US09386859B2
An apparatus for facilitating sleep is disclosed. Embodiments of the sleep system receive a person's lower arm in an arm cavity of a person laying in a sleep-on-side position. An exemplary sleep system has a trunk rest and head rest. Two separated cantilevered supports extending outwardly from the base portion of the head rest are in contact with and supported by a top edge of the trunk rest, thereby defining an arm aperture that receives the person's lower arm when laying in a sleep-on-side position. An arm cavity is defined by lower surfaces of the two cantilevered supports and a trunk rest cantilevered arm cavity surface that extends generally downward and inward.
US09386858B2
A structure-improved multifunction chassis includes a chassis base, a handle and a plurality of pull lines, wherein the chassis base includes a backrest angle adjustment device, a cushion height adjustment device, and a cushion back-and-forth moving device. The chassis base is pivotally connected with a left and right connecting rod of a seat backrest frame. The handle includes a shift arm, a handle fixed block, and a handle base. The handle fixing block is installed in the handle base and is able to swing up and down. The handle fixing block is mounted on the handle base by bolts. One handle controls three pull lines at the same time, and the user adjusts the angle of the backrest, cushion lifting or moving back and forth by operating the handle.
US09386857B2
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.
US09386856B2
A painting support system that includes a painting support board for holding artist's panels or canvases that is colored to mimic the frame for the finished painting. A reference line grid is scribed on the painting support board more accurately draw and observe straight lines. A continuous loop strip of a hook and loop system placed on all four sides of the support board. A mahl stick with a hook patch of the hook and loop system placed on a tip of the mahl stick allows the artist to attach the mahl stick anywhere on the support board to the loop strip to steady and support the hand while painting.
US09386839B2
A cold effect applicator tip for cosmetic products is disclosed. The applicator tip is made of a plastic material comprising organic fillers, metallic fillers or a mixture of organic fillers and metallic fillers. A container for cosmetic products with a cold effect applicator tip is also provided, comprising a reservoir to contain a cosmetic product and an applicator tip such as above described.
US09386838B1
A lip balm tube holder can be constructed and arranged to retain a lip balm tube, e.g., constructed and arranged to retain a lip balm tube vertically. In some embodiments, the lip balm tube holder can include a body comprising an opening sized and arranged to releasably receive a lip balm tube.
US09386814B2
An elongate shell having a longitudinal axis an inner volume sized and shaped to receive a user therein. The elongate shell has a front portion adapted to cover the front of a user during use and a back portion adapted to cover the back of the user during use. The elongate shell has a pair of arm ports. Each of the arm ports is selectively moveable from a closed port position to an opened port position for allowing the user external access from within the shell. Each of the ports comprising includes an inner panel and an outer panel. The inner panel is positioned in overlapping face-to-face engagement with the outer panel in the closed port position. The outer panel is spaced from the inner panel in the opened port position to define a passage for allowing the user to extend their arm through the respective port. The elongate shell further includes a bottom portion and an opening in the bottom portion to allow a user's feet to extend through the opening to the exterior of the inner volume.
US09386813B2
There is provided a mask that includes a mask body and two strings. The two strings hold the mask body at a predetermined position on the face of a wearer by being caught by both ears or the head of the wearer. Folded portions, which are adapted so as to be capable of rising and falling on the surface of the mask body coming into contact with the face of the wearer, are formed on both sides of the mask body.
US09386809B2
A vest incorporating a pull element operatively connected to a plurality of tether lines extending along pathways to panel connection points at which front and rear panels of the vest are adjoined. When the pull element is extended away from the vest, the tether lines are placed into tension thereby causing the connection assemblies to be disengaged and the front and rear panels of the vest can fall away from one another.
US09386806B2
The invention provides a bib and apron apparatus having a first member defining a bib sized to be fitted around a user's neck and a second member defining an apron sized to cover the user's body between the stomach and legs. A pocket is located on the bib for housing snacks or other items essential to the user. The first member includes an attachment mechanism that connects to an attachment mechanism on the second member such that the connected first and second members covers nearly the full body of the user to prevent staining any portion of the user's clothing or for hygienic purposes. An apron having safety pockets for storing apron securing straps therein when the bib is attached thereto. The apron and bib further includes at least one safety flap for selectively covering and protecting the attachment mechanisms and/or a user's body.
US09386804B2
A cigarette holder, including a hollow tube having a front end serving as a mouthpiece and a rear end over which the non-burning end of a cigarette is receivable and a clip attached to the tube. The clip includes a pair of cooperating, opposing, openable jaws to removably hold the non-burning end of the cigarette over the rear end of the tube, to form an airtight seal. The jaws each have an opposing end tip and are movable from a closed position where the end tips are in contact with each other to an open position where the end tips are spaced apart from each other. The jaws can also be used to open the non-burning end of the cigarette so that it fits over the rear end of the tube.
US09386803B2
A tobacco smoking device comprises a porous mass of active particles adapted to enhance a tobacco smoke flowing over said active particles and binder particles. The active particles comprises about 1-99% weight of the porous mass, and the binder particles comprises about 1-99% weight of said porous mass. The active particles and said binder particles are bound together at randomly distributed points throughout the porous mass. The active particles have a greater particle size than the binder particles.
US09386798B2
A fluidized bed coffee roaster controls air flow and/or temperature to maintain a desired time-temperature roast profile. The roaster may also provide a two stage quenching cycle for rapidly cooling roasted coffee beans to ambient temperature. In a first stage of the quenching cycle unheated air is passed through the roasted beans while they are still in the roasting chamber of the fluidized bed roaster. In a second stage of the quenching cycle which is carried out outside of the roasting chamber, in a fluidized bed quenching station, unheated air is flowed through, and fluidizes, the roasted coffee beans cooling them to ambient temperature.
US09386794B2
A nutritional composition having a lipid or fat; a protein source; a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which comprises docosahexanoic acid; and up to about 2.5% by weight of a source of supplemental calcium which, when dissociated, provides a cation having prebiotic functionality.
US09386791B2
The invention relates to liquid nutritional compositions, particularly shelf stable liquid nutritional compositions including compositions comprising non-hydrolyzed whey protein, and methods of producing and using these compositions.
US09386786B2
An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc.The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.
US09386785B2
A process for the extrusion of a composition from an extruder, which composition is suitable for use in a food product, is disclosed. The process provides a composition which is comprised of a hydrophilicized carrier and surface-active compound which is extruded. The process describes adding the surface-active compound after the carrier is hydrophilicized.
US09386784B2
Methods and systems for continuously producing foaming compositions from powders, granules, and/or particulate are provided and/or powders, granules, and/or particulates that contains high pressure gas. The methods and systems are configured to reduce energy costs and overall processing time and, thus, provide advantages over the prior batch processes that have lengthy temperature ramp-up and cool-down times due to the shortcomings of using a large pressure vessel.
US09386780B2
A support hook for moving meat, more specifically for pieces or cubes of bacon/belly during the processing and/or curing thereof includes a framework and a plurality of tips. The plurality of tips are integral with the respective framework via respective heads arranged on both sides and the holes of the framework such that each tip can be inserted and interchanged even at a later time, if any tip should be broken or chipped. This type of hook is generally called comb or bacon comb.
US09386779B2
The present invention relates to a tubular film food casing, a process for its production and a food product comprising the tubular film food casing.
US09386776B2
Calcium additives useful for fortifying baked goods, such as bread products, with calcium are disclosed. The calcium additives are particularly useful for fortifying leavened baked goods with calcium. Methods for preparing the calcium additives and using the calcium additives to fortify baked goods are also disclosed. Generally, the calcium additives comprise intimate admixtures calcium carbonate and an acid such as citric acid.
US09386772B2
The present invention relates generally to methods of preparing antimicrobial elastomeric articles that include an elastomeric article having an antimicrobial coating provided thereon. The antimicrobial elastomeric articles exhibit enhanced ability to reduce or eliminate microbes that come in contact with the article. Certain aspects of the invention are further directed to methods of packaging the antimicrobial elastomeric articles, where the packaged antimicrobial articles exhibit antimicrobial effectiveness for an extended period of time as compared to unpackaged antimicrobial articles. Antimicrobial elastomeric articles and packaged antimicrobial elastomeric articles prepared in accordance with the methods of the present invention are also provided.
US09386770B2
A method of controlling microorganisms such as lactobacilli metabolism in mash in an ethanol production facility includes adding to the mash an effective amount to control such microorganisms of one or more of a substantially water insoluble pristinamycin-type antimicrobial agent, a substantially water insoluble polyether ionophore antimicrobial agent, or both, wherein the term “substantially water insoluble” means the antimicrobial agent has a solubility in pure water at 20° C. of 0.1 grams per liter or less, and wherein at least a portion of the substantially water insoluble antimicrobial agent(s) is added to the mash in the form of: 1) an organic liquid comprising at least one organic solvent having said substantially water insoluble antimicrobial agent(s) dissolved therein, said organic liquid advantageously comprising more than 1 gram per liter of said antimicrobial agent(s); 2) particles comprising said substantially water insoluble antimicrobial agent(s) and having a weight mean average diameter of less than 5 microns; or 3) both.
US09386769B2
Disclosed are thiazole methylamino pyridine compounds represented by the general formula (I) having fungicidal, insecticidal/acaricidal, and herbicidal activity, the preparation method thereof, the fungicidal, insecticidal/acaricidal, and herbicidal compositions containing the compounds of the present invention, and the use and the method for controlling fungi, insects/acari and weeds of the compounds of the present invention.
US09386768B2
A herbicidal composition comprising an aqueous suspension of microcapsules, having a capsule wall of a porous condensate polymer, and containing a solution of fluoroxypyr in a rosin solvent system comprising rosin and/or a rosin derivative. There is also provided a herbicidal composition comprising microcapsules, having a capsule wall of a porous condensate polymer, and containing fluoroxypyr and a solvent comprising rosin and/or a rosin derivative. A method of preparing a herbicidal composition is also disclosed, comprising providing a water immiscible phase comprising fluoroxypyr and an isocyanate dissolved in a rosin solvent system comprising rosin and/or a rosin derivative; providing an aqueous phase comprising one or more surfactants; combining the water immiscible phase and the aqueous phase to form a dispersion of the water immiscible phase in the aqueous phase; adding to the resulting dispersion an amine, thereby forming microcapsules of polyurea containing droplets of the water immiscible phase; and curing the microcapsules.
US09386757B1
A mobile animal waste collection station which facilitates the collection and disposal of animal waste in a sanitary manner is provided, which station includes a mobile station having a base frame supported on a plurality of wheels, a shaft extending from the base frame and terminating in a handle section, a waste collection receptacle securable to the base frame, an animal waste pickup tool such as a “pooper scooper” which is detachably securable to the shaft, and other tools and supplies for use in the waste collection and disposal process, whereby the collection station can be easily transported between waste pickup locations.
US09386755B2
Turfgrass varieties with desirable looking turf when mowed infrequently are provided. Also provided is a method of producing a turfgrass plant having desirable looking turf when mowed infrequently. The turfgrass plants of the present invention display green leaf chlorophyll concentrations above 1.8 mg/g and a field insitu CM-1000 chlorophyll meter reading of 341.7 or higher, as well as high general turfgrass quality ratings. The turfgrass plants of the present invention retain a dark green color even when scalped back by infrequent mowing.
US09386752B2
A discrete flat dripper of the non-pressure regulated type of drippers or of the pressure compensated—flow rate regulated type of drippers, suited for being integrally installed within a hose, that comprises a body component whose configuration is essentially rectangular, wherein on its one side that is suited to being affixed to an internal wall of the hose, formed with an exit pool that it is elongated in its dimensions and substantially extends along the entire length of the body component, and with a flow passage circumferentially surrounding a substantial part of the elongated exit pool, and an integral dripper line wherein there are integrated at least one of such discrete flat dripper, and optionally and as enabled by the elongated exit pool, the water outlet opening that is formed at the hose wall opposite the elongated exit pool and within its boundaries, is in a configuration of a thin and long slit.
US09386751B2
An apparatus, system and method for producing fungi for use in an ecosystem provides a production substrate and a spawn substrate that can be combined on demand to cultivate fungi and fungi byproducts. The substrates go through a systematic process by which they are prepared, positioned in separate sections of the vessel, sanitized, inoculated with a fungi culture, and finally combined at la later time and place demand by cutting the seal. In this manner, the shelf life is extended. The vessel is then placed inside a dispersion container, where the fungi and fungi byproducts disperse towards the ecosystem. The dispersion container comprises a container exhaust for allowing a vessel exhaust to at least partially pass through. The fungi by product directionally releases from the vessel exhaust through a vessel exhaust, such as a mesh or webbed aperture sized to release gases and extraneous liquids.
US09386745B2
A corn header (4) for a forage harvester for harvesting stalked crop includes a set of cutting and intake conveyor mechanisms for cutting the crop in a substantially horizontal direction. A separating mechanism for separating the crop in a substantially vertical direction is positioned on at least one side of the corn header, laterally next to the cutting and intake conveyor mechanisms.
US09386744B2
A plant trimming apparatus comprising a container having top and bottom end regions and a grate supported therein. A cutting blade and a fan blade are rotatably supported within the container. The fan blade is operative to create an air flow from the top end region to the bottom end region+vortex. The apparatus comprises a blade motor including a shaft, wherein the cutting blade and the fan blade are supported on the shaft. The cutting blade includes a plurality of forward or rear leaning blades that cooperate with the grate openings to cut parts off the plant. The blade has an outer ring extending between each of the plurality of blades. A lid assembly is attached to an upper rim portion of the container and supports an agitator motor that is connected to an agitator arm that is disposed within the container above the grate.
US09386739B2
A zero-turn-radius mower includes a chassis, a pair of drive wheels for supporting the chassis above a ground surface, an engine, and a pair of transmissions or other drive mechanism for driving the drive wheels. A manually-moveable brake lever enables an operator to selectively brake the drive wheels and a manually-moveable bypass lever enables the operator to selectively engage bypass functions of the transmissions. The brake lever and the bypass lever are mechanically coupled such that engaging the brake lever causes the bypass lever to be engaged with the brake lever, but engaging the bypass lever does not cause the brake lever to be engaged. The brake lever and the bypass lever each including a locking mechanism that retains the respective lever in an engaged position.
US09392735B2
A magnetic field shielding sheet includes: at least one layer thin magnetic sheet made of a Fe-based amorphous alloy and flake-treated so as to be separated into a plurality of fine pieces; a protective film that is adhered on one surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a first adhesive layer provided on one side of the protective film; and a double-sided tape that is adhered on the other surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a second adhesive layer provided on one side of the double-sided adhesive tape, wherein the thin magnetic sheet is obtained by heat treating an amorphous ribbon sheet made of the Fe-based amorphous alloy at a temperature of 300° C. to 480° C. A method of manufacturing the magnetic field shielding sheet, and a portable terminal device using the magnetic field shielding sheet are disclosed.
US09392730B2
An electronic device having one or more components that generate heat during operation includes a structure for temperature management and heat dissipation. The structure for temperature management and heat dissipation comprises a heat transfer substrate having a surface that is in thermal communication with the ambient environment and a temperature management material in physical contact with at least a portion of the one or more components of the electronic device and at least a portion of the heat transfer substrate. The temperature management material comprises a polymeric phase change material having a latent heat of at least 5 Joules per gram and a transition temperature between 0° C. and 100° C., and a thermal conductive filler.
US09392728B2
In association with a liquid flow through a heat exchanger situated to remove heat from electronic devices, a coolant flow control apparatus is provided. The coolant flow control apparatus comprises a first input channel for carrying liquid coolant to a first input of the heat exchanger; a flow control device positioned along a flow path that includes the first input channel, the flow control device, in response to a temperature of coolant proximate to the flow control device, is operable to enable or to prevent coolant flow along the first input channel into the heat exchanger; a second input channel for continuously carrying liquid coolant to a second input of the heat exchanger, during both times when the flow control device is enabling and is preventing the coolant flow along the first input channel into the heat exchanger; and an output channel for carrying coolant away from the heat exchanger.
US09392720B1
A server rack with vertically stacked shelves is disclosed. The shelves are used for housing loads (e.g. servers) and power supply units. Thus, both the power supply units and the servers are vertically stacked in the rack. An array of vertical and horizontal busses is secured to the back side of the server rack to electrically couple the servers with the power supply units. The arrangement of the PSUs and the busses provides for uniform current density across the server rack. The devices placed on the shelves are accessible and serviceable from the front of the server rack. The server rack can be placed within or secured to a device, system or a server room in a vertical orientation, a horizontal orientation or at an angle.
US09392719B1
A hard drive rack includes a frame and a buckle arm. The frame includes a plurality of plates and at least one insertion opening. A buckle trough is formed on the plates at a side of the insertion opening. The plates include a bottom plate, a cover plate, and a supporting plate. The buckle arm is pivotally connected to a side of the frame and one end thereof is able to pivotally rotate through pivotally connecting to the frame. The other end of the buckle arm is formed with an elastic insertion plate which is selectively blocked by the buckle trough to be inserted into the insertion opening.
US09392713B2
A hermetically sealed package has an electrically insulating substrate, a plurality of electrically and thermally conductive tabs, and a lid. The electrically insulating substrate has a plurality of apertures and an aspect ratio of about 10:1 or greater. The plurality of electrically and thermally conductive tabs is hermetically joined to a bottom surface of the electrically insulating substrate and at least one tab covers each of the apertures. The lid is hermetically joined to a top surface of the electrically insulating substrate proximate to a perimeter of the electrically insulating substrate.
US09392712B2
An electrical module and a device using the same are provided. The electrical module comprises a base, a composite component and a pressing sheet. The composite component is disposed on the base and comprises a pad and a conductive sheet. The conductive sheet is embedded in the pad, and the pressing sheet presses on the pad. The pad comprises a main body and a protrusion. The main body has a surface. The protrusion is disposed on the surface of the main body and is compressed between the surface of the main body and the base.
US09392709B2
A splice housing is configured to slide over and engage with a metallic connector that couples together cable conductors in an electrical distribution system. The splice housing has a first end arranged to engage a first cable, a second end arranged to engage a second cable and a central portion set between the first and second ends that engages the metallic connector. A first support core holds the first end in an expanded state, while a second support core holds the second end in an expanded state. The first and the second ends are molded so that they have relaxed internal diameters that are smaller than a relaxed internal diameter of the central portion.
US09392705B2
A wiring board includes a substrate body provided with a through hole penetrating the substrate body from one surface to another surface; and a through wiring formed in the through hole and including a first metal layer formed on a part of an inner side surface of the through hole at the one surface side, a first wiring layer that covers the first metal layer to fill a part of the through hole at the one surface side, a second metal layer continuously formed on the rest part of the inner side surface of the through hole at the other surface side and on an end portion of the first wiring layer at the other surface side, and a second wiring layer that covers the second metal layer to fill a part of the through hole at the other surface side.
US09392704B2
A method for producing one or more radio-frequency resonant patterns on a printed circuit includes a step of cutting one or more resonant patterns directly into the printed circuit while preserving means for mechanically securing the resonant patterns to said printed circuit. The method may be applied to the production of filters.
US09392703B2
A pad structure includes an insulating layer; a first metal layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer and including an intermetallic compound layer of copper and tin or a tin layer; and a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer and including a gold layer.
US09392694B2
A package includes an accommodation space portion, and a first base body that forms at least a part of the accommodation space portion. A first through-hole, which extends toward a second surface on an accommodation space portion side from a first main surface opposite to the accommodation space portion, is provided in the first base body, in a cross-sectional view of the first through-hole, the first through-hole includes a first inclined portion that is inclined from the second surface toward the first main surface, and a second inclined portion that is inclined from one end on a first main surface side of the first inclined portion toward the first main surface, a second angle made by the second inclined portion and the second surface is larger than a first angle made by the first inclined portion and the second surface, and the first through-hole is sealed with a sealing member.
US09392688B2
A method of forming a biomass photosensitive material is provided, which includes (1) polymerizing (a) itaconic anhydride and (b) acrylate to form a copolymer, and (2) mixing the copolymer and (c) monomer with a single hydroxy group and a carbon-carbon double bond for a ring-opening addition reaction, wherein the (a) itaconic anhydride and the single hydroxy group of the (c) monomer with the single hydroxy group and the carbon-carbon double bond are reacted in the ring-opening addition reaction.
US09392671B2
A lamp controller has an LED lamp. The lamp is disposed with a light source and two same drive circuits, one of the drive circuits is work drive circuit, the other one is the backup drive circuit, the two drive circuits output are parallel to each other and connected to the light source; the controller includes an AC/DC conversion circuit, microcontroller, switch circuit and drive state detection circuit, the AC/DC conversion circuit is converted the mains supply to low-voltage direction current and supplying power to the microcontroller and the switch circuit, the drive state detect circuit gets the work state information of the work state drive circuit and submits the information to the microcontroller, the microcontroller controls the switch circuit to alternatively connect the input of the work drive circuit or the backup drive circuit to the mains supply according to the work drive circuit work state information.
US09392658B2
System and method for dimming solid-state lighting (SSL) avoids visual anomalies such as flicker for different types of SSL fixtures. This ability to avoid visual anomalies allows the system and method to be compatible with virtually any SSL fixture from any manufacturer. A controller is provided in some implementations that automatically generates a dimming voltage for the SSL fixtures based on a dimming control signal. A skip-phase dimming module is provided in some implementations that operates in conjunction with the controller to automatically skip dimming levels that cause visual anomalies in the SSL fixtures. A wireless module is provided in some implementations to receive signals from remote sensors and other input devices, such as ambient light sensors, occupancy sensors, color sensors, and the like.
US09392653B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including an organic light emitting diode, a power supply including a DC-DC converter that generates a driving voltage for the organic light emitting diode and that provides the driving voltage to the display panel, the DC-DC converter including an inductor and a switch, and an over-current prevention unit that blocks supply of the driving voltage when a value of a current flowing through the inductor is greater than a reference value.
US09392652B2
A lighting strip for an aircraft interior is provided. The lighting strip has a connection for a network voltage, a rectifier for rectifying the network voltage into a power supply voltage, and a circuit board extending along a longitudinal extension of the lighting strip. Multiple LEDs are arranged on the circuit board and powered by the power supply voltage. A controllable current sink arrangement, having multiple individual sink devices connected electrically in parallel with one another, is provided for converting electrical energy transported via the connection into heat. The individual sink devices are distributed on the circuit board along the longitudinal extension of the circuit board. The sink devices are controlled by a control apparatus independently from the operative conditions of the LEDs to provide a homogenously distributed thermal profile of the lighting strip.
US09392642B2
An image heating apparatus includes: an image heating roller in a nip; a nip forming member; a heating roller rubbing roller; a moving mechanism for moving the rubbing roller between a spaced position and a rubbing position; and a controller for executing operations in first and second modes. In the first mode, the heating roller is rotated with the rubbing roller in the spaced position and the heating roller in contact with the nip forming member with a target temperature of the heating roller higher than that of the nip forming member. In the second mode, the rubbing roller is contacted with the heating roller, rubbing the surface of the heating roller. The temperature difference in the first mode between the target temperature of the heating roller and that of the nip forming member is larger than the temperature difference when the toner image is heated by the nip.
US09392635B2
A method and a user equipment (UE) for network attachment are disclosed. The method includes receiving first status information associated with one or more remote radio units (RRUs) for supporting the small cell from the one or more RRUs, receiving second status information associated with one or more macro cells from one or more macro eNBs for supporting the macro cell, selecting an RRU and macro eNB, which the UE wants to attach, among the one or RRUs based on the first status information and the second status information, and simultaneously transmitting an attach request message for requesting network attachment from the selected RRU and macro eNB to the selected RRU and macro eNB.
US09392632B2
A wireless gateway disposed in a subscriber domain detects presence of a communication device communicating in a vicinity of the subscriber domain over a first wireless communication link such as a wireless cellular phone link. In response to detecting the communication device in the subscriber domain, the wireless gateway provides notification of a presence of the wireless gateway hardware to the communication device. The wireless gateway participates in establishing a second wireless communication link between the communication device and the wireless gateway to facilitate a handoff of a communication session from the first wireless communication link to the second wireless communication link.
US09392627B2
System, apparatus, and methods are provided for preventing the collision of physical cell identifiers. A network entity broadcasts via a first radio technology a physical cell identifier of a second radio technology, where the first and second radio technologies are co-located in the network entity. The network entity receives from a neighboring network entity another physical cell identifier of the second radio technology used by the neighboring network entity, where the neighboring network entity broadcasts the another physical cell identifier via the first radio technology, and where the first and second radio technologies are co-located in the neighboring network entity. The network entity changes the physical cell identifier, in response to the physical cell identifier being the same as the another physical cell identifier.
US09392623B2
A wireless device receives message(s) comprising configuration parameters of sounding reference signals on a secondary cell in a secondary cell group. The wireless device transmits one or more of the sounding reference signals on the secondary cell after applying a timing advance to the secondary cell group. The wireless device is configured to not transmit any of the sounding reference signals on the secondary cell after receiving the message(s) and before receiving the timing advance.
US09392620B2
A system and method of a primary station giving access to a resource to a secondary station. The secondary station transmitting to the primary station an access request to a resource including a preamble for requesting access to the resource. Each resource is associated in a predetermined way to each preamble. The primary station's response to the access request is modified depending on whether the resource associated with the preamble is available. The primary station transmitting an acknowledgement indication of the access request and signaling independently from the transmission of the acknowledgement indication a set of resources to be used by the secondary station. The primary station's response to the preamble comprises only an acknowledgement when an associated resource is available and comprises an indication of a different resource when the associated resource is not available.
US09392618B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and a method and apparatus for controlling channel access in a wireless LAN system. The method for controlling the channel access of a station (STA) of a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprises detecting a short frame transmitted by another STA; and deferring the channel access of the STA by a predetermined length of time. The short frame is a frame that triggers a service period during which the transceiving of a plurality of data frames of the other STA is allowed. The predetermined length of time can be set to the value corresponding to the length of time ranging from the start of the service period to the point in time at which the transceiving of a first data frame from among the plurality of data frames of the other STA is completed.
US09392617B2
A clustering wireless base station includes a group digital processor including a plurality of digital units (DU) and a plurality of remote radio frequency units (RRU) that are connected to the group digital processor through a transport network and that are installed in each service target area. In this case, each DU includes a decoder that decodes upward data that is received from the each DU, and each RRU includes an encoder that encodes downward data from the each DU.
US09392605B2
Change of rate matching modes in presence of channel state information reference signal transmission
In one aspect thereof the exemplary embodiments of this invention provide a method that includes, prior to confirmation that a network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of a user equipment, operating a user equipment with the network access node in accordance with a first rate matching mode and, only after confirmation to the user equipment that the network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of the user equipment, changing the rate matching mode to a second rate matching mode. In an embodiment the first rate matching mode comprises puncturing a downlink shared channel transmission with a set of resource elements, which may be at least one of reference symbols and muted resource elements, and the second rate matching mode comprises rate matching the downlink shared channel around those resource elements that are members of the set of resource elements. Also described are apparatus and computer readable storage medium storing program code that operate in accordance with the method.
US09392603B2
A radio communication system includes: a storage apparatus which stores frequency information relating to a frequency band being usable for radio communication; a first radio communication apparatus which acquires the frequency information from the storage apparatus; and a second radio communication apparatus which performs radio communication with the first radio communication apparatus, wherein the first radio communication apparatus includes a transmission unit which transmits to the second radio communication apparatus the frequency information acquired from the storage apparatus and relating to a frequency band being usable for radio communication in a region to which the first radio communication apparatus moves, and the second radio communication apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives the frequency information from the first radio communication apparatus.
US09392598B2
A system performs an over-the-air transmission from a source small cell to a destination small cell. A channel for the over-the-air transmission is selected based on information to be sent. The system determines an information attribute for an over-the-air transmission from the source small cell to the destination small cell. The system selects an over-the-air channel, from a set of channels, based on the information attribute. The source small cell sends the over-the-air transmission on the selected over-the-air channel to the destination small cell.
US09392597B2
It is described a method for informing a user equipment of an activity status of a second communication carrier within a cellular network, wherein the user equipment is served by a base station and is adapted to communicate with the base station via a first communication carrier being assigned to the base station. Signals between the base station and the user equipment are transmittable using the first communication carrier and, if the second communication carrier is activated, using in addition the second communication carrier, wherein the first communication carrier is divided into subframes. The method includes sending an activity signal from the base station to the user equipment, wherein the activity signal includes information concerning the activity status of the second communication carrier, and re-sending the activity signal from the base station to the user equipment during predefined subframes.
US09392596B2
Disclosed is a method for allowing a machine type communication (MTC) terminal to transmit and receive a signal in a wireless communication system. A method for allowing an MTC terminal to transmit and receive a signal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a parameter related to active subframe information for said MTC terminal; obtaining information on active subframe allocated to said MTC terminal by using said received parameter; and transmitting a signal to said base station or receiving a signal from said base station through at least one active subframe on the basis of said obtained information on the active subframes.
US09392589B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting an uplink channel in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting an uplink channel of a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving a downlink control message; extracting the starting point of a dynamic physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource region from the downlink control message; and transmitting an uplink channel according to the starting point of the extracted dynamic PUCCH resource region. An embodiment of the invention exhibits effects in reducing the signaling overhead, and preventing the terminal from unnecessarily consuming power, when transmitting the uplink channel in a CoMP system.
US09392583B2
The present invention discloses a method, includes: receiving uplink control plane signaling or uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data sent by a UE; performing, encapsulation and conversion on the uplink control plane signaling or the uplink control plane signaling and the uplink user plane media data, and sending the uplink control plane signaling or the uplink control plane signaling and the uplink user plane media data after the encapsulation and conversion to a TCF; receiving downlink control plane signaling or downlink control plane signaling and downlink user plane media data sent by the TCF; and performing encapsulation and conversion on the downlink control plane signaling or the downlink control plane signaling and the downlink user plane media data, and sending the downlink control plane signaling or the downlink control plane signaling and the downlink user plane media data after the encapsulation and conversion to the UE.
US09392578B2
A method selects mobile station candidates for use with virtual multiple-input multiple-output (“V-MIMO”) in a communication system. The communication system includes at least one base station and a plurality of mobile stations. At least one downlink metric is determined for a first mobile station. The at least one downlink metric is used to determine eligibility for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection. Responsive to determining that the first mobile station is eligible for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection, the first mobile station is paired with a second mobile station eligible for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection.
