US09456138B2
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a shooting scene setting unit, a component image acquiring unit, and a time-lapse moving image generating unit. The shooting scene setting unit sets a shooting interval according to shooting situations or shooting setting and selects one of different methods for generating a time-lapse moving image from a plurality of images obtained at the set shooting interval according to shooting situations or shooting setting. The component image acquiring unit obtains a plurality of component images forming a time-lapse moving image based on the time-lapse moving image generating method set by the shooting scene setting unit. The time-lapse moving image generating unit generates a time-lapse moving image by using the plurality of component images obtained by the component image acquiring unit based on the set time-lapse moving image generating method.
US09456136B2
An apparatus and a method for generating image data in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus method includes when a request for photographing an image is made, detecting a motion of the portable terminal and generating motion information, generating coordinates corresponding to a plurality of image data based on the motion information, combining the plurality of image data based on the coordinates to generate combined image data, and displaying the combined image data.
US09456130B2
A display device including a display configured to display multimedia contents; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one external mobile terminal; a camera unit configured to sense an eye movement of a user holding the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to receive indication signals from the mobile terminal indicating at least one of a grip pattern and eye movement of the user holding the mobile terminal, and to control a streaming operation of streaming the multimedia contents displayed on the display to the mobile terminal.
US09456128B2
A hand-held digital image capture device (digital camera) has a user-selectable mode in which upon engaging the mode the device detects a face in the field of view of the device and generates a face delimiter on a camera display screen, the delimiter surrounding the initial position of the image of a the face on the screen. The device is arranged to indicate thereafter to the user if the device departs from the movement along a predetermined concave path P with the optical axis of the device pointing towards the face, such indication being made by movement of the image of the face relative to the delimiter. The camera captures and stores a plurality of images at successive positions along the concave path.
US09456122B2
A system and method for automatically focusing imaging devices on an imaging set employs at least one tracker and two or more tracking markers, each tracking marker having an identification means and a tracking pattern. The tracking markers are configured for attaching to the imaging devices and to corresponding subjects to be imaged. A tracker gathers image information of the imaging set and provides it to a controller, which compares the image information to predetermined stored information about the tracking patterns of the various tracking markers. The tracking markers are identified and their three-dimensional positions determined. The distances between the imaging devices and the subjects are determined and the distances between the imaging devices and the subjects are calculated. This provides the focus setting information for communication to the imaging devices. The tracking patterns may have no rotational symmetry, allowing the orientation of subjects to be determined.
US09456118B2
An image capturing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an imaging lens, an image sensor, and a plurality of microlenses. The apparatus also comprises an image processing unit configured to generate a reconstruction image at a predetermined refocus plane by performing refocus processing on the image data that was output from the image sensor, and determine whether or not a subject appears in the reconstruction image. The recording unit of the apparatus records the image data that was output from the image sensor and record information regarding the subject that was determined to appear by the image processing unit as auxiliary information in association with the image data.
US09456114B2
A video surveillance component includes a base and a camera. The camera includes a case and a camera lens module. The case is detachably assembled to the base. The camera lens module is installed on the case. Moreover, a video surveillance assembly includes two video surveillance components. Each of the two video surveillance components includes a camera and a base having a back plate. The camera includes a case and a camera lens module installed on the case. The two back plates of the two bases are attached to each other, so as to expand the field of view of the video surveillance assembly.
US09456106B2
An image processing apparatus includes a contour extracting unit, a contour processing unit, a dithering unit and a binarizing unit. The contour extracting unit extracts a contour pixel forming a contour part from pixels of image data having multiple gradation values. The contour processing unit performs adjustment to reduce a gradation value of the contour pixel extracted by the contour extracting unit. The dithering unit binarizes, by using a blue noise dither matrix, the gradation value of the contour pixel subjected to the adjustment by the contour processing unit. The binarizing unit binarizes, of the pixels of the image data, a gradation value of a non-contour pixel which is other than the contour pixel.
US09456104B2
A laser scanning unit includes a scanning lens, a control portion, and a storage portion. The control portion controls a light amount of a light beam emitted from a light source. The storage portion stores therein aberration characteristics representing a relationship between image heights of the scanning lens and a wavefront aberration amount, which have been obtained in advance. The control portion, when the scanning is performed, controls the light amount of the light beam in accordance with the aberration characteristics, such that the light amount is set to a predetermined first light amount, at a point of a first image height where the wavefront aberration amount has a first value, and the light amount is set to a second light amount larger than the first light amount, at a point of a second image height where the wavefront aberration amount has a second value larger than the first value.
US09456103B2
An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member disposed at a document pass position, an image reading unit configured to read an image of a passing document through the transparent member, and a rotating cleaning unit configured to rotate to clean a document pass surface of the transparent member. The rotating cleaning unit includes a main body rotatable centering on a rotational axis, a first cleaning member supported by the main body, and configured to scrape foreign matters on the document pass surface during rotation of the main body, and a second cleaning member supported by the main body, and configured to enable sweeping foreign matters on the document pass surface during rotation of the main body.
US09456098B2
A scanner is disclosed. The scanner has a platen with at least one edge of the platen uncovered.
