a method for processing an image. The image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to decode coded data in a coding block including a hierarchical structure to generate quantized data. The circuitry sets, based on a difference value between a current quantization parameter for a current coding block and a slice quantization parameter for a slice in which the current coding block is located, the current quantization parameter for the current coding block in a layer lower than a layer of a largest coding block. Further, the circuitry inversely quantizes the generated quantized data based on the set current quantization parameter.
US09380296B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a touch detection unit detecting if a particular region of the image of the object displayed by the display unit is touched, a memory unit stored with an auto focus calibration code of the particular region detected by the touch detection unit, and an auto focus driving unit receiving a coordinate of the particular region detected by the touch detection unit, reading out from the memory unit an auto focus calibration code corresponding to the particular region of the image of the object displayed on the display unit, and driving an auto focus actuator.
US09380294B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, controller and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the controller, facilitate performance of operations that include receiving a media content including three-dimensional image content for presentation on a display device. A presence is determined of a viewer within a line-of-sight of the display device, wherein the viewer is without a viewing apparatus that facilitates viewing of the three-dimensional image content. The media content is adapted to include two-dimensional image content, based on the determining of the presence of the viewer within the line-of-sight and without the viewing apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09380292B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for generating three-dimensional (3D) images of a scene. According to an aspect, a method includes capturing a real-time image and a first still image of a scene. Further, the method includes displaying the real-time image of the scene on a display. The method also includes determining one or more properties of the captured images. The method also includes calculating an offset in a real-time display of the scene to indicate a target camera positional offset with respect to the first still image. Further, the method includes determining that a capture device is in a position of the target camera positional offset. The method also includes capturing a second still image. Further, the method includes correcting the captured first and second still images. The method also includes generating the three-dimensional image based on the corrected first and second still images.
US09380279B2
An illumination device includes a light source device which has a plurality of light emission regions including a first light emission region and a second light emission region, and is able to adjust the amount of light emitted from each of the plurality of light emission regions, a light source control device which controls the light source device such that, in a first period, the amount of light emitted from the first light emission region is different from the amount of light emitted from other light emission regions among the plurality of light emission regions, and in a second period, the amount of light emitted from the second light emission region is different from the amount of light emitted from the second light emission region in the first period, and an illumination optical system which superimposes light from the plurality of light emission regions in an illumination region.
US09380278B2
A video projection device according to this disclosure is provided with a splitter having a first region including a plurality of segments and a second region including at least one segment and configured to split a light flux emitted from a light source into a plurality of light of colors in a time-divisional manner by having the light flux enter into each one of the segments, and a video display element configured to modulate the light of the colors based on a image signal to be input and to form a image, and a controller configured to calculate a light intensity and to control the light source based on a result of the calculation.
US09380276B2
An image processing apparatus includes a class tap selection unit that selects pixel values related to pixels corresponding to a plurality of color components as a class tap, from a first image formed by image signals which are output from a single-plate type pixel portion, a class sorting unit that sorts out target pixels of second images as any one of a plurality of classes on the basis of a feature amount of the class tap, a prediction tap selection unit that selects pixel values related to pixels corresponding to a first color component of the plurality of color components as a prediction tap from the first image, and a product-sum operation unit that uses the pixel values of the first color component of the prediction tap as variables, and operates pixel values of the second images through a product-sum operation using the read coefficient.
US09380275B2
A facility, comprising systems and methods, for providing enhanced situational awareness to captured image data is disclosed. The disclosed techniques are used in conjunction with image data, such as a real-time or near real-time image stream captured by a camera attached to an unmanned system, previously captured image data, rendered image data, etc. The facility enhances situational awareness by projecting overlays onto captured video data or “wrapping” captured image data with previously-captured and/or “synthetic world” information, such as satellite images, computer-generated images, wire models, textured surfaces, and so on. The facility also provides enhanced zoom techniques that allow a user to quickly zoom in on an object or area of interest using a combined optical and digital zoom technique. Additionally, the facility provides a digital lead indicator designed to reduce operator-induced oscillations in commanding an image capturing device.
US09380262B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and a method for operating the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a mobile terminal includes the steps of: forming an audio beam based on at least one of a photographed image from a camera and motion information from a motion sensor; receiving an audio signal from a speaker through a plurality of microphones; and processing the received audio signal based on the formed audio beam. Thus, the use convenience is improved.
US09380260B2
This invention is a video line encapsulation protocol which allows multiple low definition video streams to be combined into a single super frame of high definition video data. Each super frame is formed of individual lines from plural lower definition video input signals. The high definition video frames include meta data in each line identifying the video input source, line and frame. This meta data enables the super frames to be separated into their component input signals within a video processing digital signal processor.
US09380248B1
An example system includes a remote control and a host device. The remote control is configured to communication through a first communication interface and a second communication interface. The host device is configured to retrieve command information from a remote computer through a third communication interface, and responsive to one or more requests from the remote control, to transfer the command information to the remote control through the first communication interface, the remote control configured to control a plurality of remote devices through the second communication interface, using the command information.
US09380244B2
A method for sensing using a multi-band photovoltaic detector, the method including biasing the photovoltaic detector using a bias voltage at a mid-point of a detector substrate bias voltage range, selecting a first band of the multi-band photovoltaic detector, sensing a first current from a first diode of the multi-band photovoltaic detector, the first diode being associated with the first band, selecting a second band of the multi-band photovoltaic detector; and sensing a second current from a second diode of the multi-band photovoltaic detector, the second diode being associated with the second band.
US09380241B2
A method for matching one or more channels to a reference channel in a multiple-channel detector having a digital output, the method including: receiving an analog-to-digital unit (ADU) input value from the multiple-channel detector for each channel; and replacing the ADU input value by an output value corresponding to each channel from a look up table (LUT); wherein the LUT is created by taking a relative intensity ratio of signals from each channel compared to the reference channel over a range of voltage values; calculating a signal value on the detector that generates a specific ADU value across the entire ADU range of the detector; interpolating the relative intensity ratios to obtain ratios corresponding to the calculated signal values for each channel; and dividing the each of the specific ADU value by the corresponding interpolated ratio to obtain the corresponding output value for each channel.
US09380234B1
A reduced random telegraph signal (RTS)-noise CMOS image sensor includes a pixel and a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit electrically connected to the pixel. The CDS circuit is characterized by a CDS period that includes a reference sample period and an image data sample period. The image sensor also includes a bitline, a bitline connection switch between the pixel and a readout circuit connected to the pixel, and a bitline switch controller. The bitline transmits a transfer gate signal as a bitline signal having a non-zero value during a first time period entirely between the reference sample period and the image data sample period. The bitline switch controller is electrically connected to and configured to control the bitline connection switch such that the bitline connection switch is closed during the entire CDS period except for a single continuous open period that includes the first time period.
US09380232B2
An image sensor may include an array of image pixels arranged in rows and columns. Image pixels arranged along the same column may be coupled to a column line. The column line may be coupled to anti-eclipse control circuitry. In one suitable arrangement, the anti-eclipse control circuitry may include a data converter and an eclipse condition judgment circuit. The eclipse condition judgment circuit may be configured to record pixel output values at different points in time and to compare the recorded data to a predetermined threshold to determine whether an eclipse condition is satisfied. In another suitable arrangement, the anti-eclipse control circuitry may include a comparator and an eclipse condition judgment circuit. The comparator may compare a temporarily elevated pixel output value to a reference voltage to determine whether the eclipse condition is satisfied. In either arrangement, a maximum pixel level may be output when the eclipse condition is met.
US09380231B2
A correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit may include a sampling circuit and a switching circuit. The CDS circuit may perform a CDS operation on a reset component of an input signal and an image component of the input signal based on a ramp signal, and the CDS circuit may generate an output signal. The switching circuit may include an auto-zero switch that connects a first input terminal receiving the input signal to an output node in response to an auto-zero control signal during an auto-zero interval. The switching circuit may connect a first terminal of the auto-zero switch to a reference voltage in order to cutoff a leakage current flowing to the auto-zero switch in response to a first boosting control signal during a first comparison interval and a second comparison interval. The output signal may be provided at the output node.
US09380227B2
An apparatus includes a processor and a recording medium having a program, the program causing the processor to execute operations. The operations include a normal mode and a visible light communication mode, wherein the normal mode and the visible light communication mode are switchable. In the normal mode, first image data is obtained by image capture with a first exposure time by sequentially starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor each at a different time and each of the plurality of exposure lines partially overlaps in exposure time an adjacent exposure line. The visible light communication mode includes (i) setting a second exposure time of the image sensor, (ii) obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, and (iii) obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image.
US09380224B2
A method of sensing depth using an infrared camera. In an example method, an infrared image of a scene is received from an infrared camera. The infrared image is applied to a trained machine learning component which uses the intensity of image elements to assign all or some of the image elements a depth value which represents the distance between the surface depicted by the image element and the infrared camera. In various examples, the machine line component comprises one or more random decision forests.
US09380220B2
In one embodiment, a camera includes an image sensor within a camera housing that converts light entering the camera housing through an optical filter into digital image data. The optical filter can have a variable opacity. A processor in communication with the image sensor identifies operation settings for the optical filter and adjusts an opacity level of the optical filter over an exposure period in accordance with the operation settings for the optical filter. In addition, the processor modifies values of the digital image data based at least on the operation settings for the optical filter.
US09380206B2
An image processing apparatus 1 includes: an adjustment unit 55 that adjusts adjacent captured images in panoramic image generation processing; and a panoramic image generation unit 56 that generates data of a panoramic image by combining the adjacent captured images based on a result of this adjustment. The adjustment unit 55 includes: a characteristic point trace unit 552 that calculates vectors of a plurality of corresponding characteristic points in the adjacent captured images; and a position adjustment unit 554 that adjusts the adjacent captured images based on the vectors of the corresponding characteristic points thus calculated, by avoiding a moving object whose image is currently captured.
US09380205B2
Liquid crystal lens imaging apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes: juxtaposed at least two lens groups, a rubbing direction of alignment layer of a LC lens in one lens group being perpendicular to a rubbing direction of alignment layer of a LC lens in neighboring another lens group; an image capture unit for forming first and second image signals according to light signals passing through the lens groups at a first moment and forming third and fourth image signals according to light signals passing through the lens groups at a second moment; an image processor for processing the image signals to obtain a final formed image signal; and a driving circuit for controlling the LC lenses to be non-lens state and lens state respectively at the first and second moments. No polarizer is used, the intensity of received incident light is increased and the thickness is reduced.
US09380196B2
A control device of present invention includes a display control portion that performs control such that a whole image display region, in which a whole image captured by a camera is displayed, and an enlarged image display region, in which a region corresponding to a position specified on the whole image is enlarged and an enlarged image is displayed, are displayed, and a control portion that performs control such that the region corresponding to the position specified on the whole image is changed. The region includes at least one preset region, and the display control portion displays, on the whole image, a section that corresponds to the preset region.
US09380195B2
A camera module includes a solid-state image sensing device having a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are provided, and a lens disposed above the solid-state image sensing device and configured to direct light into each of the pixels of the solid-state image sensing device. The lens includes at least one convex portion on a surface facing the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device, and the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device is curved so that chief rays of the light directed by the lens are incident on the respective pixels at substantially the same angles.
US09380193B2
A camera module includes a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) installed with an image sensor, a base mounted on the PCB, and a bobbin reciprocatingly mounted above the base. A bottom elastic member is fixed to the base to support the bobbin, and a terminal is installed at the base, one end of which is conductively connected to the PCB and the other end of which is conductively connected to the bottom elastic member at a solder part. A solder cut-off part is formed at the base to cut off movement of overflowing solder from the solder part.
US09380190B2
A lens cleaning device having a housing. A cylindrical lens is disposed inside the housing and defines an inner cavity. An imager is disposed in the cavity. A gear assembly operably couples the cylindrical lens with a motor. The motor is operational to rotate the gear assembly and consequently the cylindrical lens.
US09380188B1
An input imaging system and method for improving color accuracy in a scanning of a document are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a scanning unit for scanning a document, a user interface for receiving a color value in the document and a processor coupled to the scanning unit and the user interface to identify a portion of the document that includes the color value that is received via the user interface, generate a scanned document having a corresponding portion that is coded with an inaccurate color value and adjusting the inaccurate color value of the corresponding portion in the scanned document to match the color value that is received.
US09380186B2
The present disclosure relates generally to data hiding for product packaging and other printed objects. One embodiment embeds an information signal in a spot color for product packaging. The spot color is screened, and overprinted with process color tint. The tint is modulated prior to overprinting with optimized signal tweaks. The optimization can include consideration of a detector spectral dependency (e.g., red and/or green illumination). Other embodiments and combinations are described in the subject patent document.
US09380185B2
Computer-executable instructions stored in a medium cause an output apparatus to perform first and second output control processes. The output apparatus includes a storage section for storing a plurality of document data sets having a predetermined order and acquired from a plurality of documents, and an output section for outputting images of a plurality of document data constituting the plurality of document data sets. In the first output control process, the output section outputs an image of a document data belonging to one document data set and to output an image of a document data belonging to the next document data set according to the predetermined order. In the second output control process, the output section outputs an image of a document data belonging to a specified attribute of one document data set and to output the next image based on the attribute.
US09380181B2
An information processing apparatus is capable of quick launch, in which information of memory is held and the apparatus is launched using the information, and includes an RTC that keeps the time and generates an interrupt at a set time. The apparatus detects whether or not there is an instruction to turn a power supply on or off, and if an instruction to turn the power off is detected, determines whether or not the quick launch is active. If it is determined that the quick launch is active, the apparatus sets an interrupt generated by the RTC inactive.
US09380177B1
A mobile communication system based on digital content including images and video that may be acquired, processed, and displayed using a plurality of mobile device, smartphones, tablet computers, stationary computers, intelligent electronic glasses, smart glasses, headsets, watches, smart devices, vehicles, and servers. Content may be acquired continuously by input and output devices and displayed in a social network. Images may have associated additional properties including nature of voice, audio, data and other information. This content may be displayed and acted upon in an augmented reality or virtual reality system. The imaged base network system may have the ability to learn and form intelligent association between aspects, people and other entities; between images and the associated data relating to both animate and inanimate entities for intelligent image based communication in a network. Acquired content may be processed for predictive analytics. Individuals may be imaged for targeted and personalized advertising.
US09380169B2
A device defines a first bucket for general Internet protocol (IP) traffic provided to and from a user device associated with an open network, and defines a second bucket for quality of service (QoS)-based traffic provided to and from the user device. The device also assigns a first billing rate for the general IP traffic associated with the first bucket, and assigns a second billing rate to the QoS-based traffic associated with the second bucket, where the second billing rate is greater than the first billing rate. The device further associates the first billing rate and the second billing rate with a subscriber associated with the user device.
US09380164B2
A method, a network exchange device, and a user terminal for providing a call service are provided by the present disclosure, relating to the field of communication technologies, and invented to increase the communication efficiency of users. The method for providing a call service includes: receiving a call request message from a calling user, where the call request message carries a service operation code and at least two called numbers; determining a connection manner of the call according to the service operation code carried in the call request message; and connecting, according to the determined connection manner, to called users corresponding to the called numbers carried in the call request message. The present disclosure can be applied in the fields of telecommunication and communication.
US09380159B2
Methods and systems for detecting completion of hold time for a user on a call are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for detecting completion of hold time for a user on a call may include monitoring an audio signal of a call that has been placed on hold between a first device associated with the user and a first entity, determining a change in the monitored audio signal that indicates that the call is no longer on hold and generating a first alert to inform the user that the call is no longer on hold.
US09380153B2
In an example method of operating a call center, personal profiles of a number of clients of a service provided by the call center are maintained in electronic storage. At least one of the personal profiles includes identification of one or more entities authorized by the respective client to act on behalf of the respective client, and a particular one of the one or more entities is assigned one or more trust level indicators specific respectively to one or more particular categories of action. An inquiry is received, inquiring whether the particular entity is authorized by a particular client to perform a proposed action on behalf of the particular client, the proposed action relating to one of the categories of action. It is then determined, based the trust level indicators and the category, whether the particular entity is authorized by the particular client to perform the proposed action.
US09380146B1
Methods and systems for converting voice calls into text calls are disclosed. A method includes determining that a first user device is to be switched from a voice call mode to a text call mode, and sending an indication that the first user device is to be switched from the voice call mode to the text call mode to a server that is in communication with a second user device. The method further includes presenting to a user of the first user device a voice call from the second user device in text format.
US09380145B2
Dynamic force feedback is provided in a device to alert a user about a message received on the device from a remote user and to convey content, context, or a type of the message. Producing dynamic force feedback may include activating a motion induction device, which accelerates and decelerates a mass to create tapping within the device. The amplitude and frequency of the tapping may be configured to produce sequences of taps to alert the user about different types, contexts, or content of received messages. Additionally, multiple motion induction devices may be included in a device to produce dynamic force feedback along multiple dimensions. Multiple dimension dynamic force feedback may be used in providing geographical directions to a user.
US09380141B2
An accessory operation system for supporting setting of a characteristic of an accessory is provided. The accessory operation system includes the accessory configured to generate at least one input signal to be transmitted to a portable terminal and the portable terminal configured to store an accessory characteristic setting table which defines the at least one input signal transmitted from the accessory and a function to be performed based on the at least one input signal and configured to define at least one function which is associated with an electrical characteristic of a corresponding input signal of the at least one input signal transmitted from the accessory so as to newly set or update the accessory characteristic setting table.