US09392577B2
A method by a small cell for wireless communication may include receiving, by the small cell, a wireless Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) signal from a macro cell, wherein the small cell is characterized by having a transmit power substantially less than each macro cell in a wireless communication network with the small cell. The method may further include obtaining, by the small cell, a measurement value of the MBSFN signal within a radio range of the small cell. The method may further include acting, by the small cell, based on the measurement value. The small cell may be, or may include, at least one of a pico cell, a femto cell, or a home evolved Node B (HeNB).
US09392575B2
Paging messages are transmitted by a wireless communications network to mobile terminals, which have been in an idle state or dormant mode and which have waiting calls/data from their associated peer entities, in accordance with the qualities of service (QoS) associated with the waiting calls/data, where the QoS associated each waiting call/data includes a type of the call/data. To make paging of mobile terminal QoS aware, a QoS field is included in the Paging Announce requests sent from an RNC to another RNC, or from an RNC to a BTS. The QoS field includes: a QoS class of service of the waiting call/data indicating the type of the waiting call; a grade of service of the waiting call/data to which the mobile terminal is subscribed; and, optionally, other QoS service flow parameters whose presence depends on the type of wireless technology being used in the network.
US09392572B2
System and method are directed towards determining an approximate location of a cell tower (CT), using at least implicit location information obtained from a plurality of mobile devices obtained while each mobile device user employs a location based application. Also obtained are CT identifiers associated with a cell tower each mobile device is currently employing. When a sufficient number of mobile devices provide implicit location information for a given CT identifier, an approximate location may be determined. Subsequently, when a mobile device provides a CT identifier for which an approximate location has been determined, the approximate location information may be used to assist the user of the mobile device. For example, the user might access a location based application and automatically have an approximate location of the user's mobile device be provided to the application transparent to the user.
US09392568B2
The concepts relate to radio channel utilization and more specifically to determining whether individual radio channels are available for use. One example can cause multiple sensing devices in a region to sense radio channels. The example can obtain signal information sensed by the multiple sensing devices in relation to an individual radio channel. The example can collectively analyze the signal information from the multiple sensing devices to determine whether the individual radio channel is being used for a licensed broadcast in the region.
US09392567B2
A distributed architecture provides the location of wireless transmitters to mobile devices for positioning, the location determined from at least one of crowdsourcing and wardriving. A server receives location data for wireless transmitters, such as an access point, a femtocell, Bluetooth Transmitter, radio-frequency identification (RFID) and near-field communication (NFC) station etc., from mobile devices. The server determines the locations of the wireless transmitters using the location data and provides the locations to the respective wireless transmitters. The wireless transmitters broadcast their identities and locations. Thus, a mobile device may receive the location directly from the wireless transmitter, eliminating the requirement of contacting a central server and downloading a regional almanac for positioning. This eliminates in a large number of scenarios the need to have data connectivity at the time of position calculation. Additionally, the wireless transmitters may transmit validation data to the server to validate or invalidate the determined location.
US09392563B2
Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing frequency among a cluster of coordinated transmission points cooperating in a coherent joint transmission. In some embodiments, one transmission point is set (510) as a reference transmission point for a group of coordinated transmission points. Each of one or more other transmission points in the group receives (530) a specified downlink reference signal from the reference transmission point, measures (540) its frequency offset relative to the reference point, and compensates (550) the frequency offset in baseband processing or by a radio adjustment. Which transmission point acts as the reference transmission point is statically defined, in some embodiments, or dynamically configured, in others. Likewise, which time-frequency resources are used for the reference signal may be statically defined or dynamically configured. In some embodiments, information identifying the reference transmission point and/or specifying the radio resource locations and durations of the reference signal is distributed to the synchronizing transmission points.
US09392562B2
An access point (e.g., a femto cell) that is connected in an active call with an access terminal may cooperate with that access terminal or another access terminal to derive timing information from one or more neighboring access points (e.g., macro access points). In addition, an access point may cooperate with an idle access terminal to derive timing information from one or more neighboring access points. For example, an access terminal may determine the difference between pilot transmission timing or frame transmission timing of a femto cell and a macro cell, and report this timing difference to the femto cell. Based on this timing difference, the femto cell may adjust the timing and/or frequency of its transmissions so that these transmissions are synchronized in time and/or frequency as per network operation requirements.
US09392558B2
Techniques for controlling transmit power and adjusting an antenna tuning network of a wireless device are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus (e.g., a wireless device or a circuit module) includes a directional coupler and at least one detector. The directional coupler receives an input radio frequency (RF) signal at a first port, provides an output RF signal at a second port, and provides a coupled RF signal at a third port. The detector(s) receive at least one RF signal on at least one port of the directional coupler, measure the at least one RF signal, and provide measurements that are used to control the transmit power of the wireless device and adjust an antenna tuning network. For example, the measurements may be used to determine incident power, reflected power, delivered power, etc., which may be used to control the transmit power and/or adjust the antenna tuning network.
US09392557B2
A user equipment, includes: processing circuitry configured to: judge whether for the current subframe the user equipment has non-adaptive retransmission of uplink data on an activated serving cell configured with an uplink carrier; obtaining, from a physical layer, a configured maximum output power corresponding to the activated serving cell having non-adaptive retransmission of uplink data; and a transmitter to report the configured maximum output power from the physical layer to a base station when, for a current subframe, the user equipment has uplink resources allocated for new transmission for the activated serving cell and the allocated uplink resources may accommodate the power headroom report.
US09392555B2
A power controller is presented, arranged to control transmission power of at least one mobile communication terminal of a cell of a mobile communication network. The power controller comprises: a candidate maximum signal to interference ratio, SIR, calculator, arranged to calculate a candidate maximum SIR based on a current headroom value, the headroom value being an indicator of how much the transmission power of the at least one mobile communication terminal is allowed to increase in the cell; and a SIR determiner arranged to determine a maximum SIR for the at least one mobile communication terminal based on the candidate maximum SIR.
US09392551B2
An apparatus and method for matching antenna impedance in a mobile station are provided. In implementation, a mobile station receives power control information including information for controlling transmit power of the mobile station, generates matching control information for antenna impedance matching based on the received power control information, and performs antenna impedance matching depending on the generated matching control information.
US09392550B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining uplink transmission power of a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device therefore. Specifically, the method for allowing a terminal to determine uplink transmission power in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving information for determining uplink transmission power from an upper layer; measuring a path loss value for base stations, which participate in cooperate communication, on the basis of information for determining transmission power, on the basis of the received information for determining the transmission power and the measured path loss value, wherein the information for determining the transmission power is information for channel estimation of at least one base station which participates in the cooperative communication.
US09392547B2
A diversity receiver includes a first receiving channel and a second receiving channel. The receiver also includes a baseband processor that computes a difference between the received signal strengths of the signals received from the first and second channels, wherein the processor disables the signal received from the second channel if the difference is greater than a first threshold value and a BER associated with the second receiving channel is greater than a BER threshold value, and disables the signal received from the first channel if the difference is less than the negative first threshold value and the bit error rate (BER) associated with the first channel is greater than the BER threshold value. The receiver further includes a bypass circuit coupled to an input of an amplifier and a RSSI circuit that provides a conduction path between the input and a ground when the RSSI circuit detects a blocker signal.
US09392545B2
Some embodiments herein include at least one of systems, methods, and devices for power-efficient data transfer between two communicating devices. The two devices establish two wireless links between each other; the first link using a low-power/low-throughput protocol and utilized to maintain a second link, the second link using a high-power/high-throughput protocol. When first device data is available for transmission, the first device instructs the second device via the first link to switch to the second link for data reception. The first device then transmits data to the second device via the second link. When the transmission is complete, both devices switch back to using the first link to maintain their connection to each other. In some embodiments, the first device may be a Human Interface device and the second device may be a Bluetooth controller of a computing device.
US09392542B2
A method for reducing consumption of battery power of User Equipment (UE) during inter-frequency cell detection in a Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) is provided. The method includes receiving an indication from a serving cell operating on a first frequency layer about presence of a beacon signal transmission on the first frequency layer from a non-serving cell, an actual data transmission and reception of the non-serving cell occurs on a second frequency layer, determining whether the indication satisfies at least one triggering condition to initiate signal scanning on the first frequency layer for identifying the beacon signal transmission from the non-serving cell, scanning, when the received indication satisfies the triggering condition, the first frequency layer for identifying any beacon signal, decoding the beacon signal from the non-serving cell, and receiving assistance information from the serving cell to facilitate identification of the non-serving cell transmitting the beacon signals on the first frequency layer.
US09392541B2
Provided are a method and device for M2M (Machine To Machine) communication. A M2M device receives a DSA (dynamic service addition) message from a base station, and the DSA message includes an MGID (M2M Group identifier) related to an M2M multicast service. The M2M device receives a paging advertisement (PAG-ADV) message from the base station in an idle mode, and the PAG-ADV message includes the MGID and an action code directing a location update performance. The M2M device transmits a ranging request (RNG-REQ) from the base station to perform a location update.
US09392536B2
Described herein are methods performed by user equipment (“UE”) for carrier aggregation deployment and organization in unlicensed bands. The method includes initiating a cell selection process with a target cell, wherein the target cell sends a plurality of information blocks, receiving a first information block, prior to reading a second information block, determining whether the target cell is suitable for the UE to camp on based on the first information block, and terminating the cell selection process when the target cell is determined to be unsuitable for camping based on the first information block. The terminating may include comparing data from the first information block to data stored in a database. The method further includes determining whether the UE is in a stationary state or is in a state of motion, and using this information to improve cell selection delay on target cell.
US09392534B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: identifying, by an ANDSF server, a location associated with a UE in communication with the ANDSF server via an S14 session over a first access network; determining a plurality of access points for use by the UE to utilize at least one access network other than the first access network; calculating a first score for a first access point; calculating a second score for a second access point; generating a policy identifying the first access point associated with a first priority and the second access point associated with a second priority, wherein the first priority is set higher than the second priority based on a comparison of the first score to the second score; and transmitting the policy to the UE.
US09392521B2
A method for a mobile location center (MLC) to determine a location of a mobile device in a wireless communication network includes receiving a request to determine the location of the mobile device; concurrently requesting global navigation satellite system (GNSS) measurements from the mobile device and terrestrial measurements from transceivers in the wireless communication network, and receiving the GNSS measurements and at least one of the terrestrial measurements. A GNSS location of the mobile device is calculated as a function of the GNSS measurements, and the calculated GNSS location is determined to be the location of the mobile device when the calculated GNSS location meets a predetermined accuracy threshold. A terrestrial location of the mobile device is calculated as a function of the terrestrial measurements, and the calculated terrestrial location is determined to be the location of the mobile device when the calculated terrestrial location meets the predetermined accuracy threshold.
US09392520B2
The present invention is designed to transmit and receive reference signals adequately even when the abundance ratio of reference signals in a predetermined period is increased. The present invention provides a base station apparatus that transmits CSI-RSs to the first mobile terminal apparatus which can receive CSI-RSs and to a second mobile terminal apparatus which can receive CSI-RSs that are set in a predetermined period at a lower abundance ratio than the first mobile terminal apparatus, and this base station apparatus allocates CSI-RSs to CSI-RS resource which can be muted at an abundance ratio which allows the first mobile terminal apparatus reception, reports the resources where CSI-RSs are allocated to the first mobile terminal apparatus, and, upon reporting the resources where CSI-RSs are allocated to the second mobile terminal apparatus, reports part of the resources as muted resources.
US09392518B1
A method and system for controlling a circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) process is disclosed. A first wireless network serving a wireless communication device (WCD) receives from an interworking server an indication of an incoming call that the WCD can receive via a second wireless network. The first wireless network sends the interworking server an indication of a location related to the WCD. The interworking server determines a load level of the second wireless network in an area proximate the indicated location. The interworking server selects a control message based on the load level and sends the selected control message to the first wireless network. The first wireless network determines whether to transition the WCD to the second wireless network to receive the incoming call based on the selected control message from the interworking server.
US09392516B2
A handover method and apparatus for facilitating a handover of a user equipment to a femto cell in a wireless communication system supporting both the femto and macro cells. When a handover condition is detected, the user equipment acquires identity information of a target femto cell base station from system information transmitted by the target femto cell base station, decides whether to handover to the target femto cell base station, based on the identity information; and transmits a measurement report message including the identity information to a serving base station of the user equipment, when the handover is to be made.
US09392514B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for managing mobility in a multi-radio device are provided. One example method generally includes detecting that a first channel is not usable for communicating via a first radio access technology (RAT); receiving a message to redirect from a second channel to the first channel; determining the first channel is in a set of one or more blocked channels not usable for the first RAT; and in response to the determination, taking one or more actions. Another example method generally includes detecting that a first channel is not usable for communicating via a first RAT and providing an indication to a network that a user equipment (UE) no longer supports the first channel.
US09392504B2
A delta configuration is transmitted to a UE requesting a handover wherein the delta configuration details changes that are required for the current UE configuration in order to execute the handover. The handover is initiated via a measurement report transmitted to a currently serving source eNode B from the UE. The measurement report can comprise one or more of current radio conditions, current UE configuration or a preferred target eNode B if the handover is a inter eNode B handover. In a inter eNB handover, the current UE configuration is forwarded to the preferred target eNode B by the source eNode B. The target eNode B generates the delta configuration and transmits it to the source eNode B in a transparent container which is subsequently forwarded to the UE.
US09392503B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).
US09392495B2
A method and apparatus for performing Inter-User Equipment Transfer (IUT) across any internet protocol (IP) based network. This framework allows for preparation, execution and completion of data transfer at a target device through registration with a Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) and receipt of an IUT request. The target device receives and stores an IP address or a source device. The IP address is used to transmit session information.
US09392494B2
A method of operation of a mobile device to reduce link setup time includes initiating a link setup procedure with a first access point. The link setup procedure includes receiving dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) information via the first access point. The method further includes communicating with the first access point using the DHCP information and initiating communication with a second access point after communicating with the first access point. The method further includes receiving an indication from the second access point identifying whether the mobile device is able to communicate with the second access point using the DHCP information. A value of the indication identifies whether the mobile device is able to reduce link setup time with the second access point by avoiding DHCP reconfiguration with the second access point.
US09392486B2
A communication apparatus for inter-vehicular communication according to the present invention includes: a network state estimating unit configured to estimate network state information indicating a current network state based on driving information and channel state information of neighboring vehicles; a network access controller configured to control whether to transmit a message based on the network state information; a transmission scheduler configured to control a transmission time point of the message based on the network state information; and a transmission buffer unit configured to delay transmission of the message according to the control of the transmission time point of the transmission scheduler.
US09392483B2
A system may include a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway. The M2M gateway may receive M2M information associated with an M2M application. The M2M gateway may mark the M2M information to create marked information. The marked information may be created to allow the marked information to be identified as M2M information. The M2M gateway may provide the marked information. The marked information may be provided via a wired common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a base station to permit the base station to identify the marked information as M2M information and provide the marked information to a management device based on identifying the marked information as M2M information.
US09392481B2
Embodiments are provided herein for enabling buffer status reporting for Multi-stream aggregation (MSA) in wireless networks. In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) receives from a network, a configuration regarding one of enabling and disabling cross-node buffer status reporting. The UE further receives a first uplink grant from a first network node, and obtains a buffer status intended for a second network node. Upon enabling cross-node buffer status reporting according to the configuration, the UE transmits, in the first uplink grant to the first network node, the buffer status intended for the second network node. The first network node receives, from the UE, the buffer status intended for the second network node, and determines whether to forward the buffer status to the second network node according to the configuration regarding buffer status forwarding previously received at the first network node.
US09392479B2
A method for detecting passive intermodulation (PIM) using a PIM analyzing device is provided. The PIM analyzing device transmits two signals comprising first and second signals over a signal transmission medium. The PIM analyzing device receives reflected signals associated with the transmitted signals. The PIM analyzing device determines whether the frequencies of the received signals correspond to the calculated PIM signal frequencies.
US09392474B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for determining a metric of radio frequency channel quality for idle channels are disclosed. One method includes receiving a plurality of reference symbols transmitted by a transmitter for an idle channel state when user data and control channel data are not transmitted over the radio frequency channel. The method further includes computing a metric of channel quality using at least one of the reference symbols.
US09392467B2
A method and apparatus for providing planning of a plurality of base station controllers in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains input data, and determines a limit for at least one base station controller parameter in accordance with the input data. The method determines if the limit for the at least one base station controller parameter is exceeded and determines an optimal output for an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors, if the limit for the at least one base station controller parameter is exceeded.
US09392466B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a system and methods for determining a minimum number of communication nodes to substantially cover a particular geographical area and for optimizing an extension of an optical network to provide service to the communication nodes. In one implementation, at least one parameter for one or more forces configured to control interactions of a plurality of nodes is received. Each of the nodes has a node range corresponding to an effective operational limit of the node. Boundary information defining a geographical area to which coverage by a network may be provided is received. The one or more forces are simulated to distribute the plurality of nodes. The simulation of the one or more forces causes the plurality of nodes to become positioned in an overall layout such that the defined geographical area is substantially covered by the node ranges.
US09392463B2
The inventive subject matter of the present disclosure provides a system and method for detecting anomalies in a handheld device based on a plurality of parameters that indicate current phone usage context, mobility pattern, or behavior of a handheld device. Anomalies in handheld devices can be a result of, but not limited to, lost or stolen phone, loss of information/data, change in calls being made, change in user mood, change in browsing pattern, sudden change in user location, or other such conditions. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes detecting anomalies in a handheld device, specifically, detecting whether a phone has been lost or stolen, by considering one or more parameters of the handheld device that are indicative of current phone usage context, mobility pattern, or behavior of a handheld device.
US09392458B2
Techniques for proving enterprise mode security for relays are disclosed. For example, enterprise mode security based on IEEE 802.1x is provided for relays or other similar devices to extend the coverage of access point hotspots or other similar access point use cases. According to one aspect, a relay incorporates an authentication client associated with an authentication server. According to another aspect, a four address format is employed for tunneling messages via a relay between a station and an access point. According to another aspect, a cryptographic master key associated with an access point and a station is provided to a relay to enable the relay to be an authenticator for the station.
US09392453B2
The present invention relates to at least a method of authenticating a user in a communication network including contacting an authentication entity in a first authentication of a user seeking access to the communication network; supplying to the user first information, the first information being generated based on privacy information of the user and shared information, the shared information being shared among all access nodes of a group of access nodes, the group of access nodes including at least a first access node and a second access node, and verifying the privacy information in a second authentication of the user by applying the shared information to the first information. The present invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus.
US09392433B2
A method of device discovery for a first communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises connecting to a network of the wireless communication system, sending a discovery request to the network, receiving an allocated resource corresponding to the discovery request from the network, and sending a discovery signal on the allocated resource, whereby a second communication device of the wireless communication system interested in discovery monitors the allocated resource for receiving the discovery signal.
US09392432B2
A description of an interface and a system/method is provided to combine frequency, time and power domain resource partitioning between neighbor small cells whereby these cells can execute the resource partitioning, without resorting to a centralized management system, simply by periodically sharing topology-related and interference related information with one another. Such a scheme allows resource partitioning to be executed in real-time as more small cells are deployed into the network.
US09392428B2
A mobile telephone includes a reminder controller. A reminder can be entered either using the phone or using a remote terminal. Each reminder is associated with an event being the start of a particular application, or an event being an identifier in a software application becoming a preset value. The phone operates to detect an application start event, following which it is determined whether a parameter associated with the reminder matches a parameter associated with the application, and announces the reminder as appropriate. In this way, enhanced functionality is provided with the phone, since it is possible to set a reminder to be associated with an event other than the reaching of a particular time and date.
US09392425B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of a mobile management entity for providing SMS services for a packet switching-only subscription in an LTE mobile communication network. Particularly, the method may include transmitting a short message to a user equipment and transmitting, to a subscription information server, information indicating the user equipment is not reachable if the transmission of the short message fails.
US09392420B2
A system and method for enhanced support for handling of Closed Subscriber Groups (CSGs) and sharing of Radio Access Network (RAN) for home base stations and other small cells. An enhanced System Information (SI) structure indicates multiple CSG IDs and CSG Indications, thereby making it possible to support different CSG IDs and CSG Indications for every Public Land Mobile Network Identity (PLMN-ID) and also to support a PLMN-ID with multiple associated CSG IDs and CSG Indications. The enhanced SI makes it possible to have different CSG IDs for different operators, to have multiple CSG IDs for one operator (i.e., a single PLMN), and to selectively use the CSG concept for some PLMNs (as given by their respective CSG Indications), but not for all. A network of base stations (e.g., a RAN) thus can be effectively shared by multiple operators, leading to better cellular coverage, peak rates, and capacity.
US09392418B2
A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.
US09392412B2
Method of determining user's life change based on behavioral abnormality starts with processor receiving first location data and first proximity information from first mobile device. First proximity information includes identification of mobile devices within proximity sensitivity radius of first mobile device. Processor determines whether first location data and first proximity information are included in historical location data and historical proximity information, respectively, associated with first mobile device. When first location data and first proximity information is not included, processor determines whether subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from first mobile device over predetermined time period is included. Processor signals to monitor life change of user of first mobile device when subsequent location data and subsequent proximity information received from first mobile device over predetermined time period is not included in historical location data and historical proximity information, respectively, associated with first mobile device. Other embodiments are described.
US09392408B2
Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information which is transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, or is in process at, a mobile data processing system, is used to trigger processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs.
US09392406B2
Method and system for monitoring location of a mobile device relative to a region of interest includes defining a geographic region of interest, receiving a request to obtain notification when the mobile device leaves from, is present in or enters into the region of interest, determining when the mobile device leaves, is present in or enters into the region of interest, and automatically generating a notification signal upon departure of the mobile device from, presence of the mobile device in or entry of the mobile device into the region of interest without manual intervention by a user of the mobile device. It is therefore possible to monitor the departure of a mobile device, and thus presumably the user thereof, from one or more defined regions, the presence of the person in one or more defined regions, and also the entry of the person into one or more defined regions.
US09392404B2
In a tracking device 10, a crescent-shaped PCB 12 partially encircles a battery 15 to minimize thickness of the device 10. A speaker 23 and an LED 24 emit alerts upon command of a control apparatus 37 or in response to motion or temperature sensed by sensor 25. A local network 40 has one hub 41 to tracking devices 33 and a wider area network 45 has multiple hubs for more detailed tracking of devices 33. A wide area network 50 tracks devices anywhere and stores data of each tracking device including its last known position and its sensor data.
US09392402B1
A method, system, and medium are provided for determining the geographic location associated with events depicted in media. The geographic locations can be provided by creators of the media, or by users who view the media. The geographic locations can then be stored in a database on a server. A determination can be made as to whether the geographic locations are within a predefined distance of the geographic location of a wireless device. A set of events located within the predefined distance can be presented to a user of the wireless device.
US09392398B2
In order to establish a connection between electronic devices, after receiving an advertising packet from another electronic device, an electronic device compares a performance metric associated with the communication with the other electronic device with a threshold value. Based on the comparison, the electronic device provides pairing-intent information specifying a pairing intent for the electronic device and the other electronic device for presentation by the other electronic device. Moreover, after receiving additional pairing-intent information specifying the pairing intent from the other electronic device, the electronic device establishes the connection with the other electronic device when the additional pairing-intent information matches the pairing-intent information. For example, the pairing intent may include a gesture and/or a sequence of one or more characters, and the additional pairing-intent information may include: the sequence of one or more characters; accelerometer data corresponding to the gesture; and/or user-interface data corresponding to the gesture.
US09392397B2
An application device exchanges application data via a cellular radio communication network with an application server. The application device has a memory providing write access for a control entity associated with the network. The application device receives an information element from a network management node operated by the control entity. The information element is indicative of regulation information that defines at least one time span or point in time that can be used for transmission of application exchange data between the application device and the application server. The application device receives an instruction from the network management node to store the regulation information in the device memory, and stores the regulation information. The application device subsequently initiates transmission of the application exchange data between the application device and the application server only at an allowed time that is in accordance with the stored regulation information.
US09392396B2
The present invention relates to a method for enabling a MTC (machine type communication) IWF (interworking function) to perform a trigger request in a wireless communication system. The method includes transferring, to a first serving node, the trigger request and information related to retrying the trigger request which includes information on whether to retry if the transferring of the trigger request fails, wherein if the information on whether to retry indicates retrying, the retrying of the trigger request is assigned to the first serving node.
US09392395B1
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods and systems for activating and/or customizing a mobile device. A mobile device may comprise a brand configuration system operable to monitor activity on the device, analyze the monitored activity, build a queue of probable brand-specific data based on the analysis, and download the queued data from a brand configuration server. In some embodiments, a brand configuration process may be completed in the background on a device while an activation process is being completed in the foreground of the device.
US09392392B2
Methods for provisioning wireline or wireless services and goods to at least one prepaid or postpaid customer in a communications network are provided. In one such method, a request is received for at least one service or good from a prepaid customer and it is determined based upon the request if sufficient funds are available to pay for the requested service and, if not, a warning message is sent to the customer. If funds are available a payment for the requested service or good is deducted from the customer's account, the account balance is updated, and an authorization is sent to the service node that facilitates the requested service or good. Upon receipt of the authorization, the service node is permitted to access the requested service or good in accordance with a parameter. Other similar methods are provided for postpaid customers.
US09392390B2
A method of applying a combined control strategy for the reproduction of multichannel audio signals in two or more sound zones, the method comprising deriving a first cost function for controlling the acoustic potential energy, such as on the basis of the Acoustic Contrast Control method and/or the Energy Difference Maximation method, in the zones to obtain acoustic separation between the zones in terms of sound pressure, deriving a second cost function, such as the Pressure Matching method, controlling the phase of the sound provided in the zones, and where a weight is obtained for determining a combination of the first and second cost functions in a combined optimization.
US09392388B2
Provided is a noise identifying apparatus and noise identifying method, allowing automatic identification of whether or not a measured noise has been influenced by a non-object noise, using a simple system.Apparatus includes a sound detection unit, including plural microphones and/or particle velocity sensors; a sound source direction specifying unit, specifying an instantaneous direction of a sound source for each unit time, on the result of detection by the sound detection unit; a variation degree calculating unit, calculating a variation degree of the plural instantaneous directions specified by the sound source direction specifying unit for a prescribed period set longer than the unit time; and a non-object noise determining unit, determining the existence/absence of a non-object noise having influenced the measurement of an object noise taken as an object to be measured, coming from a noise source, on the variation degree calculated by the variation degree calculating unit.
US09392386B2
Systems are described for managing audio in a public addressing (PA) system, the system comprising a host configured to generate an adjustment request; and a client configured to establish a session with a personal communication device (PCD); receive a first audio sample from the PCD; transmit the first audio sample to the PA system; receive the adjustment request from the host; receive a second audio sample from the PCD; and adjust the second audio sample in response to the adjustment request.
US09392382B2
An implantable magnetic transducer arrangement is described for a hearing implant in a recipient patient. An implant housing hermetically encapsulates an interior housing volume and is fixedly attached to skull bone beneath the skin of the patient. A magnetic transducer is located within the housing volume and includes multiple permanent magnets wherein adjacent magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and one or more suspension elements that resiliently couple adjacent magnets to allow their relative movement. The magnetic transducer forms a coupled oscillating system with an external magnetic drive component above the skin of the patient to develop a mechanical stimulation signal to the implant housing for delivery by bone conduction of the skull bone as an audio signal to the cochlea of the patient.
US09392379B2
Method and apparatus for entrainment containment in digital filters using output phase modulation. Phase change is gradually introduced into the acoustic feedback canceller loop to avoid entrainment of the feedback canceller filter. Various embodiments employing different output phase modulation approaches are set forth and time and frequency domain examples are provided. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents.
US09392375B2
The problem is to reduce variations of sound pressure in the sound pressure frequency characteristics. To solve the problem, an acoustic generator includes a film that is a supporting plate; a frame member that is provided on the outer circumference of the film; a piezoelectric element that is provided on the film within a frame of the frame member; and a resin layer that is provided on the film within the frame of the frame member, and the resin layer including an air bubble. By the air bubble, a decrease in the sound pressure is prevented, peaks and dips in the frequency characteristics of sound pressure are reduced, and high-quality sounds are generated.
US09392369B2
A speaker includes a basket, a membrane system with a sandwich-like membrane that becomes thicker from the outside inwards, an oscillation coil mounted in the center and at the level of the membrane on a support. A first centering centers the membrane in the basket in a first plane, and a second centering connected with the support centers the membrane in a second plane via the support. A symmetrically designed stray field magnet system with two magnets with opposingly-oriented poles and a pole plate are centrally placed between the magnets. The stray field magnet system centrally penetrates the membrane, the oscillation coil is at the level of the pole plate in its non-deployed state, and the stray field magnet system is situated in centered fashion to the basket. A centered lip forms a closed and flexible connection between the stray field magnet system and the membrane system.
US09392365B1
Features are disclosed for performing noise compensation so a level of noise may be audible in an output signal. For example, a first noise level of a first signal can be estimated. The first signal can be processed (e.g., by residual echo suppression) to determine a second signal, and a second noise level of the second signal can be estimated. Residual echo suppression can sometimes cause background noise to be eliminated, causing silence. If the second noise level is less than a product of the first noise level and a noise threshold, then a noise signal based on the first noise level can be determined, wherein the noise level of the noise signal is configured to be above a hearing threshold. The noise signal can be combined with the second signal to generate an output signal.
US09392364B1
A processing circuit may implement an adaptive filter having a response that generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal, one or more filters for modeling an electro-acoustic path of the anti-noise signal from a location of an error microphone to an eardrum of a listener and having a response that generates a filtered reference microphone signal from the reference microphone signal, one or more filters for modeling an acoustic path of ambient audio sounds from the location of the error microphone to the eardrum and having a response that generates a synthesized playback corrected error signal based on the error microphone signal, wherein the synthesized playback corrected error signal is indicative of ambient audio sounds present at the eardrum, and a coefficient control block that shapes the response of the adaptive filter in conformity with the filtered reference microphone signal and the synthesized playback corrected error signal by adapting the response of the adaptive filter to minimize the ambient audio sounds in the synthesized playback corrected error signal.