US09456097B2
A printing apparatus and an image forming apparatus are provided. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit to form an image on a printing medium, a scanning unit pivotally coupled to the printing unit, and a cover unit pivotally coupled to the scanning unit and having a pressing portion. The printing apparatus includes a first member rotatably mounted to the scanning unit to latch the scanning unit to the printing unit when the cover unit is in an open state with respect to the scanning unit, and a second member mounted to the scanning unit to rotate the first member to unlatch the scanning unit from the printing unit when pressed by the pressing portion of the cover unit moving from the open state to a closed state with respect to the scanning unit.
US09456085B1
A party associated with multiple contact addresses, such as a home, cell, and/or work telephone numbers, is contacted by a dialer using a contact attempt sequence that defines how the various contact addresses are used. A graphical user interface allows a user to create a visual representation of the contact attempt sequence flow for contacting the party, e.g., a template, where logic is defined indicating how and when the various contact addresses are to be used. Thus, in one instance, the dialer may use the template to make multiple attempts to reach the party using first their home number and then their cell phone number, and if such attempts are unsuccessful, then make a further attempt to the reach the party using their work number, wherein attempts to reach the party using the home, cell, and/or work phone numbers may be limited over one or more defined time periods.
US09456074B2
Provided are a system and method of providing a voice-message call service. A mobile device that performs a call with an external mobile device comprises a control unit configured to obtain text, the text converted from voice data that is exchanged between the mobile device and the external mobile device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device, and obtain input text input to the mobile device and provided text that is received from the external mobile device; and a display unit configured to arrange the text, the input text, and the provided text and display the arranged text, input text, and provided text on a screen of the device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device.
US09456068B2
A system and method for connecting a user to business services monitors all attempts by the user to place outgoing telephone calls. When a user is attempting to place a call to a business, the system checks to see if the business has created a voice application that could be performed for the user. If so, the business' voice application is performed for the user on the user's local device, instead of connecting the user to the business' customer service line. If no voice application is available for the user, then the system connects the user to the business' customer service line, either through a telephone network, or through a data network connection.
US09456063B2
A mobile communication device that comprises a fashion accessory and a signaling assembly is provided. The signaling assembly may be configured to provide sensory stimuli such as a flashing LED light and a vibration. These stimuli may vary depending on the signal received from a remote communication device or from gestures made by a user or from information stored in the mobile communication device.
US09456059B2
Embodiments provide a frame extension to generate short frames with short medium access control (MAC) headers to facilitate transmissions for wireless communications devices. Many embodiments comprise MAC sublayer logic to build short frames. In some embodiments, the MAC sublayer may determine a short MAC header comprising a type field indicative of an extension frame; a subtype indicative of a short management, data, or control frame; and a frame extension indicative of a particular type of short management, data, or control frame. Some embodiments may store the short frames or short frame formats in memory, in logic, or in another manner that facilitates transmission of the short frames. Some embodiments may receive and detect communications with the short frames. Further embodiments may generate and transmit a communication with the short frames.
US09456052B2
Provided are a content source node and a first content router and a second content router in a content centric network (CCN), and a communication method thereof. The technology described herein may reduce the updating of routing information due to a movement of a mobile source node and the corresponding overhead, thereby reducing a rate of using an overall network resource by adding routing information, that is, partially updating the routing information of the corresponding mobile source node for content routers on a route through which the mobile source node moves.
US09456041B2
A detection that a client-server system, which is operating in a first state mode, has switched from a first use case to a second use case for accessing a property of an object associated with a server. The first state mode during the first use case reduces messaging in the client-server system as compared to using a second state mode. A determination is performed as to whether using the second state mode during the second use case would reduce messaging in the system as compared to using the first state mode. The client-server system is transitioned to the second state mode, if operating in the second state mode would reduce messaging in the client-server system as compared to operating in the first state mode for the second use case.
US09456034B2
A communication terminal capable of seamless reproduction of stream data even when structure of an ALM tree changes during the reproduction of stream data includes a control unit which causes a reproduction unit to start reproduction of a stream data packet at a time point which is later than a predetermined time point by a total of all delay times corresponding to a communication path from the communication terminal to a leaf terminal. The delay times are obtained by an obtainment unit.
US09456032B2
Embodiments relate to two general purpose computers connected in a peer-to-peer mode by connecting a cable (or wireless connection) between universal ports (e.g., PCIe ports) on each computer. A timing protocol utility runs on each computer to time schedule operations performed by its respective computer. Because the system clocks on each peer computer operate independently (asynchronously), they may vary somewhat from each other. To support time synchronized peer-to-peer operations, paired clock value (one for each peer computer) are generated continually and independently by each peer system. Each peer system periodically supplies the paired clock values to its associated timing protocol utility, which uses the paired clock values to time synchronize peer-to-peer computer operations. The timing protocol utilities may also exchange the paired clock values with each other for integrity checking and other operations.
