US09426793B2
An apparatus and method for allocating resources by using a codebook based on a resource size and a burst size in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) includes receiving a group configuration message from a Base Station (BS), wherein the group configuration message includes an N-bit first bitmap for indicating that M resource sizes are supported in the group among N resource sizes supported for group resource allocation, where M is less than N, and receiving a group resource allocation message from the BS, wherein the group resource allocation message includes a second bitmap for indicating a size of a resource allocated to a corresponding MS among MSs for which resource allocation is determined.
US09426788B2
A wireless device transmits a device-to-device discovery signal using the same transmission resource that is used for transmitting uplink retransmissions to a base station by a second wireless device. The device-to-device discovery signal is transmitted at a power that is determined in accordance with a control signal received by the wireless device from the base station. In an example, the wireless device transmits the device-to-device discovery signal on an uplink control channel established for use for sending uplink control signals to the base station.
US09426787B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting channel quality information. User equipment receives a control signaling for uplink scheduling. The control signaling for uplink scheduling includes at least one modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field, a channel quality information request field, and a resource block allocation field indicating the number of resource blocks (RBs), NRB, allocated to the user equipment for transmitting the channel quality information. When the channel quality information of multiple downlink carriers is requested, the user equipment transmits only the channel quality information on the uplink shared channel according to the allocated RBs to the base station if: the MCS bit field corresponding to one transport block indicates a MCS corresponding to a retransmitted data packet; the request bit field indicates a request for the channel quality information; and the NRB is equal to or less than a threshold which is related to the number of the downlink carriers and a maximum number of RBs which can be allocated for transmitting only the channel quality of one downlink carrier.
US09426784B2
A combined base station controller (12) and base transceiver station (14) comprises a selector distribution unit (SDU, 20), a main call control (MCC, 22) coupled to the SDU, a radio call control (RCC, 18) coupled to the MCC, and a channel element control (CEC, 16) coupled to the RCC.
US09426780B2
Disclosed is a radio communication system in which transmission parameters, such as MCS of MBSFN, the number of subframes, and a transmission power of a reserved cell, are adaptively output, based on a unicast traffic volume in a MBSFN area, a number of terminals, and a number of cells of the MBSFN area, so that a system throughput in the MBSFN area is maximized while satisfying an MBSFN quality requirement condition.
US09426779B2
A paging frame may be determined from a combination of a first value divided by a second value and a WTRU identifier modulo the second value. The WTRU identifier may be related to an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI) value of the WTRU.
US09426775B2
A communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication terminal control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, each of which is capable of receiving location data indicating a location at which at least one transmission device of a transmission system is located, using a receiver. The receiver is activated so as to start receiving the location data, when a stop of a movement of the communication terminal is detected.
US09426768B1
A method and apparatus for exchanging information between a source and an aircraft. In response to a request to exchange the information between the aircraft and the source, a number of aircraft is identified to send microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of identified aircraft based on a location of the aircraft and a location of the source. The number of identified aircraft is configured to send the microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of configured aircraft. The number of configured aircraft forms a mobile network. The microwave signals are sent between the source and the aircraft using the number of configured aircraft. The information is exchanged between the aircraft and the source using the microwave signals sent through the mobile network.
US09426764B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. A method for synchronizing channels from a station (STA) in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving from an access point (AP) setting information with respect to an least one slot allowing channel access by the STA; receiving a synchronization frame from the AP from a slot boundary of the at least one slot; and synchronizing the channels on the basis of the synchronization frame, wherein the synchronization frame may be a null data packet (NDP) frame.
US09426762B2
Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) related functions for use in packet communications carried in part by a microwave communications link include setting of time of day values across the microwave link and providing transparent clock functions. The PTP functions may be used for synchronizing radio base stations in a cellular network. The transparent clock can bridge Ethernet switches associated with microwave stations providing the microwave communications link.
US09426761B2
A WiGig wireless device partially performs a masking processing on a preamble of a transmission signal frame and generates a repetition pattern of the same pulse capable of being used in a correlation detection of a sensor. That is, a repetition pattern of a Golay code is output by intermittently performing the masking processing on the Golay code sequence. The sensor performs the correlation detection using a pulse compression technology, thereby detecting the antenna radiation pattern even in an environment where a reflected wave is generated, by separating the direct wave and the reflected wave.
US09426758B2
Radio communication device, radio communication system, congestion control method, and record medium
A radio communication device that communicates with other radio communication devices that become communication partners includes first detection means that detects moving states of said other radio communication devices; second detection means that detects a moving state of its own device; third detection means that detects a congestion level of communication between said other radio communication devices or a congestion level of communication between said other radio communication devices and said own device; transmission means that transmits a radio signal from said own device to said other communication devices; and control means that controls said transmission means to transmit the radio signal based on the moving states of said other radio communication devices, the moving state of said own device, and said congestion level.
US09426754B2
A system and method may dynamically control the total RF power emissions of a mobile device. The method may include determining the local RF operating situation of the mobile device; setting a maximum power limit according to the local RF operating situation; and/or adjusting an active transmitted power of the mobile device within the maximum power limit. The local RF operating situation may be determined based upon (1) the measuring of a matching of the mobile device's radio antenna(s); (2) currently active application(s); (3) the number/type of active radios; (4) frequency or wavelength of transmissions; (5) network, relay, or node RF operating or exposure conditions; and/or (6) a power control process. The mobile device may be a hand-held device, HomeNodeB, or other device capable of RF communications. The local RF operation situation and/or available headroom may be communicated to a network base station or node to facilitate enhanced mobile device performance.
US09426752B2
A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB.
US09426749B2
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for leveraging Bluetooth (BT) or Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technologies to conserve energy in multi-mode devices. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to synchronizing a first wireless platform with a second wireless platform by exchanging Wi-Fi synchronization information through BT packets. Each of the first and the second wireless platforms may have integrated Wi-Fi (or other communication modalities) with a BT radio. In one embodiment of the disclosure, the Wi-Fi communication modes are kept at sleep mode while the BT modalities exchange synchronization information.
US09426742B2
A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes an RF module for receiving an RF signal, and a down converter, coupled to the RF module, for down converting the RF signal in response to a channel select signal to generate a converted signal. The channel select signal controls the down converter to sweep a plurality of scan trains during a scan frame, and each of the scan trains comprises a plurality of channels, wherein a total channel number of the plurality of scan trains is N, where 32≦N≦78. The communication apparatus also includes a detector, coupled to the down converter, for determining whether the RF signal comprises an ID packet according to the converted signal corresponding to the channels of the plurality of scan trains.
US09426733B2
A communication apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a communicable network; a determination unit configured, if a plurality of networks are detected by the detection unit, to determine a base station constructing the detected networks; and a connection unit configured to perform connection processing in accordance with the result of determination by the determination unit.
US09426729B2
Techniques are provided for a network device to receive a first notification message from a first wireless network operating via a first radio frequency protocol, where the notification message indicates a presence of a mobile device within a radio frequency coverage area of a first wireless access point in the first wireless network. A connection message is transmitted from the network device to the mobile device, where the connection message comprises information configured to initiate a connection of the mobile device to a second wireless network operating via a second radio frequency protocol when a radio frequency coverage area of a second wireless access point in the second wireless network is known to overlap the radio frequency coverage area of the first wireless access point in the first wireless network. The connection message may initiate mobile device connections or transfers between, e.g., macrocell, femtocell, and Wi-Fi networks, among other networks.
US09426727B2
A dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) system may include a dynamic spectrum policy controller (DPC) and a dynamic spectrum controller (DSC) that together dynamically manage the allocation and use of resources (e.g., spectrum resources) across different networks. A wireless device may be configured to intelligently select and use these allocated resources. For example, the wireless device may be configured to traverse an ordered list of preferred of networks to identify and select a first cell site in a first telecommunication network, establish a first communication link between the wireless device and the selected first cell site, receive network information identifying a geographic region in which the wireless device is allowed to use resources of a second telecommunication network, determine whether the wireless device is in the geographical region, and establish a second communication link to a second cell in the second telecommunication network based on the received network information.
US09426726B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are for managing access to a femtocell coverage area. An exemplary method includes storing in a memory component a first identifier corresponding to a subscribed service of a communication device and a second identifier corresponding to a user of the communication device, and granting access to the femtocell coverage area using the second identifier.
US09426725B2
A method and an apparatus for scanning existing networks in TV White Space are disclosed. For scanning existing networks at a station to operate as an unlicensed device in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and the unlicensed device are permitted to operate, the method comprises: receiving a white space map (WSM) comprising information for available channels to be used for the unlicensed device to operate a wireless local area network (WLAN) operation and maximum transmission powers allowed for each of the available channels from an enabling station, wherein the enabling station is a station determining the available channels at its location using its own geographic location identification and a regulatory database access capability; and scanning the existing networks on the available channels identified within the received WSM.
US09426722B2
An information processing method includes determining, when a connection request for connecting, via a base station relating to a first communication carrier, a first wireless communication device to a base station relating to a second communication carrier is received from the first wireless communication device, permission or non-permission for the connection request based on connection information on the number of wireless communication devices connected to a base station relating to the connection request, and setting a connection right to be connected to the base station relating to the connection request to the first wireless communication device when permission is determined in the determining.
US09426720B2
A single platform for controller functionality for each of security, monitoring and automation, as well as providing a capacity to function as a bidirectional Internet gateway, is provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by virtue of a configurable architecture that enables a user to adapt the system for the user's specific needs. Such configurability includes associating selected audio event tones with selected events associated with sensors and zones coupled to the system.
US09426719B2
A first node receives information associated with a mobile station to allow for establishment of a session for the mobile station that is attached to a first wireless access network in a first service domain. In response to the received information, the first node sends messaging to a home agent in a second service domain that is of a different type than the first service domain. The first node receives, from the home agent, an Internet Protocol (IP) address allocated to the mobile station in the second service domain, where the IP address is allocated in response to the messaging, and where services provided to the mobile station are anchored in the second service domain.
US09426701B2
Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution includes obtaining information of handovers to be performed regarding more than one user equipment connected to the apparatus; requesting the user equipment to form one or more device-to-device clusters; and controlling handovers to be performed utilizing information on the formed device-to-device clusters.
US09426694B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for content optimization of a physical layer preamble. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for encapsulating a payload for transmission through a network is disclosed. The method comprises the step of programming a legacy physical layer length value in a legacy physical layer preamble. The legacy physical layer preamble is configured such that it can be received by any legacy stations that may be on the network, and such that a separate physical layer length value can be derived from the legacy physical layer preamble. Using such a system, content optimization of a physical layer preamble is provided.
US09426692B2
A system includes a method for detecting a signal interference in a communication signal of a wireless communication system. An identified source of the signal interference is determined according to an interference profile of a plurality of interference profiles associated with an interference profile library having information that approximates characteristics of the signal interference. The signal interference of the communication signal is mitigated according to an interference parameter associated with the identified source by filtering the communication signal according to the interference parameter.
US09426689B2
Systems and methods for controlling data traffic offload to a WLAN (e.g., a Wi-Fi network) from a WWAN (e.g., a 4G LTE network) are generally disclosed herein. One embodiment includes data traffic offload techniques managed by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) in a networked device including offloading data at the IP, PDCP, RLC, or MAC layers; another embodiment includes data traffic offload techniques managed by a MAC Scheduler with RRC control. Configurations for multimode user equipment (UE) and multimode base stations are also described herein, including configurations for implementing a Multiple Radio Access Technology (Multi-RAT) aggregation function to offload data from a WWAN to a WLAN and transmit the data via the WLAN using a Layer 2 transport.
US09426682B2
The present application relates generally to use of radio resources in a radio access network (RAN) and, in more specific, Full-Duplex (FD) transmission on the same carrier. Due to the mobility of the UEs or the non-optimal grouping, two UEs belonging to different groups may be close to each other while performing transmission and cause serious transmission interferences to 5 each other. This is one of the problems which a method in accordance with the invention aims to solve. When the performing the method a RAN triggers a UE to measure 601 first interferences originated from a first group of UEs. Then the RAN triggers the same UE to measure 602 second interferences originated from a second group of the UEs. Finally, the RAN places 603 the UE into the first group, if the first interferences are higher than the second interferences. The both 10 groups of the UEs are composed of such user equipments which share a group-specific transmission pattern. Uplink and downlink resources of the RAN are scheduled according to a time-division to the UEs, so that simultaneous transmissions are allowed only for such user equipments that belong to different groups. Advantages of the invention are the following: 1) simultaneous transmission and reception is supported in a RAN and in a UE which is either a FD 15 UE or a HD UE, 2) different kinds of interferences are efficiently reduced, and 3) the interferences are measured in a way that saves power.
US09426681B2
A method of estimation of harmonic distortion level for a radio receiver operative in a cellular communication system enabled to receive signals from transmitters of one or more cells is disclosed. The method comprises measuring, within a bandwidth of operation, a total received signal power; measuring, within the bandwidth of operation, a received signal power of signals received from the one or more cells, respectively; and estimating a level of harmonic receiver distortions by: determining whether a fraction of the total received signal power and a theoretical noise floor is below or above a first threshold; or determining whether a remaining part of the total received signal power, said remaining part not including said fraction, is above or below a second threshold. A such radio receiver, and a computer program for implementing the method are also disclosed.
US09426674B2
Planning a wireless network is described herein. One method includes navigating a first unmanned mobile vehicle to a location in an environment, navigating a second unmanned mobile vehicle along a route through the environment, capturing, by the second unmanned mobile vehicle while navigating along the route, data associated with a wireless signal emitted by the first unmanned mobile vehicle at the location and locations of the second unmanned mobile vehicle while the second unmanned mobile vehicle is capturing the data associated with the wireless signal, and determining locations to place a number of wireless network access points in the environment based on the captured data.
US09426671B2
The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station being configured to search a first configuration of search spaces, said search spaces comprising a number of resource sets, where at least one resource set might be used to transmit a message to the secondary station, (b) configuring the secondary station by means of a configuration message to search a second configuration of search spaces, (c) the secondary station in response of the reception of the configuration message entering into a transitional configuration mode, wherein the secondary station searches partly the first configuration of search spaces and the second configuration of search spaces.
US09426661B2
A secure lock procedure for mobile devices is disclosed. The secure lock process generally includes detecting a device access attempt at a telecommunication device during a security-enabled boot sequence. The device access attempt may include a cryptographic key, which when detected, initiates a cryptographic authentication operation. The cryptographic authentication operation results in access to one or more resource of the telecommunication device being enabled, when the cryptographic key is determined to be valid, or denied, when the cryptographic key is determined to be invalid. The device access attempt may be associated with a root-level device access attempt or software flash attempt, and the secure lock procedure can be implemented in conjunction with a boot loader stored within a memory of the telecommunication device.
US09426658B2
A method and apparatus provide access to communication services using dynamically assigned user credentials. The method includes establishing a communication connection with a first communication network (such as GSM, UMTS, CDMA, or LTE networks) using a real user credential (e.g., a SIM, a USIM, or an R-UIM card or certificates) in a first communication module, utilizing the first communication connection to request the dynamically assigned user credential from a remote management system, and registering a second communication module into the second communication network. The second communication connection is then tethered to allow other devices to access the Internet or other network.
US09426652B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for securing the transfer of data over the internet from malicious interference. The apparatus comprises a computing device and a data storage device in operable communication with the computing device. The apparatus also includes a set of high assurance security instructions resident on the data storage device and executing within the computing device and at least one input/output interface. The method comprises receiving data via a first communication interface and storing the data in a memory device and initiating an unsecured data indication. The method also provides for receiving an authentication code via the first communication interface and decoding the authentication code and determining the authenticity of the data. If the authentication code fails to indicate authenticity then the data is deleted. If the authentication code indicates authenticity, then the data is transferred to a destination device via a second communication interface.
US09426650B2
Multimedia content may be delivered to content consumer devices via a content-delivery network. Encrypted content and cryptography keys for decrypting the content may be distributed from a data center to various nodes of the content-delivery network, each node acting as a semi-independent content-delivery system. Each content-delivery system is capable of delivering received content to end-users and implementing a key-management scheme to facilitate secure content-delivery and usage tracking, even when the content-delivery system is disconnected from the data center. In other words, the disclosed systems and methods facilitate the operation of nodes which may operate in “autonomous mode” when disconnected from a larger content-delivery network, thus maintaining content-delivery capabilities despite having little if any connectivity to external networks.
US09426648B2
Systems and methods of performing link setup and authentication are disclosed. A method includes, at an access point, receiving an unprotected authentication request from a mobile device. The method also includes extracting an initiate message from the unprotected authentication request and sending the initiate message to an authentication server. The method further includes receiving an answer message from the authentication server, where the answer message includes a re-authentication master session key (rMSK). The method includes generating an access point nonce (ANonce) and sending an authentication response to the mobile device, where the authentication response includes the ANonce.
US09426643B2
A network device receives a personal Mobile Directory Number (MDN) associated with an individual subscriber, wherein the individual subscriber is further associated with one or more subscriber devices. The network device receives an additional MDN assigned to the individual subscriber, and sends a notification, requesting the individual subscriber's acceptance of the additional MDN assigned to the individual subscriber, to at least one of the one or more subscriber devices. The network device receives, from one of the one or more subscriber devices, an acceptance of the additional MDN from the individual subscriber. The network device links the additional MDN, the personal MDN, and the one or more subscriber devices, within an Implicit Registration Set (IRS) at a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network for routing calls to the individual subscriber's additional MDN or personal MDN at the one or more subscriber devices.
US09426641B1
A mobile communication device comprising a radio transceiver, wherein the memory is apportioned into a plurality of partitions, a first carrier identity stored in a first partition of the memory, wherein a carrier identity comprises a network access identity, a list of device capabilities, a list of application configurations and a specific user experience associated to the carrier identity. A second carrier identity stored in a second partition of the memory. An Application loaded on the device, that when executed by the processor, detects a triggering event and in response to the detection changes the active carrier identity of the mobile communication device to one of the carrier identities stored in the partitions of the memory and applies configurations associated with the carrier identity, where the mobile communication device conducts wireless communication via the radio transceiver based on the wireless communication network associated with the selected carrier identity.
US09426631B2
Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.
US09426611B2
A server transmits location information based on identification information of at least one access point in response to the reception of the identification information, the time of reception of identification information of an access point that is associated with a location indicated by the location information received from the server is associated with the indicated location, irrespective of the time of reception of the location information. Identification information of an access point is received and is associated with reception time information that indicates the time of reception of the identification information. The identification information associated with the reception time information is transmitted to a location information providing server. Location information based on the transmitted identification information is received and is associated with reception time information that is associated with the transmitted identification information.
US09426600B2
A method for determining an audio precompensation controller for an associated sound generating system comprising a total of N≧2 loudspeakers, each having a loudspeaker input. The audio precompensation controller has a number L≧2 inputs for L input signal(s) and N outputs for N controller output signals, one to each loudspeaker. It is relevant to: estimate (S1), for each one of at least a subset of the N loudspeaker inputs, an impulse response at each measurement position; specify (S2), for each one of the L input signal(s), a selected one of the N loudspeakers as a primary loudspeaker and optionally a selected subset S including at least one of the N loudspeakers as support loudspeaker(s); select (S2) at least one loudspeaker pair, that is required to be symmetrical with respect to the listing position; and specify (S3), for each primary loudspeaker, a target impulse response at each measurement position.
US09426598B2
A method for calibrating a surround sound system is disclosed. The method utilizes a microphone array integrated in a front center loudspeaker of the surround sound system or a soundbar facing a listener. Positions of each loudspeaker relative to the microphone array can be estimated by playing a test signal at each loudspeaker and measuring the test signal received at the microphone array. The listener's position can also be estimated by receiving the listener's voice or other sound cues made by the listener using the microphone array. Once the positions of the loudspeakers and the listener's position are estimated, spatial calibrations can be performed for each loudspeaker in the surround sound system so that listening experience is optimized.
US09426584B2
A directional indicative hearing apparatus comprises or consists of a pair of hearing aids and an eyeglass frame having a bridge and a pair of temples for positioning the eyeglasses and hearing apparatus on an individual's head. The microphones are disposed in or on the temples together with a pair of vibrators and batteries for indicating whether the sound emanates from the right, the left or behind an individual. In addition, the apparatus includes a pair of LEDs for indicating if the sound is emanating from the right, the left or in front of the individual.
US09426563B2
A MEMS speaker device including a membrane that forms a first capacitor and a second capacitor, respectively, with a top plate and with a bottom plate. The device includes a driving circuit that operates, during a first operating period, to move the membrane into a first position, in which the membrane is close to the bottom plate, and during a second operating period, to move the membrane into a second position, in which the membrane is close to the top plate. The device includes a testing circuit having a measuring circuit, which generates a first signal, based on a capacitance of one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor and a second signal based on a capacitance of one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor; and a comparator, which compares the first and second signals with at least one first electrical reference quantity.
US09426557B2
An earphone device, a portable terminal and an earphone system are provided. The earphone system includes a portable terminal having an earphone interface, an earphone device electrically connectable to the earphone interface, and at least one device recognition element which is disposed in at least one of the earphone interface and the earphone device and which provides a certain resistance value when the earphone device is electrically connected to the earphone interface so that the portable terminal determines that the earphone device is electrically connected to the earphone interface.
US09426550B2
A loudspeaker system for a motor vehicle has at least one loudspeaker and a structure to which the loudspeaker is fitted. The at least one loudspeaker is fitted to the structure in such a manner that a longitudinal axis of the at least one loudspeaker extends at an angle between 0 and 45° relative to a plane in which the structure extends.
US09426538B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a media program on a first media channel, detecting a first segment in the media program, where the first segment comprises media content combined with an embedded advertisement, determining a first emotional context from a first analysis of the media content, determining a second emotional context from a second analysis of the embedded advertisement, and detecting an inconsistency between the first emotional context and the second emotional context. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09426529B2
A display device and a method for providing content in the display device are disclosed, in which a display displays a menu screen including selectable icons representing a plurality of execution modes that indicate versions of content to be displayed, and a controller detects a user action for selecting an icon, identifies an execution mode indicated by the selected icon, in response to the detected user action, and executes the content in the identified execution mode. The plurality of execution modes may include edited version mode, Web mode, and application mode.
US09426523B2
A computer receives one or more media content source locations. The computer determines two or more media content items associated with the one or more received media content source locations. The computer negotiates digital rights associated with the two or more media content items. The computer pre-fetches the two or more media content items from the one or more media content source locations. The computer determines at least one digital characteristic of a first media content item of the two or more media content items does not match at least one digital characteristic of a second media content item of the two or more media content items. The computer resamples the first media content item of the two or more media content items. The computer publishes a composition of the two or more media content items to appear as one linked asset with uniform digital characteristics.
US09426517B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for low delay access to key-value based storage systems. In one embodiment, the method for putting data into a key-value store comprises selecting an erasure coding to apply to K portions of data as a function of delay performance of the key-value based storage system including determining a number of parity blocks to satisfy one or both of a delay target of putting the object into the key-value store and a delay target of subsequent read requests based on an offline performance simulation of delay performance; applying the erasure coding to the K portions to create N blocks of data; and sending the N write requests to write blocks of data to the storage system, where each block is assigned a unique key in the key-value store.
US09426509B2
A client-server interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide client is implemented on user television equipment. The interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to define expressions that are processed by the program guide server. The program guide server may provide program guide data, schedules reminders, schedules program recordings, and parentally locks programs based on the expressions. Users' viewing histories may be tracked. The program guide server may analyze the viewing histories and generates viewing recommendations, targets advertising, and collects program ratings information based on the viewing histories.
US09426508B2
Methods and apparatus to adaptively gather audience information data are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus monitor system factor(s) and select one or more sensors from a plurality of sensors positioned to gather audience measurement data based on the monitored factor(s). Thus, the disclosed methods and apparatus adapt to the conditions they face by selecting an amount and/or type of audience measurement data they gather.
US09426507B2
An information recommendation device includes: a first evaluation unit which calculates, for each of a plurality of content items being broadcasted, a first evaluation value which is defined depending on a user; a second evaluation unit which calculates, for each of the content items, a second evaluation value which is defined based on a current reaction of public toward the content item; and a recommended program determination unit which determines a recommended content item based on the first evaluation value calculated by the first evaluation unit and the second evaluation value calculated by the second evaluation unit, the recommended content item being a content item recommended to the user for viewing.
US09426501B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request to display, on an first communications device, media content, where the request comprises a first logical address for accessing the media content at a first storage location, transmitting to a second communications device, a second logical address for accessing a copy of the media content at a second storage location, where the second logical address differs from the first logical address, and where the second storage location differs from the first storage location. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09426496B2
Provided are entropy decoding and encoding methods of a video. The entropy decoding method includes obtaining a transformation unit significant coefficient flag indicating whether a non-zero transformation coefficient exists in the transformation unit, from a bitstream, determining a context model for arithmetically 5 decoding the transformation unit significant coefficient flag, based on the transformation depth of the transformation unit and arithmetically decoding the transformation unit significant coefficient flag based on the determined context model.
US09426494B2
Methods and systems for video encoding, using a variance measure to directly effect efficiencies and optimizations at various stages of video encoding to improve compute cycle, power, heat and bandwidth efficiency and decoded picture quality and decrease the bit length of encoded frames. Download rate and decoding efficiency are also improved as a result of the improvements realized at the encoder.
US09426476B2
An example system can comprise a memory to store machine readable instructions. The system can also comprise a processing unit to execute the machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions can a server can comprise a codec selector to dynamically partition a video stream into a plurality of partitions based on graphical elements of the video stream, such that a given frame of the video stream is divided into the plurality of partitions. The codec selector can also select a plurality of different codecs to compress the plurality of partitions based on the graphical elements of the video stream.
US09426461B2
A method and an apparatus for binarizing an intra prediction mode are provided. The method includes: acquiring an intra prediction mode of a luma component; if the intra prediction mode of the luma component is one kind of prediction mode in M, modifying a value of a serial number of a prediction mode Luma Angle of a chroma component to I; sequencing all prediction modes of the chroma component according to a preset rule; and performing binarization on the modified Luma Angle, and sending the binarized Luma Angle to a decoding end. A method for coding an intra prediction mode and a method and an apparatus for decoding an intra prediction mode are further provided. According to the present invention, coding efficiency is improved.
US09426459B2
Encoding and decoding is accomplished herein using a multi-reference picture buffer. Reference frames are assigned to reference picture buffers when used for encoding and are identified with picture IDs unique relative to other picture IDs currently associated with the reference picture buffers. The maximum picture number used as the picture ID can be based on a number of reference picture buffers available to encode and decode the frames plus a value based on an expected error rate. The picture IDs can be assigned based on a least recently used policy. When a reference frame is no longer needed for encoding and decoding, a picture ID number associated with the reference frame can be released for re-assignment to a new reference frame.
US09426457B2
Disclosed herein is a test socket for camera modules, which enables automated inspection of camera modules. The test socket for camera modules includes a base plate provided with a loading unit on which a camera module to be tested is placed; a slider formed on the base plate and horizontally movable thereon; an upper plate formed on the slider to move up or down thereon, and including a cover corresponding to an upper portion of the camera module; a vertical cylinder allowing the upper plate to vertically reciprocate with respect to the slider; and a pin block formed on the loading unit or the cover and connected to a contact point of the camera module.
US09426451B2
Imagery from two or more users' different smartphones is streamed to a cloud processor, enabling creation of 3D model information about a scene being imaged. From this model, arbitrary views and streams can be synthesized. In one arrangement, a user of such a system is at a sports arena, and her view of the sporting event is blocked when another spectator rises to his feet in front of her. Nonetheless, the imagery presented on her headworn display continues uninterrupted—the blocked imagery from that viewpoint being seamlessly re-created based on imagery contributed by other system users in the arena. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09426437B2
An image processor includes a first image creator which creates first noise-processed image data by performing noise reduction processing on data on one image acquired by an imaging device, a second image creator which creates second noise-processed image data by performing noise reduction processing corresponding to a false color generated in the first noise-processed image data, and an image synthesizer which performs false color reduction by synthesizing the first noise-processed image data and the second noise-processed image data.
US09426436B2
An image processing device used for a projector displays an image by projecting the image on a projection surface. A detection image generation section adapted to generate a detection image, which is an image adapted to detect a state of a projection image displayed on the projection surface, and includes a plurality of detection image parts is provided. Each of the detection image parts includes a plurality of regions having respective luminance values different from each other. The detection image generation section changes the luminance distribution of each of the detection image parts of the detection image to be generated so that the maximum luminance values of the detection image parts included in the taken detection image obtained by taking the detection image projected on the projection surface fall within an allowable range.
US09426428B2
Systems and methods for cloud-based surveillance in a retail store is disclosed. At least two input capture devices and at least one user device are communicatively connected to a cloud-based analytics platform. The cloud-based analytics platform generates 3-Dimensional (3D) visual representation based on received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs, perform advanced analytics based on input data and generated 3D visual representation, and generates a graphical representation based on analytics data from advanced analytics. In one embodiment, the graphical representation is a heat map, which is an overlay of the 3D visual representation of the entire retail store.
US09426423B2
A novel technique allows synchronizing a plurality of audio and video streams received at a receiving media relay endpoint via an intermediate node, such as a media relay multipoint control unit. The received streams were generated by a plurality of transmitting media relay endpoints and been relayed to the plurality of receiving media relay endpoints via the intermediate node, but are seen as being using a single time domain, in terms of wall clock and manipulated timestamps, while preserving the correct capture time.