US09380138B2
An electronic device is provided comprising: a display screen; a sensing unit for sensing a respective state of each one of a plurality of sub-covers, the plurality of sub-covers being part of a cover for protecting the display screen; and a controller configured to perform an operation based on the respective state of each one of the plurality of sub-covers.
US09380135B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and more specifically relates to a method and device for transmitting information. A wireless communication system can support carrier aggregation (CA). In one aspect of the present invention, a method, in which a terminal transmits information to a base station in a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of: carrying out rate matching for a preset number of symbols in a subframe for transmitting first information on at least one serving cell formed in the terminal; and transmitting the first information from the subframe in which the rate matching has been carried out, to the base station. Therein, the uplink transmission timing of the one or more serving cells are different from one another, and the preset number is determined in accordance with the difference between the uplink transmission timings of the one or more serving cell.
US09380133B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, apparatus, and system, where the communication method includes: receiving a packet, encapsulating all or a part of the packet into an Ethernet operation, administration and maintenance packet, and then, according to a corresponding relationship between a port that receives the packet and a corresponding maintenance entity group end point, sending the encapsulated packet to an apparatus that includes the maintenance entity group. The communication method, apparatus, and system provided by the embodiments of the present invention implement IP address-based communication and management for a device that does not have an IP address by means of port mapping and packet encapsulation.
US09380132B2
A method for processing packets, in a network device including at least one processing engine that i) is not configured to process destination information that conforms to a first protocol and ii) is configured to process destination information that conforms to a second protocol, includes receiving a packet at the network device, and determining, in the network device, first destination information included in the packet. The first destination information conforms to the first protocol. The method also includes generating, in the network device, second destination information conforming to a third protocol based on the first destination information. The method also includes generating, in the network device, third destination information conforming to the second protocol based on the second destination information. The method also includes processing the packet with the at least one processing engine included in the network device using the third destination information.
US09380130B2
A virtual network is dynamically created when a relay communication system is constructed including a plurality of relay servers that are arranged to communicate with each other. In the relay communication system, the VLAN client terminals defining the VLAN group are allowed to share VLAN group information. In addition, a VLAN session is established between the activatable VLAN devices among the VLAN client terminals based on the VLAN group information, and the VLAN devices are allowed to share virtual address information created when the VLAN group is activated. The VLAN device sets the given virtual address in a VLAN interface of the VLAN device, and communicates with other VLAN device using the virtual address and VLAN session.
US09380129B2
A data redirection system and method comprises a first and second redirector in one or more embodiments. The first redirector may receive and respond to requests for a network service by redirecting a client's request to the second redirector. The second redirector may receive and respond to the redirected request by sending a network address of a gateway. The gateway may provide an enhanced communication link with a network resource providing the network service. In this manner, communications used to provide the network service may be redirected to the enhanced communication link. The requests for a network service and responses to the requests will typically be communicated over a standard communication link.
US09380124B2
A method of determining an overall presence state for a user of a communication system in which the user is connected to the communication system using a plurality of devices. The method includes each of the plurality of devices storing in a device memory a presence state for that device; detecting a change in the presence state in at least one of the plurality of devices; each of the plurality of devices transmitting a message via the communication system to the remainder of the plurality of devices, the message comprising the presence state; receiving the messages at the remainder of the plurality of devices; and executing a decision-making code sequence in a processor at each of the remainder of the plurality of devices to determine whether to synchronize the presence state of that device with the presence state from one of the messages based on the origin of an event causing the change in presence state at the at least one of the plurality of devices.
US09380123B2
The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. Then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.
US09380113B2
An embodiment of a mobile communication system includes a plurality of mobile units operating within a defined operating area, each of the mobile units having a processor, a memory for storing a mobile unit file structure, an application running on the processor for operating on the mobile unit file structure, and a receiver for receiving on a common receive communication channel data. The mobile communication system further includes a plurality of geolocation markers disposed within the defined operating area, each having a memory for storing geolocation information to define a relative position within the defined operating area, and a geolocation transmitter for transmitting the defined geolocation information on the common receive communication channel, the geolocation transmitter having a geolocation transmit range less than the defined operating area.
US09380111B2
A device receives feature peer packets including feature peer state information. The feature peer packets are received from a first set of feature peers provided at a first location and associated with a service graph associated with a user device of a customer. The device receives customer packets including customer state information, and receives a request for the feature peer packets and the customer packets based on movement of the user device to a second location. The device provides, based on the request, the feature peer packets and the customer packets to a storage device at the second location. The storage device provides the feature peer packets and the customer packets to a second set of feature peers provided at the second location. The second set of feature peers establish a relocated service graph for the user device based on the feature peer packets and the customer packets.
US09380105B1
A source communication device comprises a cluster manager to group destination device connections into a plurality of performance clusters. The cluster manager then causes a synchronization mechanism to be generated for each performance cluster. Each synchronization cluster can then allow data to be optimally shared between the source device and destination devices within a given cluster.
US09380103B2
Example methods and systems are directed to adapting legacy endpoints to modern application protocol interfaces (APIs). A legacy endpoint may provide a powerful and complex API. A modern application may desire access to the legacy endpoint. One or more layers may be added between the modern application and the legacy endpoint. Each layer may provide a different API. These layers of APIs may transform the interface from a powerful and complex interface to a more limited but simpler and easier to use interface. In some example embodiments, a proxy layer, an adapter layer, a facade layer, and a service layer may be used.
US09380094B2
A “Media Transmission Optimizer” provides a media transmission optimization framework for lossy or bursty networks such as the Internet. This optimization framework provides a novel form of dynamic Forward Error Correction (FEC) that focuses on the perceived quality of a recovered media signal rather than on the absolute accuracy of the recovered media signal. In general, the Media Transmission Optimizer provides an encoder that optimizes the transmission of redundant frames of electronic media information encoded at different bit rates, and provides optimized playback quality by providing a decoder that automatically selects an optimal path through one or more available representations of each frame as a function of overall rate/distortion criteria.
US09380092B2
The present invention teaches a method and system of inserting content into streaming media programs without requiring re-encoding and/or re-segmenting of the program, thus allowing the insertion point within the media program to be selected as desired. The system and method operate on the relevant chunks of the streaming program to repackage those chunks, even in real time, to provide a chunk boundary at the desired insertion point in the streamed program to permit seamless playback of the main program and inserted content.
US09380077B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for switching between parallel networks. One of the methods includes maintaining a plurality of parallel networks including a first network that precludes access to secure resources, and a second network that provides access both to unsecured resources and secured resources, enabling a user device access to connect to the first network, receiving input from the user device seeking access to one or more secured resources, in response to the received input, installing a device management profile on the user device, and causing the user device to switch from the connection to the first network to a connection to the second network.
US09380075B2
A method is provided for supervising security of an architecture having a plurality of interconnected clouds. A cloud includes a plurality of resources and a security supervisor. The plurality of resources forms in the cloud a plurality of groups of resources associated respectively with a security domain. A security controller supervises the resources of the domain, and a plurality of physical machines contains the resources of the plurality of clouds. The method includes: receiving a security event by a security controller of a first cloud, originating from a first resource associated with a first security domain; dispatching said security event to the security supervisor of the first cloud; and dispatching by the security supervisor of the first cloud a security order in reaction to the security event to at least one second security controller of the first cloud and dispatching the security order by the second security controller to a second resource supervised by the second controller.
US09380049B2
The invention relates to a method, comprising: registering user groups to a video game server, and assigning video game identifiers for the user groups; authenticating a video game identifier and an authorization certificate input by a user; and registering the user to the video game server and the user groups if both the video game identifier and the authorization certificate are successfully authenticated. And a system, comprising: means for registering user groups to a video game server and assigning video game identifiers for the user groups; means for authenticating a video game identifier and an authorization certificate input by a user; and means for registering the user to the video game server and the user groups when both the video game identifier and the authorization certificate are successfully authenticated.
US09380048B2
This invention includes a solution to enable a digital authentication solution comprising a network. Next, a first device is coupled to the network. The first device may include an authentication key generator that is able to generate both public and private keys in electronic formats. Next, the first device is coupled to a certificate authority gateway. The certificate authority gateway includes devices capable of converting the electronically formatted public key to a non-electronic format, and vice versa. Next, the certificate authority gateway is coupled to a certificate authority server. The certificate authority server includes devices capable of converting the electronically formatted public key to a non-electronic format, and vice versa. The certificate authority server is also contained in a secure area such as a locked room, or a safe. The secure area includes features that allow the non-electronically formatted public key to be passed across the boundary of the secure area. Finally, a second device is coupled to the network.
US09380040B1
A method and computer program product for establishing a connection and downloading server applications on a desktop. A user downloads and installs custom server software with the embedded user credentials data. The software provider customizes software for the user. The key of the digital signature is used as a part of the installation package. The user downloads custom server software and installs it on his desktop over a secure connection. A vendor (or content provider) checks the validity of the user data and registers the application to the user. The application provider has a right to digitally sign the package.
US09380027B1
Methods, systems, and media for producing a firewall rule set are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include receiving a declarative policy associated with a computer network security policy; collecting information from at least one external system of record; generating a firewall rule set using the declarative policy and information, the firewall rule set including addresses to or from which network communications are permitted, denied, redirected or logged, the firewall rule set being at a lower level of abstraction than the declarative policy; and provisioning the firewall rule set to a plurality of enforcement points of a distributed firewall, the firewall selectively policing network communications among workloads using the firewall rule set.
US09380018B2
A combination of a common key routing (CKR) method and data proxy architecture (DPA) method may be used to route communication messages in a telecommunication network to achieve improved data locality and reduce secondary key lookups. A processor in a multiprocessor computing system may receive a first communication message that includes subscriber identifiers that uniquely identify a subscriber, generate a common key based on the subscriber identifiers, identify a first logical scalable unit that includes a first database memory that stores subscriber data relating to the subscriber via a database application programming interface (API) and the common key, store the first communication message in the first database memory included in the first logical scalable unit, and receive a second communication message in response to storing the first communication message in the first database memory and routing the second communication message to another component the telecommunication network.
US09380006B2
The packet processing method includes receiving a first packet, selecting a first storage area from a plurality of storage areas included in a buffer as a packet storage area in accordance with first time at which the first packet is received, and storing the first packet into the selected first storage area. The first storage area is selected as the packet storage area for the other packets received when a predetermined time period has passed from the first time.
US09380003B2
Bandwidth translation may be provided. First, data may be transceived at a first data port. Next, the data may be transceived at a plurality of second data ports. The bandwidth of a path for the data between the first port and the plurality of second ports may be translated.
US09380001B2
A method for deploying a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) deployment environment model and a method for modifying a deployed SOA deployment environment model. In the deploying method, deployment of the SOA deployment environment model is realized by acquiring a task list including tasks for deploying elements of the model, associating the tasks in the task list with the elements, and executing the tasks to deploy the elements of the model. In the modifying method, modification of the SOA deployment environment model is realized by acquiring a task list including tasks for modifying elements of the model, associating the tasks in the task list with the elements, and executing the tasks to modify the elements. Thus, the deployment of the SOA deployment environment model and the modification of the deployed SOA deployment environment model may be realized in a simple and easy-to-implement manner.
US09380000B2
A system for deploying a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) deployment environment model and a system for modifying a deployed SOA deployment environment model. In the deploying system, deployment of the SOA deployment environment model is realized by acquiring a task list including tasks for deploying elements of the model, associating the tasks in the task list with the elements, and executing the tasks to deploy the elements of the model. In the modifying system, modification of the SOA deployment environment model is realized by acquiring a task list including tasks for modifying elements of the model, associating the tasks in the task list with the elements, and executing the tasks to modify the elements. Thus, the deployment of the SOA deployment environment model and the modification of the deployed SOA deployment environment model may be realized in a simple and easy-to-implement manner.
US09379999B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for managing bandwidth based on audio power level. In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving a media stream from a first client device, wherein the media stream includes an audio stream. During receipt of the media stream, the method provides determining whether an audio power level of the audio stream satisfies criteria for inclusion in an output media stream from the media server system along with one or more media streams received from one or more other client devices. Upon determining that the criteria is not satisfied, the method provides transferring a first notification to the first client device that includes a first instruction for the first client device to reduce an amount of bandwidth used for transferring the media stream.
US09379983B2
In a bus system including a bus master, a first bus, and a second bus to connect them together, this router is arranged on the second bus to relay packets. The bus master outputs packets including information about at least one of (N+1) predetermined types of quality requirements. The second bus transmits packets designating at most N types of quality requirements. An exemplary router controls sending of the packets, with respect to at most N types of buffers that classify and store the packets by reference to the quality requirement type information and the packets stored in the buffers, so that the packets are sent in the descending order of their level of the quality requirement. The router controls sending schedule of the traffic flows by sensing a difference between the (N+1) different types of quality requirements.
US09379979B2
An ad-hoc network device facilitates creating a virtual interface for a set of mutual-listener devices that have a duplex communication with each other. During operation, the network device can receive a packet, and identifies a virtual interface to which the packet is directed. The network device can determine whether the local network device is a member of the virtual interface, and if so, processes the packet as an intended recipient of the packet.
US09379966B2
In an embodiment, a method exchanges routing data within a network including control and forwarding on separate devices. In the method, a first reachability information session is established between a forwarding device and a first control device and a second reachability information session is established between the forwarding device and a second control device. Also, a third reachability information session is established between the forwarding device and an external routing device. Finally, advertisements are exchanged between the first and second reachability information sessions and the third reachability information session such that the first and second control device appear to the external routing device to be a single device. System and computer program product embodiments are also disclosed.
US09379965B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing and selectively distributing routing information in a routing node are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for selectively distributing routing information in a routing node includes organizing internal signaling resources are organized so as to facilitate the efficient mapping of signaling system 7 (SS7) message transfer part (MTP) signaling protocol attributes to Internet protocol (IP)-based signaling resources. A routing status information sharing hierarchy is defined, which enables routing status information to be efficiently shared among members of a signaling mateset group. Members of a signaling mateset replicate and distribute SS7 MTP network management information across non-MTP signaling connections, such as IP connections.
US09379960B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for channel estimation in a multi-node distributed system. A method for channel state estimation comprises the steps of: a terminal receiving channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) set-up information; and the terminal calculating interference on the basis of the CSI-RS set-up information and then transmitting channel state information (CSI) based on the interference, wherein the CSI-RS set-up information may include at least one of an external interference measurement field and an internal interference measurement field. Accordingly, during the external interference and internal interference measurements, the node for use in the interference measurements may be controlled by a base station so that interference is accurately measured and feedback of accurate channel information is enabled.
US09379954B2
Embodiments are directed towards employing a configuration management system to report one or more assumptions based on whether or not prerequisites for a resource are satisfied. The configuration management system may determine at least one prerequisite that corresponds to a provided resource. The prerequisites may indicate what the resource requires in order to put the system into the target state. If the prerequisites are unsatisfied, then assumptions regarding the system may be determined and reported to a user of the system. The assumptions may include at least a state transition that upon occurrence puts the system into the target state. If the system is in a non-operational mode, such that state actions and state transitions are simulated, rather than being executed, the system may be enabled to perform other actions as if the prerequisites were satisfied and the state transition occurred, even if it is not.
US09379947B2
A monitoring status display device according to the present invention has: use index number determination means for, when displaying an arrangement of indices representing monitoring subjects in a predetermined display region, determining use index numbers that can be used with respect to importance levels set for the monitoring subjects, based on a ratio of the importance levels and a total number of the indices; importance level allocation means for determining an index to be allocated to each of the importance levels, based on the arrangement of the indices and the use index numbers set for the respective importance levels, in a manner that indices with the same importance level are disposed close to each other; and monitoring subject allocation means for allocating, substantially evenly to the indices, the monitoring subjects having an importance level same as that of the indices.
US09379945B2
Aspects of the present invention include an arbitrary N-Node virtual link trunking (VLT) system comprising a set of N nodes collectively provide a logical fabric-level view that is consistent across the set of N nodes. Embodiments of the arbitrary N-Node VLT system comprise a control plane mechanism to provide Layer 2 multipathing between access network devices (switches or servers) and the core network. The N-Node VLT system provides a loop-free topology with active-active load-sharing of uplinks from access to the core. Accordingly, the N-Node VLT system eliminates the disadvantage of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) (active-standby links) by allowing link aggregation group (LAG) terminations on multiple separate distribution or core switches and also supporting a loop-free topology. Additional benefits of an N-Node VLT system include, but are not limited to, higher resiliency, improved link utilization, and improved manageability of the network.
US09379903B1
A method, system, and computer readable medium for managing applications on an application execution system are disclosed. On an application server the number of instances of a first application type that are in a busy state is determined. This determination is performed at each respective time interval in a plurality of time intervals. Then, a first running average for the busy state of the first application type is computed based upon the number of instances of the first application type that are in a busy state, at the application server, at each respective time interval. A removal request is sent when the first running average for the busy state meets a first removal criterion. The removal request is a request to remove the application server from a data structure that specifies which of a plurality of application servers accept service requests for the first application type.
US09379890B1
In various implementations, a first device retrieves, from a memory, encrypted data encrypted using a first key. The first device transmits, to a second device, a request for an encrypted first key, where the encrypted first key is generated by encrypting the first key using a second key. The first device receives the encrypted first key. The first device transmits, to an identity and access management device (IAM), a request for an encrypted second key, where the encrypted second key is generated by encrypting the second key using a third key. The first device receives the encrypted second key. The first device decrypts the encrypted second key using the third key, decrypts the encrypted first key using the decrypted second key, and decrypts the encrypted data using the decrypted first key. The first device deletes, from its cache, the decrypted first key after a period of time.