US09456027B2
It presented a method, performed in a secure element, the secure element being arranged to enable user applications of the secure element to verify authenticity of incoming user application commands. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a command from a secure element reader for a user application on the secure element, the command comprising an application identifier of the user application; determining whether there is a matching user application in the secure element; invoking the matching user application; and establishing, when there is an absence of any matching user applications, a communication channel with a remote application manager server and sending an absent user application message to the application manager server indicating that the user application has been requested on the secure element. A corresponding secure element, method for an application manager server and application manager server are also presented.
US09456024B1
A method for sharing a plurality of content in a mobile ad hoc network is provided. The method may include registering the plurality of content for sharing on a first mobile device, whereby the registered plurality of content is associated with a plurality of descriptive keywords. The method may also include responding, by the first mobile device, to a request by a second mobile device for the plurality of content for sharing by the at least one keyword, wherein the responding comprises determining the request for the plurality of content for sharing by at the least one keyword matches at least one keyword within the registered plurality of descriptive keywords.
US09456023B2
In certain embodiments, a camera image stored locally by a device is published by the device, over a network, to a content distribution subsystem configured to automatically distribute the camera image to one or more predefined destinations in accordance with a distribution service. The content distribution subsystem automatically distributes the published camera image to the one or more predefined destinations in accordance with the distribution service.
US09456022B2
A camera-enabled cell phone that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code, decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet to a resolution server that will return an associated URL that will ink the camera phone to content on an information server. Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the camera phone will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code via the present invention.
US09456021B2
Methods and systems may provide for receiving a set of attributes that identify a pegged area of a page delivered to a user interface during a first browsing session and storing the set of attributes. Additionally, the set of attributes may be used to conduct a subsequent delivery of the pegged area to a user interface during a second browsing session, wherein the subsequent delivery of the pegged area excludes portions of the page that are outside the pegged area. In one example, the subsequent delivery is conducted further based on the type of client device participating in the second browsing session.
US09456016B2
A method for encoding streaming data according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of dividing a forward error correction (FEC) source block into one or more FEC sub-blocks; a first encoding step of FEC encoding said one or more FEC sub-blocks; a second encoding step of encoding said FEC source block; and a step of generating third encoded data including first encoded data encoded in the first encoding step and second encoded data encoded in the second encoding step. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a streaming service is provided to multiple users in various environments or in a communication environment that varies according to movement or changes in a communication state. Further, a plurality of pieces of parity information is transmitted to provide a streaming service which is capable of high reliability data recovery.
US09456015B2
In one example, a device for receiving information for multimedia data, the device comprising one or more processors configured to analyze at least a portion of a manifest file for multimedia content, wherein the portion of the manifest file includes information indicative of sets of representations of the multimedia content and information indicative of common characteristics for each of the sets of representations, select one of the sets of representations based on the common characteristics for the one of the sets of representations, select one of the representations of the selected one of the sets of representations based on one or more coding characteristics of the one of the representations of the one of the sets, and generate a request for data of the one of the representations based on the selection.
US09456014B2
Router threads read real-time stream data as that data is received at processing nodes along a processing path for the data. The data is initially parsed into workloads. Each router thread maintains real-time analytics for the workloads and reports deviations in the analytics to a workload coordinator. The workload coordinator dynamically and in real time provides updated data distribution maps based on the reported deviations, and the router threads use the data distribution maps to determine a next processing unit to forward the workloads, where the next processing unit includes an instance of a next processing node in the processing path for the workload. The next processing node performs additional processing on the workloads along the processing path.
US09456007B2
User device information, identifying a first plurality of devices associated with a first user, is stored. A first device of the first plurality of devices is identified as being active. Data pertaining to an interaction session, within which the first user is participating, is provided to the first device based on the determination that the first device is active.
US09456006B2
Disclosed are a method, device and system for session binding. The method includes: a PCRF or BPCF receives a first session from a fixed network, wherein the first session carries an IP address and a port number set; the PCRF or BPCF receives a second session from an AF or a Traffic Detection Function (TDF), wherein the second session carries an IP address and port number information; and the PCRF or BPCF binds the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and the port number information. The disclosure solves the problem of inaccurate session binding in the scenario where a mobile terminal directly accesses mobile network services via a fixed network.
US09456005B2
A compliance method and associated system is provided. The method includes generating backup devices for devices of a list of devices associated with a data storage environment. A device from the list of devices is selected and available credentials for connecting and authenticating the device are determined. Configuration and operational state data for the device are retrieved. A backup device associated with the device is selected and associated policies are loaded. Each policy is evaluated with respect to the backup devices, associated dependencies, and the configuration and operational state data. Compliant and non-compliant policies with respect to the backup devices are determined.
US09456001B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for attack notification. Attack notification can include receiving security-related data from a number of computing devices that are associated with a number of entities through a communication link and analyzing a first portion of the security-related data that is associated with a first entity from the number of entities to determine whether the first entity has experienced an attack. Attack notification can include analyzing a second portion of the security-related data that is associated with a second entity from the number of entities and the first portion of the security-related data that is associated with the first entity to determine whether the second entity is experiencing the attack. Attack notification can include notifying, through the communication link, the second entity that the second entity is experiencing the attack if it is determined that the second entity is experiencing the attack.