US09426422B2
Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for facilitating multi-display video conferences. An audio-video interface module receives first and second audio input data and first and second video input data of a video conference session. The first audio input data and the first video input data are linked to a first display device of a first user device. The second audio input data and the second video data are linked to a second display device of the first user device. A speaker detector module processes, based on a determination that the first and second audio input data are linked to the first user device, the first and second audio input data to identify an active audio signal to be displayed in an active speaker display frame on a second user device.
US09426420B2
A data distribution system comprises a plurality of processing devices (8) connected by a packet-based transport network (2), and a session manager (12). The session manager (12) is configured to manage a distribution session by (i) associating two or more of the processing devices (8) with a multicast group on the transport network, (ii) storing and/or accessing a mapping between a session identifier for the distribution session and the multicast group address, and (iii) configuring the transport network (2) and/or the processing devices (8) so that data output to the multicast group by any one of the processing devices in the group is received by all the other processing devices in the group. Each of the processing devices (8) can receive data from a respective node (16) located on an external network, and send the received data, or data derived therefrom, over the transport network (2) to a multicast group. Each processing device can also receive further data over the transport network destined for the respective node (16), and send these further data, or data derived therefrom, to the respective node (16).
US09426416B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a processor, a first annotation corresponding to one or more markings made by a first user within a first collaboration region of a first surface. The first surface is remote from a second surface. The method also includes identifying, by the processor, a second collaboration region on the second surface. The second surface is proximate a camera. The method also includes displaying, by the processor, the first annotation in the second collaboration region. The method also includes creating, by the processor, a second annotation corresponding to one or more markings made by a second user within the second collaboration region on the second surface. The method also includes transmitting, by the processor, the second annotation.
US09426415B2
A system, method and architecture for in-built media enabled personal collaboration on endpoints are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more personal communication modified video communication terminals (PCMVCTs), one or more of video communication terminals (VCTs), one or more of voices over IP communication terminals (VoCTs), one or more remote servers and/or one or more clients are communicatively coupled via an IP network. Further, the PCMVCT includes a personal collaboration enabling audio/video bridging module (PCEAVBM). Furthermore, the personal collaboration between participants while providing an audio/video bridging of incoming audio/video streams from the one or more PCMVCTs, one or more of VCTs and VoCTs via the IP network is enabled by the PCEAVBM.
US09426410B2
In one embodiment, a method of controlling distribution of content can include: sending authentication instructions from a server to a disc player having a disc inserted therein, where the disc includes media content without a plurality of files that are required by the disc player for playback of the media content; determining if the disc in the disc player is valid by comparing information received from the disc player against information stored in a database; receiving viewer verification information from the disc player to determine if the viewer is authorized to view the playback of the media content on the disc; sending an error indication if the disc is not valid and/or the viewer is not authorized; and sending the plurality of files that are required for the playback of the media content from the server to the disc player if the viewer is authorized and the disc is valid.
US09426408B2
A method for recording a video sequence comprises: —receiving a first instruction, which defines the position of a first boundary with respect to a preview image, —receiving a second instruction, which defines the position of a second boundary, —determining the position of a first sensor portion according the position of the first boundary, —determining the position of a second sensor portion according the second instruction, —providing first sensor data by forming a first optical image on an image sensor, —providing second sensor data by forming a second optical image on the image sensor, —determining a first image frame from the first sensor data obtained from the first sensor portion, —determining a second image frame from the second sensor data obtained from the second sensor portion, and —storing the first image frame and the second image frame.
US09426407B2
Method and apparatus for representing storage capacity allocation of an audio/video recording device
A method and apparatus for representing allocation of capacity of a storage unit within an audio/video (AV) recording device is described. In one example, a quantity of AV program data stored on the storage unit is determined. A storage schedule for new AV program data that is defined over a predetermined time period is obtained. A deletion schedule for old AV program data that is defined over the predetermined time period is obtained. Temporally dynamic indicia is produced that is representative of allocation of the capacity of the storage unit over the predetermined time period in response to the quantity of stored AV program data, the storage schedule, and the deletion schedule. A pictorial representation of the temporally dynamic indicia may then be displayed on a display coupled to the AV recording device.
US09426403B2
The embodiments of the present document disclose a system and method for playing videos, and the system includes: a streaming media server, configured to send a video stream to a real-time video intelligent analysis system and video surveillance center, and receive and buffer a text stream corresponding to the video stream from the real-time video intelligent analysis system, and send the text stream to the video surveillance center; the real-time video intelligent analysis system, configured to perform real-time analysis on the video stream and output the text stream corresponding to the video stream to the streaming media server; the video surveillance center, configured to request for and receive the video stream and the text stream from the streaming media server, compensate for a lost text frame in the text stream according to the video stream, and output mixed videos of overlay video stream and text stream.
US09426400B2
A method of operating an image sensor with a continuously moving object is described. In this method, a timed delay integration mode (TDI-mode) operation can be performed during an extended-time illumination pulse. During this TDI-mode operation, charges stored by pixels of the image sensor are shifted only in a first direction, and track the image motion. Notably, a split-readout operation is performed only during non-illumination. During this split-readout operation, first charges stored by first pixels of the image sensor are shifted in the first direction and second charges stored by second pixels of the image sensor are concurrently shifted in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.
US09426389B1
A second imaging device such as a thermal imager adapted for use with a first imaging device such as an image intensifier night vision goggle system whereby the output image of the second imaging device is collimated and projected upon the objective lens of the first imaging device to provide an optically fused image to the viewer.
US09426388B2
Provided is an infrared image pickup device, including: a plurality of bolometer elements that receive light from a subject; and a plurality of readout circuits respectively connected to the plurality of bolometer elements, the plurality of bolometer elements and the plurality of readout circuits being connected to a first input voltage wiring and a second input voltage wiring. Each of the plurality of readout circuits includes: a bias circuit that applies a bias voltage to corresponding one of the plurality of bolometer elements; a bias-canceling circuit that removes an offset current of the corresponding one of the plurality of bolometer elements; an integration circuit connected to a connection point between the bias circuit and the bias-canceling circuit, that integrates a differential current between the bias circuit and the bias-canceling circuit; and a saturation-prevention circuit that prevents saturation of an output voltage of the integration circuit.
US09426383B1
The following description is directed to systems and methods for digital cameras. In one embodiment, a camera can comprise an optical system, a sensor array, a color spreader, a memory, and a controller. The optical system can focus an image. The sensor array comprises a plurality of pixels and can be configured to capture image data. The color spreader can be positioned between the optical system and the sensor array. The color spreader can comprise an array of segments, where each respective segment can be configured to spread a spectrum of incident light toward a corresponding group of pixels using diffraction or refraction. The memory can store one or more spatial models. The controller can be coupled to the sensor array and the memory. The controller can be configured to reconstruct spectral and spatial components of the image from the captured image data and one of the spatial models.
US09426382B2
A first image captured using a first exposure and a second image captured using a second exposure higher than the first exposure are obtained. A third image used as a reference for combining processing is created from the first image. An image, a dynamic range of which is extended, is created by weighted-combining the first and second images using adding coefficients, which are associated with pixel values of the third image in advance.
US09426377B2
An image capturing apparatus includes a light source to emit first light to a light translucent member, an image sensor to capture an adhering detection frame for acquiring an adhering detection image to detect a substance adhering on the light translucent member by using the first light emitted from the light source, and to capture object recognition frames for acquiring object recognition images for recognizing objects other than the substance by receiving second light, and circuitry to set a frame time of the adhering detection frame shorter than a frame time of each of the object recognition frames, and to set an exposure time of an object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame to a value that prevents overlapping of an exposure period of the adhering detection frame and an exposure period of the object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame.
US09426376B2
In order to improve imaging performance, an imaging apparatus is provided to include an image capturing unit configured to detect incident light and generate a raw image data, a compression unit configured to compress the raw image data to generate a coded data having a data amount smaller than that of the raw image data, and an output unit configured to output the coded data to a processing unit for processing the coded data. Furthermore, the image capturing unit, the compression unit, and the output unit are configured to be within a same semiconductor package.
US09426374B2
An image pickup apparatus includes: an optics system that forms an optical image of a subject on an imaging surface; a variable magnification lens that is part of the optics system, that is provided to be movable in a direction of an optical axis of the optics system, and that enlarges or reduces the optical image formed on the imaging surface in association with a movement of the variable magnification lens; a position detection unit that detects a position of the variable magnification lens in the direction of the optical axis; a storage unit that stores output characteristic information about a characteristic of an output of the position detection unit according to a position of the variable magnification lens in the direction of the optical axis; and a driving control unit that performs a control for moving the variable magnification lens on the basis of the output characteristic information.
US09426371B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a shake detecting unit configured to detect a shake of the image pickup apparatus; and a first optical correcting unit and a second optical correcting unit configured to correct optically an image shake by using a shake signal output from the shake detecting unit, wherein the first optical correcting unit is used to correct optically the image shake based on frequency components lower than predetermined frequency components extracted from the shake signal, and wherein the second optical correcting unit is used to correct optically the image shake based on frequency components higher than the predetermined frequency components extracted from the shake signal.
US09426365B2
Methods and apparatus for processing images captured by a camera device including multiple optical chains, e.g., camera modules, are described. Three, 4, 5 or more optical chains maybe used. Different optical chains capture different images due to different perspectives. Multiple images, e.g., corresponding to different perspectives, are captured during a time period and are combined to generate a composite image. In some embodiments one of the captured images or a synthesized image is used as a reference image during composite image generation. The image used as the reference image is selected to keep the perspective of sequentially generated composite images consistent despite unintentional came movement and/or in accordance with an expected path of travel. Thus, which camera module provides the reference image may vary over time taking into consideration unintended camera movement. Composite image generation may be performed external to the camera device or in the camera device.
US09426357B1
An apparatus comprising a sensor, a motion detector, a memory and a processor. The sensor may be configured to capture a first image. The motion detector may be configured to initiate the capture of the first image. The memory may be configured to store exposure data associated with the first image. The processor may be configured to determine if the stored exposure data is usable to capture a second image.
US09426353B2
An image capturing apparatus includes: a system selector configured to select either one of a focus control of a contrast system in which a wobbling motion is performed for detection and a focus control of a different system that is different from the focus control of the contrast system; and a controller configured to set a first wobbling amount for the focus control of the different system to be smaller than a second wobbling amount for the focus control of the contrast system.
US09426349B2
An image processing apparatus generates a plurality of parallactic images having a relationship that the magnitude of an amount of image shift between parallactic images increases with an increase of a defocus amount, generates, through plural selections of the generated parallactic images permitting a repeated same selection, a series of parallactic images in which the selected parallactic images are arranged in a selection order; repeatedly applies interpolation processing to each pair of adjacent parallactic images included in the series of parallactic images to generate a plurality of interpolation images; and arranges the interpolation images between the adjacent parallactic images to output the interpolated parallactic images as an output image of a moving image.
US09426346B2
A video camera is arranged to capture images of a user of the display. Vanity lights are arranged to produce vanity lighting that lights up the user of the display. Selection of a lighting scheme produced by the vanity lights is responsive to user selections made using the computing device.
US09426345B1
An intruding flash is detected by a light detector in a plastic case that may be mounted adjacent to a license plate or window which is made safe from the intruding camera. The flash detector triggers a counteracting light flash. The case and electrical PC board have reflectors to capture lost light, guiding direct and indirect light to the desired surface area, increasing the invention's counteracting flash over the “target” area protected from an intruder camera. The counteracting flash is not directed at the intruding camera to blind the entire camera lens and field of view as with previous art. Instead the counter flash is directed about perpendicular to the incoming angle of the intruding flash, over exposing only that surface area within the intruder camera's full field of view to be protected from photography, preventing only that portion of the intruder camera's field of view from being imaged.
US09426341B1
A mount for a video recorder set which is supported by the user's mouth.
US09426331B2
A printed matter identifying device that identifies a printed matter printed by a predetermined printing apparatus and having on its surface at least two or more areas that are different in surface property to each other includes: an image reading unit that controls an external light source and camera so that reflected images displayed by the light source respectively on the areas of the surface of the printed matter are captured by the camera to acquire respective image information of the reflected images; an image processing unit that performs image-processing of the image information of the reflected images acquired by the image reading unit; and an image determination unit that uses a differential value between the image information of the reflected images obtained by the image-processing by the image processing unit, to determine whether or not the printed matter is a printed matter printed by the predetermined printing apparatus.
US09426329B2
Embodiments are directed towards identifying background pixels in a scanned image so that they can be removed from the image. A histogram of each color channel for an initially scanned portion of the image may be determined. The histogram may represent a frequency distribution of pixels in the scanned portion across each color value for each color channel. A white point tracking profile may be determined based on the histogram. The white point tracking profile may identify a range of color values for each channel that are statistically related to a mode color value of a corresponding color channel. When pixels in the scanned image are determined to have a color profile within the white point tracking profile, then those pixels may be modified to a predetermined color profile, such as a maximum color value for each channel. The modified pixels may then be removed from the scanned image.
US09426328B2
Some implementations may include a computer-implemented method for applying at least two digital watermarks to a digital document, the method including: receiving a digital document comprising visual contents; generating a first digital watermark to be visually presented at a first time point; generating a second digital watermark to be visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and applying both the first digital watermark and second digital watermark to the digital document t.
US09426325B2
A document reading device is capable of preventing distortion or twisting occurring in a document conveying device from being transmitted to a reading carriage incorporated in the document conveying device. A document reading device includes a second reading carriage provided in a document conveying unit and configured to read a surface of a document different from a surface read by a first reading carriage, a support frame having a support surface supporting the second reading carriage, a retaining member retaining the second reading carriage by sandwiching the same between itself and the support frame, and an elastic member provided between the second reading carriage and retaining member to press the second reading carriage against the support frame. One of the support surface of the support frame and a supported surface of the second reading carriage supported by the support surface is formed into a curved surface.
US09426322B2
A network device communicates with a management server that manages a shared setting value and an individual setting value as a master data. The network device includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a first instruction associated with an input from a user for the shared setting value; a second receiving unit configured to receive a second instruction indicating an initialization processing; a first requesting unit configured to make a request to the management server in accordance with the first instruction; a second requesting unit configured to request for the management server in accordance with the second instruction; an executing unit configured to execute the initialization processing in accordance with the second instruction; a query unit configured to perform a query for the management server; and a modifying and reflecting unit configured to modify and reflect the shared setting value.
US09426320B1
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to carry out processing on an image formed on a sheet, a power unit for the image processing unit connected to a plurality of power grids, a storage unit configured to store information about cost of power supplied from each of the power grids, and a control unit configured to select one of the power grids based on the stored information, and control the power unit to supply power from the selected power grid to the image processing unit.
US09426312B2
A management apparatus includes a device-information acquiring unit that acquires device identification information for identifying a user-designated device from multiple devices; a processing-status-information acquiring unit that acquires processing status information of each device; a commanded-processing-information acquiring unit that acquires commanded processing information related to a content of processing to be commanded to the designated device; a commanding unit that gives a command to the designated device based on the commanded processing information so as to set the designated device in an occupied state; a cancellation-condition-information acquiring unit that acquires cancellation condition information indicating a condition for cancelling the occupied state; and a cancellation-condition determining unit that determines whether the acquired processing status information satisfies the acquired cancellation condition. The commanding unit further gives a command for cancelling the occupied state in accordance with a determination result obtained by the determining unit.
US09426308B2
A method, system and computer program product for enabling mobile computing devices to track data usage among mobile computing devices that share a data plan. A threshold amount of data to be consumed over a period of time (e.g., billing period) by the mobile computing devices belonging to the shared data plan is received. Upon receiving a message from one of these mobile computing devices that contains an identifier that indicates that the message pertains to data usage information for the shared data plan, the current data usage metrics for the mobile computing device that sent the message is retrieved from the message. The value of the aggregate data usage is updated with the retrieved data usage metrics. Actions, such as throttling the data usage, are performed in response to the aggregate data usage being within a designated amount of data to the threshold amount of data to be consumed.
US09426305B2
An apparatus and method are described for sponsoring service and preferential traffic handling, (i.e., data connectivity) by wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). A first WTRU may initiate user sponsoring of a second WTRU via an application server (AS). The first WTRU may receive a service trigger from the AS and forward the service trigger to the second WTRU. The second WTRU may then initiate a sponsored session with the AS using the service trigger in order to receive a service from the AS. The first WTRU may also request the AS to transfer a credit to the second WTRU. The AS may establish a direct communication link with a charging system including an online charging function (OCF) and a charging data function (CDF). The AS may send a request to a network to provide preferential traffic handling needed to deliver content to the second WTRU.
US09426294B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide a callback text message to a party who has placed an inbound call received by a contact center. Specifically, the inbound call is received by the contact center and placed into a queue to wait for an available agent. At this point, a condition is detected such as the call remaining in the queue for at least a minimum amount of time, the call expected to remain in the queue for at least a minimum amount of time, and/or the call becoming disconnected with the contact center. Accordingly, one or more parameters associated with inbound calls received by the contact center are monitored in particular embodiments and after the condition is detected and upon the one or more parameters reaching threshold values, a text message is sent to the party recommending to the party to place a subsequent inbound call to the contact center.
US09426291B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a roster template used in scheduling agent resources to conduct a campaign involving sending outbound communications using a first channel of communication to generate inbound communications using a second channel of communication. Specifically, a forecast is generated establishing a success rate for generating an inbound communication using the second channel of communication as a result of sending an outbound communication using the first channel of communication and an average response time to receive the inbound communication. Further, the forecast identifies a number of inbound communications predicted to be received for the campaign. From the forecast, a number of agent resources needed to handle the inbound communications is identified and a roster template is generated that comprises shifts identifying agent resources to schedule based on the number of agent resources needed to handle the inbound communications.
US09426290B2
A method is disclosed for the presentation of telephone information about a company or other enterprise over the Internet in response to consumer searches for names or products. Department information is included. The system uses a database to determine product slightly sold my search for companies to provide advertisers or sponsors with preferential placement of their ads. Revenue is charged response to clicking on an advertisement. The system also places telephone calls over the Internet to users of the inventive search engine. Advertisers are charged for such calls. Optionally, the system may not allow direct dialing for non-advertisers.
US09426285B2
A first electronic device (“first device”) identifies a second electronic device (“second device”) that is within hearing range of the first device. The first device determines whether a ringtone of the first device conflicts with a ringtone of the second device (e.g., the first and second devices have the same incoming text message ringtone). If the first device determines that there is a conflict (e.g., the active ringtones of the two devices have the same file name or the audio files of the ringtones have the same digital signature or identifier) then the first device appends an individualized alert to its ringtone, either in advance of playing the ringtone or in real time as the ringtone is being played.
US09426278B2
Methods and apparatuses for mobile communication device configuration are disclosed. In one example, communications are established with a computing device and a use region is identified. A mobile communication device configuration profile is selected corresponding to the use region and implemented at a mobile communication device.
US09426277B2
Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for viewing messages. A message is displayed and a memo addition event is detected. Input memo data is associated with the message.
US09426270B2
An apparatus may include a control unit to selectively control volume of content sound and volume of speech sound according to a priority assigned to a user corresponding to speech sound and a priority assigned to content data. When volume control is to be performed on a priority basis, the control unit may selectively control the volume of the content sound and the volume of the speech sound based on the assigned priorities so that the volume of the sound having a higher priority becomes louder than the volume of the other sound.
US09426262B2
Techniques are presented herein for optimizing network traffic exchanged between devices in a network. A firewall device in a network detects a firewall failure event. In response to detecting the firewall failure event, the firewall device changes from a standby state to an active state in managing a network connection between a source device and a destination device in the network. The firewall device generates a synchronization message and sends the synchronization message to the destination device. The firewall device receives from the destination device a response message that includes synchronization information.
US09426255B2
The invention provides a method of processing distributable computer readable media in a client/server computer system in a manner specified by a user. The method includes the steps of providing a login construct to a client computer from a server computer. A server computer accepts a login identifier from the client computer that corresponds to the user. The login identifier is used to locate an unprocessed user profile associated with the login identifier in a user profile database when the unprocessed user profile exists. A home networked information monitor is delivered to the client computer in accordance with instructions in a processed user profile. The home networked information monitor is capable of accessing each networked information monitor associated with the login identifier. Each networked information monitor is capable of processing distributable computer readable media.
US09426253B2
Provided is a method for enabling a capability of a terminal in a device management system including a server capable of at least one of enabling and disabling capabilities of the terminal. The method includes the step of determining if a condition has been met for requesting enablement of a disabled capability of the terminal. The method further includes the step of transmitting a request message to the server including information related to the condition being met, based on a determination that the condition has been met. The method further includes the step of receiving a control command for the disabled capability from the server to process the control command.
US09426250B2
The described method, system and terminals may allow the sending capability information from a first terminal to a second terminal in a capability exchange performed without, or prior to, conducting a call between the first and second terminals. The capability information may include at least one of multimedia call related parameters such as a codec for example, or network capability related information. A session initiation protocol may be used for sending the multimedia call related parameters. A service change may thus rapidly be performed.
US09426236B2
In one embodiment, a method includes calculating a first mean of check-in locations associated with a place; selecting a subset of the check-in locations based on distances between the first mean and the check-in locations; and determining a central location and at least a portion of a perimeter of the place based on the subset of the check-in locations.
US09426234B2
The method is for providing a third party service associated with a network-accessible site. A client-side script is provided that is configured to be installed on a client-side application. The client-side script is configured to gather information associated with the network-accessible site in response to access of the network-accessible site via the client-side application. The information associated with the network-accessible site has a user identifier and content published on the network-accessible site and user behavior data associated with access of the network-accessible site. The information associated with the network-accessible site is gathered via the client-side script in response to access of the network-accessible site via the client-side application. The content information associated with the network-accessible site is stored in the form of site records in a database. The client script is further configured to report gathered information by executing the script.
US09426230B2
A system and method for intelligent computer-implemented downloading of up-to-date information at times when access to data connections are available to improve user efficiency. The system assesses data relevance, calculates the amount of time available for data connections, and prioritizes data downloads based on information relevance, file sizes, download times and other parameters to determine what information to download while access to a connection is available so that the information can be used at a later time when access to a connection may not be available.
US09426227B2
Aspects herein describe brokering hosted resources in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) using connection leases to reduce demand on connection brokers and to allow hosted services to be maintained even in the event of a broker outage. When a client device desires to connect to a hosted resource (e.g., a hosted desktop or a hosted application), the client device may present a lease token to the session host. The lease token is a self-sustaining package of data from which a session host can determine whether the requesting client device is authorized to access one or more resources hosted by that session host. The lease token may be cryptographically signed to ensure its contents have not been altered, and further that the lease token originated from a trusted source. Lease tokens may be stored independently from a connection broker, thereby still being usable if the connection broker goes offline.
US09426214B2
A presentation state is received from the presenting application. The presentation state may represent a current state of the local presentation. A request for the presentation state is received from the viewing application. In response to receiving the request for the presentation state, the presentation state is provided to the viewing application. A request for presentation data synchronized to the presentation state is received from the viewing application. In response to receiving the request for presentation data synchronized to the presentation state, the presentation file is transformed into the presentation data synchronized to the presentation state. The presentation data synchronized to the presentation state is provided to the viewing application. The viewing application may be operative to read the presentation data and to display a remote presentation in response to reading the presentation data.
US09426206B2
According to an example, a file transfer protocol data transmission method applied in a stack system includes an FTP server master process receiving a file transfer request from an FTP client, for a file requested by the file transfer request, the FTP server master process judging whether the file and the FTP server master process are in a same chassis, when the file and the FTP server master process are not in the same chassis, the FTP server master process sends a file transfer notice to an FTP server slave process running on a chassis which is in the stack system and which the file is in.
US09426203B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an active-application interface on a companion device that allows a user to control an application running on a primary device. The active-application interface may describe state information for a plurality of applications running on the primary device and allow the user to manipulate the application through one or more contextual controls. The active-application interface may be used to control applications running out-of-control focus on the primary device, including applications that do not presently have a visible viewport.
US09426202B2
Mechanisms are provided to implement a customizable mobile application utilizing a local template to personalize data. In one example, a local client application on a mobile device automatically changes the local content by utilizing a locally cached template and REST service supported by a remote application. In another example, the template further supports multiple phases of personalization.
US09426193B2
Described herein are systems, media, and methods for providing an application that receives information for a plurality of items and utilizes the information to generate a navigable multi-dimensional list of items, wherein the list of items is navigable by at least three navigation modes comprising touch scroll and rotation, joystick scroll and rotation, gyroscopic scroll and rotation. As such, the application allows a user to efficiently and effectively visualize, navigate, create, and share large amounts of data.
US09426189B2
A subscriber (12, 14, 16) initiating an Internet telephony call may receive specific content targeted to that subscriber in accordance with a match between at least one of the dialed number and the calling party number. Upon receipt of the subscriber's Internet telephony call, an Internet Telephony Service Provider server (18) searches each of a dialed number database, a calling party number database and a default database to establish a match between the calling party number, the dialed number or a range of either numbers. Upon finding a match, the Internet Telephony Service Provider server retrieves corresponding content, typically in the form of a URL that links to an associated web site, to provide to the subscriber who may elect to retrieve that information at the subscriber's discretion.
US09426181B2
Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple intercommunicating computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, users may specify groups of computing nodes and optionally associated access policies for use in the managing of the communications for those groups, such as by specifying which source nodes are allowed to transmit data to particular destinations nodes. In addition, determinations of whether initiated data transmissions from source nodes to destination nodes are authorized may be dynamically negotiated for and recorded for later use in automatically authorizing future such data transmissions without negotiation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09426177B2
A method for detecting a security vulnerability for an animation source file is provided. The method may include: decompiling the animation source file and acquiring a program structure and a syntactic model of the animation source file; converting the program structure and the syntactic model into an abstract syntax tree (AST); constructing symbol tables and function summaries based on the AST; and performing a taint backtracking on the symbol tables and the function summaries and detecting whether the animation source file has the security vulnerability according to a vulnerability rule.
US09426172B2
Domain names are determined for each computational event in a set, each event detailing requests or posts of webpages. A number of events or accesses associated with each domain name within a time period is determined. A registrar is further queried to determine when the domain name was registered. An object is generated that includes a representation of the access count and an age since registration for each domain names. A client can interact with the object to explore representations of domain names associated with high access counts and recent registrations. Upon determining that a given domain name is suspicious, a rule can be generated to block access to the domain name.
US09426160B2
Delivering author specific content includes identifying author specific content with tags inserted into its metadata across multiple online resources and delivering updates about the author specific content to a user specified activity stream.
US09426156B2
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for provisioning a new user to a cloud-based system through a pre-registration process where the cloud-based system generates a tokenized resource identifier based on the user's registration information provided by an external service provider and through a registration process where the user accesses the cloud-based system using the tokenized resource identifier and the cloud-based system completes the registration of the user when the user's registration information in the cloud-based system is verified against the corresponding registration information maintained by the external service provider. Once the registration is complete, data related to the registered user may be synchronized between the cloud-based system and the external service provider.
US09426147B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for management of storage devices protected by encryption, user authentication, and password protection and auditing schemes in virtualized and non-virtualized environments.
US09426143B2
An electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs. The one or more programs include a first program having a user-logged-in state for a first user and a user-logged-out state for the first user. The device communicates with a social network system; and displays a first user interface on the display. The first user interface includes a first predetermined area that corresponds to the first program. If the first program is in the user-logged-in state for the first user, the device displays in the first predetermined area first content from a plurality of users of the social network system that are connected to the first user. If the first program is in the user-logged-out state, the device displays in the first predetermined area second content that is selected for the first user, without displaying the first content.
US09426138B2
Identity-independent authentication tokens enable issuance of a single strong credential that can be mapped to an individual at each of multiple accounts within the online world. An issuer generates one or more authentication tokens for issuance to individuals or other entities. In some instances, each of these authentication tokens comprises a unique serial number. The individual or other entity may then request an authentication token from the issuer. The issuer may then issue the token to the individual without the need to ask or require the individual to identify his or herself. The individual may then map this issued authentication token to the individual's password at each of the individual's online accounts.
US09426133B2
Systems and methods are described for applying digital rights management techniques to tethered devices. In one embodiment, a host device is operable to translate a relatively sophisticated license into a simpler format for use on a relatively low-capability device. In another embodiment, a method of using extended SCSI commands to communicate over a USB connection is provided.
US09426126B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates secure communication between a sending device and a receiving device. During operation, the system receives, at the receiving device, a benign message sent over a communication channel from the sending device. Next, the system computes a digest from the benign message by hashing the benign message. The system then queries a cover message server with the computed digest to determine whether the benign message indicates that an encrypted message is available at a secure message server. Subsequently, the system obtains the encrypted message from the secure message server, responsive to determining that the benign message indicates that the encrypted message is available at the secure message server.
US09426124B2
A logic device and method are provided for intercepting a data flow from a network source to a network destination. A data store holds a set of compliance rules and corresponding actions wherein at least one of the set of compliance rules is a temporary compliance rule valid for a predetermined period. A packet inspector is configured to inspect the intercepted data flow and identify from the data store a temporary compliance rule associated with the inspected data flow. A packet filter is configured to when the data flow is identified as being associated with the temporary compliance rule, carry out an action with respect to the data flow corresponding to the temporary compliance rule while the temporary compliance rule is valid.