US09379888B2
A powerline communication (PLC) network analyzer can join a PLC network by authenticating and associating with a central coordinator of the PLC network. The network analyzer can receive an encryption key from the central coordinator and dissociate from the PLC network. The network analyzer can capture and decrypt network traffic from the PLC network while remaining dissociated. The network analyzer can also create one or more virtual stations for the PLC network. The virtual stations can join the PLC network through the central coordinator and generate network traffic for the PLC network.
US09379885B2
There is provided a method of creating an AltBOC correlation function that includes: receiving an AltBOC signal by a receiver; analyzing a subcarrier of the AltBOC signal into eight partial subcarriers having the same period by the receiver; creating partial correlation functions by correlating each of the eight partial subcarriers with the AltBOC signal by the receiver; and creating a resultant correlation function by combining the partial correlation functions by the receiver.
US09379882B2
Systems and methods are provided to use of out-of-band (OOB) channels for the transport of network-synchronization signals and network control information. These OOB channels transport synchronization and control channels over low-frequency bands outside of the frequency bands used for the data channels. Locating expensive network-synchronization functions in the optical network unit (ONU) and sharing the derived synchronization signals among multiple downstream customer premises equipment (CPE) devices results in cost savings and provides a means for maintaining a continuous, end-to-end synchronization reference, even during periods when the data channels on the copper network segment are in an energy-efficiency mode (e.g., a low-power and/or sleep mode).
US09379880B1
Clock data recovery can be accomplished using a phase change determination circuit that generates, based upon detected phase differences between a capture clock signal and data signal, a delta signal and a delta selection signal. A calculation circuit generates a set of phase interpolation (PI) codes from prior and speculative values of the delta signal. A selection circuit selects, in response to the delta selection signal, between the sets of PI codes, which are provided as an output of the clock data recovery device.
US09379875B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing downlink channel parameters determination for downlink channels associated with a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09379870B2
The present invention relates to rapid search space reconfiguration for E-PDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel) in wireless communication system to avoid flashlight interferences from neighboring cells and to allocate the E-PDCCH on the best physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency fluctuation dominated scenarios. To this end, a method for providing low-latency feedback on a reconfiguration attempt of a search space for an Enhanced-PDCCH, and a corresponding apparatus are provided. Specifically, a signaling scheme is provided that supports transmission of both HARQ-ACK for PDCCH based E-PDCCH reconfiguration and HARQ-ACK for PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared CHannel) on the same uplink subframe, so that an acknowledgment of PDCCH based E-PDCCH reconfiguration information and PDSCH information can be transmitted on the same subframe.
US09379869B2
A method and apparatus are provided for allocating code resources to ACK/NACK channel indexes, when UEs need ACK/NACK transmission in a wireless communication system in which a predetermined number of orthogonal cover Walsh codes is selected from among available orthogonal cover Walsh codes, at least one subset is formed, having the selected orthogonal cover Walsh codes arranged in an ascending order of cross interference, subsets are selected for use in first and second slots of a subframe, and the orthogonal cover Walsh codes of the subset selected for each slot and ZC sequence cyclic shift values are allocated to the ACK/NACK channel indexes.
US09379868B2
Subsequent association identifier (AID) update within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. Even while a given communication device maintains continuous association within a given communication system, a unique identifier associated with that particular communication device may be updated. For example, considering and implementation including an access point (AP) and a number of wireless stations (STAs), even while at least some of the STAs remain in association with the AP, the respective unique identifiers associated with one or more of those STAs may be updated (e.g., the respective AID values associated with one or more of those STAs may be updated). For example, after an initial assignment of unique identifiers associated with a group of respective communication devices within the communication network, the unique identifier associated with one or more of those respective communication devices may be updated or changed after the initial assignment.
US09379857B2
The present disclosure provides an orthogonal codes based code division multiplexing method of performing the code division multiplexing of demodulation reference signals in multiple layers of resource blocks by using orthogonal matrices, the method comprising: changing the order of chips in particular rows of a first orthogonal matrix to obtain a second orthogonal matrix with the changed order of chips; and multiplying the chips in respective rows of the second orthogonal matrix by the demodulation reference signals in corresponding layers of resource blocks correspondingly in the time direction to obtain code division multiplexing signals. The technical scheme of the present disclosure can improve the power jitter situation of downlink signals on the time, thereby the usage efficiency of the power amplifier at the base station side can be improved.
US09379856B2
A user equipment (UE) enables synchronous peer-to-peer communication between devices for out of network coverage and partial network coverage scenarios. The UE performs a synchronization procedure and selects a spectrum resource within an uplink (UL) spectrum for device-to-device (D2D) communication. The UE, representing a synchronization source, generates timing information and synchronization signals for synchronizing a group of wireless communication devices (peer UEs) with the UE in a local synchronization area. The UE transmits, in selected or pre-allocated time or frequency resources, a synchronization signal including the timing information in order to synchronize devices in the local synchronization area.
US09379853B2
A packet retransmission control device has a flow table and a processing determination unit. The flow table indicates, with respect to each of flows to which packets belong, retransmission management information for managing retransmission control. The retransmission management information includes, as a retransmission management parameter, at least one of a packet retransmission count and a delay excess count. The processing determination unit refers to the flow table to determine whether or not to apply the retransmission control to packets. Specifically, when receiving a packet from the upper layer, the processing determination unit refers to the flow table to obtain the retransmission management parameter associated with a flow to which the received packet belongs. If the retransmission management parameter is not more than a threshold value, the processing determination unit determines to apply the retransmission control to the received packet. If the retransmission management parameter exceeds the threshold value, the processing determination unit stops application of the retransmission control to the received packet.
US09379844B2
A base station is provided. The base station includes transmit path circuitry that generates an uplink grant using an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink control information (DCI) format. The uplink MIMO DCI format includes a modulation and coding scheme (MSC) field having an MCS value for each of two transport blocks. The transmit path circuitry transmits the uplink grant to a subscriber station. For a given transport block, a combination of the MCS value corresponding to the transport block and a number positive integer of physical resource blocks allocated to the subscriber station (N_PRB) indicates whether the transport block is disabled.
US09379842B2
A method and base station for adjusting outer-loop adjustment values used for link adaptation in a wireless communication network is provided. A modulation of a user equipment is determined and a success or failure of a Transport Block (TB) based on a TB feedback message is determined. Based on the TB feedback, one of an acknowledgement counter and a non-acknowledgement counter is incremented corresponding to the determined modulation. An upward step size for the determined modulation is updated based on the respective acknowledgement counter and the non-acknowledgement counter to affect link adaption.
US09379839B2
An optical transmission device includes: a spectral element configured to disperse an incident light beam in a first direction according to a wavelength of the incident light beam; a mirror array configured by a plurality of mirrors, each mirror having a reflective surface in which a reflection angle is adjustable and to which the incident light beam dispersed in the first direction is incident, the reflective surface being arranged on a plane formed by the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of ports arranged in the second direction; and a controller configured to adjust the reflection angle, so that a light beam reflected at the reflective surface is outputted to the port according to a region segmented in the second direction in the mirror array, the dispersed incident light beam that has a specified wavelength band being incident to the reflective surface.
US09379836B2
The server receives location data of the access points (APs) and channel request data of the APs corresponding to the location data of the APs. The server groups the channel request data of the APs into clusters according to available physical channels of the APs and the channel request data of the APs. The server allocates the available physical channels of the APs for the channel request data of the APs and transmission power configurations on each of the allocated physical channels of the APs according to the channel request data and the location data of the APs in each of the clusters. The server transmits allocated results of the allocated physical channels of the APs for the channel request data of the APs and the transmission power configurations on each of the allocated physical channels of the APs.
US09379835B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate network management and optimization. As described herein, a network and a device communicating with the network can exchange network management information, thereby supporting a Self Organized Network (SON) architecture for improved network management and optimization performance. A Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer protocol and/or an Internet Protocol (IP) application, in combination with a set of associated network management messages, can be utilized to exchange network management information between a device and a network. As further described herein, various procedures can be utilized to install a SON policy to a device in order to define device behavior for operations such as collecting and reporting information related to network management. Additionally, a set of standardized events can be defined, based on which a device can detect the occurrence of an event and report the occurrence to an associated network.
US09379832B2
A reception apparatus for receiving transmitted AV (Audio/Video) content includes: an extraction section configured to extract trigger information associated with control of an application program transmitted with the AV content to be executed in cooperation with the AV content; and a control section configured to control processing associated with the application program in accordance with a command indicated by the extracted trigger information, wherein the application program in an active status started up in accordance with the command indicated by the extracted trigger information executes at least one of processing of generating view status information indicative of a user view status and processing of uploading the view status information to a predetermined server.
US09379826B2
A method for calibrating a transmitter includes operating the transmitter using a first transmitter setting; obtaining, via an external reference measuring device, a transmit power reference value indicative of a first transmit power of the transmitter corresponding to the first transmitter setting, and obtaining, using an internal measuring device of the transmitter or of a receiver associated with the transmitter, a first uncalibrated transmit power measurement value corresponding to the first transmit power. The method further includes calibrating the internal measuring device using the transmit power reference value and the first uncalibrated transmit power measurement value to provide a calibrated internal measuring device, operating the transmitter using a second transmitter setting, and obtaining, using the calibrated internal measuring device, a second transmit power measurement value indicative of a second transmit power corresponding to the second transmitter setting. Lastly, the method includes obtaining self-calibration data based on the second transmitter setting and the second transmit power measurement value, and storing the self-calibration data in a calibration data structure.
US09379823B2
An optical receiver includes a feedback circuit that applies a feedback signal to a front-end circuit prior to the front-end circuit converting an optical signal into an analog electrical signal. In particular, the optical receiver includes a digital slicer that determines a digital electrical signal from the analog electrical signal based on a reference voltage that specifies a decision threshold and a clock that specifies sampling times. The feedback circuit determines the feedback signal at least one previous bit preceding a current bit in the analog electrical signal that is provided by the digital slicer and an impulse response of a communication channel. Moreover, the feedback signal has a pulse width that is less than a bit time of the clock. In this way, the optical receiver can cancel post-cursors of the current bit, even when the communication channel includes a low-pass filter.
US09379815B2
An electro-optical payload for free space optical communication includes: a plurality of optical beam expanders, each for receiving a respective optical signal; an optical cross-connect switch for directing respective optical signals to respective optical output signals; an electrical-to-optical conversion circuit coupled to an input of the optical cross-connect switch for converting an electrical signal to an optical signal for inputting to the optical cross-connect switch; an optical-to-electrical conversion circuit for converting an optical signal output from the optical cross-connect switch to an electrical signal; and an electrical regeneration circuit including a second optical-to-electrical conversion circuit coupled to an output of the optical cross-connect switch and a second electrical-to-optical conversion circuit coupled to an input of the optical cross-connect switch for converting an optical out signal of the optical cross-connect switch to an electrical signal.
US09379797B2
The invention relates to a multiantenna radio communications method wherein frequency subbands Bsk, for k=1, . . . , P, are allocated respectively to P user antennas s1, . . . , sp belonging to one or more users, from within a total frequency bandwidth BT, and wherein at least one of the user antennas communicates with the base station over its respective frequency subband Bsk by means of a signal that has been filtered by time reversal. According to the invention, for at least one pair of user antennas Si and Sj, where and i,j=1, . . . , P and i≠j, the respective frequency subbands Bsi and Bsj overlap by δBsi,sj, said overlap δBsi,sj being a predetermined function of the correlation between the respective propagation channels of these two user antennas with said base station.
US09379795B1
Systems and/or methods are described for use of progressively higher-resolution codebooks for communication with one or more receivers within a cell of a base station.
US09379777B2
An apparatus including a coil antenna; and near field communication (NFC) circuitry connected to the coil antenna. The NFC circuitry is configured to create a modulated signal from an input audio signal, and output the modulated signal to the coil antenna.
US09379774B2
A system for transferring information from a first circuit to a second circuit includes first and second isolation elements coupled between the first circuit and the second circuit. A first transient filter is located on the second circuit and coupled to the first isolation element. A second transient filter is located on the second circuit and coupled to the second isolation element. A first ground is located on the first circuit, and a second ground is located on the second circuit. The first ground electrically floats relative to the second ground.
US09379771B2
A system for measuring a length of one or more spans between a first optical transceiver and a second optical transceiver in a fiber-optic network, which can determine, at a processor associated with the first optical transceiver, a round-trip time of an optical signal communicated from the first optical transceiver to the second optical transceiver and back to the first optical transceiver. The system can also determine, at the processor, a half-round-trip time by dividing the round-trip time by two. The system can also determine, at the processor, a distance between the first and the second optical transceivers by multiplying the speed of light by the half-round-trip time.
US09379769B2
An approach for selecting sets of communications channels involves determining the performance of communications channels. A set of channels is selected based on the results of performance testing and specified criteria. The participant generates data that identifies the selected set of channels and provides that data to other participants of the communications network. The participants communicate over the set of channels, such as by using a frequency hopping protocol. When a specified time expires or monitoring of the performance of the channel set identifies poor performance of the set of channels, the participant selects another set of channels for use in communications based on additional performance testing. By selecting channels based on the initial performance testing and performance monitoring, the communications network adaptively avoids channels with poor performance.
US09379766B2
Certain aspects of a method and system for achieving space and time diversity gain are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include modifying a generalization code of at least one pilot channel, to measure signal strengths for each of a plurality of received multipath signals. A portion of the plurality of received multipath signals may be combined based on the measured signal strengths. The signal strengths of the plurality of received multipath signals may be measured on a primary pilot channel by assigning its generalization code to zero. The signal strengths of the plurality of received multipath signals on a secondary pilot channel may measured by assigning its generalization code to a non-zero value.
US09379764B2
A transceiver or RF front end employing a transformer with a low loss transmit/receive (T/R) switch circuit in the ground path. In various embodiments, differential outputs of a power amplifier are coupled to the first winding of the transformer, while the input of a low noise amplifier is coupled to the second side of the transformer via a matching inductor. The T/R switch circuit, which may be a thin oxide CMOS transistor, is coupled between the second side of the transformer and ground. In operation, the T/R switch circuit may be enabled during transmit mode operations of the power amplifier, such that a low impedance path to ground is provided at the input of the low noise amplifier, thereby protecting it from high voltage swings generated by the power amplifier.
US09379757B2
a radio case device intended for use upon, or integrated into, a cellular smart phone device. The installation of a stacked tubular or semi-tubular circumferential reflective elements within the top of the case of such case device results in overlapping omnidirectional reflected time phased re-broadcast of received signal of origin from the microwave or radio device. The re-broadcast signals or reflected signals provide a circumferential omnidirectional signal reflections from differing levels of depth (and accordingly differing distances from signal source) with fractal subdivisions from each depth of element. This creates multiple, interactive, layered and fractal interference patterns, resulting in reduced signal penetration in the area of the end user's body and head).
US09379754B2
The present invention provides a radio frequency channel, including: a first antenna, a low noise amplifier, a power divider, at least two first single-pole, n-throw switches, at least four first filters, and at least two first radio frequency chips. The power divider divides a received radio frequency signal into two first radio frequency sub-signals, and transmits the two first radio frequency sub-signals to the at least four first filters, where the at least four first filters correspond to at least four filtering bands and the at least four first filters may cover frequency bands involved in at least six carrier aggregation CA technologies, the at least four first filters filter the first radio frequency sub-signals, and the at least two first radio frequency chips process the filtered first radio frequency sub-signals.
US09379749B2
Aspects of a wireless apparatus for configuring a plurality of VCOs are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives a configuration for a plurality of carriers. Each carrier corresponds to a different LO frequency. In addition, the UE determines a VCO frequency for generating each LO frequency. Further, the UE assigns each determined VCO frequency to each of a plurality of VCO modules based on a distance between the VCO modules and each of the determined VCO frequencies. The plurality of VCO modules are of a set of VCO modules including at least three VCO modules.
US09379747B2
Embodiments include a novel receiver architecture to optimize receiver performance in the presence of interference. In various embodiments, the presence of interference is detected, and the relative frequency location of the interference is detected. The relative frequency location specifies whether the frequency of the interference is high side (above the desired signal, i.e., at a higher frequency) or low side (below the desired signal). The receiver is configured based on the detected interference and relative location thereof. For a device such as a cellular phone that operates in a dynamic and changing environment where interference is variable, embodiments advantageously provide the capability to modify the receiver's operational state depending on the interference.
US09379746B2
Isolation circuits for digital communications and methods to provide isolation for digital communications are disclosed. An example isolation circuit includes an isolation barrier, a burst encoder in a first circuit, and an edge pattern detector in a second circuit. The example isolation barrier electrically isolates the first circuit from the second circuit. The example burst encoder generates a first pattern in response to receiving a rising edge on an input signal and generates a second pattern in response to receiving a falling edge on the input signal. The example edge pattern detector detects the first pattern or the second pattern received from the burst encoder via the isolation barrier, sets an output signal at a first signal level in response to detecting the first pattern, and sets the output signal at a second signal level in response to detecting the second pattern.