US09455997B2
A method for detecting and blocking Javascript hijacking attacks, comprising checking if an incoming request belongs to a valid session established between a client and a trusted server. When said incoming request does belong to a valid session, it is checked if a Referer header of said incoming request includes a valid domain name. The incoming request is marked as suspicious, when said incoming request does not include a valid domain name. It is checked if a respective response of said suspicious incoming request includes a script code. A preventive action responsive to a user input is taken when said respective response includes a script code.
US09455995B2
System, method and program for identifying a subset of a multiplicity of source networks. The subset including one or more source networks which have sent messages to one of a plurality of destination locations having a same IP address. For each of the multiplicity of source networks, a determination is made whether there are fewer intervening hops from the source network to the one destination location than from the source network to other of the plurality of destination locations. If so, the source network is included in the subset. If not, the source network is not included in the subset. One application of the present invention is to identify a source of a denial of service attack. After the subset is identified, filters can be sequentially applied to block messages from respective source networks in the subset to determine which source network in the subset is sending the messages.
US09455994B1
Techniques for intelligently executing a digital signature are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for intelligently executing a digital signature. The method may include receiving a signature request from a user, wherein the signature request comprises a file. The method may also include performing a signature process on the file in response to receiving the signature request from the user. The method may further include scanning the signature request to generate one or more scan results, and transmitting an indication of the one or more scan results to a reputation service server.
US09455984B2
A secret data matching device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including: storing a first secret vector obtained by concealing first data and key data based on a first random number and a first linear combination of row vectors of a determination matrix which is different for each system including the secret data matching device and which is generated by attaching a random number vector as a last column to a matrix including diagonal components including a threshold value to determine whether the first data and second data are approximate to each other and a threshold value related to the key data; acquiring a second secret vector obtained by concealing the second data based on a second linear combination of row vectors of the determination matrix and a second random number.
US09455974B1
A system determines a value of an online account, and uses that value to identify a security-related mechanism for the account. The system determines the account value by taking as input various quantified characteristics of the account. The system weights each characteristic according to various criteria. The system may then use the weighted signals as inputs of an algorithm to calculate the account value for the account, and it may determine a security-related action that corresponds to the account value.
US09455965B2
A near field communication device, such as an RFID wand, transmits network configuration information to non-volatile memory of a networking device while the networking device is powered down, and even packaged at a retail store. The networking device powers up, reads the network configuration information, and applies the network configuration to automatically interface the networking device with a wireless network.
US09455960B2
A system is provided to deliver an application, hosted by a private application provider, over a network to a user device comprising: an application delivery system that includes a plurality of first network interface instances, a plurality of security interface instances, a plurality of second network interface instances; multiple application agents, disposed within one or more private application provider systems; a first information structure associates first network interface instances with one or more security interface instances; a second information structure associates second network interface instances with one or more security interface instances; wherein first network interface instances are configured to create a network connections with associated security interface instances and to send requests to the associated security interface instances; wherein second network interface instances are configured to have pools of network connections with one or more agents and to have corresponding connections with associated security interface instances; and wherein security interface instance are configured to validate requests received from first network interface instances and to send the validated requests to associated second network interface instances for delivery to agents.
US09455956B2
Methods and systems for balancing load among firewall security devices (FSDs) are provided. According to one embodiment, session data, including session entries representing previously observed traffic sessions from a particular source to a particular destination and forming an association between the previously observed session and a particular FSD, is maintained by a switching device. When a TCP SYN packet is received, the switching device: (i) reduces its vulnerability to a TCP SYN flooding attack by foregoing installation of a forward session entry for the forward traffic session within the session data until a processed TCP SYN-ACK packet associated with the corresponding reverse traffic session is received; (ii) selects an FSD to associate with the forward traffic session and a corresponding reverse traffic session by performing a load balancing function on the TCP SYN packet; and (iii) causes the TCP SYN packet to be processed by the selected FSD.
US09455955B2
A Customizable Storage Controller (CSC) is a software defined storage device controller, a replacement for the ASIC storage controller approach that has been used up to now. The differences from the current storage controllers are that the CSC software will need to be protected from unauthorized modification and provides an excellent place to add additional storage management functionality. The CSC type of storage controller is a good place to integrate the F+ Storage Firewall storage protection technology, fitting the needs of the CSC as well as protecting stored data from unauthorized access. This portion of the larger patent disclosure provides the design of a CSC both with a software version of a F+ Storage Firewall, as well as an improved (more secure) CSC designed with a security co-processor and locked firmware. These designs can be implemented with standard parts such as microprocessors and/or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), RAM (Random Access Memory), and some version of nonvolatile memory as a program store.
US09455954B2
A system and a method initiate a data transmission from a first computer to at least a second computer or approve access to the data on a first computer by a second computer. The computers are interconnected through a network connection. The first computer is protected against access through the network connection by a firewall. Another communication connection, which the first computer does not use for transmitting data, is provided for initiating the access authorization to the first computer or the data transmission from the first computer to at least the second computer. A printing machine is provided with the system.