US09392357B2
A loudspeaker system for the optimization of sound production so as to achieve limbic and cortical arousal, comprising a resistance-controlled (or partially mass-controlled) woofer system, a mass-controlled (or partially resistance-controlled) midrange system, and a resistance-controlled tweeter system. This system may further comprise crossover networks of a particular configuration. By use of unsymmetrical networks of low order, it is possible to obtain a complete system which exhibits flat delay response.
US09392353B2
Methods and apparatuses for headsets are disclosed. In one example, a headset includes a processor, a communications interface, a user interface, and a speaker. The headset includes a microphone array including two or more microphones arranged to detect sound and output two or more microphone output signals. The headset further includes a memory storing an application executable by the processor configured to operate the headset in a first mode utilizing a first set of signal processing parameters to process the two or more microphone output signals and operate the headset in a second mode utilizing a second set of signal processing parameters to process the two or more microphone output signals.
US09392352B2
A wearable apparatus comprising a body attachment portion configured to attach to a wearer's body part. The wearable apparatus comprises an ear device connected to the body attachment portion by an ear device connection member. In some examples, the apparatus comprises a storage element, configured to store and retain the ear device with the apparatus. In some examples, the body attachment portion is reconfigurable between a first configuration for attachment at a first body part and a second configuration for attachment at a second body part.
US09392349B2
A retractable storage system for a handheld electronic device includes a protective housing member, at least one cable with a plug head and an end piece, and at least one retractable mechanism to retract and store the cable. The retractable mechanism has a groove track system to control a rotational movement of the retractable mechanism. The groove track system has a groove track component to enable and disable the rotational movement of the retractable mechanism.
US09392347B1
We disclose a signal-routing method directed at improving the throughput of an optical network by taking into account the fiber nonlinearity in the process of solving a joint signal-routing and power-control problem for the optical network. Based on the obtained solution, a network controller may set the signal-routing configurations of the various network nodes and the optical gains of the various optical amplifiers to enable the optical network to carry the traffic in a manner that results in a higher throughput than that achievable with the use of conventional signal-routing and/or power-control methods.
US09392344B2
The invention is directed to marking audio/video (A/V) signals for use in tracing content to a source. An ID controller captures an A/V synchronization fingerprint from a master A/V signal, stores the fingerprint in a data store, and provides signals to an ID encoder to have encoded an identifier into a copy of the master A/V signal. The identifier is encoded to be persistent through actions such as capture, compression, and/or transcoding. In one embodiment, the identifier is encoded as a bit sequence, where each bit is encoded using an encoding technique that is hereinafter called a Mississippi encoding technique. The encoded identifier within the copied A/V signal may later be determined by extracting the fingerprint and comparing it to the stored fingerprint to determine the identifier. The identifier may then be used to trace a source of the copied A/V signal.
US09392340B2
After the calling of the playback action of the first resource, the control device calls a multiple resource prefetch action including a plurality of prefetch resource identifiers for a plurality of prefetch resources. The media renderer prefetches the plurality of prefetch resources from the media server on the basis of the plurality of prefetch resource identifiers. The control device calls a playback action of a second resource corresponding to one of the plurality of prefetch resources. The media renderer provides seamless transition between the first resource and the second resource.
US09392337B2
Systems and methods are used for receiving a video request from a user equipment for video to be downloaded; determining a link bandwidth status associated with the user equipment; in response to the link bandwidth status associated with the user equipment, determining whether to implement one or more additional processing functions associated with the video delivery; during the video delivery, repeating the determining such that the one or more additional processing functions associated with the video delivery can be implemented or not implemented at different times during the video delivery. These processing functions can include transrating, HTTP optimization, TCP optimization, and video pacing.
US09392335B2
An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are provided for generating one or more segments associated with content. The segments may include fragments that may correspond to portions of the content. The segments and/or the fragments may be included in a playlist, and may be based at least in part on a user selection.
US09392321B2
The present invention is intended to permit both real-time display of a picture represented by a non-compressed video signal on a television and display of a picture represented by a compressed video signal at any desired time by simultaneously transmitting the compressed video signal and non-compressed video signal via one interface. An STB packetizes a compressed video signal, and multiplexes the compressed video signal and a blanking signal combined with a non-compressed video signal. Thus, both the video signals are transmitted simultaneously. A picture represented by the non-compressed video signal is displayed on a television in real time. The compressed video signal is stored in a storage medium incorporated in the television, read at any user's desired time, and decoded so that a picture represented by the compressed video signal can be viewed at the user's desired time.
US09392320B1
A peripheral device includes a user interface and a battery. The peripheral device: accepts inputs from a user via the user interface; responsive to the inputs, and communicates with a base device by way of a wireless communication link. During intervals between the inputs, responsive to one or both of a usage characteristic of the user and an operational mode of the base device, the peripheral device adaptively manages power draw from the battery by switching between a normal mode and a power saving mode.
US09392319B2
Systems and method are disclosed for performing profiling on a secure device. In embodiments, a plurality of counters are established. Each counter may be related to a different type of message. When the secure device receives and/or processes a message, it determines the type of message and adjusts a counter related to the determined message type. A ratio may be computed between the different counters. When the ratio deviates from a threshold, the secure device may be performing illegitimate operations, and one or more countermeasures are deployed against the illegitimate secure device.
US09392312B1
A user of a content sharing platform is identified and one or more recommended channels of the content sharing platform are identified for the user. The user is temporarily subscribed to the one or more recommended channels and media items from the one or more recommended channels are provided to the user. The user is unsubscribed from the recommended channel or the temporary subscription to the channel is changed to a normal subscription based on user input, whether the user is presented with media items from the recommended channel, and/or whether the user has viewed media items from the recommended channel.
US09392310B2
A computer-implemented method for collecting and managing TV viewership data from multiple TV metering data providers is disclosed. The method includes: receiving an event log file at a distributed computer system that includes multiple computers; dynamically selecting one or more computers according to a predefined sharding function; at each of the selected computers: allocating a set of compressed event records, which corresponds to a subset of the event log file, at predetermined locations within the memory of the computer; and in accordance with a predefined schedule, replicating the compressed event records from a respective one of the selected computers to one or more other computers of the distributed system such that there are at least two replicas of any event record on at least two computers of the distributed computer system.
US09392304B2
In one embodiment, a method includes encoding a media file using a variable bitrate encoding algorithm based on a plurality of bitrate ranges to generate a set of encoded segments. For each bitrate range, an encoded segment for each segment of the media file is determined from the set of encoded segments based on a quality level of the encoded segment and each bitrate range. The method then identifies a playlist for each bitrate range including the encoded segment for each segment of the media file that was determined for each bitrate range. At least one playlist includes an encoded segment that was generated based on another bitrate range using the variable bitrate encoding algorithm.
US09392303B2
A system and method for combining multiple video bit streams on a server using low latency encoding and stream them to a user based on user input over the network. Each frame of the resulting single video stream can include anything from a single video window at full size to multiple video windows at a variety of sizes. This allows apparently instantaneous video switching by the user without the buffering start-up delay normally suffered by a user when a new video stream is selected. User browsing can be done by scrolling through smaller scale thumbnail videos and zooming of one or more of the videos. The user can also browse video based on geospatial context.
US09392296B2
The present invention aims to overcome drawbacks of conventional content tracing methods requiring re-processing the content before its broadcast with a significant side channel transmission i.e. extra processing, storage and/or bandwidth at the distribution side, or alternately a complex signal processing implementation at the receiver side that has to be protected against hackers attacks. An efficient system and method consists of tracing and uniquely identifying decoders of a video stream wherein the decoders implement at least one variant of a standard image decompression algorithm and wherein the resulting decompressed image approximation varies according to the decoders' identifier.
US09392294B2
Color image data is compressed by determining the number of colors within a cell of an input image, each cell comprising an N×M array of pixels; in response to determining that the number of colors is greater than a first predetermined threshold, compress the cell using lossy compression; and in response to determining that the number of colors is less than the first predetermined threshold, reduce the number of colors.
US09392288B2
Scatter-based scan tables are used to encode and decode video streams. Scatter scan patterns transform coefficients between positions within a 2D array representing a block of a frame and positions within a 1D array for further encoding. By calculating a probability of whether a transform coefficient at a given position in a 2D array is non-zero, a scan order of the 2D array may be defined by a 1D array that groups the values most likely to be zero at the end of the 1D array for removal from a subsequent encoding process. This can reduce the amount of data in an encoded video stream. A decoder can use the same scatter scan pattern to rearrange a sequence of encoded transform coefficients in a 1D array into a 2D array for further decoding of an encoded block.
US09392283B2
A method of decoding an image includes obtaining information that indicates an intra prediction mode of a current block to be decoded, from a bitstream, the intra prediction mode indicating a particular direction among a plurality of directions, the particular direction being indicated by one of dx number of pixels in a horizontal direction and a fixed number of pixels in a vertical direction, and dy number of pixels in the vertical direction and a fixed number of pixels in the horizontal direction and obtaining a number of neighboring pixels located on one side among a left side of the current block and an upper side of the current block according to a position of a current pixel (j,i) and the particular direction (dx or dy) indicated by the intra prediction mode, when the number of the neighboring pixels is 1, obtaining a prediction value of the current pixel based on the neighboring pixel, and when the number of the neighboring pixels is 2, obtaining the prediction value of the current pixel based on a weighted average of the neighboring pixels.
US09392282B2
According to one embodiment, an encoding apparatus includes a prediction unit, a classifying unit, a first transformer, a second transformer, an order controller, and an entropy coder. The prediction unit obtains a predictive residual signal to be encoded, by using a mode selected from intra-prediction modes. The first transformer obtains first transformation coefficients by subjecting the signal to an orthogonal transformation by use of a first transformation basis if the selected mode is classified into a mode having a prediction direction. The first transformation basis is preset so that a coefficient density after the orthogonal transformation is higher than a coefficient density.
US09392281B2
A digital television (DTV) transmitting system includes a first frame decoder, a second frame decoder, and a frame multiplexer. The first frame decoder forms first enhanced data frames, encodes each data frame for error correction, forms a first super frame by combining the encoded first frames, and interleaves the first super frame. The second frame decoder forms second enhanced data frames, encodes each data frame for error correction, forms a second super frame by combining the encoded second frames, and interleaves the second super frame. The frame multiplexer multiplexes the interleaved first and second enhanced data frames.
US09392280B1
A current block and a reference frame used to compress the current block are selected from a bitstream. The reference frame has an alternate reference block created by obtaining a preliminary alternate reference block for the current block, obtaining a predictor block that is generated based on a frame other than the current frame, and creating the alternate reference block when the difference between the two predictors is less than a threshold. The alternate reference block is created by using certain blocks from the sequence of frames that are more different from the preliminary alternate reference block than other non-selected blocks. The current block is decoded using the alternate reference block. In this way, a predictor block that is different from a golden frame predictor is made available when an existing alternate reference block is too similar to the golden frame predictor to be useful.
US09392271B2
A quantizer and dequantizer for use in a video coding system that applies non linear, piece-wise linear scaling functions to video information signals based on a value of a variable quantization parameter. The quantizer and dequantizer apply different non linear, piece-wise linear scaling functions to a DC luminance signal, a DC chrominance signal and an AC chrominance signal. A code for reporting updates of the value of the quantization parameter is interpreted to require larger changes when the quantization parameter initially is large and smaller changes when the quantization parameter initially is small.
US09392269B2
The present invention relates to an image processing device and method whereby deterioration of effects of filter processing due to local control of filter processing when encoding or decoding can be suppressed.A boundary control flag generating unit of a control information generating unit generates boundary control flags based on system specification information which a system specification managing unit manages. A control unit of an adaptive filter processing unit determines a processing method for filter processing to be performed as to pixels nearby a slice boundary following the value of the boundary control flag. For example, selection is made to perform filter processing straddling slices or to perform filter processing closed at the present slice.The present invention can be applied to an image processing device, for example.
US09392268B2
Systems, methods, and devices for coding video data are described herein. In some aspects, a memory is configured to store the video data associated with a base layer and an enhancement layer. The base layer may comprise a reference block and base layer motion information associated with the reference block. The enhancement layer may comprise a current block. A processor operationally coupled to the memory is configured to determine a position of the base layer motion information in a candidate list based on a prediction mode in a plurality of prediction modes used at the enhancement layer. The processor is further configured to perform a prediction of the current block based at least in part on the candidate list.
US09392256B2
A method of generating a 3-dimensional (3D) image datastream is provided. The method includes generating an elementary stream including an encoded bit string of 3D image data; generating at least one packetized elementary stream by packetizing the elementary stream; generating at least one section including service related information of the 3D image data; inserting 3D image reproduction information for reproducing the 3D image data into a program guide information section from among the at least one section; generating at least one transport stream packet for each of the at least one section and the at least one packetized elementary stream; and generating a transport stream by multiplexing the at least one transport stream packet.
US09392254B2
A game sizing camera which obtains three-dimensional data of wild game. The three-dimensional data is used to directly compute useful dimensional measurements of the wild game. These dimensional measurements can then be overlaid on imagery of the wild game.
US09392243B2
Methods and systems for use in calibrating imaging data, are provided that include using a calibration array to generate a test pattern. The calibration array can emit a test pattern having geometric, temporal, and electromagnetic characteristics. The collected data can be compared with the geometric, temporal and electromagnetic characteristics to determine an error factor that can then be used in analyzing the collected data.
US09392242B2
An imaging apparatus configured to perform white balance correction on an image captured with flash emission includes an object region specifying unit configured to specify an object region irradiated with flash by the flash emission, a first white balance coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a first white balance coefficient based on a light amount of flash for the object region specified by the object region specifying unit and a light amount of external light, an object distance calculation unit configured to calculate an object distance when imaging with the flash emission includes underwater photography, and a second white balance coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a second white balance coefficient from the first white balance coefficient and the object distance calculated by the object distance calculation unit when the object distance calculated by the object distance calculation unit is equal to or less than a predetermined distance.
US09392239B2
In a multi-screen display apparatus according to the present invention, a master image display apparatus acquires determination results obtained by an input detector and acquires a video signal of which channel is selected by a selector from each of a plurality of image display apparatuses including the master image display apparatus. In a case where the selector of any of the image display apparatuses selects a video signal of a channel that is not input to the video receiver, the master image display apparatus controls the selector of the image display apparatus to select a video signal of another channel that is input to the video receiver and controls the selector of at least one of the others of the image display apparatuses to select a video signal of the other channel.
US09392233B2
Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.
US09392232B1
A system for verification of video clips, including a media player connected via a network to a media server, the media player receives a compressed video clip from the media server; a display monitor powered connected to a video player for receiving a decompressed video clip; a current sensor coupled the display monitor for measuring current consumption of the display monitor while the video clip is played; a DSP module for receiving current consumption measurement and generating a fingerprint of the clip; network storage storing log files; local storage coupled to the media player and storing known fingerprints reflecting current consumption corresponding to video clips. The DSP module sends the fingerprint to the media server; the media server stores the fingerprint in a log file on the network storage for verification of subsequent reproduction of the clip on the display monitor.
US09392228B2
Systems and methods are provided for obtaining look-ahead segments for a streaming media item during playback such that the viewer can easily skip to the look-ahead segments without experiencing any substantial interruption or delay in playback. In general, a streaming media source begins streaming a media item to a streaming media client for playback. In one embodiment, the streaming media client selects one or more segments of the media item as one or more look-ahead segments to prefetch from the streaming media source. Then, while the media item is being streamed to the streaming media client for playback, the streaming media client prefetches the one or more look-ahead segments of the media item from the streaming media source. The look-ahead segments are thereafter utilized to enable the viewer to skip ahead in playback without experiencing a substantial interruption or delay in playback.
US09392220B2
A communication device (12), computer readable medium and method for synchronizing video data with audio data received by a communication device, the video data including a plurality of segments of video data and the audio data including a plurality of segments of audio data. The method includes receiving a first segment of audio data at the communication device (12); receiving a first segment of video data at the communication device, at the same time or later in time than the first segment of audio data, the first segment of video data being logically related to the first segment of audio data; and applying a synchronization mechanism between the first segment of audio data and the first segment of video data based on a predetermined indicator.
US09392219B2
According to an example, a display-camera system includes a transparent display panel and a transparent backlight panel. Light sources emit light into the edge of the transparent backlight panel. A first polarizer, between the light sources and the edge of the transparent backlight panel, polarizes the light emitted from the light sources and the transparent backlight panel directs the polarized light towards the transparent display panel. A camera, adjacent a back surface of the transparent backlight panel captures an image of a scene through the transparent display panel and the transparent backlight panel.
US09392212B1
This disclosure describes a system configured to present primary and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content to a user. Primary virtual reality content may be displayed to a user, and, responsive to the user turning his view away from the primary virtual reality content, a sensory cue is provided to the user that indicates to the user that his view is no longer directed toward the primary virtual reality content, and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be displayed to the user. Primary virtual reality content may resume when the user returns his view to the primary virtual reality content. Primary virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's interaction with the secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content. Secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's progression through the primary virtual reality content, or interaction with the primary virtual reality content.
US09392209B1
In one general embodiment, a method includes, or a system has logic for, receiving a request to record a television program on a first output device; determining that recording the television program conflicts with a scheduled recording; and downloading the television program from a server in response to determining that the recording thereof conflicts with another scheduled recording. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
US09392205B2
A content providing method of an electronic apparatus communicably connected with an external apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving a command for transferring content to the external apparatus; checking whether the content includes information indicating that the content is transferable to the external apparatus, the information being set by determining, based on a meta data included in the content, whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; and transferring the content, based on the checked information, to the external apparatus.
US09392202B2
A scanning circuit includes a first shift register including a plurality of registers and being operable to specify a register where scanning is skipped among the plurality of registers, and a second shift register adapted to transmit skip information for specifying the register to be skipped.
US09392201B2
An imaging apparatus including a pixel, a current source, and a signal processing circuit. The pixel outputs signal charge, obtained by imaging, as a pixel signal. The current source is connected to a transmission path for the pixel signal and has a variable current. The signal processing circuit performs signal processing on a signal depending on an output signal to the transmission path and performs control so that a current of the current source is changed in accordance with the result of signal processing.
US09392197B2
Disclosed herein is a camera module capable of selectively using according to a mode by disposing an imaging sensor and a recognition sensor within a view angle of a lens, the camera module including: a sensor die including a silicon substrate and a sensor implemented on the silicon substrate; and a lens barrel hermetically holding the sensor die and including at least one lens, wherein the silicon substrate includes an imaging sensor and a recognition sensor implemented adjacent to each other so as to be included within a view angle of the lens.
US09392196B2
An image sensor frame rate can be increased by “interlaced” mode operation whereby only half the number of lines of an image is transported to the readout circuitry. This halves the integration time but also halves the resolution of the sensor. Accordingly, in one embodiment, an image sensor operated in an interlaced fashion is first exposed to a scene under a first form of illumination (e.g., narrowband illumination), and a first set of alternating (horizontal or vertical) lines constituting half of the pixels is read out of the array; the sensor is then exposed to the same scene under a second form of illumination (e.g., existing ambient illumination with the illumination source turned off), and a second set of alternating lines, representing the other half of the pixel array, is read out. The two images are compared and noise removed from the image obtained under narrowband illumination.
US09392194B2
An image sensor of a camera system captures an image over an image capture interval of time, and waits a blanking interval of time before capturing an additional image. The captured image is provided to a frame controller, and is buffered until an image signal processor accesses the captured image. The image signal processor processes the accessed image over an image processing interval of time, producing a processed image. The image processing interval of time is selected to be greater than the image capture interval of time, but less than the sum of the image capture interval of time and the blanking interval of time. By reducing the image capture interval of time but maintaining an image processing interval of time, rolling shutter artifacts are beneficially reduced without increasing the processing resources or power required by the image signal processor to process the image.
US09392192B2
There is provided an image processing device including an extraction nit configured to extract an object from an image picked up by use of a certain imaging parameter, a ranging unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance between an image pickup unit that has picked up the image and the object that has been imaged, a communication unit having a first transmission function, a second transmission function, and a reception function, and a composition unit configured to combine the object candidate image received by the communication unit in a region of the object included in the second image.
US09392187B2
An image generating apparatus and method are provided. The image generating apparatus includes: a main lens; a microlens array configured to transmit light that is incident on and received from the main lens; an image sensor configured to sense the light received from the microlens array according to a direction; and a digital iris configured to selectively assign, according to the direction of the light, a weight to a light sensing value of the light that is sensed by the image sensor.
US09392183B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels; a first curtain that travels to block incidence of light on the imaging device; a second curtain that permits the incidence of light on the imaging device earlier than the traveling of the first curtain; a reset unit that sequentially reset-scans lines of the pixels earlier than the traveling of the first curtain; and an operation selecting unit that selects one of a mechanical shutter operation performed by the traveling of the first curtain and the second curtain and an electronic shutter operation performed by the first curtain and the reset unit depending on a slit width formed by the first curtain and the second curtain or a slit width formed by the first curtain and the reset-scanning of the reset unit.
US09392182B2
Provided is a raw data processing apparatus including a variable processing part that processes raw data with a predetermined variable value, the raw data being output from an imaging element, an exposure determination part that receives the raw data and determines a gain value of the imaging element based on a determination result obtained by determining an exposure which is set when the raw data is shot, an improvement amount table in which an improvement amount for the gain value of the imaging element is set, a gain modulation part that extracts the improvement amount from the improvement amount table and modulates the gain value of the imaging element, a development parameter setting part that sets a development parameter used for developing the raw data, and a development processing part that outputs image data which is developed from the raw data processed with a predetermined variable value.
US09392178B2
An electronic device (100) includes digital image sensors (106) to capture visual media (114), a display (102) to present a visual representation of existing organizational categories and the option to create a new category, and a touch controller (103) to identify haptic contact engagement, haptic contact location and haptic contact release on the display. A visual media capture controller (110) organizes visual media (114) captured by the digital image sensors (106) into new and existing categories by identifying a predetermined number of haptic signals of predetermined type (a “predetermined haptic signal pattern”), generating organizational information based upon information generated by the touch controller (103) regarding the predetermined haptic signal pattern, and recording the organizational information. An advantage of one or more aspects of the invention is that they enhance the ability of the user to use a visual media capture device for visual thinking, which differs qualitatively from uses of visual media capture devices served by current designs known in the art. Another advantage of one or more aspects of the invention is that they facilitate faster and simpler collection of organizational information from the user, on-the-fly, upon visual media capture than methods known in the art. A third advantage of one or more aspects of the invention is that they facilitate more precise organization based upon fleeting thoughts, ideas and emotions that exist at the time of capture allowing for creative and subjective expression.
US09392177B2
An image processing device of the present invention comprises a designation section for designating an adjustment amount using a first adjustment axis for carrying out first adjustment to adjust so as to displace white balance of image data in a hue direction that has been designated by the user, and a second adjustment axis for carrying out second adjustment to adjust saturation of the image data that has had white balance adjusted by the first adjustment axis, an image processing section for applying first image processing corresponding to the first adjustment to the image data, and applying second image processing corresponding to the second adjustment to the image data that has been subjected to the first image processing, wherein the image processing section changes the second image processing depending on the first image processing.
US09392168B2
A method for controlling a camera in a mobile device including a camera is provided. The method includes executing a first application related to the camera, turning the camera on in response to an execution of the first application, detecting a user's input related to a termination of the first application, determining whether the user's input is an Application (App) conversion event requesting an execution of a second application related to the camera, terminating the execution of the first application when the user's input is the App conversion event, and executing the second application, and terminating the execution of the first application when the user's input is not the App conversion event, and turning the camera off.
US09392157B2
An image pickup apparatus, which is mountable a lens apparatus thereon, obtains information of a mounted lens apparatus and if the lens apparatus is identified as the interchangeable lens which fails in firmware update based on the obtained information, controls to restrict an operation in which an interchangeable lens is used and to enable an operation which does not use the interchangeable lens.
US09392154B1
A camera assembly may include a printed circuit board (PCB), an image sensor carried by the PCB, and an electrically conductive layer carried by the PCB defining a ground plane. The camera assembly may also include a lens assembly, and a camera body that includes a dielectric layer and an electrically conductive layer thereon. The camera body may have a lens assembly opening aligned between the image sensor and the lens assembly and may also have a ground plane access opening therein aligned with the ground plane. The camera assembly may also include an electrically conductive material within the ground plane access opening coupling the electrically conductive layer to the ground plane.
US09392153B2
According to various embodiments, the system and method disclosed herein facilitate the design of plenoptic camera lens systems to enhance camera resolution. A first configuration for the plenoptic camera may first be selected, with a first plurality of variables that define attributes of the plenoptic camera. The attributes may include a main lens attribute of a main lens of the plenoptic camera and/or a phase mask attribute of a phase mask of the plenoptic camera. A merit function may be applied by simulating receipt of light through the main lens and the plurality of microlenses of the first configuration to calculate a first merit function value. The main lens attribute and/or the phase mask attribute may be iteratively perturbed, and the merit function may be re-applied. An optimal set of variables may be identified by comparing results of successive applications of the merit function.
US09392151B2
A device for preventing a camera from being stolen, which covers the lens module separation button of the camera body so as to prevent the lens module from being separated from the body without permission. If a thief attempts to steal the camera by separating the cover or a mounting unit, or cutting or separating a cable from an alarm, the theft-prevention device generates an alarm or a flickering light to deter thieves and to notify the owner of the camera. The device for preventing a camera from being stolen includes: a cover for covering a lens module separation button enabling a lens module to be separated from a camera body; a mounting unit for mounting the cover to the camera body; and a sensor provided in the mounting unit for sensing a separation of the mounting unit.
US09392145B2
A mechanism for facilitating dynamic phase detection with high jitter tolerance for images of media streams is described. In one embodiment, a method includes calculating stability optimization of an image of a media stream based on a plurality of pixels of two or more consecutive frames relating to a plurality of phases of the image, calculating sharpness optimization of the image, and selecting a best phase of the plurality of phases based on the stability and sharpness optimization of the image. The best phase may represent the image such that the image is displayed in a manner in accordance with human vision perceptions.
US09392139B2
A method designed to allow the printing of a matrix (MPC) of pixels, in N colours defining a colour coding system, on a selected part of a physical medium (MP). That method comprises a stage in which colour pixels are printed in at least one pass along oblique lines in relation to the physical medium (MP), wherein the pixels of an oblique line are all in the same colour selected from the N colours and different from that used for the previous oblique line, in order to generate a matrix (MPC) of M horizontal lines comprising P pixels each in the N colours successively in a selected order, and wherein each horizontal line other than the first one comprises a first pixel that is identical to the second pixel of the previous horizontal line.
US09392132B1
A display apparatus includes an input unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first setting screen which is for receiving a setting value of a job inserted into an image forming apparatus and displays execution in a first operational environment. The display unit displays a second setting screen which is for receiving a setting value of the job, displays execution in a second operational environment different from the first operational environment, and displays a smaller number of setting items than that of the first setting screen. The control unit controls the display unit to display the second setting screen, and controls the display unit to display the first setting screen obtained by applying a setting value which is input by the input unit and obtained through the second setting screen when the user presses a defined button in the second setting screen.
US09392126B2
A cellular traffic monitoring system includes: a traffic detection function (TDF) module to monitor cellular traffic associated with a cellular subscriber device, and to generate detection output which includes at least one of: a type of an application associated with the cellular traffic of the cellular subscriber device, and a type of the cellular traffic of the cellular subscriber device. The cellular traffic monitoring system further includes a policy charging and enforcement function (PCEF) module to enforce one or more charging rules to the cellular subscriber device, based on the detection output.
US09392123B1
A system may include one more devices to receive traffic information for a peer-to-peer communication, between a mobile device and a peer-to-peer client device via a peer-to-peer server, associated with a peer-to-peer network. The system may identify peer-to-peer server information associated with the peer-to-peer server and included in the traffic information and may compare the peer-to-peer server information with stored peer-to-peer server information associated with a toll-free data service campaign (“campaign”). The system may determine that the peer-to-peer server information is associated with the campaign if the peer-to-peer server information matches the stored peer-to-peer server information and may provide information to cause data charges, for the traffic flow, to be charged to a service provider associated with the campaign based on determining that the peer-to-peer server information provided in the traffic information is associated with the campaign.
US09392120B2
Methods and systems for managing a call in real-time are disclosed. Methods and systems consistent with the present invention manage a call in real-time based on input from a user. A service center receives information pertaining to a call to the user from a service control point and sends a notification of the call to a device associated with the user. The service center receives a response to the notification from the user. Thereafter, the service center instructs the service control point to connect the call based on the response.
US09392118B1
Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a response to an inquiry. The systems and methods provide techniques to receive an inquiry from a party, wherein the inquiry comprises a plurality of inquiry classifiers that are provided by the party, determine a party status, translate the plurality of inquiry classifiers and the party status into a skill set, route the inquiry to a primary representative based on the skill set, and provide a inquiry response to the party.
US09392114B1
A computer system for evaluating and coaching call center employee performance, comprising at least one processor, a non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the memory. When executed, the application: collects call reports about calls to telephone systems at different call centers; collects information about the calls from a call center computer system, where the information identifies call notes entered by agents, computer screens viewed by agents while handling a call, and a call reason determined by the call center computer system; determines a call handling performance for each call reason handled by an agent, for each agent; determines call handling performance statistics for each call reason, based on the call handling performances of all the agents; and provides a user interface to compare call handling performance by call reason among agents' supervisors, based on the call handling performance of each supervisor's agents relative to the call handling performance statistics.
US09392113B2
A system for flexible and scalable automated chat-based contact center testing, comprising a test case management platform, “chat cruncher”, contact center manager, chat classifier, and desktop automation engine, and method for using such a system for automated testing of a contact center's chat-based interactions environment and reporting of test results.
US09392098B2
Provided are a dummy terminal and a main body using wireless communication. The dummy terminal obtains speech information from a user, receives at least one of video information and audio information from the main body through short-distance wireless communication, transmits the obtained speech information to the main body, and changes at least one of the received video information and audio information to output the changed information through a display unit and/or a speaker unit.