US09426123B2
Apparatus and methods for providing content to packet-enabled devices in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, a network architecture is disclosed which enables delivery of content to IP-enabled devices such as mobile smartphones and tablet computers using a traditional high-speed data connection. This capability allows the managed network operator to provide content services to an IP-enabled device associated with a non-data subscriber. In one variant, a cable modem is provided which is limited to only retrieve content for delivery to the devices, yet which performs no other functions/services (including provision of high-speed data services). Alternatively, a “media server” modem is utilized to enable delivery of content from the managed network to a client or user device which is also able to obtain high-speed data service from a non-managed or third party managed network via a third-party access point. Security and authentication mechanisms for the transmitted content are also disclosed.
US09426121B2
A router is provided. The router includes a packet marking unit that inserts marking information generated based on an address of the router into a packet received by the router, according to a packet marking probability that is dynamically set, and a marking probability determination unit that calculates filtering efficiency of the router, and determines the packet marking probability based on the filtering efficiency. The marking information is used to obtain the address of the router by a device that has received the packet containing the marking information.
US09426105B2
An interface method for a mobile terminal includes: receiving in the order of time and saving two or more types of messages corresponding to two or more types of first applications; integrating and configuring the two or more types of messages using a second application, which integrates and manages the two or more types of first applications; and displaying the two or more types of messages with the identification information on the type of each of the messages using the second application.
US09426097B1
Certain of the present embodiments provide a mechanism to enable ports of initiator devices in a network to receive notifications of port state change that relate only to ports of target devices in the network. Certain others of the present embodiments provide a mechanism to enable ports of initiator devices to determine whether a notification of port state change pertains to a port of an initiator device or a target device.
US09426096B2
Technologies for high-speed data transmission including a network port logic having a communication lane coupled to a physical medium dependent/physical medium attachment (PMD/PMA) sublayer, a physical coding sublayer (PCS), and a media access control (MAC) sublayer. The communication lane receives serial binary data at a line speed such as 25 gigabits per second. The PMD/PMA converts the serial binary data into parallel data, and the PCS decodes that parallel data using a line code also used for a slower line speed such as 10 gigabits per second. The network port logic may include four independent communication lanes, with each communication lane coupled to a dedicated PMD/PMA, PCS, and MAC. The network port logic may also include a multi-lane PCS and multi-lane MAC to receive and transmit data striped over the four communication lanes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09426091B2
A system includes a forwarding instance that is configured to receive a packet from a source on a port that is a member port of an etherchannel bundle. The forwarding instance is configured to update a table with information that correlates the source with the port. The forwarding instance is also configured to send a synchronization packet to other forwarding instances having ports that are member ports of the etherchannel bundle. Upon receipt of the synchronization packet, the other forwarding instances are configured to update tables with the information that correlates the source with the port.
US09426087B2
Digital media communication systems and methods are disclosed in which a set of end points and/or clients are in communication with a set of servers. The system is capable of determining which end point is a dominant user and/or speaker. When the system determines that an end point is dominant, then the digital data that emanates from dominant end point is preferred. Such preferred digital data may be forwarded asynchronously and possible ahead of digital data from other, non-dominant end points. Synchronous and/or substantially contemporaneous digital data from other end points may be mixed that such that, when rendered, gives substantially the same effect real life superposition of signals. The system may also toggle on or off between states of asynchronous forward and synchronous-only modes.
US09426084B1
Methods and systems for network communications are disclosed. In particular methods and systems for providing communications rate controls from remote sources are provided. For example, a machine-implemented method includes: managing, at a target, a request to transmit (R2T) queue and an associated data credit counter; incrementing the data credit counter based on an allowed transfer rate; selecting an R2T packet from the R2T queue; determining if the R2T packet should be sent based on the data credit counter; sending the R2T packet to an initiator when the R2T packet indicates data transfer less than the data credit counter; and decrementing the data credit counter based on the R2T packet when the R2T packet is sent.
US09426079B2
A method of handling retransmission and memory consumption tracking of data packets includes storing data packets from different data channels in respective transmitter ring buffers allocated to the data channels when the data packets are not marked for retransmission, and facilitating retransmission of data packets from a specified ring buffer corresponding to a retransmission sequence number. The method also may include storing received data packets out of sequence in respective receiver ring buffers, marking a descriptor indicating a tail location of the stored data packets, and reclaiming memory space in the ring buffer based on the marked descriptor. The method may include storing a payload address associated with received data packets, marking a descriptor associated with the payload address to indicate the stored data packets have been consumed for processing, and reclaiming memory space when a register contains an indication of the stored payload address based on the marked descriptor.
US09426073B2
There is provided a mechanism for conducting data transmission from a network management entity of communication network control element to a terminal or UE with improved robustness. After a multiflow connection for data units via at least one network transceiver device and via at least two different paths is set up towards a terminal, selection criteria are applied so as to decide which data units are sent on which transmission path. Specifically, dependent on the applied selection criteria, data units of specific data are selected to be subjected either to bicasting each selected data unit using the at least two paths, or to dynamic flow switching so as to transmit each selected data unit using one of the at least two paths and wherein each selected data unit can be independently chosen to be transmitted over either of the at least two paths.
US09426070B2
An apparatus is connected to a Layer 3 network through a gateway and communicates with lower-level devices. The apparatus includes a storage unit that stores information on a port connected to each lower-level device, in association with a group identifier identifying a terminal group including a plurality of terminals under control of each lower-level device. Upon receiving a frame whose destination information includes information specific to the gateway, the apparatus identifies, based on a terminal identifier identifying a terminal that is a destination of a packet within the frame, a group identifier identifying a terminal group to which the terminal belongs, and transfers the frame from a port associated with the group identifier to a lower-level device controlling the terminal group identified by the group identifier so that the lower-level device updates the destination information of the frame by using information specific to the terminal.
US09426068B2
A network node comprising a processor configured to maintain a plurality of mapping entries for one or more virtual network instances, receive a data packet within a first virtual network instance, wherein the data packet comprises an inner destination address, match the inner destination address with one of the mapping entries, obtain an outer destination address that corresponds to the matched mapping entry, encapsulate the data packet with the outer destination address, and forward the encapsulated data packet based on the outer destination address, wherein the mapping entries maps out all of the addresses for a plurality of end nodes that participate in the first virtual network instance.
US09426067B2
A network element within a data center comprises a switch adapted to receive a data packet, a server in communication with the switch, and a switching engine in the switch. The switching engine may be configured to modify policy header information in the data packet to direct the packet to the server. The server may be configured to modify the policy header information while the data packet is in the server to return the data packet to said switch.
US09426064B2
Methods and systems for improved pathway decision forwarding for rack domains include a gravity well forwarding protocol that enables local forwarding decisions at each network node involved with forwarding packets. The gravity well forwarding protocol may administer gravity well values for each of a plurality of rack domain nodes in a rack domain. The local forwarding decisions may involve selecting output ports corresponding to a higher/lower gravity well value at a network switching element, depending on a destination gravity well value associated with a network packet. Assignment of the gravity well values among the rack domain nodes may be used according to considerations, including security considerations, throughput considerations, loading considerations, redundancy considerations, physical location, and/or physical proximity, among other considerations, in the rack domain.
US09426062B2
The invention relates to a method of fault monitoring in a fault monitoring entity of a network node of a network having at least a first connection-oriented network layer, having first protection measures associated therewith, and a second connection-oriented network layer, having second protection measures associated therewith. In a first step the service condition status of the first network layer is monitored using the first protection measures. In a second step the second network layer protection measures are determined for onward transmission within the second network layer depending on the service condition status of the first network layer. Since the network node is aware of the monitored status condition of both the first and second layers the protection mechanisms for the first network layer and the second network layer can be co-ordinated and the second network layer protection measure for onward transmission may be determined for optimum network fault protection operation.
US09426058B2
Transmission equipment includes: a first interface unit configured to receive a frame; and a second interface unit configured to transmit the received frame received by the first interface unit. The second interface unit includes a transmission circuit configured to transmit path information that represents a state of a logical path pair including a work path and a protection path provided for the received frame to the first interface unit. The first interface unit includes a destination determination circuit configured to determine a destination of the received frame based on the state of the logical path pair represented by the path information received from the second interface unit.
US09426051B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the monitoring of the health of a plurality of computerized healthcare systems deployed at a plurality of different sites, such as at various healthcare facilities. In the context of a method, one or more sensor(s) may be identified that are to be downloaded and executed by a plurality of remote servers in order to provide for health monitoring of a computerized healthcare system. The method also receives the results of the health monitoring from the plurality of remote servers and determines a health score for the computerized healthcare system of a respective remote server based upon the results. The method may further cause a technician to be advised of the results and the healthcare score.
US09426048B2
Technologies related to virtual machine switching based on measured network delay are generally described. A network delay aware Virtual Machine (VM) may be configured to adapt a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to delay switching back to the network delay aware VM by a delay amount determined using a measured network delay. The measured network delay may comprise a delay between sending a network communication and receiving a network response. By delaying switching back to the network delay aware VM, additional processing resources are freed for other VMs managed by the VMM, thereby increasing efficiency of computing devices including network delay aware VMs, and correspondingly increasing efficiency of data centers including such computing devices.
US09426044B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and server for processing geo-information including receiving, at the Geo-Information System server, a geo-view identifier; sending an indication whether a geo-view identified by the geo-view identifier is available, the geo-view comprising a schema identifier, wherein a schema identified by the schema identifier describes a data format comprising location information and one or more characteristics of the conditions in the cellular network; receiving data in a format consistent with the identified schema; and storing the received data in a data store.
US09426043B2
Provided is a method for notifying a trap to other functional components. The method includes receiving a trap register request from a server, wherein the trap register request includes a target identifier; checking whether the server has a permission to execute an executable node indicated by the target identifier; registering a trap if the server has the permission to execute the executable node, wherein the trap includes a trap event and is associated with a server identifier and a trap identifier; detecting the trap; checking whether a server identified by the server identifier has the permission to execute the executable node; and notifying the executable node of the trap if the server identified by the server identifier has the permission execute the executable node.
US09426042B2
A method for measuring an end-to-end Service Level Agreement (SLA) in a network having entities of different mobile communication networks is provided. The method includes sending a server a test condition for SLA measurement, sending the server a test packet, obtaining from a test result received from the server parameter values for metrics included in the test condition, generating analysis data based on the test condition, and sending the analysis data to a manager unit for the entities based on the test condition.
US09426041B2
A method of determining information on network resources in a packet-based internetwork comprising multiple routing nodes, the method comprising: distributing user software to each of multiple end-user terminals connected to the internetwork, the user software having a primary user function other than the collection of network data; in association with the user software, distributing secondary code configured to participate in the collection of data by probing different routes from the respective end-user terminal to a destination terminal over the internetwork, each route passing via a plurality of said routing nodes; receiving data resulting from the probing performed by the secondary code on the multiple end-user terminals, including data resulting from routes involving the routing nodes of different network service providers; and determining estimates of network resources based on the received data.
US09426027B1
A system may be configured to provide a service for performing various actions on behalf of clients. The clients may be associated with diverse properties such as location, language, and legal jurisdiction. A service may be adapted to respond to a diversified client base. Properties of the client may be identified. A client capability enumeration may be loaded and used to identify transformation operations that may be performed on requests to the service and replies to the client. Transformation operations may be applied in a transmutation pipeline that modifies the input to and the results of an action.
US09426026B2
Computer implemented methods, system and apparatus for configuring a cluster using a plurality of hosts include identifying a plurality of features for forming the cluster. The plurality of features define requirements needed in a host for forming the cluster. A plurality of hosts are identified to be part of the cluster. A compatibility analysis is executed for each of the identified hosts. A plurality of suggested adjustments to particular hosts are presented to enable the particular hosts to be compatible with the features requirements. A configuration template is constructed for the hosts in the cluster that are compatible with the requirements. The hosts are configured for the cluster using the configuration settings in the configuration template. The configured hosts enable the features in the cluster.
US09426025B2
A method for configuring network elements of a software-defined network on the basis of relation data items and action policy rules is presented. Each relation data item expresses two entities and their relationship and each action policy rule expresses an event and an action to be carried out in response to the event. The method comprises deriving (301) implicit relations between the entities on the basis of the relation data items and generating (303) the configuration data for the network elements on the basis of the relation data items, the action policy rules, and the derived implicit relations. The derivation of the implicit relations and the utilization of the derived implicit relations for generating the configuration data facilitate providing automated operation.
US09426023B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for automatic network reconfiguration associated with a failover event is provided. The method may include instructing a file system to capture a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of data following the failover event, whereby the plurality of attributes comprises a fileset identifier, a first gateway node identifier, and a second gateway node identifier. The method may include determining, based on the captured fileset identifier, a virtual local area network associated with the fileset, whereby the determined virtual area network includes at least one software defined network switch. The method may include reconfiguring the at least one software defined network switch to stop sending a plurality of network traffic to the first gateway node and to start sending the plurality of network traffic to the second gateway node, whereby the plurality of network traffic is associated with the fileset.
US09426005B1
A delay measurement system to measure a phase delay of a Radio Frequency-Pulse Width Modulated (RF-PWM) signal introduced in a Radio Frequency-Pulse Width Modulator, wherein the RF-PWM signal comprises a sampling frequency and at least one carrier period, and wherein the RF-PWM signal has a symbol in the at least one carrier period. The delay measurement system comprises a first phase modulator circuit configured to generate a first Binary Phase Shifted (BPS) signal having a first period and a second period based upon the RF-PWM signal, wherein the first period of the BPS signal has the symbol therein and the second period of the BPS signal has a 180 degree inverted version of the symbol. The delay measurement system further comprises a second phase modulator circuit configured to generate a second Binary Phase Shifted (BPS) signal having a first period and a second period, wherein the first period of the BPS signal has the symbol therein and the second period of the BPS signal has a 180 degree inverted version of the symbol. Further, the delay measurement system comprises a detector circuit configured to determine the phase delay of the RF-PWM signal based on the first BPS signal or the second BPS signal and output the phase delay.
US09426001B2
A system for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) equalizer, said system comprising a program memory, a program sequencer and a processing unit connected to each other, wherein the processing unit comprises an input selection unit, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a coprocessor and an output selection unit; further wherein the program sequencer schedules the processing of one or more symbol-carrier pairs input to said OFDM equalizer using multiple threads; retrieves, for each of the one or more symbol-carrier pairs, multiple program instructions from said program memory; generates multiple expanded instructions corresponding to said retrieved multiple program instructions; and further wherein said ALU performs said processing of the one or more symbol-carrier pairs using the multiple threads across multiple pipeline stages, wherein said processing comprises said ALU executing arithmetic operations to process said expanded instructions using said multiple threads across the multiple pipeline stages.
US09425997B2
A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC.
US09425996B2
An iterative method for synthesizing digital filters comprises the following steps: generation of a transmit filter intended to be applied to a signal to be transmitted; and generation of a receive filter intended to be applied to a received signal. The method comprises the following iteratively executed steps: convolution of the transmit filter and the receive filter in order to generate a transmission filter; determination of a criterion that is representative of the level of intersymbol interference on said transmission filter and whether the level of intersymbol interference is higher than a given level; calculation of an equalizing filter for the intersymbol interference; replacement of the transmit filter with the convoluted transmit filter having the equalizing filter or the replacement of the receive filter with the convoluted receive filter having the equalizing filter.
US09425992B2
Systems and methods for multi-frame and frame streaming in a Controller Area Network (CAN) with Flexible Data-Rate (FD). In some embodiments, a method may include creating, by a device coupled to a CAN network configured to support a CAN Flexible Data-Rate (FD) protocol, a data frame comprising a field that indicates a multi-frame or streaming transmission, and transmitting the data frame in the multi-frame or streaming transmission. A CAN node may include message processing circuitry configured to receive a data frame comprising a Data Length Code (DLC) field configured to indicate multi-frame operation or streaming operation. The message processing circuitry may be further configured to receive another data frame in the absence of an arbitration process between the data frames.
US09425990B2
A message data acquisition unit acquires message data including a message and additional information. An event ID acquisition unit acquires, when a condition fulfillment detection unit determines that a condition is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled playing condition in the game. A display information generation unit displays a message in the message data including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information, in a game screen displayed on a display device.
US09425978B2
A device-controlling system configures, monitors, and controls one or more interfacing devices, such that an interfacing device can obtain and disseminate sensor data from one or more attached physical devices that include sensors for measuring physical attributes. During operation, the system can configure an interfacing device by establishing a network connection with an interfacing device, and determining one or more rules for the interfacing device. A rule can indicate an action description for performing an action, and indicates a condition that indicates criteria for processing the rule's action description. The system can configure the interfacing device to process its associated rules.
US09425976B2
A method for reporting operational information in a network is described herein. The network may include a network device and a network management server. The network device may detect an event triggering reporting of a modification to a configuration of the network device. A report message initiated by the network device may be provided. The report message may identify the modification to the configuration. The modification to the configuration may be committed after providing the report message. In another embodiment, the network device detects an event indicating a performance condition in the network device. A report message initiated by the network device is generated. The report message may include a state of the network device at the time of the event.
US09425972B2
The method according to embodiments of the present invention includes: allocating, by a management platform, a first multipoint control server to a first conference according to conference information of the first conference carried in a call from any site, where the conference information of the first conference includes a conference access number of the first conference and a site number included in the first conference, and the site number included in the first conference includes a conference access number of a second conference; and allocating, by the management platform, a second multipoint control server to the second conference according to conference information of the second conference carried in a call from the first multipoint control server, and establishing a cascading channel between the first multipoint control server and the second multipoint control server.
US09425966B1
Methods and apparatus for a security mechanism evaluation service are disclosed. A storage medium stores program instructions that when executed on a processor define a programmatic interface enabling a client to submit an evaluation request for a security mechanism. On receiving an evaluation request from a client indicating a particular security mechanism using public-key encryption, the instructions when executed, identify resources of a provider network to be used to respond. The instructions, when executed, provide to the client, one or more of: (a) a trustworthiness indicator for a certificate authority that issued a public-key certificate in accordance with the particular security mechanism; (b) a result of a syntax analysis of the public-key certificate; or (c) a vulnerability indicator for a key pair.
US09425950B2
A receiver for high speed communications. The receiver includes an analog to digital converter to convert an analog input signal into at least one digital input signal at timings controlled by a sampling clock. A finite impulse response filter generates at least one filtered input signal based on the digital input signal. A data decision circuit recovers data based on the filtered input signal. The filtered input signal and the recovered data can be provided to a feedback loop to determine a timing error of the sampling clock, which is then used to generate the sampling clock.
US09425945B2
A spectrum control system according to the present invention includes an identifying unit that identifies a base station or a cell that does not satisfy a predetermined level of communication quality based on information regarding a network status collected by a collecting unit that collects information regarding a network status of a wireless communication system, an extracting unit that extracts a plurality of base stations or a plurality of cells including a base station or a cell other than the identified base station or the identified cell as additional band allocating candidates, and an allocating unit that allocates an additional band to the base station or the cell that satisfies a predetermined condition among the plurality of extracted base stations or the plurality of extracted cells.
US09425944B1
A method and systems for allocating wireless communication resources between access link and relay link. An example method involves determining a remaining battery level of one or more user equipment devices (UEs) that are served by a relay base station. The method also involves establishing an allocation of wireless communication resources between a relay backhaul link and a relay access link based at least on the determined remaining battery level of the one or more UEs. And the method then involves, responsive to the establishing of the allocation of the wireless communication resources, configuring the relay backhaul link and the relay access link based on the established allocation of the wireless communication resources.
US09425940B2
Disclosed are an apparatus for transmitting and receiving downlink control information in a TDD (time division duplex) wireless access system and method thereof. The present invention includes performing a blind decoding on a transmitting region of e-PDCCH (enhanced physical downlink control channel) transmitted by being multiplexed with PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) and receiving the DCI through the blind decoding of the e-PDCCH. In particular, a last symbol of the transmitting region of the e-PDCCH in a special subframe is configured in accordance with a configuration of the special subframe.
US09425926B2
A method of performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) operation in a wireless communication system. The method according to one embodiment includes storing a data unit into at least one of a HARQ buffer among all HARQ buffers; and flushing all HARQ buffers when a timer expires. The timer is a time alignment timer (TAT) which is used to control how long a User Equipment (UE) is considered to have an uplink time that is aligned. The stored data unit is a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU). The TAT is started when a time advance command (TAC) is received from a network.
US09425923B2
Communication systems may employ transmission of feedback information and responses thereto, on a wireless connection such as a millimeter wave connection. The feedback information itself may be used to influence the beamforming or beam direction used for the transmission of the feedback information. A method can comprise determining a feedback indicator regarding reception of a transmitted waveform. The method can also comprise tailoring, for example beamforming, a signal for transmitting the feedback indicator based on a content of the feedback indicator.
US09425920B2
A packet transmission/reception apparatus and method is provided. The packet transmission method of the present invention includes acquiring a source payload including partial source symbols from a source block, generating a source packet including the source payload and an identifier (ID) of the source payload, generating a repair packet including a repair payload corresponding to the source payload and an ID of the repair payload, generating a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet block including the source and repair packets, and transmitting the FEC packet block. The source payload ID includes a source payload sequence number incrementing by 1 per source packet. The packet transmission/reception method of the present invention is advantageous in improving error correction capability and network resource utilization efficiency.
US09425916B2
A wireless communication terminal apparatus wherein CoMP communication can normally be performed without increasing the overhead of an upstream line control channel. In this apparatus, a spreading unit (214) primarily spreads a response signal by use of a ZAC sequence established by a control unit (209). A spreading unit (217) secondarily spreads the response signal, to which CP has been added, by use of a block-wise spread code sequence established by the control unit (209). The control unit (209) controls, in accordance with sequence numbers and a hopping pattern established therein, the circular shift amount of the ZAC sequence to be used for the primary spread in the spreading unit (214) and the block-wise spread code sequence to be used for the secondary spread in the spreading unit (217). The hopping pattern established in the control unit (209) is a hopping pattern common to a plurality of base stations that CoMP-receive the response signal.
US09425912B2
Methods and structure for lane-based multiplexing of physical links are provided. In one embodiment, a Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) device is provided. The SAS device comprises a physical link and a controller. The controller is able to time division multiplex the physical link into multiple lanes, and to manage a first connection along one or more of the lanes of the physical link. The controller is further able to detect a request for a second connection, to determine a link rate for the second connection, to select a number of additional lanes at the physical link based on the link rate for the second connection, and to manage the second connection along the additional lanes while the first connection is being managed.
US09425905B2
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a receiver for body channel communication. The receiver includes an electrode configured to receive an incoming signal transmitted as a multi-level transmission signal from a transmitter through a body channel, a differentiator configured to obtain a time derivative of the incoming signal indicating a plurality of data transitions, and an analog to digital converter configured to generate a multi-level output signal representing the multi-level transmission signal based on the plurality of data transitions. A corresponding method of controlling a receiver for body channel communications is provided.
US09425900B2
Chromatic dispersion (CD) processing apparatus comprises an equalizer loop comprising: a frequency domain equalizer (FDE) arranged to receive samples of an electrical representation of an optical communications signal having CD and to apply CD compensation to the samples, to form dispersion corrected samples having a residual CD value; a time domain equalizer arranged to receive the corrected samples and to generate a representation of a channel linear transfer function of the signal from the corrected samples, to generate and transmit a monitoring signal comprising said representation; optical performance monitoring apparatus arranged to receive the monitoring signal and to estimate the residual CD value; and a processor arranged to receive the estimated residual value and to compare it to a threshold value and to generate and transmit to the FDE an estimation signal comprising the estimated value unless it is less than the threshold.
US09425899B2
An optical transmitter includes: a ring waveguide; an electrode which is formed near the ring waveguide and is provided with a signal; a first waveguide optically coupled to the ring waveguide; a second waveguide optically coupled to the ring waveguide without optically coupled directly to the first waveguide; and a light source configured to supply continuous wave light to the first waveguide.
US09425894B2
Various embodiments relate to an in-band measurement of the optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of an optical signal in an optically-amplified transmission system. A demodulation device may tap a transmission fiber to receive an optical signal containing a low-frequency signal. A filter may implement first and second passbands to filter portions of an optical channel in the optical signal. Once the filtered channel is converted to first and second target electrical signals, a measurement circuit may take measurements of DC and AC components for each of the target electrical signals. Based on measurements of the two target electrical signals, the demodulation device may calculate the OSNR as a function of the DC and AC components, or as a function of the adjustment factors between first and second passbands of the optical channel represented by the first and second target electrical signals.
US09425888B2
Methods for providing high-speed connectivity to an aircraft in flight from a satellite. Example methods include transmitting first radio frequency signals from a wide-beam antenna at the satellite at a beamwidth of at least 6 degrees orbital arc to provide a wide coverage area. The first radio frequency signals are transmitted at a first frequency of at least 10 gigahertz and at a low equivalent isotropic radiated power. The method also includes receiving second radio frequency signals from a mobile antenna located on the aircraft, wherein the second radio frequency signals are received at a second frequency of at least 13.75 gigahertz, and the second frequency is different than the first frequency.
US09425883B2
Systems for supporting multi-channel dynamically controlled diversity reception in wireless communications include a plurality M of receivers coupled to M antennas and configured handle N communication channels wherein N≦M≦(2*N−1) and N channel state machines configured to dynamically allocate multiple channels of the N channels to the M receivers to support dynamic switched diversity for multi-channel dynamically controlled reception. Each channel state machine is configured to control the operation of each receiver. Arbitration is performed between channel state machines when such channel state machines work concurrently. In some embodiments, a lock state machine inside each channel state machine accelerates the locking time of a receiver based on at least one parameter received from another receiver.
US09425880B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting a signal needed for beam acquisition in a wireless communication system operating in a super-high frequency band are provided, in which a small reference modulation symbol length relative to a data modulation symbol length is determined, taking into account a communication characteristic of a Mobile Station (MS), a data modulation symbol generated by modulating a data signal using a predetermined modulation scheme is transmitted according to the determined data modulation symbol length, and a reference modulation symbol generated by modulating a reference signal using the predetermined modulation scheme is transmitted according to the determined reference modulation symbol length.
US09425870B2
Methods, a base station and computer programs for performing multiple access in wireless OFDM cellular systems over multipath wireless channels considering both space and frequency domains,The base station 100 comprises a large number of antennas 103 in the form of a two-dimensional array and transmits a given number of signals to a number of users 106, so that each one receives its intended signal (or set of intended signals) without interference to/from the other users 106. The base station 100 includes a scheduler in space-time-frequency dimensions 101 as well as an orthogonal space-frequency processing technique 102 for addressing the users 106. The cellular scenario is assumed where the wireless channel 105 presents significant multipath, thereby resulting in multiple signal components being received by each user 106. Orthogonality of the beams is achieved upon transmission by properly discretizing the spatial domain, while inter-user interference is avoided by exciting only those beams that result in multipath components received by one single user 106.
US09425868B2
Provided is a base station including a plurality of branches, a storage unit that stores a calibration coefficient of each of the plurality of branches for each combination of other base stations, and a multiplying unit that multiplies a transmission signal from each of the plurality of branches by a calibration coefficient corresponding to a combination of one or more other base stations when CoMP transmission with the one or more other base stations is performed through the plurality of branches.
US09425862B2
An anticollision method for an NFC device wherein, in reader mode, a variation of a piece of information representative of the amplitude of the signal in an antenna of the device is monitored, and if this piece of information exceeds a threshold, the device is switched to the card mode.
US09425861B2
The present invention pertains to an electronic device and an operating method thereof, in which a handover relay device transmits connection information on two or more electronic devices to the other party, thereby effectively establishing connection between the electronic devices.
US09425836B2
Systems, methods, and devices relating to short range wireless communications. A host device wirelessly communicates with a user device. The transceiver on the host device is of a greater complexity than the transceiver on the user device. The host device performs a number of signal processing steps on data to be exchanged with the user device such that the complexity of the processing to be done by the user device is significantly reduced. This approach thereby reduces the complexity of the transceiver on the user device. The host device processing includes pre-channel equalization and pre-synchronization.
US09425823B1
A data encoder includes an encoding logic circuit configured to encode input data to apply run length limiting using state splitting of a code trellis, and a lookup table configured to apply a block-enumerable map on an un-split version of the code trellis, wherein entries in the lookup table are compressed.
US09425821B2
An information processing apparatus receives a compressed file in which character string data with a first character code is compressed by a unit of character string including a single character or a plurality of characters. The information processing apparatus converts compression information included in the compressed file into converted compression information, the compression information mapping each of compressed character string data in the compressed file to each of corresponding unit of character string with the first character code, thereby the converted compression information mapping each of the compressed character string data in the compressed file to each of the corresponding unit of character string with a second character code. The information processing apparatus generates a converted compression file from the converted compression information and each of the compressed character string data.
US09425814B1
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) are described. In one aspect, an ADC is described which uses a Flash-assisted ADC and a Successive Approximation Register (SAR) to provide digital approximations of an input analog voltage to a Capacitor Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), which generates a voltage from the digital approximations. The two voltages are compared and the comparison value used as the input for the SAR. After successive approximations, a digital combiner generates the digital conversion value from the outputs of the Flash-assisted ADC and the SAR. In one aspect, the bit cycles required for conversion are reduced by using redundancy and recombination.