US09455947B2
The mobile communication terminal capable of accessing to a plurality of heterogeneous networks selectively, according to the present invention, comprises a process which communicates data with an application running on the mobile communication terminal, through a local socket created with its destination address set to a fixed internal address; and another process which creates at least one outward socket by setting its source address to an IP address assigned from one of the plurality of heterogeneous networks and its destination address to a remote address, and communicates data with an outside server of the remote address through the at least one outward socket. Data communication is made between the local socket and the at least one outward socket if the at least one outward socket is set as associated with the local socket.
US09455933B2
A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node.
US09455927B1
Methods and apparatus for sharing bandwidth over a link in a packet-oriented telecommunications system or network that supports multiple types of traffic including, e.g., real time packet flows, opportunistic rate packet flows, control and signaling traffic, are described. In one exemplary embodiment the method includes the steps of receiving a bandwidth allocation request requesting allocation of a required amount of bandwidth for a new real time packet flow, allocating the requested bandwidth from bandwidth reserved for newly-allocated real time packet flows, updating the measure of the total amount of bandwidth allocated to real time packet flows to reflect the allocation of the bandwidth to the new real time packet flow, and generating new bandwidth allocations for existing opportunistic rate packet flows based on a measure of the total amount of bandwidth allocated to real time packet flows. Some embodiments of the invention include methods to enforce the dynamic bandwidth allocations.
US09455922B2
Technologies for generating an interrupt for moderating generation of packet ingress interrupts includes a local computing device to receive a network packet from a remote computing device. The local computing device examines a header field of a transport layer protocol data unit of the received network packet to determine a size parameter. A network socket throughput between the local computing device and the remote computing device is determined based on communications between the local computing device and the remote computing device. The local computing device determines an interrupt rate based on the determined size parameter and the network socket throughput. An interrupt is generated based on the determined interrupt rate to allow processing of the received network packet.
US09455917B2
A method and system are provided to install a loop free alternative (LFA) next hop as a backup for a primary path next hop for an interior gateway protocol (IGP). The method enables testing of the LFA next hop to ensure proper handling of data forwarding on the LFA. The method includes receiving a trigger message from an administrative module indicating a switch to the LFA next hop the message including a prefix and an interface. A check is made whether a set of primary path next hops of the prefix have been exhausted. A next primary path next hop is selected from the set of primary path next hops of the prefix. A check is made whether the next primary path next hop matches the interface. The next primary path next hop is replaced by installing the LFA next hop into a global routing information base.
US09455916B2
A method for changing a transmission path of packets transmitted from a first node to a second node in a software-defined network is provided. The method includes removing a flow entry corresponding to a first transmission path on a flow table of the first node after a plurality of first data packets intended to be transmitted to the second node are transmitted from the first node via relay nodes of the first transmission path. The method also includes transmitting a flush packet to the first node and setting the flush packet to be transmitted to the second node according to the first transmission path; and when the second node receives the flush packet and transmits a packet inquiry message corresponding to the flush packet to the controller, setting a flow entry corresponding to a second transmission path on a flow table of the second node.
US09455910B2
In an embodiment, a dual stack (DS) client device (IPv4+IPv6) configures a header of a message for transmission to include a Via header with an IPv4 address of the DS client device, and transmits the configured message to a server via an IPv6 socket for transmission to a target client device. The target client device receives a message from a server in response to the configured message that identifies the DS capability of the dual stack client device based on a Via header that includes both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. In another embodiment, a DS client device receives a message with a Via header configuration indicating IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses through which another client device can communicate, identifies the other client device as DS, IPv4-only or IPv6-only based on the Via header configuration and selects a target format for communication with the other client device based on the identification.
US09455907B1
One or more processing operations are performed on a packet at a first packet processing element of a plurality of packet processing elements of a network device. A processing state corresponding to processing of the packet is indicated in a packet processing context associated with the packet. An external processing engine is triggered for performing an additional processing operation on the packet, and processing of the packet is suspended by the first packet processing element. Subsequent to completion of the additional processing operation by the external processing engine, processing of the packet is resumed, based on the packet processing context, by a second packet processing element when the second packet processing element is available for processing of the packet and the first packet processing element is not available for processing of the packet.
US09455905B2
Devices implement encapsulation to support link layer preemption. The device may include a encapsulation logic that encapsulates data, such as an Ethernet frame, to produce an encapsulated frame. The encapsulated frame may include an encapsulation element that indicates whether the encapsulated data includes non-preemptible data, such as Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic (DMLT), or preemptible data. The encapsulated frame may also indicate whether the encapsulated data comprises the last fragment of a preemptible frame.
US09455899B2
According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor. The logic is configured to determine paths between a plurality of switches connected together in a system by performing path calculations based on a topology of the system. The logic is also configured to calculate one or more disjoint multi-paths from among the paths, the one or more disjoint multi-paths connecting a source device to a destination device. The source device is connected to a first switch of the plurality of switches, and the destination device is connected to a second switch of the plurality of switches. Moreover, the logic is configured to write the one or more disjoint multi-paths into a forwarding table of at least one device. Other systems and computer program products are presented according to more embodiments.