US09392095B2
Disclosed is a mobile terminal, having a body which includes a front side and a rear side; a display including a first region disposed on the front side and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the second region forms at least a portion of a first edge of the mobile terminal and the first edge is between the front side and the rear side; a touch sensor; and a controller configured to cause the display to display content on the first region wherein the content is not displayed on the second region, and to capture a region of the displayed content in response to receiving at least one touch input at the second region detected by the touch sensor.
US09392093B2
A method for identifying a user is provided, including the following method operations: identifying at least three contact regions on a touch sensitive surface, the contact regions defined by simultaneous contact of at least three fingers of the user with the touch sensitive surface; for each contact region, determining a center point; determining distances between each of the determined center points of the contact regions; comparing the determined distances against predefined distances associated with a known user; based on the comparing, determining the user to be the known user or not the known user.
US09392091B2
A method of controlling a hands-free system for a vehicle includes connecting with a cellular phone through local area communication. A call conversation state is entered when a hands-free function activates. A call termination command is received from a driver. A call termination message is transmitted to the connected cellular phone. When a success message is not received from the connected cellular phone in response to the call termination message, the call termination message is retransmitted by a preset number of times until the success message is received.
US09392082B2
A communication interface and method for efficient robust header compression (RoHC). One embodiment of the communication interface includes: (1) a data flow associated with a context ID (CID) and a data flow status indicator, and having packets, and (2) a robust header compression (RoHC) compressor configured to employ the CID to compress headers of the packets and to mark the CID as reusable by another data flow if the data flow status indicator indicates the data flow is terminated.
US09392071B2
Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
US09392070B2
A method and arrangement in a notification server (300) for controlling notifications with resource data to a subscribing client (A). When a subscription request is received (3:1) from the client for notifications with selected resource data of one or more resources, the access network currently used by the client is determined based on network related information, e.g. obtained from the received subscription request. The delivery of notifications (3:5) is then controlled based on the determined current network.
US09392069B2
Promoting interoperability of presence-based systems through the use of ubiquitous online identities
Access to a first instant messaging service using an online identity that is associated with a second instant messaging service is enabled. A profile is accessed. The profile indicates that another instant messaging service is to be provided with presence information regarding the use of the online identity to access the first instant messaging service. The other instant messaging service is provided with the presence information regarding the use of the online identity to access the first instant messaging service.
US09392065B2
An information processing system (100) includes a unit (101) of separating at least one piece of media information from a plurality of pieces of media information acquired through a session established with at least one server based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices, a unit (103) of structuring each of contents to be respectively transmitted to the plurality of terminal devices from the at least one piece of media information separated by the unit (101), and a unit (105) of transmitting each content structured by the unit (103) to each terminal device.
US09392053B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes, by a computing device, receiving a connection from a client and assigning the client a unique socket. The method further includes launching a generic transcoding service attached to a runtime library, and the runtime library may be able to intercept system calls from a specific instance of an application executing on a remote client for exporting to the client. The method further includes receiving a termination of the connection by the client and updating load-balancing information.
US09392050B2
System, computer program product, and method to configure an external network based on internal network conditions, by monitoring a load attribute of one or more network flows traversing an ingress port of at least one network element in a software-defined networking (SDN) enabled network, upon determining that the load attribute of a first network element in the SDN enabled network exceeds a predefined threshold, provisioning, by the application, an additional service on the external network, by the application, an additional service on the external network, and extending, by the application, the SDN enabled network to include the additional service on the external network.
US09392047B1
Disclosed are various embodiments that facilitate compatibility of applications across multiple different devices. It is determined whether an application is compatible with a client device. If the application is not compatible, an application wrapper to facilitate execution of the application by the client device is encoded. The application wrapper is then provided for transfer to the client device.
US09392038B2
A computer-implemented application program comprises various graphic user interfaces to facilitate the formation of a physical meeting between people. A computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions to implement the computer-implemented application program.
US09392035B1
A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
US09392032B2
The present invention discloses a session transfer method, a device and a system, which relate to the communication field and are used to solve the problem that a conference to which a session belongs cannot be controlled after the session is transferred. The technical solution provided in the present invention includes: determining whether a User Equipment (UE) has at least one session belonging to a conference during a process that a session of the UE is transferred from a source network to a target network and sending information relevant to the conference to the UE or a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) server if the UE has at least one session belonging to the conference (102). The embodiments of the present invention can be applied in a wireless communication network.
US09392027B2
A Session Initiation Protocol Application Server of an IP Multimedia Subsystem having processing means for handling a message received from a Serving Call/State Control Function, the means being arranged to handle the message based upon a header of the message containing the URI of the served user, this header having been introduced by the Serving Call/State Control Function and being other than the P-Asserted Identity and the R-URI.
US09392017B2
Methods, systems, and media for inhibiting attacks on embedded devices are provided, in some embodiments, a system for inhibiting on embedded devices is provided, the system comprises a processor that is configured to: identify an embedded device that is configured to provide one or more services to one or more digital processing devices within a communications network; receive a first firmware associated with the embedded device; generate a second firmware that is functionally equivalent to the first firmware by: determining unused code within the first firmware; removing the unused code within the second firmware; and restructuring remaining code portions of the first firmware into memory positions within the second firmware; and inject the second firmware into the embedded device.
US09392016B2
A system for securing an electronic device may include a memory, a processor; one or more operating systems residing in the memory for execution by the processor; and a security agent configured to execute on the electronic device at a level below all of the operating systems of the electronic device accessing the memory. The security agent may be further configured to: (i) trap attempted accesses to the memory, wherein each of such attempted accesses may, individually or in the aggregate, indicate the presence of self-modifying malware; (ii) in response to trapping each attempted access to the memory, record information associated with the attempted access in a history; and (iii) in response to a triggering attempted access associated with a particular memory location, analyze information in the history associated with the particular memory location to determine if suspicious behavior has occurred with respect to the particular memory location.
US09392013B1
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for defending against a cyber attack via asset overlay mapping are provided herein. A method includes determining which of multiple systems within an organization stores each of multiple assets; determining a set of relationships present between the multiple assets across the multiple systems; identifying, upon an attack of a first of the multiple systems, one or more additional systems of the multiple systems vulnerable to the attack based on at least one relationship, from the determined set of relationships, between one or more of the multiple assets stored on the first system and one or more of the multiple assets stored on the additional systems; and automatically prohibiting access to the one or more additional systems storing the one or more of the multiple assets identified based on the at least one relationship with the assets stored on the first system.
US09392009B2
Network flow records from various administrative domains are provided to a network monitoring entity. The network monitoring entity analyzes the network flow records in a way to locate a source of malicious network flow.
US09392005B2
System and method for matching a pattern are provided. The pattern matching method includes performing a sub pattern matching operation to match at least one sub data of a plurality of sub data of a target data with a pre-stored pattern data, and performing a full pattern matching operation to determine whether the target data is identical to at least the pre-stored pattern data by referring to a result of the sub pattern matching operation, and wherein the full pattern matching operation is performed or not performed according to a type of the pre-stored pattern data. Accordingly, an accurate matching operation is performed with respect to the target data of various patterns.
US09392002B2
A system, a method for providing virus protection, and a computer program stored on a storage medium in a communication system including at least a first network coupled to a destination to which transmissions of data packets are made from the first network to the destination is described. A virus protection system includes a gateway, coupled between the first network and the destination, which includes a firewall which receives data packets and a virus scanning engine, coupled to the firewall, which receives the data packets after reception by the firewall, tests the data packets, passes any data packets, which are tested by the virus scanning engine to not contain a virus to the destination and discards any data packets which are tested by the virus scanning engine to contain a virus.
US09392000B2
A device receives, from a user equipment (UE), a first request to access a first packet data network (PDN), and receives authentication information from the UE. The device also grants, based on the first request, the UE access to the first PDN when the authentication information authenticates the UE. The device further receives, from the UE, a second request to access a second PDN, and determines whether a re-authentication timer associated with the second PDN has expired before granting the UE access to the second PDN.
US09391991B2
A subscriber who seeks to block access to contact information may receive identifying information for people attempting to access the subscriber's contact information. The subscriber also may be provided interfaces to enable the attempting person to contact the subscriber, in a variety of escalating forms, without revealing the subscriber's contact information. In a particular implementation, a request is received from an information seeker for contact information for a subscriber. A data structure is accessed that includes an indication that the subscriber should be provided with information relating to requests received for the subscriber's contact information. A message address for the subscriber is accessed, and a message is sent to the subscriber indicating the request for the subscriber's contact information. The requested contact information for the subscriber is withheld from the information seeker absent an indication from the subscriber that the requested contact information may be provided to the information seeker.
US09391990B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, and a computer program product for a user authentication based on self-selected preferences. The system typically including a memory, a processor, and a module configured to receive a request to execute a user action from a user associated with an application, wherein the user action requires one or more authentication credentials; receive one or more authentication credentials from the user based on a user-selected preference; validate the one or more authentication credentials based on the user-selected preference; and execute the user action based on a successful validation of the one or more authentication credentials.
US09391986B2
An approach for multi-sensor multi-factor identity verification. An identity verification platform determines biometric data associated with a user from one or more sources. The one or more sources are associated with one or more respective network sessions. The platform generates one or more respective trust scores for the one or more sources, the one or more respective network sessions, or a combination thereof based on one or more contextual parameters associated with the user, the one or more sources, the one or more respective network sessions, or a combination thereof. Then the platform verifies an identity of the user based on the biometric data and the one or more respective trust scores.
US09391974B2
A system and method validates user supplied photographs and/or characteristics using a video, audio or series of images of the user responding to instructions.
US09391966B2
A method for providing secure remote access by a controller is described. The method includes sending one or more endpoint requests. The method also includes receiving authentication service endpoint information and connection service endpoint information. The method further includes requesting authentication based on the authentication service endpoint information. Requesting authentication includes requesting license validation. The method also includes sending one or more registration messages based on the connection service endpoint information. The method further includes receiving a session request. The method additionally includes determining controller candidate link information. The method also includes sending the controller candidate link information. The method further includes receiving an automation message based on the controller candidate link information.
US09391964B2
Methods and systems for a flexible, scalable hardware and software platform that allows a managed security service provider to easily provide security services to multiple customers are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for delivering customized network services to subscribers of the service provider. A request is received, at a service management system (SMS) of the service provider, to establish an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between a first and second location of a first subscriber of the managed security service provider. Responsive to the request, the SMS causes a tunnel to be established between a first and second service processing switch of the service provider which are coupled in communication via a public network and associated with the first location and the second location, respectively.
US09391963B2
A method may include allocating a number of public keys, where each respective public key is allocated to a respective entity of a number of entities; storing a number of private keys, where each respective private corresponds to a respective public key; storing one or more decryption algorithms, where each respective decryption algorithm is configured to decrypt data previously encrypted using at least one encryption algorithm of the encryption algorithms. Each respective encryption algorithm may be configured to encrypt data using at least one public key. Each respective decryption algorithm may be configured to decrypt data using at least one private key. The method may include receiving encrypted data, where the encrypted data is encrypted using a first public key and a first encryption algorithm, and the encrypted data is provided over a network.
US09391950B2
An IP address distribution system includes a network containing a plurality of switch apparatuses, IP address distribution apparatuses that assign an IP address according to a request from each of devices connected to the switch apparatuses, and a plurality of position information distribution apparatuses that broadcast a position information packet containing position information into the network, wherein a specific physical port of at least one switch apparatus blocks the position information packet to cause only a single position information packet to be delivered to the devices, the devices transmit an IP-address request signal containing the position information and device-specific information, when requesting assignment of an IP address, and the IP address distribution apparatuses select an IP address from a range corresponding to the position information and the device-specific information and distribute the IP address to a request source device, when receiving the IP-address request signal.
US09391948B2
A method of discovering and assigning an IP address to a device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes includes continuously monitoring, by the device to be discovered, the network for address resolution protocol (ARP) requests. The discoverer node transmits a number of ARP request to the network. The device to be discovered receives the number of ARP requests. The device to be discovered determines whether the number of ARP requests are unanswered by other devices in the network. The device to be discovered answers to the number of ARP requests with an ARP reply to claim an IP address associated with the number of ARP requests. The discoverer node and the device to be discovered exchange a pair of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets to complete the detection process.
US09391943B2
An apparatus for reducing session related message size includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to determine a domain-wide unique identifier and generate a message including a first field for identifying a message sequence associated with the message and a second field including a tag. The second field including the tag may be associated with an identifier of a source or recipient of the message. At least one of the first and second fields may be without data. The processing element may be further configured to include, in the message, a third field comprising at least the domain-wide unique identifier. The third field may be associated with data otherwise intended for the first and second fields.
US09391941B2
A graphical user interface between a user of a computer service and the computer service includes a list of other users of the computer service selected by the user as significant to the user and an icon associated with one of the other listed users indicating that a communication has occurred between the user and the other user.
US09391938B2
Arrangements described herein relate to indicating in an electronic message whether a user has previously accessed content provided by a resource. An electronic message can be received. The electronic message can include at least one uniform resource identifier. A determination can be made as to whether a user to whom the electronic message is sent has previously accessed content provided by a resource identified by the uniform resource identifier. In the electronic message, whether the user has previously accessed the content provided by the resource identified by the uniform resource identifier can be indicated.
US09391933B2
One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of organizing a user interface of a communication system. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to easily and effectively compose an electronic communication directly in a communication thread, thus reducing user interface clutter. Additionally, systems and methods described herein selectively provide display elements within a messaging user interface according to the type of message a user is creating.
US09391926B2
An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for expanding the port count in a single Fiber Channel domain by adding modular Fiber Channel switches. Such a system includes a system enclosure that contains a plurality of Fiber Channel modules configured to send and receive Fiber Channel packets, the Fiber Channel modules providing a plurality of Fiber Channel ports and a switch processor coupled to the plurality of Fiber Channel ports and to a plurality of Ethernet ports. The switch processor is configured to apply a stacking header to Fiber Channel packets for transmission from one of the plurality of Ethernet ports over a stacking link to another switch processor in another system enclosure.
US09391924B2
An Ethernet interface comprises a first full duplex port and a second duplex port each operable to transfer frames between a network and a device. The Ethernet interface module further comprises a first path coupling the first duplex port and the second full duplex port; a second path coupling the second full duplex port and the first full duplex port; a first queue disposed in the first path; a second queue disposed in the second path; and evaluation apparatus coupled to the first queue and to the second queue.
US09391919B2
Disclosed is a novel system and method for managing requests for an additional virtual machine. The method begins with operating at least one virtual machine accessing at least one computer resource associated with at least one physical machine within a computing cluster. One or more non-deterministic virtual machine requests for the computer resource are received. An over-utilization of the computer resource as a probability distribution function is modeled. In one example, the probability distribution function is a Beta distribution function to represent a one of a plurality of probability distribution functions. Next, an additional virtual machine on the physical machine associated with the computer resource is added in response to a probability of a utilization of the computer resource being greater than a probabilistic bound on the over-utilization of the computer resource. Otherwise, the additional virtual machine is not added.
US09391917B2
Methods and systems for recommending one or more computational resources. A portion of computational resources is determined from a set of computational resources associated with a datacenter based on a user-profile associated with a user, from one or more users, and the set of computational resources. The user-profile comprises at least one of a required performance level, a required load, or a cost constraint. The one or more computational resources are recommended from the portion of computational resources, in response to requests received from the one or more users.
US09391907B2
Methods and apparatus for improving the efficient use of a wireless channel. Flows of compatible packets to be transmitted are processed in separate queues based on characteristics of the packets, destination and quality of service (QoS) requirements. Aggregation parameters selected for each flow define when packets aggregated on a flow are to be sent. The aggregation parameters may reflect packet type, such as QoS requirements, an application type and/or wireless channel conditions. In some embodiments, the aggregation parameters indicate a threshold frame size or include a threshold time to buffer a packet while waiting for other packets on that flow to fill a frame. When an aggregation parameter for a queue is met, the aggregated packets are transmitted as a frame. The queue is cleared and subsequent packets may begin aggregating. Some types of packets, such as acknowledgment packets, may be sent without aggregation.
US09391901B2
System and method of predictive Internet traffic steering. An Internet steering gateway decouples between traffic classification and traffic steering, and includes: a deep packet inspection (DPI) utility to ascertain an indication of a destination remote application server (RAS) from an initial packet of a data session in a network; a RAS database to store an optimization profile for each RAS; and a steering utility to look-up, based on the RAS addressing information that was determined by the DPI utility inspection of the initial packet of the data session, an indicated RAS in the RAS database. The steering utility steers the data session to an external optimization platform (EOP) based on the associated profile in the RAS database.
US09391900B2
A mobile station UE according to the present invention includes a control unit 13 that is configured not to transmit “RRC Connection Request” to a predetermined network when recognizing that the predetermined network is incompatible with an MTC function based on signaling from the predetermined network.
US09391891B2
The present invention provides a method for accessing internet via a vehicle network. Vehicle terminal equipment can access OBU by means of the wireless AP on OBU, and realize the mutual communication with internet with the help of VANET network composed by OBU and RSU. Not only the normal communication between the OBU and RSU is guaranteed, but also the communication between vehicle terminal equipment and internet can be realized. Moreover, the present invention has the characteristics of anti-interference, convenience and real-time performance, and can adapt to the demand of the current network.
US09391886B2
The invention relates to a computer implemented method of identifying in a network of interconnected devices a path through the network from a source device to a final destination device, the path comprising a connected sequence of devices, the method comprising at a monitor computer connected to the network: identifying a first device connected to the source device; transmitting a first query to the first device, the query including a destination identifier and requesting identification of an egress port for messages addressed to the destination identified by the destination identifier when the query is received at the first device; receiving a result message identifying the egress port and identifying the second device connected to the first device based on a network topology accessible by the monitor computer; and addressing a next query to the second device and receiving a next result message identifying an egress port from the second device; and identifying from the network topology a third device connected to the second device, wherein the path is identified to include the first, second and third devices.
US09391881B2
The invention presented herein permits split-routing to occur without any changes, modifications, or configuration of the requesting host, network stacks, network architectures and routing and forwarding behavior. The invention is carried out by way of a Module that intercepts the normal and standard DHCP communication between a requesting device and a DHCP server, and substitutes the elements within the server response with the Module's own predefined elements. These substitute elements leverage the behavior of standard protocols to gain desired device network behavior.
US09391880B2
The control unit specifies an undetected connection destination port and sends a reply request to a connection destination of the undetected connection destination port. The packet transfer unit determines whether the received reply request is to be transferred to any other packet transfer unit. The packet transfer unit, upon determining the reply request to be transferred to any other packet transfer unit, transfers the reply request to any other packet transfer unit. The packet transfer unit, upon determining the reply request not to be transferred to any other packet transfer unit, returns a reply that includes information on ports of the local packet transfer unit, the reply being sent along a path leading to the control unit.
US09391872B2
A system and method for performing topology discovery in a data network is provided. Network elements utilizing a distance-vector protocol, such as EIGRP, advertises routes and metric information. A resource control point or other element analyzes the advertised routes and metrics and determines the nexthop, thereby providing a topology map of the network.
US09391867B2
A device for instrumentation and traffic disposition of a network using one or more time-stamps may include a receiving port to receive a data packet. A device configuration module may be configured to determine whether the device is a boundary device located on a boundary of an instrumented sub-network of the network. If the determination is made that device is the boundary device, a frame processing module may insert a first time-stamp at a first offset from a frame checksum (FCS) field in a data frame associated with the data packet. Otherwise, a corresponding time-stamp may be inserted at a second offset from the FCS field. The one or more time-stamps may enable a receiving endpoint device of the network to determine timeliness information associated with the data packet.
US09391866B1
A method of maintaining server performance comprises receiving, at an analysis server, server performance metrics from at least one monitored server, wherein server performance metrics comprise information about processor usage, memory usage, and network activity and comparing the received metrics with a baseline of values that was established for the server performance metrics based on a variance analysis of historical values. The method further comprises determining that the value of at least one server performance metric of the monitored server is consistently above an upper limit of a range of acceptable deviation from the baseline, analyzing historical occurrences of similar departures of server performance metrics from the range of acceptable deviation, and generating an alert indicating that a risk pattern has been identified and suggesting shutting down a locked process on the monitored server in order to return the server performance metrics to values within the range of acceptable deviation.
US09391850B2
The disclosed method and apparatus provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a PQoS flow between two or more nodes located in different network segments of a multi-segment network, when some nodes involved in the flow lack support for high layer QoS management protocols. Specifically, some embodiments are directed toward implementing a PQoS flow involving some nodes that lack network layers higher than a Data Link Layer (layer 2). For example, some embodiments of the current disclosed method and apparatus can create a parameterized QoS flow between a source node and a destination node when at least one of the nodes participating in the flow (i.e. the source node, one or multiple bridge nodes that the QoS flow passes, and the destination node) lacks UPnP QoS Device Services (i.e., a higher layer QoS management protocol).
US09391842B2
A method of configuring a network element in a transport network comprising interrogating components of the network element about their characteristic and exchanging information on characteristics of the network element and its components with neighboring network elements. The network element is configured based on the exchanged information.
US09391840B2
Roughly described, a network interface device receiving data packets from a computing device for transmission onto a network, the data packets having a certain characteristic, transmits the packet only if the sending queue has authority to send packets having that characteristic. The data packet characteristics can include transport protocol number, source and destination port numbers, source and destination IP addresses, for example. Authorizations can be programmed into the NIC by a kernel routine upon establishment of the transmit queue, based on the privilege level of the process for which the queue is being established. In this way, a user process can use an untrusted user-level protocol stack to initiate data transmission onto the network, while the NIC protects the remainder of the system or network from certain kinds of compromise.
US09391837B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for managing a terminal device, including: obtaining a description file of a UPnP device management data model of a UPnP device in a home network, where the UPnP device management data model is organized by the UPnP device according to a data model defined by a remote management protocol; establishing a data model meeting CWMP requirements, of the UPnP device according to the description file; sending information about the data model of the UPnP device meeting the CWMP requirements to an ACS; receiving a management command of the ACS for the data model of the UPnP device; and converting the management command into a UPnP device management command and sending it to the UPnP device.
US09391824B2
Transmission timing of a random access preamble in an uplink carrier of a carrier group being determined employing a synchronization signal transmitted on a downlink carrier of the carrier group. The wireless device receives a time alignment command from the base station. The time alignment command comprises a time adjustment value and an index identifying the carrier group. The wireless device applies the time adjustment value to uplink signals transmitted on all activated uplink carriers in the carrier group.
US09391822B2
Methods and apparatus for processing multichannel signals in a multichannel receiver are described. In one implementation, a plurality of demodulator circuits may provide a plurality of outputs to a processing module, with the processing module then simultaneously estimating noise characteristics based on the plurality of outputs and generating a common noise estimate based on the plurality of outputs. This common noise estimate may then be provided back the demodulators and used to adjust the demodulation of signals in the plurality of demodulators to improve phase noise performance.
US09391821B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting signals in a transmitter of a filter band multi-carrier system, comprising steps of: modulating data to obtain modulated data; obtaining a to-be-transmitted signal by framing a pilot preamble symbol with the modulated data; transmitting the to-be-transmitted signal; the pilot preamble symbol consisting of preamble elements, wherein the pilot preamble symbol corresponding to each transmit antenna occupies one filter band multi-carrier modulation symbol. The present invention further provides an apparatus for implementing the method, and a method and apparatus for channel estimation corresponding to the method for transmitting signals.
US09391810B2
Systems and methods of preventing an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as carrying a voice over Internet protocol telephony communication can make use of encryption techniques to prevent the Internet service provider from examining the content of the data packets. Also, multiple communications channels may be established between a telephony device and elements of an IP telephony system. A stream of data packets bearing the media of an IP telephony communication is then separated into sub-streams, and each sub-stream is sent through a different one of the communications channels. This prevents an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as bearing the media of an IP telephony communication based on a pattern in the data traffic.
US09391801B2
The current document discloses methods and systems for extending an internal network within a first cloud-computing facility to a second cloud-computing facility and using the extended internal network as a basis for creating virtual private clouds distributed across multiple cloud-computing facilities. In one implementation, a pool of IP addresses is allocated and distributed to end appliances of the first and second cloud-computing facilities. In this implementation, the internal network is extended via a secure tunnel between end appliances in the first and second cloud-computing facilities and the end appliances of the extended internal network are configured to route messages transmitted by a first member of the virtual private cloud executing on a first cloud-computing facility to a second member of the virtual private cloud executing on a second cloud-computing facility through the secure tunnel.
US09391800B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that enable a computing device to dynamically generate virtual private network (VPN) connection profiles to which policies can be mapped and then subsequently enforced. The VPN connection profiles are dynamically generated by a translation engine by obtaining parameters from payloads received from a plurality of different VPN gateways pursuant to establishing connections therewith in accordance with a respective plurality of different tunneling protocols, which may include both standard and proprietary tunneling protocols. The dynamically-generated VPN connection profiles are then provided to a connection manager, which enforces any policies associated with the VPN connection profiles when servicing requests for connections received from applications running on the computing device.
US09391797B2
Aspects of the invention support different products having a host device and a communications device. The host device may interact with the communications device to exchange messages containing data objects over a fieldbus network for transporting messages containing data objects. Read/write requests to the fieldbus data objects may be answered locally in the communications device, or the fieldbus data object may be mapped to host data when host access is required. The communications device stores a profile image associated with a designated host type, so that the communications device may map the data object to host data for the host device and then exchange the host data with the host device. The communications device may subsequently interact with a different host type if a corresponding profile image is downloaded to the memory device.
US09391791B2
A preprocessing unit includes a data receiver to receive a data packet containing packet information, application data, and application data information, a relevance checker to determine relevance of the data packet in dependence on the packet information, an output module to output preprocessor output data, and a first controller to control output of preprocessor output data in dependence on the relevance of the data packet. In order to discard redundant data, thereby reducing the load of the memory, bus, and CPU of the computer system, the preprocessing unit further comprises a redundancy checker to determine redundancy of the application data preferably and a second controller to control output of preprocessor output data in dependence on the redundancy of the application data.
US09391786B1
A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
US09391784B2
In one embodiment, a routing node determines a risk-sharing metric between pairs of nodes in a shared-media communication network, and may then compute a plurality of routes that minimizes the risk-sharing metric between the routes, to correspondingly route traffic according to the computed plurality of routes. Additionally, in another embodiment, a particular node in the shared-media communication network may determine a risk-sharing metric between itself and each of one or more other nodes in the shared-media communication network. The particular node may then share the one or more determined risk-sharing metrics with one or more routing nodes in the shared-media communication network, accordingly.
US09391783B2
A security device may be utilized to provide security measures to an electronic device that may incorporate the security device or be coupled to it. The security measures may comprise authentication (e.g., authentication of devices, users, or activities), and/or encryption measures (e.g., encrypting or decrypting exchanged data). A transaction or access via the security device may be authenticated by communicating an authentication request by the security device to an authentication server, which may generate, in response, a sequence of information requests that are sent to the security device. The security device may then generate, in response, a sequence of responses that are sent to the authentication server, with the sequence of responses comprising a sequence of reported values each of which are unique. The authentication server may then authenticate the security device based on comparing of the sequence of reported values with a sequence of expected values that identifies the security device.
US09391779B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for accessing protected resources. Biometric data for a user is received from a biometric input device and an indication of an application requiring a password. Responsive to receiving the biometric data from the user, the user is authenticated using the biometric data and a profile. Responsive to the user being authenticated, the password is established with the application to allow access to the application, wherein the password is established without user input.
US09391777B2
A key-resolution service (KRS) can facilitate a client device in verifying that Content Objects are signed by a trusted entity. During operation, the KRS service can receive an Interest that includes a KRS query for a content name that is to be resolved. The KRS service obtains the content name from the Interest, and obtains a KRS record that includes security information for the content name or a prefix of the content name. The KRS service then returns a Content Object whose payload includes the KRS record to satisfy the first Interest. The client device can query the KRS service to obtain a trusted key associated with at least a name prefix of the Content Object, and if necessary, can disseminate Interests to obtain keys that complete a chain of trust between the trusted key and a key that is used to authenticate the Content Object.
US09391776B2
A system and method for authenticating a peer device onto a network using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). The key lifetime associated with the keying material generated in the peer device and the authentication server is communicated from the authenticator to the peer device within the EAP Success message. The peer device, having been provided with the key lifetime, can anticipate the termination of its authenticated session and initiate re-authentication prior to expiry of the key lifetime.
US09391773B2
One feature pertains to elliptic curve (EC) point multiplication for use in generating digital signatures. In one aspect, a scalar multiplier (k) of a base point (P) of order (n) is selected on an elliptic curve for use with EC point multiplication. An integer value (r) is then randomly generated from within a range of values constrained so that, regardless of the particular value of (r) obtained within the range, EC point multiplication procedures performed using the scalar multiplier (k) summed with a product of the integer multiplier (r) and the order (n) consume device resources independent of the value of the scalar multiplier (k) to thereby reduce or eliminate side-channel leakage. This may be achieved by determining the range of values for r so that the bit position of the most significant bit of k+(r*n) will be even and fixed for a particular elliptic curve.
US09391769B2
A method for transmitting data in series includes producing a scrambled signal by applying a scrambling using a pseudo-random sequence to an incoming serial signal conveying the data and producing an outgoing serial signal from the scrambled signal. After each sequence of N consecutive bits at the same state in the scrambled signal, a dummy bit of reverse state is inserted in the outgoing signal.
US09391768B2
One or more devices of a network having asymmetric delay are configured to participate in time synchronization protocol sessions in which a client device synchronizes its local clock to a master device. In one example, a system includes an optical line terminal configured to receive a time synchronization protocol packet from a grandmaster clock and an optical network unit (ONU) configured to calculate a residence time of the time synchronization protocol packet, encode the residence time into the packet, and to forward the packet to a client device. Moreover, the system may participate in a plurality of time synchronization protocol sessions with a plurality of client devices, such that the client devices become synchronized in frequency and phase.
US09391766B2
A global synchronization method based on a packet switching system includes that: a reference chip is selected; and each chip calibrates its own timer by taking the reference chip as a reference, wherein each chip sends a zero-point pulse or zero-point pulse cell to each high-speed link (serdes) connected with the chip, and feeds back a calibration cell in response to a zero-point pulse or zero-point pulse cell received through each high-speed link. Accordingly, a global synchronization system based on a packet switching system is also disclosed. The disclosure reduces the packet loss rate and increases the accuracy of calibration.
