US09444076B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a display surface; a polarizing layer disposed on the display surface of the display panel, the polarizing layer including a retardation layer and a linear polarizer; an adhesive resin layer disposed on the polarizing layer, the adhesive resin layer including a light transmissive resin and about 0.3 wt % to about 5 wt % of a UV absorber dispersed in the light transmissive resin; and a window disposed on the adhesive resin layer, wherein the UV absorber is selected from the group including triazine-based compounds, triazole-based compounds, anthranilate-based compounds, tinuvin-based compounds, zinc oxides (ZnO), cerium dioxides (CeO2), and combinations thereof.
US09444072B2
In an aspect, an organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; at least one color filter formed on the substrate; an overcoat layer covering the at least one color filter; a first passivation layer formed on the overcoat layer; a light scattering layer formed on the first passivation layer; a first electrode formed on the light scattering layer; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer located between the first and second electrodes is provided.
US09444070B2
An organic light emitting display device includes: a cover window having a receiving recess, the receiving recess having a bottom surface and a side surface inclined with respect to the bottom surface; a display panel assembly in the receiving recess; an adhesive layer between the bottom surface and the display panel assembly and coupling the bottom surface to the display panel assembly; and a sealing part between the side surface and the display panel assembly to couple the side surface and the display panel assembly.
US09444065B2
A polymer mixture emits a broad spectrum of visible light that appears white or near-white in the aggregate. The polymer mixture comprises two (or more) components in the active layer. A heavy atom, such as platinum and/or iridium, present in the backbone of the mixture acts via a spin-orbit coupling mechanism to cause the ratio of fluorescent to phosphorescent light emission bands to be of approximately equal strength. These two broad emissions overlap, resulting in an emission spectrum that appears to the eye to be white.
US09444061B2
The invention provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a flexible display device. The display substrate in the present invention includes a base substrate and a vulnerable member arranged on the base substrate, as well as a stress absorption layer arranged between the base substrate and the vulnerable member, wherein the projection of the vulnerable member on the base substrate is within the projection region of the stress absorption layer on the base substrate; the stress absorption layer is not arranged on part of the base substrate. Since the display substrate and the flexible display device provided by the present invention are provided with the stress absorption layer, stress generated during bending may be dispersed through the stress absorption layer to protect the vulnerable member from being damaged, so as to improve the reliability of the display substrate and the flexible display device.
US09444058B2
The present invention provides the compounds of formulae and electronic devices comprising these compounds.
US09444056B2
A heterocyclic compound is represented by Formula 1 below. An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes the heterocyclic compound. Organic light emitting devices including the heterocyclic compound of Formula 1 exhibit high efficiency, low voltages, high brightness, and long lifespans.
US09444055B2
An organic electroluminescent device comprising, between an anode and a cathode, a hole-transporting layer, a luminous layer and an electron-transporting layer, wherein the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound (X) having a molecular structure to which three or more triphenylamine skeletons are singly bonded or bonded through a divalent hydrocarbon group and an arylamine compound (Y) having a molecular structure to which two triphenylamine skeletons are singly bonded or bonded through the divalent hydrocarbon group. The device excels in hole and electron injection/transport property, stability and durability in the form of thin films, and is highly efficient, becomes luminous on a low driving voltage, and has a long life.
US09444050B2
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emissive display can be provided. A plurality of electrodes can be provided on a substrate. A first hole conducting layer can be deposited via inkjet printing over the plurality of electrodes on the substrate. A liquid affinity property of selected surface portions of the first hole conducting layer can be altered to define emissive layer confinement regions. Each emissive layer confinement region can have a portion that respectively corresponds to each of the plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate. An organic light-emissive layer can be deposited via inkjet printing within each emissive layer confinement region.
US09444049B2
A method for forming a crystalline film of a material is provided, including depositing a solution, having a base critical speed separating deposition regimes, on a substrate such that a crystalline film is formed. The solution is deposited at a speed greater than the base critical speed and the crystalline film has a crystal structure characteristic of a crystalline film formed from the solution at a speed less than the base critical speed. In another aspect, a crystalline film is formed on a base film by depositing a solution on the base film. The solution has a critical speed between deposition regimes, and the solution is deposited at a speed greater than or equal to the critical speed, such that a crystalline film is formed on the base film. A device is disclosed, the device having a film made from any of the disclosed methods and an electrical lead.
US09444048B2
A method of forming a circuitry includes providing a substrate comprising a plurality of die. Each die includes a plurality of resistive random access memory (RRAM) storage cells. The method further includes concurrently initializing substantially all of the RRAM storage cells on the same wafer. Initializing can include applying a voltage potential across the RRAM storage cells.
US09444038B2
The present invention is directed to a magnetic random access memory element that includes a multilayered seed structure formed by interleaving a first type sublayer and a second type sublayer to form one or more repeats of a unit bilayer structure and a first magnetic layer formed on top of the multilayered seed structure. The unit bilayer structure is made of the first and second type sublayers with at least one of the first and second type sublayers including therein one or more ferromagnetic elements. The multilayered seed structure may be amorphous or non-magnetic or both. The unit bilayer structure may be made of CoFeB and Ta sublayers.
US09444033B2
Magnetic memory devices and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A method may include forming a magnetic tunnel junction layer on a substrate, forming mask patterns on the magnetic tunnel junction layer, and sequentially performing a plurality of ion implantation processes using the mask patterns as ion implantation masks to form an isolation region in the magnetic tunnel junction layer. The isolation region may thereby define magnetic tunnel junction parts that are disposed under corresponding ones of the mask patterns. A magnetic memory device may include a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction parts electrically and magnetically isolated from each other through the isolation region.
US09444030B2
Piezoelectric materials based on nanoporous polymer foams are provided. Also provided are nanogenerators incorporating the piezoelectric materials, piezoelectric energy harvesters incorporating the nanogenerators and methods of making and using the same. The piezoelectric materials comprise a unitary nanoporous matrix composed of a piezoelectrically active organic polymer, in which the pores are interconnected and have nanoscale diameters.
US09444027B2
A method for manufacturing a thermoelectrical device includes providing a substrate and also forming at least one deep trench into the substrate. The method further includes forming at least one thermocouple which comprises two conducting paths, wherein a first conducting path comprises a first conductive material and a second conducting path comprises a second conductive material, such that at least the first conducting path is embedded in the deep trench of the substrate.
US09444024B2
A method of forming can be provided by applying an optical conversion material to a mold to form a unitary layer of optical conversion material and removing the unitary layer of optical conversion material from the mold.
US09444023B2
The phosphor sheet of the present invention mainly includes a sheet material that is formed by mixing and solidifying of a phosphor powder and an adhesive material. The sheet material subsequently forms a first surface that receives a light source, and forms a second surface that is located on the opposite side to the first surface for scattering a light source. In addition, the distribution ratio of the phosphor powder as well as the adhesive material within the phosphor sheet is based mainly on the different positions and different distances towards the light source; the distribution ratio of the phosphor powder and the adhesive material increases gradually from the first surface towards the second surface. The phosphor of the present invention is designed to be a sheet material, so as to enable the overall volume of the light emitting device to be reduced. Moreover, distribution ratio of the phosphor powder that is within the phosphor sheet is based on the different positions and different distances towards the light source; and the concentration of the phosphor powder increases gradually from the positions that are closest to the light source to the positions that are furthest away from the light source, so as to prevent the part of highly concentration of phosphor powder within the phosphor sheet coming in direct contact with the light emitting heat source, and thereby causing the deterioration of the phosphor sheet. This may then enables the life span of the light emitting device to be increased.
US09444013B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a p-side electrode, an n-side electrode, an insulating film, a p-side interconnection section, an n-side interconnection section, a phosphor layer, and a metal film. The semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate which is then removed. The p-side interconnection section is provided on the insulating film and electrically connected to the p-side electrode. The n-side interconnection section is provided on the insulating film and electrically connected to the n-side electrode. The phosphor layer is provided on the first surface and includes a step portion continued to the side surface of the semiconductor layer. The metal film is provided on the side surface of the semiconductor layer and a side surface of the step portion of the phosphor layer.
US09444011B2
In the nitride semiconductor device of the present invention, an active layer 12 is sandwiched between a p-type nitride semiconductor layer 11 and an n-type nitride semiconductor layer 13. The active layer 12 has, at least, a barrier layer 2a having an n-type impurity; a well layer 1a made of a nitride semiconductor that includes In; and a barrier layer 2c that has a p-type impurity, or that has been grown without being doped. An appropriate injection of carriers into the active layer 12 becomes possible by arranging the barrier layer 2c nearest to the p-type layer side.
US09444009B2
A group-III nitride compound semiconductor light emitting element includes a substrate that has a main face on which an concave and convex portion is formed, a group-III nitride compound semiconductor layer that is formed on the main face of the substrate, and a clearance that is formed between the substrate and the group-III nitride compound semiconductor layer at a first region of the semiconductor light emitting element. In the first region, a portion of the group-III nitride compound semiconductor layer and a portion of the clearance are disposed in a concave of the concave and convex portion on a section through two adjacent top portions of the concave and convex portion and a bottom portion located between the adjacent top portions.
US09444000B2
A solar cell is provided with: a first conductivity layer comprising a first conductivity type material; a sensitizer layer formed on the first conductivity layer; and a second conductivity layer comprising a second conductivity type material and formed on the sensitizer layer. At least one of the first conductivity layer, the second conductivity layer and the sensitizer layer has a first semiconductor of a first film thickness and a second semiconductor of a second film thickness.
US09443992B2
Described herein is an autonomous cleaning device for a solar panel. The device includes a cleaning member mounted for unidirectional movement or bidirectional movement over the solar panel. The cleaning member has a first cleaning portion for cleaning the solar panel as the cleaning member moves in one direction and a second cleaning portion for cleaning the solar panel as the cleaning member moves in the other direction. The cleaning portions are respectively brought into contact with the solar panel by axial rotation of the cleaning member about a restricted path of travel.
US09443987B2
In a semiconductor device using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, a change in electrical characteristics is suppressed and reliability is improved. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode over an insulating surface; an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode; a gate insulating film that is between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film and in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; a protective film in contact with a surface of the oxide semiconductor film that is an opposite side of a surface in contact with the gate insulating film; and a pair of electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. The spin density of the gate insulating film or the protective film measured by electron spin resonance spectroscopy is lower than 1×1018 spins/cm3, preferably higher than or equal to 1×1017 spins/cm3 and lower than 1×1018 spins/cm3.
US09443984B2
A semiconductor device capable of high speed operation is provided. Further, a highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. An oxide semiconductor having crystallinity is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor. A channel formation region, a source region, and a drain region are formed in the semiconductor layer. The source region and the drain region are formed in such a manner that one or more of elements selected from rare gases and hydrogen are added to the semiconductor layer by an ion doping method or an ion implantation method with the use of a channel protective layer as a mask.
US09443970B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate, a plurality of isolation structures, at least a gate structure, a plurality of dummy gate structures and a plurality of epitaxial structures is provided. The substrate has an active area defined by the isolation structures disposed within the substrate. That is, the active area is defined between the isolation structures. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate and located within the active area. The dummy gate structures are disposed on the substrate and located out of the active area. The edge of each dummy gate structure is separated from the boundary of the active area with a distance smaller than 135 angstroms. The epitaxial structures are disposed within the active area and in a portion of the substrate on two sides of the gate structure. The invention also provided a method for fabricating semiconductor device.
US09443968B2
High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) including lightly doped drain (LDD) regions and methods of manufacturing the same. A HEMT includes a source, a drain, a gate, a channel supplying layer for forming at least a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel, and a channel formation layer in which at least the 2DEG channel is formed. The channel supplying layer includes a plurality of semiconductor layers having different polarizabilities. A portion of the channel supplying layer is recessed. One of the plurality of semiconductor layers, which is positioned below an uppermost layer is an etching buffer layer, as well as a channel supplying layer.
US09443961B2
An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor strip extending into the semiconductor substrate. A first and a second dielectric region are on opposite sides of, and in contact with, the semiconductor strip. Each of the first dielectric region and the second dielectric region includes a first portion level with the semiconductor strip, and a second portion lower than the semiconductor strip. The second portion further includes a portion overlapped by the semiconductor strip.
US09443959B2
An LDMOS (laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor) structure connects the source to a substrate and also the gate shield while utilizing a reduced area for such contacts. The structure includes an electrically conductive substrate layer, a source, and a drain contact; the drain contact is separated from the substrate layer by at least one intervening layer. An electrically conductive trench-like feed-through element passes through the intervening layer and contacts the substrate and the source to electrically connect the drain contact and the substrate layer.
US09443955B2
Provided is a semiconductor device. Two stack layers are disposed on a substrate of a first conductivity type. Each of stack layers includes a dielectric layer and a conductive layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. First doped region of a second conductivity type has a first dopant and is disposed in the substrate between the stack layers. A pre-amorphization implantation (PAI) region is disposed in the first doped region. A second doped region of the second conductivity type has a second dopant and is disposed in the PAI region. The first conductivity type is different from the second conductivity type. A diffusion rate of the second dopant is faster than a diffusion rate of the first dopant, and a thermal activation of the second dopant is higher than that of the first dopant.
US09443953B1
A technique relates to forming a transistor. A dummy gate is formed on a substrate with spacers on both sides. A source and a drain are formed in the substrate, where the source and the drain are positioned under the spacers. An interlayer dielectric is formed on top of the substrate, the spacers, and the dummy gate. The interlayer dielectric is planarized along with part of the spacers and the dummy gate. The dummy gate is removed, thereby leaving an opening. A sacrificial layer is deposited on top of the substrate in a bottom of the opening. The sacrificial layer includes at least one of silicon germanium and/or germanium. The sacrificial layer is removed from the substrate in the bottom of the opening, thereby growing an interfacial oxide layer on the substrate in the opening. A high-κ dielectric layer is deposited on top of the interfacial oxide layer.
US09443951B2
Fin-defining mask structures are formed over a semiconductor material layer having a first semiconductor material and a disposable gate structure is formed thereupon. A gate spacer is formed around the disposable gate structure and physically exposed portions of the fin-defining mask structures are subsequently removed. The semiconductor material layer is recessed employing the disposable gate structure and the gate spacer as an etch mask to form recessed semiconductor material portions. Embedded planar source/drain stressors are formed on the recessed semiconductor material portions by selective deposition of a second semiconductor material having a different lattice constant than the first semiconductor material. After formation of a planarization dielectric layer, the disposable gate structure is removed. A plurality of semiconductor fins are formed employing the fin-defining mask structures as an etch mask. A replacement gate structure is formed on the plurality of semiconductor fins.
US09443950B2
A semiconductor device includes: a p-type semiconductor layer; an n-type semiconductor layer connected with the p-type semiconductor layer; a first electrode layer formed on the n-type semiconductor layer; and a second electrode layer formed on the p-type semiconductor layer. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are electrically connected such as to each operate at an identical potential. The second electrode layer is connected with at least a part of a surface of the first electrode layer which is opposite to a surface of the first electrode layer that is in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer.
US09443949B1
In one aspect, a method of forming a CMOS device with multiple transistors having different Vt's is provided which includes: forming nanowires and pads on a wafer, wherein the nanowires are suspended at varying heights above an oxide layer of the wafer; and forming gate stacks of the transistors at least partially surrounding portions of each of the nanowires by: i) depositing a conformal gate dielectric around the nanowires and on the wafer beneath the nanowires; ii) depositing a conformal workfunction metal on the conformal gate dielectric around the nanowires and on the wafer beneath the nanowires, wherein an amount of the conformal workfunction metal deposited around the nanowires is varied based on the varying heights at which the nanowires are suspended over the oxide layer; and iii) depositing a conformal poly-silicon layer on the conformal workfunction metal around the nanowires and on the wafer beneath the nanowires.
US09443947B2
A semiconductor chip includes a region that includes a first conductive structure (CS) that forms a gate electrode (GE) of a first transistor of a first transistor type. The region includes a second CS that forms a GE of a second transistor of the first transistor type and a GE of a first transistor of a second transistor type. The region includes another CS that forms a GE of a second transistor of the second transistor type. The GE's of the first and second transistors of the first transistor type are separated by a gate pitch. The GE's of the first and second transistors of the second transistor type are separated by the gate pitch. The first CS has a total length that is greater than one-half of the total length of the second CS. The second and third CS's have at least one respective end aligned with each other.
US09443943B2
The invention provides a semiconductor device. A buried layer is formed in a substrate. A first deep trench contact structure is formed in the substrate. The first deep trench contact structure comprises a conductor and a liner layer formed on a sidewall of the conductor. A bottom surface of the first deep trench contact structure is in contact with the buried layer.
US09443937B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a SiC layer including a first region provided at a surface. The first region satisfies NA−ND<5×1015 cm−3 when a concentration of a p-type impurity is denoted by NA, whereas a concentration of an n-type impurity is denoted by ND. The surface is inclined at 0 degrees or more and 10 degrees or less to a {000-1} face, or the surface having a normal direction inclined at 80 degrees or more and 90 degrees or less to a <000-1> direction. The device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film provided between the SiC layer and the gate electrode, and a second region provided between the first region and the gate insulating film. The second region has a nitrogen concentration higher than 1×1022 cm−3.
US09443934B2
To provide a transistor having high field effect mobility. To provide a transistor having stable electrical characteristics. To provide a transistor having low off-state current (current in an off state). To provide a semiconductor device including the transistor. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor; a source electrode and a drain electrode including regions in contact with a top surface and side surfaces of the semiconductor; a gate insulating film including a region in contact with the semiconductor; and a gate electrode including a region facing the semiconductor with the gate insulating film provided therebetween. A length of a region of the semiconductor, which is not in contact with the source and drain electrodes, is shorter than a length of a region of the semiconductor, which is in contact with the source and drain electrodes, in a channel width direction.
US09443931B2
Methods are presented for facilitating fabricating stacked nanowire, field-effect transistors. The methods include: forming a cut mask spacer on a gate structure disposed above multiple layers above a substrate structure, the gate structure including a sidewall spacer along its sidewalls, and the cut mask spacer overlying the sidewall spacer; defining a stack structure by cutting through the multiple layers using the cut mask spacer and gate structure as a mask, and selectively etching at least one layer of the multiple layers to undercut, in part, the mask, where at least one other layer of the multiple layers remains un-etched by the selectively etching; and providing an alignment mask spacer over the gate structure and over end surfaces of the multiple layers below the gate structure, the alignment mask spacer facilitating etching the other layer(s) of the multiple layers to selectively expose, in part, end surfaces of the other layer(s).
US09443926B2
A field-stop reverse conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The transistor comprises a terminal structure (200) and an active region (100). An underlayment of the field-stop reverse conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor is an N-type underlayment, the back surface of the underlayment is provided with an N-type electric field stop layer (1), one surface of the electric field stop layer (1) departing from the underlayment is provided with a back-surface P-type structure (10), and the surface of the back-surface P-type structure (10) is provided with a back-surface metal layer (12). A plurality of polysilicon filling structures (11) which penetrate into the electric field stop layer (1) from the back-surface P-type structure (10) are formed in the active region (100).
US09443924B2
The present invention relates to a substrate with a crystallized silicon film and manufacturing method thereof, wherein the substrate with the crystallized silicon film comprises: a substrate, which is a polymer substrate; and a crystallized silicon film, which is formed on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the crystallized silicon film comprises a plurality of silicon crystals with column structures, and the crystallinity of the crystallized silicon film is higher than 90%.
US09443922B2
Techniques and structure are disclosed for providing a MIM capacitor having a generally corrugated profile. The corrugated topography is provisioned using sacrificial, self-organizing materials that effectively create a pattern in response to treatment (heat or other suitable stimulus), which is transferred to a dielectric material in which the MIM capacitor is formed. The self-organizing material may be, for example, a layer of directed self-assembly material that segregates into two alternating phases in response to heat or other stimulus, wherein one of the phases then can be selectively etched with respect to the other phase to provide the desired pattern. In another example case, the self-organizing material is a layer of material that coalesces into isolated islands when heated. As will be appreciated in light of this disclosure, the disclosed techniques can be used, for example, to increase capacitance per unit area, which can be scaled by etching deeper capacitor trenches/holes.
US09443915B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a flexible display apparatus, the method including forming a sacrificial layer on a support substrate; forming a first material layer having a higher hydrogen concentration than the sacrificial layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a second material layer, preventing hydrogen diffusion from the first material layer to a flexible substrate, on the first material layer; forming the flexible substrate on the second material layer; forming a display layer on the flexible substrate; and irradiating a laser onto the support substrate to delaminate the sacrificial layer from the first material layer.
US09443914B2
An array substrate for an FPD device, wherein, in each of the display pixel dots in the display area, the first connection wiring is connected to the pixel electrode via a contact hole while the second connection wiring is connected to the signal line via a contact hole; in each of the dummy pixel dots, the first connection wiring is not electrically connected to any of the pixel electrodes; in the peripheral non-viewing area extending in a direction along the signal line, the first connection wiring extends in a direction away from the scanning line at a position distanced from the switching element, and has a pad having a width larger than other part of the first connection wiring at its distal end.
US09443911B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory unit. The semiconductor memory unit includes a plurality of conductive pillars stretching in a direction perpendicular to a substrate, the plurality of conductive pillars arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, conductive patterns disposed between the conductive pillars, variable resistance layers each of which is disposed between a corresponding one of the conductive pillars and a corresponding one of the conductive patterns, said each of the variable resistance layers contacting the corresponding conductive pattern and the corresponding conductive pillar, first lines disposed between the conductive pillars in the second direction and stretch in the first direction, the first lines contacting the conductive patterns under the conductive patterns, and second lines disposed between the conductive pillars in the first direction and stretch in the second direction, the second lines contacting the conductive patterns over the conductive patterns.
US09443907B2
A 3D memory array having a vertically oriented thin film transistor (TFT) selection device that has a body formed from a wide energy band gap semiconductor is disclosed. The wide energy band gap semiconductor may be an oxide semiconductor, such as a metal oxide semiconductor. As examples, this could be an InGaZnO, InZnO, HfInZnO, or ZnInSnO body. The source and drains can also be formed from the wide energy band gap semiconductor, although these may be doped for better conduction. The vertically oriented TFT selection device serves as a vertical bit line selection device in the 3D memory array. A vertical TFT select device has a high drive current, a high breakdown voltage and low leakage current.
US09443905B1
A three-dimensional (3D) scalable magnetic memory array and a method for implementing the three-dimensional (3D) scalable magnetic memory array for use in Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are provided. A three-dimensional (3D) scalable magnetic memory array includes an interlayer dielectric (IDL) stack of word planes separated by a respective IDL. A plurality of pillar holes is formed in the IDL stack in a single etch step; each of the pillar holes including an oxide barrier coating, and a first conductor M1, and a second conductor M2 forming magnetic pillar memory cells. The first conductor M1 is formed of a magnetic material, and the second conductor M2 is more electrically conductive than the conductor M1; and each of the magnetic pillar memory cell inside the pillar holes have a programmable area using unpatterned programmable magnetic media proximate to a respective one of the word planes.
US09443899B1
An improved back side illuminated (BSI) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, and associated methods, improve phase detecting capability. The BSI CMOS image sensor has an array of pixels that include a phase detecting pixel (PDP), a composite grid formed of a buried color filter array and composite metal/oxide grid, and a photodiode implant corresponding to the PDP. A PDP mask is fabricated with a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure proximate the PDP and positioned to mask at least part of the photodiode implant such that the PDP mask is positioned between the composite grid and the photodiode implant.
US09443888B2
The silicon nitride layer 910 formed by plasma CVD using a gas containing a hydrogen compound such as silane (SiH4) and ammonia (NH3) is provided on and in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer 905 used for the resistor 354, and the silicon nitride layer 910 is provided over the oxide semiconductor layer 906 used for the thin film transistor 355 with the silicon oxide layer 909 serving as a barrier layer interposed therebetween. Therefore, a higher concentration of hydrogen is introduced into the oxide semiconductor layer 905 than into the oxide semiconductor layer 906. As a result, the resistance of the oxide semiconductor layer 905 used for the resistor 354 is made lower than that of the oxide semiconductor layer 906 used for the thin film transistor 355.
US09443880B2
An object is to miniaturize a semiconductor device. Another object is to reduce the area of a driver circuit of a semiconductor device including a memory cell. The semiconductor device includes an element formation layer provided with at least a first semiconductor element, a first wiring provided over the element formation layer, an interlayer film provided over the first wiring, and a second wiring overlapping with the first wiring with the interlayer film provided therebetween. The first wiring, the interlayer film, and the second wiring are included in a second semiconductor element. The first wiring and the second wiring are wirings to which the same potentials are supplied.
US09443870B2
In an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate via an insulating layer, a MISFET is formed in each of the semiconductor layer in an nMIS formation region and a pMIS formation region. In power feeding regions, the semiconductor layer and the insulating layer are removed. In the semiconductor substrate, a p-type semiconductor region is formed so as to include the nMIS formation region and one of the power feeding regions, and an n-type semiconductor region is formed so as to include a pMIS formation region and the other one of the power feeding regions. In the semiconductor substrate, a p-type well having lower impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region is formed so as to contain the p-type semiconductor region, and an n-type well having lower impurity concentration than the n-type semiconductor region is formed so as to contain the n-type semiconductor region.
US09443868B1
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a memory string comprising memory cells; and a contact electrically connected to one end of the memory string. The memory string comprises: control gate electrodes stacked above a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer having one end connected to the first semiconductor layer and having as its longitudinal direction a direction perpendicular to the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer facing the control gate electrodes; and a charge accumulation layer positioned between the control gate electrode and the second semiconductor layer. The contact has a plate-like shape whose longitudinal direction is a first direction, the contact has its lower surface connected to the first semiconductor layer, and the contact has a height of at least part of its upper surface lower than a height of an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer.
US09443865B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for fabricating 3D NAND memory devices having a mono-crystalline silicon semiconductor vertical NAND channel. Memory holes are formed in horizontal layers of material above a substrate. A vertically-oriented NAND string is formed in each of the memory holes. Forming the vertically-oriented NAND string channel comprises growing monolithic crystalline silicon upwards in the memory hole from the substrate through all of the plurality of horizontal layers of material. Vapor phase epitaxial growth may be used grow the monolithic crystalline silicon upwards from the bottom of the vertically-oriented NAND channel. Alternatively, a nanowire of monolithic crystalline silicon is synthesized in the memory hole from the substrate at the bottom of the vertically-oriented NAND channel upwards to the top of the vertically-oriented NAND channel.
US09443861B1
Electrical shorts caused by diffusion of residual fluorine in metallic layers can be retarded or eliminated by forming fluorine-blocking structures. A stack of alternating layers including electrically insulating layers and electrically conductive layers with a vertically extending trench is provided. In one embodiment, an insulating spacer can be formed by depositing a silicon nitride layer and partially or fully converting the silicon nitride layer into a silicon oxynitride layer, and by performing an anisotropic etch. Alternatively, an insulating spacer can be formed by forming a stack of a silicon nitride layer and a silicon oxide layer, and by performing an anisotropic etch. The silicon nitride layer or the silicon oxynitride layer can retard fluorine diffusion. Yet alternately, sidewalls of the electrically conductive layers can be nitrided to form metallic nitride portions that retard fluorine diffusion.
US09443856B2
The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating an integrated circuit device. The method includes providing a precursor including a substrate having first and second metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) regions. The first and second MOS regions include first and second gate regions, semiconductor layer stacks, and source/drain regions respectively. The method further includes laterally exposing and oxidizing the semiconductor layer stack in the first gate region to form first outer oxide layer and inner nanowire set, and exposing the first inner nanowire set. A first high-k/metal gate (HK/MG) stack wraps around the first inner nanowire set. The method further includes laterally exposing and oxidizing the semiconductor layer stack in the second gate region to form second outer oxide layer and inner nanowire set, and exposing the second inner nanowire set. A second HK/MG stack wraps around the second inner nanowire set.
US09443855B1
A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising forming a semiconductor fin on a substrate, forming a first sacrificial gate stack over a first channel region of the fin and forming a second sacrificial gate stack over a second channel region of the fin, forming spacers adjacent to the first sacrificial gate stack and the second sacrificial gate stack, depositing a first liner layer on the spacers, the first sacrificial gate stack and the second sacrificial gate stack, depositing a first sacrificial layer on the first liner layer, removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer over the first gate stack to expose a portion of the first liner layer on the first sacrificial gate stack, and growing a first semiconductor material on exposed portions of the fin to form a first source/drain region adjacent to the first gate sacrificial gate stack.
US09443853B1
The present invention relates generally to semiconductors, and more particularly, to a structure and method of minimizing shorting between epitaxial regions in small pitch fin field effect transistors (FinFETs). In an embodiment, a dielectric region may be formed in a middle portion of a gate structure. The gate structure be formed using a gate replacement process, and may cover a middle portion of a first fin group, a middle portion of a second fin group and an intermediate region of the substrate between the first fin group and the second fin group. The dielectric region may be surrounded by the gate structure in the intermediate region. The gate structure and the dielectric region may physically separate epitaxial regions formed on the first fin group and the second fin group from one another.
US09443852B2
Integrated circuit devices with source/drain regions including multiple segments and methods of forming the same are provided. The integrated circuit devices may include a gate structure on a substrate and a source/drain region in the substrate adjacent the gate structure. The source/drain region may include a sidewall including a plurality of curved sidewall sections.
US09443847B2
An integrated circuit includes a gate structure disposed over a substrate. The integrated circuit further includes a silicon-containing material structure disposed over a recess adjacent to the gate structure. The silicon-containing material structure includes a first epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer. A gate corner of the gate structure is free of dislocation and a corner of the second epitaxial layer away from a surface of the substrate and next to a spacer of the gate structure includes dislocations, wherein the dislocations are away from the gate corner.
US09443840B2
Methods and apparatus for ESD structures. A semiconductor device includes a first active area containing an ESD cell coupled to a first terminal and disposed in a well; a second active area in the semiconductor substrate, the second active area comprising a first diffusion of the first conductivity type for making a bulk contact to the well; and a third active area in the semiconductor substrate, separated from the first and second active areas by another isolation region, a portion of the third active area comprising an implant diffusion of the first conductivity type within a first diffusion of the second conductivity type and adjacent a boundary with the well of the first conductivity type; wherein the third active area comprises a diode coupled to the terminal and reverse biased with respect to the well of the first conductivity type.