US09455895B2
Systems and methods to analyze layer-2 data frame switch forwarding are provided. A first switch may be coupled to a second switch. The first switch may maintain state information mirroring the state of the second switch. A sequence number may be appended to a data frame that is received at the first switch. Forwarding compliance of the second switch may be determined by analyzing a runtime attribute of the first switch.
US09455887B1
A distributed performance evaluation framework provides functionality for evaluating the availability, reliability, and scalability of a network-based service. The framework includes a control and reporting tier and a load-generating tier. The control and reporting tier provides a control interface through which a request to evaluate the performance of a service may be received. In response to receiving such a request, the control and reporting tier creates a load-generating job for use by the load-generating tier. Load-generating instances in the load-generating tier are configured to perform the load-generating job by executing instances of a load-generating plug-in configured to generate requests to the service. The load-generating instances also periodically provide data regarding the status of each load-generating job to the control and reporting tier.
US09455884B1
An agent-assisted and directed web-channel customer care apparatus, method, and computer program is provided to receive, from a first device, an inbound message via an inbound messaging channel and create a web session utilizing a web session server. Session identification is received from the web session server and a unique identifier is transmitted to the first device in order for a second device to connect to an agent device via a web session. Communications is simultaneously maintained with the first and second device via the inbound messaging channel and the web session.
US09455879B1
Requests to change attributes of servers or other computing resources can be validated by a veto service. For example, the veto service can receive requests to register for notification of changes to an attribute for a server, send a notification of a pending change to the attribute to each of a plurality of services, determine a response to the notification for each service, and based on the responses decide whether to allow or deny the pending change to the attribute. The responses from the notified services can be received responses or default responses.
US09455877B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect a plurality of User Interface (UI) device configurations, receive a request from a computing device to download one or more of the plurality of UI device configurations, and transmit to the computing device the one or more UI device configurations requested to configure one or more UI devices of the computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09455875B2
A method and an apparatus for changing an appointed forwarding device. A first routing bridge receives an appointment packet for appointing the first routing bridge as an appointed forwarding device of a virtual local area network (VLAN); and immediately enters a forwarding state and starts to forward a packet of the VLAN, if the first routing bridge is in a state of being inhibited from forwarding packets of the VLAN when the first routing bridge receives a first advertisement packet carrying an identifier of the VLAN sent by a second routing bridge; the first advertisement packet is a broadcast packet and used to notify a neighboring routing bridge that the second routing bridge sending the first advertisement packet is not the appointed forwarding device of the VLAN; and the second routing bridge is an original appointed forwarding device of the VLAN application.
US09455873B2
In a network that includes intermediary nodes, such as WAN accelerators, that transform messages between nodes, an end-to-end path of the messages is determined. The determined end-to-end path is used in subsequent analyses of message traces, to identify timing and other factors related to the performance of the network relative to the propagation of these messages, including the propagation of the transformed messages. A variety of techniques are presented for determining the path of the messages, depending upon the characteristics of the collected trace data. Upon determining the message path, the traces are synchronized in time and correlations between the connections along the path are determined, including causal relationships. In a preferred embodiment, a user identifies an application process between or among particular nodes of a network, and the system provides a variety of formats for viewing statistics related to the performance of the application on the network.
US09455870B1
Systems and methods of configuring a computer network are provided. N network nodes can each form M communication links with other network nodes. A number of communication links equal to the largest integer not greater than the quotient of M divided by (N−1) can be assigned between each pair of network nodes. The remaining communication links can be assigned such that a graph represented by the network nodes and communication links is substantially geometrically symmetric.
US09455857B2
Provided is a method for transmitting a data unit performed by a transmitter in a wireless LAN system. The method comprises: generating a data unit, wherein the data unit includes a data field which contains data to be transmitted by a transmitter; generating at least one data symbol for the data field; and transmitting the at least one data symbol, wherein two pilot tones are inserted into each data symbol, and pilot values and scrambling values are applied to the pilot tones.
US09455850B2
A high speed serial interface is provided. In one aspect, the high speed serial interface uses three phase modulation for jointly encoding data and clock information. Accordingly, the need for de-skewing circuitry at the receiving end of the interface is eliminated, resulting in reduced link start-up time and improved link efficiency and power consumption. In one embodiment, the high speed serial interface uses fewer signal conductors than conventional systems having separate conductors for data and clock information. In another embodiment, the serial interface allows for data to be transmitted at any speed without the receiving end having prior knowledge of the transmission data rate. In another aspect, the high speed serial interface uses polarity encoded three phase modulation for jointly encoding data and clock information. This further increases the link capacity of the serial interface by allowing for more than one bit to be transmitted in any single baud interval.
US09455839B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for wireless key management for authentication. Authentication includes transmitting a request to a locking device, transmitting a security challenge to the mobile device, and transmitting a response to the challenge and an encrypted user profile for the locking device. The response includes data generated with an access key that is stored by both the mobile device and the locking device, and the user profile is encrypted by a server using a secret key that is stored by the server and the locking device. Authentication further includes verifying the response to the challenge, where the response is verified using the access key, and validating additional data from the mobile device. An action of the locking device may be initiated as specified by the request.