US09425802B1
An integrated circuit for configuring and reconfiguring a configuration shift register (CSR) partial reconfiguration region is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a CSR chain that is partitioned into a group of CSR partial reconfiguration regions. A multiplexer circuit is added to the end of each PR region to allow the PR region to be bypassed or connected to the next PR region. Each PR region is connected to a PR circuit that facilitates the CSR configuration of the respective PR region. The PR circuit includes region enable circuitry and region control circuitry. Region enable circuitry enables the configuration of the CSR PR region. Region control circuitry generates local reconfiguration control signals to control the configuration operation of the enabled CSR PR region.
US09425801B2
A programmable logic circuit according to an embodiment includes: a first programmable device with a first and second terminals, a resistance of the first programmable device being changeable from a high resistance to a low resistance; a second programmable device with a third and fourth terminals, a resistance of the second programmable device being changeable from a high resistance to a low resistance; a first wiring line to which the first terminal is connected; a second wiring line to which the third terminal is connected; a third wiring line to which the second terminal and the fourth terminal are connected; and a fuse element of which one terminal is connected to the third wiring line.
US09425796B2
A data converting device includes: a data sampling circuit arranged to up-sample a digital signal to generate an up-sampling signal according to a clock signal; a voltage level generating circuit arranged to generate an adjustable voltage; and a signal converting circuit arranged to generate a converting signal according to the adjustable voltage and the up-sampling signal.
US09425794B1
Systems and apparatus for an integrated test tool for that utilizes reconfigurable hardware to assess power delivery quality. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a control logic block in a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a load current amplitude value and a load current frequency value; determining, by the control logic block, an activation modulation signal that causes each of a plurality of load cells to which it is applied to be in an active state for a first period of time and in an inactive state during a second period of time, and a first of number of load cells that when activated according to the activation modulation signal cause the FPGA to draw a load current at the load current amplitude.
US09425791B2
A constantly power-ON domain and a standby-time power OFF domain are included on the same chip, and the constantly power-ON domain includes: a shutoff control circuit shutting off a signal inputted and outputted between the constantly power-ON domain and the standby-time power OFF domain when the first power source is ON and the second power source is OFF; and a shutoff control circuit outputting a first control signal indicating that shutoff of an emergent shutoff control circuit unit is to be enabled or disabled, the standby-time power OFF domain includes the emergent shutoff control circuit unit shutting off, based on the first control signal from the shutoff control circuit, the signal inputted between the emergent shutoff control circuit unit and the constantly power-ON domain.
US09425783B2
Systems and methods are herein disclosed for efficiently allowing current to bypass a group of solar cells having one or more malfunctioning or shaded solar cells without overwhelming a bypass diode. This can be done using a switch (e.g., a MOSFET) connected in parallel with the bypass diode. By turning the switch on and off, a majority of the bypass current can be routed through the switch, which is configured to handle larger currents than the bypass diode is designed for, leaving only a minority of the current to pass through the bypass diode.
US09425781B2
A PWM receiver circuit receives and demodulates pulse width modulated (PWM) data signals without requiring synchronization such that no synchronization preamble need be provided with the PWM data signal. Embodiments may consume less power since there is no need to repeatedly synchronize a PLL, counter or other circuitry to the PWM data signal. Furthermore, the PWM receiver circuit operates in view of or is “tolerant” to jitter in the frequency of the PWM signal and also to a relatively wide range of intentional variation in the frequency. Interleaved operation of parallel PWM receiver circuits are utilized in some embodiments. In one embodiment currents are integrated during low and high portions of the duty cycle of the PWM data signal and the difference in the respective voltages generated through such integration used to demodulate the PWM data signal.
US09425776B2
A method for detecting a hysteresis characteristic of a comparator, include: causing a controller to control an offset adjuster configured to adjust an offset amount of the comparator; causing the controller to change the offset amount from a first value toward a second value and detect a third value when a logic level of a signal output from the comparator is changed; causing the controller to change the offset amount from the second value toward the first value and detect a fourth value when the logic level is changed; and causing the controller to detect the hysteresis characteristic of the comparator based on a first difference between the third value and the fourth value.
US09425771B2
A flip-flop is disclosed that utilizes low area. The flip-flop includes a tri-state inverter that receive a flip-flop input, a clock input and an inverted clock input. A master latch receives an output of the tri-state inverter. The master latch includes a common inverter. A slave latch is coupled to the master latch. The common inverter is shared between the master latch and the slave latch. An output inverter is coupled to the common inverter and generates a flip-flop output.
US09425770B2
Provided are a gate driving circuit, a display module and a display device belonging to the field of display technique and being designed for solving the problem of high power consumption of the display module in the prior art. The gate driving circuit is used for driving gates of TFTs corresponding to gate lines connected thereto, and includes at least two stages of shift registers connected in cascade, wherein each stage of shift register includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal, the first output terminal is connected to an enable signal input terminal of a next stage of shift register so as to output a next stage enable signal to the next stage of shift register, and the second output terminal is connected to a corresponding gate line so as to apply a gate driving signal on the gates of TFTs through the corresponding gate line.
US09425769B1
This invention is the Optically Powered and Controlled Non-Foster Circuit (OPCNFC) that is electrically floating; i.e., it does not have any metallic electrical/conductive connection to a power supply, ground, or control signal. Rather power and control signals are applied to the OPCNFC using optical energy. The Non-Foster Circuit (NFC) synthesizes negative inductance, negative capacitance, and/or negative resistance between metallic patches disposed in an array of an Artificial Impedance Surface (AIS).
US09425768B2
A resonator element has a base part, vibrating arms having first principal surfaces and second principal surfaces in front-rear relationships with each other and extending from the base part, and side surfaces connected to the first principal surfaces and the second principal surfaces on ends of the vibrating arms, and the side surfaces are slopes having tilts with respect to perpendicular lines of the first principal surfaces or the second principal surfaces and provided from the first principal surfaces to the second principal surfaces, and crystal faces.
US09425765B2
A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and an interdigital electrode is provided. A ratio between a thickness of the plate and a pitch of the interdigital electrode may be from about 0.5 to about 1.5. A radiation detector including a resonator and an absorber layer capable of absorbing at least one of infrared and terahertz radiation is provided. A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and a two-dimensional electrically conductive material is provided.
US09425761B2
A filter includes a glass substrate having through substrate vias. The filter also includes capacitors supported by the glass substrate. The capacitors may have a width and/or thickness less than a printing resolution. The filter also includes a 3D inductor within the substrate. The 3D inductor includes a first set of traces on a first surface of the glass substrate coupled to the through substrate vias. The 3D inductor also includes a second set of traces on a second surface of the glass substrate coupled to opposite ends of the through substrate vias. The second surface of the glass substrate is opposite the first surface of the glass substrate. The through substrate vias and traces operate as the 3D inductor. The first set of traces and the second set of traces may also have a width and/or thickness less than the printing resolution.
US09425757B2
A controller for controlling an amplification gain of an amplifier for amplifying a high dynamic range signal for an analog to digital converter comprises an input interface adapted to receive a representation of the high dynamic range signal and a signal compressor adapted to provide a low amplitude representation of the high dynamic range signal, the low amplitude representation having a lower signal amplitude than the high dynamic range signal. A comparator is adapted to compare the signal amplitude of the low amplitude representation with a predetermined threshold and an output interface is adapted to provide a control signal to the amplifier, the control signal being adapted to control the amplification gain of the amplifier such that the amplification gain is lowered when the signal amplitude of the low amplitude representation exceeds the predetermined threshold.
US09425751B2
A system linearization assembly generally includes a filter that is coupled to a measuring device. The filter is configured to receive a signal that includes a time varying parameter representing a plurality of frequency components including at least one component caused by non-linear intermodulation distortion, such as an odd-order intermodulation distortion component. The filter is also configured to isolate at least one harmonic of the frequency components with the same order as the component caused by non-linear intermodulation distortion. The measuring device is configured to measure at least one parameter of the isolated harmonic. The system linearization assembly also includes a controller coupled to the measuring device. The controller is configured to modify, for example by minimizing, the signal from the determined measurement to facilitate a modification, such as a reduction, of the component caused by non-linear intermodulation distortion.
US09425746B2
A device includes an amplifier circuit comprising a plurality of amplification paths, and at least one switchable bypass capacitance coupled to an associated shared power distribution network, the at least one switchable bypass capacitance and at least one of the plurality of amplification paths responsive to a control signal configured to selectively ground the at least one switchable bypass capacitance and selectively enable the at least one of the amplification paths based on a selected operating mode.
US09425736B2
Variable capacitor structures and methods of use are disclosed. The variable capacitor structures include a variable controlled oscillator which includes a variable capacitor structure having at least one capacitor set driven by a control gate voltage of a voltage control circuit which comprises a logic cell that senses a selected frequency band and sets the control gate voltage based on the selected frequency band.
US09425730B2
The present application discloses an apparatus including: a motor model that reflects a characteristic of a motor and includes at least inputs pertaining to a first quantity of state and a second quantity of state and an output pertaining to a third quantity of state; a comparator that calculates a difference between the third quantity of state in an actual motor and the third quantity of state output from the motor model; and an amplifier that amplifies an output of the comparator at a predetermined gain. The first quantity of state in the actual motor is input into the motor model as the first quantity of state, and an output of the amplifier is input into the motor model as the second quantity of state. The apparatus then uses the output of the amplifier as an estimated value of the second quantity of state in the actual motor.
US09425719B2
Apparatus for transmitting energy comprising an electrical machine arranged to convert between electrical and mechanical energy, and comprising a rotor (20) and control means (42, 44, 90) arranged to regulate the motion of the rotor to ensure that the power angle of the electrical machine is maintained within a range of a predetermined power angle. A signal generator (2, 6), such as a synchronous machine and associated flywheel, may generate a reference signal relating to the predetermined power angle and be powered by a frequency regulated electrical supply. The control means (42, 44, 90) may be a mechanical control linkage or servo control system and may regulate the output of the motion of the rotor in response to a change in its motion which the control means or a dedicated detection device detects. The electrical machine may be an electric motor, an electricity generator, or a machine switchable between motor and generator modes. The apparatus may generate electricity to supply to a power grid and/or store electricity supplied by a power grid, and the electrical machine may be a synchronous machine where the rotor requires regulation to accommodate grid fluctuations such as low voltage events so as to remain synchronized. The apparatus may comprise an energy storage system that supplies and/or receives power from a power grid.
US09425708B2
Apparatus for generating a target physical effect, at least one attribute of which corresponds to at least one characteristic of a digital input signal sampled periodically, the apparatus comprising a multiplicity of electrostatic actuator elements, each comprising a moving element moving between first and second electrodes, the multiplicity of electrostatic actuator elements including Nr first subsets (R-subsets) of actuator elements and Nc second subsets (C-subsets) of actuator elements, wherein a first partitioning of the multiplicity of actuator elements yields the Nr first subsets (R-subsets) and a second partitioning of the multiplicity of actuator elements yields the Nc second subsets (C-subsets); a first plurality of Nr electrical connections (R-wires) interconnecting the moving elements of actuator elements in each R-subset, such that the moving element of any actuator element in each individual R-subset is electrically connected to the moving elements of all other actuator elements in the individual R-subset, and electrically isolated from the moving elements of all actuator elements not in the individual R-subset; a second plurality of Nc electrical connections (A-wires) interconnecting the first electrodes of actuator elements in each C-subset, such that the first electrode of any actuator element in each individual C-subset is electrically connected to the first electrode of all other actuator elements in the individual C-subset, and electrically isolated from all actuator elements not in the individual C-subset; a third plurality of Nc electrical connections (B-wires) interconnecting the second electrodes of actuator elements in each C-subset, such that the second electrode of any actuator element in each individual C-subset is electrically connected to the second electrode of all other actuator elements in the individual C-subset, and electrically isolated from all actuator elements not in the individual C-subset; and a controller electrically connected to the first, second and third pluralities of electrical connections, operative to receive a digital input signal, and to apply one of a predetermined, finite set of electric potentials to each of said electrical connections respectively, such that resulting movements of the moving elements together produce the desired physical effect.
US09425703B2
The invention relates to an AC/DC converter circuit (100) and a method for converting N≧2 AC supply voltages (U1, U2, U3) into DC voltage. This is achieved by feeding the AC supply voltages to first terminals (a1, a2, a3) of full bridge converters (11, 12, 13), wherein the second terminals (b1, b2, b3) of these rectifiers are coupled to each other. The outputs (d11, d1′, d2, d2′, d3, d3′) of the rectifiers are fed to the DC terminals of intermediate converters (21, 22, 23). The AC terminals (e1, e1′, e2, e2′, e3, e3′) of the intermediate converters are connected to the primary sides of transformers (31, 32, 33), wherein the secondary sides of these transformers are provided to further rectifiers (41, 42, 43). The circuit design allows using MosFETs of limited voltage capability for processing 380 V three-phase AC current, thus achieving a high efficiency.
US09425696B2
The present invention relates to a rectifying method and circuit using a magnetically coupled double flyback converter. The main circuit can consist of only one transformer, two switches, two low frequency diodes, two high frequency diodes and two capacitors, so that power is inherently distributed according to the demand on the two DC phases and a sinusoidal grid current can be obtained without sophisticated control.
US09425693B2
A voltage conversion system and methods are disclosed. Voltage converter cells are controlled using interleaved phase-shift modulation signals, and convert an input electrical current at an input voltage to an output electrical current at an output voltage. Each of the voltage converter cells comprises: a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side, a full-bridge voltage converter connected in parallel to the primary side, and center-tapped rectifiers connected in series to the secondary side. One or more group of outputs of the voltage converters are coupled in series via the center-tapped rectifiers.
US09425687B2
A method of operating a switched mode power supply circuit can be provided by determining an error in a control signal for the switched mode power supply circuit. The error can be compared to an error threshold value to provide a filtering selection. The error can be adaptively filtered of based on the filtering selection to provide a selected filtering and the error can be filtered using the selected filtering.
US09425684B2
Power converters that produce less noise are disclosed. For example, in an embodiment, power converter can include a first inductor magnetically coupled to a second inductor, wherein a first end of the second inductor is electrically open and a second end of the second inductor is electrically coupled to ground via a second capacitor, a transistor electrically connected to the first inductor, and control circuitry to control switching of the transistor, wherein when the transistor is repeatedly switched on and off by the control circuitry, a current loop is formed through the transistor, the second capacitor, the first inductor and the second inductor, the current loop causing a reduced amount of switching noise to be generated by the power converter.
US09425683B2
In fly-back and buck-boost converters (21, 22), to reduce distortions and to increase distortion power factors, arrangements (1) are introduced for adjusting control signals generated by controllers (2) for controlling switches (3) of the converters. The arrangements (1), in response to increased/decreased amplitudes of voltage signals from voltage supplies (4) for feeding the converters, increase/decrease durations of conducting times of the switches (3). This way, unwanted losses in the grid and power generators are avoided. The converters are relatively low cost single stage converters. Preferably, the durations are substantially proportional to sums of the amplitudes of the voltage signals and design parameters. These design parameters may comprise amplitudes of other voltage signals such as output voltages. Arrangements (1) are provided for controllers (2) that can only produce fixed durations as well as for controllers (2) that can produce adaptable durations via adaptable external elements.
US09425673B2
A non-load-end end frame is housed and held in a non-load-end end-frame-holding portion of a frame in an internally fitted state, and recessed grooves that have groove directions in an axial direction are recessed into an outer circumferential surface of the non-load-end end frame. A stator coil and alternating-current terminals of an inverter apparatus are connected using connecting conductors that are passed through the recessed grooves.
US09425669B2
Described herein is a ball joints universal rotary motor, a manufacturing method and a working mechanism thereof. The ball joints universal rotary motor comprises a housing, a spherical-cap shaped stator body, and a rotor body configured to be secured within the stator body. The stator body is made from a permanent magnet. The rotor body comprises multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers. The multiple layers of armatures are symmetrically distributed along the axis of the rotor body. A spacer layer is provided between two adjacent layers of armatures. The multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers are securely connected by a bolt. The bolt and the rotor body are axially connected. The rotor body is of a spherical shape. Each layer of the armatures is wound with two layers of coils: a first layer and a second layer. The motor as provided is configured to realize movement in multiple directions. The present disclosure provides an embodiment of a motor with a pump assembly, and another embodiment of a motor without a pump assembly. Examples of applications of the present disclosure include joints and areas of an intelligent bionic robot, various industrial devices, and household appliances.
US09425667B2
An electric motor having a housing with a housing interior and also with an electronics compartment for a motor electronics system is provided. The housing has a housing base and a housing wall. The electronics compartment is arranged between the housing wall and a housing cover. The housing cover has a ventilation opening for venting the housing interior. The electronics compartment has a ventilation channel which is routed into the housing interior via the housing wall and has a channel connection piece which issues into the ventilation opening of the housing cover and is closed by an air-permeable diaphragm.
US09425665B2
In a stator and a rotating electric machine equipped with this stator, the insulation properties of a coil are ensured by suppressing lead wire stress generated during a stator assembly process. The stator has a stator core, a coil wound around the stator core, lead wires led out from the coil, and power lines provided between the lead wires and a connection terminal of an external circuit. The lead wires and the power lines are electrically connected with each other through an elastically deformable elastic bus bar. Even if a shift occurs in the relative position between the coil and the connection terminal during the assembly process of the stator, this configuration allows the elastic bus bar to absorb the shift and makes it possible to suppress the stress generated on the lead wires.
US09425663B2
A distributed winding arrangement for an electric motor is provided that reduces brush arcing while reducing the size of the commutator. The electric motor is comprised generally of an armature having a plurality of spaced apart posts defining a plurality of spaced apart winding slots; a stator disposed coaxially with the armature; and a commutator having a plurality of commutator bars, where the number of commutator bars is an integer greater than the number of winding slots but less than twice the number of winding slots provided by the armature.
US09425649B2
A device includes a connection receiving power from a power source under normal conditions and circuitry configured to determine, based on an input from the connection, when the power from the power source is absent; output, when the power source is absent, a test signal at the connection; and generate a detection signal based on current flow generated following the output of the test signal, wherein the detection signal indicates a position of a switch connecting the circuitry to the connection and the generated detection signal indicates the switch is closed when the current flow is above a threshold. The circuitry is configured such that when the power from the power source is absent, the switch is closed, and plural devices are connected on the supply side of the switch, the plurality of devices on the supply side appear as a substantially open circuit to the test signal.
US09425646B2
A fast charging apparatus includes a power conversion unit, a feedback module, a feedback adjustment module and a voltage mode fast charging signal processing module. The power conversion unit includes a pulse width modulation controller. The pulse width modulation controller includes an electronic apparatus current fast charging signal detection unit. The feedback module informs the power conversion unit to increase a charging power for an electronic apparatus if the electronic apparatus sends a voltage mode fast charging signal to the voltage mode fast charging signal processing module. The electronic apparatus current fast charging signal detection unit informs the power conversion unit to increase the charging power for the electronic apparatus if the electronic apparatus current fast charging signal detection unit detects a current mode fast charging signal sent from the electronic apparatus.
US09425641B2
A battery charger (1000) non-concurrently performing a first operation to charge a main battery (MBA) and a sub-battery (SBA) by using an external power supply (AC), and a second operation to charge the sub-battery by using the main battery, including: a power supply circuit (1); a transformer (3); a secondary-side circuit (4) rectifying a voltage induced in a winding (302) and supplying the voltage to the main battery in a first time period for the first operation, and converting a DC voltage from the main battery into an AC voltage and supplying the AC voltage to the winding in a second time period for the second operation; a conduction angle adjustment circuit (7); and a control circuit (10), the secondary-side circuit being a full-bridge circuit including parallel-connected arms each including parallel-connected bodies connected in series, the parallel-connected bodies each including a switching unit and a rectifying unit connected in parallel.
US09425637B2
Embodiments of a system, topology, and methods for providing electrical power to electronic devices from various power sources are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09425633B2
The problem of the present invention is to provide a sodium ion battery system capable of intending higher capacity. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sodium ion battery system comprising a sodium ion battery and a charge control unit, wherein the anode active material is an active material having an Na2Ti6O13 crystal phase, and the above-mentioned charge control unit controls electric current and electric potential of the above-mentioned anode active material so as to cause a second Na insertion reaction on the lower electric potential side in addition to a first Na insertion reaction in the above-mentioned Na2Ti6O13 crystal phase.
US09425630B2
Technology is described for extending battery life for a rechargeable battery. The method can include estimating a desired energy storage for the rechargeable battery in an electronic device during an operating time period. Expected active periods for the rechargeable battery can be determined. A defined charge voltage can be computed based on the desired energy storage and expected active periods of the rechargeable battery in the electronic device. In addition, the rechargeable battery can be charged to the defined charge voltage.
US09425628B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle battery pack cooling system, including: a housing; a fan attached to the housing; a first section of the housing including a battery module selectively in fluid communication with the fan; a second section of the housing including a battery support device selectively in fluid communication with the fan; and a baffler assembly configured to control fluid communication between the fan and the first and second sections.
US09425620B2
Nested, hierarchical resource allocation schema for management and control of an electric power grid
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a system is disclosed comprising a first feeder network configured to deliver electrical power to a first plurality of customers. The first feeder network is controlled by a first market-based pricing system that computes a first feeder network price of electrical power at first periodic intervals. The system of this embodiment further comprises a second feeder network configured to deliver electrical power to a second plurality of customers. The second feeder network is controlled by a second market-based pricing system that computes a second feeder network price of electrical power at second periodic intervals. In this exemplary embodiment, the first feeder network and the second feeder network are part of a same distribution network, and the first feeder network price of electrical power is different than the second feeder network price of electrical power.
US09425615B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an inrush current suppression apparatus that suppresses an inrush current generated when shunt capacitors are connected to a power system. The apparatus includes a power supply voltage measurement unit measuring a power supply voltage, a circuit breaker current measurement unit measuring a circuit breaker current, a residual voltage polarity determination unit determining the polarities of three phases of a residual voltage, a specific phase determination unit determining a specific phase, a closing phase detector detecting a closing phase, and a circuit breaker closing unit closing the circuit breaker in the closing phase.
US09425613B2
A current limiting circuit is electronically connected between a power source and a load, and comprises a MOSFET having a drain, a gate, and a source, a first operational amplifier, a voltage-limiting circuit, and a first transistor having an emitter, a base, and a collector. The drain is connected to the power source, the source is connected to the load and is grounded, and the gate is connected to the voltage-limiting circuit. The emitter is connected to the voltage-limiting circuit, the base is connected to the first operational amplifier, and the collector is grounded. The first operational amplifier detects an output voltage of the load to control a drain current of the MOSFET for protecting the MOSFET from being overloaded, and the current limiting circuit has no current limiting resistor, such that power consumption is reduced.
US09425611B2
Disclosed are a gate driving circuit and an array substrate relating to the field of display technique and capable of ensuring that, when there is a malfunction such as a short-circuit and the like among input paths of clock signals for a certain gate driving unit, other gate driving units can operate properly. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of sets of gate driving units, each set of gate driving units includes m gate driving units, and m is an integer greater than 1; each set of gate driving units outputs a gate driving signal to a gate line; when one gate driving unit in a set of gate driving units malfunctions, said gate driving unit in malfunction is terminated in operation and other gate driving units in the set of gate driving units maintain an operation of the set of gate driving units.
US09425606B2
An information communication device is provided with a monitoring unit, a communication unit, a storage unit, a switching unit, an acquisition unit, a creation unit, and a transmission unit. In the event that the monitoring unit detects trouble in the basic network, the switching unit switches the communication function of the communication unit from a first communication function to a second communication function. In the event that the monitoring unit detects trouble in the basic network, the creation unit creates notification information about the trouble in the basic network. The transmission unit transmits the created notification information via the switched-to communication function to a contact retrieved from the storage unit.
US09425593B2
A stripping tool includes a body, an exchangeable tool holder, a first blade, a fixing member, and an elastic element. The exchangeable tool holder is disposed in the hole. The exchangeable tool holder has a first side disposed with a first recess. The first blade is connected with the exchangeable tool holder, and the first blade has at least one portion protruded out of the first recess. The fixing member is movably disposed in the body and includes a recess portion and a pressing end. The recess portion is located in the hole to correspond to the first recess and to form an opening along with the first recess, and the pressing end is provided for the user to move the fixing member to adjust the aperture of the opening. The elastic element is connected with the fixing member to provide an elastic force to the fixing member.
US09425591B2
The present invention relates to an arc deflecting and ventilation assembly (100) comprising of a slotted unit (102), wire mesh arrangement (106) and an array of are plates (108). The slotted unit (102) is provided with a plurality of slots (104) and is fixedly mounted to the electrical enclosure (109) and is provided with an open face (110), a closed face (112) and a wall structure (114). The arc deflecting and ventilation assembly (100) provides ventilation to the electrical enclosure (109) during normal conditions and also in an event of arcing.The present invention also provides systems (101) for arc deflecting and ventilation of hot gases generated within electrical enclosures (109).
US09425588B2
A guard assembly is for an electrical enclosure. The electrical enclosure includes a housing, an electrical switching apparatus, and a handle. The guard assembly includes: a shaft including a first end and a second end, the first end being structured to be coupled to the handle, the second end being structured to be coupled to the electrical switching apparatus; and a sleeve assembly structured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, the sleeve assembly including a sleeve member, the sleeve member including: a base located proximate the first end of the shaft, and a cover portion extending from the base toward the second end of the shaft, the shaft extending at least partially through the cover portion. Responsive to the sleeve assembly moving from the retracted position toward the extended position, the sleeve member moves away from the second end of the shaft.
US09425572B2
A wedge connector assembly including an installation tool having a tool body and a frame connected to the tool body. A sleeve is received by the frame and a wedge is received by the sleeve. A firing mechanism is movably connected to the tool body. A movable ram extends from the tool body into the frame such that movement of the ram drives the wedge into the sleeve when the installation tool is fired. A piston is movably disposed in the tool body between the ram and the firing mechanism. The piston is moved when the firing mechanism is activated, thereby driving the wedge into the sleeve. An indicator disposed on the ram indicates when the installation tool is in a proper firing position to substantially prevent over-torquing the installation tool.
US09425569B2
A storage device includes a base and a storage unit. The base is a conductor of electricity. The storage unit has a first connecting interface and a second connecting interface. The storage unit is disposed on the base, and the base is electrically connected to the first connecting interface or the second connecting interface.
US09425561B2
A high voltage electrical connector is provided that includes a plug assembly and a header that is coupled to the plug assembly. The plug assembly includes a housing that forms an appearance of the plug assembly and a plug that is inserted into the housing to be inserted into the header. In addition, the plug assembly includes a shielding cover that shields electromagnetic waves emitted from the plug, covers the plug, and is inserted into the housing.
US09425558B1
An electrical connector includes a main body, a plurality of terminals fastened to the main body, an outer shielding shell surrounding the main body together with the terminals, and a cover covered outside the outer shielding shell. The main body is mounted to a circuit board. Rear ends of the terminals are mounted to the circuit board. Front ends of the terminals are exposed out of the main body. A rear end of the cover defines a resilient plate. A rear edge of the resilient plate is bent perpendicular to the resilient plate to form a rear plate. The resilient plate is separably mounted to an outside of the outer shielding shell to make the rear plate disposed behind or above the main body and the outer shielding shell.
US09425553B2
A cord connection securement device prevents electrical cords from being unintentionally uncoupled. The device includes a planar, flexible, L-shaped cable tie. Apertures extend through a first arm and openings extend through a second arm of the cable tie. A first hook extends from the second arm for being engaged to a selectable one of the apertures of an adjacently positioned second cable tie. A second hook extends from the second arm proximate a junction between the first arm and the second arm such that the second hook is engageable to one of the openings to form a loop configured for extending around an electrical cord adjacent to a plug of the electrical cord such that the plug is prevented from passing through the loop.
US09425550B2
A lever type connector includes a housing capable of accommodating a terminal in an outlet; and levers connected onto both sides of the housing, respectively so as to pivot in a detachable direction of the terminal. In the housing, fixation protrusions, connected with the levers, are formed on both sides of the housing, respectively, and the respective fixation protrusions have different shapes.
US09425547B2
A breakaway connector is configured to couple prepared ends of a pair of coaxial cables. The breakaway connector includes a first adaptor portion and a second adaptor portion. The first adaptor portion is configured to be coupled to a prepared end of a first coaxial cable and includes a first conductive outer body having a resilient coupling member. The second adaptor portion is configured to be coupled to a prepared end of a second coaxial cable and includes a second conductive outer body having a second coupling member configured to be coupled with the resilient coupling member. The breakaway connector is configured to maintain grounding and shielding conductivity of the pair of coaxial cables through the first conductive outer body and the second conductive outer body up to a threshold level of tension being applied to the first coaxial cable or the second coaxial cable. The first conductive outer body and the second conductive body are configured to decouple and cease grounding and shielding conductivity of the pair of coaxial cables when a level of tension being applied to the first coaxial cable or the second coaxial cable exceeds the threshold level.
US09425541B2
A high power electrical connector is provided for transmitting electrical signals from a pair of cables, such as high current capable cables, to an associated member, such as a dash panel. The high power electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a pair of contact path assemblies therethrough for transmission of the electrical signals. The cables can be rotated relative to the housing and rotated relative to each other via the contact path assemblies. Ground path assemblies are also provided for grounding the cables. The cables can each be rotatable relative to a portion of the respective ground path assembly.
US09425538B2
A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing having a main portion extending along a mating direction and a connecting portion extending rearwards from the main portion, a tubular contact received in the insulative housing, a cable electrically connected to the tubular contact, a cover assembled to the connecting portion of the insulative housing via the thread, and a snap ring enclosing an outside of a connecting area between the cover and the insulative housing.