US09443839B2
A semiconductor device and method of forming the same including, in one embodiment, a semiconductor die formed with a plurality of laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (“LDMOS”) cells, and a metallic layer electrically coupled to the plurality of LDMOS cells. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of gate drivers positioned along a periphery of the semiconductor die and electrically coupled to gates of the plurality of LDMOS cells through the metallic layer.
US09443833B2
A first layer of inorganic first vertical LED dies (VLEDs) of a first color is printed on a conductor surface. A first transparent conductor layer is deposited over the first VLEDs to electrically contact top electrodes of the first VLEDs. An electrically insulated second layer of second VLEDs of a second color is printed over the first transparent conductor layer, and an electrically insulated third layer of third VLEDs of a third color is printed over the first transparent conductor layer. For a color display, the VLEDs are printed in an addressable pixel array. Since the VLEDs are printed as an ink, the overlying VLEDs in a pixel are not vertically aligned, so there is little blockage of light. If the structure is used for general illumination, the VLEDs do not need to be printed in pixel areas.
US09443825B2
A surface-mount device (SMD) uses no conventional lead frame and contains a multi-function die module formed from either a single die or two or more dies electrically connected in series, in parallel, or in any combination of series and parallel, to provide such a SMD having one or more different functions including wave filtration, rectification, surge protection, sensing, current limiting, voltage regulation or prevention from voltage backflow, as compared to the prior art, the SMD disclosed is formed from fewer components, is simpler to manufacture and more effectively reduce layout wire length and noise.
US09443822B2
A method is disclosed of fabricating a microelectronic package comprising a substrate overlying the front face of a microelectronic element. A plurality of metal bumps project from conductive elements of the substrate towards the microelectronic element, the metal bumps having first ends extending from the conductive elements, second ends remote from the conductive elements, and lateral surfaces extending between the first and second ends. The metal bumps can be wire bonds having first and second ends attached to a same conductive pad of the substrate. A conductive matrix material contacts at least portions of the lateral surfaces of respective ones of the metal bumps and joins the metal bumps with contacts of the microelectronic element.
US09443818B2
Disclosed herein is a power semiconductor module. The power semiconductor module includes: a printed circuit board (PCB); first and second heat spreaders mounted on the PCB and having one surface arranged with terminal slots; power devices mounted on the first heat spreader and connected to one another in parallel and electrically connected to the second heat spreader; and first and second terminals provided with protrusion inserted into the terminal slots and provided with connection terminals for connecting external terminals. Therefore, it is possible to improve heat radiating properties of the power semiconductor module and improve a reliability problem such as solder crack or delamination in connection with terminal connection.
US09443816B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a substrate, a lead, and a sealing resin member. The semiconductor element has a first electrode and a second electrode located on opposite sides in the thickness direction. The substrate has an insulating base and a conductive plate. The base has first and second surfaces located on opposite sides in the thickness direction. The conductive plate is bonded to the first surface of the base and electrically connected to the second electrode of the semiconductor element. The lead has an island electrically connected to the first electrode. The sealing resin member covers at least the semiconductor element.
US09443811B2
A semiconductor device comprises: a pad group including a plurality of pads provided on a semiconductor substrate and arranged in a row to form a pad row as a whole. The pad group includes: at least one first pad provided with a first via-connection part electrically connected therewith and extended in a first direction perpendicular to a row direction of the pad row; and at least one second pad provided with a second via-connection part electrically connected therewith and extended in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The at least one second pad is formed at a position moved in the first direction from the row direction of the pad row passing through a center of the at least one first pad.
US09443805B2
A wire of an embodiment includes: a substrate; a metal film provided on the substrate; a metal part provided on the metal film; and graphene wires formed on the metal part, wherein the graphene wire is electrically connected to the metal film, and the metal film and the metal part are formed using different metals or alloys from each other.
US09443803B2
Disclosed are devices and methods related to metallization of semiconductors. A metalized structure can include a stack disposed over a compound semiconductor, with the stack including a barrier, a copper (Cu) layer disposed over the barrier, and a first titanium (Ti) layer disposed over the Cu layer. The metalized structure can further include a sputtered titanium tungsten (TiW) layer disposed over the first Ti layer. The barrier can include an assembly of titanium nitride (TiN) and Ti layers. The metalized structure can further include a second Ti layer disposed over the sputtered TiW layer.
US09443802B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode, and a first insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the first electrode and covering a periphery of the first electrode, the first electrode and the first insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face; and a second substrate bonded to and provided on the first substrate and including a second electrode joined to the first electrode, and a second insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the second electrode and covering a periphery of the second electrode, the second electrode and the second insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face to the first substrate.
US09443786B1
A packaging and cooling apparatus for power semiconductor devices comprising a printed circuit board and a semiconductor module. The semiconductor module having a manifold element and a semiconductor element consisting of power semiconductor devices, thermally conductive plates, and serpentine fin elements. The power semiconductor devices and serpentine fin elements are bonded to the thermally conductive plates on opposing sides to form plate assemblies. The plate assemblies are installed in the windows of the manifold element forming the semiconductor module, which allows for heat removal from each of the power semiconductor devices. The terminals of the semiconductor module are received in the holes of the circuit board, and soldered to traces. The packaging and cooling apparatus may be potted with a resin to prevent leakage of coolant or sealing may be achieved by use of clamped o-rings.
US09443781B2
In a liquid crystal display device (1) according to one aspect of the present invention, each of a first gate driver (17) supplying a gate signal to a first gate line (10) of a first display part (8) and a second gate driver (18) supplying a gate signal to a second gate line (13) of a second display part (9) are constituted to comprise a transistor formed on one surface of an array substrate (2).
US09443773B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a vertical bipolar transistor in a CMOS process, comprising implanting an impurity of a first type into a the substrate (100) to form a buried region (150, 260) therein; forming a halo implant (134) using an impurity of a second type and a shallow implant (132) using an impurity of the first type, said halo implant enveloping the shallow implant in the substrate and being located over said buried region (150, 250); forming, adjacent to the halo implant (134), a further implant (136) using an impurity of the second type for providing a conductive connection to the halo implant; and providing respective connections (170, 160, 270) to the further implant (136), the shallow implant (132) and the buried region (150, 260) allowing the shallow implant, halo implant and buried region to be respectively operable as emitter, base and collector of the vertical bipolar transistor. Hence, an IC may be provided that comprises vertical bipolar transistors manufactured using CMOS processing steps only.
US09443764B2
A method and structure for eliminating through silicon via poor reveal is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a wafer having a front side, a back side and partially etched and metalized through silicon vias each extending from a portion of the front side through a portion of the back side, terminating before reaching an end surface of the back side. A region of the back side of the wafer is patterned and etched to expose and reveal a portion of each of the plurality of through silicon vias. A metal layer is deposited on the back side of the wafer to form a back side metallization. The metal layer covers all of the back side including the etched region of the back side and the exposed portions of each of the through silicon vias.
US09443759B2
A cutout (11), which penetrates the semiconductor body, is present in the semiconductor body (1). A conductor layer (6), which is electrically conductively connected to a metal plane (3) on or over the semiconductor body, screens the semiconductor body electrically from the cutout. The conductor layer can be metal, optionally with a barrier layer (6a), or a doped region of the semiconductor body.
US09443757B1
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a fin-shaped structure thereon; forming an epitaxial layer on the fin-shaped structure; forming a first contact etch stop layer (CESL) on the epitaxial layer; forming a source/drain region in the epitaxial layer; and forming a second CESL on the first CESL.
US09443748B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a mounting stand, a cover opening and closing unit, a substrate checking unit, a substrate transfer mechanism, a substrate processing unit, and a controller. While the substrate processing unit is processing a substrate within a first substrate accommodation container mounted on the mounting stand, when a second substrate accommodation container is mounted on the mounting stand, the controller provides control to open the cover of a second substrate accommodation container and check a substrate within the second substrate accommodation container by means of the substrate checking unit, and when the substrate checking is terminated, the controller provides control to close the cover of the second substrate accommodation container.
US09443744B2
A semiconductor die assembly having high efficiency thermal paths. In one embodiment, the semiconductor die assembly comprises a package support substrate, a first semiconductor die having a peripheral region and a stacking region, and a second semiconductor die attached to the stacking region of the first die such that the peripheral region is lateral of the second die. The assembly further includes a thermal transfer unit having a base attached to the peripheral region of the first die, a cover attached to the base by an adhesive, and a cavity defined by at least cover, wherein the second die is within the cavity. The assembly also includes an underfill in the cavity, wherein a fillet portion of the underfill extends a distance up along a portion of the footing and upward along at least a portion of the base.
US09443742B2
A multiple patterning method is provided. The multiple patterning method includes providing a substrate; and forming a sacrificial film on the substrate. The multiple patterning method also includes forming a first mask film on the sacrificial film; and forming a second mask film for subsequently forming a certain structure to protect the subsequently formed mask structures on the first mask film. Further, the multiple patterning method includes forming first mask structures and second mask structures by etching the second mask film, the first mask film, and the sacrificial film.
US09443740B1
A process for forming a T-gate with enhanced mechanical strength and a reduced gate length for high electron mobility transistors is provided. The process includes the steps of forming a stem portion cavity with rounded top edges to enhance the mechanical strength, creating an insoluble diffused feature shrinking layer to reduce the gate length, carrying out a thermal flow process to further reduce the gate length, and forming a head portion cavity with negative side wall slopes to facilitate lift-off of gate metal layers.
US09443737B2
Metal contact openings are etched in the barrier layer of a group III-N HEMT with a first gas combination that etches down into the barrier layer, and a second gas combination that etches further down into the barrier layer to a depth that lies above the top surface of a channel layer that touches and lies below the barrier layer.
US09443728B2
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for forming a film on a substrate. More particularly, implementations of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for heteroepitaxial growth of crystalline films. In one implementation, a method of heteroepitaxial deposition of a strain relaxed buffer (SRB) layer on a substrate is provided. The method comprises epitaxially depositing a buffer layer over a dissimilar substrate, rapidly heating the buffer layer to relax the buffer layer, rapidly cooling the buffer layer and determining whether the buffer layer has achieved a desired thickness.
US09443727B2
A method has been developed to overcome deficiencies in the prior art in the properties and fabrication of semi-polar group III-nitride templates, films, and materials. A novel variant of hydride vapor phase epitaxy has been developed that provides for controlled growth of nanometer-scale periodic structures. The growth method has been utilized to grow multi-period stacks of alternating AlGaN layers of distinct compositions. The application of such periodic structures to semi-polar III-nitrides yielded superior structural and morphological properties of the material, including reduced threading dislocation density and surface roughness at the free surface of the as-grown material. Such enhancements enable to fabrication of superior quality semi-polar III-nitride electronic and optoelectronic devices, including but not limited to transistors, light emitting diodes, and laser diodes.
US09443726B1
A semiconductor process includes the following steps. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate, where the dielectric layer has at least a dishing from a first top surface. A shrinkable layer is formed to cover the dielectric layer, where the shrinkable layer has a second top surface. A treatment process is performed to shrink a part of the shrinkable layer according to a topography of the second top surface, thereby flattening the second top surface.
US09443723B2
Integrated circuits and methods for producing the same are provided. A method of producing the integrated circuits includes forming an insulating layer overlying a substrate. The insulating layer includes a first composition that includes silicon oxide and a porogen. The porogen is removed from the first composition to form a second composition that includes a pore, where the second composition has a dielectric constant lower than that of the first composition. An insulating layer mechanical property desired range is determined, where the second composition has an insulating material mechanical property outside of the insulating layer mechanical property desired range. The second composition is altered to form a third composition, where the third composition has the insulating layer mechanical property within the insulating layer mechanical property desired range.
US09443713B2
An oxidizing aqueous cleaning composition and process for cleaning post-plasma etch residue and/or hardmask material from a microelectronic device having said residue thereon. The oxidizing aqueous cleaning composition includes at least one oxidizing agent, at least one oxidizing agent stabilizer comprising an amine species selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines and amine-N-oxides, optionally at least one co-solvent, optionally at least one metal-chelating agent, optionally at least one buffering species, and water. The composition achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the residue material from the microelectronic device while simultaneously not damaging the interlevel dielectric and metal interconnect material also present thereon.
US09443712B2
A method for cleaning a substrate includes supplying a treatment solution which includes a volatile component onto the front surface of a substrate, solidifying or curing the treatment solution through vaporization of the volatile component of the treatment solution such that a treatment film is formed on the entire portion of the front surface of the substrate, treating a different surface of the substrate while the entire portion of the front surface of the substrate is covered with the treatment film, and supplying to the substrate a removal solution which removes the treatment film in the amount sufficient such that the treatment film covering the entire portion of the front surface of the substrate is removed substantially in entirety after the treating of the different surface of the substrate is finished.
US09443707B2
A sample plate handling system for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a transport chamber and a mass spectrometer chamber that is mechanically coupled to transport chamber. A vacuum chamber is coupled through a bypass valve to the transport chamber. A two-dimensional translation stage is positioned in the mass spectrometer chamber. A sample plate transporter is mounted on the two-dimensional translation stage. A first portion of the sample plate transporter is mechanically attached to the two-dimensional translation stage. A second portion of the sample plate transporter defines a sample plate receiver that is positioned in the transport chamber. A sealing orifice located between the first and the second portions connects the transport chamber and the mass spectrometer chamber. A motion of the two-dimensional translation stage in one direction aligns the sample plate transporter with the sealing orifice and a motion of the two-dimensional translation stage in the other direction moves the sealing surface of the sample plate transporter to engage the sealing orifice, thereby preventing gas flow between the mass spectrometer chamber and the transport chamber.
US09443696B2
One embodiment relates to a dual Wien-filter monochromator. A first Wien filter focuses an electron beam in a first plane while leaving the electron beam to be parallel in a second plane. A slit opening allows electrons of the electron beam having an energy within an energy range to pass through while blocking electrons of the electron beam having an energy outside the energy range. A second Wien filter focuses the electron beam to become parallel in the first plane while leaving the electron beam to be parallel in the second plane. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09443694B2
For a novice user to easily recognize a difference between imaging results caused by a difference between observation conditions, a computer has an operation screen display observation target setting buttons for changing an observation condition for a specimen including a combination of parameter setting values of a charged particle beam apparatus. The processing unit has the operation screen display a radar chart including a characteristic, indicated by three or more incompatible items, of an observation condition for each of the observation target setting buttons. The radar chart indicates at least items of high resolution, emphasis on surface structure and emphasis on material difference.
US09443693B2
A magnetic immersion lens apparatus includes an outer pole piece and an inner pole piece with a gap therebetween. The outer pole piece has an opening that permits energetic particles from a target in front of the immersion lens to pass through the outer pole piece to an external detector. The outer or inner pole piece has one or more notches near the gap. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09443685B2
Provided is a contact device in which all of three movable contacts can be securely brought into contact with fixed contacts. The contact device includes a fixed terminal 37 that has a fixed contact 35, a movable terminal 28 that moves toward and away from the fixed terminal 37 and has three movable contacts 31a, 31b, and 31c that are brought into contact with the fixed contact 35, and a pressing spring 33 that presses the movable terminal 28 and brings the movable contacts 31a, 31b, and 31c into contact with the fixed contacts 35 at a predetermined pressing force. The point of application of the pressing spring 33 is located in a triangle formed by internal tangents of the three movable contacts.
US09443679B2
A two-piece rocker assembly having an inner rocker and an outer rocker, the inner rocker being snap-fit into the outer rocker via a connection between at least one flange and at least one latch beam. In certain embodiments, a locking member is added to the two-piece rocker assembly.
US09443678B1
A foot-pedal switch for electrically connecting two conductors includes a conductive base plate connected to one of the two conductors and having a bottom surface for resting on a horizontal surface, a rear end having a first portion of a hinge assembly, at least one non-conductive spring, and a first conductive contact point at a front end thereof. A conductive top plate is connected to the other conductor, a rear end having a second portion of the hinge assembly, and a second conductive contact point at a front end thereof. A non-conductive hinge pin assembly pivotally connects the first and second portions of the hinge assembly mutually and non-conductively together. The top plate rests on the springs such that the first and second contact points are electrically and mechanically separated until pressure is applied to the top plate to deform the springs until the contact points electrically connect.
US09443677B2
A rotary control knob (110) for a portable radio (100) utilizes a flexible shaft (112) as a tether to provide a plurality of flexible positions. The flexible shaft (112) is coupled to a switch mechanism (116) located in the radio housing (102). The rotary control knob (110) can be slid up and down the flexible shaft (112) and the flexible shaft can be bent to provide improved user access to the knob, such as for gloved usage.
US09443673B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of assembling a folio case. The method comprises molding a set of molded key caps over a flexible fabric layer to form a fabric key cap layer, where the key caps do not pass through the flexible fabric layer. The method further comprises affixing a first portion of the flexible key cap layer opposite the set of molded key caps to an interior portion of a housing, and affixing an intermediate layer between the interior portion of the housing and a second portion of the fabric key cap layer corresponding to the set of molded key caps opposite the first portion. The method further comprises attaching a first portion of a holder to the first portion of the flexible key cap layer configured to receive a computing device, wherein a second portion of the holder is not fixedly attached to the flexible key cap layer.
US09443659B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor including a positive electrode including a sintered body of metal particles of tantalum or an alloy of tantalum, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode; and an electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer. A CV value (a value of product of capacitance and voltage) of the metal particles is 100000 μF·V/g or more. The positive electrode includes a surface region and an interior region, the surface region is configured by an outer surface of the positive electrode and a vicinity of the outer surface, and the interior region is an inner part of the positive electrode surrounded by the surface region. An average film thickness of the dielectric layer in the surface region is thicker than an average film thickness of the dielectric layer in the interior region.
US09443655B2
To increase the heat resistance of a film capacitor, a dielectric resin composition is used as a material for a dielectric resin film used in a film capacitor, the dielectric resin composition being cured by mixing and crosslinking two or more organic materials having functional groups that react with each other to provide a cured article. At least one pair highly cohesive atomic groups which has a molecular cohesive energy equal to or higher than that of a methyl group and capable of cohering with each other due to the molecular cohesive energy is linked to the organic material. The highly cohesive atomic groups form a cohesive portion serving as pseudo-crosslinking.
US09443646B2
A data cable with at least two conductors for a differential transmission of data signals as well as a casing which surrounds the conductors. Each of the conductors has a conductor shield. The data cable uses asymmetrical data signals transmitted together with differential data signals via at least one of the at least two conductors.
US09443639B2
The embodiments described herein pertain generally to a conductive polymer blend composition including a polymer-deaggregating agent and a method for preparing the same.
US09443635B2
The present invention discloses electrical cables containing a cable core and a plurality of conductive elements surrounding the cable core. The cable core contains at least one composite core, and each composite core contains a rod which contains a plurality of unidirectionally aligned fiber rovings embedded within a thermoplastic polymer matrix, and surrounded by a capping layer.
US09443633B2
A multi-leaf collimator with electromagnetically actuated leaves. The multi-leaf collimator includes a plurality of leaves, a leaf guide configured to support the plurality of leaves, and a plurality of magnets. Each leaf includes a blocking portion that is radio opaque, a drive portion connected to the blocking portion, and a coil embedded in the drive portion. The coil is operatively connected to an electrical current source to generate a first magnetic field. The first magnetic field interacts with the magnetic field generated by the magnet to thereby move the leave to a desired state. The leaves have the capability of moving at speeds of 50 cm/s up to and higher than 1 m/s.
US09443631B1
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for trapping and holding airborne particles. In the various embodiments, an optical trap is provided which uses a focused hollow-beam for trapping and holding both absorbing and non-absorbing airborne particles. The optical trap comprises: a trapping region where a particle can be present to be trapped; a light source for generating a coherent beam of light; optics for forming a hollow beam having a ring geometry from the coherent beam of light; and a focusing element for focusing the hollow beam to a point in the trapping region. In this arrangement, the particle is trapped at or near the focal point of the focused hollow beam.
US09443628B2
A cement curing formulation and curing method for high-level radioactive boron waste resins from a nuclear reactor. The curing formulation comprises the following raw materials: cement, lime, water, curing aids and additives. The curing method comprises: (1) weighing the raw materials and the high-level radioactive boron waste resins, and adding lime into a curing container; (2) then adding the high-level radioactive boron waste resins; (3) feeding other raw materials under stirring; (4) adding the cement and supplementing water depending on the moisture state of the cement, and stirring until uniform; and (5) standing and maintaining after stirring until uniform. The curing formulation has the features of a high curing containment rate, high strength of the cured body, better water resistance, better freeze-thaw resistance, and low radioactive leakage.
US09443623B2
A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same. The fuel assembly comprises an enclosure adapted to enclose a porous nuclear fuel body having the volatile fission product therein. A fluid control subassembly is coupled to the enclosure and adapted to control removal of at least a portion of the volatile fission product from the porous nuclear fuel body. In addition, the fluid control subassembly is capable of circulating a heat removal fluid through the porous nuclear fuel body in order to remove heat generated by the nuclear fuel body.
US09443622B2
The present invention relates generally to a process for a pressurized water reactor. The pressurized water reactor includes a primary circuit and a reactor core. The process includes adding a sufficient amount of an organic compound to coolant water passing through the primary circuit of the pressurized water reactor. The organic compound includes elements of carbon and hydrogen for producing elemental carbon.
US09443616B2
An apparatus comprising a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to process a plurality of read/write operations. The memory comprises a plurality of memory unit granularities each having a size less than a total size of the memory. The controller is configured to process a plurality of I/O requests to the memory units of the memory that are not marked as bad on a memory unit list. The controller is configured to track a plurality of bad blocks of the memory. The controller is configured to determine which of the memory units to mark as bad based on a test of whether a unit of memory larger than a block of the memory has failed. The test is based on a threshold of the bad blocks in the unit of memory.
US09443611B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a memory, a bypass circuit, a first selection unit, a compression unit, and a comparison unit. The bypass circuit bypasses the test signal to output a bypass signal. When the memory is tested using a BIST circuit, the first selection unit selects a memory signal output from the memory in response to the test signal. When the BIST circuit is tested, the first selection unit selects the bypass signal. If the memory is tested, the compression unit holds a signal output from the first selection unit and if the BIST circuit is tested, the compression unit compresses and holds the signal output from the first selection unit. The comparison unit compares the signal held in the compression unit with an expectation value signal of the memory signal which is generated in the BIST circuit.
US09443610B1
A system includes a first switch, an amplifier, a second switch, and a capacitor. The first switch is electrically coupled between a first reference voltage and a node. The amplifier has a first input, a second input, and an output, the amplifier to receive a second reference voltage on the first input and a sample voltage on the second input. The second switch is electrically coupled between the output of the amplifier and the second input of the amplifier. The capacitor is electrically coupled between the second input of the amplifier and the node. The first switch and the second switch are closed to initialize the node to the first reference voltage and to initialize the amplifier in unity-gain configuration. The first switch and the second switch are opened to detect a leakage current by sensing a change in the sample voltage.
US09443609B2
A voltage monitoring test circuit includes a switching control signal generation unit configured to receive first and second switching signals, control the first and second switching signals such that an enable period of the first switching signal and an enable period of the second switching signal do not overlap with each other, and generate first and second switching control signals where a first voltage is transmitted in response to the first switching control signal and a second voltage is transmitted in response to the second switching control signal.
US09443608B2
A shift register includes unit circuits connected in a cascade, and each of the unit circuits includes a logic circuit, a first output unit, and a second output unit. The first output unit is a buffer amplifier for outputting a driving signal and includes: a first transistor for outputting a first voltage; and a second transistor for outputting a second voltage lower than the first voltage. The second output unit is a buffer amplifier for outputting a signal to a next unit circuit in the cascade and includes: a third transistor for outputting a third voltage; and a fourth transistor for outputting a fourth voltage lower than the third voltage. The second voltage is set at a potential higher than the fourth voltage.
US09443583B2
A memory device includes a multi gate field effect transistor (MuGFET) having a fin with a contact area. A programmable memory element abuts the fin contact area.
US09443582B2
A method for testing a nonvolatile memory device includes: monitoring a first resistance dispersion and a second resistance dispersion of a nonvolatile memory device, determining a lower test bias level and an upper test bias level that are disposed on opposite sides of a reference bias level, calculating the number of first fail bits generated in the first resistance dispersion based on the lower test bias level and the number of second fail bits generated in the second resistance dispersion based on the upper test bias level, determining a selected reference bias level using the number of the first fail bits and the number of the second fail bits, and trimming the reference bias level to the selected bias level.
US09443581B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory, the semiconductor memory including: a substrate configured to comprise a plurality of line patterns which are extended in a second direction, and a plurality of pillar patterns which protrude perpendicular to the line patterns and are arranged in the second direction and in a first direction crossing the second direction; a source line configured to be formed between the line patterns, to be coupled to the line patterns disposed at both sides of the source line, and to be extended in the second direction; a word line configured to be in contact with sidewalls of the pillar patterns arranged in the first direction, and to be extended in the first direction; an interconnection line configured to be disposed over the pillar patterns, and to be extended in the first direction so as to be coupled to the pillar patterns arranged in the first direction; variable resistance elements configured to be disposed over the interconnection line, and to be positioned between the pillar patterns which are adjacent to each other in the first direction; and a bit line configured to be disposed over the variable resistance elements, and to be extended in the second direction so as to be coupled to the variable resistance elements arranged in the second direction.
US09443579B2
A YUKAI NAND array comprising multiple strings of all TLC and mixed TLC+SLC memory cells associated with hierarchical global/local bit lines (GBL/LBL) and each string being associated with one LBL and having adjacent LBL as a dedicated local source line (LSL) with full BL-shielding without wasting extra silicon area and without a common source line to connect all strings. Each of the LBLs is interleavingly associated with either an Odd or Even string selected via one pair of dummy cells inserted in each string and is used as one on-chip PCACHE register with full BL-shielding to perform concurrent ABL, AnP and Alt-WL program under multi-passes program schemes with LBL program voltage compensations and half-BL Odd/Even program-verify and read operations with individual VSL-based Vt-compensation to mitigate high WL-WL and BL-BL coupling effects.
US09443573B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of main amplifiers provided between memory cell arrays. One of the main amplifiers is disposed closer to one of the memory cell arrays than to the other of memory cell arrays, and the other of the main amplifiers is disposed closer to the other of the memory cell arrays than to the one of the memory cell arrays. Additional apparatus are disclosed.
US09443569B2
A driver for semiconductor memory, comprising: a storage unit configured to match and store a memory cell address and bucket charge current data corresponding to the memory cell address; a selection controller configured to receive the memory cell address and a target charge current data, and output a bucket charge current select signal and a target charge current select signal corresponding to the bucket charge current data and the target charge current data, respectively, by referring to the storage unit; and a current supply unit configured to supply a bucket charge current and a target charge current in response to the bucket charge current select signal and the target charge current select signal, respectively.
US09443561B1
Embodiments are described for a communications interconnect scheme for 3D stacked memory devices. A ring network design is used for networks of memory chips organized as individual devices with multiple dies or wafers. The design comprises a three-tier ring network where each ring serves a different set of memory blocks. One ring or set of rings interconnects memory within a die (inter-bank), a second ring or set of rings interconnects memory across die in a stack (inter-die), and the third ring or set of rings interconnects memory across stacks or chip packages (inter-stack).
US09443559B2
A tray assembly configured for carrying a storage device is provided. The tray assembly includes a carrier, a base frame, a handle and a connecting rod. The carrier carries the storage device. The base frame slidably connects with the carrier, allowing the carrier to slide between a first position and a second position relative to the base frame. The base frame includes a locking part and the handle pivots to the base frame. Two ends of the connecting rod respectively pivot to the carrier and the handle. When the handle rotates relative to the base frame and drives the carrier to slide to the first position, the carrier is carried on the base frame and the handle locks up with the locking part. When the handle rotates relative to the base frame and drives the carrier to slide to the second position, the carrier tilts relative to the base frame.
US09443558B1
A storage device accommodating structure for positioning a storage device includes a chassis, a press plate, a pair of supporting stands and an elastic member. The press plate is moveably arranged inside the chassis, the pair of supporting stands are moveably and alternatively arranged at one lateral side of the press plate, one side of each one of the supporting stands is connected to the press plate and another side thereof abuts against the chassis, the elastic member is elastically arranged among the press plate, each one of the supporting stands and the chassis; therefore, the press plate is able to adjust a position thereof and to press onto the storage device via an elastic recovery force of the elastic member. Accordingly, the storage device can be firmly inserted inside the chassis and maintain an excellent electrical connection with the connector.
US09443554B2
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which records, on a recording medium, development parameters corresponding to a plurality of first Raw image frames, of a plurality of Raw image frames, which satisfy a predetermined condition, and a development parameter corresponding to a last Raw image frame, of the plurality of Raw image frames, which corresponds to a last image frame of a Raw moving image data, together with the Raw moving image data.
US09443552B2
A method includes generating a track description in real-time describing at least a portion of a track of a storage medium. An apparatus includes a dynamic track description generator configured to dynamically generate a track description describing a data wedge of a track on a storage medium, wherein the track description is generated at a time prior to synchronization with the data wedge.
US09443551B1
A method for writing data onto a medium on which data are stored in tracks includes encoding the data into at least one codeword, and writing a respective portion of each of the at least one codeword onto respective different tracks on the medium. The writing may include writing a respective portion of each of the at least one codeword onto respective different adjacent tracks on the medium. Another method for reading data includes positioning a plurality of read heads to read codewords that have been written across multiple tracks of a medium. Each read head in the plurality of read heads reads a different portion of the first group of the multiple tracks, and where each different portion of the multiple tracks overlaps at least one other different portion of the multiple tracks. Signals are detected from the plurality of read heads, and the detected signals are decoded.