US09379740B2
A method for channel-coding information bits using a code generation matrix including 32 rows and A columns corresponding to length of the information bits includes, channel-coding the information bits having “A” length using basis sequences having 32-bit length corresponding to columns of the code generation matrix, and outputting the channel-coded result as an output sequence. If “A” is higher than 10, the code generation matrix is generated when (A-10) additional basis sequences were added as column-directional sequences to a first or second matrix. The first matrix is a TFCI code generation matrix composed of 32 rows and 10 columns used for TFCI coding. The second matrix is made when at least one of an inter-row location or an inter-column location of the first matrix was changed. The additional basis sequences satisfy a value 10 of a minimum Hamming distance.
US09379733B1
A Synchronous Modulation Resonator (SMR) device, the device includes a resonator having coupled to a Vd source and a Vr source, wherein the Vd is DC biased, wherein the Vr is AC, wherein the resonator provides a resonator output in response to Vd and Vr, a Sigma Delta Modulator (SDM) coupled to the resonator and to the Vr source, wherein the SDM provides a signal output in response to the resonator output and to the Vr, and a digital output block coupled to the SDM, wherein the digital output block is configured to provide a digital signal representation of the resonator output, in response to the signal output.
US09379730B2
In the field of imaging devices comprising a detector generating electric charges in response to incident photon radiation, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit forming means for reading the quantity of electric charges generated, an analog-to-digital conversion circuit comprises: a comparator which can switch depending on the comparison between a potential on an integration node and a predetermined threshold potential, a counter incrementing with each switch of the comparator, a counter-charge injection circuit injecting a quantity Qc of counter-charges on the integration node with each switch of the comparator, and control means which determine the quantity Qc of counter-charges injected. The analog-to-digital conversion circuit is characterized in that the control means determine the quantity Qc of counter-charges injected as a function of a value of the counter.
US09379728B1
A digital-to-analog converter has an output. An analog-to-digital converter senses a voltage at the output of the digital-to-analog converter and generates a digital voltage signal. A source mismatch estimator processes the digital voltage signal to output an error signal indicative of current source mismatch within the digital-to-analog converter. An error code generator generates a digital calibration signal from the error signal. The digital calibration signal is converted by a redundancy digital-to-analog converter to an analog compensation signal for application to the output of analog-to-digital converter to nullify effects of the current source mismatch.
US09379727B1
A method and apparatus for attenuating transmit digital to analog converter (DAC) spurs is provided. The method begins when a reference voltage is injected into an amplifier. Next, an output of the ground low drop-out regulator is measured and is them compared with the reference voltage. The output of the amplifier is then adjusted based on the results of the comparison. If the reference voltage is higher then the output of the ground low drop-out regulator the output of the amplifier is adjusted to ground. If the reference voltage is lower than the output of the ground low drop-out regulator then the output of the amplifier is adjusted to match the reference voltage.
US09379716B2
An electronic circuit includes a plurality of delay elements configured to delay a clock signal by a delay time and to supply the delayed clock signal as a delay signal, the delay time being shorter with a higher power source voltage; a delay time acquisition unit configured to acquire the delay time based on a value of the delay signal; and a voltage controller configured to perform a voltage control process in which the power source voltage is controlled to be high in a case where the acquired delay time is longer than a predetermined desired value and the power source voltage is controlled to be low in a case where the acquired delay time is shorter than the predetermined desired value.
US09379710B2
A level conversion circuit is provided for generating an output signal having one of a higher output level and a lower output level in response to an input signal having one of a higher input level and a lower input level. The level conversion circuit has input circuitry which, in response to a transition of the input signal between the higher and lower input levels, output a rising transition of a temporary output signal on the output line towards the higher input level. Output control circuitry detects the rising transition of the temporary output signal and pulls the output signal to the higher output level. This arrangement allows for fast level conversion without a DC leakage path.
US09379701B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of chips; a first through-chip via vertically passing through the chips, a power-saving unit suitable for being precharged to a precharge voltage during a precharge period; and a driving unit suitable for driving data using the precharge voltage outputted from the power-saving unit, during a driving period.
US09379689B2
An integrated circuit includes a latch block suitable for storing a signal through four or more even-numbered coupling lines inverted and driven alternately with each other, wherein the coupling lines are divided into two or more coupling line groups each including coupling lines inverted and driven to the same logic level, and a charge buffer block coupled between two or more coupling lines included in one of the coupling line groups and suitable for slowing down a charge movement speed therebetween.
US09379686B2
An integrated circuit device includes a piezoelectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The device also includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate, the first electrode having a first width and the second electrode having a second width. The device further includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode on the second surface of the piezoelectric substrate, the third electrode having a third width that is substantially the same as the second width, and the fourth electrode having a fourth width that is substantially the same as the first width. The first and third electrodes operate as part of a first portion of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator, and the second and fourth electrodes operate as part of a second portion of the MEMS resonator.
US09379682B2
Systems and methods are provided for adjusting gain of a receiver. Adaptation circuitry is operable to identify, based on a matrix representation of a receiver's output generated from horizontal and vertical sweeps of the receiver's output, an eye opening of the receiver's output. The adaptation circuitry is also operable to determine whether a size of the eye opening needs to be changed. When it is determined that the size of the eye opening needs to be changed, the adaptation circuitry is operable to generate a digital signal to change a gain setting of the receiver. When the signal at the receiver's output is under-equalized, the AC gain of the receiver is increased. When the signal at the receiver's output is over-equalized, the AC gain of the receiver is decreased.
US09379672B2
A current amplifier is disclosed. The circuit has differential input and output and can be implemented in CMOS or bipolar integrated-circuit technologies. The input current is injected into a pair of primary branches, and is re-used at the output of the circuit without changing its natural flow, thus contributing to the overall current gain. A pair of secondary branches is connected to the primary branches in such a way as to provide currents proportional to the input currents according to a scaling factor dictated by the geometry of the transistors. The outputs of the secondary branches are cross-coupled relative to the outputs of the primary branches, in this way ensuring maximum current gain by the summing of the primary and secondary signal currents at the circuit output, without consuming additional DC power.
US09379665B2
A terahertz wave oscillator that oscillates includes a negative resistance element, a resonator including a first conductor, a second conductor, and a dielectric, and a transmission line configured to supply a bias voltage to the negative resistance element. In this case, the negative resistance element and the dielectric are disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor, and the first conductor and the transmission line are connected at a node of an electric field of terahertz waves having oscillation frequency fOSC and standing in the resonator.
US09379659B2
A loss-less snubber drive for a permanent magnet motor. The motor system includes a first motor phase with a primary winding and an auxiliary winding. A controllable switch is positioned between the primary winding and ground such that current passes through the primary winding to ground when the controllable switch is closed. A capacitor is configured to accumulate charge when the controllable switch is opened. The auxiliary winding is configured such that charge stored by the capacitor causes current to pass through the auxiliary winding when the controllable switch is closed.
US09379656B2
A force feedback mechanism disposed inside a casing for vibration balance of the casing is disclosed in the present invention. The force feedback mechanism includes an accelerator, a force generator and a controller. The accelerator detects an acceleration parameter of the casing. The force generator respectively generates an effective force at a first direction and a second direction. The first direction is substantially opposite to the second direction. The controller is electrically connected to the accelerator and the force generator. The controller obtains and analyzes absolute value and vector of the acceleration parameter, and drives the force generator to generate the corresponding effective force according to the absolute value and the vector.
US09379650B2
Methods and apparatus for determining rotor position in a motor including a rotor and stator windings. The method includes measuring inductive sense values for each pair of the stator windings by performing an inductive sense routine on the motor, measuring stator winding voltage values, induced by mutual inductance between windings, for each of the stator windings by performing a mutual inductance sensing routine on the motor, and determining the rotor position based on the inductive sense values and the stator winding voltage values.
US09379637B2
An ultra high voltage regulator for converting includes a rectifying circuit, a first transistor, a second transistor, an output capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a third resistor. The ultra high voltage regulator converts a received alternative current into a direct voltage to an electrical component. The ultra high voltage regulator capable of providing a larger current becomes more compact and thinner in size without cooperating with a mass transformer/high voltage capacitor, which satisfies the request for miniaturization of the electrical components.
US09379628B2
A resonant converter includes a primary switching circuit having a primary winding and a primary switching stage configured to drive the primary winding; a secondary resonant circuit having a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the primary winding, a resonance capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary winding, and first and second secondary inductors respectively coupled between an output terminal of the converter and respective terminals of the resonance capacitor; a rectification stage connected in parallel with the resonance capacitor, and having first and second switches coupled to form a half-bridge; and a feedback command circuit. The command circuit is configured to receive feedback signals representing an output voltage and an output current at the output terminal of the resonant converter, receive voltages at the terminals of the resonance capacitor, and turn on/off, independently with respect to each other, the switches of the rectification stage and the primary switching stage.
US09379627B2
An apparatus and system for power conversion. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings; and a cyclo-converter comprising a plurality of switch pairs for converting an alternating current to an AC current, wherein each switch pair in the plurality of switch pairs (i) is coupled between two lines of an AC output and (ii) has a different secondary winding of the plurality of secondary windings coupled between its switches.
US09379620B2
A control scheme and architecture for a power conversion circuit employs two bidirectional switches and a zero voltage switching (ZVS) scheme for the high-side switch. Methods of incorporating the control scheme into multiple power conversion circuit topologies are disclosed. Methods of device integration including co-packaging and monolithic fabrication are also disclosed.
US09379613B1
The disclosure provides a power supply circuit including a pulse width modulator (PWM), a first voltage conversion unit, a second voltage conversion unit, a conversion chip, and a delay unit. The first voltage conversion unit converts a voltage of a power supply to a first voltage according to pulse signals output by the PWM. The second voltage conversion unit converts the voltage of the power supply to a second voltage according to the pulse signals. The conversion chip converts the first voltage to a third voltage, converts the second voltage to a fourth voltage, and outputs a power-good signal to a south bridge chipset through the delay unit. The disclosure also provides a notebook computer including the power supply circuit.
US09379610B2
An active diode formed within a buck power regulator with an NMOS transistor is connected to a PMOS transistor at a node that is further connected to the regulator output through an inductor. The active diode combines the NMOS transistor with circuitry to prevent conduction once the active diode passes a threshold voltage. Additional circuitry compares the output voltage to the target input voltage and varies the threshold voltage of the active diode such that the active diode can discharge excess current from the regulator each cycle until the output voltage is less than the target voltage.
US09379609B2
A voltage adjustment system includes an adjust module, a control module, and a load module. The adjust module includes a voltage converting unit which includes a buck converter and an inductor. The control module includes a first resistor, a second resistor, and a variable resistance unit. The load module is electrically connected to the buck converter via the inductor. A connecting point between the inductor and the load module is grounded via the first resistor and the second resistor in series. A connecting point between the first resistor and the second resistor is grounded via the variable resistance unit. The variable resistance unit includes a thermal resistor located adjacent to the inductor. A resistance of the thermal resistor changes when a temperature of the inductor changes. An equivalent resistance of the variable resistance unit changes to adjust a voltage received by the load module.
US09379601B2
A charge module is configured to pre-charge a control node to a pre-charged voltage, such that in a case a control module outputs a control voltage, a drive module is activated according to a gate voltage summed by the control voltage and the pre-charged voltage. The charge module includes a first switch, a charge switch, and a second switch. The first switch is configured to provide a first voltage to an operation node. The charge switch is configured to be switched on corresponding to the first voltage of the operation node, so as to charge the control node. The second switch is configured to provide a second voltage to the operation node according to the gate voltage.
US09379598B2
The present invention provides an absolute encoder device, including: a permanent magnet including a first magnetic pattern (bipolar) and a second magnetic pattern (multipolar); a first magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field of the first magnetic pattern; a second magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field of the second magnetic pattern; and a signal processing circuit for calculating an absolute rotation angle of a rotation shaft based on output signals of the first and second magnetic sensors. The first and second magnetic sensors and the signal processing circuit are fixed to a single substrate. The first magnetic pattern is formed on a plane extending in a direction crossing an axial direction inside the permanent magnet, and the second magnetic pattern is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the permanent magnet.
US09379596B2
A work apparatus has a tool which is driven in rotation by a drive motor via a transmission. The drive motor is an electric motor which has a commutator and brushes. The drive motor is arranged in a motor housing and drives an impeller wheel which conveys a cooling airflow for the drive motor. Simple and effective lubrication of the transmission is achieved with the cooling airflow flowing past the commutator and brushes and the transmission is arranged downstream of the commutator in the cooling airflow. The motor housing is formed in a manner closed toward the transmission housing on that end side that faces the transmission housing and is connected to the transmission housing via a flow connection.
US09379595B2
A rotating electrical machine includes an annular stator, a plurality of coils, a case, a side cover, a refrigerant passage, supply ports, and a strainer. The annular stator has an axis. The plurality of coils are provided about the axis. The case houses the stator. The side cover is disposed at one axial end of the case so as to face the stator in an axial direction along the axis. The refrigerant passage is provided in the side cover along a circumferential direction. The supply ports supply refrigerant from the refrigerant passage toward axial ends of the plurality of coils. The strainer is provided inside the refrigerant passage to be erected so as to intersect with the axis. The strainer has a plate-shaped member including holes to trap foreign matter in the refrigerant while the refrigerant passes through the holes.
US09379592B2
The invention relates to an actuator for a flap for opening and closing an air passage in an air conditioner, ventilator, and/or heater, comprising a housing (1) shaped to accommodate a motor as well as a gearing arrangement. The actuator is characterized in that the housing (1) includes at least one abutment element (5) for limiting the movement of a rotational shaft (3) with respect to the casing of the motor, as well as a means (6) for compensating for a space between the abutment element (5) and a free end of the rotational shaft (3).
US09379589B2
A stator includes: a plurality of stator pieces around which coils are wound; a stator holder which supports the plurality of stator pieces by arranging the plurality of stator pieces in a peripheral wall portion in an annular shape; and a housing which is disposed on an outer side of the stator holder to support the stator holder, wherein the stator holder includes a flange portion which continuously protrudes outward in a radial direction thereof from an edge of one end side in an axial line direction thereof and is fixed to the housing, and a reinforcing portion which suppresses vibration in the radial direction of the stator holder on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion.
US09379581B2
A drive unit for a door includes an electronically commutated multipole motor having: a stator part configured to be arrangable at a stationary structural component part; and a rotor part configured to be gearlessly connectable to a rotationally drivable element. The stator part and the rotor part include sheet metal elements stacked in a package-like manner. The sheet metal elements of the stator part and the sheet metal elements of the rotor part extend parallel to one another.
US09379579B2
A dual asymmetric input power supply architecture for use in power systems employing input power source redundancy. The dual asymmetric input power supply operates from a main input of the power supply when acceptable voltage is present on the main input. If the main input fails or is out of tolerance, power can be supplied from an auxiliary input through a transformer isolated switching converter. The dual asymmetric input power supply architecture maintains the high efficiency of a single-input power supply while providing an auxiliary connection for input power source redundancy.
US09379574B2
A method for controlling an abnormal state of a wireless Power Receiving Unit (PRU) is provided. The method includes measuring a temperature by a period shorter than a previous measurement period when a temperature measured by the wireless PRU in response to a transmission of power from a wireless Power Transmitting Unit (PTU) is higher than a temperature required to be monitored; determining whether the measured temperature is higher than a temperature at which a load switch connected to a charging unit is turned off if the measured temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature required to be monitored; and turning off the load switch if the measured temperature is higher than the temperature at which the load switch is turned off.
US09379573B2
A method and apparatus are provided for controlling power transmission in a power transmitter. The method includes receiving power information that includes a minimum voltage and a maximum voltage receivable at a power receiver; determining a reference voltage for dividing a range between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage into a predetermined portions; dividing the range between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage into a first voltage range between the minimum voltage and the reference voltage and a second voltage range between the reference voltage and the maximum voltage; receiving from the power receiver a report about a power reception condition including a measured voltage at the power receiver during the power transmission from the power transmitter; and adjusting and supplying the power according to which voltage range the measured voltage belongs to among the divided voltage ranges.
US09379569B2
A method for conducting an operation including a power tool battery pack. The battery pack can include a housing, a first cell supported by the housing and having a voltage, and a second cell supported by the housing and having a voltage. The battery pack also can be connectable to a power tool and be operable to supply power to operate the power tool. The method can include discharging one of the first cell and the second cell until the voltage of the one of the first cell and the second cell is substantially equal to the voltage of the other of the first cell and the second cell.
US09379566B2
An apparatus for controlling a charge for a battery is provided. The apparatus includes an input unit that is configured to convert alternating current (AC) input power into direct current (DC) power. A first converter is configured to store or output the DC power and a circuit unit is configured to filter or boost output power based on a normal operation state or an instantaneous power failure state of the AC input power. In addition, a second converter is configured to convert the filtered or boosted power and supply the power to a high voltage battery.
US09379563B2
A charger including a base and a clamping component is provided. The base includes a first charging portion and a second charging portion. The clamping component is connected to the base and aligned to the first charging portion and the second charging portion. A first charging space is formed between the clamping component and the first charging portion, and a second charging space is formed between the clamping component and the second charging portion.
US09379557B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for battery balancing, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for battery balancing capable of implementing balancing between batteries which are connected in parallel.