US09391760B2
The present invention provides a method for accessing a wireless network, so as to implement acquisition of system synchronization during the process of accessing the wireless network in the situation that a physical frame structure can be configured dynamically. The method for acquiring system synchronization comprises: searching a physical frame on a current sub-channel; resolving a system information channel (SICH) and a control channel (CCH) in the found physical frame, wherein the SICH indicates a structure of the physical frame, and the CCH indicates allocation of system resources; and acquiring a system parameter from the physical frame by using the resolving result. A device for implementing the above method is further provided.
US09391745B2
Methods and systems are described for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission of data associated with multiple nodes and/or users. A plurality of weights may be determined based on, for example, feedback from one or more nodes. The feedback from each node may be indicative of weighting information. A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)-capable node may transmit OFDM transmissions, which may be time and frequency coincident, using the plurality of weights. For example, the MIMO-capable node may transmit a first OFDM transmission using at least a first weight of the plurality of weights and a second OFDM transmission using at least a second weight of the plurality of weights. This may allow the MIMO-capable node to, for example, transmit OFDM transmissions to multiple users via one or more common time-frequency channels.
US09391741B2
A joint preamble and code rate identifier flag in a reserved portion of a data field synchronization segment in a digital television (DTV) data field identifies the presence of preamble training data in a forward error correction (FEC) encoded portion of the DTV data field. The identifier flag also indicates the code rate used for the data field. The data field synchronization segment is not FEC encoded, thereby allowing detection of the identifier flag without FEC decoding. The detection at a receiver of the identifier flag in a DTV data field allows receiver elements, such as an equalizer and a FEC decoder, to more readily obtain and utilize the preamble training data, thereby enhancing reception and/or simplifying receiver design.
US09391717B2
Canceling distortion in the receive path of a radio is achieved by down-converting an RF transmit signal to cancel leakage and intermodulation noise in a receive path baseband or intermediate frequency signal. Cancelation may be combined with digital pre-distortion of the transmit signal. Processing may be applied to optimize cancelation. Further cancelation can be achieved by re-modulating the demodulated and error-corrected receive signal, and predicting distortion caused by the transmit path. The cancelation system may be calibrated using a test signal.
US09391714B2
A nodal system (10) includes a unit (D) having a memory (42) and an optical data receiver (36), and a common control unit (12) in communication with the unit. A method of commissioning the system comprises the steps of activating the optical data receiver on the unit, and transmitting an optical data signal to the unit, thereby commissioning the unit.
US09391708B2
An intra-board chip-to-chip optical communications system has a high bit rate and high data throughput based on the use of a silicon photonic interposer. The system includes a multi-substrate electro-optical structure for communications with CMOS and/or BiCMOS IC chips of a PCB. The structure includes a multi-chip module primary substrate mounted over the supporting PCB. The multi-chip module primary substrate implements high frequency electrical interconnections between transceiver circuit chips, mounted on the silicon photonic interposer, and the IC chips.
US09391706B2
A tuning device for a pluggable XFP and SFP+ and DWDM transceiver devices. Also provided are applications for CWDM XFP, and SFP+ and future form factors as well as DWDM and CWDM SFP. This tuning device is for use with tunable DWDM and CWDM transceivers, and provides the ability to lock the tune of the transceiver to prevent a host device from automatically retuning the transceiver.
US09391684B1
An asymmetric power amplifier includes: an input port for receiving a multi carrier signal including a first subcarrier and a second subcarrier; a first tunable analog filter for filtering the received multi carrier signal into a first signal of the first subcarrier; a second tunable analog filter for filtering the received multi carrier signal into a second signal of the second subcarrier; an amplifier for amplifying the first signal of the first subcarrier; a power amplifier for power amplifying the second signal of the second subcarrier; a combiner for power combining the amplified first signal and the amplified second signal to form a power combined multi carrier signal; and an output port for outputting the power combined multi carrier signal to be transmitted by a transmitter.
US09391683B2
The available transmission resources on a downlink-shared channel are divided into resource blocks, each resource block comprising a predetermined number of sub-carriers during a predetermined time period. The resource blocks are subdivided into localized resource blocks and distributed resource blocks. A user requiring sufficient resources can be allocated a plurality of said localized resource blocks. A user who would require only a small number of said localized resource blocks can instead be allocated summits of a plurality of said distributed resource blocks.
US09391678B2
Embodiments of a millimeter-wave (mmW) communication device and methods for intelligent control of transmit power and power density are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a mmW base station includes a beamforming processor that is to configure a large-aperture array antenna for multi-beam transmissions at mmW frequencies to a plurality of user equipment (UE). The beamforming processor may allocate each UE a non-interfering spectral portion of a full channel bandwidth that is substantially less than the full channel bandwidth and perform multi-beam beamforming to concurrently direct a plurality of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) antenna beams to the UEs for a concurrent transmission of data streams to the UEs within their allocated spectral portion in accordance with a transmit power allocation.
US09391670B2
A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other and to confirm the authenticity of instructions sent to the infusion device from the remote controller. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
US09391663B2
The present invention relates to a flip cover plate (10) for a mobile terminal, the plate comprising: a cover plate inserted into a flip cover which opens and closes the front portion of the mobile terminal; and a transparent window coupled to one side of the cover plate and exposing a portion of a liquid crystal of the mobile terminal to the outside when the flip cover is positioned at the front portion of the mobile terminal, wherein the transparent window is configured to be bonded to at least one surface of the cover plate corresponding to in opening of the flip cover. Accordingly, the present invention has an advantage of maximizing productivity compared to production through one by one cutting processes by means of a conventional numerically controlled machine tool. Furthermore, since the transparent window is not simultaneously molded when the cover plate is injection-molded, the present invention has advantages of simplifying the shape of a mold, thereby being capable of reducing manufacturing costs, as well as reducing manufacturing time and also the failure rate of products since the manufacturing of parts proceeds in parallel.
US09391650B2
Front-end radio frequency (RF) filters with embedded impedance transformation are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes an active circuit and an RF filter. The active circuit receives an input signal and provides an output signal. The RF filter is operatively coupled to an antenna and the active circuit and performs filtering for the input signal or output signal. The RF filter is impedance matched to the active circuit and includes a non-LC filter. In an exemplary design, the active circuit includes a low noise amplifier (LNA), and the RF filter includes a receive (RX) filter having an output impedance that is matched to an input impedance of the LNA. In another exemplary design, the active circuit includes a power amplifier, and the RF filter includes a transmit (TX) filter having an input impedance that is matched to an output impedance of the power amplifier.
US09391649B2
The subject matter described herein relates to envelope shaping in envelope tracking power amplification. A method, apparatus and computer storage medium are provided for envelope shaping in envelope tracking power amplification. In an embodiment, the method comprises performing an envelope shaping operation on reference envelope signals in a time domain to obtain shaped envelope signals; performing a signal quality control on the shaped envelope signals in a frequency domain; and converting the shaped envelope signals from the frequency domain into the time domain to obtain resulting shaped envelope signals. In such a way, a better signal quality can be provided without any modifications to the receiver side. And in turn, the PAPR of the envelope signal may be reduced before entering into a supply modulator and the efficiency of the ET supply modulator could be improved. As a result, the ET PA system performance can be enhanced.
US09391642B2
An approach for encoding a physical layer (PL) header of a PL data frame is provided. The PL header comprises sixteen information bits ui, (i=0, 1, 2, . . . , 15), and the encoding is based on a convolutional code, whereby, for each information bit, five associated parity bits pi,k, (k=0, 1, 2, 3, 4) are generated, resulting in 80 codebits. The resulting 80 codebits are punctured to form a (16,77) codeword (c0, c1, c2, . . . , c76). The codebits of the (16,77) codeword are repeated to generate a (16,154) physical layer signaling codeword (c0, c0, c1, c1, c2, c2, . . . , c76, c76) for transmission of the PL data frame over a channel of a communications network. Further, for each information bit, each of the associated five parity bits is generated based on a parity bit generator, as follows: pi,k=(ui*gk,0)⊕(S0*gk,1)⊕(S1*gk,2)⊕(S2*gk,3)⊕(S3*gk,4), where S0=ui-1, S1=ui-2, S2=ui-3, S3=ui-4, and wherein generator polynomials for gk=(gk,0, gk,1, gk,2, gk,3, gk,4), are as follows: g0=(1, 0, 1, 0, 1); g1=(1, 0, 1, 1, 1); g2=(1, 1, 0, 1, 1); g3=(1, 1, 1, 1, 1); g4=(1, 1, 0, 0, 1).
US09391629B2
The present invention provides a method for auto-calibration of ADC, comprising acquiring a voltage signal value of a reference voltage source; converting the voltage signal value of the reference voltage source to a digital signal value according to a preset conversion coefficient value; and comparing the digital signal value to a target value and adjusting the conversion coefficient value according to the comparing result so that the difference between the digital signal value and the target value is within an allowed margin of error. The procedure of the method for auto-calibration of ADC of the present invention is executed automatically, no professional operator is needed to calibrate manually. As such, labor cost is reduced and work efficiency is improved.
US09391626B2
A circuit includes a capacitive-load voltage controlled oscillator having an input configured to receive a first input signal and an output configured to output an oscillating output signal. A calibration circuit is coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator and is configured to output one or more control signals to the capacitive-load voltage controlled oscillator for adjusting a frequency of the oscillating output signal. The calibration circuit is configured to output the one or more control signals in response to a comparison of an input voltage to at least one reference voltage.
US09391624B1
Embodiments include a method comprising: receiving a reference clock signal; generating, by a digitally controlled oscillator, an output signal, wherein the reference clock signal has a first frequency, and wherein the digitally controlled oscillator is configured to generate the output signal at a second frequency; based on the output signal, generating a first feedback signal, wherein the first feedback signal is representative of a phase of the output signal relative to the reference clock signal; based on the first feedback signal, generating a second feedback signal, wherein generating the second feedback signal comprises, in response to the second frequency being an integer multiple of the first frequency, modifying the first feedback signal to generate the second feedback signal; and based on the second feedback signal, generating a control signal, wherein the output signal is generated by the digitally controlled oscillator based on the control signal.
US09391618B2
A high-voltage fail-safe input/output (I/O) interface circuit includes a voltage-divider circuit coupled to an I/O pad of the I/O interface circuit, and a selector circuit configured to couple, to a power supply line of the I/O interface circuit one of an output of the voltage-divider circuit or and I/O supply voltage. The voltage-divider circuit and the selector circuit are implemented on the same chip with the I/O interface circuit.
US09391610B2
A sensor array that has first electrodes, second electrodes and third electrodes formed from a single layer of conductive material and interleaved without intersecting one another, in which each first electrode is coupled with at least one of the second electrodes via a mutual capacitance. Some of the third electrodes are disposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. All electrodes are interleaved without intersecting one another.
US09391608B2
Piece of furniture comprising an electronic switching element for controlling a cabin function for an airliner, wherein the piece of furniture has a structural layer with a cover layer arranged above the structural layer, wherein the electronic switching element is configured as a capacitive switching element and is arranged underneath the cover layer inside and/or underneath the structural layer.
US09391604B2
A gate driver unit includes an input stage, an output stage, a read/write interface, and a monitoring stage. The input stage is configured to receive control signals and forward the control signals to the output stage and the monitoring stage. The read/write interface is configured to receive configuration data and forward the configuration data to the monitoring stage. The monitoring stage is configured to capture and evaluate signals of a power switch connected to the gate driver unit and synchronize the evaluation of the signals of the power switch to the control signals. The evaluation of the signals and the synchronization of the evaluation are based on the configuration data.
US09391599B2
Switching data is communicated in a power semiconductor switching device control system having a coordinating control system and a switching device controllers each coupled to the coordinating control system and each configured to control a respective power semiconductor switching device. Switching control data is formatted as one or more switching control data packets whose switching control data comprises data for controlling switching of the power semiconductor switching devices. The switching control data packets are sent from the coordinating control system to the switching device controllers. State data is detected, provided, and then formatted to represent states of the power semiconductor switching devices controlled in combination by the switching control data packets into acknowledgment data packets from the power semiconductor switching devices. The acknowledgment data packets are sent from the switching device controllers to the coordinating control system.
US09391593B2
A circuit for generating a voltage waveform at an output node. The circuit includes a voltage rail connected to the output node via a voltage rail switch; an anchor node 5 connected to the output node via an inductor and a bidirectional switch, wherein the bidirectional switch includes two or more transistors connected in series; and a control unit configured to change the voltage at the output node by controlling the voltage rail switch and the bidirectional switch so that, if a load capacitance is connected to the output node, a resonant circuit is established between the inductor 10 and the load capacitance. The circuit may be included in an apparatus for use in processing charged particles, e.g. for use in performing mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry.
US09391587B2
The present invention relates to a component (BE) which has a first duplexer operating with acoustic waves and a second duplexer operating with acoustic waves, wherein the first and second duplexers are arranged in a single SMD housing. In addition, the invention relates to a module (MO), which interconnects such a component (BE) and at least three 90° hybrids (HYB1-HYB3) to form an enhanced duplexer. A further aspect of the invention relates to a 2in1 hybrid, in which two 90° hybrids (HYB3, HYB4) or one 90° hybrid (HYB3) and one 180° hybrid (BAL) are arranged on a single chip.
US09391584B2
A balun device is disclosed herein. The balun device is configured to transform a single-ended signal into a differential signal. The balun device includes a first and a second output port, an input port, and a matching circuit. The first output port includes a first output terminal. The second output port includes a second output terminal. The input port includes an input single-ended signal terminal and an input single-ended reference terminal. The input single-ended reference terminal is connected to the second output terminal, and the input single-ended signal terminal is configured to receive the single-ended signal which is relative to the input single-ended reference terminal. The matching circuit is connected to the first output port, the second output port and the input port and configured to transform the single-ended signal into the differential signal outputted between the first and the second output port with lowpass, highpass, or bandpass response.
US09391574B2
An image sensor array that has a plurality of image sensing pixels and a plurality of programmable gain amplifiers, each of the programmable gain amplifiers connected to receive and amplify an output of said image sensing pixels. Each of said programmable gain senses when an output of the programmable gain amplifier is in an oversaturated condition. Responsive to sensing that the output of the programmable gain amplifier in the oversaturated condition, the amplifier automatically clamps a bias amount to the programmable gain amplifier, to thereby regulate an amount of current draw of the programmable gain amplifier. In this way, the power supply current to that pixel which is oversaturated is prevented from affecting power supplies to the other pixels, by regulating the power supply to the oversaturated pixel.
US09391565B2
This application discloses correction circuitry for correcting a phase distortion in an amplification circuit by measuring an amplitude distortion and controlling a phase shifting component based upon the measured amplitude distortion. In one embodiment, a first amplitude distortion sensor is coupled to a first node of an amplification circuit, and a first phase shifter is coupled to a second node of the amplification circuit. Additionally, a first control circuit is coupled to the first amplitude sensor and to the first phase shifter. The first control circuit is configured to correlate a first amplitude distortion measured by the first amplitude distortion sensor to a first inferred phase distortion, and to generate a first phase correction signal based upon the first inferred phase distortion, and is configured to send the first phase correction signal towards the first phase shifter.
US09391562B2
A local oscillation generator includes a multi-phase circuit and a multiplexer. The multi-phase oscillator provides a plurality of multi-phase oscillation signals of a same frequency and different phases. The multiplexer conducts one of the multi-phase oscillation signals to an output end in different time slots to provide an output oscillation signal. The frequency of the multi-phase oscillation signals is the same as a fundamental frequency, and the frequency of the output oscillation signal is different from the fundamental frequency. Thus, the local oscillation generator provides a local oscillation signal according to the output oscillation signal such that the fundamental frequency is different from the frequency of the local oscillation signal.
US09391560B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate on which an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal by oscillating a resonation element, and a plurality of output circuits that outputs signals based on the oscillation signal, are integrated. A package contains the semiconductor integrated circuit and the resonation element. In the semiconductor integrated circuit, an operation of a first output circuit and an operation of a second output circuit, among a plurality of output circuits, are controlled independently from each other.
US09391555B2
A control system for a switched reluctance (SR) machine is disclosed. The SR machine may have a rotor and a stator. The control system may have a converter circuit operatively coupled to the stator and including a plurality of gates in selective communication with each phase of the stator, and a controller in communication with each of the stator and the converter circuit. The controller may be configured to command a fixed dwell of a theta-on angle and a theta-off angle and a varying current command to the plurality of gates when the SR machine is in a continuous conduction mode.
US09391553B2
A circuit includes a processor that analyzes a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal feedback from a brushless DC motor to determine a transition between a mutual inductance zero crossing condition and a Back Electro Motive Force (BEMF) zero crossing condition of the brushless DC motor. A mutual inductance controller is executed by the processor to commutate the brushless DC motor at startup of the motor when the mutual inductance zero crossing condition is detected by the processor. A BEMF controller is executed by the processor to commutate the brushless DC motor after startup of the motor when the BEMF zero crossing condition is detected by the processor.
US09391547B2
According to an embodiment, single phase motor drive circuit includes a counter unit, an energization pattern generation unit, and a drive unit. The unit counts a time of phase switching of a Hall signal based on a clock signal. The energization pattern generation unit generates an energization pattern based on the count result of the counter unit. The drive unit generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal based on a duty setting signal and the energization pattern signal to output an output signal to drive a single phase motor based on the PWM signal.
US09391543B2
A system includes a grid coupled to an electrical bus; an electrical power modulation device coupled to the electrical bus that can output modified electrical power received from the electrical bus: a blower motor coupled to the electrical power modulation device that can receive the modified electrical power output and can provide a stream of air to affect a temperature of the grid, and a controller. A speed of the blower motor may be based at least in part on an amount of the modified electrical power. The controller can receive an operating parameter, and is responsive to that parameter by causing the electrical power modulation device to vary the amount of the modified electrical power. A blower motor speed may be controlled based at least in part on the operating parameter.
US09391529B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method for controlling a circuit includes controlling pulse width modulation on a primary side of a quasi-resonant controller to achieve continuous current mode operation from a synchronous rectification controller on a secondary side.
US09391528B2
An active clamp circuit for a flyback power converter is provided. The active clamp circuit includes a power transistor, a capacitor, a high-side transistor driver, a charge-pump circuit, and a controller. The power transistor is coupled in series with a capacitor to develop an active-clamper. The active-damper is coupled in parallel with a primary winding of a transformer of the flyback power converter. The high-side transistor driver is coupled to drive the power transistor. The charge-pump circuit is coupled to a voltage source and the high-side transistor driver to provide a power supply to the high-side transistor driver. The controller generates a control signal coupled to control the high-side transistor driver. The control signal is generated in response to a demagnetizing time of the transformer.
US09391519B2
A device to detect an electrical signal is provided. The device includes sensing, output, and pull-down nodes. The device includes a pull-down circuit having a native metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) to pull down the output node to approximately a voltage of the pull-down node. The device includes a switch circuit having a junction field-effect transistor (JFET). The JFET turns on the pull-down circuit in response to a voltage of the sensing node being less than a first threshold. The JFET also turns off the pull-down circuit in response to the voltage of the sensing node being greater than the first threshold.
US09391514B2
An apparatus for controlling an output voltage of a switching mode power supply (SMPS) by adjusting a switching duty ratio is provided. A comparator outputs a state signal varying depending on a comparison result between an output voltage of the SMPS and a reference voltage. A clock generator generates an internal chip operating frequency and a switching frequency of the SMPS. A digital controller determines on/off of current cells depending on the state signal input from the comparator. A digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) determines a duty ratio of a digital pulse width modulation signal by determining a charging/discharging time of an internal capacitor based on an amount of current of the current cell.
US09391506B2
There are provided a power factor correction circuit and a power supply including the same, the power factor correction circuit including a main switch adjusting a phase difference between a current and a voltage of input power, a main inductor storing or discharging the power according to switching of the main switch, a snubber circuit unit including a snubber switch forming a transfer path for surplus power present before the main switch is turned on and a snubber inductor adjusting an amount of a current applied to the snubber switch, and a reduction circuit unit reducing excessive power imposed on the snubber switch by varying inductance of the snubber inductor.
US09391500B2
An electric machine is described. The electric machine includes a rotor comprising a rotor disk and a plurality of permanent magnets magnetically coupled to the rotor disk. The plurality of permanent magnets include a substantially flat profile and are aligned in a substantially planar array. The electric machine also includes a stator comprising a solid stator core and a plurality of coils each wound around a coil insulating member. The stator core includes a plurality of stator teeth extending substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor.
US09391488B1
The rotary body driving apparatus comprises: a rotary body having a plurality of reflective surfaces; a rotor being attached to a rotor shaft together with the rotary body; a stator housing having a bearing section; a motor substrate for detecting a rotational position of the rotor; a circular magnetized section for frequency generation facing the motor substrate; a circular frequency generation pattern, which faces the magnetized section, being provided to the motor substrate and disposed close to the magnetized section; a position detecting section, which corresponds to a reference reflective surface of the rotary body, being radially outwardly or inwardly projected from a part of the magnetized section; and a magnetic sensor, which faces the position detecting section, being provided to the motor substrate.
US09391477B2
There is provided a wireless power transmitting device which can detect relative positions of a power transmitting coil and a power receiving coil with a simple configuration, and reduce cost of components. The wireless power transmitting device has: a power transmitting coil which supplies power to a power receiving coil by way of electromagnetic induction; an excitation coil which excites the power receiving coil; a plurality of detecting coils which are arranged around a center of the power transmitting coil; and notifying units, and each of the detecting coils has a shape which widens apart from the center of the power transmitting coil, and the notifying units notify relative positions of the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil by detecting an echo signal produced in the power receiving coil through the plurality of detecting coils.
US09391472B2
A battery charger of a battery charging apparatus is disposed on an exterior case of an engine in such a manner that a generated heat is transferred therebetween. An ECU drives a cooling system when an engine temperature and temperature of the battery charger satisfy a predetermined cooling temperature condition. A cooling capacity for cooling the battery charger is improved by establishing a heat radiation passage to radiate a heat from the battery charger efficiently.
US09391461B2
A wireless power transmission and charging system, and a power control method of the wireless power transmission and charging system are provided. The power control method may include generating charging power using the power amplifier. The charging power may be used to charge a target device. The charging power may be transmitted to the target device. The voltage supplied to the power amplifier may be adjusted based on a detected change in the current input to the power amplifier, a detected change in the temperature of the source device, a detected change in the amount of the power received to the target device, or a detected change in the temperature of the target device.
US09391460B2
A power control device is provided at a customer site having a distributed power supply capable of supplying power and load devices and controls a stand-alone operation in which the power supplied from the distributed power supply is converted to AC power and supplied to the load devices. The power control device comprises: a determination processing unit for determining whether or not a power supply supplied from the distributed power supply during the stand-alone operation satisfies a power demand necessary for operating the load devices; and a supply control unit for, when it is determined that the power supply does not satisfy the power demand, intermitting the stand-alone operation. After intermitting the stand-alone operation, the determination processing unit re-executes the stand-alone operation and determines whether the power supply satisfies the power demand or not. When it is consecutively determined predetermined times that the power supply does not satisfy the power demand or when a predetermined period of time has elapsed without determining that the power supply satisfies the power demand after determining that the power supply does not satisfy the power demand, the determination processing unit stops the re-execution.
US09391451B1
A distributed electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. At frequencies beyond 10 GHz, the parasitic capacitance of primary ESD protection voltage clamping devices, such as diodes, hampers adequate insertion and return loss, in spite of lumped inductor tuning. An ESD protection circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure solves the problem by distributing the diode, or voltage clamping device, capacitance among several sections of an artificial transmission line. A transmission line is provided between a single input pad and the protected circuit, with a plurality of voltage clamping sections being distributed along the transmission line. The power and ground ESD return paths are also distributed to ensure a constant current density in the voltage clamping segments, even for fast charged-device model (CDM) discharge events. By sharing the ESD return paths between differential inputs (or outputs), these return paths have no impact on differential return or insertion loss.
US09391450B2
A new type of superconducting fault current limiter is disclosed, which can advantageously be used with high voltage transmission networks. The circuit is electrically connected to two terminals, which connect to the transmission network. The superconducting circuit is located within an enclosure or tank, which is electrically isolated from ground. Therefore, the voltage difference between the enclosure and the superconducting circuit, and between the enclosure and the terminals are significantly less than exist in current deployments. In some embodiments, the enclosure is electrically connected to one of the terminals, while in other embodiments, the enclosure is electrically isolated from the terminals. The circuit can be combined with other like circuits to address a wide range of current transmission network configurations.
US09391439B2
A partition for fluid tight sealing between a motor compartment and a coupling compartment of an immersible machine is described. The partition includes a partition wall having a seat, and at least one coupling terminal arranged in the seat, the coupling terminal being accessible from a primary side of the partition, and from a secondary side of the partition. A sealing member is located in at least a part of the interface between the seat of the partition wall and the coupling terminal, and a retention means is arranged to retain the coupling terminal in the seat. The coupling terminal includes a primary spring clip engageable from the primary side and a secondary spring clip engageable from the secondary side. Also disclosed is an immersible machine including such a partition.
US09391431B2
A barrier discharge ignition apparatus has a tip end exposed to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and, when subjected to a high-frequency high-voltage AC burst, generates streamer discharges for igniting a fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber. A central electrode of the apparatus, covered by a dielectric layer and coaxially enclosed in a ground electrode, extends into the combustion chamber to a greater distance than the ground electrode. An electrode portion close to the tip end of the inner periphery of the ground electrode protrudes towards the dielectric layer, for creating a localized high-density electric field. The streamer discharges thereby enter both the to combustion chamber and also a discharge chamber of the ignition apparatus.
US09391427B2
Heat management systems for vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) chips are provided. Embodiments of the invention provide substrates having a vertical cavity surface emitting laser chip disposed on the substrate surface and electrically interconnected with the substrate, a thermal frame disposed on the substrate surface and proximate to at least three sides of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser chip, and a thermal interface material disposed between the at least three sides of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser chip and the thermal frame. The substrate can also include a transceiver chip that is operably coupled to a further integrated circuit chip and that is capable of driving the VCSEL chip.
US09391421B2
An optical amplification apparatus that amplifies input wavelength-division multiplexed light includes a pump light source that outputs pump light, and an optical amplifier that amplifies the wavelength-division multiplexed light in response to a power level of the pump light. The number of wavelengths multiplexed in the wavelength-division multiplexed light is equal to or less than the maximum available number of wavelengths input to the optical amplification apparatus. The power level of the pump light is determined based on the maximum available number of wavelengths.
US09391419B2
A method for manufacturing a contact terminal including a contact portion that slides against a surface of a conductive contact plate. The manufacturing method includes forming a projection in a metal plate by performing a drawing process, wherein the projection projects in a thicknesswise direction of the metal plate and has a larger diameter than the contact portion. The manufacturing method further includes forming the contact portion from the projection by performing a contraction pressing process at least once on the projection so that the diameter of the projection gradually decreases, while the height of the projection remains the same or decreases in a stepwise manner.
US09391418B2
A terminal crimping device includes crimp tooling including an anvil and a ram movable toward the anvil with a crimp zone being defined between the anvil and the ram configured to receive a wire and a terminal configured to be crimped to the wire by the crimp tooling. An ultrasonic transducer is coupled to at least one of the anvil and the ram that receives acoustic signals sent through the wire and terminal. A crimp quality module receives signals from the ultrasonic transducer. The crimp quality module determines a crimp height of the terminal based on the acoustic signal received by the ultrasonic transducer. Optionally, the crimp height may be determined based upon a transmission time of the acoustic signal from a transmitting transducer to a receiving transducer. The crimp height may be determined based upon a speed of sound transmission coefficient of the terminal and the wire.
US09391407B1
An electrical connector assembly includes a cage member having a plurality of walls defining a port configured to receive a pluggable module therein through a front end of the cage member. The pluggable module is configured to be electrically connected to a communication connector housed within the cage member at a rear end of the cage member. The walls are manufactured from a metal material and provide electrical shielding for the pluggable module and the communication connector. The walls include side walls and a top wall between the side walls. The top wall is non-planar and includes an upper step and a lower step. The lower step is aligned above the communication connector at or near the rear end and the upper step is aligned above the pluggable module at or near the front end.
US09391401B2
A connector assembly includes an inlet assembly and a plug assembly. The inlet assembly has a first electrical contact member. A plug assembly has a second electrical contact member. The plug assembly is movable to an inserted engaged position with the inlet assembly such that the first and second electrical contact members engage one another, and a retracted position such the plug assembly is retracted from the inlet assembly. The connector assembly includes an active locking device for retaining the plug assembly in the inlet assembly. A secondary locking device temporarily retains the plug assembly in the inlet assembly prior to activation of the active locking device.
US09391400B2
In a connector including a tubular male housing, a female housing, and a lever turnably supported in one of this male housing and the female housing and also is engaged with an engaging part formed in the other housing and slides the male housing in a direction in which the male housing is fitted into and removed from the female housing by a turning operation, the female housing is provided with support members extending in a direction in which the male housing is fitted and removed along an outer peripheral surface of the male housing, and the male housing is provided with a pair of projecting bar parts projecting from the outer peripheral surface and guide surfaces for guiding the support members are formed on mutually opposed surfaces of this pair of projecting bar parts.
US09391389B2
A terminal connection structure for an electric wire includes a first terminal having a first extension section extended from a first connection section in a nearly semi-cylindrical shape and connected to the first terminal member of a mating connection device to be connected to the electric wire and a second terminal having a second extension section extended from a second connection section in a nearly semi-cylindrical shape and connected to the second terminal member of the mating connection device to be connected to the electric wire, the first extension section and the second extension section being disposed coaxially so as to be opposed to each other and to form a nearly cylindrical shape.
US09391387B2
A connector (1) includes a pair of connector housings (3, 5), a fitting portion (9) provided in one connector housing (3) and configured to receive a terminal (7), and a fitted portion (13) provided in the other connector housing (5) and configured to receive a mating terminal (11) capable of fitting with the terminal (7). The fitted portion (13) includes a frame (15) and a movable housing (17). The frame (15) and the movable housing (17) are respectively provided with a flexture lock aim (19) and a latching projecting portion (21). The fitting portion (9) is provided with a releasing portion (23) configured to release engagement between the lock arm (19) and the latching projecting portion (21) by flexing the lock arm (19). The releasing portion (23) flexes the lock arm (19) before the terminal (7) and the mating terminal (11) fit with each other.