US09443547B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and a related systems and tools for dispensing an adhesive piece having damping qualities onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension. The adhesive piece can be commercially available layered strip sold as an adhesive layer having a first and a second liner adhered to each side. An exemplary method can cut an adhesive piece, separate the adhesive piece from a secondary liner, adhere the adhesive piece onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension, separate a primary liner from the adhesive piece, and dispose of the primary liner using a conventional gantry system. The method can be performed using a two-step operation of the gantry system.
US09443546B2
A magnetic tape produced by cutting a magnetic sheet with a wide breadth into a tape having a predetermined width using a cutting device, in which the magnetic sheet has a magnetic layer containing magnetic powder and a hinder formed on one surface of a non-magnetic substrate having a thickness of 4 μm or less, and a center line average height (Ra) along a roughness curve of a cut edge of the magnetic tape is from 0.08 to 0.25 μm.
US09443545B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic medium includes a plasmonic underlayer having an Au alloy, where the Au alloy includes one or more alloying components that are substantially immiscible in Au; and a magnetic recording layer above the plasmonic underlayer. According to another embodiment, a magnetic medium, includes a multilayered plasmonic underlayer; and a magnetic recording layer above the multilayered plasmonic underlayer.
US09443544B1
A magnetic stack includes multiple granular layers, at least one of the multiple granular layers is a magnetic layer that includes exchange coupled magnetic grains separated by a segregant having Ms greater than 100 emu/cc. Each of the multiple granular layers have anisotropic thermal conductivity.
US09443533B2
A method for accurately estimating and improving the speech intelligibility from a loudspeaker (LS) is disclosed. A microphone is placed in a desired position and using an adaptive filter, an estimate of the clean speech signal at the microphone is generated. By using the adaptive-filter estimate of the clean speech signal and measuring the background noise in the enclosure an accurate Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) or Articulation Index (AI) measurement at the microphone position is obtained. On the basis of the estimated speech intelligibility measurement, a decision can be made if the LS signal needs to be modified to improve the intelligibility.
US09443528B2
Provided are a method and device for eliminating echo. The method comprises: an echo path characteristic parameter of an echo signal is estimated; a source signal of the echo signal is taken as a reference signal, and an echo estimation signal is generated according to the echo path characteristic parameter; and the echo estimation signal is subtracted from a speech signal to be processed. The disclosure solves the problem in the related art that self-adaptation cannot be achieved when a returned near-end audio is suppressed, thus facilitating the enhancement of the speech quality of a conference and the improvement of user experience.
US09443520B2
Provided is a lightweight computational device that is configured to be in communication with a cloud both directly and via a smart computational device. The lightweight computational device receives a voice command from a user, wherein the lightweight computational device does not have adequate processing power to convert the voice command to a text command. The voice command is transmitted from the lightweight computational device to a smart computational device, wherein the smart computational device uses voice recognition to convert the voice command to a text command in the smart computational device, and transmits the text command for being processed by that cloud that provides at least one of voice recognition service and other services. The lightweight computational device receives a data response for the user from the cloud, via the smart computational device, based on the other services provided by the cloud.
US09443509B2
In some embodiments, the recognition results produced by a speech processing system (which may include two or more recognition results, including a top recognition result and one or more alternative recognition results) based on an analysis of a speech input, are evaluated for indications of potential significant errors. In some embodiments, the recognition results may be evaluated to determine whether a meaning of any of the alternative recognition results differs from a meaning of the top recognition result in a manner that is significant for a domain, such as the medical domain. In some embodiments, words and/or phrases that may be confused by an ASR system may be determined and associated in sets of words and/or phrases. Words and/or phrases that may be determined include those that change a meaning of a phrase or sentence when included in the phrase/sentence.
US09443503B2
The present invention compensates output variability caused by the difference in the performance of and the individual difference between converter devices when processing the signals inputted by means of a converter device, and performs highly-accurate signal processing.The present invention is provided with an input means which inputs an input signal through a converter device, a memory means which stores a minimum value of a reference signal inputted through a reference converter device, a comparison means which compares a minimum value of the input signal and the minimum value of the reference signal, and a modification means which modifies the input signal in accordance with the comparison result of the comparison means.
US09443500B2
A pitch modulating pedal having a base, a first electrode secured to one surface of the base, a first force sensing resistor secured to one surface of the base and positioned atop the first electrode, a flexible housing secured to the base, the flexible housing having a top playing surface and a bottom surface, a second electrode secured to the bottom surface of the flexible housing, a second force sensing resistor secured to the bottom surface of the flexible housing and positioned atop the second electrode, and, an insulating mask operatively arranged between the force sensing resistors, wherein a variable force applied to the top playing surface of the flexible housing causes a corresponding change in the electrical resistance of the first and second force sensing resistors.
US09443494B1
A computing device can receive, from a map search system and in response to a map search query, map data that describes a geographic region. Each map label includes one or more text characters. A respective bounding box for each map label that is defined by an aspect ratio having a width and a height can be generated. The width of the bounding box is twice that of the height of the bounding box and an area for the bounding box is the same as an area for the map label. Map labels can be selected for display in an interactive geographic map. The interactive geographic map that displays the selected map labels that each describes a feature that is located in the geographic region can be generated. Each selected map label is enclosed by a respective bounding box for the map label.
US09443487B2
A display driving apparatus and driving method thereof are disclosed. The display driving apparatus includes a display panel and a display driver. The display panel has a plurality of pixels, and the pixels are arranged in an array. The pixels are divided into a plurality of first display regions and a plurality of second display regions, and each of the first display regions and each of the second display regions are arranged in the display panel alternately. The display driver provides a plurality of driving signals for driving the first and second display regions. The driving polarities of the neighboring first display regions are different, and the driving polarities of the neighboring second display regions are different.
US09443485B2
An active matrix includes an array of pixels individually addressable over a first frame-frequency range and over a second, higher frame-frequency range. The active matrix also includes, for each pixel of the array, a charging circuit through which that pixel is addressed. Each charging circuit includes an adjustable storage capacitance and is configured such that the storage capacitance is maintained at a first level over the first frame-frequency range, and at a second, lower level over the second frame-frequency range.
US09443482B2
To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced.
US09443481B2
A liquid crystal display driver IC includes a plurality of communication interface circuits, a plurality of driving circuits which drive a plurality of source lines, and a selector circuit. In order to secure a necessary band-width, a necessary number of circuits, among the plurality of communication interface circuits, is connected in parallel to the communication channels, and an unused circuit is suspended. The selector circuit selectively controls to which one of the plurality of driving circuits each of a plurality of image data outputs respectively received from the connected communication interface circuits is supplied.
US09443480B2
An exemplary data driving circuit for providing a display data voltage to a data line includes a data driving module. The data driving module includes a display data buffer unit and a switching element. The display data buffer unit is used to provide the display data voltage. The switching element is electrically coupled between the display data buffer unit and the data line and determines whether to allow the display data voltage provided by the display data buffer unit to be transmitted to the data line according to a control signal. Furthermore, the control signal controls the switching element to be turned off when the display data voltage provided by the display data buffer unit equals a predetermined voltage. Moreover, a display panel using the above data driving circuit also is provided.
US09443474B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a power generating unit and a display panel. The power generating unit generates a first power voltage and a second power voltage. The display panel includes a plurality of organic light emitting elements. The organic light emitting elements have first electrodes to which the first power voltage is applied in a first direction and second electrodes to which the second power voltage is applied in a second direction.
US09443470B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, current measuring circuits, and a timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel blocks. The current measuring circuits measure driving currents of pixels in the pixel blocks. The timing controller adjusts data signals applied to the pixels based on values measured by the current measuring circuits. One of the current measuring circuits measure driving currents of the pixels in a corresponding one of the pixel blocks, and also a driving current of at least one overlapped pixel.
US09443467B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a coupling voltage generator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver provides a gate signal to the display panel. The data driver provides a data voltage to the display panel. The coupling voltage generator provides a coupling voltage to the display panel. The coupling voltage has a plurality of levels.
US09443463B2
Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a plurality of MCC packages each including one source driver IC and one gate driver IC disposed on a film, a panel including a plurality of data lines connected to the source driver IC, a plurality of gate connection lines that are connected to the gate driver IC and disposed in parallel to the data lines, a plurality of gate lines that are disposed vertically to the gate connection lines and the data lines and connected to the gate connection lines, and a plurality of dummy lines disposed in parallel to the gate connection lines and between the data lines, and a timing controller configured to transfer image data and a plurality of control signals to at least one or more of the MCC packages.
US09443458B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a driving circuit and a driving method, a GOA unit, a GOA circuit and a display device, to improve the response speed of the circuit and reduce the leakage current. This driving circuit comprises: at least one pull-up/pull-down unit each configured to pull up or pull down a voltage of a controlled node; each pull-up/pull-down unit comprises at least one double-gate transistor, the double-gate transistor is used to accelerate the charge or discharge of the node when being turned on, or is used to reduce the leakage current passing the node when being turned off. The embodiments of the present invention are suitable to be applied to the display production.
US09443456B2
A liquid crystal alignment test method includes: connecting a liquid crystal array substrate to be tested with a liquid crystal alignment test apparatus; applying corresponding voltages to signal input ports of the liquid crystal array substrate via a voltage providing device and then to execute an image check for the liquid crystal array substrate; and detecting resistance values of each two signal input ports of the liquid crystal array substrate via s resistance detection device to judge whether each two of the signal input ports are short-circuited.
US09443454B1
A horizontal cross-arm assembly is disclosed having a housing with an external surface, the housing defining a horizontal cross-arm operably configured to support a real-estate sign thereunder. A plurality of color-changing light-sources are disposed within an interior cavity defined by the external surface of the housing, the plurality of color-changing light-sources operable to emit a colored light through the external surface of the housing. At least one controller is communicatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of color-changing light-sources, the controller operably configured to change a color of at least one of the plurality of color-changing light-sources from a first color to a second color, different from the first color.
US09443448B2
A label sheet including a facestock, and a liner releasably coupled to the facestock. The facestock includes a label and the liner includes a weakened separation line. The weakened separation line at least partially underlies the label. Also, the weakened separation line includes an apex.
US09443446B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for an apparatus and method for practicing injection techniques through an injectable apparatus. The injectable apparatus may contain a camera that is configured to detect the intensity and color of light attenuated from a testing tool after it is injected into a simulated human or animal body parts. A training tool may be connected to a user display device to generate a display of the injection apparatus as well as the performance parameters of a trainee.
US09443444B2
The present invention provides a figure plate set (10) for learning that comprises a plate member (4) having a concave portion (5); and groups of figure plates (1, 2, 3) that can form a regular polygon by being combined together, wherein the group of figure plates (1, 2, 3) can be stored on concave portion (5) in a state that the regular polygon is formed and the regular polygon is inscribed in an inner peripheral wall (6) of the concave portion (5). From the above, the user can experientially understand the regular polygon through the work of combining the figure plates. Thus, ability of geometric thinking about regular polygon is increased. In addition, since the plate member (4) has the concave portion (5), the group of figure plates (1, 2, 3) can be positioned. Thus, the figure plates (1, 2, 3) can be combined easily.
US09443443B2
The present invention relates to a personalized studying path generating method in a serious game. The personalized studying path generating method in the serious game according to the present invention comprises (a) generating serious criteria on a learning ability based on study elements required for the serious game and a relation between the study elements; (b) projecting user information and target information onto the serious criteria; (c) simplifying first criteria which the user information is projected onto and second criteria which the target information is projected onto by reducing a dimension of the first criteria and the second criteria; (d) comparing the simplified first and second criteria; (e) generating a personalized optimum studying path from the first to the second criteria; and (f) studying according to the optimum studying path. Accordingly, the present invention sets a personalized studying path by evaluating user's learning ability according to a standard and enables a user to play the game according to his/her ability to thereby improve study efficiency. Also, the present invention may minimize difference of study efficiency arising from different study inclination and circumstances between individuals.
US09443441B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating transition in a rendering of a network page given a resizing of a view port of a viewing window. A network page is rendered in a computing system in a view port on a display device, the network page defining a plurality of view port resolution ranges. A first level of changes is implemented in a display of the network page in response to a resizing of the view port within a respective one of the view port resolution ranges. A second level of changes is implemented in the display of the network page in response to a resizing of the view port through a transition threshold defined between a respective pair of the view port resolution ranges.
US09443425B2
A remote server having at least one processor in communication with one or more databases is configured to predict a congestion of a destination based on traffic information and/or an estimated amount of people at the destination. The one or more databases may include map information and attendance information. The processor is configured to receive a current location and destination input. The processor may be further configured to query the map information for one or more coordinates for the destination within a predefined distance to the current location. The processor may be further configured to query the attendance information to estimate the number of people at the destination based on the one or more coordinates and compare the estimated number of people to one or more predefined congestion values for the destination. The processor may be further configured to output a congestion prediction for the destination based on the comparison.
US09443424B2
Disclosed is a method of displaying traffic congestion estimation including a step of detecting a transition state that exists when transitioning from a free flow in which a possibility (probability of occurrence) of an occurrence of traffic congestion is lower than a first set value, to a mixed flow in which states of braking and accelerating the vehicle are mixed as the state of the flow of traffic, and a step of displaying the possibility (probability of occurrence) of transition from the free flow to the mixed flow in a continuous and visual manner on the basis of the detection result of the transition state.
US09443420B2
According to one general aspect, a method according to the present application includes remotely controlling wirelessly networked devices via a mobile unit. The method includes receiving, at a mobile unit and from a user, an input, analyzing the input to identify a networked device associated with the input, determining whether the networked device is presently accessible via a wireless network; determining whether to establish a connection with the networked device based on whether the networked device is determined to be presently accessible via the wireless network. The method also includes establishing a connection with the networked device if it is determined that the networked device is accessible via the wireless network and enabling the user to interact with the networked device through the mobile unit to remotely control the networked device.
US09443414B2
Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the automatic tracking of objects. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a mobile computing device having an image sensor. The method includes acquiring image data, identifying an inanimate moveable object in the image data, determining whether the inanimate moveable object is a tracked object, if the inanimate moveable object is a tracked object, then storing information regarding a state of the inanimate moveable object, detecting a trigger to provide a notification of the state of the inanimate moveable object, and providing an output of the notification of the state of the inanimate moveable object.
US09443395B2
A system, apparatus and method for presenting payouts in primary and/or secondary gaming activities. A plurality of wheels, rings, or other shapes are provided, where each includes a plurality of different symbols, numbers, or other indicia that can be used as a part of a collective payout award. The wheels, rings, or shapes are rotated, and at least one segment designator is provided to demarcate segments of each wheel, ring, or shape as an active segment when the wheels, rings, or shapes stop spinning. The payout amount is based on the aggregate of the symbols, numbers, and/or other indicia presented via the segment designator(s) when the spinning wheels, rings, or shapes have come to rest. In an alternate embodiment, the segment designators are rotated, and demarcate segments of each wheel, ring, or shape as an active segment when the segment designators stop spinning.
US09443388B2
Embodiments of the invention include a mystery degressive bonus system. Instead of a bonus that increases its value as the likelihood of winning the bonus increases, embodiments of the invention disconnect the likelihood of winning a mystery bonus from the amount awarded for triggering the mystery bonus. In some embodiments as the likelihood of winning the mystery bonus increases, the award for winning the mystery bonus decreases. Some embodiments include a minimum value for winning the mystery bonus. Additional embodiments are directed to an indicator system to show to the player a present amount of the mystery bonus award as well as the likelihood of winning the award. Further embodiments include a gaming device that includes a bonus game in which the amount awarded to the player decreases over time.
US09443383B2
The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. The system may generate a reveal specification that specifies how a reveal should be made and/or which interactive media should be used to reveal a given outcome of a real-world wager. The system may reveal a value associated with a payout using the reveal specification.
US09443377B2
A Web page is received at a gaming device from a Web server device and then displayed. Information indicative of a player's interaction with the Web page is received at the Web server device. The Web server device sends a request to a gaming property server device based at least in part on the interaction, and the gaming property server device sends a reply to the Web server device. The Web server device then provides Web content to the gaming device based at least in part on the reply. A display of the gaming device is changed based at least in part on the Web content.
US09443372B2
A vending arrangement for computerized vending machines, retail displays, automated retail stores, utilizes a centralized, robotic gantry associated with companion modules for vending selectable products. The modularized design enables deployment of half-sized or full-sized machines. The robotic gantry is deployed in a centralized module disposed adjacent display and inventory modules. The inventory modules can be fitted to both gantry sides, and doors can be fitted to the gantry front or rear. The gantry comprises an internal, vertically displaceable elevator utilizing a central conveyor for laterally, horizontally moving selected items from associated display and inventory positions to a vending position. The inventory modules comprise dispensing modules adjustably configurable to adjust the storage density of items to be vended. Computerized software enables the display and vending functions, and controls movement of the gantry elevator and dispenser module conveyor to dispense products from twin sides of the gantry by controlling the gantry conveyor.
US09443360B1
A novel on-board diagnostics (OBD) protocol interpreter and conversion system is capable of dynamically decoding commonly-known standard OBD formats as well as esoterically-customized and/or non-standard OBD formats that are initially unrecognized by a generic OBD data reader unit. The novel OBD protocol interpreter and conversion system includes an OBD protocol converter (OPC) unit that can be plugged to a vehicle OBD unit for seamlessly converting any types of standard and non-standard OBD formats to an OBD format compatible for real-time remote vehicle monitoring. For the esoterically-customized and/or non-standard OBD formats that cannot be decoded within the OPC alone, an unknown OBD protocol analysis module and a new OBD protocol interpreter development unit that are located remotely outside the vehicle can create installable new OBD interpreter codes, and update the OPC's OBD library and decoding units accordingly to enable seamless decoding of the esoterically-customized and/or non-standard OBD formats.
US09443358B2
System and method for maintaining functionality of software includes initially providing the vehicle with software resident on computer-readable medium to enable it to operate and interact with components thereof and updating the vehicle software by receiving a wireless transmission from one or more remote locations, e.g., a location maintained by a dealer or manufacturer of the vehicle. The software may be diagnostic software for a diagnostic module which diagnoses operability of components of the vehicle. Different remote locations may be responsible for different portions of the vehicle-resident software and may therefore provide different software upgrades, based on need.
US09443350B2
Embodiments disclosed facilitate resource utilization efficiencies in Mobile Stations (MS) during 3D reconstruction. In some embodiments, camera pose information for a first color image captured by a camera on an MS may be obtained and a determination may be made whether to extend or update a first 3-Dimensional (3D) model of an environment being modeled by the MS based, in part, on the first color image and associated camera pose information. The depth sensor, which provides depth information for images captured by the camera, may be disabled, when the first 3D model is not extended or updated.
US09443348B2
Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus comprising a memory storing instructions, and a control unit configured to execute the instructions to detect an image of an object of interest within an image of real space, detect an orientation of the real space object image with respect to a real space user perspective, generate a modified image comprising an image of a modified object, corresponding to the real space object, such that an orientation of the modified object image corresponds to a desired user perspective, and display the modified image.
US09443338B2
Bounded-parallax constraints are determined for the placement of a pair of stereoscopic cameras within a computer-generated scene. A minimum scene depth is calculated based on the distance from the pair of cameras to a nearest point of interest in the computer-generated scene. A near-parallax value is also calculated based on the focal length and the minimum scene depth. Calculating the near-parallax value includes selecting a baseline stereo-setting entry from a set of stereo-setting entries, each stereo-setting entry of the set of baseline stereo-setting entries includes a recommended scene depth, a recommended focal length, and a recommended near-parallax value. For the selected baseline stereo-setting entry: the recommended scene depth corresponds to the minimum scene depth, and the recommended focal length corresponds to the focal length. The near-parallax value and far-parallax value are stored as the bounded-parallax constraints for the placement of the pair of stereoscopic cameras.
US09443336B2
A method of proportional highlighting of data is provided. A graph presented on a display includes a first axis, a second axis, and a first value marker that indicates a value determined from data selected for presentation. The first axis includes a minimum value and a maximum value. The second axis includes a plurality of category values. An indicator identifying a subset of the data is received. A proportional value is determined for the first value marker based on the received indicator. A second value marker indicating the proportional value is presented on the graph overlaid on the first value marker when the determined proportional value is between the minimum value and the maximum value. A scale adjustment marker is presented on the graph without adjusting the first axis when the determined proportional value is not between the minimum value and the maximum value.
US09443332B2
A recently rendered section of a curve is redrawn to smooth the curve on-the-fly while a user moves a stylus or other input device. On receiving data points for the curve, an old rendered section for prior data points is deleted by curve redrawing code, and a new spline that's visually smooth through the new data points and at least one prior data point is added. “Visually smooth” is defined using tangents. The rendered spline is a cardinal or other cubic Hermite spline. The curve is redrawn for display by overwriting frame buffer data. A single instruction multiple data processing architecture simultaneously calculates multiple data points for the new section of the curve rendering. A digital ink rendering uses a pen-tip shape or an arc shape, based on data point locations. The pen-tip shape simulates a square-tip pen, highlighter, pencil, charcoal, paintbrush, or liquid ink pen.
US09443321B2
An image generating device includes a first image-information generating unit that generates first image information based on a plurality of pieces of acquired color element information, a color-component detecting unit that detects a predetermined color component based on each piece of color element information, a color-component eliminating unit that eliminates the predetermined color component detected by the color-component detecting unit from a predetermined piece of color element information among the plurality of pieces of color element information, and a second image-information generating unit that generates second color information based on a piece of color element information obtained by eliminating the predetermined color component by the color-component eliminating unit and another piece of color element information.
US09443319B2
An image processor includes an LSRAM accessible with a higher speed than a frame memory and configured to hold a second image in a predetermined range of a first image, an image production unit configured to read an image in a predetermined range of the second image and produce a third image for rough search based on the read image, an MSRAM accessible with a higher speed than the frame memory and configured to hold the third image, a first search unit configured to read the third image and perform first motion search based on the third image, and a second search unit configured to read a fourth image in a predetermined range of the second image based on a search result by the first search unit and perform second motion search that is more detailed than the first motion search based on the fourth image.
US09443318B2
An apparatus and method to detect a line segment or arc using Hough transform. A Hough transform unit performs contour extraction on brightness image data to generate contour image data, with pixels having a pixel value of 0 to 255, performs the Hough transform on points in the contour image data, and counts additional values represented by pixel values of points in the contour image data in a Hough table. The Hough transform unit performs contour extraction on first to third component data to generate first to third contour data with pixels having a pixel value of 0 to 255, performs the Hough transform on points in the first to third contour data, and counts additional values represented by pixel values of points in the first to third contour data in the Hough table. The detection unit comprehensively evaluates the counts to detect a line segment or arc.
US09443314B1
An image processing system automatically segments and labels an image using a hierarchical classification model. A global classification model determines initial labels for an image based on features of the image. A label-based descriptor is generated based on the initial labels. A local classification model is then selected from a plurality of learned local classification model based on the label-based descriptor. The local classification model is applied to the features of the input image to determined refined labels. The refined labels are stored in association with the input image.
US09443301B2
A process of determining the depth of a pocket in a woven fabric. A representation is formed of a portion of a surface of the woven fabric to provide a fabric representation showing at least one of (i) at least one of locations and sizes of knuckles that are a part of the surface of the fabric and (ii) at least one of locations and sizes of pockets that are formed in areas between the knuckles. Particular knuckles are identified that surround a particular pocket. A path is determined in the fabric representation that passes from a first of the knuckles across the particular pocket to a second of the knuckles. The fabric is scanned using a measurement device along a line that corresponds to the determined path. A depth of the particular pocket is determined, to which cellulosic fibers can penetrate in a papermaking process, based on the scan.
US09443297B2
A computer-implemented method is provided. The method may include receiving or identifying a first point cloud associated with a train-time object or model. The method may further include selecting one or more probes associated with the first point cloud wherein selection of the one or more probes is based upon, at least in part, a score of a particular feature associated with the first point cloud. The method may also include analyzing a second point cloud associated with a run-time object, wherein the analysis is based upon the first point cloud. This analysis may produce an estimate of the difference in pose between the train time object and the run time object. Pose estimates may be obtained by matching points between the two point clouds based in part on features used during probe selection. Pose estimates may be scored, and refined, using the points selected as probes.
US09443296B2
The present invention relates to a block matching apparatus, and more particularly, to a block matching apparatus, in which a normal driving power and a low driving power are alternately applied to an absolute difference calculation unit for calculating an absolute difference between a pixel of a first image frame and a pixel of a second image frame corresponding thereto among two stereo image frames, and a low absolute difference of corresponding pixels calculated using the low driving power is compensated with a high absolute difference of adjacent corresponding pixels calculated using the normal driving power, so that since a separate estimation unit does not need to be provided, the block matching apparatus can be lightly manufactured in terms of hardware and can reduce power consumption.
US09443293B2
Electronic device including sub-array based deblurring of a blurred finger image and related methods
An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor that includes an array of electric field sensing pixels and image data output circuitry coupled thereto and capable of processing the image data from each of sub-arrays of the array of electric field sensing pixels. The electronic device may also include a dielectric layer over the array of electric field sensing pixels and causing electric field diffusion so that the image data output circuitry generates image data corresponding to a blurred finger image. The electronic device also includes deblurring circuitry coupled to the image data output circuitry and capable of processing the image data from each of the plurality of sub-arrays of the array of electric field sensing pixels to produce processed image data representative of a deblurred finger image.
US09443289B2
What is disclosed is a system for compensating for motion induced artifacts in a physiological signal obtained from multiple videos of a first and second region of interest a subject being monitored for a desired physiological function. At least one of the videos being of the first region and at least one of the videos being of the second region. The first region being at least one area of exposed skin where a desired signal corresponding to the physiological function can be registered by a video imaging device. The second region being an area where a movement by the subject is likely to induce motion artifacts into the signal. The videos are processed to isolate pixels associated with the first and second regions. Processed pixels of the isolated first regions to obtain a composite time-series signal. From the composite signal, a physiological signal corresponding to the physiological function is extracted.
US09443287B2
The image processing method includes providing first dictionaries produced by dictionary learning and second dictionaries corresponding to the first dictionaries, performing, on each first dictionary, a process to approximate the first image by linear combination of elements of the first dictionary so as to produce a linear combination coefficient and thereby acquiring multiple linear combination coefficients, and calculating, for each linear combination coefficient, a ratio between a largest coefficient element and a second-largest coefficient element and selecting a specific linear combination coefficient in which the ratio is largest among the multiple linear combination coefficients. The method further includes selecting, from the multiple second dictionaries, a specific dictionary corresponding to the first dictionary for which the specific linear combination coefficient is produced, and producing the second image by using linear combination of the specific linear combination coefficient and elements of the specific dictionary.
US09443275B1
A system and method for facilitating ordering at an order point using a smart ordering device are disclosed. A primary transmitting device and a secondary transmitting device may be positioned opposite of one another at the order point. A short distance linkage may be established between the primary and secondary transmitting device. A disruption of the linkage may be detected when an object carrying a smart ordering device passes through the order point. Information indicating the disruption may be included in a signal transmitted by the primary transmitting device to the smart ordering device. Based on such information and the signal strength of the signal from the primary transmitting device, the smart ordering device may determine it is at the order point. In response to such determination, the smart ordering device may generate and communicate an order request to a remote server for placing an order.
US09443267B1
A system and a computer-implemented method for providing a prepaid amount of energy, are provided. The system includes a source node that receives a message authorizing a disbursement of the prepaid amount of energy at a receiver node. The payment for the prepaid amount of energy is made using a receiver node identifier associated with the receiver node that receives the discrete amount of energy. The source node receives input voltage from a power source for the duration that corresponds to the payment amount for energy. The input voltage provided by the power source is transformed into a micro-grid voltage that is distributed to the receiver node in a point-to-point wiring.
US09443266B2
Data streams are generally selected according to user preferences and transmitted to the user in general alignment with expressed preferences of the user. Such data streams may be music, including music videos. Users may indicate their general or specific preferences with regards to song, artists, or albums. Any other aspects or factors that might affect the user's preferences can be taken into account. A playlist is created that combines all of these factors. The playlist then serves as the basis for feeding the data streams to the user. Each user is able to express his or her own preferences and receive music corresponding to those preferences on an on-going basis.
US09443264B2
A shopper selects from gifts that are compatible with a recipient's devices. When the shopper wishes to purchase a gift, descriptions of gifts are compared to the recipient's devices. Compatible gifts may be recommended, while incompatible gifts may be rejected.
US09443257B2
A method for securely presenting an HTML expandable display advertisement on a computer display, comprising: storing at a serving computer, an HTML object having an identifier associated with at least one securing computer, registering at the securing computer, the expandable display advertisement, and signaling, from a displaying computer, an expansion event for the expandable display advertisement wherein the expandable display advertisement is for display on the displaying computer. Additional operations for securely presenting an expandable display advertisement on a computer display include expanding, at the displaying computer, the expandable display advertisement; and signaling, from a displaying computer, a restoring event. Using this technique, the serving computer may be within a first domain, and the securing computer within a second domain, the second domain being different from the first domain. In some cases, a registration message received by a securing computer comprises width and height dimensions of the expandable display advertisement.
US09443245B2
A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to implement an opinion search engine. The instructions to implement an opinion search engine cause the computer to collect opinion data about one or more objects from the Internet, extract metadata about the opinion data from the opinion data, remove duplicate metadata from the metadata to generate a resulting metadata, categorize the resulting metadata for similar objects according to one or more taxonomies from one or more websites on the Internet and rank the similar objects based on the categorized metadata.
US09443234B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing section that processes an image, a plug-in adding section that adds a plug-in, the plug-in being a function executed in corporation with the image processing section, an additional-charging-information adding section that adds additional charging information as the plug-in is added by the plug-in adding section, the additional charging information being set for a job included in the plug-in, and a charging section that charges for a job on a basis of the additional charging information, in a case where the job to be executed is included in at least one job included in the additional charging information and the job to be executed is executed.
US09443227B2
A messaging system may include a messaging client device that may be configured to receive an impermanent text message and may be further configured to manage the impermanent text message in accordance with a message management policy associated with the impermanent text message. The messaging system may further include an impermanent messaging server configured to validate the messaging client device as complying with the message management policy prior to authorizing a transmission of the impermanent text message to the messaging client device. The messaging system may include a distributed network gateway server configured to validate the messaging client device as complying with a message management policy prior to authorizing transmission of the impermanent text message to the messaging client device.