US09379551B2
A line angle shift logic controller for use with a power generation system coupled to an electrical grid is disclosed. The line angle shift controller includes a line angle shift controller configured to receive a phase locked loop (PLL) error signal representative of a difference between a phase angle of the power generation system and a phase angle of the electrical grid, receive a threshold phase from the electrical grid, and generate a PLL shift signal based at least partially on the PLL error signal and the threshold phase.
US09379547B2
The appliance control system includes electrical appliances and an appliance control device. The appliance control device includes a control unit configured to, upon receiving an energy conservation instruction indicative of a total reduction amount, send a control signal including common control order indicative of an individual reduction amount of the power consumption of the electrical appliance to at least one of the electrical appliances based on the total reduction amount. Each electrical appliance includes a functional unit having plural operation states with different power consumption, a control instruction storage unit storing plural control instructions for changing the operation state, an individual storage unit storing individual control information indicative of a correspondence relation between the individual reduction amount and the control instruction, and an operation control unit. Upon receiving the control signal, the operation control unit selects the control instruction associated with the individual reduction amount indicated by the common control order included in the received control signal with reference to the individual control information, and provides the selected control instruction to the functional unit. The functional unit performs an energy conservation control process of changing the operation state in accordance with the received control instruction.
US09379544B2
A system for coupling electrical power subsea. The system comprises a subsea electrical distribution system having at least one modular circuit breaker assembly. The modular circuit breaker assembly may receive power from one or both of a subsea AC power cable and a subsea DC power cable. If power is lost from one subsea power cable, the modular circuit breaker assembly enables power to be provided to subsea loads from the other subsea power cable. The system comprises a subsea motor operable to drive a subsea pump or compressor.
US09379535B2
A system for reducing inrush current in a three phase utility transformer upon energization of the transformer by an applied three phase voltage utilizes a pre-flux circuit for establishing residual flux levels in the core segments of the primary windings of the transformer which are near the prospective flux levels established in the core segments by the applied voltage. The pre-flux circuit includes a pre-fluxing capacitor which, after being charged to a predetermined voltage level, is discharged serially through two of the primary windings to establish the predetermined flux levels in the core segments of the two windings, and a reduced flux level in the core segment of the remaining primary winding. The transformer is energized at the instant of positively-referenced peak phase voltage to the third primary winding such that prospective and residual flux approach a near-equal level in all three core segments and inrush current is reduced. The method may be applied to the secondary or tertiary windings instead of the primary windings. Additionally, an alternative method allows application of the pre-fluxing circuit to a delta-connected set of transformer windings.
US09379534B2
A device for interrupting a flow of electrical power in an electrical distribution system is provided. The electrical distribution network includes a circuit interrupting device, the circuit interrupting device having a reclose time. The device includes a sensor configured to generate a signal in the event of loss of system power. A switch is coupled to the electrical distribution system and is movable between an open and closed position. A controller is operably coupled to the sensor and the switch, the controller having a processor that initiates a timer in response to the signal and determines a measured reclose time with the timer. The processor is further responsive to actuate the switch in response to the measured reclose time is substantially equal to the reclose time of the at least one circuit interrupting device.
US09379527B2
A stringing messenger clamp for use in overhead transmission and distribution systems and method of installing a messenger cable is provided. The stringing messenger clamp includes a bracket and an assembly body supported by the bracket, wherein the assembly body has a cable channel sized to receive a portion of a messenger cable. An assembly clamp is movable with respect to the assembly body and closable upon the cable channel. When the assembly clamp is in a closed position, it retains in place the portion of the messenger cable within the cable channel.
US09379522B1
An optical device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate including a surface region and a strain control region, the strain control region being configured to maintain a quantum well region within a predetermined strain state. The device also has a plurality of quantum well regions overlying the strain control region.
US09379521B2
A group III nitride semiconductor laser device comprises a laser structure including a support base of the group III nitride and first and second end facets for a laser cavity, and the first and second end facets intersect with an m-n plane defined by the m-axis of the group III nitride and an axis normal to a semipolar primary surface of the support base. A +c axis vector for a c-axis of the group III nitride forms an angle ALPHA in a range of 71 to 79 degrees with the normal axis. The +c axis vector is inclined at an angle α1 of 10 to 25 degrees with one normal vector defined at one edge of the first end facet, and is inclined at an angle β1 of zero to 5 degrees with another normal vector defined at the other edge of the first end facet.
US09379511B2
A laser oscillator includes a blower for blowing laser gas to discharge tubes; a gas circulation path for connecting discharge tubes and a blower; a gear chamber pressure detector for detecting the pressure of the gear chamber disposed in the blower; and an alarm part for issuing an alarm when the pressure detected in the gear chamber pressure detector is higher than a predetermined pressure. The predetermined pressure is set based on the average value of the pressure on the laser gas inlet side and the pressure on the laser gas outlet side of the blower. This configuration can prevent the entry of the oil mist generated from the blower into the gas circulation path and an increase in the gas consumption, while maintaining stable laser output for an extended period of time without increasing the running cost.
US09379510B2
The wire harness as the circuit body is obtained as described below. In step S1, a long core wire constructed of a conductive metal is cut in a predetermined length. In step S2, a terminal part is molded in an end portion of the core wire and the core wire is bent in a predetermined shape. In step S3, a covering part is integrally molded in the center of the core wire. In step S4, a rubber stopper is integrally molded in an end portion of the covering part. In step S5, a conductor thin film sheet and a shield shell are assembled. In step S6, a connector housing is integrally molded. In step S7, packing is integrally molded. In step S8, a protective part is integrally molded.
US09379508B2
Various coiled conductors having two or more sections and methods and devices for constructing such conductors are disclosed. The various embodiments of coiled conductors and related methods include two or more sections that can have different mechanical, structural, and/or electrical characteristics.
US09379494B1
An electrical connector includes an insulating body, upper row terminals and lower row terminals disposed in the insulating body, and a shielding casing placed on an outer side of the insulating body. The insulating body includes a base portion, and an elevated portion disposed below the base portion. Each of the terminals has a connecting portion located in the elevated portion. A shielding plate integrally extends from a bottom wall of the shielding casing to be located in front of the elevated portion. A back cover integrally bends from a top wall of the shielding casing to be located behind the elevated portion. When the electrical connector is soldered to a circuit board, the shielding plate and the back cover isolate the connecting portion from an external environment, so that the electrical connector is not affected by external electromagnetic interference (EMI) during transmission of high-frequency signals.
US09379489B2
A contact includes a pair of conductive members and a biasing member attached between the pair of conductive members and biasing the pair of conductive members toward each other. The pair of conductive members each have a base portion, an attaching portion, and a support portion. At least one of the pair of conductive members integrally has, at a position facing the other conductive member side, an inelastic contact-side engaging portion for engagement with a connection object-side engaging portion formed in a connection object.
US09379482B2
A device for gripping a cable includes a device body, one or more gripping elements, and a gripping element housing configured to support the one or more gripping elements. The gripping element housing is rotatably coupled to the device body such that rotation of the gripping element housing relative to the device body about a longitudinal axis causes the one or more gripping elements to move radially relative to the longitudinal axis. The gripping elements may be configured such that they do not rotate relative to the gripping element housing. The gripping elements may also be configured such that they move only in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis, or alternatively such that they move both radially and longitudinally relative to the longitudinal axis.
US09379471B2
A connector adapted for a cavity filter includes a housing, a contact pin, an insulating member, and a transmission line, the housing has a receiving space with a top opening and a side opening, a mounting hole is opened in a mounting base of the housing, the insulating member has a hollow structure and is fixedly configured in the housing, two connecting holes are opened in the contact pin, two positioning holes corresponding to the connecting hole are opened in the insulating member, a lower end of the contact pin is inserted into the top opening and through the insulating member, a positioning pin is inserted into the two connecting holes and the two positioning holes, and one end of the transmission line is inserted into the receiving space from the side opening and fixedly connected with the lower end of the contact pin.
US09379469B1
Mechanisms for aligning electrical contacts of electronic components in a multiple layer electronic assembly are disclosed. A mounting plate is configured to align multiple layers of the multiple layer electronic assembly. The mounting plate includes a surface that a plurality of first anchor features at first predetermined locations of the surface configured to anchor a plurality of first layer electronic assemblies with respect to the surface. The mounting plate also includes a plurality of second anchor features at second predetermined locations configured to anchor at least one second layer electronic assembly with respect to the plurality of first layer electronic assemblies.
US09379464B2
An adapter for connecting first and second modules in a device for handling notes of value. Also disclosed is a cover for such note handling device.
US09379462B2
A cable connector includes an insulative housing, at least one group of circuit boards retained on the insulative housing, cables connecting with the circuit boards electrically, and insulator fixing the insulative housing, the circuit boards and the cables together. The insulative housing has a first receiving space and a second receiving space. The first receiving space spaces apart from the second receiving space along a front to back direction. Each circuit board has a front part received in the first receiving space and a rear part received in the second receiving space. The front part is formed with electrical contacts. The cables connect with the rear parts. The insulator is insert-molded in the second receiving space and encloses the rear parts.
US09379455B2
An antenna circuit includes a first antenna tuned to a first fundamental frequency and a second antenna tuned to a second fundamental frequency different from the first fundamental frequency. A first filter has a first terminal connected to the first antenna and attenuates the frequency components outside of a band defined by the first fundamental frequency or its harmonics. A second filter has a first terminal coupled to the second antenna and attenuates the frequency components outside of a band defined by the second fundamental frequency or its harmonics. A passive recombination element couples the second terminals of the two filters to a common terminal.
US09379454B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a process for obtaining a first operational metric for a transmitter of a communication device, determining a range of impedances based on the first operational metric where the range of impedances is associated with an acceptable level of performance for the communication device, obtaining a second operational metric for the transmitter, determining a target impedance within the range of impedances based on the second operational metric, and tuning a first impedance matching network based on the target impedance, where the first impedance matching network is coupled with a first antenna of the communication device, and where the tuning is based on adjusting a first variable component of the first impedance matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09379450B2
A system for transmitting or receiving signals may include an integrated circuit (IC), a transducer operatively coupled to the IC for converting between electrical signals and electromagnetic signals; and insulating material that fixes the locations of the transducer and IC in spaced relationship relative to each other. The system may further include a lead frame providing external connections to conductors on the IC. An electromagnetic-energy directing assembly may be mounted relative to the transducer for directing electromagnetic energy in a region including the transducer and in a direction away from the IC. The directing assembly may include the lead frame, a printed circuit board ground plane, or external conductive elements spaced from the transducer. In a receiver, a signal-detector circuit may be responsive to a monitor signal representative of a received first radio-frequency electrical signal for generating a control signal that enables or disables an output from the receiver.
US09379445B2
An electronic device may be provided with a satellite positioning system slot antenna. The slot antenna may include a slot in a metal housing. The slot may be directly fed or indirectly fed. In indirectly fed configurations, the antenna may include a near-field-coupled antenna feed structure that is near-field coupled to the slot. The near-field-coupled antenna feed structure may be formed from a planar metal structure. The planar metal structure may be a metal patch that overlaps the slot and that has a leg that protrudes towards the metal housing. A positive antenna feed terminal may be coupled to the leg and a ground antenna feed terminal may be coupled to the metal housing.
US09379441B2
An antenna system includes a first antenna portion operating over a first range of frequencies, a second antenna portion operating over a second range of frequencies and an antenna matching network that receives a transmission line which includes a single conductor and a coaxial cable. The coaxial cable has an inner conductor insulated from an outer conductor, wherein the first antenna portion is fed by the single conductor and the outer conductor, and the second antenna portion is fed by the inner conductor.
US09379431B2
An antenna is provided for the new combined GPS and GLONASS technologies in single port for tracking and navigation applications in wireless devices. The resonant mechanism is excited by an open loop structure at 1.575 GHz and 1.610 GHz, forcing the current distribution to remain at that particular portion of the antenna resulting as the primary resonator.
US09379430B2
A multiband antenna comprising a substrate having first and second surfaces. A first conductive plate is provided on the first surface and a second conductive plate is provided on the second surface. The second conductive plate at least partially overlaps the first conductive plate in the plane of the substrate. The antenna also comprises a ground plane, wherein the substrate is connected to and is substantially perpendicular to the ground plane, and a feeding port (412) that is electrically coupled to both the first and second conductive plates. The first conductive plate is configured to transmit or receive signals in a first frequency band and the second conductive plate (408) is configured to transmit or receive signals in a second frequency band.
US09379428B2
An antenna structure includes a feed end, a ground end, a number of antenna units, and a number of connection sections corresponding to the antenna units. The antenna units are positioned side by side. Each connection section is positioned between two adjacent antenna units and interconnects the two adjacent antenna units to form a zigzag-shaped antenna structure. The feed end and the ground end are perpendicularly connected to two antenna units positioned at two ends of the interconnected antenna units.
US09379426B2
A method and apparatus for packaging surface acoustic wave transponders for use in down-hole or other extreme environmental applications. An exemplary ID tag transponder may include a surface acoustic wave (SAW) piezoelectric device, wire bonds, antennae structure, an antenna reflector, a radome, and a base constructed of a conductive, non-magnetic metal or metal alloy adapted to withstand an extreme environment encountered in down-hole applications. The metallic base may have a notched lip or flange about its periphery that is adapted for pressure. An RF reflector is created inside an exemplary transponder tag device. A small amount of predetermined gas is held on top of the SAW piezoelectric device within the reflector cavity to accommodate acoustic wave propagation therein. Exemplary components of a transponder tag are enclosed and hermetically sealed within and between a radome top portion and the metallic base bottom portion.
US09379423B2
In one embodiment, the cavity filter includes a housing defining a cavity, and at least one post projecting from a first interior surface of the housing towards a second interior surface of the housing. The first interior surface faces the second interior surface. The cavity filter further includes a thermo electric cooler disposed on the housing. The thermo electric cooler is configured to one of cool and heat at least a portion of the housing.
US09379419B2
The present disclosure provides a system, method, and apparatus for battery thermal management. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves sensing, with at least one temperature sensor, a temperature of at least one battery cell, where at least one battery cell is at least partially submerged within a liquid contained within a battery case. The method further involves comparing the temperature of at least one battery cell with a maximum threshold temperature, and commanding a cooling unit to be activated when at least one processor determines that the temperature of at least one battery cell is above the maximum threshold temperature. Further, the method involves circulating, by at least one pump, the liquid via tubing from the battery case to the cooling unit back to the battery case.
US09379402B2
An anion conducting electrolyte membrane with high performance where the electric conductivity and the water uptake are balanced, and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The anion conducting electrolyte membrane comprises: a polymeric material which consists of fluorine polymer, olefinic polymer, or aromatic polymer; weak base quaternary salt obtained by the reaction of grafts introduced by graft polymerizing vinyl monomer which contains halogenated alkyl groups using radiation and strong organic bases.
US09379399B2
To provide a solid oxide fuel cell system capable of efficiently and simply controlling a low speed fuel cell module and a high speed inverter. The invention is a solid oxide fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell module, a fuel flow regulator unit, a control section comprising a first power demand detection circuit for controlling the fuel supply amount and for setting the value of current extractable from the fuel cell module; an inverter for extracting current from fuel cell module; and a second power demand detection circuit; and having an inverter control section for controlling the inverter independently from the fuel cell controller so that a current responsive to power demand is extracted from the fuel cell module in a range not exceeding the extractable current value input from the fuel cell controller.
US09379397B2
An air battery having a main body including a container package member, an electrolytic solution contained in the container package member, a cathode having a cathode catalyst that is in contact with the electrolytic solution, and an anode that is in contact with the electrolytic solution; a tank storing the electrolytic solution; a pump circulating the electrolytic solution between the main body and the tank; an oxygen intake incorporating oxygen into the electrolytic solution in the way of circulation of the electrolytic solution; and a pipe arrangement connecting the tank, the pump, the oxygen intake and the main body so that the electrolytic solution circulates in the order thus named, wherein the oxygen intake has an oxygen selective permeable membrane.
US09379393B2
The present invention provides a carbon-cladded composite composition for use as a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate. In one preferred embodiment, the composition comprises a core composite layer sandwiched between two clad layers, wherein (a) the clad layer comprises a conductive carbon or graphite material (e.g., carbon nano-tubes, nano-scaled graphene plates, graphitic nano-fibers, and fine graphite particles); (b) the core composite layer comprises a matrix resin and a conductive filler present in a sufficient quantity to render the composite layer electrically conductive with an electrical conductivity no less than 1 S/cm (preferably no less than 100 S/cm); and (c) the composition has a planar outer surface on each clad side having formed therein a fluid flow channel.
US09379392B2
A temperature control method and a battery system create an optimal temperature range for operating a battery. The battery cells of the battery lie in several separate modules that are integrated in a temperature control circuit. Heat is increased stepwise in a heating phase in which only one first module is heated by means of a temperature control medium, the medium being active in the temperature control circuit and being heated by means of a heating element. The heat that is generated during the operation of at least the first module is used to heat at least one further module.
US09379388B2
A method for making a carbon-metal-nitrogen oxygen reducing cathode catalyst, the method comprising mixing a carbon source with a transition metal precursor to form a metal precursor loaded carbon substrate; adding a nitrogen precursor compound to the metal precursor loaded carbon substrate to form a carbon-metal-nitrogen precursor; and pyrolyzing the carbon-metal-nitrogen precursor in a closed vessel, thereby forming an oxygen reducing cathode catalyst. The carbon-metal-nitrogen catalyst requires no precious metal such as Pt, and also provides benefits such as controlled deposition of catalytically active nitrogenous compounds that can increase the catalytic activity of the catalyst when compared to gaseous deposition of nitrogen to the surface of the carbon support.