US09455818B2
The present patent application improves DARP by allowing multiple users on one time slot (MUROS). It comprises means and instructions for signaling training sequence set information to a remote station, comprising receiving signaling from a remote station indicating if a new set of training sequences is supported, and using a channel description to signal the training sequence set to be used by the remote station for a communication channel being established.
US09455807B2
A random access method of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation which allows transmitting data on multiple carriers is provided. A random access method for a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation according to the present invention includes receiving, at a terminal, Random Access Channel (RACH) selection information necessary for random access, the RACH selection information being transmitted by a base station; selecting, when the random access is triggered, an uplink carrier on which the random access is attempted based on the RACH selection information; and attempting the random access on the selected uplink carrier.
US09455806B2
A communication device for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements that transmit the OFDM signals to a receiver over a plurality of transmission channels in the wireless communication system. The device also generates weight coefficients applied to each of the plurality of subcarrier signals, and controls an amplitude and/or phase of the plurality of subcarrier signals as a function of said weight coefficients.
US09455805B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for wireless communications, which relate to the field of communications and are used to solve the problem of a relatively low communication quality in the advanced full duplex communication technology. The method provided in the present invention includes: dividing available radio resources in a communication system into first radio resources and second radio resources, where the first radio resources and the second radio resources occupy different radio resources; simultaneously performing bidirectional transmission of communication information with a user equipment through the first radio resources; and performing unidirectional transmission of communication information with the user equipment through the second radio resources. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications and used for wireless communications.
US09455800B2
A device for mitigating effects of impulse noise on data packet transfer over a communication line is configured at least partially according to physical layer characteristics of the communication line. As an example, a data packet retransmission device might be configured to retransmit in response to each retransmission request an amount of data packets depending on the physical layer interleaving delay ID and/or data bit rate DBR.
US09455796B2
A method and apparatus of exchanging information on the number of layers which is supported commonly between the base station and the terminals in Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) environment is provided for performance enhancement. The communication method of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes receiving a reference signal and information on a number of layers supportable simultaneously from a base station, measuring a channel state value based on the reference signal and the number of layers, determining whether the measured channel state value fulfills a minimum required channel state value, and transmitting, when the measured channel state value fulfills the minimum required channel state value, a value determined based on the measured channel state value to the base station.
US09455791B2
A method and apparatus provide simultaneous bi-directional communications through a barrier using a pair of piezoelectric transducers. Outside-to-inside transmission of differentially encoded binary data is only sampled at the inside when a known repeated bit in a Barker sequence is transmitted in the other direction. Differentially encoded data is translated based on the absolute value of differences between each signal envelope sample and the previous signal envelope sample. Inside-to-outside data is transmitted by varying an electrical load on the inside transducer to vary the proportion of a continuous wave signal it reflects. The reflected portion of the continuous wave changes the electrical impedance of the outside transducer and this change is measured and interpreted as binary data. Two frequency selection algorithms select minimally sufficient and then optimal frequencies for power and data transmission by a frequency stepping process.
US09455788B2
A hitless modulation change method at a node in an optical network includes determining that a modulation change is warranted for an optical modem in the node, the optical modem configured to communicate over an optical link; determining an impact of the modulation change on the optical link and associated underlying connections thereon; causing changes in a data plane for the associated underlying connections, prior to performing the modulation change; and causing the modulation change subsequent to accommodating the associated underlying connections in the data plane, thereby minimizing interruptions of the associated underlying connections due to the modulation change.
US09455783B2
A pulsed light communication device has a plurality of indicator light emitting diodes emitting diodes emitting at least one of a plurality of wavelengths of colored light to correspond to a designated color assigned to a security level for a network. A continuous uninterrupted modulated pulsed light emitting diode light signal may be generated having a sensitivity threshold detection level exceeding minimal parameters of a photodetector.
US09455766B2
Embodiments described provide detection of RF leaks in a coaxial cable of a cable plant. One embodiment comprises a mobile device that includes an antenna, a quadrature demodulator, and a controller. The antenna receives an RF signal from an RF leak in the coaxial cable. The quadrature demodulator demodulates the RF signal to generate IQ data. The controller determines changes in a phase angle of the RF signal based on the IQ data generated as the mobile device is in motion, and identifies that the mobile device is travelling toward the RF leak responsive to determining that the phase angle is advancing. The controller identifies that the mobile device is travelling away from the RF leak responsive to determining that the phase angle is retarding.
US09455762B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for positioning and navigation using hybrid spectral compression and cross correlation signal processing of signals of opportunity, which may include Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) as well as other wideband energy emissions in GNSS obstructed environments. Examples of these signals of opportunity include but are not limited to GPS, GLONASS, cellular Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communications signals, and 802.11 Wi-Fi. Combining spectral compression with spread spectrum cross correlation enables extraction of code and carrier observables without the need to implement the tracking loops (e.g. Costas tracking loop) commonly used in conventional GNSS receivers. For applications where dynamics and transmission medium may make it difficult to continuously track carrier phase, the hybrid approach of the present invention has significant utility.