US09443220B2
Providing an information system in an item delivery system comprises reading a tracking indicia on a unit load, updating a database with first data from the tracking indicia, and updating the database with information that the unit load has been terminated. In addition, receiving second data to be included in a label, and printing the label may be included.
US09443206B2
A device may include a memory, line cards, and a processor. The memory may include an address database for storing sub-location addresses. The line cards may be configured to communicate with other devices. The processor may be configured to receive a request to reconcile physical addresses from a network device, retrieve sub-location addresses from the database based on the request, determine whether each of the sub-location addresses can be deleted from the database based on association between the sub-location address and a physical device, and, for each of the sub-location addresses, delete the sub-location address from the database based on the determination.
US09443204B2
In one embodiment, a request is received from a requesting node in a network to assist in distributing a task of the requesting node. Upon receiving the message, a capability to perform the task of one or more helping nodes in the network is evaluated, and a helping node of the one or more helping nodes is selected to perform the task based on the evaluated capability of the selected helping node. The distribution of the task is then authorized from the requesting node to the selected helping node.
US09443199B2
The present disclosure provides a recommendation to a user through a computer-based advice facility, comprising collecting topical information, wherein the collected topical information includes an interestingness aspect; filtering the collected topical information based on the interestingness aspect; determining an interestingness rating from the collected topical information, wherein the determining is through the computer-based advice facility; and providing a user with the recommendation related to the topical information based on the interestingness rating.
US09443187B2
An RFID tag includes an antenna, a first IC chip connected to the antenna, and a first fuse inserted between the antenna and the first IC chip, or inserted in series with the antenna. In the RFID tag, the first fuse becomes electrically conductive at a first temperature or above, and remains in an electrical conductive state after having become electrically conductive.
US09443186B2
Method and apparatus for mounting RFID devices to process control devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a mount to couple a radio-frequency identification tag to a field device. The mount is rotatable relative to the field device to adjust the radio-frequency identification tag to be oriented relative to a radio-frequency identification reader. The mount includes a first portion to be coupled to the field device and a second portion to receive the radio-frequency identification tag.
US09443185B2
A rugged UHF RFID tag comprising a UHF RFID tag, an overmolded cap, and a base, wherein the UHF RFID tag is secured to a top portion of the base and wherein the overmolded cap encapsulates the UHF RFID tag and the top portion of the base and associated methods.
US09443181B2
The present invention relates generally to encoding samples. More specifically, it relates to barcodes and compositions involving upconverters and methods including them. In a composition aspect of the invention, a composition comprising two or more lanthanide materials is provided. Each lanthanide material comprises a host, an absorber, and an emitter, and the materials emit detectable electromagnetic radiation upon excitation with absorbable electromagnetic energy. One or more relative ratios of emission intensities uniquely identify the composition.
US09443179B2
A product package comprises an indicia printed thereon. The indicia comprises a set of visibly discernible individual dots. The dots are arrayed to form the indicia and at least a portion of the dots are offset from their nearest neighbor dots by less than one dot diameter in one direction or at an offset angle of other than 45 or 90 degrees.
US09443165B2
A method is directed to identifying spatially extensive image features that are not pixelwise contiguous in a two-dimensional digital image to be examined having pixels arranged in grid form in the form of a rectangular grid. Each pixel of the two-dimensional digital image is respectively assigned two coordinate values corresponding to their position in the rectangular grid of the digital image, and the respective coordinate values of adjoining pixels respectively differ by one pixel dimension. The individual pixels are run through in the order of a regular scan.
US09443163B2
A detection system for a vehicle is provided. The detection system may include at least one image capture device configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, the area including a curb separating a road surface from an off-road surface and a data interface. The detection system may also include at least one processing device programmed to receive the plurality of images via the data interface, and determine a plurality of curb edge line candidates in the plurality of images. The at least one processing device may be further programmed to identify at least one edge line candidate as an edge line of the curb.
US09443151B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method of searching for a wanted vehicle, capable of interoperating with black boxes mounted in vehicles of unspecified individuals, recognizing and searching for registration numbers of vehicles in proximity of each black box in real time, and identifying a location of the wanted vehicle in real time using information about locations of the searched vehicles. The method includes requesting, by an apparatus for searching for a wanted vehicle, a black box installed in at least one vehicle to search for a registration number of the wanted vehicle, and receiving a response corresponding to the request, and acquiring information about the wanted vehicle and a location of the wanted vehicle corresponding to the response using the black box for recognizing a vehicle registration number or the black box for detecting a vehicle registration number region.
US09443148B2
Methods and system are provided for monitoring a queue. A method includes receiving by sensors a non-visual identifier at predefined locations of a queue. Further, the method includes capturing by image capture devices images of an object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations of the queue. Further, the method includes visually tracking another object in the queue based on transformations of a predefined feature extracted from the images of the object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations.
US09443132B2
An image analysis device includes circuitry that receives one or more input images and detects a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the one or more input images using a pre-determined face model. The circuitry extracts a plurality of geometric and local texture features based on the plurality of anatomical landmarks. The circuitry selects one or more condition-specific features from the plurality of geometric and local texture features. The circuitry classifies the one or more input images into one or more conditions based on the one or more condition-specific features.
US09443130B2
In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating receipt of a first image and a second image of a scene comprising one or more objects. The method includes detecting the objects in the first image by detecting object point of the objects in the first image. The method includes detecting the object points of the objects in the second image based on detection of the object points of the objects in the first image. Detection of an object point in the second image that corresponds to an object point of the first image comprises searching for the object point on an epipolar line in the second image corresponding to the object point of the first image. The method includes determining disparity values between the objects points in the first image and the object points in the second image.
US09443128B2
A method performed by one or more processors, includes: receiving an image to be segmented into one or more representations of one or more biological structures; accessing data representing a set of biological structures that are derived from other biological structures delineated in a training image, wherein the training image is associated with a level of modality that corresponds to a level of modality associated with the image to be segmented; computing a normalized cross correlation of the received image against one or more of the biological structures in the set of biological structures; generating, based on computing, seed data representing an estimate of a spatial organization of the one or more biological structures in the received image; and segmenting, based on a normalized cross correction of the received image to the seed data, the received image into the one or more representations of the one or more biological structures.
US09443126B2
The present invention relates to a fingerprint sensor module having excellent sensing sensitivity, to a portable electronic device including same, and to a method for manufacturing same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a fingerprint sensor module is provided which includes: a sensing unit formed on a substrate using a conductive body; a fingerprint sensor having a sensor circuit unit electrically connected to the sensing unit; a bracket accommodating the sensing unit and receiving the fingerprint sensor; and a post-processing layer positioned on a contact surface formed on the bracket so as to face the upper surface of the sensing unit. The sum of the thickness of a supporting layer between the upper surface of the sensing unit and the contact surface, and the thickness of the post-processing layer is 0.04 mm to 0.06 mm.
US09443118B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for pairing a wireless card reader and a computing device, including: receiving first user input setting the wireless card reader in a pairing mode; sending an indication from the wireless card reader to the computing device that a pairing mode of the wireless card reader is enabled; receiving an indication from the computing device that a pairing mode of the computing device is enabled; receiving, in the wireless card reader, a second user input of a sequence of actuations of a sensor on the wireless card reader; determining, on the wireless card reader, whether the sequence of actuations matches a stored sequence; and in response to determining that the sequence of actuations matches a stored sequence, pairing the wireless card reader with the computing device.
US09443117B2
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag readers are integrated with individual RFID tags to form integrated RFID units that are initially deployed to cover a controlled area with radio frequency (RF) coverage. A controller determines whether the RF coverage optimally covers the controlled area by controlling at least one of the integrated RFID units in the initial deployment to read the RFID tag integrated with at least another of the integrated RFID units. An interface reports when the RF coverage does not optimally cover the controlled area, and responsively guides a redeployment of at least one of initially deployed integrated RFID units to a subsequent deployment in which the RF coverage provided by the integrated RFID units optimally covers the controlled area.
US09443109B2
A method of processing secure services is provided. The method is applied to a processing unit of a computing device to control the processing unit to process multiple secure services. The computing device includes a storage unit. The method includes: controlling a core of the processing unit to perform following steps in a secure mode: accessing the storage unit to obtain a first command that includes first secure service information, processing a first secure service associated with the first secure service information according to the first command, and accessing the storage unit to obtain a second command that includes second secure service information. During a period from a time point that the core accesses the storage unit to obtain the first to a time point that the core accesses the second command, the core is controlled to stay in the secure mode.
US09443100B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods provide a mechanism to enhance the management of data security in a system for users of the systems. Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to manage security of data in an electronic system on an application-by-application basis. Such application-by-application basis can be applied in addition to managing data security globally in the electronic system. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09443095B2
There is disclosed a method in which information relating to a sequence of instructions of a thread is examined to determine a security condition of the thread. It is further determined by using the security condition which processor core of a multicore processor has an appropriate security mode to fulfil the security condition. If the determining indicates that one or more processor cores of the multicore processor has the appropriate security mode are available, one of the one or more processor cores is selected as a potential processor core to execute the sequence of instructions of the thread. There is also disclosed an apparatus and a computer program product to implement the method.
US09443092B2
A system and method that allows two parties to find common records in their data sets without having to actually share the data sets with each other or a third party. Two primitives, perfect hash functions and public key cryptography, are combined in a unique way to obtain a secure and efficient private matching solution. Since the data that is exchanged is always encrypted during the match process, neither party reveals its data to the other party. This solution enables two parties to match sensitive data such as PII (Personally Identifiable Information) or PHI (Protected Health Information) without having to disclose the data to other or to any third party. One or both of the parties only learn of matching records without learning any information about the records that do not match.
US09443091B2
A method of protecting the execution of a cryptographic hash function, such as SHA-256, in a computing environment where inputs, outputs and intermediate values can be observed. The method consists of encoding input messages so that hash function inputs are placed in a transformed domain, and then applying a transformed cryptographic hash function to produce an encoded output digest; the transformed cryptographic hash function implements the cryptographic hash function in the transformed domain.
US09443088B1
Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to methods and systems for pre-downloading at least a portion of a media event to a mobile device and the protection of the media content once it is downloaded to the device. Media content may be pre-downloaded to a mobile device before the official release of the media event and/or before a user has purchased the media event. The pre-downloaded media may be protected by one or more disruption to the presentation of the media content and/or by storing the pre-downloaded media in a trusted security zone of a mobile device. After the media event is released and purchased, the remaining media may be downloaded and a user may gain access to the full media content on the mobile device.
US09443084B2
A network with authentication implemented using a client health enforcement framework. The framework is adapted to receive plug-ins on clients that generate health information. Corresponding plug-ins on a server validate that health information. Based on the results of validation, the server may instruct the client to remediate or may authorize an underlying access enforcement mechanism to allow access. A client plug-in that generates authentication information formatted as a statement of health may be incorporated into such a framework. Similarly, on the server, a validator to determine, based on the authentication information, whether the client should be granted network access can be incorporated into the framework. Authentication can be simply applied or modified by changing the plug-ins, while relying on the framework to interface with an enforcement mechanism. Functions of the health enforcement framework can be leveraged to provide authentication-based functionality, such as revoking authorized access after a period of user inactivity or in response to a user command.
US09443080B2
Application programming interface (API) calls made by an application are intercepted at runtime. A determination is made as to whether each intercepted API call is allowed or blocked by a restricted application execution environment. Each API call that is blocked by the restricted application execution environment is modified so that the API call is allowable such as, for instance, modifying the API call to execute against a shadow resource. Remediation code might also be executed at runtime to reformat the API call so that it is allowed to execute in the restricted application execution environment.
US09443064B2
The present disclosure discloses a protecting method and system of Java source code. When a first initiating class is invoked, the method comprises following steps, wherein the first initiating class is an initiating class of Java program: the first initiating class decrypts first cipher data to obtain a class loader; the class loader reads second cipher data to the memory and decrypts the second cipher data to obtain a first class, wherein the first class is a class run by a Java virtual machine, and the suffix of the first class is .class; the class loader loads a second initiating class to the memory; wherein the second initiating class is an original class in jar packet of the Java program; and the class loader loads the first class to the Java virtual machine so that the Java virtual machine can invoke a main interface in the second initiating class to run the Java program. The present disclosure can protect Java source code and make it difficult to decompile the Java source code.
US09443045B2
Power estimates for an integrated circuit may be obtained without having to individually enter monitor statements at hierarchical levels in a design. The current, or consumed power may be considered at the transistor level throughout the entire circuit, even when the circuit is divided into hierarchical modules. Current, or power measurements may be obtained after a circuit has been synthesized and an extracted transistor-level netlist has been created. Separate netlists may be created for different modules, and estimate results collected from the different modules, since current measurements are performed at the transistor level. To accurately estimate the power consumption, the current flowing through transistors that are connected to power rails in the netlist may be measured during circuit simulation. This may be accomplished via measurement statements created for these transistors, and placed in a simulation input file, by a script or program, for example. Only the currents flowing through these transistors need to be measured to account for all the current provided from the power sources in the design.
US09443044B2
Determining a quality parameter for a verification environment for a register-transfer level hardware design language description of a hardware design. A netlist is generated from the hardware design language description. A list of hardware design outputs is generated, and logical paths in the netlist are generated based on the list of hardware design outputs. Furthermore, a modified netlist involving logical paths is generated by determining whether a gate is selected as an insertion point, and selecting a fault type, which is part of the efficiency vector for the selected gate in the netlist and inserting a mutant. Additionally, a fault simulation is performed and the quality parameter for the verification environment is determined from the fault simulation and the simulation result data.
US09443038B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating tag assignment to data objects as data objects are added to a tag-associated data-object storage system by users of the tag-associated data-object storage system and to facilitate subsequent display, access, and further characterization of data objects that already reside in the a tag-associated data-object storage system. Methods and systems of the present invention provide for automated tag suggestion to users in order to both increase usability of the interface provided to the tag-associated data-object storage systems as well as decrease the likelihood of unnecessary and unproductive tag proliferation within the tag-associated data-object storage system.
US09443037B2
A system for computer-based storing of information about a current state so that later recall of the information can augment human memories. In particular, when information about a current event of interest is to be stored, a variety of current state information of different types (e.g., video, audio, and textual information) about the environment and about a user can be acquired via sensors and other input devices. The variety of state information can then be associated together as a group and stored for later retrieval. Other information can also be associated with the group, such as one or more recall tags that facilitate later retrieval of the group, or one or more annotations to provide contextual information when the other state information is later retrieved and presented to the user. When information about a past event is to be recalled, one or more identifying recall tags can be received that are used to identify one or more state information groups that match the identifying tags. Some or all of the previously-acquired state information for the identified state information groups can then be presented to the user on appropriate output devices. Other information, such as annotations, can also be presented to the user in order to describe the state information and thus assist the user's recollection of the previous state when the information was stored.
US09443029B2
An approach for providing context-based view content management is described. A request for content associated with a user is received. A view of a subset of the content is dynamically generated based on the request and context information associated with the user. Access to the view is provided for one or more user devices.
US09443023B2
Provided are a method, computer program product and system for classifying and displaying information. A boundary within an electronic map is determined, based on a drawn closed shape. At least one geographic object, at least partially within the boundary, is identified. Each geographic object is representable by one or more geographic coordinates. A search is performed, on an external data source, for unstructured information associated with the at least one geographic object and a plurality of search results are received. The plurality of search results are classified and displayed according to a user topic of interest.
US09443022B2
A method, system, and graphical user interface for providing personalized recommendations of popular search queries are disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface on a computer that includes a plurality of queries recommended by a search engine for a computer user. The plurality of queries are determined by the search engine based on Internet usage data for the computer user and submission popularity data for search queries submitted by a plurality of users.
US09443018B2
Systems and methods for the creation of hierarchical networks of overlapping informational web neighborhoods using percolation crawling. Each neighborhood comprises a set of closely linked pages that share a common set of concepts and intent and purpose. The neighborhoods represent web pages that share a common set of underlying concepts and semantic associations. Each such neighborhood can be semantically tagged.
US09443012B2
A method of determining http process information while executing a secure web application which redirects to a separate an unsecure web application to determine the information and redirect the information back to the secure web application. An example method includes redirecting the web browser software to an unsecure web application for obtaining the information by the computer during execution of the secure application, executing the unsecure web application using the web browser software by the computer to obtain the information about the http process, and redirecting the web browser software to provide the information from the unsecure web application to the secure web application by the computer.
US09443008B2
One particular embodiment clusters a plurality of documents using one or more clustering algorithms to obtain one or more first sets of clusters, wherein: each first set of clusters results from clustering the documents using one of the clustering algorithms; and with respect to each first set of clusters, each of the documents belongs to one of the clusters from the first set of clusters; accesses a search query; identifies a search result in response to the search query, wherein the search result comprises two or more of the documents; and clusters the search result to obtain a second set of clusters, wherein each document of the search result belongs to one of the clusters from the second set of clusters.
US09443005B2
Methods, systems and computer programs for automatic, highly accurate machine comprehension of a plurality of segments of free form unstructured text in a natural language. The system answers a plurality of complex, free-form questions asked in a natural language, based on the totality of input text. The system further uses a multi-dimensional data model to measure the total effects of actions/verbs acting on various unique nouns present in the input text. The system may convert the questions into another multi-dimensional data model and may then compare the two data models in program memory to derive the answers to the posed questions. The system may then automatically detect unknown words and optionally look them up in digital information sources, such as online dictionaries and encyclopedias, to fill in the gaps in knowledge to answer the questions with expert-like reliability.
US09443003B2
An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
US09443001B2
Disclosed is a service which obtains media directly from users and from online sources, which obtains events and anniversaries from online sources, which obtains location and date information associated with photographs, which dynamically provides users with a selection of automatically curated collections of photographs based on the then-current location of the user, based on and relevant to personal and publicly recognized anniversaries and holidays (with dates obtained directly from the users and from online sources), based on specific people or locations associated with dates, events, and anniversaries, and which presents intelligently organized location-based collections which can be quickly re-organized by a user.
US09442996B2
An approach for enabling collaborative development of a database application is provided. Specifically, this approach provides a database development and collaboration tool (DDCT), which can be utilized by multiple developers involved in a particular software project, to enable automated synchronization and database version control by allowing a database development language and data changes to be stored in a metadata form that is general to more than one database management system (DBMS). Each developer is united and able to collaborate through the system, thus ensuring that a change to a database structure and/or data in a static data table created in a particular database language by one developer is automatically incorporated in the overall development process. Furthermore, the DDCT provides the opportunity to maintain a single repository entry for more than one DBMS, which simplifies synchronization.
US09442989B1
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A score for each of a plurality of authors of posts submitted to a server system is determined. The score for each individual author in the plurality is based on a score of one or more authors in the plurality that have requested to subscribe to a stream of posts that the individual author submits to the server system. A particular post submitted by a particular author in the plurality is received at the server system and from a computing device. A score is assigned to the particular post based on a score of the particular author. The particular post is transmitted from the server system to computing devices that are associated with authors who have requested to subscribe to posts by the particular author.
US09442988B2
A method for a computer system includes receiving a first user communication, determining a first group of users, determining a target number of users, determining whether the first group of users includes the target number of users, and if not, providing the communication to the first group of users, determining a hierarchal mapping of groups of users in response to user memberships, determining a second group of users from the hierarchal mapping, determining a plurality of social network relationship factors for the second group of users with respect to the first user, and providing the communication to at least a subset of users in the second group of users in response to the first plurality of social network relationship factors.
US09442987B2
Example apparatus and methods concern automatically creating editorial content for albums that are to be recommended in a computerized music marketplace. An album may be selected for recommendation after analyzing consumption data (e.g., sales, downloads, samples), and popularity data (e.g., chart rankings, critical reviews). The popularity data may also include data mined from sources including search engines and social media sites. An overall recommendation score may be a weighted function of consumption data and popularity data. A customized recommendation score may be a weighted function of the overall recommendation score influenced by regional considerations, demographic considerations, and other considerations. The editorial content may include art and text and may be customized based on regional considerations, demographic considerations, and based on other art or text that will appear at the same time as the editorial content.
US09442986B2
A Computer implemented method of ranking information objects within a collection of information objects linked by a collection of links, the collection of information objects comprising information objects of a first nature and of a second nature, the links being associated to a link type selected among a plurality of link types, the method comprising: allocating a qualification weight to each link, selecting a plurality of paths comprising a sequence of information objects linked by a sequence of the links, for each information object, computing a score as a function of the respective contributions of the links that point to the information object, the contribution of a link being a function of the number of times the link has been selected in the path selection step and the qualification weight of the link, ranking the information objects as a function of the respective scores.
US09442983B2
A system and a method of rating software bugs using a bug scoring and tracking system is presented. The system and method may use automated scoring of the bugs to determine the impact of the bug. The system and method may connect to one or more databases to determine the extent of the deployment of the software, the impact of the bug, and/or the history of the bug. Scoring is used to prioritize the bugs and the scoring is extensible and adjustable allowing easy addition of new parameters and allowing the system to be modified for different bug types, software, or customers.
US09442982B2
Various embodiments provide a Web browser that employs a relevancy algorithm to make an educated guess as to the likelihood of a user's intended destination when the user begins to enter text into a browser's address bar. In one or more embodiments, the relevancy algorithm employs various parameters and assigns weights to the parameters to arrive at a collection of suggestions to provide to the user. By using various rules, associated weightings, and the relevancy algorithm, relevant suggestions can be provided to a user to facilitate their navigation activities.
US09442981B2
Embodiments are directed towards previewing results generated from indexing data raw data before the corresponding index data is added to an index store. Raw data may be received from a preview data source. After an initial set of configuration information may be established, the preview data may be submitted to an index processing pipeline. A previewing application may generate preview results based on the preview index data and the configuration information. The preview results may enable previewing how the data is being processed by the indexing application. If the preview results are not acceptable, the configuration information may be modified. The preview application enables modification of the configuration information until the generated preview results may be acceptable. If the configuration information is acceptable, the preview data may be processed and indexed in one or more index stores.
US09442973B1
A system allows people to more easily find products matching their skin tone. The system includes a database that categorizes cosmetic products according to a skin tone color set. The system includes a scanning device to scan one or more spots of a person's skin. For example, three different spots can be scanned. The scan determines a skin-tone identifier for the person's skin. With this skin-tone identifier, the customer can view products that match their skin tone.
US09442966B2
The reporting and recovery of log activity in a computer system is extended by receiving an indication of a desired log activity to be retrieved, and by designating an active index file as a current index file. The current index file includes an inventory of log files, and is constrained in the number of log files. A searching operation is performed in an iterative process. The searching operation determines whether the desired log activity is within any of log files of the current file, designates a backup index file as the current index file if it is determined that the desired log activity is not within the current index file, and accesses a select log file within the current index file that includes the desired log activity, if it is determined that the desired log activity is within the current index file.
US09442959B2
One exemplary embodiment involves generating a plurality of facets and descriptors of all items available via an electronic shop service based on the images depicting each of the items. The facets that may be generated include a color facet, a shape facet, a texture facet, and/or other facets. The embodiment further involves receiving search criteria from a user that includes a number of search criteria elements. Each element of the search criteria may be represented by an image. The embodiment involves generating a search criteria descriptor based on the images received in connection with the search criteria. Additionally, the embodiment involves identifying items associated with images that correspond with the search criteria descriptor and providing the images of the identified items in a user interface.
US09442951B2
Mechanisms are provided to maintain deduplication data in native file formats. Files, including entities such as volumes and databases, are analyzed to identify components suitable for deduplication. These components suitable for deduplication are delineated into chunks and identifiers are generated for each of the chunks. The identifiers are used to reference the chunks in deduplication dictionaries that provide locations indicating where deduplicated chunks are stored. The components in the files are replaced with file handles or stubs that applications can use to access deduplicated data. Applications can continue to perform operations on the files as though no deduplication has occurred.
US09442949B2
A method of compressing a plurality of multi-dimensional keys includes receiving, by a computer, the plurality of multi-dimensional keys, where the plurality of multi-dimensional keys have a first length and determining a first plurality of bit slots that are common among the plurality of multi-dimensional keys, wherein the first plurality of bit slots are not a prefix. Also, the method includes forming a mask indicating the first plurality of bit slots and forming a pattern indicating values of the first plurality of bit slots. Additionally, the method includes determining a second plurality of bit slots that vary among the plurality of multi-dimensional keys and forming a plurality of compressed multi-dimensional keys indicating values of the second plurality of bit slots. Further, the method includes storing the mask, the pattern, and the plurality of compressed multi-dimensional keys.
US09442946B1
A method includes retrieving, at a context sensor associated with an information object, first contextual information from a source external to the context sensor. The first contextual information includes domain-independent information associated with the information object. The method also includes generating second contextual information based on application of at least one derivation rule to the first contextual information. Alternately, or in addition, the second contextual information may be generated based on application of the at least one derivation rule to a combination of the first contextual information and other contextual information associated with another context sensor. The second contextual information includes domain-specific information associated with the information object. The method further includes adding the second contextual information to the information object.
US09442944B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for content item purging functionality are provided. A contact item purger, such as may be incorporated within a local client application of a content management system, leverages its knowledge as to which items have been uploaded to the content management system, and how long content items have been stored on the user device, to propose items for local deletion and thus reclaiming storage on the user device. A contact item purger may run on one or more devices of a user associated with an account on a content management system upon various triggering events, and may run with or without user interaction, thus maintaining available user device memory capacity at all times.
US09442929B2
A computer-implemented method and system for determining documents that are nearest to a query are provided herein. The method includes constructing a vantage point tree based on a number of document vectors. The method also includes searching the vantage point tree to determine a number of nearest neighbor document vectors to a query vector by removing a portion of the document vectors from the vantage point tree based on one or more vantage points for each of a number of nodes in the vantage point tree and a specified search radius centered about the query vector.
US09442924B2
An apparatus and method providing a localization framework capable of localizing dynamic text is disclosed herein. The localization framework is configured to automatically identify and prioritize certain text contained within an application code base to be translated. Such text is pre-processed prior to translation to facilitate accurate and complete translation in a target language.
US09442923B1
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for converting a display from a source spoken language to a target spoken language includes at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to determine the source spoken language of content within a selected area of the display. The at least one processor may be further configured to translate the content from the source spoken language to a selected target spoken language. In addition, the at least one processor may be configured to evaluate the translated content and remap the translated content to the selected area based on the evaluation. Finally, the at least one processor may be configured to present the translated content within the selected area on the display.
US09442921B2
A method of automatically establishing an input language for a handheld electronic device includes receiving a request to initiate the composition of a new message, receiving a selection of a particular contact that is the intended recipient of the message, and determining whether the particular contact has a stored preferred input language. If a preferred input language is stored, the method includes determining whether the preferred input language is different than the current input language (which may be a pre-established default input language). If the preferred input language is different, the method further includes switching the current input language to the preferred input language. Also provided is an improved handheld electronic device having one or more routines adapted to implement the method. Also provided is a method of indicating a preferred language in association with a call received by or placed to the device.
US09442915B2
A system for managing dictionaries, such as an application dictionary and a domain dictionary, and for adding entries to a data log is described herein. The system may, in response to a determination that an event occurs at an application, determine that the application uses a first concept name from the application dictionary to describe the event. An entry for the event may be added to a data log for the application. The entry may also include the first concept name from the application dictionary. A mapping of the first concept name from the application dictionary to a second concept name from the domain dictionary may be generated. In some aspects, the data log may be sent to a data log analysis system capable of accessing the domain dictionary.
US09442907B2
The present invention provides a disaster recovery method used in document editing, comprising: storing the document to a local copy directory to form a local copy while editing the document; submitting the document to a server when editing of the document is finished; if the document is submitted successfully, deleting the local copy; if the document is not submitted successfully, recovering the document by using the local copy. The present invention also provides an apparatus, comprising: a backup module, used to store a document to a local copy directory to form a local copy while editing the document; a submitting module, used to submit the document to a server when editing of the document is finished; a deleting module, used to delete the local copy if the document is submitted successfully; a recovery module, used to recover the document using the local copy if the document is not submitted successfully.
US09442906B2
A wrap descriptor, which defines a wrap package of cards, including (i) a plurality of card descriptors, each defining card-specific components that define content, structure and a layout for an associated card and (ii) a global component descriptor for specifying a global component associated with two or more cards of the wrap package. Unlike card descriptors that define only card-specific components, global descriptors define components that can be applied to all the cards, or a designated subset of the cards, of a wrap package.
US09442905B1
Provided is a process of identifying a name and boundary of a neighborhood based on web documents, the process including: extracting, via one or more processors, an n-gram appearing in a plurality of web documents; associating the n-gram with geographic locations associated with the web documents from which the n-gram was extracted; identifying a neighborhood by identifying a cluster of geographic locations associated with the n-gram; determining a boundary for the neighborhood from the distribution of geographical locations in the cluster; determining a name for the neighborhood from the n-gram; and adding the name and boundary of the neighborhood to a geographic information system.
US09442902B2
A computer-implemented technique includes receiving a first input from a user at a user device, the first input including a first word of a first alphabet-based language, which is a transliteration of a non-alphabet-based language, which is one of a logogram-based language and a syllabogram-based language. The technique then compares the first words to pluralities of potential translated words from one or more datastores associated with a second alphabet-based language and the logogram-based or syllabogram-based languages. The technique may then generate a probability score for each of the pluralities of potential translated words, the probability score indicating a likelihood of an appropriate translation. The techniques may then provide the user with some or all of the pluralities of potential translated words and the user may select an appropriate translated word to obtain a selected word, which may then be displayed via a display of the user device.
US09442901B2
From among a plurality of character code groups, a resemblance determining apparatus searches for a character code group resembling a character code group specified by the user. At that time, when each character code included in the specified character code group is within a predetermined numerical range, the resemblance determining apparatus excludes character code groups having character codes outside of the predetermined numerical range and extracts the remaining character code groups.