US09379385B2
(Problem)A porous carbon material having excellent graphite crystallinity, good carrier mobility and proper porosity, a porous carbon material having edges of carbon hexagonal planes located on outer surfaces of particle and structure, and flaky graphite being similar to graphene are produced.(Means to Solve)By subjecting a carbon material, in which a closed-pore-ratio and an amount of remaining hydrogen in the material are set to be within a proper range, to hot isostatic pressing treatment, a vapor phase growth reaction of graphite is generated in closed pores as nuclei using hydrogen and hydrocarbon generated from the carbon material, thereby producing a large amount of targeted porous carbon material at low cost. Flaky graphite being similar to graphene is produced by applying physical impact to the obtained porous carbon material or by generating a graphite intercalation compound using the porous carbon material as a host and then quickly heating the compound.
US09379380B2
Disclosed are an anode active material for lithium secondary batteries and a method for manufacturing same, the anode active material comprising: a core part including a carbon-silicon complex and having a cavity therein; and a coated layer which is formed on the surface of the core part and includes a phosphor-based alloy.
US09379377B2
Disclosed is a cathode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The cathode may include a current collector, a first composite layer formed from a mixture of olivine-type lithium iron phosphate cathode active material powder and a binder on the current collector, and a second composite layer formed from a mixture of olivine-type lithium iron phosphate cathode active material powder and a binder on the first composite layer. A specific surface area of the olivine-type lithium iron phosphate cathode active material powder in the second composite layer may be at least 1.2 times larger than that of the olivine-type lithium iron phosphate cathode active material powder in the first composite layer. The cathode for a lithium secondary battery has excellent safety, high energy density, and high output performance.
US09379370B2
An electric storage element has a casing, a power generating element arranged inside the casing, a current collector, and a connection member. The current collector is connected to the power generating element and directly fixed to the casing. The connection member penetrates through the casing without a clearance and is connected to the current collector.
US09379368B2
Provided are electrochemical systems with electronically and ionically conductive layers that have electronic, mechanical and chemical properties useful for a variety of applications including electrochemical storage and conversion. State of the art electrochemical cells are made with electronically non-conductive separators between the opposite electrodes as the natural choice to prevent any electronic path between the opposite electrodes. Herein, electronically conductive layers are introduced between an electrode and the separator without producing any direct electronic path between the opposite electrodes. Embodiments provide structural, physical and electrostatic attributes useful for managing and controlling dendrite formation and for improving the cycle life and rate capability of electrochemical cells including silicon anode based batteries, air cathode based batteries, redox flow batteries, solid electrolyte based systems, fuel cells, flow batteries and semisolid batteries. Disclosed electronically and ionically conductive layers include multilayer, porous geometries supporting excellent ion transport properties, providing a barrier to prevent dendrite initiated mechanical failure, shorting or thermal runaway, or providing improved electrode conductivity and improved electric field uniformity. Disclosed electronically and ionically conductive layers between the separator and an electrode include metals, metal alloys, a carbon materials, semiconductors, electronically conductive polymers, electronically conductive ceramics and any combination of these.
US09379367B2
Disclosed herein is a battery pack including two or more battery modules connected to each other, external input and output terminals being formed at one side of each of the battery modules, each of the battery modules including a plurality of unit cells electrically connected to each other while being stacked, wherein the two or more battery modules are connected in series or in parallel to each other via a connection member such that one of the battery modules is connected to an adjacent one of the battery modules, and the connection member is configured to have a structure in which different kinds of metals having different melting points are coupled to each other.
US09379365B2
A support frame assembly for holding a plurality of battery cells includes a first end frame having a first plurality of protruding strips, a second end frame having a second plurality of protruding strips, and a structural frame having a plurality of grooves for receiving the first plurality of protruding strips and the second plurality of protruding strips. The first end frame and the second end frame attach to the structural frame to hold a first battery cell, a second battery cell and a foam pad positioned between the first battery cell and the second battery cell. The structural frame has curved features therein for receiving a cooling assembly and a chamfered slot for receiving a cooling fin from the cooling assembly. The support frame assembly also includes interlocking features that mate to another support frame with a gap defined between adjacent support frames.
US09379362B2
A battery includes a pouch type case formed of a flexible material and the case has a bottom with a recess portion and a protrusion portion, an electrode assembly within the case, and a support member coupled to the recess portion and to the protrusion portion at the bottom of the case. The support member fixes shapes of the recess portion and the protrusion portion, and the support member is coupled to an outside of the case at the bottom of the case.
US09379361B2
An organic electroluminescent element comprising: an anode; a cathode; a luminescent layer provided between the anode and the cathode; and a hole injecting and transporting layer provided between the anode and the cathode and adjacent to the luminescent layer, wherein at least the luminescent layer is formed by a wet film forming method, and contains a charge transporting material and a luminescent material, in which the charge transporting material contains a hole transporting material and an electron transporting material each having a specific partial structure, and the luminescent material contains at least three kinds of materials and has an emission spectrum having at least two kinds of emission maximums.
US09379356B2
The invention relates to a sealed thin-film device, to a method of repairing a sealing layer applied to a thin-film device to produce the sealed thin-film device, to a system for repairing the sealing layer applied to the thin-film device to generate the sealed thin-film device and to a computer program product. The sealed thin-film device comprises a thin-film device and a sealing layer applied on the thin-film device for protecting the thin-film device from environmental influence. The sealing layer comprises at least a first and a second barrier layer and a getter layer arranged between the first and the second barrier layer. The sealed thin-film device further comprises locally applied mending material for sealing a local breach in an outer one of said barrier layers.
US09379349B2
The invention describes a method of forming spatially isolated light- emitting areas (R1, R2, R3) on a common substrate (11) of an OLED device (1) comprising a plurality of device layers (12, 15, 16), which device layers (12, 15, 16) comprise an active layer (15) enclosed between a first electrode (12) and a second electrode (16), which method comprises the steps of applying an insulating bridge (20) between a contact pad (13) and the isolated region (R1, R2, R3) of the second electrode (16); and subsequently applying a conductor (30) from a contact pad (13) to the isolated region (R1, R2, R3) of the second electrode (16) to form an electrical connection between the contact pad (13) and the isolated region (R1, R2, R3). The invention further describes an OLED device (1) comprising a number of spatially isolated light-emitting areas (R1, R2, R3) on a common substrate (11), wherein a plurality of device layers (12, 15, 16) of the OLED device initially comprises an active layer (15) enclosed between a first electrode (12) and a second electrode (16), and wherein the OLED device (1) comprises at least one spatially and electrically isolated region (R1, R2, R3) of the second electrode (16); an insulating bridge (20) applied between a contact pad (13) and the isolated region (R1, R2, R3) of the second electrode (16); and a conductor (30) applied onto the insulating bridge (20) for electrically connecting the contact pad (13) and the isolated region (R1, R2, R3) of the second electrode (16).
US09379348B2
There is provided an organic electroluminescent element including a plurality of light-emitting units including at least a first light-emitting unit containing at least a first light-emitting layer, and a second light-emitting unit containing at least a second light-emitting layer, and a charge generating layer disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed between an anode and a cathode. The second light-emitting unit is disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the cathode. A film thickness of a hole transport layer in the second light-emitting unit is not less than 10% and not more than 25% to a total film thickness of the second light-emitting unit.
US09379341B2
An organic thin film transistor includes an insulating substrate (1), gate electrodes (2, 4), a gate insulating film (3), an organic semiconductor film (5), and a source electrode (6) and a drain electrode (7). The gate electrodes include a main gate electrode (2) that is disposed in a region opposed to a channel region between the source electrode and the drain electrode in the organic semiconductor film, and a pair of auxiliary gate electrodes (4) that are disposed in respective regions opposed to the source electrode and the drain electrode on the two sides of the main gate electrode. The main gate electrode and the auxiliary gate electrodes are electrically separated from each other. The contact resistance between the source and drain electrodes and the organic semiconductor film is controlled so as to be at a low level even when the organic thin film transistor is driven in a low voltage region, and the operation frequency can be sufficiently enhanced due to the channel length being shortened.
US09379338B1
A compound is represented by the following formula (I): wherein N represents a nitrogen atom; C represents a carbon atom; Pt represents a platinum atom; Z1, Z4, Z5, and Z8 represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z2, Z3, Z6, and Z7 represent a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Z11 and Z16 represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z12, Z13, Z14, Z15, Z17, Z18, Z19, and Z20 represent a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; Y1 and Y2 represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom; A11 represents a divalent linking group; B1 and B2 represent a single bond or a divalent linking group.
US09379335B2
Disclosed is the synthesis of benzodipyrrolidone and their polymers and small molecules for electronic and optoelectronic applications. Also disclosed are devices that incorporate such polymers and small molecules.
US09379331B2
Novel semiconducting photovoltaic polymers with conjugated units that provide improved solar conversion efficiency and can be used in electro-optical and electric devices. The polymers exhibit increased solar conversion efficiency in solar devices.
US09379325B2
A donor mask includes a base substrate, a light-to-heat conversion layer disposed on the base substrate and including a first upper surface portion and a second upper surface portion, and a reflection layer interposed between the base substrate and the light-to-heat conversion layer and including through holes corresponding to the first upper surface portion and the second upper surface portion. The first upper surface portion includes a first upper surface and a second upper surface connected to the first upper surface and inclined at an angle other than 90 degrees with respect to the first upper surface.
US09379321B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe chalcogenide glass compositions and chalcogenide switch devices (CSD.) The compositions generally may include 3% to 15%, silicon, 8% to 16% germanium in, greater than 45% selenium, and 20% to 35% arsenic, by weight. The amount of silicon and germanium in a composition generally may include more than 10% by weight. CSDs may include various compositions of chalcogenide glass, and a plurality of them may be used in a memory device, such as die with a memory component, and may be used in various electronic components and systems. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09379318B2
A method for forming a magnetic sensor includes: forming a hard mask film on a tantalum nitride film; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the hard mask film; implementing an isotropic dry etching process to the hard mask film by taking the photoresist layer as a mask, so as to form a hard mask layer; and implementing an etching process to the tantalum nitride film and the magnetic film by taking the hard mask layer as a mask, so as to form a tantalum nitride layer and a magnetic resistive layer. As an isotropic dry etching process is implemented to the hard mask film, the hard mask film located which is above the other sidewalls and is not used for forming the magnetic sensor can be effectively removed. In addition, shadow effect will not take place, thus dimension of the magnetic sensor formed is able to be easily controlled.
US09379317B2
Method of filtering electrons to obtain spin-polarization of a current conducting at least 75% of electrons at the Fermi level, used with a spin-polarized current source comprising: a polarized spin injection device comprising an electrically conducting substrate of which a first face has magnetic properties and an organic layer in contact with the first face of the substrate; an electrically conducting material called the ground, the organic layer being arranged between the ground and the substrate; a current source electrically connected to the first face of the substrate and the ground; the method comprising circulation of the electron conduction current by means of the current source, between the first face of the substrate and the ground, at a temperature higher than −220° C.
US09379315B2
Magnetic memory cells, methods of fabrication, semiconductor device structures, and memory systems are disclosed. A magnetic cell core includes at least one magnetic region (e.g., a free region or a fixed region) configured to exhibit a vertical magnetic orientation, at least one oxide-based region, which may be a tunnel junction region or an oxide capping region, and at least one magnetic interface region, which may comprise or consist of iron (Fe). In some embodiments, the magnetic interface region is spaced from at least one oxide-based region by a magnetic region. The presence of the magnetic interface region enhances the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) strength of the magnetic cell core. In some embodiments, the PMA strength may be enhanced more than 50% compared to that of the same magnetic cell core structure lacking the magnetic interface region.
US09379313B2
A circuit element includes first and second nanomagnets and first and second fixed magnets. The first nanomagnet is inductively coupled to a first current carrying element, and is configured to change polarity responsive to current in the first current carrying element. In one example, the first current carrying element includes a spin Hall effect substrate. The second nanomagnet is magnetically coupled to the first nanomagnet, and is inductively coupled to a second current carrying element. The first fixed magnet is disposed on the second nanomagnet and has a first fixed polarity, and second fixed magnet disposed on the second nanomagnet and has a second fixed polarity.
US09379297B2
Provided is a LED light source package comprising a circuit board, a light source seated on an upper portion of the circuit board, and a lens structure arranged on the upper portion of the circuit board via the light source. A surface that faces the light source in the lens structure includes a first inclined surface that projects toward the light source as going to a center portion of the lens structure.
US09379273B2
A mounting member includes: an insulating substrate, a first die pad unit, first and second terminals. The insulating substrate has a rectangular first surface, a second surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface. A through hole is provided from the first surface to the second surface. The first die pad unit is provided on the first surface. The first terminal has a conductive region covering the first side surface, the first surface, and the second surface. The second terminal has a conductive region covering the second side surface and the second surface, connected to the first die pad unit by conductive material provided in the through hole or on a side wall of the through hole. The first die pad unit, the first terminal, and the second terminal are apart from one another.
US09379269B2
Bifacial crystalline solar cells and associated solar panel systems are provided. The cells include a p-type crystalline silicon layer and a barrier layer. The panels include at least two rows of cells. The cells in each row are connected to one another in series. The rows are connected in parallel. A reflector is used to reflect light towards the underside of the panel. A long axis of the reflector is arranged to be parallel to the rows of cells.
US09379258B2
Fabrication methods for making back contact back junction solar cells. A base dopant source, a field emitter dopant source, and an emitter dopant source are deposited on the back surface of a solar cell substrate. The solar cell substrate is annealed forming emitter contact regions corresponding to the emitter dopant source, field emitter regions corresponding to the field emitter dopant, and base contact regions corresponding to the base dopant source. The base dopant source, field emitter dopant source, and the emitter dopant source are etched. A backside passivation layer is deposited on the back surface of the solar cell. Contacts are opened to the emitter contact regions and the base contact regions through the backside passivation layer. Patterned base metallization and patterned emitter metallization is formed on the back surface of the solar cell with electrical interconnections to the base contact regions and the emitter contact regions.
US09379240B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate that has a surface. The semiconductor further includes a fin disposed on the surface and including a semiconductor member. The semiconductor further includes a spacer disposed on the surface, having a type of stress, and overlapping the semiconductor member in a direction parallel to the surface. A thickness of the spacer in a direction perpendicular to the surface is less than a height of the semiconductor member in the direction perpendicular to the surface.
US09379239B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device having a radio frequency switch. Also disclosed are an antenna switch module and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a metal wiring insulating film bonded to a silicon substrate. In the semiconductor device, a crystal defect layer extends into the silicon substrate from a surface of the silicon substrate. Crystal defects are throughout the crystal defect layer. The semiconductor device and an integrated circuit are in the antenna switch module. The integrated circuit in the antenna switch module is mounted with the radio-frequency switch device and the silicon substrate. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes a step of forming crystal defects throughout a silicon substrate. Radiation or a diffusion is used to form the crystal defects. After the step of forming the crystal defects, the method includes a step of implanting ions into a surface of the silicon substrate to form a crystal defect layer.
US09379238B2
A process for fabricating a field-effect transistor device (20) implemented on a network of vertical nanowires (24), includes: producing a source electrode (26) and a drain electrode (30) at each end of each nanowire (24) symmetrically relative to the gate electrode of each elementary transistor implemented on a nanowire; creating a gate electrode by depositing a layer (38) of conductive material around a layer (36) of dielectric material that surrounds a portion of each nanowire (24), a single conductive layer (38) being used for all of the nanowires and the thickness of the conductive layer corresponding to the gate length of the transistor device; and insulating each electrode with a planar layer (32, 34) of a dielectric material in order to form a nanoscale gate and in order to insulate the contacts of each elementary transistor between the gate and the source and the gate and the drain.
US09379235B2
In a semiconductor power device such as a power MOSFET having a super-junction structure in each of an active cell region and a chip peripheral region, an outer end of a surface region of a second conductivity type coupled to a main junction of the second conductivity type in a surface of a drift region of a first conductivity type and having a concentration lower than that of the main junction is located in a middle region between an outer end of the main junction and an outer end of the super-junction structure in the chip peripheral region.
US09379234B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first electrode, second electrode, and third electrodes, first, second, third, fourth, and fifth semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region is provided between the first and second electrodes. The second semiconductor region is provided between the first semiconductor region and the second electrode. The third semiconductor region is provided between the second semiconductor region and the second electrode. The third semiconductor region has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region. The third electrode contacts the third, second, and first semiconductor regions via an insulating film. The fourth semiconductor region is provided between the first semiconductor region and the second electrode. The fifth semiconductor region is provided between the fourth semiconductor region and the second electrode. The fifth semiconductor region has an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region.
US09379228B2
A heterojunction semiconductor field effect transistor HFET having a pair of layers of different semiconductor materials forming a quantum well within the structure to support the 2DEG. Source, drain and gate electrodes are disposed above the channel. The HFET has a predetermined transconductance. A transconductance control electrode varies an electric field within the structure under the channel to vary the shape of the quantum well and thereby the transconductance of the FET in accordance with a variable control signal fed to the transconductance control electrode.
US09379223B2
A highly reliable semiconductor device is manufactured by giving stable electric characteristics to a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used. In a transistor using an oxide semiconductor film for an active layer, a microvoid is provided in a source region and a drain region adjacent to a channel region. By providing a microvoid in the source region and the drain region formed in an oxide semiconductor film, hydrogen contained in the channel region of an oxide semiconductor film can be captured in the microvoid.