US09391381B2
A terminal block includes a top surface formed to be flat, a concave portion formed on the top surface, and a plurality of wiring connecting holes arranged in the concave portion. Wiring display parts corresponding to the wiring connecting holes are arranged on the top surface. The concave portion is arranged in plural for each wiring group. A buttonhole is arranged adjacent to the wiring connecting hole and an opening/closing button for opening and closing a wiring connection fitting located on a bottom part of the wiring connecting hole is accommodated in the buttonhole. The concave portion is a belt-shaped groove.
US09391378B2
Methods and systems to support input output (IO) communications may include an IO connector having a housing with surfaces defining a paddle card region, and a set of compressible contacts extending vertically through the housing into the paddle card region. In addition, an IO interconnect can include a cable portion and at least one end portion coupled to the cable portion. The end portion may include a paddle card having a circuit board with a set of contacts disposed on a bottom surface of the circuit board. The end portion can also include an asymmetric metal shell having a configuration that encloses at least a portion of the paddle card and exposes the set of contacts.
US09391373B2
An inflatable structure usable as a satellite terminal. An inflatable structure may include an inflatable membrane for forming the structure and two integral RF reflective portions. When the membrane is inflated, the two RF reflective portions oppose each other to form an antenna. One RF reflective portion may be a main reflector and the other RF reflective portion may be a subreflector, both reflectors curvatures that face each other to form a Gregorian antenna or a Cassegrain antenna. In another embodiment, an inflatable antenna may include an inflatable dish including a RF reflective main reflector and an opposing RF transparent dish wall. An inflatable RF transparent support member and an RF reflective subreflector extend from the dish wall. Again, when the antenna is inflated, the main reflector and the subreflector oppose each other to reflect RF energy toward each other to form an antenna.
US09391372B2
An antenna includes a substrate, a feed line formed on one surface of the substrate, a ground plane formed on the other surface of the substrate, a short-circuit stub that extends from a terminating end of the feed line and contacts the ground plane, and slits formed on the ground plane so as to cross the feed line.
US09391366B2
The invention relates to a method for calibrating an antenna of a receiver of signals (s1, . . . , sN) originating from a plurality of sources, said receiver comprising a plurality of sensors (c1, . . . , cM), characterized in that it comprises the following steps: measurement of a phase shift (dm,n measure) for each of the sensors (c1, . . . , cM) on each of the signals (s1, . . . , sN), determination of at least one attitude value of the antenna, said attitude being defined by a set of coordinates, calculation, for each of the sensors on each of the signals, of a theoretical phase shift (dm,n theoretical) as a function of the attitude of the antenna, from the directions of arrival of the signals, calculation of a bias (β1 sensor m) for each of the sensors from the measured phase shifts (dm,n measure) and from the theoretical phase shifts (dm,n theoretical) of the sensor.
US09391365B2
A method for estimating a target direction of a wideband signal received on an electronically steered array includes: applying convolutional or stretch processing to spatial frequency data of the wideband signal; initializing a stabilization direction to a beam pointing direction; stabilizing the spatial frequency data to the stabilization direction; compressing the spatial frequency data to a plurality of frequency range or time bins; selecting range or time bins and forming a covariance matrix; calculating an estimated target direction using the covariance matrix; determining if a stabilization direction accuracy condition is met; recalculating the stabilization direction based on the estimated target direction if the stabilization direction accuracy condition is not met; and iteratively repeating until the stabilization direction accuracy condition is met.
US09391363B2
There are provided a multilayer ferrite sheet capable of performing communications in a wideband frequency, an antenna device using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The multilayer ferrite sheet includes: a Y-type hexaferrite layer; and a Z-type hexaferrite layer, wherein the Y-type hexaferrite and the Z-type hexaferrite are alternately laminated.
US09391359B2
An electronic device including a first casing, a second casing, at least one first connecting unit and at least one feeding unit is provided. The first casing includes a conductive material. The second casing includes a conductive material. The first casing and the second casing are conducted with each other through the first connecting unit. The feeding unit is electrically connected to the first casing and the second casing, wherein the electronic device forms an antenna structure with the first casing, the second casing, the first connecting unit and the feeding unit and transmits an electromagnetic signal via the feeding unit.
US09391356B2
Systems and methods for antenna pointing are disclosed. A transmit antenna system having an adjustable boresight transmits a signal exhibiting a far-field pattern including a feature (e.g. a V-Notch) in a polarization of the signal disposed at a fixed position off a beam peak of the far-field pattern of the signal. A receive antenna system scans across the far-field pattern of the signal in the polarization to locate the feature and determine a pointing error of the adjustable boresight therefrom. The system may be applied to a cross-polarization of the signal where a co-polarization of the signal is simultaneously used for telecommunication.
US09391353B2
A resonance coupler includes transmission-side resonant wiring provided on a transmission substrate and connected to a transmission ground between a connection point of first transmission wiring to the transmission-side resonant wiring and a connection point of second transmission wiring to the transmission-side resonant wiring, and reception-side resonant wiring provided on a reception substrate and connected to a reception ground between a connection point of first reception wiring to the reception-side resonant wiring and a connection point of second reception wiring to reception-side resonant wiring. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the transmission substrate, the transmission substrate and the reception substrate are provided facing each other so that the transmission-side resonant wiring and the reception-side resonant wiring are symmetric about a point and have matching contours.
US09391352B2
A limiter for high-frequency signals has an input, whereas the high-frequency signal is supplied to the limiter at its input. The limiter provides several limiting stages which are electrically connected to the input. Each limiting stage is a series circuit with an unbiased diode and a Zener diode which does not serve to bias the diode, so that the high-frequency signal is electrically connected to a reference ground via the one unbiased diode and the Zener diode.
US09391350B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and systems for selectively filtering RF signals within one or more RF frequency band are provided. In particular, an RF choke, such as a 3D RF choke or a semi-lumped RF choke, configured to selectively filter such RF signals is provided. The RF choke comprises a metal connection line configured as an inductive element for the RF choke. In an example, one or more metal lines, such as a metal open stub, are formed as capacitive elements for the RF choke. In another example, one or more through vias are formed as capacitive elements for the RF choke. In this way, the RF choke allows DC power signals to pass through the metal connection line, while impeding RF signals within the one or more RF frequency bands from passing through the metal connection line.
US09391349B2
The present invention provides a lithium-air secondary battery that is capable of effectively preventing deterioration of an alkaline electrolytic solution, air electrode, and negative electrode and has a long life and high long-term reliability. The lithium-air secondary battery comprises an air electrode 12 functioning as a positive electrode, an anion exchanger 14 provided in close contact with one side of the air electrode and composed of a hydroxide-ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte, a separator 16 provided away from the anion exchanger and composed of a lithium-ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte, a negative electrode 18 provided so as to be capable of supplying and receiving lithium ions to and from the separator and comprising lithium, and an alkaline electrolytic solution 20 filled between the anion exchanger and the separator.
US09391348B2
The invention relates to electrochemical cells of a rechargeable battery. It is the object of the invention to provide possibilities with which parameters can be determined simply, reliably and with sufficient spatial resolution within the cells of a rechargeable battery in real time and with small additional technical effort. In an electrochemical cell in accordance with the invention, at least one sensor element is arranged within the cell, integrated therein. In this respect, a sensor element is configured as an electrically conductive layer-wise conductor track structure on a surface of a dielectric laminate configured in the form of a thin film. Except for regions arranged at the outer margin provided for an electrical contacting, the conductor track structure is sealed in a fluid-tight manner by a further dielectric laminate which is configured in the form of a film and which is arranged on the conductor track structure.
US09391343B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode assembly, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a container. The electrode assembly has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode contains particles of a lithium transition metal compound as a positive electrode active material. The negative electrode is opposed to the positive electrode. The separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains lithium difluorophosphate. The container houses the electrode assembly and the nonaqueous electrolyte. The battery capacity is not less than 21 Ah. The mean particle diameter (D50) of the particles of the lithium transition metal compound is not less than 5 μm and not more than 15 μm. The (D90−D10)/D50 of the particles of the lithium transition metal compound is under 1.1.
US09391338B2
Disclosed herein are an electrolyte-membraneless microbial fuel cell, in-series stack thereof, and in-parallel combination thereof. According to various implementation examples, problems relating to scaling up and modularization are overcome, and problems relating to using an electrolyte membrane are solved.
US09391327B2
A positive active material is disclosed that includes a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein a full width at half maximum (FWHM003) at a (003) plane in X-ray diffraction ranges from about 0.12 to about 0.155, and a rechargeable lithium ion battery including the same. LiaNixCoyMzO2 [Chemical Formula 1]
US09391316B2
A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery including the composite cathode, and a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, the composite cathode active material including a compound with an olivine crystal structure; and an inorganic material, the inorganic material including a nitride or carbide of at least one element selected from the group of Group 2, Group 13, Group 14, and Group 15 of the periodic table of elements.
US09391315B2
A negative electrode for a lithium ion battery 10 includes a negative electrode current collector 11, a negative electrode active material layer 14, and a lithium silicate layer 15. The negative electrode active material layer 14 contains silicon. The lithium silicate layer 15 contains lithium, oxygen, and silicon forming a Li—O—Si bond, and is formed at the interface between the negative electrode current collector 11 and the negative electrode active material layer 14. The negative electrode active material layer 14 and the lithium silicate layer 15 may be composed of columnar bodies.
US09391311B2
A battery capable of detecting battery cell deformation is provided. The battery includes a battery cell, a grounded encapsulation part, and a film that is located between the battery cell and the encapsulation part and keeps a separation between the film and the encapsulation part. The film is deployed with a serial impedance cabling, where a resistance value of the serial impedance cabling changes as the length of the serial impedance cabling changes. When deformation of the battery cell exceeds a predetermined value, the film is capable of bearing extrusion of the battery cell and becomes deformed, so that the serial impedance cabling contacts the encapsulation part, so as to short-circuit the serial cabling of a certain length to ground. The battery provided in the embodiments of the present invention is capable of improving safety of the battery cell.
US09391304B2
An organic light-emitting display device is provided. An organic light-emitting display device, including: a substrate; a pixel-defining layer on the substrate and defining a light-emitting region; and an organic light-emitting element over the light-emitting region, wherein the pixel-defining layer includes a first pixel-defining layer on the substrate and a second pixel-defining layer on the first pixel-defining layer, the organic light-emitting element includes a first organic layer contacting the first pixel-defining layer at either end thereof, a second organic layer on the first organic layer and contacting the second pixel-defining layer at either end thereof, and an organic light-emitting layer on the second organic layer, and the first pixel-defining layer is lyophilic.
US09391300B2
A method of producing a transparent diffusive OLED substrate includes lapping one face or both faces of a flat translucent glass substrate with an abrasive slurry, so as to obtain a flat glass substrate with at least one roughened surface having a roughness profile with an arithmetical mean deviation Ra of between 0.1 μm and 2.0 μm; coating the roughened surface or one of the roughened surfaces with a high index glass frit having a refractive index of at least 1.7, the amount of the high index glass frit being sufficient to completely cover the roughness profile of the roughened surface after melting of the frit, and heating the coated substrate to a temperature above the melting temperature of the high index glass frit and below the softening temperature of the underlying substrate, so as to form high index enamel on one of the roughened surfaces.
US09391285B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for providing a current of spin-polarized electrons. More particularly, the present invention is suited for use in spin electronics or detection of spin-polarized electrons.
US09391284B2
There is disclosed an organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising organic photoconductive materials, which comprise singlet fission host materials doped with triplet forming materials. There is also disclosed devices made from such materials, such as an organic photovoltaic cell, a photoconductor cell, a photodetector, organic photosensors, chemical sensors, and biological sensors. Methods of fabricating such devices are also disclosed.
US09391277B2
A device including a substrate, two or more electrodes facing each other disposed on the substrate and a positive hole injection transport layer disposed between two electrodes among the two or more electrodes, wherein the positive hole injection transport layer contains a reaction product of a transition metal complex or complexes, and wherein at least one or more kinds of transition metals selected from the group consisting of vanadium, rhenium and platinum, or a mixture of molybdenum and one or more kinds of transition metals selected from the group consisting of vanadium, rhenium and platinum is contained in a central metal or metals of the transition metal complex or complexes.
US09391275B2
A vapor deposition source (60), a plurality of control plates (80) and a vapor deposition mask (70) are disposed in this order. A substrate (10) is moved relative to the vapor deposition mask in a state in which the substrate and the vapor deposition mask are spaced apart at a fixed interval. Vapor deposition particles (91) discharged from a vapor deposition source opening (61) of the vapor deposition source pass through neighboring inter-control plate spaces (81) and mask openings (71) formed in the vapor deposition mask, and then adhere to the substrate to form a coating film (90). At least a part of the coating film is formed by the vapor deposition particles that have passed through two or more different inter-control plate spaces. It is thereby possible to form a coating film in which edge blur and variations in the thickness are suppressed.
US09391273B1
Provided is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a first metal oxide layer disposed over a substrate and including a trench therein, a second metal oxide layer disposed along an inner wall of the trench, a selector disposed over the second metal oxide layer and buried in a part of the trench, and a top electrode disposed over the selector.
US09391272B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile variable resistance element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a variable resistance layer, and a dielectric layer. The second electrode includes a metal element. The variable resistance layer is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A resistance change is reversibly possible in the variable resistance layer according to move the metal element in and out. The dielectric layer is inserted between the second electrode and the variable resistance layer and has a diffusion coefficient of the metal element smaller than that of the variable resistance layer.
US09391271B1
A resistive random access memory including a substrate, a dielectric layer, and at least one memory cell string is provided. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The memory cell string includes memory cells and at least one first interconnect structure. The memory cells are vertically and adjacently disposed in the dielectric layer, and each memory cells includes a first conductive line, a second conductive line, and a variable resistance structure. The second conductive line is disposed at one side of the first conductive line, and the top surface of the second conductive line is higher than the top surface of the first conductive line. The variable resistance structure is disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line. The variable resistance structures in the vertically adjacent memory cells are isolated from each other. The first interconnect structure is connected to the vertically adjacent first conductive lines.
US09391269B2
A variable resistance memory device includes a plurality of first conductive lines, a plurality of second conductive lines, a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of first air gaps and a plurality of second air gaps. The first conductive line extends in a first direction. The second conductive line is over the first conductive line and extends in a second direction crossing the first direction. The memory cell includes a variable resistance device. The memory cell is located at an intersection region of the first conductive line and the second conductive line. The first air gap extends in the first direction between the memory cells. The second air gap extends in the second direction between the memory cells.
US09391258B2
A piezoelectric element includes a metal substrate, an alumina layer, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode. The metal substrate includes iron as a main component and includes at least aluminum and chromium. The alumina layer is formed on the metal substrate, and the lower electrode is formed on the alumina layer. The piezoelectric layer is formed on the lower electrode, and the upper electrode is formed on the piezoelectric layer. The alumina layer is mainly formed of particles in a γ-alumina phase.
US09391252B2
An optoelectronic component comprising a semiconductor body, a first connection layer, an insulation layer and a second connection layer, wherein the semiconductor body has an active region for generating electromagnetic radiation and the second connection layer comprises a first partial layer and a second partial layer is specified, wherein the insulation layer electrically insulates the first connection layer from the second connection layer, the first partial layer is arranged between the second partial layer and the semiconductor body in a vertical direction, in a plan view of the semiconductor body the first connection layer overlaps the first partial layer and is spaced apart from the second partial layer in a lateral direction, and the first connection layer has a first layer thickness and the second partial layer has a second layer thickness, wherein the first layer thickness and the second layer thickness differ from one another at most by 20%.
US09391245B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for producing a sialon phosphor comprises: mixing a silicon precursor and an aluminum precursor and sintering the mixture to form a first sintered body; and mixing the first sintered body and a precursor for an active material and heat-treating the mixture to form a second sintered body. That is, the method for producing a sialon phosphor according to one embodiment of the present invention involves firstly forming the first sintered body serving as a host material to stably ensure a crystal structure, and then mixing the active material and the first sintered body so as to preserve the role of the active material without sacrificing the crystal structure of the first sintered body. Eventually, the active material in the crystal structure of the first sintered body is located in an interstitial site not located in the Si or Al position, thereby preventing the degradation of the crystallinity of the first sintered body. In addition, the crystal structure of the sialon phosphor produced by the above-described method is stable, and the sialon phosphor exhibits superior thermal stability at a high temperature, and therefore the degradation in the efficiency thereof caused by a shortened lifespan thereof is extremely slight even over long-term operation. In addition, the crystal structure of the sialon phosphor in the light-emitting device package comprising the sialon phosphor produced by the above-described method is stable, and therefore the degradation in luminance caused by a degradation of crystallinity may be prevented.
US09391243B2
To reduce absorption by an LED die (12) of light emitted by a phosphor layer (48), the absorbing semiconductor layers of the LED die (12) are separated from the phosphor layer by a relatively thick glass plate (44) affixed to the LED die or by the LED die transparent growth substrate. Therefore, phosphor light emitted at a sufficient angle towards the LED die will pass through the transparent spacer (44) and exit the sidewalls of the spacer, preventing the light from being absorbed by the LED die. The LED die may be GaN based. The spacer is at least 100 microns thick. A 16% gain in light extraction is achievable using the technique compared to the light emission where phosphor is directly deposited on the LED semiconductor layers.
US09391234B2
A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a conducting substrate, and a light emitting structure that is divided into segments. The light emitting structure includes a first layer of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type deposited on the substrate, an active layer overlying the first layer, and a second layer of semiconductor material of an opposite conductivity type from the first conductivity type overlying the active layer. A barrier divides the light emitting structure into first and second segments that are electrically isolated from one another. A serial connection electrode connects the first layer in the first segment to the second layer in the second segment. A power contact is electrically connected to the second layer in the first segment, and a second power contact electrically connected to the first layer in the second segment.
US09391232B1
Provided are light emitting diodes (LEDs) and methods of fabricating such LEDs. An LED may include a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer having a varying refractive index. For example, the refractive index may be higher at the interface of the TCO layer with an epitaxial stack than on the side of the TCO layer. The refractive index variability allows reducing light intensity losses in the LED. The refractive index variability may be achieved by feeding a substrate through a deposition chamber having a variable concentration of at least one process gas, such as oxygen. Specifically, the concentration of the process gas may be higher at one slit opening than at another slit opening. As the substrate moves through the deposition chamber, the TCO layer is continuously deposited. Due to the concentration variability, the resulting TCO layer may have a variable composition throughout the thickness of the TCO layer.
US09391219B2
A photovoltaic apparatus includes a support substrate; a back electrode layer on the support substrate; a light absorbing layer on the back electrode layer; and a front electrode layer on the light absorbing layer, wherein the support substrate comprises: a base layer; a first stepped portion on the base layer; and a second stepped portion disposed aside the first stepped portion on the base layer, and wherein the second stepped portion is thicker than the first stepped portion.
US09391207B2
The present invention provides a low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The present invention is related to display technology. The low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor comprises: an active layer disposed on a substrate, and a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively connected to the active layer, the active layer comprises a source contact region, a drain contact region, and a semiconductor region disposed between the source contact region and the drain contact region, the source contact region and the drain contact region are both conductive, both of the source contact region and the drain contact region include a semiconductor substrate and ions distributed in the semiconductor substrate, the source electrode covers the source contact region directly, and the drain electrode covers the drain contact region directly.
US09391205B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a metal gate structure formed over a fin structure of the substrate. The semiconductor structure further includes a spacer formed on a sidewall of the metal gate structure and a source/drain structure formed in the fin structure. In addition, the spacer is in direct contact with the fin structure.
US09391202B2
The semiconductor device including: a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction, the semiconductor layer including a pair of source/drain regions and a channel region, a gate extending on the semiconductor layer to cover the channel region, and a gate dielectric layer interposed between the channel region and the gate, a corner insulating spacer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface extending in the second direction along a side wall of the gate, the first surface covering from a side portion of the gate dielectric layer to at least a portion of the side wall of the gate, and the second surface covering a portion of the semiconductor layer, and an outer portion insulating spacer covering the side wall of the gate above the corner insulating spacer, the outer portion insulating spacer having a smaller dielectric constant than the corner insulating spacer, may be provided.
US09391198B2
A method of forming a strained trampoline including: forming a strain inducing layer on a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI), the SOI having a semiconductor layer on an insulator layer and the insulator layer is on a handle substrate; forming a opening through the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer using a patterned hardmask; forming a trampoline support in the opening; forming a trench through the strain inducing layer and through the semiconductor layer exposing a portion of the insulator layer, a strained trampoline is a portion of the semiconductor layer with a boundary defined by the trampoline support and the trench; and removing the insulator layer through the trench, where the strained trampoline is supported by the trampoline support.
US09391183B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed that comprises semiconductor regions and an insulating film. A groove extends from a top surface of a semiconductor region and reaching a semiconductor region. In plan view, a body of a bottom electrode is formed in a strip form, and extends in an extending direction of the groove, and the connection portion extends in a depth direction of the groove and is connected to an end of the body in the extending direction of the body. The body of the bottom electrode is arranged in the groove, and the connection portion of the bottom electrode is arranged in the connection groove. In plan view, a length of the groove in the extending direction of the groove is larger than a width of the groove, and the width of the groove is larger than a gap between the groove and an adjacent groove.
US09391182B2
A Trench Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) and a manufacture method thereof are provided by the present invention, which belongs to the field of IGBT technical field. The manufacture method includes following steps: (1) preparing a semiconductor substrate; (2) forming an epitaxial layer grow on a first side of the semiconductor substrate by epitaxial growth; (3) preparing and forming a gate and an emitter of the Trench Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor on a second side of the semiconductor substrate; (4) thinning the epitaxial layer to form a collector region; (5) metalizing the collector region to form a collector. The cost of the manufacture method is low and the performance of the Trench IGBT formed by the manufacture method is good.
US09391180B2
Heterojunction bipolar transistors are provided that include at least one contact (e.g., collector, emitter, and/or base) formed by a heterojunction between a crystalline semiconductor material and a doped non-crystalline semiconductor material layer. An interfacial intrinsic non-crystalline semiconductor material layer is present at the heterojunction between the crystalline semiconductor material and the doped non-crystalline semiconductor material layer. The presence of the interfacial intrinsic non-crystalline semiconductor material layer improves the surface passivation of the crystalline semiconductor material by reducing the interface defect density at the heterojunction.
US09391177B1
The present invention provides a method for improving gate coupling ratio of a flash memory device and a protruding floating gate is formed. First, a substrate having a plurality of isolation structures is formed. Then, a first conductive layer is formed overlaying the substrate. A chemical-mechanical polishing process is performed to planarize the first conductive layer. After that, a portion of the isolation structures is removed, and a second conductive layer is formed overlaying the first conductive layer and the isolation structures. Finally, a lithography process with a photomask can be used to define a mask that covers the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and then an insulating layer is deposited overlaying the substrate, so that a third conductive layer is formed overlaying the insulating layer.
US09391176B2
The present disclosure provides, in various aspects of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device which includes a semiconductor stack disposed over a surface of a substrate and a gate structure partially formed over an upper surface and two opposing sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor stack, wherein the semiconductor stack includes an alternating arrangement of at least two layers formed by a first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material which is different from the first semiconductor material.
US09391166B2
A method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device includes: providing a substrate which includes a cell region where a plurality of memory cells are to be formed and a peripheral circuit region where a plurality of peripheral circuit devices are to be formed; forming the memory cells that are stacked perpendicularly to the substrate of the cell region; and forming a first conductive layer for forming a gate electrode of a selection transistor over the memory cells while forming the first conductive layer in the peripheral circuit region simultaneously, wherein the first conductive layer of the peripheral circuit region functions as a resistor body of at least one peripheral circuit device of the peripheral circuit devices.
US09391163B2
A method of making a field-effect transistor device includes providing a substrate with a fin stack having: a first sacrificial material layer on the substrate, a first semiconductive material layer on the first sacrificial material layer, and a second sacrificial material layer on the first semiconductive material layer. The method includes inserting a dummy gate having a second thickness, a dummy void, and an outer end that is coplanar to the second face. The method includes inserting a first spacer having a first thickness and a first void, and having an outer end that is coplanar to the first face. The method includes etching the first sacrificial material layer in the second plane and the second sacrificial material layer in the fourth plane. The method includes removing, at least partially, the first spacer. The method also includes inserting a second spacer having the first thickness.
US09391144B2
A semiconductor structure including a (100) silicon substrate having a plurality openings located within the silicon substrate, wherein each opening exposes a surface of the silicon substrate having a (111) crystal plane. This structure further includes an epitaxial semiconductor material located on an uppermost surface of the (100) silicon substrate, and a gallium nitride material located adjacent to the surface of the silicon substrate having the (111) crystal plane and adjacent a portion of the epitaxial semiconductor material. The structure also includes at least one semiconductor device located upon and within the gallium nitride material and at least one other semiconductor device located upon and within the epitaxial semiconductor material.
US09391141B2
A method for producing fin structures, using Directed Self Assembly (DSA) lithographic patterning, in an area of a semiconductor substrate includes providing a semiconductor substrate covered with a shallow trench isolation (STI) layer stack on a side thereof; defining a fin area on that side of the substrate by performing a lithographic patterning step other than DSA, wherein the fin structures will be produced in the fin area; and producing the fin structures in the semiconductor substrate within the fin area according to a predetermined fin pattern using DSA lithographic patterning. The disclosure also relates to associated semiconductor structures.
US09391137B2
Provided are a power semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same, in particular a power semiconductor device such as an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) including a cell region with a trench structure formed to include a dummy trench and a first trench and a termination region with a termination ring formed surrounding the cell region. Such a power semiconductor device is designed to operable with high power conditions such as when an operating voltage is 600 V, 1200 V and so on.
US09391128B2
Color purity of a light emitting element is improved without an adverse effect such as reduction in voltage and luminance efficiency. The light emitting element has a light emitting laminated body including a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. A buffer layer is provided to be in contact with at least one of the electrodes. One of the electrodes is an electrode having high reflectance and the other is a translucent electrode. By employing a translucent electrode, light can be transmitted and reflected. An optical distance between the electrodes is adjusted in accordance with a thickness of the buffer layer, and accordingly, light can be resonated between the electrodes. The buffer layer is made of a composite material including an organic compound and a metal compound; therefore, voltage and luminance efficiency of the light emitting element is not affected even if a distance between the electrodes becomes long.
US09391126B2
A flat panel display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes a first substrate and an organic light emitting device formed over the first substrate, wherein the organic light emitting device comprises a first electrode layer, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode layer, and wherein the organic light emitting layer is interposed between the first and second electrode layers. The display also includes a second substrate attached to the first substrate by the use of a sealant and an In-Plane Switching (IPS) mode electrode layer formed between the first and second substrates, wherein the IPS mode electrode layer is closer to the second substrate than the first substrate, wherein the IPS mode electrode layer has first and second surfaces opposing each other, and wherein the first surface is closer to the second substrate than the first surface. The display further includes a first alignment layer formed on the second surface of the IPS mode electrode layer and a liquid crystal layer filled in a space formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least part of the liquid crystal layer is formed over the organic light emitting device.
US09391116B2
A junction type field effect transistor (JFET) in a substrate includes channel and source regions of a first conductivity type and first through fourth gate regions of a second conductivity type. The first and second gate regions are disposed in a direction along a surface of the substrate. The third and fourth gate regions are disposed in the direction. The first and third gate regions are disposed in a depth direction. The first gate region is disposed between the surface and the third gate region. The second and fourth gate regions are disposed in the depth direction. The second gate region is disposed between the surface and the fourth gate region. The channel region includes a first region disposed between the first and third gate regions and a second region disposed between the second and fourth gate regions. The source region is disposed between the first and second gate regions.
US09391115B1
A CMOS image sensor unit and a method for fabricating the same are described. The image sensor unit includes a photodiode, a transfer gate, a reset gate, a source follower gate, a floating drain region between the transfer gate and the reset gate, and a PIP capacitor. The lower poly-Si electrode of the PIP capacitor is electrically connected with the floating drain region and the source follower gate to also serve as an interconnect between the floating drain region and the source follower gate. The fabrication method includes forming contact plugs on the floating drain region and the source follower gate, and then forming a PIP capacitor whose lower poly-Si electrode is connected with each contact plug.
US09391112B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a conductive member penetrating through a first semiconductor layer, a first insulator layer, and a third insulator layer, and connecting a first conductor layer with a second conductor layer. The conductive member has a first region containing copper, and a second region containing a material different from the copper is located at least between a first region and the first semiconductor layer, between the first region and the first insulator layer, and between the first region and the third insulator layer. A diffusion coefficient of the copper to a material is lower than a diffusion coefficient of the copper to the first semiconductor layer and a diffusion coefficient of the copper to the first insulator layer.
US09391109B2
A semiconductor device, and a method of fabrication, is introduced. In an embodiment, one or more passivation layers are formed over a first substrate. Recesses are formed in the passivation layers and a first plurality of bonding pads and a second plurality of bonding pads are formed in the recesses. In an embodiment, the first plurality of bonding pads have a first width and a first pitch, and the second plurality of bonding pads have the first width and are grouped into clusters. The first plurality of bonding pads and the second plurality of bonding pads in the first substrate are aligned to a third plurality of bonding pads in a second substrate and are bonded using a direct bonding method.
US09391106B2
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device photoelectrically converting light taken by a lens; and a light shielding member shielding part of light incident on the solid-state imaging device from the lens, wherein an angle made between an edge surface of the light shielding member and an optical axis direction of the lens is larger than an incident angle of light to be incident on an edge portion of the light shielding member.
US09391099B2
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a gate electrode on a substrate, the gate electrode connected to the gate line; a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the gate electrode; an active layer of intrinsic amorphous silicon on the gate insulating layer and corresponding to the gate electrode; an ohmic contact layer of impurity-doped amorphous silicon on the active layer; a data line crossing the gate line; a source electrode on the ohmic contact layer and connected to the data line; a drain electrode on the ohmic contact layer and spaced apart from the source electrode; a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes and including a drain contact hole exposing a portion of the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode on the passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode through the drain contact hole.