US09442899B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a scanner that obtains an image file by document scanning; a character recognition processor that obtains a text string from each line of text by performing character recognition; a text string splitter that splits each the text string into a plurality of short text strings in accordance with a predetermined rule; a font size determining portion that determines a uniform font size for each the text string; a position determining portion that determines x-axis positions for the short text strings on the basis of the x-coordinates of the characters at the forefront in the respective short text strings, the short text strings each having its x-axis in the forward and backward reading directions; and an embedding portion that embeds text data of the short text strings in the image file at the respective x-axis positions in the uniform font size for the entire text string.
US09442893B2
A product-sum operation circuit that performs a matrix product of a first-matrix and a second-matrix to output a third-matrix, includes; a plurality of multipliers; a plurality of first-adders each of which is configured to add two multiplication results of the plurality of multipliers; a plurality of second-adders each of which is configured to add two addition results of the plurality of the first-adders; an input selector configured to output an element of the first-matrix and an element of the second-matrix to input terminals of the plurality of multipliers according to the number of rows and the number of columns of the first-matrix and the second-matrix; and an output selector configured to select and output the addition results of each of the plurality of first-adders or each of the plurality of second-adders according to the number of rows and the number of columns of the first-matrix and the second-matrix, as the third-matrix.
US09442891B2
Systems and methods are provided for analyzing data to determine properties of a PCR processor other process exhibiting amplification or growth. Data representing an amplification can be distinguished from data representing a jump or other error. A modified sigmoid function containing a drift term may be used in determining the properties. A multi-stage functional fit of the amplification data can provide increased accuracy and consistency of one or more of the properties. A baseline of the amplification data can be determined by analyzing an integrated area of a first derivative function of the data. A reference quantitation value can also be determined from locations of maxima of different derivative functions of the amplification data, e.g., a weighted average of the maxima locations for the second and third derivatives may be used.
US09442890B2
Processing for generating a plurality of pieces of distributed data from original data or processing for restoring original data from a plurality of pieces of distributed data is performed safely and quickly. A distribution and restoration apparatus 200 generates a plurality of pieces of distributed data SD1 to SD3 by dividing original data OD into a plurality of divided blocks DB1 to DB16 and performing an operation of exclusive OR using divided blocks of different combinations. A combination including divided blocks used in common in a plurality of pieces of distributed data and a combination including divided blocks used only in specific distributed data are present in combinations of divided blocks in each piece of distributed data. Therefore, the distribution and restoration apparatus 200 can generate a plurality of pieces of safe distributed data having high information entropy at high speed.
US09442883B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for retrieving network traffic data. In one embodiment, a networking apparatus comprises a memory; a network device; and a processing unit coupled to the network device and the memory. The processing unit is operable to execute a data engine that performs bulk data transfers from the network device periodically into a data buffer in the memory and translates data received from the network device, based on a mapping definition, into a user defined format for export to one or more applications running on networking apparatus.
US09442882B2
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for maintaining a membership view of a distributed computing system comprising a multitude of members, wherein each of said members sends out a message indicating that said each of the members is available in the system. In one embodiment, the method comprises maintaining a first list of at least some of the members in the distributed system; and over a period of time, when one of the members sends out the message indicating that said one of the members is available in the distributed system, adding said one of the members to a second list. At defined times, the first list is replaced with the second list. In an embodiment, the method further comprises at said defined times, starting a new, empty second list.
US09442867B2
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to read and write processes of a memory device.
US09442865B2
Methods and apparatus relating to processor extensions for execution of secure embedded containers are described. In an embodiment, a scalable solution for manageability function is provided, e.g., for UMPC environments or otherwise where utilizing a dedicated processor or microcontroller for manageability is inappropriate or impractical. For example, in an embodiment, an OS (Operating System) or VMM (Virtual Machine Manager) Independent (generally referred to herein as “OI”) architecture involves creating one or more containers on a processor by dynamically partitioning resources (such as processor cycles, memory, devices) between the HOST OS/VMM and the OI container. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09442864B2
A processor is described that includes one or more processing cores. The processor includes a memory controller to interface with a system memory having a protected region and a non protected region. The processor includes a protection engine to protect against active and passive attacks. The processor includes an encryption/decryption engine to protect against passive attacks. The protection engine includes bridge circuitry coupled between the memory controller and the one or more processing cores. The bridge circuitry is also coupled to the protection engine and the encryption/decryption engine. The bridge circuitry is to route first requests directed to the protected region to the protection engine and to route second requests directed to the non protected region to the encryption/decryption engine.
US09442861B2
Apparatuses, systems, and a method for providing a processor architecture with data prefetching are described. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processing units that include a first type of in-order pipeline to receive at least one data prefetch instruction. The one or more processing units include a second type of in-order pipeline having issues slots to receive instructions and a data prefetch queue to receive the at least one data prefetch instruction. The data prefetch queue may issue the at least one data prefetch instruction to the second type of in-order pipeline based upon one or more factors (e.g., at least one execution slot of the second type of in-order pipeline being available, priority of the data prefetch instruction).
US09442860B2
In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a server system that includes a processor and a local buffer pool configured to store instances for use in catalog requests, and a direct access storage device (DASD) subsystem electrically coupled to the server system and to at least one DASD, where the at least one DASD includes an integrated catalog facility (ICF) configured to provide at least one catalog, and where the data storage system is configured to provide record level sharing (RLS) for the at least one catalog stored to the at least one DASD.
US09442855B2
A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
US09442850B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to reducing network traffic and processing overhead associated with directory refresh operations in wide area network file systems. In a particular implementation, the frequency of synchronization of certain directory contents information, such as security attribute information, that changes less frequently is reduced relative to other types of directory contents information that changes more frequently, such as file and folder names, last modified times, and the like. Other implementations reduce garbage collection overhead for a cached file system by deferring deletion of invalidated objects in a directory until a client application specifically identified the directory.
US09442843B2
An information processing apparatus capable of reading/writing a storage device capable of performing dynamic wear leveling, a method of controlling the apparatus, and a storage medium. The apparatus confirms a logically free region of the storage device, and performs writing of dummy data to the logically free region and logical deletion of a region to which the dummy data is written.
US09442834B2
A data management method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module including a first memory unit and a second memory unit is provided. The method includes: grouping erasing units of the first memory unit into a data area and a spare area; and grouping the physical erasing units of the second memory unit into a data backup area and a command recording area; configuring multiple logical addresses to map to the physical erasing units associated with the data area; receiving a write command which instructs writing data; writing the data to a physical erasing unit associated with the spare area, and writing the data to a physical erasing unit associated with the data backup area; recording at least a portion of the write command in a physical erasing unit associated with the command recording area. Accordingly, data is backuped in the rewritable non-volatile memory module.
US09442829B2
Detecting error states when interacting with web applications is performed by accessing a first web page of a web application, determining that the first web page includes an input validation operation, configuring an input to cause the input validation operation to effect an error state, providing the input to the first web page, thereby effecting the error state, identifying a feature that is absent from the first web page before the input is provided to the first web page and present in the first web page after the input is provided to the first web page, and detecting that a second web page of the web application is in an error state if the feature is present in the second web page.
US09442814B2
A RAID bad block module is added to a RAID controller. The bad block module intercepts bad block errors and marks them in a bad block table. When a bad block error is intercepted the bad block module logs the error and determines, based on the error and previously received errors logged in the table, whether the RAID controller can handle the error without failing the entire array. If so, the bad block module passes the error to the RAID controller. Else, the bad block module passes the error to an application or operating system where it is handled like any other disk error. Thus, instead of failing the entire array, the bad block errors are dealt with by the operating system.
US09442810B2
A system and a method to enable visual management of a service is disclosed. The method includes, for example, presenting a visual representation of a candidate concrete type of an instance of a model resource, the candidate concrete type of the instance of the model resource derived from a filtering of concrete types of resources, the filtering based on an abstract type of an instance of a model resource corresponding to the service and an instance of an additional model resource corresponding to the service. The method also includes receiving a command to establish a mapping between the instance of the model resource and the candidate concrete type of the instance of the model resource.
US09442808B1
A ticket request is transmitted from an execution engine to an authentication engine. In response, a ticket comprising privileges is received from the authentication engine. The ticket is transmitted to a client, and a service request including the ticket is received back from the client. A service is executed in response to the ticket received from the client and results are transmitted to the client.
US09442803B2
A method and a distributed backup system for data backup are provided. The distributed backup system comprises a plurality of computer devices connected by a network. In the system, one of the computer devices comprises a program for managing data backup in the distributed data backup system. In the system, one of the computer devices comprises a first storage space for storing its own files and a second storage space for storing backup files of other computer devices. In the system, the one of the computer devices comprises a first database for storing metadata files of its own files and a second database for storing metadata files of the backup files of the other computer devices.
US09442802B2
Data access methods and storage subsystems thereof for reading data from storage devices in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) system are provided. After a controller receives a read request, the target data that the controller is about to read and the sub-stripe(s) where the target data is located are determined according to the logical address block information in the read request. The controller simultaneously issues a plurality of I/O requests to all storage devices in order to read the target data and the related data distributed on the same sub-stripe(s) at the same time. If there is any target data without responses for a certain time, it is able to use the related data, which is already responded to the controller, to generate the redundant data identical to the target data for responding the read request as soon as possible so as to reduce unnecessary waiting time.
US09442797B2
A memory system is provided. The memory system includes a memory device suitable for reading out data from memory cells by a plurality of read voltages having various levels, and a controller suitable for updating probabilistic information based on the read out data when the read out data is input to the controller, and performing an error correction operation by the updated probabilistic information, wherein the controller updates the probabilistic information a predetermined number of times that the memory device reads out the data.
US09442793B2
A method for error detection and recovery is provided in which a host controller and host software collaborate together. The host controller may: detect an error condition, set an error interrupt or register, and/or halt task execution or processing at the host controller. The host software may: detect an error condition as a result of the host controller having set the error interrupt or register; performs error handling, and clears the error condition. The host controller then resumes execution or processing of tasks upon detecting that error condition has been cleared by the host software.
US09442788B2
A system on chip (SoC) includes a system bus; a plurality of intellectual properties (IPs) outputting bus signals via the system bus; and one or more checkers disposed to correspond to at least some of the plurality of IPs, wherein the checker includes: a first environment setting register for setting information about a check target and list, on which a bus protocol check operation will be performed, wherein the setting may be variable according to an access from outside via the system bus; and a check logic receiving the bus signal and performing a bus protocol check operation on a signal included in the bus signal according to the information set in the first environment setting register.
US09442787B2
A method performed at a non-volatile memory of a data storage device includes determining, at error detection circuitry included in the non-volatile memory, an indication of a number of errors associated with a portion of the non-volatile memory. The method also includes providing the indication to a controller of the data storage device, where the controller includes error correction circuitry. The non-volatile memory has a 3D configuration that is monolithically formed in one or more physical levels of arrays of memory cells having an active area disposed above a silicon substrate. The non-volatile memory includes circuitry associated with operation of the memory cells.
US09442780B2
The example techniques described in this disclosure may be directed to synchronization between producer shaders and consumer shaders. For example, a graphics processing unit (GPU) may execute a producer shader to produce graphics data. After the completion of the production of graphics data, the producer shader may store a value indicative of the amount of produced graphics data. The GPU may execute one or more consumer shaders, after the storage of the value indicative of the amount of produced graphics data, to consume the produced graphics data.
US09442779B2
An information-processing apparatus determines whether a source of a registration request transmitted thereto exists on a network in a predetermined range, and changes the valid period of registration of notification destination information on the basis of the determination result. Alternatively, an information-processing apparatus determines whether a notification destination that should be registered in response to a registration request transmitted thereto exists on the network in a predetermined range, and changes the valid period of registration of notification destination information on the basis of the determination result.
US09442774B2
Various embodiments of methods and systems for thermally aware scheduling of workloads in a portable computing device that contains a heterogeneous, multi-processor system on a chip (“SoC”) are disclosed. Because individual processing components in a heterogeneous, multi-processor SoC may exhibit different processing efficiencies at a given temperature, and because more than one of the processing components may be capable of processing a given block of code, thermally aware workload scheduling techniques that compare performance curves of the individual processing components at their measured operating temperatures can be leveraged to optimize quality of service (“QoS”) by allocating workloads in real time, or near real time, to the processing components best positioned to efficiently process the block of code.
US09442771B2
Implementations relate to accessing a set of usage history data associated with a user account operating a workload on a set of virtual machines in a default deployment, generating, by a hardware processor, a predictive workload associated with the user account in view of the set of usage history data associated with the user account, responsive to generating the predictive workload, identifying a set of available resources in a set of host clouds of virtual machines provided by a cloud provider over the first period of time, accessing a set of deployment criteria received from the cloud provider, and generating a set of subscription parameters in view of the predictive workload, the set of available resources, and the set of deployment criteria to migrate the predictive workload to the set of host clouds of virtual machines.
US09442770B1
An apparatus for workload execution timing is disclosed. A method and a computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a job determination module that determines jobs to be executed by a computer system. The apparatus includes a comparison module that compares an execution profile of each job with a resource of a device of the computer system. The execution profile of each job includes an amount of a resource of a device used by the respective job over time. The apparatus includes a scheduling module that determines a schedule that indicates a time to execute each job on the device based on the comparison. Each job is scheduled to maintain a utilization of the resource of the device of the computer system below a maximum threshold. The apparatus includes an execution module that submits the jobs for execution based on the schedule.
US09442768B2
The system and method generally relate to reducing heat dissipated within a data center, and more particularly, to a system and method for reducing heat dissipated within a data center through service level agreement analysis, and resultant reprioritization of jobs to maximize energy efficiency. A computer implemented method includes performing a service level agreement (SLA) analysis for one or more currently processing or scheduled processing jobs of a data center using a processor of a computer device. Additionally, the method includes identifying one or more candidate processing jobs for a schedule modification from amongst the one or more currently processing or scheduled processing jobs using the processor of the computer device. Further, the method includes performing the schedule modification for at least one of the one or more candidate processing jobs using the processor of the computer device.
US09442755B2
A method and a system are provided for hardware scheduling of indexed barrier instructions. Execution of a plurality of threads to process instructions of a program that includes a barrier instruction is initiated and when each thread reaches the barrier instruction, the thread pauses execution of the instructions. A first sub-group of threads in the plurality of threads is associated with a first sub-barrier index and a second sub-group of threads in the plurality of threads is associated with a second sub-barrier index. When the barrier instruction can be scheduled for execution, threads in the first sub-group are executed serially and threads in the second sub-group are executed serially and at least one thread in the first sub-group is executed in parallel with at least one thread in the second sub-group.
US09442754B1
A system and methods are disclosed for handling requests from virtual machines in virtualized systems that include an accelerator. In accordance with one embodiment, a hypervisor executed by a processing device receives an asynchronous request from a virtual machine. The hypervisor detects that an accelerator is not initialized, and stores in memory at least one of the asynchronous request, an indication of the asynchronous request, or an indication that the accelerator is not initialized. The hypervisor subsequently detects that the accelerator has become initialized, and in response forwards the asynchronous request to the accelerator.
US09442752B1
A method and system for running an additional execution environment associated with a primary execution environment, receiving a request from the primary execution environment to create the additional execution environment, and, in response to the request, creating the additional execution environment such that entities other than the primary execution environment have insufficient privileges to access the additional execution environment.
US09442751B2
Managing credential for use with virtual machines includes storing a first virtual credential adapter within a hypervisor executing within a host data processing system. The first virtual credential adapter maintains a credential for a computing resource. Using a processor of the host data processing system, associating the first virtual credential adapter with a first virtual machine. The first virtual credential adapter is associated, at most, with a single virtual machine at any time. Responsive to associating the first virtual credential adapter with the first virtual machine, the first virtual machine accesses the computing resource using the credential maintained by the first virtual credential adapter.
US09442750B2
This technology relates to a device and method for determining co-locatability of a plurality of virtual machines on one or more physical infrastructures. The plurality of virtual machines hosts a plurality of workloads. This involves identifying workloads which have high variability from the time series data and determining the workload capacity threshold of the identified workloads. Thereafter, the candidate workloads are selected among the identified workloads to colocate on a virtual machine based on the workload variability. After that, the total capacity required by each candidate workload pair to meet the service requirement is determined based on the workload capacity threshold. Then, an optimal sharing point of each workload of the pair with respect to the other workload of the pair is identified. Further, percentage compatibility of each workload pair is determined and finally, the candidate workloads are colocated based on the optimal sharing point and percentage compatibility.
US09442743B2
A mobile terminal including a storage unit in which a first operating system (OS) and a second OS are loaded; a first display allocated to the loaded first OS and a second display allocated to the loaded second OS; and a controller configured to receive an indication signal indicating a second OS related event has occurred on the mobile terminal, and to selectively execute a second operation corresponding to the second OS related event using the first OS and allocate at least a portion of the first display to an output of the executing second operation.
US09442740B2
A host device requests a recording device to send first information including model information or sequel information expressed as a value in a first range. The host device determines if the model information or the sequel information is contained in the first information sent from the recording device, and acquires the model information from the first information if the model information is contained in the first information. If the sequel information is contained in the first information, the host device requests transmission of second information containing model information expressed as a value in the second range, and acquires model information from the second information. Based on the acquired recording device model information, the host device writes data stored in the host device to the recording device.
US09442739B2
The present invention relates to a platform power management scheme. In some embodiments, a platform provides a relative performance scale using one or more parameters to be requested by an OSPM system.
US09442737B2
Processing of transactions within a computing environment is facilitated by taking actions to increase the chances of successfully executing a transaction. A counter is maintained that provides a count of how often a transaction has aborted. The counter increments the count each time the transaction is aborted, and it is reset to zero upon successful completion of the transaction or an interruption leading to no more re-executions of the transaction. If the count reaches a threshold value, then an interrupt is presented and transaction execution is unsuccessful. However, before the count reaches the threshold, a number of actions may be taken to increase the chances of successfully executing the transaction. These actions include actions to be performed within the processor executing the transaction, and/or actions to be performed against conflicting processors.
US09442735B1
Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a speculative store buffer memory; and a speculative store buffer controller comprising a store address comparator to compare an address of a received store instruction with addresses of store instructions allocated in the speculative store buffer memory, and a store age comparator to compare an age of the received store instruction with an age of a matching store instruction allocated in the speculative store buffer memory, wherein the speculative store buffer controller replaces the store instruction allocated in the speculative store buffer memory with the received store instruction responsive to the store instruction allocated in the speculative store buffer memory being younger than the received store instruction.
US09442729B2
A processing device implementing minimizing bandwidth to track return targets by an instruction tracing system is disclosed. A processing device of the disclosure an instruction fetch unit comprising a return stack buffer (RSB) to predict a target address of a return (RET) instruction corresponding to a call (CALL) instruction. The processing device further includes a retirement unit comprising an instruction tracing module to initiate instruction tracing for instructions executed by the processing device, determine whether the target address of the RET instruction was mispredicted, determine a value of call depth counter (CDC) maintained by the instruction tracing module, and when the target address of the RET instruction was not mispredicted and when the value of the CDC is greater than zero, generate an indication that the RET instruction branches to a next linear instruction after the corresponding CALL instruction.
US09442720B2
A system and method of adding on-the-fly comments to source code are described. In some embodiments, audio data comprising a comment for source code in a source code file is received. The comment is stored in association with the source code, and an indication of the comment is caused to be displayed within the source code file to a user on a computing device. In some embodiments, an indication of a location within the source code file with which to associate the comment is received, and the comment can be stored in association with the location within the source code file. The comment can be caused to be displayed at the location within the source code file. In some embodiments, the audio data is converted to a textual representation of the comment. In some embodiments, the comment is translated from an original language to at least one additional language.
US09442714B2
In a computer-implemented method for a unified visualization of a plan of operations in a datacenter, a selection of a target from a plurality of targets in a datacenter is enabled for scheduling operations on the selected target. Selection of one or more software bundles is enabled, wherein the plan of operations on the selected target are based on the one or more software bundles. A unified visualization of the plan of operations on the selected target is displayed via a unified browser, wherein the unified browser displays the plan of operations with a common look and feel.
US09442710B2
A method for utilizing a partial active installation session on a first computer system for an active installation session of a program product on a second computer system. Active installation of the program product having a plurality of components is initiated on the first computer system. A plurality of deployed components installed during the partial active installation session is duplicated. The deployed software components are archived into a new installation package. The new installation package is copied and deployed to the second computer system. Installation of the active product installation is completed on the second system.
US09442707B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable incremental compilation of source code. Attributes of an intermediate language (IL) representation and a compiled representation of a source code are stored. Modified source code that is a revised version of the first source code is received. An IL representation of the modified source code is generated. Attributes of the revised intermediate IL and the stored attributes of the IL representation are compared to determine a first set of functions changed in the modified source code. A second set of functions in the first source code is determined that includes functions affected the determined first set of functions. The first and second sets of functions are compiled to generate a set of compiled functions. Compiled versions of the first and second sets are replaced in the compiled representation of the first source code with the set of compiled functions.
US09442701B1
A computer-implemented method may include receiving a specification including one or more instances of a language construct, the language construct having an exceptional behavior; identifying in the specification the one or more instances of the language construct having the exceptional behavior; applying a modification to the one or more instances of the language construct having the exceptional behavior, the modification making the exceptional behavior explicit; analyzing the specification for dynamic occurrences of the explicit exceptional behavior; and generating information identifying the dynamic occurrences of the explicit exceptional behavior.
US09442700B2
Techniques for an application programming interface (API) notebook tool are disclosed. In some implementations, an API notebook is a tool, framework, and ecosystem that enables easy exploration of services that expose APIs, creation and documentation of examples, use cases and workflows, and publishing and collaboration of APIs. In some embodiments, systems, processes, and computer program products for an API notebook tool include receiving a request for a client for calling an API for a service, and dynamically generating the client for the API for the service.
US09442687B2
A method and apparatus for moving a web object based on an intent is provided. A primary device may identify a web object supporting movability on a loaded web page, and may determine whether the identified web object can be moved to a secondary device based on movability information of the identified web object. The primary device may re-render the web page in a web browser, aside from the web object supporting movability, while maintaining a full layout of the web page. In the movement of the web object, the primary device may push, to a push server, movement of the web object to the secondary device.
US09442686B2
A method of controlling display of information arranged in tiles on a display includes arranging the tiles in rows by setting a height of each row to a largest minimum height of the tiles of that row, receiving selections of a first group of tiles in a first row and a second group of tiles in a second row. In response to determining that the first group width is equal to the second group width, the groups are exchanged by moving the first group of tiles to the second row and the second group of tiles to the first row. A new height of the first row and a new height of the second row are set. In response to determining that the first group width differs from the second group width, an adjacent tile is added to the one of the first group and the second group that has a smaller width.
US09442684B2
An information processing device may select a communication target device that is to communicate with the information processing device. The information processing device may store received first communication device identification information in the storage in a case that the first communication device identification information is received. The information processing device may store received second communication device identification information in the storage in a case that the second communication device identification information is received. The information processing device may perform the communication with the communication target device in a case that particular first communication device identification information is stored in the storage. The information processing device may perform the communication with the communication target device in a case that only the particular second communication device identification information is stored in the storage but the particular first communication device identification information is not stored in the storage.
US09442672B2
In a method for replicating data, a first controller receives a request to write data from a device. The first controller communicates with a second controller to obtain information necessary for the second controller to receive the data. The first controller determines settings that allow for the first controller and the second controller to each receive the data using the information necessary for the second controller to receive the data. The first controller sends the settings that allow for the first controller and the second controller to each receive the data to the device. The first controller receives the data sent from the device to the first controller and the second controller based on the settings that allow for the first controller and the second to each receive the data.
US09442661B2
A multidimensional storage array includes independently addressable storage elements and an input shifter. The storage elements are physically arranged into rows and columns and store particular bit(s) of a data word. The input shifter implements a circular shift to serially loaded data words to the multidimensional storage array. An output shifter may reverse the circular shift of a requested data word. The data entering the storage array may be shifted to expose column addressed data such that an entire column or columns may be fed to a requesting device in a single hardware clock cycle and/or may be shifted to expose row addressed data such that an entire row or rows may be fed to the requesting device in a single hardware clock cycle. The data entering the storage array may be shifted such that column addressed data words may be stored in a plurality of diagonally arranged storage elements.
US09442659B2
The invention provides a storage subsystem in which a system administrator and a user can accurately comprehend the used storage capacity. Therefore, according to the backup of the present invention, a process for adding new data and a process for updating already existing data are distinguished, and a management to increase a capacity used by the user is performed only when adding new data.
US09442652B2
A method for a multi-touch gesture-based user interface wherein a plurality of gestemes are defined as functions of abstract space and time and further being primitive gesture segments that can be concatenated over time and space to construct gestures. Various distinct subset of the gestemes can be concatenated in space and time to construct a distinct gestures. Real-time multi-touch gesture-based information provided by user interface is processed to at least a recognized sequence of specific gestemes and that the sequence of gestemes that the user's execution a gesture has been completed. The specific gesture rendered by the user is recognized according to the sequence of gestemes. Many additional features are then provided from this foundation, including gesture grammars, structured-meaning gesture-lexicon, context, and the use of gesture prosody.
US09442634B2
Localization system for mounting game in portable storage device on game console and method therefor
A localization system for mounting a game includes at least a portable storage device, wherein each portable storage device comprising a target word unit, linked to small database having an identification code, wherein small database accesses a logic allocation unit comprising at least one file and each file comprises a file identification code; and a game console, comprising at least an interface, linked to a storage unit storing at least an application program for linking portable storage device and for downloading or overwriting existing file; and a central process unit; wherein the application program is utilized to access small database and display relevant information about file having file identification code corresponding to identification code of small database; wherein when game is selected to be executed, central process unit loads file of game into a free space in a main memory of game console and executes file of game.
US09442633B2
A base unit of a sports swing mechanics training device receives from a swing detector a swing detection message indicating a swing motion by a player, and in response, displays a visual symbol for a predetermined period of time. When the device receives a user selection of a visual symbol from the player, it is compared with the displayed visual symbol. If they match, the device indicates a symbol match. Otherwise, the device indicates a symbol mismatch. The base unit is placed at a location where the displayed visual symbol would be visible to the player immediately following contact with a ball when the player's eyes are in a desired position during the swing motion. The device trains players to keep their heads and eyes correctly directed at the point of collision with the ball during and immediately following the ball collision.
US09442629B2
A mobile terminal including a touchscreen display configured to display a video and to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to display a first video on the touchscreen display as a main image, display a progress bar indicating a progress of the first video being displayed on the touchscreen display, receive a first subimage selection signal requesting a first subimage be displayed with the progress bar, said first subimage corresponding to one of a still picture and a video portion of the first video, and display the first subimage on the touchscreen display with the progress bar.
US09442627B2
Presenting items in a two-dimensional access pane includes presenting a first set of icons arranged contiguously and in two dimensions of the access pane, where each of the icons corresponds to an item and at least some of the items are container icons that represent containers that contain other items and expanding at least one of the container icons to show a first container pane having icons corresponding to items contained in a corresponding container, where icons in the first container pane are arranged contiguously and in two dimensions of the first container pane. At least some of the icons in the first container pane may be container icons that represent containers that contain other items. The items may be files in a file system provided in connection with a personal computer that runs Macintosh OS, MS Windows, and Linux. The items may be data in a database system.
US09442621B2
During an interaction with a web page, user interface events are recorded and augmented with page layout data from the document object model. An event stream is formed with the page layout data and communicated to an event server. The event server processes the event stream to determine a location at which the events were generated, which can be used to predict an area of a user's attention.
US09442618B2
A mobile device and method includes receiving communications from an application server at a touchscreen based mobile device, wherein the communications are tailored for providing a user interface for a workstation computer system, translating the received communications at the mobile device into a mobile device user interface tailored for the mobile device touchscreen, receiving user interactions via the mobile device touchscreen, translating the received user interactions into corresponding workstation based user interactions, and transmitting the translated user interaction to the application server such that the application server interacts with the mobile device in the same manner as with workstations.
US09442615B2
Embodiments generally provide a method, input device, and processing system for frequency shifting for synchronized display updating and capacitive sensing. The method includes driving a display signal onto at least one display electrode for updating a display. The method further includes driving a first capacitive sensing signal having a first frequency onto at least one sensor electrode, wherein the first frequency is synchronized to the display signal. The method further includes driving a second capacitive sensing signal having a second frequency onto the at least one sensor electrode, wherein the first and second frequencies differ and a timing of the display signal is adjusted to maintain synchronization with the second frequency, and wherein each capacitive sensing signal and the display signal are driven in parallel for at least some period of time.
US09442610B2
A differential sensing scheme provides a means for detecting one or more touch events on a touch sensitive device in the presence of incident noise. Instead of sensing one touch sensitive channel, such as a row, column, or single touch sensor, multiple touch sensitive channels are sampled at a time. By sampling two nearby channels simultaneously and doing the measurement differentially, noise common to both channels is cancelled. The differential sensing scheme is implemented using simple switch-capacitor AFE circuitry. The originally sensed data on each individual channel is recovered free of common-mode noise. The recovered sensed data is used to determine the presence of one or more touch events and if present the location of each touch event on the touch sensitive device.
US09442608B2
A display device with a touch detection function includes: a plurality of liquid crystal display elements performing display operation; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance caused by an external proximity object; a conductive film insulated from or connected with high resistance to the touch detection electrodes, and disposed to cover the touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting the external proximity object by sampling the detection signal. The conductive film has a sheet resistance equal to or smaller than a predetermined resistance value, and has a time constant larger than a predetermined minimum time constant defined by sampling timings in the touch detection circuit.
US09442605B2
A display control system 100 includes: a display panel 220 that includes a pair of polarizing plates 250; a pattern layer 230 has formed therein a plurality of patterns 260; a light source 140 that emits light to be absorbed by the patterns 260; a reflector 240; an identification device 160 that reads the pattern 260 from the light which is emitted from the light source 140, is reflected on the reflector 240, and then passes through the display panel 220 and the pattern layer 230, and identifies a position, on the display surface, of the pattern 260; and a display controller 130 that controls display information in accordance with the position identified by the identification device 160. A transmittance of the pair of polarizing plates 250 at a peak wavelength of the light emitted from the light source 140 is not lower than 70%.
US09442596B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied.