US09425536B2
A wall outlet lighting power supply system for efficiently providing electrical power to low voltage lighting utilizing a conventional AC wall outlet. The wall outlet lighting power supply system generally includes a housing, a power plug attached to the housing for electrically connecting to a power socket of a conventional wall outlet, a low voltage power supply positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the power plug, and a plurality of low voltage wires extending from housing and electrically connected to the low voltage power supply. The housing includes at least one spacer to maintain a rear wall of the housing in a parallel relationship with respect to a building wall when connected to the wall outlet. The housing includes a door to provide access to a wiring area. The housing also includes at least one opening to allow for the low voltage wires to extend through.
US09425534B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector. The plug connector comprises a connector housing having a flexible leg. The plug connector further comprises a secondary locking device having a jamming portion and a flexible arm, which is in blocking contact with the flexible leg when the plug connector is not mated with a corresponding counter connector. The plug connector thereby allows for direct mating with a corresponding counter connector, whereby the secondary locking device provides connector position assurance (CPA) functionality.
US09425532B2
A connector terminal includes: a terminal body operable to be inserted into a terminal space formed in a housing; and an elastic contact piece arranged in the terminal body. The terminal body includes: a bottom wall possessing an opening; and a top wall facing the bottom wall away therefrom. The elastic contact piece includes: a first end fixed to the bottom wall; a second end abutting on the top wall; and a U-shaped folded portion. When the terminal body is inserted into the terminal space, the folded portion runs onto a raised portion, a part of the elastic contact piece moves out of the opening, and the second end abuts on the bottom wall.
US09425520B2
A battery wiring module may include a connecting member and a resin protector. The connecting member may be connected to an electrode terminal, and the connecting member may include a beveled corner. The resin protector may be made of insulating resin and include a holding portion and a coming-off preventing projection. The holding portion may hold the connecting member and may be provided with a surrounding wall that surrounds a peripheral edge of the connecting member. The coming-off preventing projection may include an elastic piece disposed cover the beveled corner of the connecting member and thereby limit movement of the connecting member.
US09425518B2
In a connection structure, a conductor connection terminal part which can connect to a connection end of the conductor in any position in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the conductor and a cable connection terminal part which is connected to a core wire of a flat cable are formed on a connection terminal, and by connecting the cable connection terminal part to either one of core wires of the flat cable, a connection position of the connection end of the conductor with the conductor connection terminal part is relatively displaced.
US09425517B2
A method of producing a pane having at least one electrical connection element is described. The method includes: applying soldering compound to at least one contact face of the connection element, arranging the connection element over the soldering compound on a region of an electrically conductive structure on a substrate, and connecting the connection element to the electrically conductive structure by means of the soldering compound with introduction of heat.
US09425511B1
A coaxial feed horn including a dielectric substrate having at least one microstrip feed line deposited on a bottom surface of the substrate and a ground plane deposited on a top surface of the substrate. A cylindrical outer conductor is electrically coupled to the ground plane and an embedded conductor is coaxially positioned within the outer conductor, where the embedded conductor is in electrical contact with the microstrip line. A dielectric member is positioned within the outer conductor and includes a tapered portion extending out of the outer conductor at the aperture. In one embodiment, the dielectric member is a plurality of dielectric layers each having a different dielectric constant, where a first dielectric layer allows for propagation of a TE11 sum mode and a last dielectric layer is positioned proximate the antenna aperture and allows for propagation of a TE12 difference mode.
US09425509B2
An antenna structure includes a feed portion, a first ground portion, a second ground portion, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The first antenna includes a first radiator and a second radiator. The second antenna includes a first radiation portion, a second radiation portion, a third radiation portion, and a fourth radiation portion, the first radiation portion, the second radiation portion, the third radiation portion, and the fourth radiation portion are connected in turn to substantially form a loop structure. Both of the first radiator and the second radiator are connected to the feed portion, the first radiator is parallel to the first radiation portion, the second radiator is parallel to the second radiation portion, the first radiation portion is connected to the first ground portion, and the fourth radiation portion is connected to the second ground portion.
US09425507B1
Disclosed is a phased-array antenna. The phased-array antenna includes a plurality of element antennas having feed lines formed thereon, antenna modules configured to extend and be disposed in longitudinal directions of the element antennas and independently connected to one ends of the plurality of element antennas, respectively, and a signal distribution module disposed in a direction perpendicular to the antenna modules, having one side surfaces being perpendicularly connected to each of the antenna modules, and configured to distribute an input signal to the corresponding antenna modules through connection pins whose one sides are respectively connected to the antenna modules.
US09425506B2
A multi-beam shape supplementary device for an antenna system for mobile communications includes a site-sharing adapter in the form of a primary adapter. The site-sharing adapter comprises at least two primary terminals for connecting at least two primary control apparatuses. The plug and/or terminal configuration or terminal occupation at the primary terminals are terminal-compatible with the terminals on the coupling terminal side of the site-sharing adapter. The pin or socket terminals provided for the bidirectional signal transmission in the site-sharing adapter are connected to a terminal pin or a terminal socket, provided for the bidirectional signal transmission, of the coupling terminal so as to form a bidirectional signal transmission path. The bidirectional transmission path is configured in such a way that the differentiated communications signals at the at least two primary terminals are converted into frequency-modulated signals.
US09425497B2
A system and method for optimizing the performance for MIMO are provided, the system including multiple antennas, including at least one modal antenna, wherein each of the at least one modal antenna has multiple modes corresponding to multiple radiation patterns, and a processor coupled to the multiple antennas and configured to select a mode among the multiple modes to optimize signal quality for each time interval based on a CQI by considering envelop correlation effects.
US09425488B2
An apparatus preventing overcharging of a battery and a battery including the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes holders interposed on respective gaps between battery cells to be stacked and an installation space formed between borders of adjacent holders. A cutting module is inserted into the installation space and an inserted end thereof is disposed between the cells adjacent to an inner side of the installation space to be fixed to a holder and an exposed end thereof has a cutter blade directed to a gap between a lead tap and a bus bar bonded together that is formed. The gap between the ends is connected with a plurality of hinges to compress the hinges to be unfolded when the cell is expanded in a side direction and to deploy the exposed end outwardly for the cutter blade to separate the bonding of the lead tap and the bus bar.
US09425482B2
A sulfide solid electrolyte material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains Li, P, and Bi. An electrochemical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sulfide solid electrolyte material containing Li, P, and Bi.
US09425459B2
Provided are an electrode for solid-state batteries, a method of preparing the electrode, a solid-state battery including the electrode, and a bonding film used for the method of preparing the electrode. The electrode for solid-state batteries include a bonding layer interposed between an electrode layer and a current collecting member and bound to the electrode layer, where the bonding layer includes a first binder which is inactive to the solid electrolyte, a second binder which has a stronger binding ability to the current collecting member than a bonding strength of the first binder to the current collecting member; and a bonding layer conductive material.
US09425452B2
A resin plate includes divided resin plates that are linked to each other at a prescribed intermediate position in a battery arrangement direction of the battery assembly. Each of the divided resin plates includes busbar housing units arranged in the battery arrangement direction, wire housing units arranged in the battery arrangement direction, and a wire housing passage disposed at a position that is distant from the other side of the busbar housing units, houses wires that are different from wires housed in the wire housing units, and extends in the battery arrangement direction with its length which is greater in length than each of the busbar housing units and each of the wire housing units. The wire housing passage is formed, at its ends, with respective link and variation absorbing portions.
US09425451B2
The present disclosure provides a separator for lithium battery, particularly to a separator including a middle layer formed by a punch method. Also, a manufacturing method of the separator is provided. The separator formed by the punch method has a better heat-resistant property in an elevated temperature and features a high mechanical strength.
US09425447B2
A motor vehicle battery has at least one battery module with a plurality of battery cells (11) that have connection poles and degassing predetermined breaking points (14). The battery module also has a common battery module control device (19) for all of the battery cells (11) of the battery module. The degassing predetermined breaking points (14) of the battery cells (11) are on one side of the battery module and are offset inward in relation to the connection poles of the battery cells to form a recess (15). A guide element (16) is positioned in the recess (15) and extends along all of the battery cells (11) of the respective battery module to define a degassing channel (17) on one side and defining an accommodation space (18) for the battery module control device (19) on the other side.
US09425441B2
Provided are an anode capable of preventing an increase in impedance and variations in characteristics and a battery using the anode. An anode active material layer includes at least one kind selected from the group consisting of simple substances, alloys and compounds of silicon and the like capable of forming an alloy with Li. The anode active material layer is formed by a vapor-phase deposition method or the like, and is alloyed with an anode current collector. A coating including lithium carbonate is formed on at least a part of a surface of the anode current collector. Thereby, an increase in impedance can be prevented. Moreover, the anode is less subject to an influence by a difference in a handling environment or storage conditions, so variations in impedance can be prevented.
US09425439B2
An organic electroluminescent module of the present invention includes an organic EL panel and an electrical connection unit. The electrical connection unit includes a flexible substrate including a body disposed adjacent to a light-emitting surface of the organic EL panel, and a contact piece defined by a cutout in the body and disposed remote from the light-emitting surface of the organic EL panel; a capacitance sensing circuit and drive circuits formed on a surface of the body; lands formed on a surface of the contact piece; and metal layers formed on a surface of the contact piece in portions overlapping with the lands.
US09425437B2
A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming an OLED over a first substrate and forming a sealing member over the first substrate or a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, to at least partially surround the OLED, wherein a plurality of holes are defined in a first region of the sealing member. The method further includes aligning the first and second substrates with the sealing member interposed therebetween and irradiating a laser beam along a path of the sealing member.
US09425434B2
A display device includes a display panel having an encapsulation substrate over a display substrate, at least one film on the display panel, a black matrix on the at least one functional film, and a viewing angle controller on the display panel and overlapping at least the black matrix.
US09425426B2
In an aspect, an organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a first electrode and an auxiliary electrode positioned on the substrate and separated from each other; an absorption electrode positioned on the auxiliary electrode; an organic emission layer positioned on the first electrode and having a contact hole exposing the auxiliary electrode and the absorption electrode; and a second electrode positioned on the organic emission layer and connected to the auxiliary electrode and the absorption electrode through the contact hole is provided. In an aspect, the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display may minimize the voltage drop of the driving power passing through the large-sized electrode of the thin film for driving the organic emission layer, and may simplify the removal process of the organic emission layer on the auxiliary electrode by adding the absorption electrode on the auxiliary electrode.
US09425425B2
The present invention provides an electroluminescent device comprising a substrate (1) and stacked thereon in the order of mention a first transparent electrode (2), an electroluminescent stack (3), and a second electrode (4). Furthermore, the electroluminescent device comprises at least one additional hard layer (5) that is located underneath the second electrode and/or on top of the second electrode and that has a hardness larger than the hardness of the second electrode. Methods for the production of such electroluminescent devices are likewise provided.
US09425420B2
Tandem electro-optic devices and active materials for electro-optic devices are disclosed. Tandem devices include p-type and n-type layers between the active layers, which are doped to achieve carrier tunneling. Low bandgap conjugated polymers are also disclosed.
US09425410B2
An organic light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a hole transfer region between the first electrode and the emission layer, and an electron transfer region between the emission layer and the second electrode. The hole transfer region includes a first compound represented by Formula 1, and the emission layer includes a second compound represented by Formula 100.
US09425406B2
There are provided methods for functionalizing a planar surface of a microelectronic structure, by exposing the surface to at least one vapor including at least one functionalization species, such as NO2 or CH3ONO, that non-covalently bonds to the surface while providing a functionalization layer of chemically functional groups, to produce a functionalized surface. The functionalized surface is exposed to at least one vapor stabilization species that reacts with the functionalization layer to form a stabilization layer that stabilizes the functionalization layer against desorption from the planar microelectronic surface while providing chemically functional groups. The stabilized surface is exposed to at least one material layer precursor species that deposits a material layer on the stabilized planar microelectronic surface. The stabilized planar microelectronic surface can be annealed at a peak annealing temperature that is less than about 700° C.
US09425404B2
The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.
US09425400B2
An apparatus and method for coating an organic film are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an evaporation device, an electron emission device and a spray device; wherein the evaporation device comprises an evaporation container, the evaporation container is a linear evaporation container, in which a uniform organic gas is generated; the electron emission device is horizontally arranged over the evaporation container such that the organic gas evaporated in the evaporation container is uniformly charged and becomes charged organic gas; the spray device is provided with an electric field, under which the charged organic gas is moved toward a substrate so as to deposit the organic film on the substrate.
US09425396B2
A method for processing a perovskite photoactive layer. The method comprises depositing a lead salt precursor onto a substrate to form a lead salt thin film, depositing a second salt precursor onto the lead salt thin film, annealing the substrate to form a perovskite material.
US09425395B2
A method of fabricating a variable resistance memory device includes preparing a substrate having a lower electrode, forming a mold layer on the substrate, patterning the mold layer to form an opening, forming a variable resistance layer having a first portion in the opening and a second portion disposed on a top surface of the mold layer, and separating the second portion of the variable resistance layer from the first portion by irradiating the variable resistance layer to form a variable resistance element in the opening.
US09425386B2
An electronic device includes a number of n Hall effect regions with n>1, wherein the n Hall effect regions are isolated from each other. The electronic device also includes at least eight contacts in or on surfaces of the n Hall effect regions, wherein the contacts include: a first and a second contact of each Hall effect region. A first contact of the (k+1)-th Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the k-th Hall effect region for k=1 to n−1, and the first contact of the first Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the n-th Hall effect region. The at least eight contacts include at least two supply contacts and at least two sense contacts. Each Hall effect region includes at most one of the at least two supply contacts and at most one of the at least two sense contacts.
US09425382B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor device includes a substrate, a support structure supported by the substrate, a membrane supported by the support structure and spaced from the substrate, and a polymer layer covering the membrane.
US09425375B2
A method for making a high-temperature superconducting film includes loading a SrTiO3 substrate in an ultra-high vacuum system. A single crystalline FeSe layer is grown on a surface of the SrTiO3 substrate by molecular beam epitaxy. A protective layer with a layered crystal structure is grown by molecular beam epitaxy and covering the single crystalline FeSe layer.
US09425374B2
An electronic apparatus and a protective cover for a mobile device are disclosed. The protective cover is removably attached on an outer surface of a mobile device. The protective cover comprises an outer protective layer, a thermo-conductive layer and a thermoelectric material layer. The thermo-conductive layer is attached on the outer surface of the mobile device. The thermoelectric material layer has a first side adjacent to the thermo-conductive layer and a second side adjacent to the outer protective layer. The thermoelectric material layer generates a current according to a temperature difference between the first side and the second side.
US09425370B2
A method for producing a striplight is disclosed. Said method utilizing at least the following steps: (a) providing a strip-shaped carrier, which is populated on at least one side with a plurality of semiconductor light sources; (b) arranging at least one electrical line on the carrier; and (c) casting the at least one electrical line on the carrier. A striplight which has: a strip-shaped carrier, populated on at least one side with a plurality of semiconductor light sources; at least one electrical line, which is arranged on the carrier; and joint casting of the carrier and the at least one electrical line, is likewise disclosed.
US09425369B2
An array substrate, a display panel and a preparing method thereof are disclosed. The array substrate comprises: a substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the substrate, a protective layer covering the gate line and/or data line; a light converging structure is disposed on the protective layer over the gate line and/or the data line.
US09425356B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting structure having a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer under the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer under the active layer; a first electrode disposed on the light emitting structure, configured as a plurality of dots and electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer; an electrode pad electrically connected to the first electrode; and a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer.
US09425355B2
A semiconductor light emitting device including a first conductive semiconductor base layer on a substrate; an insulating layer on the first conductive semiconductor base layer, the insulating layer including a plurality of openings through which the first conductive semiconductor base layer is exposed; and a plurality of nanoscale light emitting structures on the first conductive semiconductor base layer, the nanoscale light emitting structures respectively including a first conductive semiconductor core on an exposed region of the first conductive semiconductor base layer, and an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer sequentially disposed on a surface of the first conductive semiconductor core, wherein a lower edge of a side portion of each nanoscale light emitting structure is on an inner side wall of the opening in the insulating layer.
US09425351B2
Light-emitting devices having a multiple quantum well (MQW) pin diode structure and methods of making and using the devices are provided. The devices are composed of multilayered semiconductor heterostructures. The devices include one or more interfacial layers of a material that allows current tunneling through lattice mismatched heterogeneous junctions at the interfaces between the intrinsic active region and the p-type and/or n-type doped charge injection layers.
US09425349B2
A lift-off method transfers an optical device layer of an optical device wafer onto a transfer substrate. The optical device layer is stacked on a front face of an epitaxy substrate with a buffer layer provided therebetween. A complex substrate formation step forms a complex substrate by joining the transfer substrate to a front face of the optical device layer of the optical device wafer with an adhesive. A buffer layer destruction step irradiates a laser beam at a wavelength that penetrates the epitaxy substrate and is absorbed by the buffer layer from a rear side of the epitaxy substrate of the complex substrate so as to destroy the buffer layer. An optical device layer transfer step peels off the epitaxy substrate and transfers the optical device layer onto the transfer substrate.
US09425343B2
Embodiments of mechanisms for forming an image sensor device are provided. The image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate and one photodetector formed in the semiconductor substrate. The image sensor device also includes one gate stack formed over the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes multiple polysilicon layers.
US09425341B2
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a pin photodetector comprising a dopant diffusion barrier layer disposed within an active light absorbing region of the pin photodetector.
US09425339B2
A thin film solar module including at least one first sub module including a plurality of first thin film solar cells connected with one another in series; and a second sub module connected with the first sub module in parallel, the second sub module including a plurality of second thin film solar cells connected with one another in series. The sub modules are formed on a shared substrate in a monolithic manner, wherein a first connecting cell including the first thin film solar cells and a second connecting cell including the second thin film solar cells are arranged adjacent to one another, spaced apart from each other through an insulation trench and electrically connected with one another through a shared contact. The invention further relates to a method for producing a thin film solar module.
US09425330B2
A capacitor includes a first electrode including a plurality of first conductive lines, at least one first via, and at least one second via. The first conductive lines are parallel and connected to a first periphery conductive line. The first conductor lines in adjacent layers are coupled by the at least one first and second via. The at least one first via has a first length, and the at least one second via has a second length. The capacitor includes a second electrode opposite to the first electrode. The second electrode includes a plurality of second conductive lines and at least one third via. The second conductive lines are parallel and connected to a second periphery conductive line. The second conductor lines in adjacent layers are coupled by the at least one third via. The capacitor includes at least one oxide layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US09425323B2
A thin film, a method of forming the thin film, a semiconductor device including the thin film, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device include forming a thin film including a metal oxynitride, and treating the thin film with inert gas ions so as to stabilize properties of the thin film. The metal oxynitride may include zinc oxynitride (ZnOxNy). The inert gas ions may include at least one of Ar ions and Ne ions. The treating of the thin film with the inert gas ions may be performed by a sputtering process, a plasma treatment process, or the like.
US09425315B2
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, oxidizing a lower portion of an initial fin structure to thereby define an isolation region that vertically separates an upper portion of the initial fin structure from a semiconducting substrate, performing a recess etching process to remove a portion of the upper portion of the initial fin structure so as to define a recessed fin portion, forming a replacement fin on the recessed fin portion so as to define a final fin structure comprised of the replacement fin and the recessed fin portion, and forming a gate structure around at least a portion of the replacement fin.
US09425313B1
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure including a first semiconductor layer, an oxide layer disposed over the first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed over the oxide layer is formed. An isolation insulating layer is formed so that the second semiconductor layer of the fin structure protrudes from the isolation insulating layer while the oxide layer and the first semiconductor layer are embedded in the isolation insulating layer. A third semiconductor layer is formed on the exposed second semiconductor layer so as to form a channel.
US09425309B2
A semiconductor device is provided that includes a gate structure on a channel region of a substrate. A source region and a drain region are present on opposing sides of the channel region. A first metal semiconductor alloy is present on an upper surface of at least one of the source and drain regions. The first metal semiconductor alloy extends to a sidewall of the gate structure. A dielectric layer is present over the gate structure and the first metal semiconductor alloy. An opening is present through the dielectric layer to a portion of the first metal semiconductor alloy that is separated from the gate structure. A second metal semiconductor alloy is present in the opening, is in direct contact with the first metal semiconductor alloy, and has an upper surface that is vertically offset and is located above the upper surface of the first metal semiconductor alloy.
US09425304B2
A laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor structure with improved unclamped inductive switching immunity. The LDMOS includes a substrate and an adjacent epitaxial layer both of a first conductivity type. A gate structure is above the epitaxial layer. A drain region and a source region, both of a second conductivity type, are within the epitaxial layer. A channel is formed between the source and drain region and arranged below the gate structure. A body structure of the first conductivity type is at least partially formed under the gate structure and extends laterally under the source region, wherein the epitaxial layer is less doped than the body structure. A conductive trench-like feed-through element passes through the epitaxial layer and contacts the substrate and the source region. The LDMOS includes a tub region of the first conductivity type formed under the source region, and adjacent laterally to and in contact with said body structure and said trench-like feed-through element.
US09425294B2
A manufacturing method of display array substrate is provided. The method includes depositing a first metal layer on a substrate and defining a peripheral area and a display area, coating a photo-resist layer on the first metal layer located in the peripheral area, anodizing the first metal layer to a first metal oxide layer with the photo-resist layer as a mask, patterning the first metal oxide layer located in the display area to a gate insulator, removing the photo-resist layer to expose the first metal layer in the peripheral area, forming a channel layer on the gate insulator, and depositing a second metal layer and patterning the second metal layer located in the display area to form a source electrode and a drain electrode.
US09425282B2
Semiconductor integrated circuit device having vertical channel and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a vertical channel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A plurality of active lines are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode having a lower height than each active line is formed on a sidewall of the active line. A first insulating layer having a height lower than that of the active line and higher than that of the gate electrode is buried between active lines, and a silicide layer is formed on an exposed upper surface and a lateral surface of the active line.
US09425278B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin on a substrate. The semiconductor fin includes a stack of alternating layers of first and second materials that induce stress or strain to the channel of the semiconductor device for implementing a strained FinFET. The first and second materials are different. The second material layers include lateral recesses filled with an insulating layer to form an isolated FinFET structure to further induce stress in the channel region to improve the performance of the semiconductor device.
US09425272B2
A semiconductor chip region includes a first conductive structure (CS) that forms a gate electrode (GE) of a first transistor of a first transistor type (TT) and a GE of a first transistor of a second TT, a second CS that forms a GE of a second transistor of the first TT, a third CS that forms a GE of a second transistor of the second TT, a fourth CS that forms a GE of a third transistor of the first TT, a fifth CS that forms a GE of a third transistor of the second TT, another CS that forms a GE of a fourth transistor of the first TT, and another CS that forms a GE of a fourth transistor of the second TT. The second and third transistors of the first and second TT's have a common diffusion terminal electrical connection and specified gate electrode electrical connections.
US09425271B2
In an IGBT, a trench extending in a bent shape to have a corner is formed in an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. The inside of the trench is covered with an insulating film. A gate is placed inside the trench. An emitter and a collector are formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, respectively. An emitter region, a body region, a drift region, and a collector region are formed in the semiconductor substrate. The emitter region is formed of an n-type semiconductor, is in contact with the insulating film, and is in ohmic contact with the emitter electrode. The body region is formed of a p-type semiconductor, is in contact with the insulating film below the emitter region, is in contact with the insulating film of an inner corner portion of the trench, and is in ohmic contact with the emitter electrode.
US09425260B2
A lateral bipolar junction transistor including a base region on a dielectric substrate layer. The base region includes a layered stack of alternating material layers of a first lattice dimension semiconductor material and a second lattice dimension semiconductor material. The first lattice dimension semiconductor material is different from the second lattice dimension semiconductor material to provide a strained base region. A collector region is present on the dielectric substrate layer in contact with a first side of the base region. An emitter region is present on the dielectric substrate in contact with a second side of the base region that is opposite the first side of the base region.
US09425248B2
Disclosed is a composite substrate, which is provided with an inorganic insulating sintered substrate, which has a heat conductivity of 5 W/m·K or more, and a volume resistivity of 1×108 Ω·cm or more, and a single crystal semiconductor film, or a composite substrate, which is provided with the inorganic insulating sintered substrate, a single crystal semiconductor film, and a thin layer configured of at least one kind of material selected from among an oxide, a nitride, and an oxynitride, said thin layer being provided between the inorganic insulating sintered substrate and the single crystal semiconductor film. According to the present invention, a low-cost composite substrate with suppressed metal impurity contamination can be provided using an inorganic insulating sintered body, which is opaque to visible light, and which has excellent heat conductivity, and furthermore, a small loss in a high frequency region.
US09425238B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory block including a transistor region and a memory region. A variable resistance layer of the memory region acts as a gate insulating layer in the transistor region.
US09425234B2
A digital quantum dot radiographic detection system described herein includes: a scintillation subsystem 202 and a semiconductor visible light detection subsystem 200, 200′ (including a plurality of quantum dot image sensors 200a, 200b). In a first preferred digital quantum dot radiographic detection system, the plurality of quantum dot image sensors 200 is in substantially direct contact with the scintillation subsystem 202. In a second preferred digital quantum dot radiographic detection system, the scintillation subsystem has a plurality of discrete scintillation packets 212a, 212b, at least one of the discrete scintillation packets communicating with at least one of the quantum dot image sensors. The quantum dot image sensors 200 may be associated with semiconductor substrate 210 made from materials such as silicon (and variations thereof) or graphene.
US09425228B2
Among other things, one or more image sensors and techniques for forming image sensors are provided. An image sensor comprises a photodiode array configured to detect light. The image sensor comprises an oxide grid comprising a first oxide grid portion and a second oxide grid portion. A metal grid is formed between the first oxide grid portion and the second oxide grid portion. The oxide grid and the metal grid define a filler grid. The filler grid comprises a filler grid portion, such as a color filter, that allows light to propagate through the filler gird portion to an underlying photodiode. The oxide grid and the metal grid confine or channel the light within the filler gird portion. The oxide grid and the metal grid are formed such that the filler grid provides a relatively shorter propagation path for the light, which improves light detection performance of the image sensor.
US09425218B2
A pixel structure disposed on a first substrate is provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line, a data line, an active component, a pixel electrode, a first dielectric layer, a common electrode, and a protrusion. The scan line and the data line are disposed on the first substrate. The pixel electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the first substrate and covers the pixel electrode. The common electrode is disposed on the first dielectric layer, and the common electrode has at least two first branched electrodes and a first opening between the first branched electrodes. The first branched electrodes and the first opening on the first substrate overlap with the pixel electrode in a projection direction. The protrusion is disposed on the first dielectric layer, and the protrusion is disposed in the first opening between the first branched electrodes.
US09425213B1
An analog integrated circuit is disclosed in which short channel transistors are stacked on top of long channel transistors, vertically separated by an insulating layer. With such a design, it is possible to produce a high density, high power, and high performance analog integrated circuit chip including both short and long channel devices that are spaced far enough apart from one another to avoid crosstalk. In one embodiment, the transistors are FinFETs and the long channel devices are multi-gate FinFETs. In one embodiment, single and dual damascene devices are combined in a multi-layer integrated circuit cell. The cell may contain various combinations and configurations of the short and long-channel devices. A high density cell can be made by simply shrinking the dimensions of the cells and replicating two or more cells in the same size footprint as the original cell.
US09425210B2
A semiconductor device may include a first source layer, a first insulating layer located over the first source layer, and a first stacked structure located over the first insulating layer. The semiconductor device may include first channel layers passing through the first stacked structure and the first insulating layer. The semiconductor device may include a second source layer including a first region interposed between the first source layer and the first insulating layer and second regions interposed between the first channel layers and the first insulating layer, wherein the second regions of the second source layer directly contact each other.
US09425207B2
According to one embodiment, a non-volatile memory device includes first electrodes, at least one first semiconductor layer, a first memory film, second electrodes, at least one second semiconductor layer, and a second memory film. The first electrodes are stacked in a first direction. The one first semiconductor layer extends in the first direction through the first electrodes. The first memory film is provided between each of the first electrodes and the one first semiconductor layer. The second electrodes are stacked in the first direction and provided together with the first electrodes in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The one second semiconductor layer extends in the first direction through the second electrodes. The second memory film is provided between each of the second electrodes and the one second semiconductor layer. An outer diameter of the first memory film is larger than that of the second memory film.
US09425206B2
The present disclosure relates to a structure and method for reducing CMP dishing in integrated circuits. In some embodiments, the structure has a semiconductor substrate with an embedded memory region and a periphery region. one or more dummy structures are formed between the memory region and the periphery region. Placement of the dummy structures between the embedded memory region and the periphery region causes the surface of a deposition layer therebetween to become more planar after being polished without resulting in a dishing effect. The reduced recess reduces metal residue formation and thus leakage and shorting of current due to metal residue. Further, less dishing will reduce the polysilicon loss of active devices. In some embodiments, one of the dummy structures is formed with an angled sidewall which eliminates the need for a boundary cut etch process.