US09379222B2
Making a non-volatile memory (NVM) structure uses a semiconductor substrate. One embodiment includes forming a select gate structure including a first dummy material on the semiconductor substrate and forming a control gate structure including a second dummy material on the semiconductor substrate, where the first dummy material is different from the second dummy material. The embodiment also includes replacing the first dummy material with metal and replacing the second dummy material with polysilicon.
US09379195B2
A high electron mobility field effect transistor (HEMT) having a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate and a barrier layer on the channel layer includes a stress inducing layer on the barrier layer, the stress inducing layer varying the piezo-electric effect in the barrier layer in a drift region between a gate and a drain. A two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) has a non-uniform lateral distribution in the drift region between the gate and the drain.
US09379190B2
Provided is a crystalline multilayer structure which has good electrical properties and is useful for semiconductor devices. A crystalline multilayer structure includes a base substrate and a crystalline oxide semiconductor thin film disposed directly on the base substrate or with another layer therebetween and including a corundum-structured oxide semiconductor as a major component. The oxide semiconductor contains indium and/or gallium as a major component. The crystalline oxide semiconductor thin film contains germanium, silicon, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, or niobium.
US09379188B2
A method of making a high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor laterally diffused device (HV LDMOS), particularly an insulated gate bipolar junction transistor (IGBT), is disclosed. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure formed on the substrate, a source and a drain formed in the substrate on either side of the gate structure, a first doped well formed in the substrate, and a second doped well formed in the first well. The gate, source, second doped well, a portion of the first well, and a portion of the drain structure are surrounded by a deep trench isolation feature and an implanted oxygen layer in the silicon substrate.
US09379187B2
A semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device include: a trench disposed within a substrate, the trench comprising an upper trench part that is wider than a lower trench part in width; a gate disposed in the trench; an interlayer insulating layer pattern disposed above the gate in the trench; a source region disposed within the substrate and contacting a sidewall of the upper trench part; a body region disposed below the source region in the substrate; and a contact trench disposed above the body to region and filled with a conductive material.
US09379186B1
Methods for preparing CMOS transistors having longer effective gate lengths and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a dummy gate bound by spacers on opposing sides thereof, on a substrate; removing the dummy gate to form a trench between the spacers; modifying a gate channel portion of the substrate between the spacers to form inner or outer sidewalls; depositing a conformal high-k dielectric layer on the modified gate channel portion; and forming a metal gate in the trench.
US09379184B1
A first trench having a first aspect ratio and a second trench having a second aspect ratio that is greater than the first trench are provided into a material stack of a semiconductor substrate and a dielectric material. An epitaxial semiconductor material having a different lattice constant than the substrate is then grown within each of the first and second trenches. The semiconductor material which is epitaxially formed in the first trench has an upper semiconductor material portion that is entirely defect free, while the semiconductor material which is epitaxially formed in the second trench has defects that randomly propagate to the topmost surface of the semiconductor material. At least one semiconductor device is then formed on each epitaxially grown semiconductor material. The at least one semiconductor device located on the epitaxially grown semiconductor material formed in the second trench is a physical unclonable function device.
US09379182B1
A method for forming germanium nanowires comprises forming a semiconductor fin structure including alternating fin and shallow trench structures, etching a top portion of the fin to form a fin recess and depositing a germanium-based semiconductor into the fin recess as a germanium-based plug. The method comprises etching the shallow trench structure to expose the germanium-based semiconductor side faces. The exposed germanium-based semiconductor undergoes annealing to form high carrier mobility nanowire structures. The nanowire structures can also be formed of different diameters by selective oxidation of some of the deposited germanium-based plugs. Alternately, forming fin structures of different widths results in deposited germanium plugs of different widths to be deposited to form different thicknesses of nanowires.
US09379173B2
In a light emitting panel, organic EL panels are laminated in a step-like shape in a front-back direction to form organic EL panel groups, and the organic EL panel groups are further laminated in a step-like shape in a left-right direction. Each of the organic EL panels comprises a power feed part at one side of the transparent support substrate in the left-right direction. The power feed part of each of the organic EL panels is aligned with other power feed parts in the front-back direction at one side of the left-right direction, and is disposed at a position that allows the power feed part to overlap with a laminate of an organic EL panel of an adjacent organic EL panel group.
US09379170B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device can include a gate line including a gate electrode; an active layer over the gate line with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween and including an amorphous zinc oxide semiconductor; a first protective layer over color filters on an insulating layer over first source and drain electrodes; second source and drain electrodes on the first protective layer and connected to the first source and drain electrodes; a second protective layer having a third contact hole; a pixel electrode on the second protective layer and connected to the second drain electrode through the third contact hole; a partition partitioning the pixel region; and an organic light emitting layer over the partition. Also, the gate electrode is located to cover a lower portion of the active layer and the second source electrode is extended to cover the channel region of the active layer.
US09379166B2
An active matrix light emitting diodes display module integrated with single-walled carbon nanotubes control circuits includes a light emitting diode pixel having a crystalline semiconductor light emitting diode, single-walled carbon nanotubes switching transistors and a charge storage capacitor.
US09379157B2
An image acquisition device includes: an imaging unit which has a plurality of light receiving elements; a condensing unit which condenses light which is input to the light receiving elements, and includes a plurality of microlenses which are arranged one to one with the light receiving elements on a plane; and a band pass filter including amorphous silicon films on a path on which light from an object is input to the light receiving elements.
US09379144B2
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including, a panel having a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix and each including a self-luminous element for emitting light, the panel including first to third conductive layers laminated in order on a supporting substrate, a first contact portion between the first and second conductive layers and a second contact portion between the second and third conductive layers being disposed at the same position in a planar direction.
US09379133B1
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming stepped stack structures each including conductive patterns stacked in a shape of steps while exposing respective ends thereof and surrounding channel layers, the stepped stack structures being separated from one another by slits, forming first and second contact plugs connected to the ends of the conductive patterns to extend along an extending direction of the channel layers, and simultaneously forming, using a spacer patterning technology (SPT), bit lines connected to one or more of the channel layers and extending along a first direction, first connecting lines extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and contact pads extending from the first connecting lines to be connected to the first contact plugs.
US09379130B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device, includes: a stacked body including first electrode layers stacked alternately with first insulating layers; a selection gate stacked body including selection gate electrode layers stacked alternately with second insulating layers in a stacking direction of the stacked body; a semiconductor member provided inside the stacked body and the selection gate stacked body, the semiconductor member extending in the stacking direction; a memory film provided between the semiconductor member and each of the f first electrode layers; and a gate insulator film provided between the semiconductor member and each of the selection gate electrode layers. Selection transistors are provided on the stacked body, the plurality of selection transistors included the selection gate electrode layers, the gate insulator film, and the semiconductor member, at least two of the selection transistors have mutually different threshold potentials.
US09379125B2
A semiconductor device includes a pillar-shaped silicon layer including a first diffusion layer, a channel region, and a second diffusion layer formed in that order from the silicon substrate side, floating gates respectively disposed in two symmetrical directions so as to sandwich the pillar-shaped silicon layer, and a control gate line disposed in two symmetrical directions other than the two directions so as to sandwich the pillar-shaped silicon layer. A tunnel insulating film is formed between the pillar-shaped silicon layer and each of the floating gates. The control gate line is disposed so as to surround the floating gates and the pillar-shaped silicon layer with an inter-polysilicon insulating film interposed therebetween.
US09379123B2
Provided are a semiconductor memory device and a method of fabricating the same. the semiconductor memory device may include a semiconductor substrate with a first trench defining active regions in a first region and a second trench provided in a second region around the first region, a gate electrode provided on the first region to cross the active regions, a charge storing pattern disposed between the gate electrode and the active regions, a blocking insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the charge storing pattern and extending over the first trench to define a first air gap in the first trench, and an insulating pattern provided spaced apart from a bottom surface of the second trench to define a second air gap in the second trench.
US09379112B2
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of transistors. The transistors are electrically connected in series and with their respective gates tied together. The transistors are implemented within a transistor array. The transistors are electrically connected between a first reference terminal and a second reference terminal. A non-dominator part of the transistors adjacent to the first reference terminal are implemented at corner regions of the transistor array.
US09379111B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming an at least partially relaxed semiconductor material, and forming a plurality of fin trenches in the partially relaxed semiconductor material. At least a portion of the plurality of fin trenches is filled with a first strained semiconductor material that is formed using epitaxial deposition. A remaining portion of the at least partially relaxed semiconductor material is removed to provide a plurality of fin structure of the first strained semiconductor material.
US09379107B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first active fin and a second active fin which protrude from a substrate and extend along a first direction, a first gate structure which is on the first active fin to extend along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a second gate structure which is located adjacent to the first gate structure in the second direction and is on the second active fin to extend along the second direction, and a dummy structure which is in a space between the first gate structure and the second gate structure.
US09379102B2
A nitride-based semiconductor diode includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer. The first and second semiconductor layers include a nitride-based semiconductor. A first portion of the second semiconductor layer may have a thickness thinner than a second portion of the second semiconductor layer. The diode may further include an insulating layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a first electrode covering the first portion of the second semiconductor layer and forming an ohmic contact with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, the second electrode forming an ohmic contact with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.
US09379101B2
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a plurality of electrode pads for external connection are arranged in a zigzag pattern. Some electrode pads of the electrode pads of the plurality of I/O cells which are closer to a side of the semiconductor chip, each have an end portion closer to the side of the semiconductor chip, the end portion being set at the same position as that of an end portion of the corresponding I/O cell. A power source-side protective circuit and a ground-side protective circuit against discharge of static electricity are provided with the power source-side protective circuit being closer to the scribe region. A distance between a center position of one of the electrode pads and the ground-side protective circuit of the corresponding I/O cell and a distance between a center position of the other one electrode pad and the ground-side protective circuit of the corresponding I/O cell are both short and are substantially equal between each I/O cell.
US09379095B2
A photocoupler includes: a support substrate; a MOSFET; a light receiving element; a light emitting element; and a bonding layer. The support substrate includes an insulating layer, input and output terminals. The MOSFET is bonded to the support substrate. The MOSFET has a first surface having an operation region. The light receiving element includes p-n junction and is bonded to the MOSFET. The light receiving element has first and second surfaces. The first surface includes a light reception region, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The light emitting element is connected to the input terminal. The light emitting element has first and second surfaces. The first surface includes first and second electrodes. The second surface has a light emitting region. The bonding layer is configured to bond the light emitting element to the light reception region.
US09379088B2
The present disclosure relates to a stacked package of a voltage regulator and a method for fabricating the same. The method comprises: providing a first chip and a second chip which are integrated with each other, the first chip and the second chip each having a front surface provided with a plurality of bumps; forming a non-conductive layer and a conductive layer side by side on the back surface of the second chip; providing a first leadframe and a second leadframe each having at least a group of leads, the plurality of bumps on the first chip being electrically coupled to the first leadframe, the plurality of bumps on the second chip being electrically coupled to the second leadframe, and the back surface of the second chip being electrically coupled to a back surface of the first leadframe; the first leadframe being electrically coupled to the second leadframe; the first chip, the second chip, the conductive layer, the non-conductive layer, the bumps, the first leadframe, and the second leadframe forms a stacked package to reduce the footprint of a chip and reducing manufacture cost.
US09379087B2
A method of making a flat no lead package including attaching a first plurality of leads in spaced apart relationship in a predetermined pattern on a tape and attaching a first die to the tape at a predetermined position within the predetermined lead pattern.
US09379085B2
A wire bonding structure is provided which includes a wire having a first bonding portion and a second bonding portion. The first bonding portion is bonded to an electrode pad of a semiconductor element, whereas the second bonding portion is bonded to a pad portion of a lead. The first bonding portion includes a front bond portion, a rear bond portion, and an intermediate portion sandwiched between these two bond portions. The front bond portion and the rear bond portion are bonded to the electrode pad more strongly than the intermediate portion is. In the longitudinal direction of the wire, the second bonding portion is smaller than the first bonding portion in bonding length.
US09379083B2
A semiconductor device is a composite module in which three power semiconductor modules are arranged at a predetermined interval in the same plane and pin-shaped conductors that are drawn from the power semiconductor modules to the outside are connected to three main terminal plates such that they are integrated with each other. When the entire composite module is accommodated in a protective case and a radiation fin is provided, bolts are inserted into through holes to fix the protective case to the radiation fin. In this way, it is possible to accommodate the composite module in the protective case while reliably bringing the bottom of an insulating substrate into close contact with the radiation fin.
US09379081B2
The invention proposes a semiconductor device package structure, comprising a substrate, an adhesive layer and a die. The substrate has electrical through-holes to inter-connect a first and second wiring circuit on a top surface and a bottom surface of the substrate respectively, wherein a contact conductive bump is formed on the first wiring circuit. The under-fill adhesive layer is formed on the top surface and the first wiring circuit of the substrate except the area of the die. The die has a bump structure on the bonding pads of the die, wherein the bump structure of the die is electrically connected to the contact conductive bump of the first wiring circuit of the substrate.
US09379078B2
A package includes package includes a first package component including a first plurality of electrical connectors at a top surface of the first package component, and a second plurality of electrical connectors longer than the first plurality of electrical connectors at the top surface of the first package component. A first device die is over the first package component and bonded to the first plurality of electrical connectors. A second package component is overlying the first package component and the first device die. The second package component includes a third plurality of electrical connectors at a bottom surface of the second package component. The third plurality of electrical connectors is bonded to the second plurality of electrical connectors. A fourth plurality of electrical connectors is at a bottom surface of the second package. The second and the fourth plurality of electrical connectors comprise non-solder metallic materials.
US09379076B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes receiving a substrate including a die pad disposed thereon; disposing a passivation over the substrate and around the die pad; disposing a polymer over the passivation; forming a post passivation interconnect (PPI) including an elongated portion and a via portion contacting with the die pad; depositing a metallic paste on the elongated portion of the PPI by a stencil; disposing a conductive bump over the metallic paste; and disposing a molding over the PPI and around the metallic paste and the conductive bump.
US09379067B2
In some embodiments, an integrated circuit (IC) device includes a substrate having a first functional region, a second functional region and a third functional region. The IC device also includes a plurality of dielectric layers over the substrate, a first guard ring in the plurality of dielectric layers and around the first functional region, and a second guard ring in the plurality of dielectric layers and around the second functional region. The second guard ring is separate from the first guard ring, and the third functional region is free of a guard ring. The IC device further includes a seal ring in the plurality of dielectric layers. The seal ring encircles the first and the second guard rings, and is separate from the first and the second guard rings.
US09379062B2
Provided is a semiconductor package including a plurality of first semiconductor chips that are stacked on a substrate and a second semiconductor chip disposed on the plurality of first semiconductor chips. The plurality of first semiconductor chips comprises a first semiconductor chip group and a second semiconductor chip group. The first semiconductor chip group is electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip through a first channel. The second semiconductor chip group is electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip through a second channel. At least one of the first channel and the second channel extends along a top surface of the first semiconductor chip which is disposed on the uppermost side, or top of the stack, among the plurality of first semiconductor chips. The inventive concept may provide the semiconductor package having a high operation speed, low power consumption, and a small thickness and capable of being manufactured at low costs.
US09379061B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, and an inter-level dielectric layer arranged over the semiconductor substrate. An etch-stop layer is arranged over the inter-level dielectric layer. The etch-stop layer comprises silicon oxide, silicon nitride, or silicon oxynitride, and has a density greater than or equal to 2.15 g/cm3.
US09379050B2
An electronic device includes a first transistor device with first contact elements, a second transistor device with second contact elements, and an electrical connection member with a first main face and a second main face opposite to the first main face. The first transistor device is disposed on the first main face of the electrical connection member and the second transistor device is disposed on the second main face of the electrical connection member. One of the first contact elements is electrically connected with one of the second contact elements by a part of the electrical connection member.
US09379045B2
A first embodiment is a common drain+clip 20. It has a conventional drain contact on its bottom surface and is flip chip mounted on a half-etched leadframe 40 which has external source, gate and drain contacts connected to the sources, gate and common drain of the die 20. Common drain clip 50 connects the drain 30 to external contacts between opposite gate contacts. A second embodiment is a direct drain embodiment+heatslug. The device 80 has a top drain contact 36 that extends to the common drain 30 across the bottom of the die which is flip chip mounted to a half-etched leadframe having external source, gate and drain contacts connected to the sources, gates and common drain of the die 80.
US09379038B2
Disclosed is a heat dissipation device which is reduced in the number of components, while having sufficient insulating function and cooling function with respect to an object to be cooled. The heat dissipation device includes a base that is formed from a ceramic and a refrigerant channel for circulating a refrigerant within the base. The base is formed by sintering a stacked body in which a plurality of ceramic sheets are stacked. The plurality of ceramic sheets include the ceramic sheet which is provided with a plurality of slits that constitute the refrigerant channel, and the ceramic sheets which are provided with communication paths that communicate the refrigerant channel and outside units with each other. A semiconductor device is configured by bonding a metal plate, on which a semiconductor element is mounted, to the heat dissipation device.