US09442594B2
A sensor is configured to experience resistance changes in response to an external interaction. The sensor comprises a first layer of a conductive material having a first electrode connected thereto; a second intermediate layer of a material having a resistance sensitive to said external interaction; and a third layer including a first set of fingers interdigitated with a second set of fingers. A second electrode is attached to the first set of fingers and a third electrode is attached to the second set of fingers. The second layer includes a quantum tunnelling composite and provides electrical conduction between the first layer and the third layer. In a preferred embodiment, the first electrode is connected to either one of said second electrode or said third electrode to complete a parallel connection. A method is described for constructing such a sensor.
US09442593B2
The present invention relates to touch screen panel integrated display panel and display device. The touch screen panel integrated display panel comprises: a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied in a display mode and a touch driving signal is applied in a touch mode; a gate line that transfers a scan signal to a pixel row; and a gate driving integrated circuit that is connected to the gate line and outputs the scan signal to the gate line, wherein the gate driving integrated circuit includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor for outputting the scan signal to the gate line in the display mode, and additionally includes a touch mode transistor for outputting the touch driving signal applied to the common electrode or a signal corresponding to the touch driving signal to the gate line in the touch mode.
US09442591B2
An electronic device includes a position detection module configured to detect a touch position on a display surface of a display module touched by a user; a position data output module configured to output first position data and second position data based on position data on the touch positions detected by the position detection module; and a display control module configured to control the display module based on the first position data or the second position data output from the position data output module. The first position data is position data obtained by averaging position data on the touch positions respectively detected at detection timings. The second position data is position data on the touch position detected at individual detection timing. The display control module selects the first position data or the second position data to control the display module, based on a predetermined selection condition.
US09442574B2
A touch sensing apparatus includes a group of emitters arranged to emit light to illuminate at least part of the touch surface, a light detector arranged to receive light from the group of emitters, and a processing element. Each emitter is controlled to transmit a code by way of the emitted light such that the code identifies the respective emitter. The codes may at least partly be transmitted concurrently. The codes may be selected such that a value of an autocorrelation of each code is significantly higher than a value of a cross-correlation between any two codes of different emitters. The processing element processes an output signal from the light detector to separate the light received from the individual emitters based on the transmitted codes, and to determine the position of the object/objects based on the light received from the individual emitters.
US09442571B2
A control method and an electronic device are described where the method includes acquiring a real-time collection image regarding a space operation area; according to the real-time collection image, determining whether a first finger and a second finger belonging to a same hand of a user are present in the space operation area; acquiring a first distance between a first fingertip portion of the first finger and a second fingertip portion of the second finger, and generating a first determination result according to the first distance; determining whether the first fingertip portion leaves the second fingertip portion along a direction away from the user's body or approaches the second fingertip portion along a direction approaching the user's body; acquiring a motion parameter of the first fingertip portion; and generating a control instruction according to the motion parameter of the first fingertip portion.
US09442565B2
System and method for analyzing multiple participants' eye-movements over a visual display to determine which features on the display universally attract the most attention, or are the most distracting.
US09442560B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile first storage unit, a second storage unit, a third storage unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to selectively execute, following transition to a first mode, either a procedure of writing data of the second storage unit in the third storage unit, or a procedure of writing data of the third storage unit in the first storage unit while reducing power feed to the first and third storage units.
US09442559B2
A disclosed method includes accessing characterization data indicating first and second sets of performance characteristics for first and second processing cores of a processor; determining, based on a performance objective and the characterization data, a first power state for the first processing core and a second power state for the second processing core; and applying the first power performance objective to the first processing core and the second power performance objective to the second processing core.
US09442557B2
The described embodiments include a computing device with one or more entities (processor cores, processors, etc.). In some embodiments, during operation, a thermal power management unit in the computing device uses a linear prediction to compute a predicted duration of a next idle period for an entity based on the duration of one or more previous idle periods for the entity. Based on the predicted duration of the next idle period, the thermal power management unit configures the entity to operate in a corresponding idle state.
US09442551B2
An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of this invention includes a wide IO memory device stacked on an SoC die that includes a CPU, detects the temperatures of multiple memories included in the wide IO memory device, and when transitioning to a power saving mode, specifies a memory with a lower temperature, based on the detected temperatures, as the memory to be used with priority in the power saving mode, and stores information for returning from the power saving mode to a normal mode in the specified memory.
US09442550B2
N applications are placed on M virtualized servers having power management capability. A time horizon is divided into a plurality of time windows, and, for each given one of the windows, a placement of the N applications is computed, taking into account power cost, migration cost, and performance benefit. The migration cost refers to cost to migrate from a first virtualized server to a second virtualized server for the given one of the windows. The N applications are placed onto the M virtualized servers, for each of the plurality of time windows, in accordance with the placement computed in the computing step for each of the windows.
US09442545B2
A server system and controlling method for an operation timing after being powered up are disclosed. The sever system controls a reset signal to have a voltage lower than a first voltage value by introducing a voltage monitoring module when a work power lower than a voltage threshold. On the other hand, when the work power voltage increases to higher than the voltage threshold of the voltage monitoring module, the voltage monitoring module controls the reset signal voltage to be higher than a second voltage value, whereby achieving in a technical efficacy of stable initialization and reset of the server.
US09442544B2
An energy efficient sleep signature in power over Ethernet. In one embodiment, a signature of a powered device is first detected. It is then determined whether the detected signature is indicative of an unknown powered device. In one example, a detected signature of an approximately 25 kΩ impedance is indicative of an unknown powered device. Where the detected signature is indicative of an unknown powered device a normal PoE startup powering process can be used that includes a conventional detection, classification and powering process. Where the detected signature is indicative of a powered device that was previously known to the PSE, then powering of the PD can proceed with a fast-restart powering method that retains previous powering parameters.
US09442530B2
An apparatus including: housing parts foldably connected to each other, the housing parts being configured to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; a display assembly pivotably connected to the housing parts, wherein the display assembly comprises a flexible display part; the flexible display part is configured to bend in response to a closing movement of the housing parts; and the display assembly is configured to be retracted inside a space defined by the housing parts in response to a closing movement of the housing parts.
US09442528B2
A docking system includes a base, a deck having an upper surface configured to contact a computing device resting upon the deck, wherein the upper surface includes at least one aperture therethrough, and projections extending upwardly from a surface of the base. The deck is movable along a plane that is inclined with respect to the surface of the base between a first position and a second position, the at least one aperture of the deck when in the first position being located away from the projections such that the deck conceals the projections, and the at least one aperture of the deck when in the second position exposing the projections to allow engagement of the projections with the computing device.
US09442520B2
Portable multimedia devices, and techniques for their manufacture, are provided that feature functional parts embedded with a resin matrix that obviates the need for traditional structural components such as midframes and/or outer casings. The resin matrix may be provided through the use of a flowable liquid resin that is flowed around the functional components within a mold cavity. The liquid resin may then be cured into the resin matrix.
US09442514B1
According to one example embodiment, a sheet may include a first carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer, a graphite layer adjacent to the first carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer, the graphite layer comprising at least one aperture, a second carbon fiber reinforced plastic layer adjacent to the graphite layer, and at least one column of plastic extending from the first carbon reinforced plastic layer, through the at least one aperture, to the second carbon reinforced plastic layer.
US09442512B1
An aspect includes a method of interface clock frequency switching control that includes determining a first clock delay adjustment of a clock signal for an interface at a first clock frequency. A controller determines a second clock delay adjustment for the interface operated at a second clock frequency. The controller computes an insertion delay between the clock signal and a data signal of the interface based on the first clock delay adjustment and frequency and the second clock delay adjustment and frequency. The controller also computes a third clock delay adjustment to operate the interface at a third clock frequency based on the insertion delay and a relative difference between the third clock frequency and the second clock frequency. The clock signal is adjusted based on the third clock delay adjustment to align timing of the clock signal with the data signal at the third clock frequency.
US09442511B2
A method is provided for maintaining a synchronized local timer by using a periodic signal which comprises: providing a value of a clock cycle, and values for a first and second timer-parameters, wherein the first timer-parameter is less than the clock cycle value and the second timer-parameter is higher therefrom; providing values for a first (“a”) and second (“b”) arbitration parameters associated with the first and second timer-parameters respectively; upon receiving a periodic signal, adding to the local timer, at least once the first and/or the second timer-parameter, so that on average over one second, the first timer-parameter is added “a” times and the second timer-parameter is added “b” times, thereby ensuring that a value of the local timer essentially overlaps the period frequency of the periodic signal; upon receiving a subsequent periodic signal, setting the value of the local timer to a propagation delay of the periodic signal.
US09442508B2
A reference voltage source comprises a bandgap voltage reference circuit having a first node and an output node, the output node being arranged for providing a reference voltage. A curvature correction circuit has an input node connected to the output node and/or to a base of a first bipolar device of the bandgap voltage reference circuit and/or to a base of a second bipolar device of the bandgap voltage reference circuit. The curvature correction circuit has an output node connected to the first node of the bandgap voltage reference circuit. The curvature correction circuit comprises a current source for providing a current having a different temperature dependency than a temperature dependency of a first current through the first bipolar device of the bandgap voltage reference circuit.
US09442492B2
An apparatus controller for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The apparatus has an input for receiving specification from the rider of a desired direction of travel, and indicating means for reflecting to the rider a propitious instantaneous body orientation to enhance stability in the face of lateral acceleration. The indicating may include a handlebar that is pivotable with respect to the vehicle and that is driven in response to vehicle turning.
US09442481B2
A welding system including an arc monitoring, training, and control system is disclosed. The welding system includes a power supply, controller, and associated memory. When a weld is performed, the weld command and weld feedback parameters can be stored in the memory, along with associated alarm limit values. During subsequent welds, the input weld commands and actual feedback values can be compared to the established limits, and a fault signal provided to an operator or supervisor when the value exceeds the established limits. The fault signals can be used for training operators, as well as providing monitoring signals, and can be stored with weld data in a database for later analysis. In addition, collected weld data can be used to determine when to clean, repair, or replace consumables, including, for example, contact tips, wire drive liners, and drive rolls, and to monitor usage of wire and gas.
US09442477B2
An automation technology, autarkic, field device, which is connected via two connecting terminals to an I/O module. The I/O module is embodied as a 4-20 mA/HART I/O module. The I/O module is associated with a controllable energy source via which the field device is supplied with energy. An electrical current measuring unit is provided which ascertains the electrical current supplied by the energy source. In the I/O module, internal resistors are provided, across which occurs in each case a voltage drop dependent on the flowing electrical current. A control unit is provided, which operates the energy source in such a way that a predetermined terminal voltage is supplied on the connecting terminals for powering the field device.
US09442474B2
In one embodiment, location aware operation is provided using Bluetooth positioning. A Bluetooth-enabled handheld device is operated within a structure. Received Bluetooth signal strengths are measured for a plurality of Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver units dispersed within the structure, where respective ones of the plurality of Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver units are located on separate floors, in separate rooms, or in different portions of a same room. Based on the received Bluetooth signal strengths, a single Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver unit is selected. A location of the selected Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver unit is assigned to the Bluetooth-enabled handheld device. A first electronic device is controlled based on the assigned location. In response to movement by a user of the Bluetooth-enabled handheld device within the structure, a location of a different Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver unit is reassigned to the Bluetooth-enabled handheld device. A second electronic device is controlled based on the reassigned location.
US09442461B2
System and method for video holographic display. Information is received regarding a 2D hogel array with multiple hogel apertures, specifying number, size, and/or spacing of the hogel apertures. Information regarding a 3D scene is received, including a scaling factor mapping the 3D scene to a 3D display volume. Due to gradual variation of radiation patterns from hogel to hogel, a full set of color radiation intensity patterns for the entire hogel array may be generated by interpolating the color radiation intensity patterns from a sparse subset of the hogels without having to compute all of the patterns. The full set of color radiation intensity patterns may then be used to holographically display the 3D scene.
US09442453B1
A cleaning device that removes a residual substance from an image carrier includes a cleaning container having an opening that faces the image carrier, the cleaning container extending in an axial direction of the image carrier and receiving the residual substance; a scraping member that extends in a longitudinal direction of the opening and scrapes off the residual substance by coming into contact with the image carrier; and an end-sealing member that is fixed to the cleaning container at least at one end of the opening, that is in contact with a surface of the image carrier, and that seals a gap between the cleaning container and the image carrier at an end of the scraping member. A surface of the end-sealing member that is in contact with the image carrier has a void in a region isolated from a surrounding region.
US09442452B2
An image forming apparatus includes a unit, a high-voltage board and a connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism includes a first connecting member, a first holding member, a coupling member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a first spring terminal. The first spring terminal includes a first large diameter part and a first small diameter part. The first holding member has a first contact part coming into contact with an end part of the first small diameter part at a side of the first large diameter part in a state where the first holding member is coupled with the coupling member. The coupling member has a second contact part coming into contact with an end part of the first large diameter part at a side of the first small diameter part in the state where the first holding member is coupled with the coupling member.
US09442446B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop.
US09442445B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a receiving unit; a printing unit; a power feed unit including a non-power saving mode and a power saving mode, the power feed unit configured to change the mode; an input unit configured to receive an input of a switching instruction; a switching unit configured to switch the mode from the non-power saving mode to the power saving mode when a stop condition is satisfied, the switching unit configured to switch the mode when the switching instruction is input; and a change unit configured to change the stop condition to a second condition which is more likely not to be satisfied than a first condition, after the mode is changed from the non-power saving mode to the power saving mode and when the mode is switched from the power saving mode to the non-power saving mode by the switching instruction.
US09442443B2
A roller used for a fixing apparatus has: a core; a first elastic layer that is formed outside the core and includes a first tapered portion on an edge of the roller in an axis direction; and a second elastic layer that is formed outside the first elastic layer and includes a second tapered portion on the edge in the axis direction on the same side as the first elastic layer. The second elastic layer has a hardness that is higher than the hardness of the first elastic layer. A second start point, which is a start point of the second tapered portion, is set in a position closer to the center of the roller in the axis direction than a first start point, which is a start point of the first tapered portion.
US09442442B1
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section and a fixing section. The image forming section forms a toner image and transfers the toner image to a recording medium. The fixing section heats the recording medium, to which the toner image is transferred, to fix the toner image to the recording medium. The fixing section is capable of switching a fixing temperature between a first fixing temperature and a second fixing temperature lower than the first fixing temperature. If the recording medium is metallic paper including a metallic layer and a resin layer that covers the metallic layer, the fixing section heats the recording medium at the second fixing temperature to fix the toner image to the recording medium.
US09442436B1
An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer belt to which a toner image is transferred in a primary transfer process; a transfer roller configured to transfer the toner image onto a long paper sheet in a secondary transfer process by following rotation of the intermediate transfer belt when pressed by the intermediate transfer belt; and a fixing device configured to fix the toner image transferred in the secondary transfer process by the transfer roller, onto the paper sheet; a temperature estimating unit; and a speed control unit, wherein the fixing device includes: a heating conveyance roller provided on a lower surface side of the paper sheet; and a fixing roller provided on an upper surface side of the paper sheet, the fixing roller facing the heating conveyance roller.
US09442435B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a fixing device comprises a pressing roller configured to be rotationally driven by a motor; an endless fixing belt configured to be driven to rotate through the rotation of the pressing roller; a fixing pad configured to be contacted with the inner periphery of the fixing belt and be pressed against the pressing roller to form a fixing nip; a lubricant configured to be coated on the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt; an exciting coil configured to generate a magnetic field; a magnetic shunt alloy member configured to abut along one part of the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt; a shield member configured to face the inner side of the magnetic shunt alloy member; and a flow-out prevention section configured to prevent the lubricant from flowing into a gap between the magnetic shunt alloy member and the shield member.
US09442430B2
Provided is a transfer member for electrophotography, comprising a substrate and a surface layer on the substrate, wherein the surface layer comprises: an acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group; and a fluorine compound, the fluorine compound having an alkyl group including 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and a fluorine atom substituting at least one hydrogen atom in the alkyl group, and comprising a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1).
US09442423B2
A developing cartridge includes: a first frame; and a second frame melt-bonded to the first frame. The first frame includes: a first melt-bonding surface; and a second melt-bonding surface closer to a developing roller than the first melt-bonding surface. The second frame includes: a third melt-bonding surface; a fourth melt-bonding surface; and a center surface facing the first frame. The center surface is closer to an axial center region of the developing roller than the fourth melt-bonding surface in the axial direction. The center surface has a first center surface and a second center surface closer to the developing roller than the first center surface in the first direction. The second center surface forms an obtuse angle with the first center surface and is separated from the first frame farther than the fourth melt-bonding surface in a direction perpendicular to the fourth melt-bonding surface.
US09442420B2
An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearer and a toner pattern bearer rotatable in a given direction of rotation to bear an adjustment toner pattern formed with the developer bearer. A toner pattern detector detects an amount of reflection light reflected by the adjustment toner pattern on the toner pattern bearer. A controller performs an adjustment mode to convert the detected amount of reflection light into a toner adhesion amount of toner of the adjustment toner pattern adhered to the toner pattern bearer. The controller forms an adhesion amount suppressing toner image on an upstream region on the toner pattern bearer that is upstream from the adjustment toner pattern in the direction of rotation of the toner pattern bearer. The upstream region is defined by a circumferential length of the developer bearer in the direction of rotation of the toner pattern bearer.
US09442418B2
A developing device includes: a developing container for accommodating developer, a developer carrying member, and a plate-like elastic member. In a state in which the elastic member contacts the developer carrying member without being deformed, an angle formed between a flat reference surface passing through a surface of the elastic member which is continuous to a contact portion of the elastic member with the developer carrying member and which is downstream of the contact portion with respect to the movement direction and a tangent plane of the developer carrying member and a contact position between the elastic member and the developer carrying member is 10° or more and 45° or less, and the elastic member includes a first region including the contact portion and a second region which is provided continuously from the first region toward the supporting portion and which is lower in rigidity than the first region.
US09442415B2
An image formation apparatus includes an image carrier; a charge member; an exposure unit; a development member; a measurement unit that measures a stop time period when a rotation of the image carrier is being stopped, or a physical amount that varies as the stop time period increases; a setting unit that sets a polarity of an initial voltage to be applied to the development member, the polarity being determined based on the stop time period or the physical amount measured by the measurement unit; and a power source unit that applies the initial voltage with the polarity set by the setting unit to the development member, at rotation start time of the image carrier.
US09442411B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a photosensitive member; a light source configured to emit a light beam; a deflecting unit configured to deflect the light beam to scan the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image and having a rotary polygon mirror and a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; a housing provided with the photosensitive member, the light source, and the deflecting unit; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature; and a control unit configured to pre-rotate the rotary polygon mirror before a start signal for image formation and to rotate, after the start signal, the rotary polygon mirror at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed for pre-rotation of the rotary polygon mirror, wherein the control unit sets a target value of the rotation speed for the pre-rotation based on a result of detection by the temperature detecting unit.
US09442403B2
Provided is a toner, including: a crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea island structure in which a crystal region containing the crystalline resin is formed as a sea, and a non-crystalline region containing the colorant is formed as an island.
US09442396B2
An exposure apparatus is equipped with a coarse movement stage which can move along an XY plane and includes a first section and a second section that can come close to and separate from each other, a fine movement stage which holds wafer W and is supported relatively movable at least within the XY plane by the coarse movement stage, and a drive system which drives the fine movement stage supported by the coarse movement stage independently or integrally with the coarse movement stage. Further, the exposure apparatus is equipped with a relay stage which can deliver the fine movement stage to/from the coarse movement stage.
US09442386B2
An imaging optics has a plurality of mirrors to image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. At least one of the mirrors has a through opening for the passage of imaging light. An arrangement of the mirrors is such that principal rays run parallel or divergently in the beam path of the imaging light between the object plane and the first downstream mirror. The imaging optics can have an entrance pupil plane that lies in the beam path of the imaging light in the range of between 5 m and 2000 m in front of the object plane. The imaging optics can have an entrance pupil plane that lies in the beam path of the imaging light in the range of between 100 mm and 5000 mm in front of the object plane. Imaging optics with improved imaging quality are provided.
US09442384B2
The present disclosure is directed towards lithography processes. In one embodiment, a patterned mask is provided. An information of a position of diffraction light (PDL) on a pupil plane of a projection optics box (POB) is used to define as a light-transmitting region of a pupil filter. The patterned mask is exposed by an on-axis illumination (ONI) with partial coherence σ less than 0.3. The pupil filter is used to transmit diffraction light to a target.
US09442382B2
An optical device for performing nanolithography is disclosed, comprising an optical printing head that enables a super-resolution lithographic exposures compatible with conventional optical lithographic processes. The super-resolution exposures are carried out using light directed onto a data recording medium using plasmonic structures, and in particular using plasmonic structures using specially designed super-resolution apertures, of which the “bow-tie” and “C-aperture” are examples. These specially designed apertures create small but bright images in the near-field transmission pattern. A printing head comprising an array of these apertures is held in close proximity to a data recording medium. A data processing system is provided to re-interpret the data to be patterned into a set of modulation signals used to drive the multiple individual channels and the multiple exposures.
US09442378B2
A manufacturing method of a touch panel, comprising forming a pattern of a metal connecting layer, a pattern of an insulating layer, a pattern of a driving electrode, a pattern of a sensing electrode and a pattern of a protective layer on a substrate; the pattern of the insulating layer and the pattern of the protective layer are formed through the same mask. With this method, the number of masks used during manufacture of the touch panel can be decreased, and the production cost is reduced. A touch panel is further disclosed.
US09442370B2
An imprinting method of this disclosure includes supplying an imprint material on a substrate having a pattern including a mark on the substrate formed thereon; bringing a mold having a pattern including a mark on the mold into contact with the imprint material; curing the imprint material in a state in which the mold is in contact therewith; and forming a pattern including the mark on the imprint material, and characterized in that an optical system configured to form an image of the mark on the imprint material and an image of the mark on the substrate are used to detect the mark on the imprint material and the mark on the substrate after the space between the substrate and the mold has been increased until the mark on the mold is positioned out of a focal depth of the optical system, thereby obtaining a relative positional deviation between the pattern on the substrate and the pattern on the imprint material.
US09442364B2
A reflective exposure mask blank and a reflective exposure mask are provided, and the mask enables accurate exposure and transcription without having light being reflected from areas other than a circuit pattern area. The reflective mask blank has, on a substrate (11), a multilayer reflective film (12), a protective film (13), an absorption film (14), and a reverse-surface conductive film (15). A reverse-surface conductive film is formed from indium tin oxide. The substrate contains SiO2, TiO2, and at least one oxide of manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), silver (Ag), nickel (Ni), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), gold (Au), and neodymium (Nd). The reflective mask is manufactured by forming a circuit pattern by selectively stripping the absorption film on the reflective mask blank, and forming a light-shielding frame by stripping the multilayer reflective film, the protective film, and the absorption film around the circuit pattern.
US09442356B2
A single piece light guide is disclosed herein. The single piece light guide may include a light rod and a lens. The single piece light guide may be formed using injection molding. The light guide may have one or more regions between the light rod and the lens. A housing may be provided for the light guide. The housing may have an opening that physically supports the light rod. Therefore, the light rod may be secured into place, which may prevent misalignment during use. The one or more regions between the light rod and the lens may assist in assembling and holding the light guide in the housing.
US09442355B2
A projector includes a power receiving terminal, a light source that emits light based on electric power supplied to the power receiving terminal, a light diffuser that adjusts the degree of diffusion of the light from the light source, a specifying section that alternately specifies one of illumination projection and image projection every time electric power supply to the power receiving terminal is started, and a light diffusion controller that controls the light diffuser so that when the specifying section specifies the illumination projection, the light diffuser diffuses the light from the light source, whereas when the specifying section specifies the image projection, the light diffuser transmits the light without substantially diffusing the light.
US09442340B2
An apparatus for generating light may be comprised of a light source with a lens interposed in a light path from the light source. The lens may be comprised of two or more sections wherein at least one section may be comprised of smart glass. Electrical circuitry may be configured to control a transparency state of the smart glass lens sections. Another embodiment may have two reflectors wherein one of the reflectors may be interposed between the light source and the other reflector and may be comprised of smart glass with a transparent state and a reflective state so that two different reflection patterns may be created. A method for illumination wherein at least one area's illumination is controlled by a section of smart glass is also disclosed.
US09442339B2
This disclosure describes insulated glass units (IGUs) that incorporate electrochromic devices. More specifically, this disclosure focuses on different configurations available for providing an electrical connection to the interior region of an IGU. In many cases, an IGU includes two panes separated by a spacer. The spacer defines an interior region of the IGU and an exterior region of the IGU. Often, the electrochromic device positioned on the pane does not extend past the spacer, and some electrical connection must be provided to supply power from the exterior of the IGU to the electrochromic device on the interior of the IGU. In some embodiments, the spacer includes one or more holes (e.g, channels, mouse holes, other holes, etc.) through which an electrical connection (e.g., wires, busbar leads, etc.) may pass to provide power to the electrochromic device.
US09442337B2
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and including a first subpixel electrode including a plurality of first branch electrodes and a second subpixel electrode which is separated from the first subpixel electrode, includes a plurality of second branch electrodes, and encloses the first subpixel electrode, a compensation electrode positioned between the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09442321B2
There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus that may limit a reduction in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and limit an increase in the ion density (ID) in the liquid crystal layer and address issues of faulty display such as white missing pixels, alignment inconsistencies, and burn-in. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal composition layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a color filter including a black matrix and at least RGB three-color pixel portions, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The liquid crystal composition layer is composed of a liquid crystal composition including one or more compounds represented by General Formula (LC1).
US09442320B2
A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate which faces the first substrate and includes a light blocking pattern including a light blocking portion disposed in a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, and a light transmitting portion which is disposed in the peripheral area and includes the same material as that of the light blocking portion, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where a thickness of the light transmitting portion taken along a vertical direction in a cross section is less than a thickness of the light blocking portion taken along the vertical direction in the cross section.
US09442312B2
Clip eyeglasses detachably mounted on prescription glasses, including: a goggles lens whose left and right sides are formed unitarily with each other, without having any frame, the goggles lens being made of synthetic resin in such a manner as to have higher curvature and elastic force than the prescription glasses; and fixtures mounted at both sides of the goggles lens in such a manner as to be supported against the prescription glasses, wherein the goggles lens is stretched and attached to the prescription glasses by means of the elastic force thereof, and the goggles lens is applied to the prescription glasses having different shapes and sizes.
US09442305B2
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for the design and manufacturing of electronic eyeglasses and associated components thereof. Electronic eyeglasses consist of electro-active lenses, receiving electrical signals that turn them on and off from an electronic control module. The electronic control module is embedded within a temple of the eyeglass frame, and is powered by a removable power source pack residing at a temple tip through a flexible cable. Various methods describe the interconnection schemes between the components of the electronic eyeglasses.
US09442301B2
An autostereoscopic display device includes a projector module, a screen, and a window. The projector module includes a first projector and a second projector. The first projector is used for providing a first image unit with a first polarization, and the second projector is used for providing a second image unit with a second polarization. The screen is used for reflecting the first image unit and the second image unit. The screen is disposed at the same side of the projector module and the window, and a projective location of the projector module on the window is at an edge of the window. The window includes a divided visual-field area and a liquid-crystal silt layer. The liquid-crystal silt layer is used for allowing a portion of the first image unit and a portion of the second image unit passing through the divided visual-field area to pass therethrough.
US09442299B2
There is provided a display processing apparatus including a largest phase viewpoint determining part configured to determine a largest phase viewpoint having the largest phase among viewpoint images at a plurality of viewpoint positions in a normal vision region for presenting a stereoscopic image, and a phase determining part configured to determine phases for the viewpoint images at the respective viewpoint positions so that the phase differences between the viewpoint images at the neighboring viewpoint positions are half or less of the phase at the largest phase viewpoint.
US09442297B2
A stereoscopic display apparatus comprising: a display element, a liquid crystal lens being set in front of the display element. The liquid crystal lens comprises a first electrode made of a plane-like transparent electrode, and a second electrode having plural comb-like transparent electrodes, a liquid crystal layer is held between the first electrode and the second electrode. A pitch of the liquid crystal lens is changed, by changing the pattern of voltage to be applied to the comb-like transparent electrodes, an individual voltage according to the pattern of voltage is applied to each of the plural comb-like transparent electrodes, the pitch of the liquid crystal lens is changed depending on a position of an observer with respect to the stereoscopic display panel, in front/back direction. Thus, the stereoscopic display apparatus can provide proper images even as a viewer moves in the front/back direction with respect to the stereoscopic display panel.
US09442287B2
A setting jig to which a housing is set is prepared, a light diameter detection sensor for detecting a light diameter of light beam is arranged, instead of a photosensitive drum, at a position corresponding to a part at which the light beam is scanned on the photosensitive drum, the housing is set to the setting jig, an adhesive is coated on a lens fixing surface of the housing, a collimator lens is grasped by a grasping member to adjust a position of the collimator lens, and the adhesive coated on the lens fixing surface is hardened. When the housing is set to the setting jig, the housing is obliquely arranged such that the light diameter detection sensor does not interfere with the grasping member. The lens fixing surface is formed to be horizontal in a state in which the housing has been set to the setting jig.
US09442283B2
An endoscopic objective lens consists of a negative first lens group, a stop, and a positive second lens group, disposed in order from the object side. The first lens group is composed of a cemented lens formed of a first lens and a second lens with a concave surface on the image side cemented in order from the object side. The second lens group is composed of a positive single third lens and a cemented lens formed of a fourth lens and a fifth lens, either of which being a positive lens and the other being a negative lens, and having a positive refractive power, disposed in order from the object side. The endoscopic objective lens satisfies given conditional expressions related to Abbe numbers of the first and second lenses and radii of curvature of the image side and object side surfaces of the second lens.
US09442282B2
A biological specimen observation apparatus whereby observation of a biological specimen can be performed accurately. In macro observation, a biological change region is extracted from a macro image, a micro observation point corresponding to an extracted biological change region is registered, and an object for tracking is identified. In micro observation, it is judged from the micro image whether or not biological change has continued in the biological change region at the micro observation point, and the registered micro observation point is updated on the basis of this judgment result. It is possible to carry out both macro observation for detecting a biological change region and micro observation for observing the progress of growth of a partial minute region where biological change has been exhibited, and to carry out accurate observation of a biological specimen.