US09425202B2
A semiconductor device includes active strips. Active strip stack selection structures electrically couple to the active strip stacks at positions between the first and second ends, and select particular ones of the active strip stacks for operations. In one embodiment, different pads coupled to opposite pads have a higher voltage, depending on the memory cell selected for read. The same active strip stack selection structure can act as a pair of side gates for opposite sides of a first active strip stack, and as one side gate for each of the adjacent active strip stacks. Each active strip stack can have: a first structure from a first set acting as first and second side gates on a first side of word lines; and a second structure and a third structure from a second set respectively acting as third and fourth side gates on the second side of word lines.
US09425201B2
An SRAM array and method of making is disclosed. Each SRAM cell comprises two pull-up (PU), two pass-gate (PG), and two pull-down (PD) FinFETs. The PU transistors are adjacent to each other and include one active fin having a first fin width. Each PG transistor shares at least one active fin with a PD transistor. The active fin shared by a PG and a PD transistor has a second fin width smaller than the first fin width. The method includes patterning a plurality of fins including active fins and dummy fins and patterning and removing at least a portion of the dummy fins. No dummy fin is disposed between PU FinFETs in a memory cell. One dummy fin is disposed between a PU FinFET and the at least one active fin shared by a PG and a PD transistor. At least one dummy fin is disposed between adjacent memory cells.
US09425191B2
A memory device and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate, a 3D memory array, a periphery circuit, and a conductive connection structure. The 3D memory array and the periphery circuit are stacked on the substrate. The periphery circuit includes a patterned metal layer and a contact structure electrically connected to the patterned metal layer. The conductive connection structure is electrically connected to the patterned metal layer. The 3D memory array is electrically connected to the periphery circuit via the conductive connection structure.
US09425186B2
The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge protection circuit, comprising a diode and a N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor. The diode locating on a N-well comprises an high P-doping concentration region and an nonadjacent high N-doping concentration region. The NMOS transistor, locating on a P-well, comprises a drain, a source and a gate, and the drain and the source are formed by the high N-doping concentration region. Wherein the P-well further comprises a high P-doping concentration region near the source, the drain of the NMOS is electrically connected to the high N-doping concentration region of the diode, the source of the NMOS and the adjacent high P-doping concentration region are electrically connected to a ground, the gate of the NMOS transistor electrically connected to a trigger point. Accordingly, the electrostatic discharge protection circuit has a low parasitic capacitance, wide operating voltage range and high electrostatic discharge (ESD) capability for resolving the problems about the ESD of the RX pins.
US09425182B2
In semiconductor devices in which both NMOS devices and PMOS devices are used to perform in different modes such as analog and digital modes, stress engineering is selectively applied to particular devices depending on their required operational modes. That is, the appropriate mechanical stress, i.e., tensile or compressive, can be applied to and/or removed from devices, i.e., NMOS and/or PMOS devices, based not only on their conductivity type, i.e., n-type or p-type, but also on their intended operational application, for example, analog/digital, low-voltage/high-voltage, high-speed/low-speed, noise-sensitive/noise-insensitive, etc. The result is that performance of individual devices is optimized based on the mode in which they operate. For example, mechanical stress can be applied to devices that operate in high-speed digital settings, while devices that operate in analog or RF signal settings, in which electrical noise such as flicker noise that may be introduced by applied stress may degrade performance, have no stress applied.
US09425181B2
A hybrid packaging multi-chip semiconductor device comprises a lead frame unit, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, a first interconnecting structure and a second interconnecting structure, wherein the first semiconductor chip is attached on a first die paddle and the second semiconductor chip is flipped and attached on a third pin and a second die paddle, the first interconnecting structure electrically connecting a first electrode at a front surface of the first semiconductor chip and a third electrode at a back surface of the second semiconductor chip and a second electrode at the front surface of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected by second interconnecting structure.
US09425180B2
A die has a top surface, and a metal pillar having a portion protruding over the top surface of the die. A sidewall of the metal pillar has nano-wires. The die is bonded to a package substrate. An underfill is filled into the gap between the die and the package substrate.
US09425164B1
A non alpha controlled Tin including Tin and a trace amount of Polonium may be converted to a low alpha emission Tin by concentrating and removing at least some of the Polonium. The non alpha controlled Tin may be a raw material or a solder bump upon a semiconductor wafer, chip, or carrier. The Polonium may be concentrated by oxidizing an exterior portion of the non alpha controlled Tin. If the non alpha controlled Tin is a raw material, the oxidized exterior portion of the non alpha controlled Tin may be stripped. If the non alpha controlled Tin is a solder bump, the oxidized exterior portion of the solder bump may be removed by applying flux to the solder bump, reflowing the solder bump to dissolve the oxidized exterior portion and the concentrated Po into the flux, and cleaning the flux from the solder bump.
US09425162B2
A bond head for a thermocompression bonder is provided. The bond head includes a tool configured to hold a workpiece to be bonded, a heater configured to heat the workpiece to be bonded, and a chamber proximate the heater. The chamber is configured to receive a cooling fluid for cooling the heater.
US09425159B2
A wiring board includes a first insulation layer, first conductive patterns formed on the first insulation layer and including first mounting pads positioned to mount a semiconductor element, a wiring structure positioned in the first insulation layer and including a second insulation layer, second conductive patterns formed on the second insulation layer, and second mounting pads connected to the second conductive patterns, and third mounting pads formed on the first insulation layer above the second mounting pads and connected to the second mounting pads such that the third mounting pads are positioned to mount the semiconductor element and are set off from the second mounting pads toward the semiconductor element.
US09425155B2
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are introduced. In an embodiment, one or more passivation layers are formed over a first substrate. Recesses are formed in the passivation layers and one or more conductive pads are formed in the recesses. One or more barrier layers are formed between the passivation layers and the conductive pads. The conductive pads of the first substrate are aligned to the conductive pads of a second substrate and are bonded using a direct bonding method.
US09425141B2
An integrated circuit comprises a first layer on a first level. The first layer comprises a set of first lines. The first lines each have a length and a width. The length of each of the first lines is greater than the width. The integrated circuit also comprises a second layer on a second level different from the first level. The second layer comprises a set of second lines. The second lines each have a length and a width. The length of each of the second lines is greater than the width. The integrated circuit further comprises a coupling configured to connect at least one first line of the set of first lines with at least one second line of the set of second lines. The coupling has a length and a width. The set of second lines has a pitch measured between the lines of the set of second lines in the first direction. The length of the first coupling is greater than or equal to the pitch.
US09425138B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a surface electrode provided on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate through an insulating film, a via, passing through the semiconductor substrate from a rear surface thereof up to the front surface to reach the surface electrode, having a wall including a flange portion inwardly projecting on a front surface portion of the semiconductor substrate, a via insulating film formed on the wall of the via, and a through-electrode embedded inside the via insulating film and electrically connected to the surface electrode, while the via insulating film has portions having different thickness compensating for a step between the flange portion and the remaining portion of the wall, to planarize a contact surface with the through-electrode.
US09425132B2
A system has a leadframe with leads and a pad. The pad surface having a portion recessed with a depth and an outline suitable for attaching a semiconductor chip. A first chip is vertically stacked to the opposite pad surface. A clip is vertically stacked on the first chip and tied to a lead. A second chip has a terminal attached to the recessed portion and terminals co-planar with the un-recessed portion. A second chip is attached to the clip.
US09425118B2
The invention relates to an electronic component (1) having a corrosion-protected bonding connection and a method for producing said component. For this purpose the electronic component (1) has at least one semiconductor chip (3) on a substrate (4). Moreover, a bonding connection at risk of corrosion is provided on the semiconductor chip (3). For encapsulation of the at least one semiconductor chip (3) and the at least one bonding connection at risk of corrosion, said semiconductor chip and bonding connection are surrounded by a hermetically sealing housing (5). The hermetically sealed bonding connection is a bonding wire connection (2) which is fully enclosed in the housing (5), in which the substrate (4) is at least partially enclosed. The substrate (4) has at least one surface-mounted hydrolysis-sensitive component (6) in the housing (5).
US09425112B2
A method includes measuring a first calibration kit in a wafer to obtain a first performance data. The wafer includes a substrate, and a plurality of dielectric layers over the substrate. The first calibration kit includes a first passive device over the plurality of dielectric layers, wherein substantially no metal feature is disposed in the plurality of dielectric layers and overlapped by the first passive device. The method further includes measuring a second calibration kit in the wafer to obtain a second performance data. The second calibration kit includes a second passive device identical to the first device and over the plurality of dielectric layers, and dummy patterns in the plurality of dielectric layers and overlapped by the second passive device. The first performance data and the second performance data are de-embedded to determine an effect of metal patterns in the plurality of dielectric layers to overlying passive devices.
US09425102B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first portion in a first device region, and a second portion in a second device region. A first semiconductor fin is over the semiconductor substrate and has a first fin height. A second semiconductor fin is over the semiconductor substrate and has a second fin height. The first fin height is greater than the second fin height.
US09425100B1
Methods and transistors for circuit structures are provided. The methods include, for instance: defining a channel region in a substrate, the channel region having at least one channel region sidewall adjoining an isolation material; recessing the isolation material to expose an upper portion of the at least one channel region sidewall; and providing a gate structure over a gate interface area with the channel region. The gate interface area includes at least the upper portion of the at least one channel region sidewall and an upper surface of the channel region so that a threshold voltage of the gate structure may be reduced. The methods may also include etching an elongate notch in the upper portion of the at least one channel region sidewall to increase a size of the gate interface area and further reduce the threshold voltage of the gate structure.
US09425098B2
A method for fabricating a electronic device package provides a electronic device chip, wherein the electronic device chip includes a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a first thickness, an electronic component disposed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, and an interconnect structure disposed on the electronic component. The method further performs a thinning process to remove a portion of the semiconductor substrate from the back side thereof. The method then removes a portion of the thinned semiconductor substrate and a portion of a dielectric layer of the interconnect structure from a back side of the thinned semiconductor substrate until a first metal layer pattern of the interconnect structure is exposed, thereby forming a through hole. Finally, the method forms a TSV structure in the through hole, and mounts the electronic device chip on a base.
US09425097B1
A method of lithographically cutting a Mx line before the Mx line is lithographically defined by patterning and the resulting 2DSAV device are provided. Embodiments include forming an a-Si dummy metal layer over a SiO2 layer; forming a first softmask stack over the a-Si dummy metal layer; patterning a plurality of vias through the first softmask stack down to the SiO2 layer; removing the first soft mask stack; forming first and second etch stop layers over the a-Si dummy metal layer, the first etch stop layer formed in the plurality of vias; forming a-Si mandrels on the second etch stop layer; forming oxide spacers on opposite sides of each a-Si mandrel; removing the a-Si mandrels; forming a-Si dummy metal lines in the a-Si dummy metal layer below the oxide spacers; and forming a SiOC layer between the a-Si dummy metal lines.
US09425094B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate and forming a hard mask layer over the dielectric layer. The method also includes performing a plasma etching process to etch the hard mask layer to form an opening, and a gas mixture used in the plasma etching process includes a nitrogen-containing gas, a halogen-containing gas, and a carbon-containing gas. The gas mixture has a volumetric concentration of the nitrogen-containing gas in a range from about 20% to about 30%. A volumetric concentration ratio of the carbon-containing gas to the halogen-containing gas in the gas mixture is equal to about 0.3. The method further includes etching the dielectric layer through the opening in the hard mask layer to form a feature opening in the dielectric layer. The method includes forming a conductive material in the feature opening.
US09425093B2
A Cu wiring forming method of forming Cu wiring that is to be arranged in contact with tungsten wiring, by filling Cu into a recess formed in a substrate, includes: removing a tungsten oxide formed on a surface of the tungsten wiring; forming a nitriding preventing film at least on the surface of the tungsten wiring in the recess; forming a barrier film that prevents diffusion of Cu, on a surface in the recess from above the nitriding preventing film; forming a liner film on the barrier film; and filling a Cu film on the liner film.
US09425092B2
A method for producing interconnects on a workpiece includes obtaining a workpiece substrate having a feature, depositing a conductive layer in the feature, to partially or fully fill the feature, depositing a copper fill to completely fill the feature if the feature is partially filled by the conductive layer, applying a copper overburden, thermally treating the workpiece, and removing the overburden to expose the substrate and the metalized feature.
US09425090B2
An electrically conductive barrier layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate such that the barrier layer covers a first device terminal. A seed layer is formed on the barrier layer. The seed includes a noble metal other than gold. The substrate is masked so that a first mask opening is laterally aligned with the first terminal. An unmasked portion of the seed layer is electroplated using a gold electrolyte solution so as to form a first gold metallization structure in the first mask opening. The mask, the masked portions of the seed layer, and the barrier layer are removed. The noble metal from the unmasked portion of the seed layer is diffused into the first gold metallization structure. The first gold metallization structure is electrically connected to the first terminal via the barrier layer.
US09425088B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor element installed on the substrate so that a surface formed with an electrode is directed to the substrate; a chip capacitor installed on the substrate; and a conductive material covering a rear surface opposite to the surface of the semiconductor element and joining to one terminal electrode of the chip capacitor.
US09425084B2
Embodiments of mechanisms of forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. The semiconductor device structure also includes devices formed on the front side of the substrate and interconnect structures formed on the devices. The semiconductor device structure further includes a protection layer formed on the back side of the substrate, and the protection layer has a thickness over about 10 A.
US09425065B2
A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a wiring pattern formed on the insulating substrate, a semiconductor chip secured to the wiring pattern, a junction terminal formed of the same material as the wiring pattern and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, one end of the junction terminal being secured to the insulating substrate, the other end of the junction terminal extending upward away from the insulating substrate, and a control circuit for transmitting a control signal for the semiconductor chip, the control circuit being electrically connected to the junction terminal.
US09425062B2
Embodiments of the present invention provides methods to etching a mask layer, e.g., an absorber layer, disposed in a film stack for manufacturing a photomask in EUV applications and phase shift and binary photomask applications. In one embodiment, a method of etching an absorber layer disposed on a photomask includes transferring a film stack into an etching chamber, the film stack having a chromium containing layer partially exposed through a patterned photoresist layer, providing an etching gas mixture including Cl2, O2 and at least one hydrocarbon gas in to a processing chamber, wherein the Cl2 and O2 is supplied at a Cl2:O2 ratio greater than about 9, supplying a RF source power to form a plasma from the etching gas mixture, and etching the chromium containing layer through the patterned photoresist layer in the presence of the plasma.
US09425059B2
A method of forming a pattern includes forming an underlayer on an etching target layer by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, the underlayer including a silicon compound combined with a photoacid generator (PAG), forming a photoresist layer on the underlayer, irradiating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light on the photoresist layer to form a photoresist pattern, and etching the etching target layer using the photoresist pattern as an etching mask.
US09425054B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: preparing a substrate; performing a pre-treatment including a first hydrogen annealing on a surface of the substrate; forming a gate dielectric layer over the substrate; performing a post-treatment including a second hydrogen annealing on the substrate including the gate dielectric layer; and forming a gate electrode over the gate dielectric layer.
US09425047B1
A method of forming a wide line includes forming a portion of variable-fluidity material between opposing inner walls of a pair of adjacent line portions, the portion of variable-fluidity material patterned to have a lateral dimension that is smaller than a distance between the opposing inner walls of the pair of adjacent line portions, and subsequently applying process conditions that increase the fluidity of the portion of variable-fluidity material sufficiently to cause the portion of variable-fluidity material to extend to the opposing inner walls of the pair of adjacent line portions.
US09425019B1
An integrated field emission array for ion desorption includes an electrically conductive substrate; a dielectric layer lying over the electrically conductive substrate comprising a plurality of laterally separated cavities extending through the dielectric layer; a like plurality of conically-shaped emitter tips on posts, each emitter tip/post disposed concentrically within a laterally separated cavity and electrically contacting the substrate; and a gate electrode structure lying over the dielectric layer, including a like plurality of circular gate apertures, each gate aperture disposed concentrically above an emitter tip/post to provide a like plurality of annular gate electrodes and wherein the lower edge of each annular gate electrode proximate the like emitter tip/post is rounded. Also disclosed herein are methods for fabricating an integrated field emission array.
US09425014B2
A circuit interruption device includes a support, a set of separable contacts, a first member movable between an OFF position and an ON position, a second member, and a transport mechanism that includes a shape memory alloy element. When the first member is in the OFF position, the second member is in an extended position, the shape memory alloy element is in its first shape, and the first surface and the another first surface are engaged with one another and resist movement of the first member away from the OFF position. Responsive to an electrical pulse, the shape memory alloy element transforms into its second shape and moves the first member toward the ON position. When the second member is in the extended position, the another second surface engages with the second surface to resist movement of the first member away from the ON position.
US09425011B2
Provided is a system for soft switching of an electromechanical relay in a lighting control system using a sensor to detect a specified non-zero position in the electrical input waveform. Following this non-zero position, an adaptive time delay is applied before activation of the relay coil. An error detection circuit measures a time error between relay operation and the zero electrical input condition. This error signal is used to update the adaptive time delay for future relay operations. Using such a procedure has been shown to limit electrical stress on the relay, and therefore lengthen its life.
US09425007B2
A pressure-type contact switch includes a bourdon tube which expands and contracts depending on water pressure in a discharge conduit applied by a pressure pump; a link having an end connected to a free end of the bourdon tube; a first actuating lever having an end connected to the other end of the link and rotatably installed about a first rotation axis; a first semi-circle gear formed at the other end of the first actuating lever; a first link gear engaged with the first semi-circle gear and fitted to a central rotation axis to thereby cause the central rotation axis to rotate in normal and reverse directions; a rotation member fitted to the central rotation axis; a second actuating lever which is installed to the rotation member to be rotatable about a second rotation axis; and an extension lever fitted to an end of the second actuating lever.
US09425002B2
A circuit breaker includes: a housing; a stator accommodated in the housing and connected to a terminal unit; a mover selectively brought into contact with the stator; an opening and closing unit manipulating the mover such that the mover is selectively brought into contact with the stator; and an insulating cover provided in the housing and shielding the mover and the stator from the exterior of the housing, wherein the housing or the insulating cover is made by molding an electrical insulating material.
US09425001B2
An electrical cell apparatus includes a first current collector made of a multiplicity of fibers, a second current collector spaced from the first current collector; and a separator disposed between the first current collector and the second current collector. The fibers are contained in a foam.
US09424997B2
This document provides an apparatus including a sintered electrode, a second electrode and a separator material arranged in a capacitive stack. A conductive interconnect couples the sintered electrode and the second electrode. Embodiments include a clip interconnect. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a comb-shaped connector. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a wire snaked between adjacent sintered substrates.
US09424994B2
A tunable capacitor implemented as interdigitated arrays of finger elements arranged so that the spacing between finger arrays may be adjusted. The design has a number of advantages including high capacitance for a given circuit area, small area for a given desired capacitance, mechanical stability, high self resonance frequency, and high quality factor.
US09424988B2
The present invention relates to a common mode filter and a method of manufacturing the same. In order to implement a common mode filter with low shrinkage, high substrate sintered density, and high strength, the present invention provides a common mode filter including: a lower substrate; an insulating layer having a conductor pattern inside and provided on the lower substrate; an upper substrate provided on the insulating layer; and a ferrite core made of ferrite and provided in the center of the insulating layer, the lower substrate, and the upper substrate by penetrating the insulating layer, the lower substrate, and the upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US09424983B2
There is provided a thin film coil, including a thin type coil pattern, and a coil lead-out portion including a lead-out line traversing the coil pattern from a central portion thereof and electrically connecting the central portion of the coil pattern to the outside thereof and a conductive adhesive layer electrically connecting the central portion of the coil pattern to the lead-out line.
US09424980B2
A laminate in which plural insulator layers are stacked includes an external electrode that is exposed to the exterior of the laminate and includes a plurality of conductive layers stacked in a staking direction and passing through some of the plural insulator layers in the stacking direction. At least one side of the external electrode facing in the stacking direction is overlaid with rest of the plural insulator layers. At least one side surface of the external electrode facing in the stacking direction is uneven with another portion of the side surface.
US09424975B2
A first housing portion of a split core sensing transformer includes a guide element arranged to engage a guide surface of a separable second housing portion and to control rotation and translation of the housing portions to align the housing portions during joining.
US09424973B2
A coil is specified which has at least four electrical conductors, wherein the electrical conductors are wound around a common winding center. Each of the at least four electrical conductors is at a constant distance from the winding center of the coil over the entire length of the coil.
US09424971B2
A method for self-aligning diamagnetic materials includes contacting first and second magnets together other along a contact line so as to generate a diametric magnetization that is perpendicular to the contact line. A diamagnetic rod is positioned with respect to the first and second magnets to levitate above the contact line of the first and second magnets.
US09424970B2
A device includes a first plurality of dielectric layers over a substrate and a second plurality of dielectric layers over the first plurality of dielectric layers. A metal inductor includes a first metal portion, a second metal portion, a third metal portion, and a fourth metal portion, wherein each of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth metal portions extends into the first and the second plurality of dielectric layers. A first metal bridge connects the first metal portion to the second metal portion, wherein the first metal bridge extends into the first plurality of dielectric layers and not into the second plurality of dielectric layers. A second metal bridge connects the third metal portion to the fourth metal portion, wherein the second metal bridge extends into the second plurality of dielectric layers and not into the first plurality of dielectric layers.
US09424964B1
Shielding elements for use in communication cables are described. A shielding element may include a dielectric material, and electrically conductive material may be formed on the dielectric material. Additionally, a plurality of microcuts may be formed in the electrically conductive material, for example, with one or more lasers. The plurality of microcuts may be spaced apart from one another such that electrically conductive material between the plurality of microcuts will fuse together if an electrical current is applied to the shielding element.
US09424962B2
A flexible electrical cable that is resistant to external chemical agents includes a sheathing assembly and a core assembly. From interior to exterior, the core assembly has at least two conductors and a two-part filler material with an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion has discrete, non-continuous elements, and the outer portion is a solid, continuous material surrounding the inner portion and at least partially embedding the at least two conductors. The outer portion has a circular cross-section. The sheathing assembly has a foamed polymeric material formed around and shaped by the outer portion of the filler material, a metal tape positioned around and shaped by the foamed polymeric material, a polymeric coating surrounding the metal tape, and an outer sheath.
US09424954B2
A semiconductor package includes first and second slave chips stacked vertically; and a master chip connected to the first and second slave chips, each of the slave chips including, a plurality of memory blocks, and a redundancy block, and the master chip including, a fuse block configured to repair a defective memory block detected from the first slave chip and a defective memory block detected from the second slave chip by using the redundancy block of the first slave chip and the redundancy block of the second slave chip, respectively, and a block selection circuit configured to, connect the redundancy blocks of the first and second slave chips, one or more non-defective ones of the plurality of memory blocks of the first slave chip, and one or more non-defective ones of the plurality of memory blocks of the second slave chip to an input/output circuit.
US09424950B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second transistors having the same conductivity type and a circuit. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to that of the second transistor. First and third potentials are supplied to the circuit through respective wirings. A second potential and a first clock signal are supplied to the others of the sources and the drains of the first and second transistors, respectively. A second clock signal is supplied to the circuit. The third potential is higher than the second potential which is higher than the first potential. A fourth potential is equal to or higher than the third potential. The first clock signal alternates the second and fourth potentials and the second clock signal alternates the first and third potentials. The circuit controls electrical connections between gates of the first and second transistors and the wirings.
US09424946B2
Method and apparatus for managing data in a memory. In accordance with some embodiments, input write data having a selected logical address are stored in a rewriteable non-volatile (NV) buffer. A copy of the input write data is transferred to an NV main memory using a sloppy write process. A verify operation is subsequently performed to verify successful transfer of the copy of the input write data to the NV main memory using a hash value generated responsive to the input write data in the NV buffer.
US09424941B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell unit including a plurality of memory banks each including a pair of a first memory bank and a second memory bank, a sense amplifier group including a plurality of sense amplifier units each including a first sense amplifier and a second sense amplifier coupled to the first memory bank and the second memory bank, respectively, and a control logic block generating a first column selection signal to transfer data of the first memory bank to the first sense amplifier and a second column selection signal to transfer data of the second memory bank to the second sense amplifier, wherein an active section of the first column selection signal overlaps an active section of the second column selection signal.
US09424938B2
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and more particularly to nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may include a memory cell array having memory cell units that have at least one memory cell and select transistors sandwiching the at least one memory cell. At least one programmed threshold voltage of the memory cell units is less than an operating voltage of the memory cell array.
US09424936B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for providing an apparatus comprising a memory array, to which bias voltage may be provided to reduce leakage current. In one embodiment, the apparatus may comprise a three-dimensional (3D) memory array having at least first and second blocks; and circuitry coupled with the 3D memory array to access the 3D memory array. The circuitry may include circuit to deselect the first block and select the second block, and supply a first bias voltage to the deselected first block and a second bias voltage to the selected second block, to reduce leakage current in the 3D memory array. The first bias voltage may be different than the second bias voltage. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09424922B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a setting information area suitable for storing setting information necessary for driving of memory cells, a control logic suitable for loading the setting information stored in the setting information area on a content-addressable memory (CAM) block, a CAM state information storage block suitable for storing information on whether the setting information loaded on the CAM block is changed, wherein when a reloading operation of the setting information stored in the setting information area on the CAM block is requested, the control logic selectively performs the reloading operation based on the information stored in the CAM state information storage block.
US09424918B2
There is provided a storage unit including: a storage device configured to store a resistance state, the resistance state being changeable between a first state and a second state; and a driving section, when setting the resistance state to the first state, applying a first pulse having a first polarity to the storage device, the driving section, when setting the resistance state to the second state, applying a second pulse having a second polarity to the storage device, then temporarily applying a third pulse having the first polarity, and applying the second pulse again, the first polarity and the second polarity differing from each other.
US09424910B2
There is provided, for example, a write assist circuit for controlling the voltage level of a memory cell power supply line coupled to an SRAM memory cell to be written in the write operation. The write assist circuit reduces the voltage level of the memory cell power supply line to a predetermined voltage level, in response to a write assist enable signal that is enabled in the write operation. At the same time, the write assist circuit controls the reduction speed of the voltage level of the memory cell power supply line, according to the pulse width of a write assist pulse signal. The pulse width of the write assist pulse signal is defined in such a way that the greater the number of rows (or the longer the length of the memory cell power supply line), the greater the pulse width.
US09424909B1
Aspects disclosed include static random access memory (SRAM) arrays having substantially constant operational yields across multiple modes of operation. In one aspect, a method of designing SRAM arrays with multiple modes operation is provided. The method includes determining performance characteristics associated with each mode of operation. SRAM bit cells configured to operate in each mode of operation are provided to the SRAM array. SRAM bit cells are biased to operate in a mode of operation using dynamic adaptive assist techniques, wherein the SRAM bit cells achieve a substantially constant operational yield across the modes. The SRAM bit cells have a corresponding type, wherein the number of SRAM bit cell types in the method is less than the number of modes of operation. Thus, each SRAM array may achieve a particular mode of operation without requiring a separate SRAM bit cell type for each mode, thereby reducing costs.
US09424898B2
A data storage device includes a first memory device suitable for performing an internal operation in response to a first internal operation command; and a state checking block suitable for performing a state read operation by transmitting a state read command one or more times to the first memory device during one of an initial mode and a repeat mode which is set based on a type of the internal operation.
US09424897B2
Provided are an equalizer and a semiconductor memory device including the same. The equalizer includes a delay circuit and an inverting circuit. The delay circuit is configured to output, in response to a select signal, one of a delay signal delaying an input signal applied to an input/output node and an inverted signal inverting the input signal. The inverting circuit is configured to invert a signal provided from the delay circuit and output the inverted signal to the input/output node. The equalizer is configured such that when the delay circuit outputs the delay signal, the equalizer operates as an inductive bias circuit amplifying the input signal and outputting the amplified input signal, and when the delay circuit outputs the inverted signal, the equalizer operates as a latch circuit storing and outputting the input signal.
US09424894B2
A signal transfer circuit includes a signal input unit suitable for generating an input signal corresponding to a first voltage level and a second voltage level, a transfer control unit suitable for controlling a driving path of a transfer node in response to a control signal and selectively driving the transfer node to the second voltage level or a third voltage level, which is higher than the first voltage level, based on the driving path in response to the input signal, and an output control unit suitable for outputting an output signal by driving an output node based on a voltage level of the transfer node or maintaining a previous voltage level of the output node in response to the control signal.
US09424892B2
A storage device includes a controller device and a memory device. The controller device transmits communication information to which route information is added, the route information indicating a route to a destination of the communication information and including an address of a relay point that the communication information passes through before reaching the destination of the communication information. The memory device receives the communication information, and to transmit the communication information to a next relay point, when the destination of the communication information is not the local memory device, by using the address of the relay point included in the route information of the communication information.
US09424888B2
Disclosed are various embodiments related to stacked memory devices, such as DRAMs, SRAMs, EEPROMs, ReRAMs, and CAMs. For example, stack position identifiers (SPIDs) are assigned or otherwise determined, and are used by each memory device to make a number of adjustments. In one embodiment, a self-refresh rate of a DRAM is adjusted based on the SPID of that device. In another embodiment, a latency of a DRAM or SRAM is adjusted based on the SPID. In another embodiment, internal regulation signals are shared with other devices via TSVs. In another embodiment, adjustments to internally regulated signals are made based on the SPID of a particular device. In another embodiment, serially connected signals can be controlled based on a chip SPID (e.g., an even or odd stack position), and whether the signal is an upstream or a downstream type of signal.