US09391095B2
An oxide semiconductor layer with excellent crystallinity is formed to enable manufacture of transistors with excellent electrical characteristics for practical application of a large display device, a high-performance semiconductor device, etc. By first heat treatment, a first oxide semiconductor layer is crystallized. A second oxide semiconductor layer is formed over the first oxide semiconductor layer. By second heat treatment, an oxide semiconductor layer including a crystal region having the c-axis oriented substantially perpendicular to a surface is efficiently formed and oxygen vacancies are efficiently filled. An oxide insulating layer is formed over and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. By third heat treatment, oxygen is supplied again to the oxide semiconductor layer. A nitride insulating layer containing hydrogen is formed over the oxide insulating layer. By fourth heat treatment, hydrogen is supplied at least to an interface between the second oxide semiconductor layer and the oxide insulating layer.
US09391087B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes first and second word line groups, each including a plurality of stacked word lines above a substrate, a first memory string including a first memory column through the first word line group, a second memory column through the second word line group, and a first memory connection portion electrically coupling the first and second memory columns, and a second memory string including a third memory column through the first word line group, a fourth memory column through the second word line group, and a second memory connection portion electrically coupling the third and fourth memory columns. The first memory connection portion is formed in a first layer of the substrate and the second memory connection portion is formed in a second layer of the substrate that is lower than the first layer.
US09391081B1
A first depression and a second depression are formed in an upper surface of a first metal layer. A dielectric layer is formed over the first metal layer. Subsequently, a wide trench is formed in the dielectric layer, the wide trench extending deeper in a first outer region and in a second outer region than in a central region located between the first outer region and the second outer region, the first outer region overlying the first depression and the second outer region overlying the second depression.
US09391080B1
An approach for providing SRAM bit cells with miniaturized bit cells, without local interconnection layers, with improved lithographic printability, and enabling methodology are disclosed. Embodiments include providing first color structures, in a M1 layer, including a first word line, a first bit line, a second bit line, a first ground line, a second ground line, a second latch line or a combination thereof, wherein the first color structures include side edges longer than tip edges; providing second color structures, in the M1 layer, including a second word line, a first power line, a second power line, a first latch line or a combination thereof, wherein the second color structures include side edges longer than tip edges; and forming a bit cell including the first color structures and the second color structures, wherein adjacent tip edges include a first color structure tip edge and a second color structure tip edge.
US09391075B2
An integrated circuit includes a first FET structure and a second FET structure, both of which being formed over a silicon substrate. The first FET structure includes a high-k material layer, a layer of a first workfunction material formed over the high-k material layer, a layer of a barrier material formed over the first workfunction material layer; and a layer of a gate fill material formed over the barrier material layer. The entirety of the barrier material layer and the gate fill material layer are formed above the first workfunction material layer. The second FET structure includes a layer of the high-k material, a layer of a second workfunction material formed over the high-k material layer, a low-resistance material layer formed over the second workfunction material layer and a layer of the barrier material formed over the low-resistance material layer.
US09391074B1
A design structure for fins in a fin array that can be included in a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), the design structure including: a semiconductor fin being on a substrate and having a semiconductor fin height and a first side; a dielectric fin having a dielectric fin height and a second side facing the first side, the dielectric fin extending in a first direction substantially parallel to the first semiconductor fin; a first conformal liner lining a first trough, the first conformal liner extending across the substrate between the first side and the second side and up to approximately the dielectric fin height on the first side and on the second side; and a fill material filling the first trough to approximately the dielectric fin height.
US09391071B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a fourth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a fifth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type provided on the third semiconductor region and the fourth semiconductor region, and a sixth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type. The third semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region and has a dopant concentration that is lower than a dopant concentration of the first semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region is provided on the second semiconductor region adjacent to the third semiconductor region. A dopant contained in the fourth semiconductor region extends to a level that is deeper than a level of a dopant contained in the third semiconductor region.
US09391065B1
Field effect diode structures utilize a junction structure that has an L-shape in cross-section (a fin extending from a planar portion). An anode is positioned at the top surface of the fin, and a cathode is positioned at the end surface of the planar portion. The perpendicularity of the fin and the planar portion cause the anode and cathode to be perpendicular to one another. A first gate insulator contacts the fin between the top surface and the planar portion. A first gate conductor contacts the first gate insulator, and the first gate insulator is between the first gate conductor and the surface of the fin. Additionally, a second gate insulator contacts the planar portion between the end surface and the fin. A second gate conductor contacts the second gate insulator, and the second gate insulator is between the second gate conductor and the surface of the planar portion.
US09391058B2
A transient voltage suppressor and its manufacturing method are provided, which can easily control voltage withstanding characteristics of a Zener diode by analogizing growth of a buried layer by forming a portion of the buried layer by performing ion implantation on a first epitaxial layer and then forming the other portion of the buried layer while depositing a second epitaxial layer having the same impurity concentration with the first epitaxial layer, and which can improve a current distribution characteristic by forming a doping region in a ring shape to increase a current pass region by increasing a PN junction area of a Zener diode in a small area.
US09391053B2
Disclosed are a non-shrink varistor substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the non-shrink varistor substrate includes: a reinforcement layer formed of a ceramic material; a thin bonding layer formed on the surface of the reinforcement layer; a first varistor layer formed on the thin bonding layer and including a plurality of inner electrode layers therein; and an outer electrode layer formed on the first varistor layer and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers by a conductive material loaded in a via hole formed through the first varistor layer, the thin bonding layer and the reinforcement layer, and also wherein bondability and bonding reliability can be enhanced upon heterobonding of the reinforcement layer and the varistor layer.
US09391049B2
A molding package assembly is provided, which includes a substrate and first and second molding packages stacked on the substrate. Each of the first and second molding packages has a semiconductor element, an anti-warping structure disposed around a periphery of the semiconductor element, a molding material encapsulating the semiconductor element and the anti-warping structure, and a protection layer formed on the semiconductor element, the molding material and the anti-warping structure. The anti-warping structure facilitates to prevent warping of the molding package assembly during a molding process.
US09391038B2
A semiconductor device has pluralities of grid array terminals forming a grid array structure, e.g. a BGA structure, in which the output end of a built-in switch circuit is connected to multiple terminals of the grid array structure, thereby reducing the current that flows through each of the multiple terminals below a permissible level and minimizing the heat due to contact resistances of the multiple terminals in contact with the IC socket of the semiconductor device. Each pair of nearest neighbors of the multiple terminals is interposed by at least one further array terminal. The multiple terminals are all located at the outermost peripheral terminal positions of the grid array structure. Thus, the heat generated in the respective multiple terminals connected to the switch circuit is reduced, thereby minimizing the possibility of hazardous melting of the terminals.
US09391031B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic device, the method includes: applying an adhesive film on a package board; placing an electronic component on the package board with a bump therebetween; applying a first load to the electronic component while heating the electronic component to a first temperature higher than a reaction start temperature of the adhesive film and lower than a melting point of the bump; reducing the first load to a second load lower than the first load while maintaining the first temperature; and heating the electronic component to a second temperature higher than or equal to the melting point of the bump while maintaining the second load.
US09390996B2
A double-sided cooling power module may include a lower-end terminal, at least one pair of power semiconductor chips mounted on the lower-end terminal, at least one pair of horizontal spacers mounted on the at least one pair of power semiconductor chips, an upper-end terminal mounted on the at least one pair of horizontal spacers, and at least one pair of vertical spacers disposed between the upper-end terminal and the lower-end terminal.
US09390995B2
An object is to provide a fin integrated type semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, which are provided with a simple structure and good heat dissipation characteristics. The semiconductor device includes: a base plate on which fins arranged in a standing condition are formed on a first main face; an insulating layer formed on a second main face of the base plate, the second main face being opposite to the first main face of the base plate; a circuit pattern fixed to the insulating layer; and a semiconductor element joined to the circuit pattern. The fins are formed with slits that pass through in the thickness direction of the fins.
US09390993B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor unit containing an active circuitry layer. The semiconductor package also includes a plurality of bonding pads on the active circuitry layer, which are configured to be connected to corresponding external conductive connectors. The semiconductor package also includes a protective sealant coating filling grooved edges of the active circuitry layer. The protective sealant coating contains an exterior wafer-singulated surface.
US09390991B2
A semiconductor die has active circuits formed on its active surface. Contact pads are formed on the active surface of the semiconductor die and coupled to the active circuits. A die extension region is formed around a periphery of the semiconductor die. Conductive THVs are formed in the die extension region. A wafer level conductive plane or ring is formed on a center area of the active surface. The conductive plane or ring is connected to a first contact pad to provide a first power supply potential to the active circuits, and is electrically connected to a first conductive THV. A conductive ring is formed partially around a perimeter of the conductive plane or ring and connected to a second contact pad for providing a second power supply potential to the active circuits. The conductive ring is electrically connected to a second THV.
US09390978B2
A SGT production method includes a step of forming first and second fin-shaped silicon layers, forming a first insulating film, and forming first and second pillar-shaped silicon layers; a step of forming diffusion layers by implanting an impurity into upper portions of the first and second pillar-shaped silicon layers, upper portions of the first and second fin-shaped silicon layers, and lower portions of the first and second pillar-shaped silicon layers; a step of forming a gate insulating film and first and second polysilicon gate electrodes; a step of forming a silicide in upper portions of the diffusion layers formed in the upper portions of the first and second fin-shaped silicon layers; and a step of depositing an interlayer insulating film, exposing and etching the first and second polysilicon gate electrodes, then depositing a metal, and forming first and second metal gate electrodes.
US09390975B2
A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor is disclosed. Connection regions of different doping types are produced by means of self-aligning implantation methods.
US09390973B2
Structures of a system on chip and methods of forming a system on chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating the system on chip includes forming a through substrate opening from a back surface of a substrate, the through substrate opening disposed between a first and a second region, the first region comprising devices for RF circuitry and the second region comprising devices for other circuitry. The method further includes forming patterns for redistribution lines on a photo resist layer, the photo resist layer disposed under the back surface, and filling the through substrate opening and the patterns for redistribution lines with a conductive material.
US09390961B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes a first bit line structure extending in a first direction, a second bit line structure extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first bit line structure, a storage contact plug located between the first bit line structure and the second bit line structure, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first plug insulator located between the first bit line structure and the second bit line structure, and configured to contact a side surface extending in the second direction of the storage contact plug, and a plug isolation pattern located between the first bit line structure and the first plug insulator.
US09390957B2
Provided are a substrate transfer apparatus and method and a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate transfer apparatus includes: a body portion; an arm part coupled to the body portion, the arm part moving to allow the substrate to be transferred; a suction part provided with the arm portion, the suction part suctioning and fixing the substrate; and a control part controlling an operation of the substrate transfer apparatus, wherein the control part changes a suction point on the substrate to re-attempt suction when suction of the substrate by the suction part is unsuccessful.
US09390953B2
A substrate damage detection device is configured to be mounted to a substrate transfer robot provided with a slidably-movable substrate support. The substrate damage detection device includes an image obtainer and a damage detector. The image obtainer, such as a camera, is configured to obtain an image of the periphery of a substrate placed on the substrate support of the transfer robot. The damage detector is configured to detect damage made to the substrate by using the image of the periphery obtained by the image obtainer.
US09390945B2
A semiconductor device has a substrate and insulating layer formed over a surface of the substrate. A first conductive layer is formed over the surface of the substrate. A second conductive layer is formed over an opposing surface of the substrate. A conductive via is formed through the substrate. An opening is formed in the insulating layer while leaving the first conductive layer intact. The opening narrows with a non-linear side or linear side. The opening can have a rectangular shape. A semiconductor die is mounted over the surface of the substrate. An underfill material is deposited between the semiconductor die and substrate. The opening in the insulating layer reduces a flow rate of the underfill material proximate to the opening. The flow rate of the underfill material proximate to the opening is substantially equal to a flow rate of the underfill material away from the opening.
US09390942B2
Embodiments of preparing substrates for subsequent bonding with semiconductor layer are described herein. A substrate may be prepared with one or more chemicals or a sacrificial layer to limit or remove substrate contaminants and reduce substrate surface damage. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09390939B2
One method disclosed includes, among other things, conformably depositing a layer of contact insulating material and a conductive material layer in a contact opening, forming a reduced-thickness sacrificial material layer in the contact opening so as to expose a portion, but not all, of the conductive material layer, removing portions of the conductive material layer and the layer of contact insulating material positioned above the upper surface of the reduced-thickness sacrificial material layer, removing the reduced-thickness sacrificial material layer, and forming a conductive contact in the contact opening that contacts the recessed portions of the conductive material layer and the layer of contact insulating material.
US09390932B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for forming layers that comprise electropositive metals through ALD (atomic layer deposition) and or CVD (chemical vapor deposition) processes, layers comprising one or more electropositive metals, and semiconductor devices comprising layers comprising one or more electropositive metals. In embodiments of the invention, the layers are thin or ultrathin (films that are less than 100 Å thick) and or conformal films. Additionally provided are transistor devices, metal interconnects, and computing devices comprising metal layers comprising one or more electropositive metals.
US09390931B1
A manufacturing method of floating gate is disclosed. A substrate having a plurality of isolation structures is provided, and top surfaces of the isolation structures are higher than a top surface of the substrate. A first conductive layer is formed on the substrate. A sacrificial layer is formed on the first conductive layer. Parts of the sacrificial layer are removed while parts of the sacrificial layer on the first conductive layer between the isolation structures are remained. Parts of the first conductive layer are removed by using the remaining parts of the sacrificial layer as masks to form conductive structures between the adjacent isolation structures. The remaining parts of the sacrificial layer are removed. A second conductive layer is formed on the substrate and the second conductive layer electrically connects with the conductive structures. The second conductive layer and the conductive structures are patterned to form floating gates.
US09390925B1
Constructing an SiGe fin by: (i) providing an intermediate sub-assembly including a silicon-containing base layer and a silicon-containing first fin structure extending in an upwards direction from the base layer; (ii) refining the sub-assembly by covering at least a portion of the top surface of the base layer and at least a portion of the first and second lateral surfaces of the first fin structure with a pre-thermal-oxidation layer that includes Silicon-Germanium (SiGe); and (iii) further refining the sub-assembly by thermally oxidizing the pre-thermal oxidation layer to migrate Ge content from the pre-thermal-oxidation layer into at least a portion of the base layer and at least a portion of first fin structure.
US09390924B2
A method for manufacturing a SiC substrate is provided. The method includes: a sacrificial film-forming process of forming a sacrificial film on a surface of a SiC substrate in a film thickness that is equal to or greater than a maximum height difference of the surface; a sacrificial film planarization process of planarizing a surface of the sacrificial film by mechanical processing; and a SiC substrate planarization process of performing dry etching under conditions in which etching selectivity between the SiC substrate and the sacrificial film is in a range of 0.5 to 2.0 so as to remove the sacrificial film and so as to planarize the surface of the SiC substrate.
US09390923B2
Methods for removing residual polymers formed during etching of a boron-doped amorphous carbon layer are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of etching a feature in a substrate includes: exposing a boron doped amorphous carbon layer disposed on the substrate to a first plasma through a patterned mask layer to etch a feature into the boron doped amorphous carbon layer, wherein the first plasma is formed from a first process gas that reacts with the boron doped amorphous carbon layer to form residual polymers proximate a bottom of the feature; and exposing the residual polymers to a second plasma through the patterned mask layer to etch the residual polymers proximate the bottom of the feature, wherein the second plasma is formed from a second process gas comprising nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), hydrogen (H2), and methane (CH4).
US09390922B1
Sidewall spacers formed on sides of mandrels are separated by first gaps in a first region and separated by wider second gaps in a second region. The second gaps are filled while a capping layer caps the first gaps. The capping layer is etched thereby exposing mandrels in the first region, which are removed. An underlying layer is patterned using the sidewall spacers separated by first gaps to form word lines in the first region and using sidewall spacers with filled second gaps to form select lines in the second region.
US09390917B2
In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a CZT(S, Se) precursor layer onto a substrate, introducing a source-material layer comprising Sn(S, Se) into proximity with the precursor layer, and annealing the precursor layer in proximity with the source-material layer in a constrained volume.
US09390915B1
A process is used to form a protective layer to cover a divot between two regions of a semiconductor material. During etching processes, the protective layer protects the divot to be etched away and reduces material loss of a Silicon (Si)-shallow trench isolation (STI) substrate. A selective coverage is provided to protect the height of the Si-STI substrate and an Si-STI interface. A desirable geometry can be obtained for forming a silicon germanium (SiGe)layer with uniform thickness near the divot.
US09390906B1
The present invention consists of a method for imparting asymmetry to a truncated annular wafer by either rounding one corner of the orientation flat, or rounding one corner of a notch. This novel method of rounding corners impart a visual and/or tactile asymmetry which can be utilized by a person in order to differentiate between the two different sides of the wafer. This inventive wafer design and method for making an asymmetric wafer is especially useful in the field of semiconductor technology and may be used on sapphire crystal wafers or any other class of wafer.
US09390902B2
A system for controlling convective flow in a light-sustained plasma includes an illumination source configured to generate illumination, a plasma cell including a bulb for containing a volume of gas, a collector element arranged to focus illumination from the illumination source into the volume of gas in order to generate a plasma within the volume of gas contained within the bulb. Further, the plasma cell is disposed within a concave region of the collector element, where the collector element includes an opening for propagating a portion of a plume of the plasma to a region external to the concave region of the collect element.
US09390896B2
A method of ion imaging is disclosed comprising scanning a sample at a first resolution and acquiring first mass spectral data related to a first pixel location. A determination is then made as to whether or not the first mass spectral data satisfies a condition, wherein if it is determined that the first mass spectral data does satisfy the condition then the method further comprises: (i) switching to acquire second mass spectral data related to a second pixel location which is substantially adjacent to the first pixel location so that the second mass spectral data is acquired at a second resolution which is higher than the first resolution; and (ii) determining whether or not the second mass spectral data satisfies the condition, wherein if it is determined that the second mass spectral data does satisfy the condition then the method further comprises acquiring third mass spectral data related to a third pixel location which is substantially adjacent to the first or second pixel locations so that the third mass spectral is acquired at the second resolution and wherein if it is determined that the second or third mass spectral data does not satisfy the condition then the method further comprises switching back to scanning the sample at the first resolution.
US09390895B2
A sonic cleaning tool having a component retaining fixture, a sonic bath, and a cleaning fluid circulating system. The sonic bath has a sound field transducer and is structurally configured to place the component retaining fixture in sonic communication with the sound field transducer within the sonic bath. The component retaining fixture comprises a first end plate, a second end plate, a first component securing member, a second component securing member, and a plurality of compression studs. The first component securing member projects from the first end plate and is structurally configured for repeatable transition between a retracted position and an extended position. The second component securing member projects from the second end plate. The compression studs of the component retaining fixture span from the first end plate to the second end plate and are spaced to form a plurality of sonic transmission windows between the compression studs. The sonic transmission windows collectively place a majority of a component disposed in the component retaining fixture in substantially unobstructed sonic communication with the sound field transducer of the sonic bath. The cleaning fluid circulating system has a cleaning fluid, a cleaning fluid supply reservoir, a deionized water supply, and a compressed dry air supply, which are fluidly connected to the component retaining fixture.
US09390893B2
A method for achieving sub-pulsing during a state is described. The method includes receiving a clock signal from a clock source, the clock signal having two states and generating a pulsed signal from the clock signal. The pulsed signal has sub-states within one of the states. The sub-states alternate with respect to each other at a frequency greater than a frequency of the states. The method includes providing the pulsed signal to control power of a radio frequency (RF) signal that is generated by an RF generator. The power is controlled to be synchronous with the pulsed signal.
US09390881B2
A compact source for high brightness x-ray generation is disclosed. The higher brightness is achieved through electron beam bombardment of multiple regions aligned with each other to achieve a linear accumulation of x-rays. This may be achieved by aligning discrete x-ray sub-sources, or through the use of x-ray targets that comprise microstructures of x-ray generating materials fabricated in close thermal contact with a substrate with high thermal conductivity. This allows heat to be more efficiently drawn out of the x-ray generating material, and in turn allows bombardment of the x-ray generating material with higher electron density and/or higher energy electrons, leading to greater x-ray brightness.Some embodiments of the invention comprise x-ray optical elements placed between sub-sources of x-rays. These x-ray optical elements may form images of one or more x-ray sub-sources in alignment with other x-ray sub-sources, and may enhance the linear accumulation that can be achieved.
US09390872B2
A method of controlling a current breaking device in a high-voltage electricity network is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes, for each phase (A, B, C), obtaining missing supply voltages from an acquired supply voltage, performing healthy phase/faulty phase discrimination, conducting voltage analysis by attempted matching of a model over a signal window, choosing a strategy of simple closing or reclosing of the breaking device as a function of choice conditions, calculating a set of optimum reclosing times for each phase in accordance with the chosen strategy, and selecting an optimum time from the proposed optimum times and closing the phases of the current breaking device.
US09390871B2
There are provided a button section; a contact-type switch that is provided in each of a plurality of directions; a button contact area that is provided on the back surface of the button section and that is brought into contact with the switch; a cover section that covers the periphery of the button section; and a flange section that is provided on the outer periphery of the button section and that is in contact with the cover section so as to restrict the button section from being ejected from inside a chassis, wherein the flange section includes cutouts at positions that are opposed to each other with the switch and the center position of the button section interposed therebetween.
US09390870B2
The present disclosure provides techniques or an electrical wiring device with symmetric and robust actuation. An electrical wiring device includes a toggle assembly comprising a compression spring and a spring cup disposed at one end of the compression spring. The spring cup includes a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion includes an outer diameter at most as large at the inner diameter of the compression spring and is disposed within the end of the compression spring. The upper portion has a recess therein and is configured to receive a spring seat of a toggle, and allows the spring seat to rotate within the recess when the toggle is actuated.
US09390866B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a current collector including an aluminum porous body suitable for an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor electrode, and an electrode using the current collector. In the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention, when a sheet-shaped three-dimensional aluminum porous body is divided in the width direction into a central region and two end regions with the central region situated therebetween, the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the two end regions is larger than the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the central region.
US09390865B2
The invention relates to a method for connecting two energy storage assemblies (10) together, each energy storage assembly including a sealed metal housing, in which: a connector strip (30), which is sized so as to contact the end surface of each of the housings, is positioned on the end surfaces (24) of two housings arranged side by side; and the strip is friction-stir welded to each of the housings.
US09390859B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers; a first capacitor part including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body; second to fifth capacitor parts including a third internal electrode having a first lead, a fourth internal electrode having a second lead, a fifth internal electrode having a third lead, and a sixth internal electrode having a fourth lead, the third to sixth internal electrodes being disposed on one dielectric layer in the ceramic body, and a seventh internal electrode disposed on another dielectric layer in the ceramic body; and a first external electrode and a second external electrode. The first capacitor part and the second to fifth capacitor parts may be connected in parallel to each other.
US09390852B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic part to be embedded in a board, the multilayer ceramic electronic part including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body; first and second external electrodes formed on the respective end portions of the ceramic body, and a third external electrode formed on first and second main surfaces of the ceramic body, wherein an outermost first internal electrode among the first internal electrodes is connected to the first and second external electrodes through at least one first via, and the second internal electrodes are connected to the third external electrode through at least one second via.
US09390851B2
A coil which maintains a balance of a parasitic capacitance and has a structure that can be multilayered. The coil is stacked with a structure which includes winding wire portions formed of a wire wound for several turns in a plane in each layer, wherein winding wire portions in each layer include a first winding portion formed by performing a single turn of winding in each layer in a same winding direction from a bottom layer to an uppermost layer, and a second winding portion formed by performing a single turn of winding in each layer in a same winding direction from the uppermost layer to the bottom layer, and the winding directions of the first and second winding portions are identical to each other and the first winding portion and the second winding portion are joined in the uppermost layer or the bottom layer.
US09390843B2
In aspects of the invention, a zap circuit and a decoder for decoding the output of the zap circuit turn ON only one analog switch in a selector. The selector delivers an electric potential at a node of a dividing resistor selected by the zap circuit. The output of the selector is delivered to the non-inverting input of an operational amplifier, and the output of the operational amplifier is delivered to the gate terminal of a MOSFET. The operational amplifier controls the gate of the MOSFET so that the potential at a current detecting resistor equals the output of the selector. As a result, a current proportional to the input voltage flows through the MOSFET. Because the current through a dividing resistor is also proportional to the input voltage, the total current is eventually proportional to the input voltage.
US09390836B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wire harness which allows only the nonwoven fabric exterior structure to be disassembled without damaging an interior wire bundle. A wire harness according to the present invention has a nonwoven fabric exterior structure obtained by heat-molding while a wire bundle is wound with the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric exterior structure protects a part of the outer periphery of the wire bundle. The wire harness is provided with a paper tape that is provided with a part thereof exposed from the outer peripheral surface of the nonwoven fabric exterior structure. The paper tape is heat-molded together with the nonwoven fabric with the tip sticking out from the winding end edge so that the base portion of the tip exposed from the outer peripheral surface of the nonwoven fabric exterior structure shows the position of the winding end edge.
US09390833B2
Provided is a composition comprising a polymeric material, a filler material dispersed in the polymeric material, the filler material comprising inorganic particles and a discontinuous arrangement of conductive material wherein at least a portion of the conductive material is in durable electrical contact with the inorganic particles, and conductive material dispersed in the polymeric material.
US09390830B2
There is provided a conductive paste for screen printing. The conductive paste includes: metal nanoparticles (Y) having a surface coated with a polymer compound having a branched polyalkyleneimine chain and a polymer chain selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyalkylene chain, a polymer chain composed of a polyvinyl alcohol, a polymer chain composed of a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylic acid, a polyacylalkyleneimine chain, and a polymer chain composed of a polyacrylamide; an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 6 to 10 carbon atoms and/or succinic anhydride; and an organic solvent (B). A polyalkylene glycol is used as the organic solvent (B).
US09390824B2
An energy filter device for radiation includes at least one focusing device configured as an energy-dependent focusing device and at least one beam separating device.
US09390812B2
An e-fuse test device is provided. The e-fuse test device may include a first transistor, and a fuse array connected to a source/drain terminal of the first transistor. The fuse array may include n fuse groups, each of the fuse groups may include one end, the other end, and m first fuse elements connected in series to each other between the one end and the other end, the one end of each of the fuse groups may be connected to each other, and the other end of each of the fuse groups may be connected to the source/drain terminal of the first transistor, and the n and m are natural numbers that are equal to or larger than two.
US09390807B2
An erase method for a flash memory is provided. First memory cells of the flash memory are pre-programmed. The first memory cells are disposed in a memory array formed by a plurality of row and column lines. The programmed first memory cells are erased. The erased first memory cells are post-programmed, to repair the over-erased first memory cells. Second memory cells are programmed after the erased first memory cells are post-programmed. The second memory cells are disposed in a first specific column line of the memory array. The first specific column line is arranged after a last column line corresponding to a last valid column address. Third memory cells disposed in a second specific column line of the memory array. The second specific column line is arranged after the last column line and is adjacent to the first specific column line.
US09390796B2
A memory array includes wordlines, local bitlines, two-terminal memory elements, global bitlines, and local-to-global bitline pass gates and gain stages. The memory elements are formed between the wordlines and local bitlines. Each local bitline is selectively coupled to an associated global bitline, by way of an associated local-to-global bitline pass gate. During a read operation when a memory element of a local bitline is selected to be read, a local-to-global gain stage is configured to amplify a signal on or passing through the local bitline to an amplified signal on or along an associated global bitline. The amplified signal, which in one embodiment is dependent on the resistive state of the selected memory element, is used to rapidly determine the memory state stored by the selected memory element. The global bit line and/or the selected local bit line can be biased to compensate for the Process Voltage Temperature (PVT) variation.
US09390778B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, sub word-line drivers and power selection switches. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows coupled to word lines. The sub word line drivers are coupled to the word lines. The power selection switches are coupled to the sub word-line drivers. Each power selection switch controls a deactivation voltage level of a first word-line activated from the word-lines and an off-voltage level of a second word line adjacent to the first word line so that the deactivation voltage level and the off-voltage level have at least one of a ground voltage, a first negative voltage and a second negative voltage. The ground voltage, the first negative voltage and the second negative voltage have different voltage levels from each other.
US09390772B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory cell array, pad groups, a first option pad, a second option pad and a data input multiplexer block configured to transmit data, input through all or part of the pad groups, to the memory cell array based on whether the first option pad and a ground are connected to each other, wherein the data input multiplexer block is configured to select first pad groups among the pad groups or second pad groups among the pad groups as the part of the pad groups based on whether the second option pad and the ground are connected to each other.
US09390766B2
There is a need to provide a semiconductor device and an electronic device capable of easily allowing a bypass capacitor to always improve noise suppression on a signal path in order to transmit a reference potential between chips in different power supply noise states. There is provided a specified signal path that connects a control chip and a memory chip mounted on a mounting substrate and transmits a reference potential generated from the control chip. A bypass capacitor is connected to the specified signal path only at a connecting part where a distance from a reference potential pad of the memory chip to the connecting part along the specified signal path is shorter than a distance from a reference potential pad of the control chip to the connecting part along the specified signal path.
US09390765B2
The SRAM memory cell includes a metal wiring line having a titanium or tantalum film in a bottom layer, and a via having a tungsten plug. The via is arranged on the metal line following a layout rule which permits the misalignment. In arranging the upper-layer via with a tungsten plug on the metal line, one side of the via is disposed to be adjacent to one end of the metal line with a margin smaller than an alignment accuracy, and the lower-layer via is laid out far away from the end of the metal line as possible. The reduction in the yield, caused by the problem of the contact with the lower-layer via being broken or increased in resistance at occurrence of misalignment, can be suppressed.
US09390754B2
A method for producing an auxiliary video stream arranged for reverse trick mode playback from a video stream including a plurality of uni-directional predicted frames, the method including producing the auxiliary video stream by performing the following steps copying each uni-directional predicted frame included in the video stream into a memory, thereby producing a plurality of copied frames in the memory, replacing each one of the plurality of copied frames with one corresponding supplemental frame, thereby producing a plurality of corresponding supplemental frames, and producing a copy of the video stream arranged in reverse processing order, the producing a copy including replacing each frame which corresponds to one of the plurality of copied frames with the one corresponding supplemental frame from among the plurality of corresponding supplemental frames. Related methods and systems are also described.