US09442277B1
A wide-angle lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first, second lens are convex-concave lenses with negative refractive power and include a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side respectively. The third lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. The fourth, seventh lens are biconvex lenses. The fifth, sixth lens are with refractive power. The fifth lens and the sixth lens satisfy: −10
US09442276B2
This invention provides a photographing optical lens system comprising: a first lens element with negative refractive power; a second lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface at paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at paraxial region; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface at paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at paraxial region; and a fourth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface at paraxial region and a concave image-side surface at paraxial region and a convex shape at peripheral region, and both surfaces being aspheric. The photographing optical lens system further satisfies conditional expressions as specified.
US09442256B2
In accordance with the following description, an optical communication connector includes a ferrule having retractable alignment pins that are actuable between an extended position and a retracted position. For example, the connector may include an inner housing assembly having optical fibers and an outer housing positioned over the inner housing assembly. The outer housing is shaped to be removable from the inner housing assembly, which has a movable pin clamp mechanically coupled to alignment pins for aligning the connector with another connector. The pin clamp may be slid from a first position (corresponding to a male gender) to a second position (corresponding to a female gender). Separately or in combination with changing gender, the polarity of a communication connector may be changed due to its inclusion of an asymmetric polarity-changing feature that is actuable by an installer to change a polarity of the communication connector. Such a feature may actuated by being moved from a first position to a second position relative to the communication connector.
US09442249B2
A method is provided for processing a silicon-based wire optical waveguide, by which an optical transmission loss of the silicon-based wire optical waveguide due to ion irradiation with high energy is suppressed, and an end portion of the silicon-based wire optical waveguide that is three-dimensionally curved in a self-aligning manner is obtained. According to the method a protective film is selectively formed on the silicon-based wire optical waveguide exclusive of the end portion of the silicon-based wire optical waveguide; and ions are implanted to the silicon-based wire optical waveguide in a particular direction, so as to curve the end portion of the silicon-based wire optical waveguide to the particular direction in a self-alignment manner.
US09442245B2
A system for simulating an electric arc for use in models comprises a light source having a light output envelope and a light scaffold extending from the light source, wherein light output from the light source is transported along the scaffold to simulate the electric arc. A method for simulating an electric arc comprises emitting light through the light source wherein light output from the light source is transported along the scaffold to simulate the electric arc. The system may be located at the distal end of an hot stick and may include a switch and a transmitter for initiating a corresponding arc effect in a model.
US09442239B2
In one embodiment, a light emitting device includes: a light source which emits light; a light guide portion which has an emission surface which emits light and a back surface which opposes to the emission surface, and which has at the back surface a reflecting portion which the light emitted from the light source enters and which reflects the entering light toward the emission surface; a heat transfer portion which opposes to the back surface of the light guide portion and is provided with an interval which is a wavelength of the light or more being spaced from the back surface; and a support portion which is provided between the reflecting portion and the heat transfer portion, and which keeps the interval between the light guide portion and the heat transfer portion.
US09442236B2
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate. A plurality of fine metal lines is disposed on the first substrate. The plurality of fine metal lines including a plurality of small regions. A second substrate is aligned with the first substrate. A light blocking portion is disposed on the second substrate. The light blocking portion is disposed in a region between the small regions of the plurality of small regions of the plurality of fine metal lines.
US09442227B2
Light concentration of order more than 10 times using sub-wavelength diffraction gratings integrated on top and bottom surface of a planar glass substrate is claimed. The invention discloses designing of subwavelength gratings, with period less than the wavelength of light, which can effectively guide the incoming solar radiation into the glass substrate. The subwavelength gratings so designed eliminate long wavelength IR light with energy below the band gap of solar cell completely thus reducing the heating of the solar cell and eliminating the extra cooling requirement (size) thus increasing the efficacy. The subwavelength gratings integrated on top of low cost planar glass substrates and can be used for solar photovoltaic and other applications for heating/cooling purposes.
US09442211B2
A technique utilizes the acquisition of data from desired subterranean regions via a logging system. The logging system is constructed for use in a wellbore and comprises a transmitter module having a transmitter antenna. Additionally, the logging system utilizes a receiver module spaced from the transmitter module and having a receiver antenna. The transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna are oriented to enable sensitivity in desired directions, such as ahead of the logging system.
US09442204B2
Method for inverting seismic data to obtain reflection properties by estimating or measuring (301) the source signature for the seismic data, then inverting (302) simultaneously for subsurface formation properties or reflection properties and for the amplitude attenuation and velocity dispersion effects integrated over the raypath from the source to the reflectors and to the receiver.
US09442203B2
A neutron monitoring system for a nuclear reactor can correct measured neutron flux by taking into consideration neutron moderation based on whether a neutron detector is fully immersed in coolant water or exposed above the water level. The neutron detector and a water detection sensor are mounted at the same height in the nuclear reactor. The water detection sensor includes a thermocouple and a heating element positioned to heat the thermocouple. A temperature measuring component is connected to the thermocouple. A water existence determining component can determine, based on temperature measured by the temperature measuring component, whether the water detection sensor (and thus the neutron detector) is underwater. A correction component can correct a neutron detection signal from the neutron detector in accordance with whether the neutron detector is below or above the water level.
US09442201B2
Timing pick-off is provided in time-of-flight positron emission using digital output photo sensors (e.g., SPAD or dSiPM). The timing-to-digital converter (TDC) is replaced for timing detection with a mixed analog and digital timing pick-off (MTP) where a processor determines the timing from an output of the MTP. The digital SPAD or dSiPM output is summed into an analog waveform, allowing for triggering based on signal statistics or other than at a particular number of discrete detections. The trigger is used by the processor to extrapolate the time of occurrence without an integrated TDC.
US09442193B2
An observation device 1 includes a transmitter and receiver (a transmitter 11, a transmission/reception switch 12, an antenna 13, and a receiver 14) that emits a predetermined radar wave to outside the observation device, and that receives the radar wave scattered by an object existing outside the observation device and acquires a received signal, a temporary image generator 15 that generates a temporary image from the received signal acquired by the transmitter and receiver, and a data transmitter 17 that transmits the temporary image generated by the temporary image generator 15 to a data processing device 2. The data processing device 2 includes a data receiver 21 that receives the temporary image transmitted by the data transmitter 17, and an image generator 24 that generates an image from both the temporary image received by the data receiver 21 and orbit data about a moving object.
US09442186B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to time-of-flight (TOF) systems, and methods for use therewith, that substantially reduce interference that the TOF system may cause to at least one other system that is configured to wirelessly receive and respond to IR light signals. Some such embodiments involve emitting IR light having a low frequency (LF) power envelope that is shaped to substantially reduce frequency content within at least one frequency range known to be used by at least one other system that may be in close proximity to the TOF system. Such embodiments can also involve detecting at least a portion of the emitted RF modulated IR light that has reflected off one or more objects. A TOF system can produce depth images in dependence on results of the detecting, as well as update an application in dependence on the depth images.
US09442180B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag distance measuring system and method is disclosed. One example includes a first replica path that receives a signal that is simultaneously transmitted to an RFID tag. The first replica path includes a plurality of taps at known distances along the first replica path. Each of the plurality of taps has a first tap input coupled with the first replica path. In addition, an RFID signal receiver receives a return signal from the RFID tag and provides the return signal along a measurement input, wherein each of the plurality of taps have a second tap input coupled with the measurement path. A distance determiner detects at least the first of the plurality of taps to have an output and determine a distance measurement to the RFID tag based thereon.
US09442179B2
Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented in one or more electronic devices supporting mobile device positioning within an indoor environment. Tiered positioning assistance data (tiered-PAD) corresponding to an indoor environment may be generated and/or distributed. Mobile device positioning and/or navigation capabilities may be based, at least in part, on tiered-PAD corresponding to the indoor environment. Tiered-PAD may be provided to a plurality of mobile devices. A given mobile device may, for example, select applicable portion(s) of tiered-PAD to affect one or more positioning functions and/or the like which may be performed, at least in part, by the mobile device.
US09442150B2
A system, a method and a computer program to monitor a plurality of transformer operating parameters, as well as to accurately control one or more of the transformer operating parameters. Calculate loss of life and give diagnosis for recovery and provide maintenance notification, monitor the operation of the LTC.
US09442147B2
A method and device are for calibrating an antenna. At least one switch is spanning sections of a radiating antenna element. A controller is designed to selectively close the switch to be conductive, thus effectively short-circuiting the actual section of the antenna element. The method includes: installing the antenna for field use at least for transmission or reception of signals; then measuring the reflected power from the antenna at least for a number of frequencies or frequency ranges at more than one setting of the switch; and storing the settings that gives a desirable result of reflected power at an actual frequency or frequency range.
US09442146B2
An apparatus for and a method of sensing capacitance of one or more sensor elements in multiple capacitance sensing modes, including a self-capacitance sensing mode and a mutual capacitance sensing mode.
US09442144B1
A capacitive sensor includes a switching capacitor circuit, a comparator, and a charge dissipation circuit. The switching capacitor circuit reciprocally couples a sensing capacitor in series with a modulation capacitor during a first switching phase and discharges the sensing capacitor during a second switching phase. The comparator is coupled to compare a voltage potential on the modulation capacitor to a reference and to generate a modulation signal in response. The charge dissipation circuit is coupled to the modulation capacitor to selectively discharge the modulation capacitor in response to the modulation signal.
US09442141B2
An analogue-to-digital converter for converting an analogue input signal into a digital output signal, the analogue-to-digital converter including two conversion paths, each configured to receive a version of the analogue input signal and convert it into a digital bit stream, a first feedback loop configured to provide feed-back, to both paths, that is indicative of a difference between the digital bit streams output by the two paths, and a second feedback loop configured to feed-back, to both paths, that is indicative of an average of the digital bit streams output by the two paths.
US09442124B2
A method is described for determining the antioxidant power of biological fluids such as saliva, serum, plasma, urine, sweat, tears and vegetal fluids, such as fruit, vegetables, beverages derived therefrom. Said method proved to be particularly suitable when evaluating the antioxidant power of saliva, which presents particular complexities from the analytical viewpoint.Furthermore, the present invention concerns a specific reagent and a kit for implementing said method, which comprises said reagent.
US09442115B2
Provided is a method of analyzing binding efficiency of adhesive nanoparticles. The method includes (a) injecting a solution containing nanoparticles into a first chamber slide, (b) evaporating only the solution from the first chamber slide into which the solution containing the nanoparticles is injected, and measuring a saturation temperature using a thermal imager while radiating light from a light source, (c) injecting cells into a second chamber slide, (d) injecting a solution containing nanoparticles into the second chamber slide in which the cells are cultured, (e) removing nanoparticles which are not bound to the cells from the second chamber slide into which the cells and the nanoparticles are injected, and (f) evaporating only the solution from the second chamber slide from which the nanoparticles are removed, and measuring a saturation temperature using a thermal image while radiating light from the light source.
US09442108B2
In a centrifugal microfluidic device for conducting capture assays, a microfluidic platform rotates in a plane of rotation and has at least one capture surface for immobilizing a target particle of interest in the device. The capture surface oriented so that it is not parallel to the plane of rotation of the device and is positionally fixed in the device during operation of the device. The centrifugal force arising from rotation of the device forces the target particles against the capture surface. Capture efficiency is independent of the rate of flow of the fluid and independent of the rate of rotation of the microfluidic platform.
US09442107B2
Disclosed herein are antibody-nanoparticle conjugates that include two or more nanoparticles (such as gold, palladium, platinum, silver, copper, nickel, cobalt, iridium, or an alloy of two or more thereof) directly linked to an antibody or fragment thereof through a metal-thiol bond. Methods of making the antibody-nanoparticle conjugates disclosed herein include reacting an arylphosphine-nanoparticle composite with a reduced antibody to produce an antibody-nanoparticle conjugate. Also disclosed herein are methods for detecting a target molecule in a sample that include using an antibody-nanoparticle conjugate (such as the antibody-nanoparticle conjugates described herein) and kits for detecting target molecules utilizing the methods disclosed herein.
US09442106B2
The system includes a simple system for CD4 and CD8 counting in point-of-care HIV staging within resource poor countries. Unlike previous approaches, no sample preparation is required with the sample added directly to a chip containing dried reagents by capillary flow. A large area image cytometer consisting of an LED module is used to excite the fluorochromes PerCP and APC labeled targets and a monochrome CCD camera with a combination of two macro lenses captures images of 40 mm2 of blood (approximately 1 micro liter). CD4 and CD8-T-lymphocyte counts correlate well with those obtained by flow cytometry. The cytometer system described in the present invention provides an affordable and easy-to-use technique for use in remote locations.
US09442104B2
According to one embodiment, a reporter vector presenting an extracellular binding capacity to metallic compounds contains a nucleotide sequence exhibiting a promoter activity depending on a specific condition, a nucleotide sequence encoding a metallic compound-binding peptide presented extracellularly, and a nucleotide sequence encoding transcription termination signals.
US09442100B2
This invention is a caloric intake measuring system comprising: a spectroscopic sensor that collects data concerning light that is absorbed by or reflected from food, wherein this food is to be consumed by a person, and wherein this data is used to estimate the composition of this food; and an imaging device that takes images of this food from different angles, wherein these images from different angles are used to estimate the quantity of this food. Information concerning the estimated composition of the food and information concerning the estimated quantity of the food can be combined to estimate the person's caloric intake.
US09442099B2
A method of the invention includes preparing a mold having a hydrogen detection part pattern, a nanogap pattern and a base to be formed on a hydrogen sensor substrate; preparing a material to which the patterns are transferrable; forming the hydrogen sensor substrate by bringing the mold into contact with the material to thus transfer the patterns to the material and then detaching the mold from the material to which the patterns are transferred, the hydrogen sensor substrate having a base part corresponding to the base, a plurality of hydrogen detection parts erected from the base part and corresponding to the nanogap pattern and a plurality of nanogaps formed between the hydrogen detection parts and corresponding to the hydrogen detection part pattern; and forming, on the hydrogen sensor substrate, a thin film of a transition metal or an alloy thereof to be expanded by hydrogen.
US09442095B2
A system and method for providing an optical coherence photoacoustic (OC-PAM) microscopy. An OC-PAM microscope includes a light source that outputs light, a scanner, a detector, a transducer, and an image processing module. The scanner receives the light and scans the light across a sample. The detector receives reflected light from the sample in response to the scanned light. The transducer detects photoacoustic waves induced in the sample by the scanned light. The image processing module receives output from the detector and the transducer and generates a photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) image and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image based on the received output from the detector and the transducer. The PAM and OCT image data may be fused to form a single, OC-PAM image. Additionally, a series of PAM images and OCT images, respectively, may be combined to generate three-dimensional PAM and OCT images, respectively.
US09442090B2
An ion sensor apparatus comprises at least one ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) device configured to be exposed to a liquid, a reference electrode configured to contact the liquid to which the ISFET device is exposed, and at least one magnet configured to intermittently expose the ISFET device to a magnetic field. A processor is operatively connected to the ISFET device and the reference electrode. The processor modulates the magnetic field to produce a corresponding modulated output in resistance of the ISFET device, and modulation of a reported output value of the ion sensor apparatus.
US09442084B2
An optical axis adjustment method for an X-ray analyzer. In a 2θ-adjustment step, a 0° position of the rotation of a receiving-side arm and a 0° position of the angle of diffraction 2θ are aligned. In a Zs-axis adjustment step, the position of an incident-side slit along a direction orthogonal to the centerline of the X-rays incident upon a sample from an X-ray source is adjusted. In a θ-adjustment step, the centerline of X-rays incident upon the sample from the X-ray source and the surface of the sample are adjusted so as to be parallel. In the 2θ-adjustment step, the Zs-axis adjustment step, and the θ-adjustment step, the capability for X-ray intensity positional resolution upon a straight line possessed by a one-dimensional X-ray detector is used to perform 2θ-adjustment, Zs-axis adjustment, and θ-adjustment.
US09442083B2
Systems and methods for imaging an object using backscattered radiation are described. The imaging system comprises both a radiation source for irradiating an object that is rotationally movable about the object, and a detector for detecting backscattered radiation from the object that can be disposed on substantially the same side of the object as the source and which can be rotationally movable about the object. The detector can be separated into multiple detector segments with each segment having a single line of sight projection through the object and so detects radiation along that line of sight. Thus, each detector segment can isolate the desired component of the backscattered radiation. By moving independently of each other about the object, the source and detector can collect multiple images of the object at different angles of rotation and generate a three dimensional reconstruction of the object. Other embodiments are described.
US09442075B2
A camera assembly for generating a high resolution image of an area of interest on a workpiece includes a sensor array and an optical lens that focuses light reflected from the workpiece onto the sensor array. The sensor array is inclined relative to an optical axis defined by the optical lens disposed in a fixed position relative to the optical lens. A galvanometer driven mirror assembly directs a field of view of the optical lens toward the area of interest on the workpiece translating light reflected from the area of interest of the workpiece onto the sensor array. The inclination of the sensor array provides varying degrees of resolution relative to a distance of the workpiece area of interest from the camera assembly enabling the camera assembly to generate high resolution images at varying distances from the camera assembly without adjusting the optical lens relative to the sensor array.
US09442072B2
A method of identifying a sample includes placing the sample in proximity to a plurality of nanoparticles and irradiating the plurality of nanoparticles with laser radiation. A plasmon resonance process results in heating of the plurality of nanoparticles due to the laser irradiation. The method also includes transferring energy from the plurality of nanoparticles to the sample, obtaining a Raman spectrum associated with sample, and identifying the sample based on the Raman spectrum.
US09442071B2
An apparatus for performing a sensing application includes a reservoir to contain a solution, a dispenser to dispense the solution from the reservoir, and a substrate having a plurality of nano-fingers positioned to receive the dispensed solution, in which the plurality of nano-fingers are flexible, such that the plurality of nano-fingers are configurable with respect to each other. The apparatus also includes an illumination source to illuminate the received solution, an analyte introduced around the plurality of nano-fingers, and the plurality of nano-fingers, in which light is to be emitted from the analyte in response to being illuminated. The apparatus further includes a detector to detect the light emitted from the analyte.
US09442070B1
Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined.
US09442064B1
A photometer is provided for measuring the concentration of a chromophore in a fluid. The photometer includes a light source, a sample cell and a detector. The light source includes first, second, third and fourth light emitting diodes (LEDs). Each of the first and second LEDs emit light at a measurement wavelength and each of the third and fourth LEDs emit light at a reference wavelength. The first and second LEDs are arranged diagonal to each other and the third and fourth LEDs are arranged diagonal to each other. The photometer performs a routine for correcting concentration measurement for LED drift.
US09442059B2
The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for exciting particles, and more specifically relates to analyzers or sorters for exciting fluorescently labeled particles with a multimode diode laser and the optics for making high resolution determinations from the multimode diode laser beam excitation.
US09442056B2
The hardness tester includes a plurality of weights; a transmission mechanism transmitting to an indenter a force of gravity acting on the weights; and a test force switching mechanism switching between magnitudes of a test force. The weights include hollow portions running through the weights in a vertical direction; and accommodation portions formed so as to be capable of accommodating the weight directly below. Outside tapered portions are provided to an exterior surface of the weights and inside tapered portions are provided to an interior surface of the accommodation portions. The transmission mechanism includes a shaft member and a weight engagement portion capable of being accommodated by the bottom-most accommodation portion to engage a weight. The weight engagement portion includes a tapered portion engaging the weight to regulate horizontal-direction displacement. A predetermined gap is reserved between the hollow portions and the shaft member.
US09442049B2
Systems and methods of sample and staining processing including compression and dynamic movement of liquids in a fluidically moving substantially contained liquid bridge perhaps between a hydrophobic wand and a hydrophilic sample support element. Embodiments may include low volume reagent and perhaps even low volume buffer wash in sample processing. In addition, antibodies can be conjugated with nanoparticles and can be used in sample processing. Exposing a sample with or without movement to AC, DC, or even a permanent magnet field may improve staining. Staining with nanoparticle reagents could be quantified using a microscope with a magnetometer below the slide viewing area. The detection of nanoparticles attached to the chemistry may facilitate the quantification of cancerous cells stained in the tissue.
US09442046B2
The disclosure relates to devices, solutions and methods for collecting and processing samples of bodily fluids containing cells (as well as embodiments for the collection, and processing and/or analysis of other fluids including toxic and/or hazardous substances/fluids). In addition, the disclosure relates generally to function genomic studies and to the isolation and preservation of cells from saliva and other bodily fluids (e.g., urine), for cellular analysis. With respect to devices for collection of bodily fluids, some embodiments include two mating bodies, a cap and a tube (for example), where, in some embodiments, the cap includes a closed interior space for holding a sample preservative solution and mates with the tube to constitute the (closed) sample collection device. Upon mating, the preservation solution flows into the closed interior space to preserve cells in the bodily fluid. The tube is configured to receive a donor sample of bodily fluid (e.g., saliva, urine), which can then be subjected to processing to extract a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells can be further processed to isolate one and/or another cell type therefrom. The plurality of cells, as well as the isolated cell type(s), can be analyzed for functional genomic and epigenetic studies, as well as biomarker discovery.
US09442045B2
A tire-based system and method for estimating longitudinal stiffness between a tire and a road surface includes a longitudinal stiffness adaptation model for calculating longitudinal stiffness between a tire and a road surface from a plurality of scaling factors including the load level, the measured air cavity pressure of the one tire, and the measured temperature of the one tire compensated by a wear state estimation of the one tire. The wear state is obtained from a vehicle-measured vertical mode shift of the tire.
US09442043B2
A vehicle test apparatus includes: a test article installation vehicle body to which four axles corresponding to four wheels that are a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel are attached, and on which a test article is installed; a first motion base that supports the test article installation vehicle body, and that allows the test article installation vehicle body to make motions of six degrees of freedom; and four second motion bases each of which supports a corresponding one of the axles, and each of which allows a corresponding one of the axles to make motions of six degrees of freedom.
US09442040B2
A device for determining a bearing preload of a rolling-element bearing includes an exciter configured to be attachable to a component of the rolling-element bearing and to excite the component of the rolling-element bearing and cause it to vibrate when the rolling-element bearing is not rotating, at least one vibration sensor configured to be attachable to the component or to a further component of the rolling-element bearing and to record (capture) a mechanical reaction, in response to the excitation, of the component or the further component of the rolling-element bearing, and an evaluating circuit configured to receive the sensor signal and provide an evaluation signal based on the sensor signal, the evaluation signal including information about the bearing preload. An associated method and computer program are also disclosed.
US09442039B2
A device for measuring edge and rounding features on a piston ring includes a planar support element for the piston ring, a stop operatively connected thereto for bearing defined piston ring sections thereon, and a measuring unit, which is disposed at a predefinable angle with respect to the support element or the stop.
US09442035B2
A device for classifying strain gauges includes a holder capable of receiving strain gauges and capable of being rotated by a rotating device, the holder being connected to the rotating device by a linking device; and a heater capable of heating the holder and arranged about the mounting, the linking device including a cooling device capable of limiting the heating of the rotating device.
US09442033B2
A pressure difference sensor includes a measuring membrane, which is arranged between two platforms and connected pressure-tightly with the platforms, in each case, via a first insulating layer for forming pressure chambers between the platforms and the measuring membrane. The insulating layer is especially silicon oxide, wherein the pressure difference sensor further includes an electrical transducer for registering a pressure dependent deflection of the measuring membrane. The platforms have support positions, against which the measuring membrane lies at least partially in the case of overload, wherein the support positions have position dependent heights, characterized in that the support positions are formed in the first insulating layer by isotropic etching, and the particular height h of a support position, in each case, is a function of a distance from a base of the support position in the reference plane.
US09442031B2
A process fluid pressure measurement probe includes a pressure sensor formed of a single-crystal material and mounted to a first metallic process fluid barrier and disposed for direct contact with a process fluid. The pressure sensor has an electrical characteristic that varies with process fluid pressure. A feedthrough is formed of a single-crystal material and has a plurality of conductors extending from a first end to a second end. The feedthrough is mounted to a second metallic process fluid barrier and is spaced from, but electrically coupled to, the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor and the feedthrough are mounted such that the secondary metallic process fluid barrier is isolated from process fluid by the first metallic process fluid barrier.
US09442030B2
A pedal operation amount detecting device that is provided in an operating pedal apparatus including a transmitting member having a pedal arm of an operating pedal that is arranged so as to be pivotable about a support axis and that is depressed, and an output member to which a depression force is transmitted from the transmitting member and to which a reaction force corresponding to the depression force is applied, the pedal operation amount detecting device including a sensor member that is arranged on a load transmission path at a position offset from the transmitting member in a direction parallel to the support axis and that is deformed by the depression force and the reaction force, and the pedal operation amount detecting device electrically detecting a deformation of the sensor member.
US09442025B2
In some embodiments, a method may be provided for calibrating integrated circuit temperature sensors. The method may include sensing a first temperature using a first temperature sensor and a second temperature using a second temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor may be calibrated and is external to a package of the integrated circuit. The second temperature sensor may be included in the integrated circuit. The method may include increasing a temperature of the integrated circuit. The method may include allowing the integrated circuit and the package to thermally equilibrate over a first period of time. The method may include sensing a first slope of a temperature decay by the first temperature sensor. The method may include sensing a second slope of a temperature decay by the second temperature sensor. The method may include calibrating the second temperature sensor responsive to a difference between the first and second temperatures and the first and second slopes.
US09442019B2
An infrared imaging probe that includes an elongated wand and an electrically isolating connection between the imaging components, located at the distal end of the wand, and the image processing components, located at the proximal end of the wand.
US09442017B2
An occupancy sensor includes a passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) and an infrared sensor (IR sensor). The occupancy sensor is configured to confirm occupancy or non-occupancy in dependence on signals measured by both the PIR sensor and the IR sensor.
US09442016B2
A reflective optics system that preferably requires the presence of both convex and a concave mirrors that have beam reflecting surfaces, the application of which achieves focusing of a beam of electromagnetic radiation onto a sample, (which can be along a locus differing from that of an input beam), with minimized effects on a polarization state of an input beam state of polarization based on adjusted angles of incidence and reflections from the various mirrors involved.
US09442010B2
The light measurement apparatus according to the present invention includes: an integrating sphere; a reference calibration light source body holding unit that is arranged on the integrating sphere and to which a reference calibration light source body is attached; a test light source body holding unit that is arranged on the integrating sphere and to which a test light source body to be measured is attached; a light detection unit that is arranged on the integrating sphere and detects light from the reference calibration light source body and the test light source body; and a control unit that controls lighting of the reference calibration light source body and the test light source body, the light measurement apparatus being configured so that only either one of the reference calibration light source body and the test light source body is able to selectively emit light in the integrating sphere.
US09442008B2
A system and method for monitoring a fiber curing system is disclosed. In one example, transmittance of a curing tube is determined so that curing of a coating applied to a fiber may be more uniform.
US09441999B2
A vehicle includes a powertrain comprising an engine configured to separately burn first and second types of fuels and propel the vehicle therefrom, and a computer programmed to compute a distance traveled per unit fuel burned for each fuel type, compute distance-to-empty (DTE) for each fuel type, and display DTE for each fuel type.
US09441993B2
A system for measuring the superposition of a plurality of sound waves propagating within a conduit containing a fluid having a plurality of transducers positioned substantially parallel to the flow direction along the wall of the conduit. The system includes means for modeling the superposition of a plurality of sound waves as they propagate within the conduit.
US09441984B2
A method and end user mapping device (200) are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving information from a remote server (302), at a device, the received information including at least one location reference enhanced by at least one focusing factor, computed at the remote server (302) based upon encoded information corresponding to at least one path of the at least one location reference; and reconstructing the at least one path of the at least one location reference at the device, based upon the received at least one location reference enhanced by the at least one focusing factor.
US09441982B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a destination; generating a route to the destination; and generating a non-native dynamic navigation based on the route for displaying on a device.
US09441972B2
A method of assisting in the navigation of a rotorcraft by displaying in flight a dynamic representation of the outside world (Me) in the event of a loss of visibility (brown-out/white-out). Front maps with incorporated localization are generated on the basis of front images captured by a set of front cameras. Terrain elevation data is generated from images captured by complementary sets of lateral and rear cameras. In the event of a loss of visibility, a reconstituted world (Mr) is prepared from the front maps with incorporated localization. On request of the pilot, an extrapolated world (Mex) is prepared by adding terrain elevation data to the front maps with incorporated localization, in compliance with the common time and the relative positions of the various sets of cameras between one another.
US09441970B2
A navigation system may use digital maps to represent cartographic features during guidance along a route to a destination requested by a user. A system and method are provided for management of icons used to represent the cartographic features by storing data for multiple icons in a data array representing an image containing the plurality of icons.
US09441966B2
A measuring device includes a pair of sensors, an actuator, a noise extraction unit and a low frequency noise (LFN) estimator. The sensors each generate with sample time Ts a sense signal indicating a value of a component of a vectorial physical quantity. The sensors have an Allan variance curve with a minimum value for a first integration time T1. The curve has a first and second tangent line being tangent at integration time 0, and integration time T1 respectively. The tangent lines intersect each other at an intersection point for a second integration time T2. The estimator having an effective integration time Teff determined by, Ts, T1 and T2, generates an estimated noise signal indicative for the estimated value of the noise component from the difference signal and from information about the relative rotation between the sensors.
US09441964B2
An inclinometer for measuring a change in the inclination of a structure from a given initial position. The inclinometer comprises a frame, a pendulum and at least three distance-measuring device. The frame is rigidly connected to the structure such that the inclination of the frame has the same changes in inclination as the structure. The pendulum is freely suspended from the frame and comprises a first end attached to the frame and a freely moving opposite end. The distance-measuring devices at the frame have respective coplanar measuring axes converging at a single point. Each measuring device measures a change in the distance separating same from the pendulum.
US09441962B2
A sounding device for measuring the thickness of sediments at the base of dry or wet drilled shaft excavations for the assessment of drilled shaft bottom cleaning operations. The sounding device provides a simple and reliable means to quantitatively evaluate drilled shaft bottom cleanliness.