US09424885B2
A pre-processing method for video data playback and a playback interface apparatus are provided, wherein a video receiver module receives a video data with clips, the clips corresponding to numbers in first and second time-sequences, and wherein a display module creates a corresponding GUI component for each clip and arranges the GUI components in the playback interface. When two clips consecutive in the first time-sequence are not consecutive in the second, the display module places their corresponding GUI components separately or distinguishably. By discerning the several time-sequences of the video data, this invention ensures random access of data while being visually intuitive and uniform design-wise.
US09424882B2
A semantic based trick play method and system in a media player is provided in which a semantic trick play command is received from a user while the user is experiencing a current content of a media item. Metadata is detected with respect to a current playback position of the media item, and at least one further playback position is determined in the current content of the media item or a related content in another media item. The further playback position is semantically related to the metadata of the current playback position. Playback is then moved to the at least one further playback position, so that the user experiences a media content of the at least one further playback position.
US09424880B2
A storage device includes read circuitry having a read head having a detector that outputs signals representing data from a first track and an adjacent track. The read head is subject to off-track excursions during which the read head detects signals from both the first track and an adjacent track. Data on each track includes a preamble including a repeating pattern. The repeating pattern in any first track is orthogonal to the repeating pattern in any track adjacent to the first track. The read circuitry also includes respective Discrete Fourier Transform circuits to identify components in the signals corresponding to respective frequencies characteristic of the repeating pattern on the first track and the repeating pattern on the second track, and computation circuitry to determine from the components a ratio by which the read head is off-track. Corresponding methods are provided for operating such a storage device and for reading data.
US09424878B1
A method for calculating an average phase offset in a two dimensional magnetic recording system includes calculating a phase offset as a difference between a phase of a first signal derived from a first read head and a second phase of a second signal derived from a second read head, correcting for phase wrapping differences between the phase offset and a previous phase offset, determining whether the phase offset is consistent with the previous phase offset, and calculating an average phase offset which includes the phase offset only if it is consistent with the previous phase offset.
US09424869B2
Controlling the position of a head within a tape transport system. A track-follow control system (TFCS) includes a controller device for generating a control signal as a function of a position error signal (PES), wherein the PES indicates a difference between the actual and target positions of the head relative to the tape, and an actuator for changing the actual position. The TFCS is adapted to select a controller device configuration from a plurality of configurations dependent on an operating tape speed. The configurations are predetermined depending on a vibration frequency domain profile indicative of environmental vibrations induced to the head and tape to determine the control signal for adjusting an actuator output signal relative to a lateral tape motion signal. The TFCS is also adapted to feed-back a signal depending on a difference of the actuator output signal and the lateral tape motion signal to generate the PES.
US09424858B1
A system and method and system for receiving communications signals coded at transmission in a frequency hopping waveform includes a sensor that receives acoustic data. A detector joined to the sensor receives the data and separates signals from background noise. Logic determines when the signal ends. Clusters of signals are processed and grouped into combinations of symbols. A computer translates these symbols into messages using a codebook. When multiple possibilities exist, the message is selected from the codebook that maximizes a similarity score. Additional logic is provided to handle situations where unwanted signals are mixed into an otherwise valid symbol sequence, to find the best subset of signals forming a valid message. Selected messages are provided as output to users. In further details, the detector filters the acoustic data and transforms it to the frequency domain. A power spectrum is calculated for detecting signals in specific frequency bands. Integrations are performed over groups of frequencies. A detection is indicated when one integrator has a large variation from the expected background level.
US09424853B2
For synchronizing multichannel extension data with an audio signal, wherein the audio signal includes block division information and the multichannel extension data include reference audio signal fingerprint information, the block division information in the audio signal is detected by means of a block detector. Thereupon, block division of the audio signal is performed by a fingerprint calculator according to the block division information in order to obtain a sequence of test audio signal fingerprints. In addition to that, a sequence of reference audio signal fingerprints is extracted from the reference audio signal fingerprint information of the multichannel extension data. Both sequences of fingerprints are correlated in order to obtain a correlation result, by which a compensator is controlled in order to reduce or eliminate a time offset between the multichannel extension data and the audio signal.
US09424851B2
A frame error concealment method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus using the same. The frame error concealment method includes setting a concealment method to conceal an error based on one or more signal characteristics of an error frame having the error and concealing the error using the set concealment method.
US09424843B2
Methods and devices are described for allowing users to use portable computer devices such as smart phones to share microphone signals and/or closed captioning text generated by speech recognition processing of the microphone signals. Under user direction, the portable devices exchange messages to form a signal sharing group to facilitate their conversation.
US09424838B2
Methods and apparatus for identifying a user group in connection with user group-based speech recognition. An exemplary method comprises receiving, from a user, a user group identifier that identifies a user group to which the user was previously assigned based on training data. The user group comprises a plurality of individuals including the user. The method further comprises using the user group identifier, identifying a pattern processing data set corresponding to the user group, and receiving speech input from the user to be recognized using the pattern processing data set.
US09424828B2
A method and system for attenuating noise comprises identifying a location in an area at which sound emitted from one or more speakers has acoustic characteristics that are substantially similar in measure to corresponding acoustic characteristics of the emitted sound at a location approximated to be near an ear of an occupant of the area. A microphone, which may be a virtual microphone, is disposed at the identified location. The microphone detects sound at the identified location. In response to the sound detected by the microphone, the one or more speakers emit a noise-canceling audio signal adapted to attenuate one or more frequencies in the sound detected by the microphone.
US09424826B2
A method represents musical scales by means of tiles, including pentatonic scales (arbitrary scales with five notes per octave), heptatonic scales (arbitrary scales with seven notes per octave), Major blues and Minor blues scales (specific scales with six notes per octave). An electronic musical device has an interface that uses this representation. The device uses a multi-touch interface with or without strings, which allows the musician to concentrate on the melodic line only, making it easier to improvise and perform music composed in one of the scales. The representation differs from the traditional interfaces on string instruments (such as a guitar) in that only the notes of a given scale (with five, six or seven notes per octave) can be played.
US09424822B2
An electronic device adapted to display musical scores. The musical score display device includes a display for displaying a musical score, i.e. sheet music, to a user and a foot actuator accessory operatively connectable to the musical score display device that users can use to manually scroll through the displayed musical score in a hands-free manner. Alternatively, the display device comprises a microphone and is adapted to detect the playing of musical notes and automatically scroll through the displayed musical score without action by the user. Furthermore, the display device indicates to the user as to whether each note was played correctly or incorrectly via an on-screen prompt. The musical score display device is attachable to a variety of different support articles, such as a music stand or an instrument-attachable support.
US09424820B2
Transformable stand with an improved foot operated pitch changing mechanism for stringed instruments
Disclosed are apparatus and related methods for changing the pitch of a stringed instrument, such as an standard, fixed-pitch, resonating or Dobro-type guitar, by attaching the stringed instrument onto a transformable stand comprising a foot pedal assembly and string pitch changing mechanism. In one embodiment, the apparatus and related methods involve affixing the strings from an existing guitar to an improved pitch-changing mechanism, such as disclosed string pitch changer housing, that does not require the deconstruction of the guitar body. Rather, the existing guitar is securely placed on its back on a transformable stand with the use of specially designed plates that hold the instrument with screws, securing the body of the instrument to the stand.
US09424799B2
Methods and systems are described to adjust colors of digital images by using color control tools overlaid on the digital images to be adjusted. In one aspect, a method includes displaying, within a graphical user interface (GUI) and superimposed on a digital image being manipulated, a color control tool configured to cause change of a selected color within the digital image in accordance with user input specifying movement within the GUI. The color control tool includes a plurality of new color indicators, each indicating a new color to which the selected color will change in response to an associated predetermined movement within the GUI. The method also includes receiving via the color control tool user input specifying a direction of movement within the GUI relative to the plurality of new color indicators, and changing the selected color to match the new color indicator associated with the specified direction of movement.
US09424798B2
A mobile terminal for outputting an image and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a terminal main body, a display unit disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display an image, a movement sensor mounted in the main body and configured to sense a movement of the main body, a camera sensor activated in response to a movement of the main body, and a controller configured to control a display direction of the image according to a user location sensed by the camera sensor.
US09424795B2
A display device (1) includes: a scan line drive circuit (4) which line-sequentially selects from among a plurality of scan signal lines; at least one signal line drive circuit (3) which has a receiving circuit that receives a data signal, and which sequentially supplies the data signal to pixels linked to a scan signal line (6) selected by the scan line drive circuit (4); a timing controller (10) which defines, in accordance with sync signals received from an outside source, a non-scan period during which none of the scan signal lines is selected, and which transmits, to the at least one signal line drive circuit (3), an operation discriminant signal that causes the receiving circuit to be underrun during at least part of the non-scan period thus defined. The at least one signal line drive circuit (3) and the timing controller (10) are provided as separate entities.
US09424791B2
A reflective display device includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; a data driver connected to each of the plurality of pixels and configured to transmit a target voltage to each of the plurality of pixels; and a scan driver connected to each of the plurality of pixels and configured to transmit a switching signal for determining whether the data driver transmits the target voltage to some of the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels is configured to receive the target voltage for single data information, receive the target voltage in a first time period when the target voltage transmitted to each of the plurality of pixels is between a first voltage level and a second voltage level, and receive the target voltage in a second time period when the target voltage is between the second voltage level and a third voltage level.
US09424789B2
An electronic imaging device includes a display unit and a barrier layer. The display unit includes scan lines for transferring select signals, data lines for transferring data signals corresponding to first and second images formed according to one or more input signals, and pixels connected with the scan and data lines. The barrier layer includes first barriers and second barriers corresponding to the first barriers. The first image is displayed during a first period of a unit period during which an image of a single frame is displayed. The second image is displayed during a second period different from the first period. The first barriers are driven according to the first image, the second barriers are driven according to the second image, and a region of the barrier layer corresponding to a mixed region in which the first and second images coexist is a non-transmission region.
US09424787B2
Discussed is an LCD device. The LCD device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel in which a plurality of pixels are respectively formed in a plurality of areas defined by intersections between a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, and a driving unit configured to switch inversion systems for driving the liquid crystal panel at predetermined periods.
US09424782B2
An organic light emitting display including a display panel having pixels coupled to data lines and first power voltage lines. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode; a driving transistor coupled to the organic light emitting diode and the first power voltage lines; a first transistor coupled to the data lines and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; a second transistor configured to supply a reference voltage of the data lines to a source electrode of the driving transistor; and a capacitor coupled to the gate and source electrodes of the driving transistor.
US09424780B2
A pixel circuit, a driving method, and a display apparatus, wherein the pixel circuit includes: a first switch transistor having a source connected to a data signal terminal, and a gate connected to a first control signal terminal; a first capacitor having a first terminal connected to a drain of the first switch transistor; a second capacitor having a first terminal connected to a second voltage signal terminal, and a second terminal connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor; a third capacitor having a first terminal connected to the first control signal terminal, and a second terminal connected to a gate of a driving transistor; a second switch transistor having a source connected to the gate of the driving transistor, a drain connected to a drain of the driving transistor, and a gate connected to the first control signal terminal; and a third, fourth, fifth and sixth switch transistors.
US09424769B2
A display and a brightness adjusting method thereof are provided. In the method, an object located in front of a touch screen of the display is detected and a distance between the object and the touch screen is estimated and determined whether to be less than a first preset value. When the distance is less than the first preset value, the brightness of the touch screen is adjusted according to a light adjusting ratio in a brightness distribution curve. Then, time is accumulated after the brightness adjustment and when the accumulated time is over a second preset value, the brightness of the touch screen is resumed to original brightness.
US09424765B2
An information processing apparatus that includes a memory that stores a plurality of images, and a controller that obtains a template having attributes applied to each of a plurality of display areas, selects images matching the attributes of the respective display areas from among the plurality of images stored in the memory, disposes the selected images matching the attributes of the respective display areas in the respective display areas, and controls a display to display the template including the selected images disposed in the respective display areas.
US09424745B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting traffic patterns. One of the methods includes receiving a velocity distribution for a road segment, wherein the velocity distribution includes, for each velocity interval, a count of how many velocity observations have a velocity measurement within the velocity interval, wherein each velocity observation has one or more features describing conditions under which the velocity observation was made. A mixture model having K component distributions is generated for the velocity distribution. A decision tree is generated from the K component distributions and a rule is generated from a particular leaf of the decision tree, wherein the rule maps one or more features for the road segment to one of the K component distributions according to a path from the root of the decision tree to the particular leaf.
US09424743B2
Systems and methods for real-time traffic detection are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing ambient sounds as an audio sample in a user device, and segmenting the audio sample into a plurality of audio frames. Further, the method comprises identifying periodic frames amongst the plurality of audio frames. Spectral features of the identified periodic frames are extracted, and horn sounds are identified based on the spectral features. The identified horn sounds are then used for real-time traffic detection.
US09424734B1
The device to monitor distance between people measures a pre-defined distance between a first person and other persons, and alerts the user when the pre-defined distance has been breached or violated for more than a pre-determined time. Intended to protect a first human from the deleterious effects of radiation (nuclear) associated with a second human, but useful in other circumstances, the device is designed to detect the presence of a first person within a protective radius of one to two meters of a second person by pairing the combination of one heat sensor with one distance sensor. In the event the first person is within that radius for the predetermined time, the device will alert the user of that circumstance. Alert feedback mechanisms can include an acoustic audible signal, a visible signal, a vibratory signal, or phone notification.
US09424725B1
A school perimeter security system includes a registry database. The registry database includes: registered student mobile device identifiers, registered non-student mobile device identifiers, and a matching of students with authorized non-students with whom the students are permitted to be paired with near the perimeter. At least three beacon devices are located within the school perimeter, positioned to establish a boundary area near the perimeter, detect and establish communication with mobile devices entering the boundary area, obtain an identifier from each mobile device that enters the boundary area, and facilitate trilateration of all mobile devices within the boundary area. The processor and beacon devices cooperatively interact to identify every mobile device entering the boundary area, track the location of every mobile device within the boundary area, compare the identified mobile devices with identifiers in the registry database and, transmit an alert notice when a condition is satisfied.
US09424721B2
A point-of-sale system includes a stand that supports a tablet computer. The tablet computer can run a merchant application to provide the typical functionality for a point-of-sale system. The stand can be rotatable to face either the merchant or the customer. The stand can incorporate a card reader. The tablet computer can be connected through a hub to other peripheral components, such as a controllable cash drawer, a printer and/or a bar code reader. The cash drawer can include a slidable drawer having sliding rails that are hidden from a top view of the drawer.
US09424720B2
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device for displaying a game and a controller connected to the display device. The game includes a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip including a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order. The controller is configured to determine an outcome of the primary game, responsively spin and stop the reels to display the outcome of the primary game, and provide a first award to the player based on the primary game outcome. The controller detects if a triggering graphic is being displayed with the primary game outcome and is associated with at least one reel, modifies a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the reel, and generates an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip.
US09424716B2
A system, method and apparatus provides a unique betting product where players make selections in one or more different events. Players who are in contention to win may be offered an opportunity to sell their tickets, in whole or in part, in response to a full or partial buy-out offer made at any time prior to completion of a wagering event.
US09424712B2
In some embodiments, a processor includes a plurality of local stores configured to store wagering game assets and at least part of a wagering game controller, and to store authentication keys for use in authenticating the wagering game controller and the wagering game assets; a plurality of processing elements, wherein each processing element is coupled to one of the local stores, each processing element configured to present wagering games by executing the wagering game controller; at least one authentication controller including hardware configured to authenticate, using the authentication keys, the wagering game controller and wagering game assets; a storage device in communication with the processor, the storage device configured to store the wagering game controller and wagering game assets, wherein the wagering game assets include audio and video content for use in presenting the wagering games.
US09424698B2
In a keyless entry system including an in-vehicle device, and a portable device operated by a built-in battery, a request signal is transmitted from the in-vehicle device to the portable device so that wireless communication is performed between the in-vehicle device and the portable device, the portable device can set first sensitivity that is predetermined sensitivity and second sensitivity that is higher sensitivity than the first sensitivity and at which a detection area for the request signal is wide, as detection sensitivity for detecting the request signal, sets the detection sensitivity to the second sensitivity when determining that the portable device is in the vehicle's interior or within the predetermined distance from the vehicle, and sets the detection sensitivity to the first sensitivity when determining that the portable device is not in or comes to be not in the vehicle's interior or within the predetermined distance from the vehicle.
US09424694B2
A method of generating probability data for use in assessing performance of a system and a mission involving the system. The method includes receiving (302) a combined model describing a system diagnosis model describing symptoms, failures and link strengths (conditionals) of components/subsystems of the system, and a mission impact model, the mission impact model describing effects of the system on an ability to perform the mission. Observation data regarding a state of the system is also received (306) The observation data is used (308) in combination with the combined model to generate probability data for use in assessing performance of the system and the mission.
US09424687B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for modeling the non-linear structural response of a component. The non-linear structural response is modeled using a two-step global-local finite element analysis method, which employs a linear global analysis step, a linear intermediate analysis step and a non-linear local analysis step. The boundary conditions applied in the intermediate step are derived in part from the linear global analysis and the boundary conditions applied in the local analysis are derived in part from the global and intermediate analyses.
US09424676B2
Technologies are described herein for transitioning between a top-down map display of a reconstructed structure within a 3-D scene and an associated local-navigation display. An application transitions between the top-down map display and the local-navigation display by animating a view in a display window over a period of time while interpolating camera parameters from values representing a starting camera view to values representing an ending camera view. In one embodiment, the starting camera view is the top-down map display view and the ending camera view is the camera view associated with a target photograph. In another embodiment, the starting camera view is the camera view associated with a currently-viewed photograph in the local-navigation display and the ending camera view is the top-down map display.
US09424663B2
Disclosed is a three-dimensional (3D) mesh compression apparatus and method. The 3D mesh compression apparatus may generate a base mesh through a mesh simplification, may separately compress the base mesh and vertices eliminated by the simplification, and may compress 3D mesh data based on the covariance matrix.
US09424661B2
A method and an apparatus for producing a coded graphic representation. The method includes providing a graphic array and processing at least a portion of the graphic array. A graphic array can be provided such that an array of graphic indications which includes a plurality of graphic indication pairs can be provided. Each of the plurality of graphic indication pair can have at least a first graphic element and a second graphic element. The first and second graphic element can be spaced apart such that each of the plurality of graphic indication pairs can be associated with an element pitch. The element pitches of the plurality of graphic indication pairs can be substantially similar. At least a portion of the graphic array can be processed by displacing at least one graphic indication pair in the plurality of graphic indication pairs such that at least one element pitch is deviated.
US09424659B2
A method and system for real time processing of a sequence of video frames. A current frame in the sequence and at least one frame in the sequence occurring prior to the current frame is analyzed. Each frame includes a two-dimensional array of pixels. The sequence of video frames is received in synchronization with a recording of the video frames in real time. The analyzing includes performing a background subtraction on the at least one frame, which determines a background image and a static region mask associated with a static region consisting of a contiguous distribution of pixels in the current frame. The static region mask identifies each pixel in the static region upon the static region mask being superimposed on the current frame. A determination is made that a persistence requirement, both a non-persistence duration requirement and a persistence duration requirement, or a combination thereof have been satisfied.
US09424658B2
A moving object detection method according to an embodiment includes evaluating an average value, instead of a median value, of pixel values at the same pixel positions across multiple superposed images. A threshold value obtained by multiplying the average value by a predetermined number is employed to distinguish space debris from an object which emits light at a higher luminance than the space debris. In order to detect the space debris accurately, an average value of the pixel values that are equal to or less than the threshold is employed as an evaluation value for the space debris detection.
US09424656B2
To increase the timeliness, objectivity, and efficiency in evaluating surgical procedures such as those performed by ophthalmology residents' learning of cataract surgery, an automatic analysis system for surgeries such as cataract surgery is provided to assess performance, particularly in the capsulorrhexis step on the Kitaro simulator. Computer vision technologies are employed to measure performance of this critical step including duration, centrality, circularity, size, as well as motion stability during the capsulorrhexis procedure. Consequently, a grading mechanism is established based on either linear regression or non-linear classification via Support Vector Machine (SVM) of those computed measures. Comparisons of expert graders to the computer vision based approach have demonstrated the accuracy and consistency of the computerized technique.
US09424652B2
Various methods and systems are provided for adaptive background estimation. In one embodiment, among others, a signal processing device includes at least one processing unit and a memory storing a background estimation system executable in the at least one processing unit. The background estimation system, when executed, causes the signal processing device to separate foreground objects from at least one image frame in a sequence of image frames based at least in part upon a correntropy cost function. In another embodiment, a method includes obtaining an image frame from a sequence of image frames; performing correntropy filtering on the image frame to separate foreground objects from the image frame; and providing the foreground objects for rendering. The correntropy filtering may adapt to compensate for diffusion effects in the image frame.
US09424645B2
Provided is a calibration device that can calculate the mounting state of a stereo camera without the placing of a physical marker. In this device, an area setting processor (113) preliminarily sets, for an integrated image in which a road surface image region and a setting-prohibited region are integrated, an arrangement pattern having a plurality of area setting frames, and adjusts the arrangement pattern so that the plurality of area setting frames recede from each other. An extraction processor (114) extracts from distance images a plurality of partial images corresponding to the plurality of area setting frames. A mounting-state calculation unit (104) calculates a mounting-state parameter on the basis of a plurality of partial images, such parameter relating to the mounting state of a stereo camera used to pick up stereo images.
US09424643B2
An image display device includes: a display unit; an image extraction unit that extracts a main image group from an image group; an image association unit that associates sub images included in a sub image group not extracted from the image group with main images included in the main image group; and a display control unit that generates a display screen in which the main image group is arranged in a first area along a first direction and the sub images are aligned with each of the main images in a second area along a second direction, and causes the display unit to display the display screen. The display control unit changes the display screen in a mode in which the main image group is moved along the first direction and in a mode in which the main image group and the sub image group are moved along the second direction.
US09424640B2
A pathological diagnosis support apparatus outputs a diagnostic region that is to be used as a target for diagnosis in a specimen image representing a specimen that is a target for pathological diagnosis, and includes: a target obtainment unit which obtains the specimen image and specimen information related to a scheme for preparing the specimen; a criterion obtainment unit which obtains a criterion corresponding to the specimen information from a database associating, for each of a plurality of specimens, specimen information related to a scheme for preparing each of the plurality of specimens with a criterion indicating a condition of a positive rate which is to be satisfied by the diagnostic region in a specimen image; and an output unit which outputs, as the diagnostic region, each of one or more regions in the specimen image having the positive rate determined to satisfy a condition indicated by the criterion obtained by the criterion obtainment unit.
US09424629B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element which obtains an original image, a storage unit which stores a first optical transfer function different depending on an image pickup condition and on a position in the original image and an image restoration filter or a function designed to generate a second optical transfer function, a data obtaining unit which obtains the first optical transfer function when the aperture value is less than a predetermined value, and the image restoration filter or the second optical transfer function generated based on the function designed to generate the second optical transfer function when the aperture value is not less than the predetermined value, a filter generating unit which generates an image restoration filter based on the first or second optical transfer function, and an image processing unit which generates the restored image by using the image restoration filter.
US09424627B2
According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method for high-performance client-side in-browser scaling of digital images. The instant invention processes large digital images in a client-based web browser, prior to upload to a server. The system provides a tremendous decrease in time required for uploading of digital images for online use. The instant invention that is carried out on the client device is therewith decreasing processing time and bandwidth.
US09424618B2
Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09424617B2
An intermediate command generation unit generates intermediate commands, which are intermediate rendering commands having model data for rendering an object. A graphics command conversion unit converts the generated intermediate commands into a graphic command sequence for execution by a graphics processor. An identity determination unit determines whether a state of a graphics command to be generated from an intermediate command is the same as a state of the graphics command generated previously. A graphics command generation unit generates a graphics command determined by the identity determination unit as not having the same state, and does not generate a graphics command determined as having the same state, defining the command as a redundant command.
US09424616B2
Customer identity verification. Receiving a request for verification of a customer's identity. The request includes fields of customer identity data. Requesting, from a first verification resource, verification of the customer's identity using the customer identity data. Receiving from the first verification resource, first verification results including at least one new field of customer identity data. The first verification results being insufficient to verify the customer's identity. Requesting, from a second verification resource, verification of the customer's identity using the at least one new field of customer identity data. Receiving, from the second verification resource, second verification results. For second verification results sufficient to verify the customer's identity, communicating to the customer a successful verification of the customer's identity.
US09424613B2
The present disclosure provides a system, method and apparatus for load shaving of a power grid, and a tangible computer readable medium. The system may comprise at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one memory and computer executable instructions may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to profile behavior data for power customers to divide the power customers into at least one group; define, based on usage characteristic of each of the at least one group, a possible load shaving strategy for each of the at least one group; and perform load shaving analysis at least under constraint of the possible load shaving strategy for each of the at least one group, to provide a recommended load shaving strategy for each of the power customers.
US09424601B2
Method, computer program product, and system to facilitate a checkout transaction for a person within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes determining, using a visual sensor disposed within the environment, image information associated with the person. The method further includes analyzing the image information to identify one or more of the plurality of items that are selected by the person to be presented during the checkout transaction. In some cases, the method also includes determining whether the identified items belong to a predetermined class of items deemed to be “difficult.” The method further includes determining, based on the one or more identified items, a level of assistance to provide to the person during the checkout transaction.
US09424600B2
In an example embodiment, a method for providing a portable and interactive storefront is provided. The method may comprise receiving information associated with a product to be placed in electronic commerce. Content is therefore generated based on the received information, in which the content may provide an interactive storefront. A link to the content is generated and then provided.
US09424595B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing customized content to users based on their location. In one embodiment, for each of one or more content providers, a customized content delivery function receives information from the content provider defining a number of geographic shapes selecting corresponding geographic areas. Preferably, each of the geographic shapes overlaps at least one other of the geographic shapes and is assigned an importance level. For each geographic shape, the content provider defines one or more tags for the geographic shape and assigns a weight to each of the one or more tags. Thereafter, when a request is received from a requestor, one or more content items are selected for delivery to the requestor based on the geographic shapes, the tags and corresponding weights for the geographic shapes, and the location of the requestor.
US09424592B2
Adservers with the ability to access advertiser cookies and vice versa when both are serving from the advertiser's domain are provided, thereby avoiding the overhead and delay in backend cookie synchronization efforts. Further, advertising cookie data can be gathered regardless of whether a user is browsing a publisher's web site with an advertisement served by an adserver, or browsing the advertiser's web site, because the cookies were previously set when the user visited the advertiser's web site in the context of a first-party cookie. Even if the user has configured his or her browser to limit the setting of third-party cookies, the cookies can still be read by the adserver. By making cookie and advertising data immediately available in real time to both the advertiser and the adserver, the solution also provides for instantaneous and accurate targeting of web advertising to allow an educated ad selection process by either party.
US09424585B2
A data distribution system which includes business groups, a client system and a main database system is described. Coupons and coupon data may be exchanged between the business groups, the client system and the main database system. Each coupon being exchanged may include one or more fraud protection features that can neither be altered nor tampered by users, consumers or retailers.
US09424584B2
Systems and methods for generating and displaying user preferences in a tag cloud are provided in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. A user preference tag cloud may be of any shape and size and may be generated using a stencil selected by a user. A user preference tag cloud may thus present a user's media preferences in an attractive and compelling visual arrangement that, in some embodiments, also functions as an intuitive interface which allows users to indicate and/or modify their preferences.
US09424577B2
The methods and systems described herein provide for processing electronic payments at a retail location. Secure payment information for use in processing future payment transactions initiated by a mobile device may be stored at a secure location remote from retail locations. A mobile device of a user may be detected and location determined based at least in part on the strength of a signal via a wireless antennas at the retail location. A determination is made that the mobile device is associated with a user who previously provided payment information for use in processing payment transactions. The mobile device may receive incentives based at least in part on the determined location. A user may complete a payment transaction at the retail location without providing the secure payment information at the retail location.
US09424570B2
Methods and systems for stabilizing an on-screen code on a display of a mobile device are described. A code is displayed on a mobile device as an on-screen code. The user holds the mobile device in front of a code scanner so that the on-screen code can be scanned. A code stabilization application on the mobile device assists in stabilizing and/or centering the on-screen code through changing its position, shape, and/or size based on data and/or measurements from sensors. The code stabilization application stabilizes the on-screen code for easy scan-ability to speed up the scanning process.
US09424565B2
At least one content publishing server having a memory storing a map data structure configured by a content author which defines relationships among plural resources and thereby define an informational item of higher granularity content. Each of the plural resources are associated with a first electronic file linked to said map data structure and configured to store information about the usage of the associated resource. Higher granularity content is associated with a second electronic file linked to said map data structure configured to store information about the usage of the higher granularity content. The server which delivers the informational item to a computer gathers feedback usage information reflecting how the higher granularity content and individual ones of the plural resources are used by users. The server updates the electronic files in accordance with the feedback usage information.
US09424563B2
The systems and methods described herein are directed toward launching a third party application in a media center module using a contextual link. The media center module is configured to enable the third party application to register with the module and to associate a contextual link corresponding to the third party application with a context provided by the media center module. In response to a request for information related to the context, the media center module is configured to direct to a location associated with the contextual link. The media center module is further configured to provide to the location data that identifies the context. In response to the provided data, the location is populated with the requested information. Thus, the use of conditional link enables a third party application to register to be a context handler for a media center module.