US09390749B2
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a spindle motor operable to rotate the disk, a head actuated over the disk, an interface operable to receive a host supply voltage, and a capacitor. The host supply voltage is used to charge the capacitor to a capacitor voltage higher than the host supply voltage. During a power failure, the host supply voltage stops charging the capacitor, and a motor supply voltage is generated from the spindle motor. The capacitor voltage is used to operate control circuitry, and when the capacitor voltage decays below the motor supply voltage, the motor supply voltage charges the capacitor.
US09390747B2
A disc device includes a plurality of magazines, each having a tray that stores a plurality of discs, a plurality of disc drives that performs recording or reproducing of information on or from the plurality of discs, a picker that draws out the tray from one of the plurality of magazines and that conveys the tray to a position near the plurality of disc drives, and a disc separating and supplying device that, at the position near the plurality of disc drives, holds the plurality of discs stored in the tray, separates at least one of the plurality of discs stored in the tray from a remainder of the plurality of the discs stored in the tray, and supplies the at least one of the plurality of discs stored in the tray to at least one of the plurality of disc drives.
US09390745B2
A data archive system includes a data library apparatus and a server. The data library apparatus includes recording media having recording surfaces on both surfaces, a recording media storage unit for storing the recording media, a recording/reproducing unit for the surface for recording/reproducing the data on/from the surface of the recording media, a recording/reproducing unit for the rear surface for recording/reproducing the data on/from the rear surface, and a recording media transporting unit for transporting the recording media between the recording media storage units. The server includes a data configuration unit for allocating the data for recording on the surface and the rear surface of the recording media and a controller for controlling the data library apparatus. The data configuration unit of the server alternately allocates the recording data on the surface and the rear surface of the recording media different from each other.
US09390743B2
Provided is an optically recordable or reproducible tape recording medium including tracking pattern groups and non-tracking pattern areas. The tracking pattern groups are repeatedly provided along a longitudinal direction of the tape, and each of the groups includes a plurality of tracking patterns. The non-tracking pattern areas are respectively provided between the tracking patterns. In addition, the non-tracking pattern areas have different lengths along the longitudinal direction of the tape.
US09390741B2
A head transducer, configured to interact with a magnetic recording medium, includes a first sensor having a temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and configured to produce a first sensor signal, and a second sensor having a TCR and configured to produce a second sensor signal. One of the first and second sensors is situated at or near a close point of the head transducer in relation to the magnetic recording medium, and the other of the first and second sensors spaced away from the close point. Circuitry is configured to combine the first and second sensor signals and produce a combined sensor signal indicative of one or both of a change in head-medium spacing and head-medium contact. Each of the sensors may have a TCR with the same sign (positive or negative) or each sensor may have a TCR with a different sign.
US09390740B2
A storage device has a device body and a read/write head for reading and writing data in a data track of a storage medium. An actuator system is mounted on the device body for effecting movement of the read/write head relative to the data track to align the head with the data track. The actuator system has a plurality of degrees of freedom, and a controller controls the actuator system to effect the movement. A body vibration sensor provided on the device body generates a signal indicative of vibration of the body. An actuator vibration sensor generates a signal indicative of vibration of the actuator system. The controller is adapted to process the signals from the sensors to derive a coupling signal indicative of vibration coupling between the degrees of freedom, and to control the actuator system dependent on the coupling signal and the signal from the body vibration sensor.
US09390733B2
In one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a main pole configured to emit a recording magnetic field for affecting a magnetic medium, the main pole configured to serve as a first electrode and having a front portion at an air bearing surface (ABS) of the magnetic head and a rear portion extending from the front portion in an element height direction perpendicular to the ABS, wherein an upper surface of the front portion of the main pole is angled with respect to a plane of deposition at a first angle of inclination of greater than 0°, and wherein at least a portion of an upper surface of the rear portion of the main pole is angled at a first angle of declination greater than 0° with respect to the plane of deposition, an upper shield positioned above the main pole, the upper shield configured to serve as a second electrode, and a microwave oscillator positioned between the main pole and the upper shield at the ABS.
US09390729B2
A voice activity detection (VAD) apparatus configured to provide a voice activity detection decision for an input audio signal. The VAD apparatus includes a state detector and a voice activity calculator. The state detector is configured to determine, based on the input audio signal, a current working state of the VAD apparatus among at least two different working states. Each of the at least two different working states is associated with a corresponding working state parameter decision set which includes at least one voice activity detection parameter. The voice activity calculator is configured to calculate a voice activity detection parameter value for the at least one voice activity detection parameter of the working state parameter decision set associated with the current working state, and to provide the voice activity detection decision by comparing the calculated voice activity detection parameter value with a threshold.
US09390724B2
A voice controlled assistant has a housing to hold one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and various computing components. The housing has an elongated cylindrical body extending along a center axis between a base end and a top end. The microphone(s) are mounted in the top end and the speaker(s) are mounted proximal to the base end. The microphone(s) and speaker(s) are coaxially aligned along the center axis. The speaker(s) are oriented to output sound directionally toward the base end and opposite to the microphone(s) in the top end. The sound may then be redirected in a radial outward direction from the center axis at the base end so that the sound is output symmetric to, and equidistance from, the microphone(s).
US09390721B2
The present invention pertains to a speech decoding device that is capable of preventing degradation in sound quality associated with an adjustment of the slope of a spectrum of an output signal (a decoding signal), making it less likely that a loss of bandwidth sensitivity due to the attenuation of a higher band region is perceived. For each frame of the bandwidth extension layer decoding signal, a filter assessment unit (304) determines whether or not to apply a low-pass filter to the bandwidth extension layer decoding signal on the basis of a change in energy in the bandwidth extension layer decoding signal. A low-pass filtering unit (306) filters the bandwidth extension layer decoding signal of the frames to which the low-pass filter is to be applied, as determined by the filter assessment unit (304), using the low-pass filter.
US09390720B2
An encoder performs context-adaptive arithmetic encoding of transform coefficient data. For example, an encoder switches between coding of direct levels of quantized transform coefficient data and run-level coding of run lengths and levels of quantized transform coefficient data. The encoder can determine when to switch between coding modes based on a pre-determined switch point or by counting consecutive coefficients having a predominant value (e.g., zero). A decoder performs corresponding context-adaptive arithmetic decoding.
US09390718B2
A sound source generating unit 101 generates from a narrowband audio signal not passing through noise suppression a sound source signal including a fine structure of a band to be restored. On the other hand, a noise suppressing unit 102 performs noise suppression of the narrowband audio signal and a spectral envelope estimating unit 103 estimates an spectral envelope of the band to be restored. A signal synthesizing unit 104 generates a pseudo-audio signal by combining the sound source signal and the spectral envelope, and the band-pass filter unit 105 passes the pseudo-audio signal of the band to be restored, and the signal addition unit 106 generates a broadband audio restoration signal by adding the pseudo-audio signal of the band to be restored to the narrowband audio signal.
US09390714B2
A multimedia device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which voice and gesture of a user are recognized by the multimedia device to allow the user to execute a desired operation. The method Includes enabling an input of a remote controller input of a gesture and a voice; receiving user the gesture and the voice through the remote controller; identifying a first command associated with the received gesture; identifying a second command associated with the received voice; comparing the first command and the second command to each other; and performing a function associated with the first or second command when the comparing step indicates that the first command corresponds to the second command. The multimedia device executes the operation desired by the user.
US09390712B2
The claimed subject matter includes a system and method for recognizing mixed speech from a source. The method includes training a first neural network to recognize the speech signal spoken by the speaker with a higher level of a speech characteristic from a mixed speech sample. The method also includes training a second neural network to recognize the speech signal spoken by the speaker with a lower level of the speech characteristic from the mixed speech sample. Additionally, the method includes decoding the mixed speech sample with the first neural network and the second neural network by optimizing the joint likelihood of observing the two speech signals considering the probability that a specific frame is a switching point of the speech characteristic.
US09390711B2
An information recognition method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, by a terminal, voice information, extracting a voice feature from the voice information, performing matching calculation on the voice feature and a phoneme string corresponding to each candidate text in multiple candidate texts to obtain a recognition result, where the recognition result includes at least one command word and a label corresponding to the at least one command word, and recognizing, according to the label corresponding to the at least one command word, an operation instruction corresponding to the voice information. A terminal recognizes text information, which is corresponding to voice information input by a user, as an operation instruction.
US09390708B1
Features are disclosed for spotting keywords in utterance audio data without requiring the entire utterance to first be processed. Likelihoods that a portion of the utterance audio data corresponds to the keyword may be compared to likelihoods that the portion corresponds to background audio (e.g., general speech and/or non-speech sounds). The difference in the likelihoods may be determined, and keyword may be triggered when the difference exceeds a threshold, or shortly thereafter. Traceback information and other data may be stored during the process so that a second speech processing pass may be performed. For efficient management of system memory, traceback information may only be stored for those frames that may encompass a keyword; the traceback information for older frames may be overwritten by traceback information for newer frames.
US09390703B2
Whereas a high masking effect can be secured in a space to which a masking sound is emitted, the degree of a discomfort a person existing in the space suffers can be reduced. In superimposition processing, a CPU 21 extracts sound signals in different intervals of a sound signal X12-n of a human voice, superimposes the extracted sound signals on each other on the time axis, and outputs a resulting superimposed sound signal X13-n. In shift and addition processing, the CPU 12 interchanges a sound signal, before a reference position, of a sound signal X16-n and a sound signal, after the reference position, of the sound signal X16-n (shift processing) and outputs a sound signal X17-n obtained by adding together a shift-processed sound signal X16′-n and the original, non-shift-processed sound signal X16-n.
US09390701B2
An active vibration or noise suppression system is provided that achieves fast convergence of vibration or noise. A sine wave control signal y(n) is constituted by frequency of a vibration or noise source, and an amplitude filter coefficient a(n) and a phase filter coefficient φ(n) as an adaptive filter coefficient. The sine wave control signal y(n) is expressed by a sine wave having an amplitude component and a phase component, and each of an amplitude update term Δa(n+1) and a phase update term Δφ(n+1) includes a sine wave or cosine wave term having an amplitude component and a phase component. The phase component of the sine wave control signal y(n) is multiplied by a coefficient other than 1, or the phase component of the sine wave or cosine wave term of each of the amplitude update term Δa(n+1) and the phase update term Δφ(n+1) is multiplied by a coefficient other than 1.
US09390694B2
An adaptable drum practice device includes an attachment mechanism, including a clip or a clamp; a sliding rail; a telescoping shaft; and a device practice pad; such that the device practice pad is rotationally connected to the shaft, which allows a drummer to set the device practice pad to preferred height and rotational, vertical, and horizontal angles, and longitudinal position. The adaptable drum practice device can further include a ball joint with a locking mechanism, and the telescoping shaft can further include upper and lower shafts. The adaptable drum practice device allows a practicing drummer to attach the adaptable drum practice device to an existing conventional training drum, quickly and securely, thereby allowing the drummer to have two drumming surfaces that resemble a drum and a hi-hat, cymbal, or additional drum.
US09390693B2
A musical instrument has at least a first rototom and a second rototom with their respective drum heads facing an opposite direction from each other. The musical instrument has two rototoms with each rototom having a first hoop supporting a drum head, a spider support with a second hoop, a tension hoop and an annulus. A generally horizontal shaft portion extends between the first hoop and the second hoop, wherein the spider support is movable on the shaft portion to vary a separation distance between the first hoop and the second hoop. A connector member is situated between the annuli of the first and second rototum to support the rototoms with their respective drum heads facing opposite directions.
US09390688B2
An electronic device comprising: a user interface having a display for displaying a standby screen when the device is in an idle state and a user input device, wherein the user interface provides a menu system, for re-configuring the standby screen, that is navigated using the user input device.
US09390683B2
Multiple displays are arranged such that their display surfaces are arrayed side by side. A measurement section measures orientation information about apparatus orientation. A control section determines the display surface a user is viewing from among multiple displays, based on the orientation information measured by the measurement section. The control section causes the display surface of displays, other than the display surface determined as being viewed by the user, to become darker than the display surface of the display determined as being viewed by the user.
US09390678B2
An image display method and a device are provided. The method includes: obtaining, according to a first red, green, blue (RGB) parameter of a pixel of an image and a first gamma value corresponding to the first RGB parameter, a second RGB parameter corresponding to a second gamma value, where a second transmittance of the second RGB parameter is equal to a first transmittance of the first RGB parameter; obtaining a hue (H) parameter and a value (V) parameter according to the first RGB parameter, and obtaining a saturation (S) parameter according to the second RGB parameter; obtaining a third RGB parameter according to the H parameter, the S parameter, and the V parameter; and displaying the pixel according to the third RGB parameter.
US09390670B2
A display device including pixels; a data driver configured to apply a data signal to data lines connected to the pixels; and a signal controller configured to receive an image signal, a data enable signal, and a main clock signal, and to transmit an image data signal and an output signal that instructs transmitting of the data signal to the data driver. The signal controller is configured to detect electrostatic discharge (ESD) noise using the main clock signal and to mask the output signal when the image signal is distorted as a result of the ESD noise.
US09390669B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pixel including a first subpixel and a second subpixel; a first signal line connected to the first subpixel and transmitting a first signal; a second signal line connected to the second subpixel and transmitting a second signal; a third signal line intersecting the first and the second signal lines, connected to at least one of the first and the second subpixels, and transmitting a third signal; and a fourth signal line intersecting the first and the second signal lines and transmitting a fourth signal, wherein the first subpixel and the second subpixel are supplied with data voltages having different magnitude, and the data voltages applied to the first and the second subpixels are originated from a single image information.
US09390663B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) overdrive interpolation circuit and method, and an LCD drive system incorporating the circuit or method. In one embodiment, the circuit includes: (1) a diagonal interpolator operable to perform a diagonal interpolation along a diagonal direction in a lookup table based on TO and FROM gray levels and (2) a further interpolator coupled to the diagonal interpolator and operable to perform a further interpolation based on a result of the diagonal interpolation and the FROM gray level.
US09390661B2
A display controller system with a memory controller and buffers is described.The system enables transferring data from the main memory of the CPU to the image memory without interfering the image updating. As a result, the present invention may allow continuously updating the display image and continuously writing new image data from CPU to the image memory which improves overall system performance.
US09390658B2
An apparatus and a method for displaying an image, and an apparatus and a method for driving a light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device of the image display is controlled in accordance with a periodic signal relating to the image and a sensing signal reflecting an operating state of the light emitting device.
US09390650B2
An aspect of the disclosure relates to an OLED display compatible for operation in both a day mode and a night mode and methods of operating such a display. In one embodiment, a display comprises a screen, a plurality of sub-pixels including red, green, blue and red-orange pixels. The display also comprises an arrangement scheme for the sub-pixels.
US09390646B2
A color calibration apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to obtain first and second photographed images which are generated by photographing first and second mono-color test images displayed on the display device; a controller configured to detect an ambient light area on which an ambient light is shining within the first photographed image based on pixel values of the first photographed image, and further configured to determine a remaining area of the first photographed image other than the ambient light area as a representative value calculating area; and an image processor configured to calculate a representative value based on pixel values of an area corresponding to the representative value calculating area within the second photographed image, and further configured to perform color calibration of the display device based on the representative value.
US09390643B2
An illuminated animation device with staggered sources of illumination with a rotatable member rotatable about an axis of rotation, first and second pluralities of sources of illumination retained to rotate with the rotatable member that are actuatable between illuminated and non-illuminated conditions. The first and second pluralities of sources of illumination are staggered so that the sources of illumination will produce individual paths of illumination to permit image display with enhanced. The rotatable member can be a rotatable panel with first and second arrays retained relative to first and second halves thereof, and the sources of illumination can be longitudinally and laterally staggered, such as by one-half a distance between adjacent sources of illumination. The sources of animation can alternatively be disposed in opposed, radially spaced straight line arrays. The device can be handheld and can include a motor and a power source.
US09390633B2
A reconfigurable label assembly including a container capable of storing or holding a liquid and a front panel, a back panel, a bottom panel, and optional side panels configured primarily as a label and secondarily as a receptacle capable of holding the liquid separate from the container is presented. In some embodiments, the bottom panel includes a fold. The bottom and optional side panels are disposed between and substantially parallel to the front panel and back panels in a first configuration to form a label attached to and separable from the container. The front and back panels are separable and the bottom and optional side panels are expandable to form a receptacle in a second configuration after the label is separated from the container. In other embodiments, the back panel includes a fold. The side and back panels are disposed between and substantially parallel to the front panel and bottom panel in a first configuration to form a label. The front and bottom panels are separable and the side and back panels are expandable to form a receptacle in a second configuration. The side panels may include additional folds facilitating transformation from a label to a receptacle and from a receptacle to a label.
US09390632B2
A medical fluid injection system may include a powered injector and a fluid reservoir that contains a simulated contrast medium. The simulated contrast medium may exhibit a fluid flow property substantially equal to that of an active contrast medium but be devoid of any active contrast agent that provides contrast during diagnostic imaging. During operation, a syringe in the powered injector may be filled with the simulated contrast medium and then evacuated to discharge the simulated contrast medium from the syringe. The simulated contrast medium may be used to test and evaluate the performance of the powered injector prior to use in a medical procedure without exposing personnel to an active contrast agent or creating medical waste that contains the active contrast agent.
US09390631B2
A shaving demonstration method having a step of providing a first shaving razor with a shaving surface having at least one blade with a cutting edge. A transparent first surface is provided. The shaving surface the first shaving razor contacts the transparent first surface. Another step includes illustrating the shaving surface of the first shaving razor against the transparent first surface through a transparent second surface opposite the first surface. The first shaving razor is moved along the transparent first surface.
US09390610B2
Techniques for determining movement of a device away from a preferred location which provide notification. An example method includes receiving a signal from a beacon, determining a measure of a characteristic of the signal, performing a comparison of the measure of the characteristic to a predetermined threshold which is based upon a distance from the preferred location, determining that the device has moved at least the distance from the preferred location based upon the comparison, and issuing an alert.
US09390605B2
An auxiliary device for a hazard alarm constructed as a point type detector, in particular for a smoke alarm or smoke gas alarm. The device is a separate unit that can be attached to the hazard alarm and is provided to monitor the function thereof. It has a transmitting unit and/or a receiving unit for the detection of objects in the vicinity of the hazard alarm. The auxiliary device monitors smoke inlet openings of the hazard alarm. An arrangement containing the hazard alarm and the auxiliary device attached thereto and matched thereto in terms of construction and/or connections is also provided. The auxiliary device of this kind is used for monitoring the vicinity of the hazard alarm for current-shielding objects, for monitoring an inlet opening of the hazard alarm for contamination and optionally for monitoring the function of an acoustic alarm signaling device of the hazard alarm.
US09390603B2
A dual EAS-RFID tag. In one embodiment, the invention can be a tag comprising a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; an electronic article surveillance (EAS) element comprising an EAS antenna, the EAS antenna on the first surface of the substrate; and a radio frequency identification (RFID) element, the RFID element comprising: a far field antenna on the second surface of the substrate, the far field antenna comprising a first pole portion, a second pole portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first pole portion and the second pole portion; a near field loop antenna on the second surface of the substrate, and an integrated circuit operably coupled to the near field loop antenna; wherein the far field antenna, the near field loop antenna, and the EAS element are located on the substrate so as to be physically isolated from one another.
US09390602B2
Systems (100) and methods (1400) for verifying a detachment of a security tag (108) from an article. The methods comprise: producing by a detaching unit (106) a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency when the security tag is in proximity thereto; generating, by a non-linear electrical circuit (504) of the security tag, a third signal from the first and second signals applied thereto; ceasing generation of the third signal by the non-linear electrical circuit when at least a first portion (306) of the security tag is moved a certain distance from the detaching unit; and determining by the detaching unit that the first portion of the security tag has been decoupled from a second portion (318) of the security tag when the third signal is no longer being generated by the non-linear electrical circuit.
US09390600B1
The power state monitor addresses the risks described above. The power state monitor monitors the power status of one or more appliances and alerts the user when the power status of the appliance may not be what the user desires. The power state monitor comprises a one or more sensors and a centralized alarm device. Each sensor is attached to a selected appliance to monitor the power consumption of the selected appliance. Each sensor communicates with the centralized alarm device. When a sensor detects power consumption from its assigned appliance, the sensor transmits this power status to the centralized alarm device. The centralized alarm device monitors the status of the one or more appliances and, when certain thresholds are reached, generates an alarm to the user. In addition, the centralized alarm device can be configured to activate a relay that disconnects the appliance from the electrical power source.
US09390595B2
A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided printing, and print paper designed to facilitate two sided printing.
US09390591B2
The embodiments disclose an apparatus including at least one device configured for registering, recognizing, and authenticating a player/user of an online lottery scratcher system, at least one device configured for communications between the online lottery scratcher system and at least one digital programmable online lottery scratcher application, at least one player/user wireless touch screen device for interactively interfacing with the at least one digital programmable online lottery scratcher application to display a digital scratch off ticket, and at least one functional system configured for virtual scratching off of a digital scratch off ticket.
US09390587B2
A gaming system including a cascading symbol or tumbling reel game which utilizes zero, one or more multiple symbol display position symbols. Each multiple symbol display position symbol is configured to occupy or span a plurality of symbol display positions of a symbol display position matrix. For a generated multiple symbol display position symbol to be removed from the symbol display matrix, each of the individual symbols of the multiple symbol display position symbol must individually qualify to be removed from the symbol display matrix.
US09390584B2
An automatic verification system for automatically verifying a winner of an on-line game is disclosed. The verification system (a server/memory connected to the Internet) contains information about subscriber players and contains accounts that are used for betting on outcomes of skill games. The subscribers access the system via the Internet to set up an on-line game with other subscribers. The players then compete against each other normally via the game (e.g., Halo™ network server. The verification system then automatically receives the final game information from the server or console(s) via an e-mail, or by accessing published results of the game, or by accessing the players' published career summaries. Based on that automatically generated data, the verification system automatically determines the winner and awards the winner money or points.
US09390576B2
Described herein are a robotic distribution apparatus, system and method. The robotic distribution system may include a Package Delivery Kiosk (PDK), associated frontend and backend package delivery management systems, a package inventory management system. The PDK includes a Robotic Package Lifting Assembly which may be configured to remember the location of packages and slots and provide for automated retrieval and placement of the packages. In an embodiment, a package retrieving apparatus includes a track, a base slidably interconnected with the track, and a vertical support interconnected with the base. The apparatus includes a package picker module oriented on the vertical support to vertically move on the vertical support. The package picker module including a conveyer belt oriented in a plane parallel to the ground and first and second grippers oriented parallel to the conveyer belt to surround and grip an object beyond the surface of the conveyer belt.
US09390575B1
A self-service kiosk for storing and dispensing canisters is provided. The kiosk has an automated teller and a canister storage compartment. The canister storage compartment has a series of walls defining an enclosure for storage and dispensing of canisters and a plurality of horizontally extending canister rows within each enclosure. Each row is configured to hold a line of at least three canisters such that a full canister can be dispensed from one end of the row and a canister can be returned at the other end of the row. As canisters are dispensed, the line of canisters is pushed towards the dispensing end of the row.
US09390571B1
A chair with storage and/or charging capabilities is provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, the chair comprises: a chair base portion having a space that has been formed in the chair base portion; a chair back portion connected to the chair base portion; one or more arms that extend between the chair base portion and the chair back portion; an adjustable solar panel comprising one or more solar modules that is rotatably connected to an end of the chair back portion by a hinge joint; a safe positioned within the space formed in the chair base portion; and one or more electrical connectors connecting the one or more solar modules to the power storage unit, wherein the one or more electrical connectors are routed through at least a portion of the chair back portion and the one or more arms.
US09390569B2
A control and diagnosis methodology for an electronic module of a vehicle is presented here. In accordance with the disclosed method, at least one wake up event for a processor of the electronic module is performed during an inactive shutdown state of the vehicle. The at least one wake up event is initiated by a wake up timer of the electronic module. The method continues by logging, during the inactive shutdown state of the vehicle, wake up information associated with the at least one wake up event to obtain logged wake up information. The logged wake up information is analyzed during an active operating state of the vehicle to obtain a wake up diagnosis, and the method generates, during the active operating state of the vehicle, an output indicative of the wake up diagnosis.
US09390565B2
An off-board vehicle fuel containment tester that utilizes a vacuum/pressure pump to change the pressure in the vehicle's fuel handling and containment system. A microprocessor is programmed to control the vacuum/pressure pump system and through the reading produced by a pressure transducer will determine, by the pressure changes occurring in the containment system, if a leak is present and the size of the leak. Once a leak is determined to be present, a gas analyzer that can detect carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons is used to find the point of leakage in the vehicle containment system.
US09390564B2
A mail processing method for franking mail items, which franking machine is connected to a first server that is itself connected to a second server in communication with a sorting machine, the franking method including scanning the destination addresses borne on the mail items as the mail items are inserted, storing the digital images of the addresses scanned in this way, in association with respective unique identification numbers, and periodically transferring the digital images as indexed in this way to a first server. The first or second server extracts determined data from the digital images, which data, associated with the unique identification numbers, is suitable for enabling the sorting machine to be controlled automatically on receiving the franked mail items.
US09390557B2
A method that includes receiving vertices of a mesh, wherein the mesh represents a volume of interest (VOI) from an original volume, performing a transformation operation on the mesh, wherein the transformation operation transforms vertices of the mesh, obtaining sampling locations of the original volume using the transformed vertices, performing an inverse transformation on the transformed vertices of the mesh and the sampling locations, and performing a ray casting on the original volume to produce an image, wherein the ray casting uses the transformed vertices and a result of the inverse transformation as input.
US09390548B2
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for three-dimensional (3D) volume rendering. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a rendering request for a volume rendering of data of a volume dataset, calling one or more database-layer rendering procedures to perform the rendering request, for each rendering procedure: retrieving data volume metadata consistent with the rendering request and retrieving data volume data consistent with rendering request, generating, by a computer and using the data volume metadata and data volume data, an image intensity buffer containing intensity and illumination data for image generation, and generating an image from the data contained in the image intensity buffer.
US09390545B2
An apparatus and method for traversing a hierarchical acceleration structure may determine whether a current traversal node is a leaf node, may calculate a first distance from the current traversal node to a pop level and a second distance from a root node to the pop level when the current traversal node is the leaf node, and may determine a hierarchical traversal restarting position by comparing the first distance and the second distance.
US09390542B2
Allocation of memory registers for shaders by a processor is described herein. For each shader, registers are allocated based on the shader's level of complexity. Simpler shader instances are restricted to a smaller number of memory registers. More complex shader instances are allotted more registers. To do so, developers' high level shading level (HLSL) language includes template classes of shaders that can later be replaced by complex or simple versions of the shader. The HLSL is converted to bytecode that can be used to rasterize pixels on a computing device.
US09390541B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a tile shader executes on a group of pixels prior to a pixel shader. The tile of pixels may be rectangular in some embodiments. The tile may be executed hierarchically, refining each tile into smaller subtiles until the pixel or sample level is reached. The tile shader program can be written to discard groups of pixels, thereby quickly removing areas of the bounding triangles that lie outside the shape being rasterized or quickly discarding groups of pixel shader executions that will not contribute to the final image.
US09390538B2
The present application includes a computer implemented method including at least two modes for analyzing a stereoscopic image corresponding to a two dimensional image. The method includes analyzing one or more layers of the two dimensional image to determine a depth pixel offset for every pixel in the two dimensional image and creating by the processing element a depth map, such as a gray scale map, by coloring every pixel a color shade based on the respective depth pixel offset for the pixel. The method further includes displaying on a display an output image corresponding to the stereoscopic image, receiving a first user selection corresponding a first depth pixel offset, determining a plurality of pixels of the output image corresponding to the first depth pixel offset, and applying a first identifier to the plurality of pixels on the output image corresponding to the first depth pixel offset. Additionally, in a first mode the output image displayed includes the first identifier and in a second mode the output image displayed includes the depth map and the first identifier.
US09390533B2
Provided is a method of displaying additional information related to a measured value of an object, which includes acquiring measurement item information of the object; acquiring at least one of a measurement point and a measurement direction for the object; determining a reference value for a measurement based on the acquired measurement item information; acquiring the measured value of the object based on the at least one of the measurement point and the measurement direction; and displaying additional information including the determined reference value and the acquired measured value.
US09390532B2
A method including digitally processing a first image of a scene from a first perspective, to identify a first obscured portion of the scene at an imaging plane that is obscured by a forward object in the scene; digitally processing a second image of the scene from a second perspective, to identify a second obscured portion of the scene at the imaging plane that is obscured by the forward object in the scene; and outputting, if the first obscured portion of the scene and the second obscured portion of the scene are overlapping at the imaging plane, an indication that the first image and the second image cannot be processed successfully to produce a third composite image of the scene without the forward object.
US09390526B2
A method, system, and computer program product for decision-support tools (e.g., for merger, acquisition, and spin-off decision support) within an enterprise software suite for forming a relative location graph based on user-specified decision criteria. The method commences by selecting a subject user-specified managed location comprising at least a location data structure, and receiving user-specified criteria (e.g., number of employees, departments, etc.), the criteria having corresponding values retrieved using the data structure. One or more additional user-specified managed locations are selected, and relationships between the subject location and the additional locations are determined for use in a graphical representation (e.g., a visual aid to display on a display surface in a graphical user interface). A graph is formed with nodes representing managed locations, and edges representing the relationships of the additional locations to the subject location based on the user-specified criteria. Additional edges on the graph serve to display additional criteria.
US09390520B2
Disclosed is a method and system to provide an improved signal representation of non-destructive test/inspection instruments by proper color display, in order to emulate as closely as possible, the visual rendering effect of those seen in the traditional non-electronic testing, including penetrant testing and magnetic particle testing. The foregoing object of the invention is preferably realized by providing an eddy current or phased array instrument with a color palette module that allows the deployment of an array of color representation system typically used in traditional non-electronic testing methods.