US09441960B2
A device for capturing a three-dimensional object is presented, which allows, on one hand, a sufficiently large number of projected pixels and a high image quality of the projected pixels, and which has, on the other hand, a compact size and low assembly costs.
US09441954B2
An instrument system that includes an elongate body in a geometric configuration, an optical fiber, and a controller is provided. The optical fiber is operatively coupled to the elongate body and has a strain sensor provided on the optical fiber, wherein at least a portion of the optical fiber is in the geometric configuration. The controller is operatively coupled to the optical fiber and adapted to receive, from a source other than the optical fiber, information indicative of the geometric configuration, receive a signal from the strain sensor, and associate the signal with the geometric configuration.
US09441939B2
A radio frequency (RF) object detector is disclosed. The RF object detector in example embodiments transmits an RF signal. A receiver measures the amplitude, the phase, or both the amplitude and phase of the signal as reflected from objects in an interrogation zone. The RF object detector can be deployed in a combined system that performs multiple functions. For example, the RF object detector can be integrated with an EAS system that also sends RFID commands and receives RFID responses. In some embodiments the object detector can discriminate between moving objects and stationary objects, and/or discriminate between objects in the interrogation zone and objects outside the interrogation zone, and/or provide location estimates. An antenna or antennas can be connected in a mono-static or bi-static configuration and the phase and/or amplitude signals can be either DC-coupled or AC-coupled into the system through a mixer.
US09441933B2
Described are various embodiments of a method and apparatus for outlining recessed installation of a component within a surface material. In one embodiment, the apparatus generally comprises two or more template or alignment modules adjacently disposable against the surface material and each comprising opposed edges that can be aligned with adjacently disposed edges so to define a substantially continuous spacing along these adjacently disposed edges. This spacing is generally dimensioned so to accommodate a corresponding component dimension such that, the aligned edges guide removal of surface material along the spacing to accommodate recessed installation of the component within the surface material.
US09441927B1
A field point for a double walled arrow shaft preferably includes a target point formed on one end and a weight reduction cavity formed in an opposing end thereof. The double walled arrow shaft includes an outer tube and an inner tube. An outer tube diameter is formed in substantially a middle of the field point to receive an inner diameter of an outer tube of the double walled arrow shaft. An end of the inner tube diameter is formed adjacent the first shaft diameter and between an end of the outer tube diameter and the opposing end of the field point to receive an inner diameter of an inner tube of the double walled arrow shaft. An end of the outer tube diameter is terminated with an outer undercut. An end of the outer tube is chamfered or tapered to be received by the outer undercut.
US09441925B1
A lobed projectile includes a shaft having a leading end and a trailing end, a point positioned at the leading end, a number of circumferentially spaced apart vanes positioned on the shaft between the leading end and the trailing end, and a nock positioned at the trailing end. The nock includes a body portion attached to the shaft, wherein the body portion has a central axis, and the nock includes a lobe on the outer surface of the body portion which extends radially away from the central axis. The nock may be used to avoid dry fires of a crossbow by controlling an anti-dry fire mechanism and by securing a bowstring to the nock of the projectile.
US09441914B2
Disclosed is an automatic correction apparatus for a trajectory of a projectile from a firearm of which a sight and a gun barrel are installed in parallel, the apparatus including: a distance measurer which is installed in parallel with the sight and measures distance from a target to be hit; a central processing unit which calculates a correction value for parallelization between the gun barrel and the sight so that a trajectory curve and the target can intersect with each other on the basis of the distance measured by the distance measurer; and a parallelization adjuster which connects the sight and the gun barrel and adjusts axial parallelization between a sight line of the sight and the gun barrel on the basis of the parallelization correction value calculated by the central processing unit. With this, the trajectory of the projectile is automatically corrected in accordance with the distance from the target, and thus quick and correct aiming and firing are possible.
US09441913B1
A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents cause a processing device including a touch screen display to perform a method for generating an archery sight setting, the method including acts of rendering a graphical user interface in the touch screen display, receiving a first input to the graphical user interface to select at least one archery parameter, and presenting a plurality of sight marks in the graphical user interface including at least a first sight mark and a second sight mark, the plurality of sight marks scaled within the graphical user interface to provide a 1:1 ratio between a first distance separating the first sight mark and the second sight mark in the graphical user interface and a second distance separating a first sighted-in position and a second sighted-in position in an archery sight including at least one mechanically-adjusted sight pin.
US09441910B1
A gun system includes a gun body; a hand grip rotatably attached to the gun body; and an attachment device rigidly attached to the gun body and to the hand grip. The hand grip is secured solely to the gun body via the attachment device and the attachment device is configured to allow movement of the hand grip relative to the gun body.
US09441903B2
A pull through gun cleaning device includes a plurality of cylindrical double coned pressure sections having a longitudinal tunnel disposed therein. A cable member is threaded through the tunnel of each cylindrical double coned pressure section. A tubular woven sheath is disposed over each cylindrical double coned pressure section disposed along the cable member, and the cable member to form a pull cord. A total length of the pull cord is configured such that where the plurality of cylindrical double coned pressure sections are inserted into one end of a barrel, the pull cord extends past another end of the barrel. Each of the plurality of cylindrical double coned pressure sections provides a radial force pressing the tubular woven sheath of each cylindrical double coned pressure section of the plurality of cylindrical double coned pressure sections against an inside surface or a rifling of the barrel.
US09441900B1
A suppressor of an audible sound, especially useful for an impulse sound such as the report of a firearm, has a bore formed through a body for co-axial alignment with an exhaust of the device which produces the sound, one or more chambers within the suppressor body, each chamber having a spiral volume, and receivers for sound producing matter into the outer ends of each chamber so as to allow the sound producing matter to be expanded into the spiral volumes to reduce audible sounds presented at an output of the bore.
US09441899B2
A rifle/shotgun combination firearm includes a shotgun receiver portion and a lower receiver portion extending rearwardly from the shotgun receiver portion. A rifle trigger assembly is carried in the lower receiver portion and actuated by a rifle trigger coupled thereto. A shotgun trigger assembly is carried by the shotgun receiver portion and actuated by a shotgun trigger pivotally carried on a transversely oriented pivot pin in the lower receiver portion. A shotgun trigger transfer bar couples the shotgun trigger assembly to the shotgun trigger.
US09441897B2
A bolt action rifle with safety mechanism includes a receiver, barrel coupled to the receiver, and a trigger housing detachably coupled to the receiver. The trigger housing includes a trigger-actuated firing mechanism operable to discharge the rifle. A safety mechanism comprises a safety shaft and safety selector each rotatably mounted in the trigger housing and operably coupled together by a mechanical linkage, such as a rod in one embodiment. The safety selector comprises a control shaft and selector switch for operating the selector. Rotating the safety selector in a first direction rotates and engages the safety shaft with the trigger to disable the firing mechanism. Rotating the safety selector in a second direction rotates and disengages the safety shaft from the trigger to enable the firing mechanism for discharging the rifle. In one embodiment, the safety selector is mounted in a lower stock which includes a pistol grip.
US09441896B2
An apparatus comprises a trigger assembly for initiating a firing of a firearm. The trigger assembly comprises a trigger blocking portion. A safety selector lever is configured for joining to the firearm. The safety selector lever has an on position with the safety selector generally in a downward position and accessible to a user's thumb of a hand gripping a grip of the firearm. The safety selector is rotatable by the user's thumb to an off position where the user operates the trigger assembly while maintaining the safety selector in the off position. A safety cam is in engagement with a pivot end of the safety selector. The safety cam is configured for engaging the trigger blocking portion in the on position to inhibit the firing and for engaging the trigger blocking portion in the off position to enable the firing.
US09441894B1
A bleeding mechanism for use in the propulsion system of a recoilless, insensitive munition utilizing a utilizing a fluidic countermass. The present bleeding mechanism utilizes a firing pin or a similar puncture or tear device. A heat sensitive material blocks the movement of the firing pin. A mechanical locking mechanism locks the firing pin in position until it is unlocked by the melting of the heat sensitive material. When the insensitive munition is exposed to heat, the reaction of the heat sensitive material within the bleeding mechanism allows the firing pin to be released and to rupture a cartridge seal. The cartridge may be filled with a compressed compound, which releases gas under pressure to the countermass container, causing a countermass cover to rupture, thereby emptying the countermass fluid.
US09441891B2
An LED lighting device includes an LED light engine and a heat sink including a heat dissipation structure. The heat dissipation structure includes: a plurality of heat conductive rod rows including a plurality of vertical heat conductive rods; a plurality of horizontal heat conductive rods including a plurality of surfaces and attached onto one end of the vertical heat conductive rods; another end of the vertical heat conductive rods vertically attached to a back side of the LED light engine; and a plurality of fin modules attached to any one of the surfaces of the horizontal heat conductive rods. Accordingly, the heat dissipation area is increased and the heat sink is separated from the LED light engine such that heat dose not accumulate thereon and the shortcoming of airflow on the heat sink can be overcome with improvements.
US09441883B2
The present invention relates to a laundry treating machine, and more particularly, a laundry treating machine including an air supply unit for supplying air, a tub for having the air supplied thereto from the air supply unit to treat the laundry, the tub having an air recovery opening formed in an outside circumferential surface thereof for recovery of the air to the air supply unit, a lint filter mounted to an inside of the air recovery opening for filtering the lint from the air, and a filter cleaning unit for spraying cleaning water toward the lint filter to separate the lint from the lint filter, wherein the filter cleaning unit is extended and branched to the inside of the air recovery opening for spraying the cleaning water to the lint filter.
US09441882B2
In a gas feeding apparatus for a powder and granular material feeder, in which a powder and granular material 3 supplied to an upper portion tubular hopper 11 is continuously supplied and discharged downward by a powder and granular material feeder provided below the tubular hopper 11, a first feed port 20 for a gas is provided in an upper surface 1a of a bottom plate 1′ on a lower surface of a boss portion for a set of rotary blades 8 of the powder and granular material feeder so that the gas can be fed to a space S between the upper surface 1a of the bottom plate 1′ of the powder and granular material feeder and the lower surface of the boss portion. Further, an annular damming plate 22 is formed on the lower surface of the boss portion on the outer side of the first feed port 20 so that the gas fed into the space S through the first feed port 20 can be fed in a radial direction into the powder and granular material feeder via slits 23, 24 provided around the annular damming plate 22.
US09441879B2
The drying method for a green honeycomb molded body according to the invention is a method for drying a green honeycomb molded body having a plurality of through-holes. The method includes the steps of: mounting a green honeycomb molded body on a gas dispersion plate; and irradiating the molded body with microwaves simultaneously while supplying heated air through the gas dispersion plate into the through-holes of the molded body, in an atmosphere containing water vapor surrounding the molded body; wherein prior to the supply of heated air and the irradiation of microwaves, a sealing member is situated on the outer side of an edge of the molded body on the gas dispersion plate side, to prevent the heated air from the gas dispersion plate from contacting the outer peripheral wall of the molded body.
US09441873B1
In a refrigeration appliance, an enclosure or container defines an enclosed space. A two-plane door forms a portion of the container. The two-plane door opens along one pivot axis and allows access to the enclosed interior space. The container can be a thermally insulated in-door ice compartment of a refrigerated appliance. One example is a bottom freezer style, with the in-door ice compartment in the cold food section of the appliance.
US09441863B2
The intermittent absorption refrigeration system with an ejector includes a generator/absorber unit, a solar collector unit, a dephlegmator, a condenser unit, a first evaporator, and valves to control the flow of aqua-ammonia coolant through the system, as in a conventional intermittent absorption refrigeration system. However, the present system also includes an ejector disposed between the dephlegmator and the condenser, and also a second evaporator disposed in a feedback loop between the first evaporator and the ejector, together with appropriate valves to control coolant flow through the feedback loop. The utilization of the ejector and the feedback loop in the intermittent system allows the intermittent system to produce a cooling effect during the daytime, as well as during the nighttime, which increases the coefficient of performance of the intermittent system.
US09441862B2
An air-conditioning apparatus in which a primary-side refrigerant in a two-phase gas-liquid state that has flowed into each of intermediate heat exchangers absorbs heat from a secondary-side refrigerant flowing in counterflow to the primary-side refrigerant, and evaporates and turns into a low-temperature, low-pressure gas state. The air-conditioning apparatus ensures high heat exchange efficiency even when a direction of a heat source-side refrigerant (secondary-side refrigerant) flowing through an intermediate heat exchanger changes, and enables an appropriate operation in any operation mode.
US09441860B2
A double-medium circulation air conditioner for cooling, heating and humidifying comprises: a machine body having an air inlet and an air outlet provided thereon. A heat exchanging fan, a water circulation system, a refrigerant circulation system, a heat exchanger and a humidification system are provided in the machine body. The heat exchanger comprises a water heat exchanging pipe and a refrigerant heat exchanging pipe, which are winded or overlapped together without communicating with each other. The water circulation system is communicated with the water heat exchanging pipe of the heat exchanger. The refrigerant circulation system is communicated with the refrigerant heat exchanging pipe of the heat exchanger. The water circulation system comprises a downhole exchanger, and the humidification system comprises a humidifying water-storage grill set.
US09441856B2
A steam generator having a channel for circulating heated fluid through a heat exchanger and having a channel for supplying water through the heat exchanger. The steam side of the heat exchanger is maintained at a pressure lower than the outside atmosphere and is heated by the heating fluid to a temperature more than the boiling point of the water at the lowered pressure. The water being introduced to the heat exchanger is heated to a boil. The steam produced is less than the boiling point of water in the atmosphere. A vacuum pump draws the steam from the heat exchanger and ejects the steam through a steam hose into atmospheric pressure. This rise in pressure is accompanied by a rise in temperature of the steam above the boiling point of water at atmospheric pressure.
US09441848B2
Devices and methods for airflow and water balancing are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include receiving, with a balancing handler, a signal that includes a variable air volume (VAV) balancing command for multiple VAV controllers; determining VAV balancing profiles associated with each of the multiple VAV controllers; and sending the VAV balancing command to the multiple VAV controllers in accordance with the VAV balancing profiles.
US09441846B2
An HVAC controller, a method for operating a HVAC unit and a HVAC unit are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) a memory configured to store a unique default network address for the controller and (2) a processor configured to automatically generate the unique default network address based on a seed value that is uniquely associated with the HVAC unit.
US09441845B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for an ion generation device that includes an elongate housing having a back portion and a pair of side portions extending from the back portion and forming a cavity therein. A conductive portion is disposed within the cavity and connected to a power supply for providing power to the conductive portion. A plurality of tines are engaged to the conductive portion.
US09441837B2
The invention relates to a premix burner of the multi-cone type for a gas turbine that includes a plurality of shells which are arranged around a central burner axis and are parts of a virtual, axially extending common cone, which opens in a downstream direction, whereby said parts are displaced perpendicular to said burner axis such that a tangential slot is defined between each pair of adjacent shells. The flame front of such a burner is stabilized by providing a virtual common cone with a cone angle, which varies in axial direction.
US09441836B2
A fuel-air premixer for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a central passage disposed along an axis and operable to communicate a first airflow and an outer annular passage about the axis operable to communicate a second airflow. The fuel-air premixer further includes an inner annular passage about the axis and between the central passage and the outer annular passage for communicating fuel flow. The inner annular passage including an inner exit angled for directing fuel flow toward the axis into a mixer passage downstream of the outer and inner exits for mixing the fuel flow with the first and second airflows.
US09441833B2
A heating assembly can be used in a dual fuel heater to mix air with fuel to be combusted at the burner. The heating assembly can include a burner, a first nozzle, a second nozzle, a first conduit and a second conduit. The first conduit can have an opening configured to allow air to mix with fuel injected into the first conduit by the first nozzle.
US09441825B2
An LED lighting assembly, including a socket member operable to electrically communicate with a solid-state lighting element, at least two electrical connections extending into the socket member for electrically communicating with a solid-state lighting element, at least two electrical receivers extending into the socket member and capable of electrical communication with the at least two electrical connections, a differentiation groove embedded in the socket member, a driver element in electrical communication with the at least one socket member, and a heat-dissipating member operationally connected to the socket member. Other implementations include securing and energizing the solid-state lighting element by inserting the solid-state lighting element into the socket member and twisting; polarity-specific electrical connections using uniquely sized electric receivers and/or electrical connectors; and active and/or passive heat dissipation.
US09441815B2
A retrofit canopy light system is provided that has a multi-output power supply assembly in electrical communication with a plurality of luminaire assemblies through a plurality of distribution wires. In one embodiment, each luminaire assembly may receive an electric current from a respective distribution wire extending from the power supply assembly. The power supply assembly may convert high-voltage AC to low-voltage, regulated DC. Each luminaire assembly may comprise a light source and a low profile, heat-dissipating frame in thermal and mechanical communication with the light source. The heat-dissipating frame may be constructed of a thermally conductive material, and may include a plurality of heat sink fins and bars. The heat-dissipating frame may present a substantially flat surface configured for flush mounting adjacent to an existing canopy fixture.
US09441814B2
Described are various embodiments of a luminaire and output element coupling mechanism therefore. In one embodiment, a recessable luminaire comprises two or more luminaire modules, each one of which comprising a recessable housing having opposed side walls. The luminaire further comprises an output element securable along and between these side walls to at least partially define an output of the luminaire, and opposed inwardly biased output coupling structures extending at least partially along respective side walls and adapted to receive and resiliently secure corresponding edges of the output element therein.
US09441805B2
An optical device for automobile vehicles, notably a signalling and/or lighting device. The device comprises at least one surface-emitting light source, at least one lens, notably distant from the surface-emitting light source, disposed at least partially on the path of the light (R) emitted by the surface-emitting light source so as to produce an image of an object area of the surface-emitting light source.
US09441789B2
Pressure tank, comprising a hollow body of thermoplastic material with at least one outlet, into which one connector each is inserted, which has at least one aperture each to the interior of the hollow body, with a sealing flange which is integrally formed around the outlet to the connector. This sealing flange is visible to the outside and is welded and/or bonded to the hollow body, on which at least one torque coupling is integrally formed, whose cross-section is polygonal or non-circular and which is inserted in a complementary coupling socket in the hollow body, running around the outlet.
US09441782B2
One embodiment provides a tablet mounting system including a support having a tablet portion located near the first end of the support arm for supporting a tablet, a monitor portion located between the tablet portion and the second end of the support arm for supporting a display monitor, and a support portion located between the first end and the second end of the support arm for attaching the arm to a support object such as a desk, wall, desk stand, or display arm. In some cases, the support portion is located closer to the monitor portion of the support arm than to the tablet portion of the support arm. A tablet mount is configured to support a tablet and to attached to the tablet portion of the support arm. Methods for mounting tablets are also provided.
US09441770B2
A sealing device with a bearing unit for a distribution apparatus for media may include a shaft sleeve arranged in a stationary manner and inside which at least one supply line for a medium can be guided and a housing rotatable with respect to the shaft sleeve and arranged radially outside the shaft sleeve with respect to a rotation axis of the housing. The bearing unit bears the housing such that it can rotate with respect to the shaft sleeve, and the bearing unit is offset with respect to the sealing device in the direction of the rotation axis.
US09441769B2
A conduit fitting of the type having first and second threaded fitting components and at least one conduit gripping device, further includes a stroke limiting member that allows the fitting to be pulled up by applying a predetermined torque. In one embodiment, the stroke limiting member may be a non-integral torque collar. Alternatively, the fitting may also be pulled up by turns or may have an integral torque collar. In still another embodiment, a stroke limiting member is provided that may be used to enable a fitting that is designed to be pulled up by turns to also be pulled up by torque. In other embodiments, the non-integral torque collar may be installed onto one of the fitting components, and then deformed so as to prevent or make it more difficult to remove the torque collar after installation onto the fitting component.
US09441765B2
A piping component for controlling the flow of fluids that includes a piping body having an inlet end and an outlet end, including methods of operating such components within a piping system. The piping body may be sized for fluids operating at temperatures from approximately 350° F. up to approximately 500° F., and up to approximately 650° F. In addition, the piping body is made from a silicon-copper alloy consisting essentially of less than 16% zinc, less than trace amounts of lead, less than trace amounts of bismuth, 2 to 6% silicon and a balance of copper (by weight). In certain aspects, less than 0.09% of lead and/or less than 0.09% bismuth are contained in the silicon-copper alloy.
US09441764B2
In a cable fastener, a fixing portion is a projection projecting from a second surface of a base portion that is opposite to a first surface for supporting a cable, and when the fixing portion is inserted into a hole of a plate-like support portion and then the base portion is rotated, fixes the base portion to the plate-like support portion. Two cable holding portions extend from the base portion toward opposite sides of the base portion, and are configured to be bendingly deformed toward the first surface of the base portion. Two engaging portions are configured to be engaged with each other such that the base portion and the two cable holding portions are kept to be in an annular state.
US09441760B2
A cart has a base; and at least two right-side protrusions, namely, a right-side sub-rail protrusion extending horizontally from the base; and a right-side super-rail protrusion extending horizontally from the base. The right-side sub-rail protrusion and right-side super-rail protrusion are adapted to straddle a substantially horizontal flange of a first rail and the first rail is one among the at least one rail. Further, the base has at least two left-side protrusions, namely, a left-side sub-rail protrusion extending in a direction opposite to the right-side sub-rail protrusion from the base; and a left-side super-rail protrusion extending in a direction opposite to the right-side super-rail protrusion from the base. Further, the left-side sub-rail protrusion and left-side super-rail protrusion are adapted to straddle a substantially horizontal flange of a second rail, and the second rail is one among the at least one rail. A vertical support extends upwards from the base.
US09441756B2
A valve arrangement includes at least two valves and a housing which is configured as an installation cartridge. One of the valves is configured as a pressure regulator and the other of the valves is configured as a delivery flow regulator. The valve arrangement is configured to be inserted or screwed into a variable-displacement pump, thereby minimizing the spatial requirement of the valve arrangement.
US09441747B2
A pressure/flow regulator includes a pressure control valve, a flow control valve, and a first control connection configured to set a variable displacement pump. The control connection is configured to be discharged to a tank by the flow control valve via a control edge of the pressure control valve that is open in the idle position of a valve piston of the pressure control valve.
US09441746B2
The present application relates to an anti-siphon valve for a tank including a body with an inlet, an outlet, and a passage for the fluid, the passage connecting the inlet to the outlet. The anti-siphon valve further includes a movable cut-off device interacting with a seat to close the passage. The cut-off device normally remains in the closed position and is designed to open the passage in the presence of a positive pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet. The anti-siphon valve further includes an auxiliary control mechanism for the cut-off device towards the passage opening, the control mechanism being designed to act on the cut-off device only to open the passage, so as to enable the cut-off device to move under the effect of pressure at the outlet independently of the mechanism.
US09441744B2
A valve apparatus having a first housing coupled to a second housing. The first housing having a first chamber in fluid communication with a first inlet and a first outlet. The first chamber adapted for receiving a thermal actuator moveable from a first position to a second position in response to temperature of a first fluid in the first chamber. The second housing having a second chamber in fluid communication with a first and a second ports, the second chamber being fluidly sealed from the first chamber. The second chamber adapted for receiving a valve mechanism, which is operatively coupled to the thermal actuator and moveable from a first valve position preventing flow of a second fluid from the first port to the second port to a second valve position permitting flow of the second fluid from the first port to the second port upon actuation by the thermal actuator.
US09441738B2
The invention relates to a rotary slide valve comprising a housing, a valve slide, a valve seat having a sealing surface, against which the valve slide rests and in which a flow opening is provided, which has a curved outer contour at least in substantial parts, wherein the valve slide can be pivoted about an axis that is eccentric to the center of curvature of the outer contour on the side of the center of curvature that faces away from the flow opening, and a drive that can adjust the valve slide between a closed position and an open position.
US09441717B2
An axle drive system includes a first dynamoelectric drive motor having a first rotor shaft radially mounted on a housing at two bearing points; a superimposing transmission and a power divider having a first power divider shaft driving a first output shaft, and having a second power divider shaft driving a second output shaft; the power divider shafts, the output shafts and the first rotor shaft rotationally mounted about a common axis of rotation oriented transversely to the direction of travel. A transmission input shaft is connected to the first rotor shaft for co-rotation therewith; at one end facing the first rotor shaft, the transmission input shaft is radially mounted on the housing at a further bearing point; the first rotor shaft and the transmission input shaft are intercoupled axially displaceably; the first and the second output shafts are each mounted relative to the housing by a radial bearing and relative to each other by another radial bearing.
US09441714B2
A jacking device is provided to push an object for rotation and upward or downward movement. The jacking device includes a combination of a slave arm and a link arm. The slave arm includes a first end capable of producing rotation and linear movement and a second end pivoted to the link arm. The link arm includes a fixation end disposed on a base and a free end. When the first end of the slave arm is received with an action force, the second end of the slave arm is forced to push the link arm for rotation, and the free end of the link arm is forced to motion between a first position and a second position so as to push an object for rotation and upward or downward movement.
US09441706B2
A drive belt having a belt body which is made of a flexible material and a tensile reinforcement that extends in belt axial direction and which is surrounded by said belt body in sections at least to improve the tensile strength of the body in belt longitudinal direction wherein the tensile reinforcement is a carbon cord made of a plurality of twisted carbon fibers with a plurality of cavities between the fibers which are charged with a filler material in part at least. A first portion of the carbon fiber cavities is charged with a rupture risk reducing filler of a type different from the belt body flexible material and a second portion of said cavities of the carbon fibers is filled with belt body flexible material. The carbon cord has less than 0.2 mg of belt body flexible material per one millimeter3 cord volume.
US09441680B2
A driven accessory comprising a first rotary clutch portion, a second rotary clutch portion, a wrap spring and an actuator. The actuator is selectively operable for generating a force that is applied to a second end of the wrap spring. The actuator includes an actuator input member that is rotatable about a rotary axis relative to the first rotary clutch portion. The actuator input member is axially movable along the rotary axis between a first position, in which the actuator input member is drivingly engaged to the first rotary clutch portion to cause the wrap spring to uncoil against a clutch surface on the first rotary clutch portion such that rotary power is transmitted between the first rotary clutch portion and the second rotary clutch portion, and a second position in which the actuator input member is disengaged from first rotary clutch portion.
US09441679B2
A synchronized shift device for locked connection of at least two shafts (30, 32), which shafts have different rotation speeds at the start of a shift procedure. An arrangement of first annular drive body (36), synchronization body (42) and first annular coupling element (44) bring about synchronization of the shaft speed prior to coupling by a synchronization sleeve (50). A further shaft (60), coaxially arranged, may be provided with a similar arrangement of annular drive body (62) and coupling element (66) for synchronized connection with one of the other shafts (32).
US09441668B2
In order to effect a seal; a porous material which comprises one side of two opposing surfaces is used to restrict and evenly distribute externally pressurized gas, liquid, steam, etc. between the two surfaces, exerting a force which is opposite the forces from pressure differences or springs trying to close the two faces together and so may create a non contact seal that is more stable and reliable than hydrodynamic seals currently in use.
US09441662B2
A method of joining a first workpiece having a first surface and a second surface angularly disposed relative to such first surface, and a second workpiece having a surface disposable in abutting relation relative to the second surface of such first workpiece, comprising forming a recess in the first surface of such first workpiece, sloped toward and spaced from the second surface of such first workpiece, producing an end surface thereof disposed at an angle relative to a longitudinal centerline of such recess; forming a notched ledge on the end surface of such recess; positioning a threaded fastener in the sloped recess with a head portion thereof resting on a bottom surface of the recess and the threaded portion thereof disposed along the centerline with the end thereof resting on such ledge; disposing the surface of the second workpiece in abutting relation with the second surface of the first workpiece; and threading the threaded fastener along the longitudinal centerline of such recess, through such abutting surfaces of such workpieces to join such workpieces together.
US09441660B2
A method for Inserting and fixing a mounting insert into a lightweight sandwich panel. The panel comprises a core layer and two cover layers that are applied to opposing main surfaces of the panel. A recess extends into the depth of the core layer of the panel. The mounting insert is inserted into the recess and is adhesively bonded therein. The bottom of the recess extends to a depth of the core layer material that extends further than the longitudinal extension of the recessing section to be inserted. When adhesively bonding the mounting insert, an air gap remains between an end face of the recessing section and the bottom of the recess. No adhesive is placed into the air gap. The air gap ensures a decoupling so that any applied tensile forces are no longer transferred to the cover layer opposite and the undesired formation of dents is avoided.
US09441657B2
A clip for assembling corners of hollow members such as the rails and stiles of an extruded aluminum door. The clip has a double L shape. A portion of the clip inserts into the hollow of a first member and is attached thereto. Another U-shaped portion defining the bottom of the double L extends into the other hollow member for attachment thereto to form a sturdy joint without welding. The first member may have a slot that receives the clip and the clip may be shaped to conform to the internal surfaces of one or both members. Clips may be used at each corner.
US09441648B2
A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes first and second main pumps, first and second supply passages, first and second circuit systems, a hydraulic motor, a motor generator, an assist pump, a joint passage connected to the assist pump and branching off, first and second logic valves, and a switching valve. The switching valve switches between a state where the assist pump is connected to the second supply passage and a state where the second main pump is connected to the hydraulic motor. A bypass passage branches off from the other branch passage at the downstream of the switching valve. The bypass passage is connected to the second supply passage on the downstream side of the second logic valve.
US09441646B2
The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic system for a construction machine which uses an electric hydraulic pump, and more particularly, to a hydraulic system including an emergency control unit for temporarily driving the construction machine when an electronic control unit controlling the electric hydraulic pumps fails to operate. To this end, disclosed is the hydraulic system including the electric hydraulic pump, the electric control unit for controlling the electric hydraulic pump, and the emergency control unit, which operates when the electric control unit fails to operate, so as to temporarily control the electric hydraulic pump in accordance with to a predetermined condition, which can effectively respond to a low load work corresponding to predetermined pressure and to a high load work corresponding to higher pressure, by selectively operating the emergency control unit according to different optional conditions, based on the amount of load (low load, high load) of the working machine that is required when the electric control unit fails to operate.