US09379035B1
A multi-component integrated circuit (IC) package has a base component (e.g., an interposer) defining a base of the IC package, a plurality of die pads extending from the base and forming side walls of the IC package, one or more IC dies, each mounted on an interior surface of one of the die pads, and bond wires electrically connecting the IC dies to another component of the IC package, such as the interposer or another die. By mounting dies on non-horizontal side walls, the IC package can provide more-effective thermal dissipation than conventional 3D IC packages having stacks of IC dies.
US09379034B1
A method of making an electronic device may include positioning an integrated circuit (IC) die on an upper surface of a grid array substrate having connections on a lower surface thereof and coupling respective bond pads of the IC die to the grid array with bond wires. The method may also include forming a first encapsulating layer over the IC die and bond wires and positioning a heat spreader on the substrate above the first encapsulating layer after forming the first encapsulating layer. The method may further include forming a second encapsulating layer over the first encapsulating layer and embedding the heat spreader in the second encapsulating layer.
US09379033B2
A sensor package is disclosed. One embodiment provides a sensor device having a carrier, a semiconductor sensor mounted on the carrier and an active surface. Contact elements are electrically connecting the carrier with the semiconductor sensor. A protective layer made of an inorganic material covers at least the active surface and the contact elements.
US09379032B2
An embodiment method for forming a semiconductor device package comprises bonding a first die to a package substrate and forming a molding compound over the package substrate and around the first die. A surface of the first die opposing the package substrate is exposed after forming the molding compound. The method further comprises bonding a plurality of second dies to the surface of the first die opposing the package substrate after forming the molding compound.
US09379028B2
SOI CMOS structures having at least one programmable electrically floating backplate are provided. Each electrically floating backplate is individually programmable. Programming can be performed by injecting electrons into each conductive floating backplate. Erasure of the programming can be accomplished by tunneling the electrons out of the floating backplate. At least one of two means can accomplish programming of the electrically floating backgate. The two means include Fowler-Nordheim tunneling, and hot electron injection using an SOI pFET. Hot electron injection using pFET can be done at much lower voltage than injection by tunneling electron injection.
US09379022B2
Process for forming driver for normally on III-nitride transistors to get normally-off functionality
A semiconductor device includes a depletion mode GaN FET and an integrated driver/cascode IC. The integrated driver/cascode IC includes an enhancement mode cascoded NMOS transistor which is connected in series to a source node of the GaN FET. The integrated driver/cascode IC further includes a driver circuit which conditions a gate input signal and provides a suitable digital waveform to a gate node of the cascoded NMOS transistor. The cascoded NMOS transistor and the driver circuit are formed on a same silicon substrate.
US09379021B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods for forming gate structures. Various processes may be performed on a gate dielectric material to reduce the K value of the dielectric material. The gate dielectric having a reduced K value may provide for reduced parasitic capacitance and an overall reduced capacitance. The gate dielectric may be modified without thermodynamic constraint.
US09378996B2
This invention relates to a mounting apparatus for mounting and supporting one structure side of a substrate, which structure side has structures thereon. The apparatus having a mounting element with a flat mounting surface for supporting the structures and a suction surface F2 which penetrates the mounting surface solely in an outer ring surface for effecting a fluid flow which produces suctions on the substrate.
US09378995B2
A loadport has a port door and a frame with an opening through which the port door interfaces with a container door of a container for holding semiconductor workpieces. In one embodiment, a movable closure mechanism is connected to the port door and is defined to be movable in a controlled manner relative to both the port door and the frame. In this embodiment, a stationary closure mechanism is disposed on the frame proximate to the opening. In another embodiment, a stationary closure mechanism is connected to the port door, and a movable closure mechanism is disposed on the frame proximate to the opening. In both embodiments, the movable closure mechanism is defined to engage with the stationary closure mechanism such that movement of the movable closure mechanism to engage with the stationary closure mechanism applies a closing force between the port door and the container door.
US09378993B2
A wafer-related data creation device including a setting stand for setting wafer pallets, a test-use suction nozzle for picking up die on dicing sheet of a wafer pallet set on the setting stand, a test-use pusher pin for pushing up the adhesive section of die from dicing sheet which is being attempted to be picked up by test-use suction nozzle, and a test-use camera for capturing an image of die on dicing sheet is used. The wafer pallet for which wafer-related data is to be created is set on the setting stand of wafer-related device creation device, an image captured by test-use camera is processed, pusher movement of test-use pusher pin and die pickup movement of test-use pickup nozzle is performed, and wafer-related data is created.
US09378987B2
A semiconductor package includes a lower package comprising a lower semiconductor chip mounted on a lower package substrate, an upper package comprising an upper package substrate stacked on the lower package and an upper semiconductor chip mounted on the upper package substrate, interconnection terminals electrically connecting the lower package substrate with the upper package substrate, and a lower molding film molding the lower semiconductor chip between the lower package substrate and the upper package substrate. The lower package substrate comprises a chip region on which the lower semiconductor chip is mounted, an interconnection region enclosing a portion of the chip region, and a mold injection region defined by the chip region and the interconnection region. The interconnection terminals are disposed on the lower package substrate of the interconnection region but not disposed on the lower package substrate of the mold injection region.
US09378986B2
Provided is a method of mounting a chip. The method includes: forming a bump at one surface of a cavity formed concavely in an inner direction of a substrate; performing a coining process to flatten a surface of the bump; coating a solder material on the bump subjected to the coining process; and bonding a chip and the bump by melting the solder material, wherein an electrode portion or a metal portion is formed on a bottom of the chip. For a metal substrate according to the present invention, wherein a vertical insulating layer is included, since the electrode portion of the chip and the electrode portion of the substrate have to be electrically connected, the metal substrate is bonded to the electrode portion of the chip using the bump additionally formed on the metal substrate, so the heat generated in the chip can be rapidly transferred to the substrate, and the junction temperature of the chip can be decreased, thereby enhancing the light efficiency and the. In addition, cracking due to the difference of thermal expansion coefficient between solder materials can be prevented by sealing the bonding portion of the chip using the solder materials. Further, since oxidation of the bonding portion is prevented by blocking the contact with the outside, the chip packaging process can be performed without an additional process of filling an inert gas into the internal space wherein the chip is mounted.
US09378979B2
Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices are provided including performing two photolithography processes and two spacer processes such that patterns are formed to have a pitch that is smaller than a limitation of photolithography process. Furthermore, line and pad portions are simultaneously defined by performing the photolithography process once and, thus, there is no necessity to perform an additional photolithography process for forming the pad portion. Related devices are also provided.
US09378975B2
Methods herein can be used for removing silicon nitride around fins and other structures without damaging underlying silicon structures. Methods herein also include forming dual layer spacers and L-shaped spacers, as well as other configurations. Techniques include a multi-step process of anisotropic etching of low-k material with high selectivity to silicon nitride, followed by isotropic etching of SiN with high selectivity to the low-k material. Such techniques, for example, can be used to form an L-shaped spacer on a 3-D gate structure, as well as providing a method for completely removing silicon nitride without damaging surrounding or underlying materials.
US09378972B2
Methods for forming semiconductor devices. Methods for forming fin structures include forming first sidewalls around a first set of mandrels. The first set of mandrels is removed and second sidewalls are formed around the first sidewalls and a second set of mandrels. The first sidewalls and the second set of mandrels are removed and an underlying layer around the second sidewalls is etched.
US09378959B2
First, a first resist mask for forming an n+ emitter region is formed on the front surface of an n− semiconductor substrate. The first resist mask is left on the surface of the gate electrode. Next, a first ion implantation is performed with the first resist mask to form the n+ emitter region. At this time, as the first ion implantation, both a perpendicular ion implantation is performed at an implantation angle that is perpendicular to the substrate front surface, and an oblique ion implantation at an implantation angle that is tilted relative to the direction perpendicular to the substrate front surface. The oblique ion implantation widens a width of the n+ emitter region in the trench widthwise direction. Next, a second ion implantation is performed with a second resist mask to form a p+ contact region. Thereafter, a heat treatment is used to diffuse and activate the n+ emitter region and the p+ contact region.
US09378953B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a polycrystalline metal oxide pattern, characterized by comprising: annealing a predetermined region of an amorphous metal oxide film by laser, so as to convert the amorphous metal oxide in the predetermined region into a polycrystalline metal oxide; and etching the amorphous metal oxide outside of the predetermined region so as to remove it. By the method according to the present invention, firstly, the predetermined region of an amorphous metal oxide film is annealed by laser so as to convert the amorphous metal oxide into a polycrystalline metal oxide, and then, the amorphous metal oxide outside of the predetermined region is etched away, thereby a polycrystalline metal oxide pattern is formed. The method for preparing a polycrystalline metal oxide pattern according to the present invention is simple, and can effectively shorten the production period and save production costs.
US09378944B2
According to an embodiment of present disclosure, a method of forming a carbon film on a substrate to be processed is provided. The method includes loading a substrate to be processed with a carbon film formed thereon into a processing chamber of a film forming apparatus (Process 1), and thermally decomposing a hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas in the processing chamber to form a carbon film on the substrate to be processed (Process 2). In Process 2, a film forming temperature of the carbon film is set to a temperature less than a thermal decomposition temperature of a simple substance of the hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas without plasma assistance, the hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas and a thermal decomposition temperature drop gas containing a halogen element are introduced into the processing chamber, and a non-plasma thermal CVD method is performed.
US09378943B2
An insulating film including characteristics such as low permittivity, a low etching rate and a high insulation property is formed. Supplying a gas containing an element, a carbon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas to a heated substrate in a processing vessel to form a carbonitride layer including the element, and supplying the gas containing the element and an oxygen-containing gas to the heated substrate in the processing vessel to form an oxide layer including the element are alternately repeated to form on the substrate an oxycarbonitride film having the carbonitride layer and the oxide layer alternately stacked therein.
US09378942B2
Disclosed is a method for depositing an insulating film with a high coverage through a low temperature process. The deposition method deposits an insulating film on a substrate using a deposition apparatus which includes a processing container that defines a processing space in which plasma is generated, a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas into the processing space, and a plasma generating unit configured to generate plasma by supplying microwave into the processing container. The deposition method includes depositing an insulating film that includes SiN on the substrate by supplying into a gas formed by adding H2 to trisilylamine into the processing container and generating plasma.
US09378940B2
The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate processing chamber configured to process a substrate on which a target layer to be removed is formed on the surface of an underlying layer; a substrate holding unit provided in the substrate processing chamber and configured to hold the substrate; a mixed liquid supplying unit configured to supply a mixed liquid of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide to the substrate held by the substrate holding unit in a mixing ratio of the hydrogen peroxide and a temperature that does not damage the underlying layer while removing the target layer; and an OH-group supplying unit configured to supply a fluid containing OH-group to the substrate in an amount that does not damage the underlying layer when the mixed liquid and the OH-group are mixed on the substrate.
US09378937B2
A mass spectrometer includes an ion source for producing a primary ion beam, which has a heatable ion emitter coated by a liquid metal layer essentially comprised of pure metallic bismuth or of a low-melting-point alloy containing, in essence, bismuth. A bismuth ion mixed beam can be emitted by the ion emitter under the influence of an electric field. From said bismuth ion mixed beam, one of a number of bismuth ion types whose mass is a multiple of monatomic singly or multiply charged bismuth ions Bi1p+, is to be filtered out in the form of a mass-pure ion beam that is solely comprised of ions of a type Binp+, in which n≧2 and p≧1, and n and p are each a natural number.
US09378930B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactor having a substrate RF bias that is capable of control of the RF phase difference between the ICP source (a first RF source) and the substrate bias (a second RF source) for plasma processing reactors used in the semiconductor industry. Control of the RF phase difference provides a powerful knob for fine process tuning. For example, control of the RF phase difference may be used to control one or more of average etch rate, etch rate uniformity, etch rate skew, critical dimension (CD) uniformity, and CD skew, CD range, self DC bias control, and chamber matching.
US09378929B2
A plasma processing apparatus is offered which has evacuable vacuum vessel, processing chamber disposed inside the vacuum vessel and having inside space in which plasma for processing sample to be processed is generated and in which the sample is placed, unit for supplying gas for plasma generation into processing chamber, vacuum evacuation unit for evacuating inside of processing chamber, helical resonator configured of helical resonance coil disposed outside the vacuum vessel and electrically grounded shield disposed outside the coil, RF power supply of variable frequency for supplying RF electric power in given range to the resonance coil, and frequency matching device capable of adjusting frequency of the RF power supply so as to minimize reflected RF power. The resonance coil has electrical length that is set to integral multiple of one wavelength at given frequency. The helical resonance coil has feeding point connected to ground potential using variable capacitive device.
US09378928B2
Apparatus for treating a gas in a conduit of a substrate processing system are provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus for treating a gas in a conduit of a substrate processing system includes: a dielectric tube to be coupled to a conduit of a substrate processing system to allow a flow of gases through the dielectric tube, wherein the dielectric tube has a conical sidewall; and an RF coil wound about an outer surface of the conical sidewall of the dielectric tube, the RF coil having a first end to provide an RF input to the RF coil, the first end of the RF coil disposed proximate a first end of the dielectric tube and a second end disposed proximate a second end of the dielectric tube. In some embodiments, the RF coil is hollow and includes coolant fittings to couple the hollow RF coil to a coolant supply.
US09378926B2
An embodiment of a method of lithography includes generating a beam of electrons. A first pixel and a second pixel are each configured to pattern the beam. Using time domain multiplex loading, the first and second pixels are controlled such that the beam is patterned. The patterning includes receiving a first clock signal and using the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal and a third clock signal. The second clock signal is sent to the first pixel and sending the third clock signal is sent to the second pixel.
US09378912B2
An electronic component includes a main body section having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and terminal portions disposed in the main body section. A housing member includes a first housing chamber that guides and accommodates the main body section therein and a second housing chamber that accommodates and holds terminal fittings therein. Each terminal portion includes a fitting portion that droops along a side surface of the main body section with a gap from the side surface and that is fitted to the corresponding terminal fitting. Each terminal fitting includes a spring portion that presses the corresponding fitting portion, and a pressing direction of the spring portion is held to direct to the corresponding wall portion. The electronic component, the terminal fittings, and the housing member are mutually assembled.
US09378910B2
A thermal cut-off device can include a case, a first electrically conductive lead disposed at a first end of the case, a thermally responsive pellet housed within the case, a second electrically conductive lead disposed at a second end of the case and having a distal end including a contact surface, an electrically conductive contact disposed between the pellet and the second lead, a first biasing member disposed between the pellet and the contact, and a second biasing member disposed between the contact and the second end of the case.
US09378908B2
A contact assembly for a vacuum switching apparatus includes a contact member and a reinforcing member adapted to structurally reinforce the contact member. The contact member includes first and second opposing sides, and a contact thickness. The reinforcing member has a reinforcement thickness, which is less than the contact thickness. The contact member is made from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and the reinforcing member is made from a second different material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The first coefficient of thermal expansion is substantially the same as the second coefficient of thermal expansion.
US09378905B2
An inter-pole drive bar in accordance with the disclosed and claimed concept is usable to extend among a plurality of poles of an improved switch apparatus and to cause the plurality of poles to be together moved between a CLOSED position and an OPEN position. The inter-pole drive bar is elongated and has a plurality of connection points that are connectable with the poles and further includes a number of features that avoid engagement or other interference between the inter-pole drive bar and the various structures of the switch apparatus. The inter-pole drive bar includes an elongated linkage element whose movement between the CLOSED and OPEN positions of the switch apparatus are primarily translation of the linkage element in a direction generally parallel with its longitudinal extent and translation of the linkage element in a direction generally perpendicular to its longitudinal extent.
US09378904B2
Disclosed is a handle locking device, including a first frame, a first snap hook and a second frame. A second snap hook is provided on the first frame; the first snap hook is rotatably mounted on the first frame; the second frame is rotatably mounted on the first frame; a protruding portion is formed on the second frame; and the protruding portion can push the first snap hook towards the first frame. By having the first snap hook and second snap hook disposed asymmetrically on the first frame, accidental mounting of the “OFF” position of the handle locking device in the “ON” position of the circuit breaker during installation by an operator can be avoided. Moreover, since the protruding portion can push the first snap hook towards the first frame, forced deformation of the snap claw and second snap hook can be prevented.
US09378891B2
Disclosed herein is a multilayer ceramic device including a device body having lateral surfaces and circumferential surfaces connecting the lateral surfaces, an internal electrode disposed in a length direction of the device body within the device body, an external electrode having a front portion covering the lateral surface and a band portion extending from the front portion to cover a portion of the circumferential surface, and a reinforcement pattern extending from the lateral surface toward the interior of the device body and having a length longer than a width of the band portion.
US09378890B2
When a voltage two times a rated voltage is applied between a first external electrode and a second external electrode of a ceramic capacitor, the electric field intensity generated at portion connected between a first internal electrode and an end of a portion of a second external electrode at a side of a first side surface by a shortest distance FS is about 0.34 kV/mm or less.
US09378888B2
A power-transmission-unit-side resonant circuit includes a resonant capacitor connected in series with a power transmission coil and a power-reception-unit-side resonant circuit including a resonant capacitor connected in series with a power reception coil resonate with each other to cause sympathetic vibration. This allows power to be transferred using two kinds of coupling via the magnetic field and the electric field between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil. Also, operation is performed at a switching frequency that is higher than a specific resonant frequency of the entire multi-resonant circuit, such that a ZVS operation is performed. As a result, a switching loss is reduced by a large amount and a highly efficient operation is performed thus enabling a power transfer system with a reduced size and an increased power conversion efficiency to be provided.