US09424560B2
In a multiday view of a calendar, a time indicator is shown adjacent to a graphical element for the current day. In the multiday view, such a time indicator accurately indicates the current time on the current day, but not on other days of the week. If the current day is not viewable, the time indicator is not shown. By being adjacent to the graphical element for the current day, the time indicator does not obscure information, such as events, for the current day.
US09424559B2
A calendar event that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is generated. At least one of the plurality of recipients is designated as a first annotation recipient. A first annotation is associated with the calendar event, the first annotation addressed to the first annotation recipient.
US09424549B2
A system and method for facilitating user-generated content relating to social networks are provided. The system provides an online environment which poses questions to users, and which allows the users to answer such questions by identifying appropriate contacts of the user. The system automatically identifies the user's contacts by consulting one or more electronic accounts of the user on one or more social networking sites/services, and/or one or more e-mail accounts. The user can respond to questions posed by clicking on appropriate contacts, dragging them, and dropping them in an answer area in the online environment. The user can manage his/her contacts by creating one or more groups and/or tags associated with each contact. The grouped/tagged contacts can be imported into a contact management system, and can be used by researchers to conduct social network visualizations or to achieve other research objectives.
US09424535B2
Systems and methods for managing choreography in a simple and efficient manner are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods allow a user, such as a choreographer, director, or producer, to document the movement of each performer in a performance or other choreography. Choreography of each performer can be documented in as much detail as desired and coordinated with a beat of music, a timeline of a dialog, and/or the movements of other performers. The disclosed systems and methods provide for creation of precise spacing charts. The documentation and charts can be linked or otherwise associated together and/or linked or otherwise associated with a section of a script of the performance.
US09424514B2
The developmental neural network is trained using a synaptic maintenance process. Synaptogenic trimming is first performed on the neuron inputs using a synaptogenic factor for each neuron based on standard deviation of a measured match between the input and synaptic weight value. A top-k competition among all neurons then selects a subset of said neurons as winning neurons. Neuronal learning is applied only to these winning neurons, updating their synaptic weights and updating their synaptogenic factors.
US09424509B2
A system for controlling applications of a wireless mobile device includes a server for receiving data related to an adaptive user profile and for controlling operations of applications within the wireless mobile device. An adaptive neural/fuzzy logic control application implemented within the network server generates the adaptive user profile responsive to the received data. The adaptive user profile controls operations of the applications within the wireless mobile device and changes in real time responsive to the received data.
US09424501B2
In case of searching and outputting output information stored in a memory, it enables a user of the host computer to select the device of storing the output information, whereby the load in searching and outputting the information is reduced. To do so, when the host computer causes the printer to print the image based on the print data, the hard disk of the multifunctional device is selected from among the plural hard disks, as the storage destination to which the print data is stored and from which the stored print data can be searched and output. Then, the information representing the storage destination and the print data are transmitted to the printer so as to be printed, and the print data is also transmitted to the multifunctional device to be stored.
US09424495B1
A method for identifying and analyzing amounts and nutritional values of food consumption, utilizing digital image processing and linked nutritional information. A recipe generator is utilized to provide a component analysis of food preparations based on identification of subcomponents.
US09424493B2
Neural networks for object detection in images are used with a spatial pyramid pooling (SPP) layer. Using the SPP network structure, a fixed-length representation is generated regardless of image size and scale. The feature maps are computed from the entire image once, and the features are pooled in arbitrary regions (sub-images) to generate fixed-length representations for training the detectors. Thus, repeated computation of the convolutional features is avoided while accuracy is enhanced.
US09424488B2
An image processing method includes applying a segmentation engine to different mappings of a digital image, and generating primitives by tessellating non-congruent segments of the different mappings, where the primitives are defined by boundaries of the non-congruent segments in the different mappings. The method further includes classifying the primitives. Classifying the primitives is accomplished by assessing, using a plurality of classifiers, a quality of each segment of each mapping, and assigning a classification to each primitive based upon the assessing. Each of applying, generating and classifying is performed by a processor programmed by machine memory encoded with data.
US09424485B2
The present invention discloses a grid data record processing method and apparatus. The method comprising: acquiring influence parameters of lag time of an insulator on which flashover is occurred, the lag time being a time interval from the insulator flashover to tripping of a corresponding breaker in a substation is caused; determining the lag time according to the acquired influence parameters of the lag time and a lag time evaluation model; and determining trip-up records caused by the insulator flashover from grid data records according to the lag time. With the method and apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention, trip-up records caused by insulator flashover can be efficiently determined from grid data records.
US09424477B2
According to one embodiment, a handwritten character retrieval apparatus is provided with an acquisition unit, a feature extraction unit, an segmentation unit, a attribute append unit and a retrieval unit. The acquisition unit acquires a handwritten character string in units of a stroke. The feature extraction unit extracts a first feature value unique to each of the strokes from the handwritten character string. The segmentation unit segments the strokes into a plurality of sets. The attribute append unit appends a second feature value based on the sets to each of the strokes. The retrieval unit executes retrieval based on the first feature value and the second feature value.
US09424475B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to identifying construction objects. As an example, an image captured by a camera associated with a vehicle as the vehicle is driven along a roadway may be received. This image may be converted into a first channel corresponding to an average brightness contribution from red, blue and green channels of the image. The image may also be converted into a second channel corresponding to a contribution of a color from the red and the green channels of the image. A template may then be used to identify a region of the image corresponding to a potential construction object from the first channel and the second channel.
US09424471B2
The user of an Internet-enabled CE device such as a TV can select an object in a video presented on the display of the CE device by either touch sensitive screen or input device. The processor of the CE device can then determine the boundaries of the object, identify it using face/image recognition software, search for information/websites related to the object, and present those information/websites to the viewer on the display screen.
US09424459B1
Systems and methods relating to a cell-based pattern recognition tool for microscopy images from tissue sections are described, wherein cell features are extracted and a classifier is built in accordance with a particular application using an interactive training tied to a computerized platform, the result is an application-specific classifier that further processes images in accordance with the specific application, thereby tuning an automated process for cell based pattern recognition.
US09424456B1
An ultrasonic finger print authentication system that generates a three-dimensional representation of a fingerprint. High frequency sound waves are used as a medium for imaging finer details of the patterns on a fingertip, including the ridge and valley formations. Multiple frequencies and beam-forming are used to quickly map the ridges. Acoustic resonance is used to determine the depths of the intervening valleys.
US09424449B2
A method, comprising: sending, by a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, an identification request to an RFID tag; wherein the RFID tag is positioned within a coverage area of the RFID tag; searching, by the RFID reader, a lack of response from the RFID tag to the identification request during a silent period that ranges between a fraction of a second and a minute; and controlling, by the RFID reader and in response to a detection of the lack of response, a circuit that differs from the RFID reader and the RFID tag.
US09424446B2
Systems and methods for the identification, powering and control of products and product packaging. The systems can include a point of sale display having a contactless power supply. The contactless power supply can provide a source of wireless power for products and product packaging. The products and product packaging can include light emitting diodes, e-ink displays and printed speaker circuits that activate as the operating frequency of the contactless power supply varies. Other embodiments include product level sensors, inductive reader networks, printed temperature sensors, product alignment systems, passive identification circuits and methods for controlling operation of the same.
US09424437B1
A method for providing access to objects associated with a particular client in a cloud storage system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of establishing a connection with a user, providing a client namespace associated with the client to the user, where the client namespace represents objects stored on the cloud storage system and objects stored on a private storage system apart from the cloud storage system, receiving a request from the user to access an object stored on the private storage system, and providing information to the user to facilitate access to the object stored on the private storage system by said user. Other systems and methods are also disclosed. Important advantages of the present invention are facilitated by separating the logic for user access (control plane) from the actual storage (Storage plane). Private file system access can still be managed from the cloud, while keeping the client data private.
US09424430B2
Protecting the integrity and the effectiveness of a security agent that is installed in a user's device while the user's device operates online or offline. The security agent may be used for enforcing a security policy required by an organization or network to which the user's computer belongs. One aspect of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is to associate the content of one or more storage devices of the user's computer with the security agent and with a boot-loader program used by the user's computer.
US09424427B1
According to one aspect, a dynamic binary instrumentation (DBI) framework is used to identify rootkits and disable their malicious functionality. A user-mode or kernel-mode anti-rootkit (ARK) engine monitors the execution of a program running on a host machine in user more or kernel mode. Upon encountering calls to certain functions that may be used by rootkits to subvert system functionality (e.g. system calls used to manage the system registry, storage/disk, processes/threads, and/or network communications), the anti-rootkit engine executes translated versions of the functions in an isolated environment and continues execution of the program under analysis using the results of the translated code execution. The translated code execution replaces the execution of original code which may or may not have been subverted by a rootkit. Isolating the stack and registers of the isolated environment impedes detection of the monitoring process by rootkits.
US09424426B2
Methods and computer program products which facilitate detection of malicious code insertion by an insider during the software development lifecycle are disclosed Aspects focus on behavioral characteristics associated with the introduction of malcode during the software development process. Injection of malcode by an insider threat, and the malcode itself, may leave behind behavioral signatures in the source code repository and source code that can be detected by a multi-dimensional combination of sensors. By detecting the behavioral signatures of malcode within artifacts generated by the software development process, instances of malcode can be isolated and prevented before release.
US09424415B2
An information processing apparatus is provided. The processing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit that acquires information for specifying an operator, an operator authenticating unit that authenticates the operator, a first determining unit that determines whether information on the operator is continuously acquired, a second acquiring unit that acquires information for specifying a checker, a checker authenticating unit that authenticates a checker corresponding to the operator, a second determining unit that determines whether information on the checker is continuously acquired, and a controller that controls a processing apparatus to execute processing, on the condition that the operator is authenticated and the checker is authenticated. The controller controls the processing apparatus to continue the processing, on a condition that, after execution of the processing by the processing apparatus, the information on the operator is determined to be continuously acquired, or the information on the checker is determined to be continuously acquired.
US09424413B2
Methods, secure elements, validation entities, and computer program products for effecting secure communication of payment information to merchants for Internet-based purchases. Payment information for a user's real payment information is installed in a secure element of a computer, the payment information may comprise a pseudo PAN number for the portable consumer device provided by a validation entity. The secure element is shielded from the computer's operating system to thwart hacker attacks. The user accesses the secure element to make a purchase. In response, the secure element contacts the validation entity with the pseudo account number, and in response obtains dynamic payment information that the secure element can used to effect the payment. The dynamic payment information comprises an account number that is different from the pseudo PAN, and which has at least one difference which respect to the user's real payment information.
US09424404B2
Software revalidation. In one example embodiment, a method for software revalidation may include various steps. For example, the method may include receiving, at a machine on which a software application has been installed and activated, activation rules, from an activation server, that have been updated since the release of the software application to account for new or updated software or hardware with which the software application is configured to be employed. The method may also include periodically applying, at the machine, the updated activation rules to newly-collected machine configuration information from the machine to determine whether a product key remains valid for the newly-collected machine configuration information and, if the product key remains valid for the newly-collected machine configuration information, revalidating, at the machine, the software application to authorize continued access to the software application.
US09424402B2
A system, method and various software tools enable a video hosting website to automatically identified unlicensed audio content in video files uploaded by users, and initiate a process by which the user can replace the unlicensed content with licensed audio content. An audio replacement tool is provided that enables the user to permanently mute the original, unlicensed audio content of a video file, or select a licensed audio file from a collection of licensed audio, and insert the selected in place of the original audio. Where a video file includes unlicensed audio, the video hosting website provides access to video files to a client device, along with an indication to the client device to mute the audio during playback of the video.
US09424399B2
A request for a digital license associated with a software product is received from a device. The request includes a user ID of a user of the device, with the digital license having been generated in response to a request to activate the software product with a product key. A check is made as to whether a digital license bound to the user ID is available, and also whether the digital license can be returned to the device in accordance with the terms of the digital license. The digital license is returned if the digital license can be returned to the device in accordance with the terms (regardless of whether the device is a same device from which the product key was activated), and otherwise is not returned. The digital license can be removed from the device in accordance with the terms of the digital license.
US09424394B2
An approach for providing personalized information regarding one or more physiological conditions associated with a user is described. A personal health platform calculates a minimum value, a maximum value, or a combination thereof for a physiological condition of a user. The personal health platform senses a measured value for the physiological condition from the user. The personal health platform further presents a user interface depicting the measured value relative to the minimum value, the maximum value, a historical measured value for the user, or a combination thereof, wherein the user interface depicts the measured value, the minimum value, the maximum value, or a combination thereof on one or more ring-based graphical elements, and wherein the one or more ring-based graphical elements correspond to a measurement range for the physiological condition.
US09424391B2
A computer-implemented method for determining a configuration of a plurality of components in a systems installation which satisfies one or more constraints.
US09424387B2
A semiconductor chip is defined to include a logic block area having a first chip level in which layout features are placed according to a first virtual grate, and a second chip level in which layout features are placed according to a second virtual grate. A rational spatial relationship exists between the first and second virtual grates. A number of cells are placed within the logic block area. Each of the number of cells is defined according to an appropriate one of a number of cell phases. The appropriate one of the number of cell phases causes layout features in the first and second chip levels of a given placed cell to be aligned with the first and second virtual grates as positioned within the given placed cell.
US09424384B2
A method of density-controlled floorplan design for integrated circuits having a plurality of blocks includes positioning decoupling capacitor (DCAP) cells at least partially around a pattern density sensitive block. The method also includes changing at least a portion of a pattern density insensitive block adjacent to the pattern density sensitive block according to at least one pattern density rule.
US09424369B2
Storing and retrieving tags can include determining a quantitative weighting factor for each tag, determining a reputation weighting factor for each tag, determining a context weighing factor for each tag, determining an expiry weighting factor for each tag, and determining, using a server, an overall weighting factor for each tag by calculating an average of the weighting factors. The relevance of each tag can be visually reflected in the tag cloud based on the overall weighting factor.
US09424368B2
Storing and retrieving tags can include determining a quantitative weighting factor for each tag, determining a reputation weighting factor for each tag, determining a context weighing factor for each tag, determining an expiry weighting factor for each tag, and determining, using a server, an overall weighting factor for each tag by calculating an average of the weighting factors. The relevance of each tag can be visually reflected in a tag cloud based on the overall weighting factor.
US09424367B2
In embodiments of interactive visualization of trending data, a data visualization interface includes a charting region to display data in one of multiple chart formats, and the data visualization interface further includes data cards, each selectable to initiate a display of the data in one of the multiple chart formats. A data charting application is implemented to receive a request to display the data visualization interface at a client device, receive a user input selecting a data card to chart the data in a chart format associated with the data card, obtain the data that correlates to the selected data card from a database, and initiate a display of the data in the charting region of the data visualization interface in the chart format based on the selected data card.
US09424353B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving a first search query from a user device; receiving search results for the first search query provided by a search engine, wherein each of the search results identifies a respective resource; determining from the search results that the first search query relates to a first entity of a first entity type; determining that one or more entities of a second entity type have a predetermined relationship with the first entity; and transmitting information identifying the one or more entities of the second type to the user device as part of a response to the first search query.
US09424352B2
A system and method of providing related search queries are disclosed. A new item listing is identified based on a determination that the new item listing lacks a predetermined minimum amount of clickstream data. Similar item listings for the new item listing is determined from a plurality of old item listings based on at least one item feature of the new item listing and the plurality of old item listings. The plurality of old item listings comprises live item listings and completed item listings. Each old item listing has at least the predetermined minimum amount of clickstream data. Related search queries of the similar item listings are associated with the new item listing. The related search queries for the new item listing are provided along with the new item listing to a user on a client device.
US09424346B2
A query phrase may be automatically classified to one or more topics of interest (e.g., categories) to assist in routing the query phrase to one or more appropriate backend databases. A selectional preference query classification technique may be used to classify the query phrase based on a comparison between the query phrase and patterns of query phrases. Additionally, or alternatively, a combination of query classification techniques may be used to classify the query phrase. Topical classification of a query phrase also may be used to assist a search system in delivering auxiliary information to a user who entered the query phrase. Advertisements, for instance, may be tailored based on classification rather than query keywords.
US09424337B2
A method of determining a number of clusters for a dataset is provided. Centroid locations for a defined number of clusters are determined using a clustering algorithm. Boundaries for each of the defined clusters are defined. A reference distribution that includes a plurality of data points is created. The plurality of data points are within the defined boundary of at least one cluster of the defined clusters. Second centroid locations for the defined number of clusters are determined using the clustering algorithm and the reference distribution. A gap statistic for the defined number of clusters based on a comparison between a first residual sum of squares and a second residual sum of squares is computed. The processing is repeated for a next number of clusters to create. An estimated best number of clusters for the received data is determined by comparing the gap statistic computed for each iteration of the number of clusters.
US09424335B2
Content ingest can comprise the storage of content and the logging of the descriptive and technical metadata necessary to identify and locate the content. The methods and systems provided herein relate to content ingest utilizing multiple phase processing to account for both standard and non-standard metadata.
US09424330B2
A system and a method are disclosed for identifying a particular database shard associated with a given user. Each user is assigned a shard level that corresponds to a set of database shards that were active within a database management system when the user first joined the data management system. When a data request associated with a given user is received, the shard level assigned to the user identifies the database shard in the database management system that stores data associated with the user. The data request is thus processed using the identified database shard.
US09424327B2
An apparatus is described that includes an execution unit to execute a first instruction and a second instruction. The execution unit includes input register space to store a first data structure to be replicated when executing the first instruction and to store a second data structure to be replicated when executing the second instruction. The first and second data structures are both packed data structures. Data values of the first packed data structure are twice as large as data values of the second packed data structure. The execution unit also includes replication logic circuitry to replicate the first data structure when executing the first instruction to create a first replication data structure, and, to replicate the second data structure when executing the second data instruction to create a second replication data structure. The execution unit also includes masking logic circuitry to mask the first replication data structure at a first granularity and mask the second replication data structure at a second granularity. The second granularity is twice as fine as the first granularity.
US09424325B2
A computer acquires a particular entry(ies) from a database that includes plural entries for each of which a key is determined; stores the particular entry(ies) into a memory provided in the computer and used as one of memories that store the database in a distributed manner; and associates a particular piece of communication endpoint information with a network interface of the computer. Each key for each particular entry belongs to a particular subset among mutually disjoint subsets of a domain of keys. The particular piece of the communication endpoint information is one of a predetermined number of pieces of the communication endpoint information and is associated with the particular subset. Each piece of the communication endpoint information logically identifies one communication endpoint, is dynamically associated with one network interface which provides access to one of the memories, and is statically associated with one of the subsets.
US09424318B2
A method of ranking data visualizations is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs for execution by the processors. A user selects a plurality of data fields from a set of data, and the computing device generates a plurality of data visualization options. Each data visualization option associates each of the user-selected data fields with a respective predefined visual specification feature. For each of the generated data visualization options, the device calculates a score based on a set of ranking criteria. A first ranking criterion of the set of ranking criteria is based on values of one or more of the user-selected data fields in the set of data. A ranked list of the data visualization options is then created, where the ranked list is ordered according to the computed scores of the data visualization options.
US09424316B2
A system for managing a plurality of storage devices that are configured to store a database. The system includes an access instruction acquiring unit configured for acquiring an access instruction to access the database. The system also includes a predicting unit configured for predicting a table to be accessed in response to the acquired access instruction. The system further includes a relocation unit configured for mirroring the table predicted by the predicting unit, the mirroring between the plurality of storage devices.
US09424313B2
A pattern can be identified in at least part of a query whose definition is received in a query request. The identified pattern can be matched with a set of pre-defined patterns, each of which has associated therewith at least one pre-compiled query execution sub-component of a plurality of pre-compiled query execution sub-components retained in a library. A plan for executing the query can be generated, for example by incorporating the pre-compiled query execution sub-component associated with the matched pattern into the plan based on a pseudo code representation of the plan derived from the definition.
US09424308B2
A local sorting module includes a set of storage elements storing binary vectors configured in a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) array structure and separated by respective comparators configured to conditionally compare and sort the binary vectors. The comparators may perform a sort using a compare-and-flip or a compare-and-swap operation. Local sorting modules may be coupled with a global sorting module for enabling a tournament sort algorithm to output values stored in storage elements one at a time until all data is outputted in a predetermined sorting order.
US09424304B2
An aspect includes a method for maintaining active queries. The method includes executing a query based on data items in at least two relations in a database. The executing includes outputting a query result and control information associated with the query. The query result and the control information are recorded. A notification that at least one of the data items has been updated subsequent to the executing is received. The query result is modified, responsive to the control information, to reflect the data items that were updated subsequent to the executing.
US09424299B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for preserving conceptual distance within unstructured documents by characterizing conceptual relationships. Natural language processing is applied to content in a plurality of documents to identify topics and subjects. Analytic analysis is then applied to the identified topics and subjects to identify concepts. The content in each of the plurality of documents is partitioned into a first structured hierarchy, preserving at least one structure in each document inherent in the each document. Access is then provided to the content through a first index based upon utilizing the first structured hierarchy and through a second index utilizing a second structured hierarchy. The conceptual relationship criteria are based upon a directed graph with weights based upon a similarity and a distance based upon concepts.
US09424298B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for preserving conceptual distance within unstructured documents by characterizing conceptual relationships. Natural language processing is applied to content in a plurality of documents to identify topics and subjects. Analytic analysis is then applied to the identified topics and subjects to identify concepts. The content in each of the plurality of documents is partitioned into a first structured hierarchy, preserving at least one structure in each document inherent in the each document. Access is then provided to the content through a first index based upon utilizing the first structured hierarchy and through a second index utilizing a second structured hierarchy. The conceptual relationship criteria are based upon a directed graph with weights based upon a similarity and a distance based upon concepts.
US09424297B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for constructing an index for a database table. An index that comprises a data structure may be created. The index can then be populated with data from the database table. When a request to modify the database table is received, the method may determine that the request to modify the database table relates to a portion of the database table corresponding to a portion of the index that has yet to be populated. An entry indicating the requested modification can be inserted into the portion of the index that has yet to be populated.
US09424292B2
A method of displaying and ranking certified and user-generated content from an individual user against content from other users. The user is prompted to input user-generated information and various related information and at least one visual recording is received and associated to create a user single trophy entry in a remote database. The user single trophy entry is ranked relative to other trophy entries in the remote database, and is displayed with a determined rank. Overlay data may be automatically received and associated based on the user-generated information and the related information. To create certified user single trophy entries a list of certification partners may be displayed and used.
US09424289B2
In a method for managing versions of a schema, a processor receives a first version of a schema. A processor generates an annotated version of the first version of the schema, wherein one or more fields of the annotated version of the first version of the schema each correspond to a distinct identifier. A processor receives a first instance conforming to the first version of the schema. A processor identifies one or more values of the first instance, wherein each value of the one or more values corresponds to a field of the one or more fields. A processor assigns an identifier to at least one value of the one or more values based on the distinct identifier corresponding to the field of the at least one value. A processor stores the at least one value, such that the at least one value is associated with the assigned identifier.
US09424286B2
Managing database recovery time. A method includes receiving user input specifying a target recovery time for a database. The method further includes determining an amount of time to read a data page of the database from persistent storage. The method further includes determining an amount of time to process a log record of the database to apply changes specified in the log record to a data page. The method further includes determining a number of dirty pages that presently would be read in recovery if a database failure occurred. The method further includes determining a number of log records that would be processed in recovery if a database failure occurred. The method further includes adjusting at least one of the number of dirty pages that presently would be read in recovery or the number of log records that would be processed in recovery to meet the specified target recovery time.
US09424285B1
The techniques introduced herein provide for systems and methods for estimating the effectiveness of utilizing a data deduplication process. More specifically, a content-based sampling approach for data deduplication estimation is described in which a subset of the scanned fingerprints of a dataset are included in a content-based sample that is used to determine an accurate deduplication estimate for a dataset (or volume).
US09424282B2
A system and method that dynamically adapts to workload changes and adopts the best possible physical layout on the fly—while allowing simultaneous updates to the table. A process continuously and incrementally computes the optimal physical layout based on workload changes and determines whether or not switching to this new layout would be beneficial. The system can perform online reorganization of hybrid main memory databases with a negligible overheard, leading up to three orders of magnitude performance gains when determining the optimal layout of dynamic workloads and providing guarantees on the worst case performance of our system.
US09424274B2
A system and a method for spill management during the shuffle phase of a map-reduce job performed in a distributed computer system on distributed files. A spilling protocol is provided for handling the spilling of intermediate data based on at least one popularity attribute of key-value pairs of the input data on which the map-reduce job is performed. The spilling protocol includes an assignment order to storage resources belonging to the computer system based on the at least one popularity attribute. The protocol can be deployed in computer systems with heterogeneous storage resources. Additionally, pointers or tags can be assigned to improve shuffle phase performance. The distributed file systems that are most suitable are ones usable by Hadoop, e.g., Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
US09424269B1
A computer-implemented method for deduplicating archive objects may include (1) tagging, using an archiving service, archive objects to indicate data related to the archive objects, (2) assigning an archive object and an additional archive object to be processed by a deduplication engine, (3) determining a degree of overlap between the archive object and the additional archive object based on tags assigned to the archive object and the additional archive object by the archiving service, and (4) adjusting, using the deduplication engine, deduplication between the archive object and the additional archive object using the degree of overlap determined to exist between the archive object and the additional archive object based on the tags assigned by the archiving service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09424262B2
A data management method of a computing system includes dividing a storage device into a first area and a second area, storing data and nodes related to the data in the second area, and storing a node address table in the first area. The node address table includes node identifiers corresponding to the nodes and physical addresses corresponding to the node identifiers.
US09424261B2
Techniques are described herein for making a clean file snapshot of a target file. The techniques may be applied to a single target file, to a set of target files, or to an entire database The techniques involve transitioning the target file through a series of states. During each state, particular actions are performed and/or prevented. In the final state of each approach, a clean file snapshot of the target file exists. Transitioning through the states, only one of which does not allow new changes to be made to the target file, allows the database to remain online and available to a greater extent than is possible with an approach that prevents database changes for the duration of the clean file snapshot creation operation.
US09424258B2
There is described a device and method for assigning a tag to a media file associated with metadata describing features of the media file. The metadata is converted into a query feature vector associated with the media file. A weighted distance is calculated between the query vector and each of a plurality of tag feature vectors, where each tag feature vector is included in a tag instance stored in a database, each tag instance further comprising a tag and a weight vector. The weighted distance is determined by comparing each feature of the query vector with the corresponding feature in the tag feature vector to obtain an initial distance value for that feature, modifying the initial distance value by a weight for that feature obtained from the weight vector in the tag instance to obtain a comparison value for that feature, and combining the comparison values of all of the features to obtain the weighted distance. Those tag instances whose tag feature vectors have the smallest weighted distance from the query vector are selected. The user chooses one or more of the selected tags, which are then associated with the media file. The weight for each feature in the weight vectors in the tag instances selected by the tag selection unit is updated on the basis of whether or not the tag in each tag instance was chosen by the user, and the distance between the feature of the tag feature vector and the corresponding feature in the query vector.
US09424254B2
A method includes receiving a corpus comprising a set of pre-segmented texts. The method further includes creating a plurality of modified pre-segmented texts for the set of pre-segmented texts by extracting a set of semantic terms for each pre-segmented text within the set of pre-segmented texts and applying at least one domain tag for each pre-segmented text within the set of pre-segmented texts. The method further includes clustering the plurality of modified pre-segmented texts into one or more conceptual units, wherein each of the one or more conceptual units is associated with one or more templates, wherein each of the one or more templates corresponds to one of the plurality of modified pre-segmented texts.
US09424241B2
Features and techniques are disclosed for interacting with paginated digital content, including a multi-purpose tool and an annotation mode. The multi-purpose tool, which may be represented by a graphic (e.g., a movable interactive graphic), can provide access to multiple modes (e.g., copy, define, note, and/or highlight modes) that a user can invoke. The mode invoked determines the functions performed by the tool when interacting with the paginated digital content. The annotation mode, which may be invoked using the multi-purpose tool or independently thereof, can allow a user to create and edit annotations, such as highlights and notes (e.g., sticky notes, margin notes, and/or highlight notes), for paginated digital content. Editing the annotations may include selecting a desired color for the annotation, for example. The annotation mode may also allow a user to intuitively merge and delete annotations previously added to paginated digital content.
US09424236B2
In one set of embodiments, a web document is associated with a style sheet that can include style rules, which provide details about how the document is to be presented and formatted by, for example, a web browser. A reduced set of style rules is determined based upon contents of the web document and style sheet. Reducing the size of the style sheet is desirable, e.g., to increase communication and processing efficiency when the style sheet is sent with the document in an e-mail message. The reduced set of style rules can include rules that are referenced by user interface components present in the document, and can exclude rules that are not referenced by the document, or are incompatible with or not applicable to e-mail. The reduced set of style rules can be embedded in an e-mail message or other communication in place of the original style sheet.
US09424235B2
Variable formatting for cells in computer spreadsheets, tables, and other documents is provided. For a selected range of cells, cell formats vary with the value in each cell (or an associated value). Formats can include color-scale backgrounds, in-cell elements (e.g., icons and data bars), and other cell formats that can be varied with a value.
US09424226B1
Method and system for performing an equalization process between a remote PCI (Peripheral Component Interface)-Express device and a local PCI-Express device are provided. The use of a forced coefficient in a third phase of the equalization process is enabled. When the remote PCI-Express has made a preset request, then the local PCI-Express device sends the preset request back to the remote PCI-Express device with the forced coefficient.