US09455756B2
A system and method for analog self-interference cancellation that includes receiving an RF transmit signal of a full-duplex radio; frequency downconverting the RF transmit signal to an IF transmit signal; transforming the IF transmit signal into an IF self-interference signal using an IF analog self-interference cancelling circuit; frequency upconverting the IF self-interference signal to an RF self-interference signal; and combining the RF self-interference signal with an RF receive signal of the full-duplex radio.
US09455754B2
A replacement radio which can be used to replace a wide range of older automobile radios and fit into an almost unlimited number of dashboard configurations comprises an interchangeable radio display assembly having a radio display sized to fit into an original automobile dashboard radio display opening and a separate radio case having radio electronics therein. At least one separate radio control housing mounts replacement radio controls such as the usual tuning and volume controls into the original dashboard openings. The usual push buttons can be part of the display assembly or can be provided by a separate push button assembly. The use of separate components or modules increases the flexibility for mounting and positioning such components with respect to the dashboard and one other so the radio can be easily installed into many older automobiles. Original display markings can be provided with application of a transparent display cover.
US09455750B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for determining a source block size are presented. A sender transmits received media as source blocks. The sender receives a value N, a target number of packets from which a receiver can recover a source block with high fidelity; a value P′, a target packet payload size; a value O, a symbol reception overhead value; and a value R, a target upper bound on data reception overhead. The sender determines a value K, a number of symbols to be used per source block, based on the values N, P′, O and R. The source symbols of the source blocks are encoded into encoded symbols. In some cases, the encoded symbols include the source symbol, and in other cases the encoded symbols do not include the source symbols. The encoded symbols are packetized into at least N packets for transmission to the receiver.
US09455746B2
Examples are disclosed for using or designing Chien search circuitry to locate errors for error correction code (ECC) encoded data. In some examples, an error locator polynomial (ELP) may be received that indicates a number of possible error locations for ECC encoded data. Chien search circuitry may be designed such that error locations are found based on the received ELP within one or more passes through the search circuitry. The design of the Chien search circuitry to accommodate both an average expected number of error locations for received ELPs and a worst case number of error locations for received ELPs. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09455745B2
A method of encoding a data set including one or more n-bit pre-coded symbols in an encoder of a computing system includes determining a plurality of n+2-bit code words, each of the plurality of n+2-bit code words having two or greater Hamming distance from one another. The method further includes mapping each of the plurality of n+2-bit code words to a corresponding source symbol, receiving the one or more n-bit pre-coded symbols at the encoder, matching each n-bit pre-coded symbol to a corresponding n+2-bit code word based on the mapping to produce encoded data. and outputting the encoded data.
US09455742B2
An output sequence of data elements is processed. The output sequence of data elements represents a sequence of input data elements in a compressed format. An output data element includes a backward reference for each string in the input data elements that occurs again in an input data element that is used to produce the output data element. A backward reference identified in a selected output data element is used for selecting the string to which it refers in the stored input data elements. The selected string is combined with strings of one or more subsequent output data elements. A matching sequence in the stored input data elements matching at least part of one or more combined strings is found. A combined string of the one or more combined strings having the longest matching sequence is selected. The backward reference is redefined to indicate the longest matching sequence.
US09455739B2
In a code amount estimating method, when encoding quantized values of coefficients of a larger-sized orthogonal transformation than an orthogonal transformation size assigned to a variable length encoding table, the quantized values are rearranged in a one-dimensional form, so as to obtain run-level sets. The number of groups is computed based on a proportion between an orthogonal transformation area corresponding to the orthogonal transformation size assigned to the variable length encoding table and an orthogonal transformation area for an encoding target. The Run-Level sets are classified into groups having the number of groups. Each Run is divided by the number of groups, and the obtained quotient is set as Run. A code length of each Run-Level set in each group is determined by referring to the variable length encoding table. The amount of generated code is estimated to be the total sum of the code lengths of all groups.
US09455735B2
A high-speed sampling front-end circuit is presented that includes a MDAC sampling network, a reference voltage generator circuit, a comparator array, an operational amplifier, an output short-circuit switch, an adjustable clock duty cycle stabilizer, a status control module and a feedback control module. The circuit features low power, high sampling rate and high input bandwidth of sampling network. The time constant of the MDAC sampling network and the comparator array is precisely matched one another to improve input bandwidth of the sampling network. Sampling capacitors are designed as feedback capacitors and DAC calculation capacitors, thereby the operational amplifier doubles feedback coefficient and features 50% bandwidth and 50% power. The cycle stabilizer is adopted to shorten sampling time and extend amplification phase to greatly improve sampling rate. One input reference voltage tends to simplify the design of the reference voltage generator circuit. The circuit has wide applications in pipelined A/D converters.
US09455728B2
A phase locked loop circuit is disclosed. The phase locked loop circuit includes a ring oscillator. The phase locked loop circuit also includes a digital path including a digital phase detector. The phase locked loop circuit further includes an analog path including a linear phase detector. Additionally, the phase locked loop circuit includes a feedback path connecting an output of the ring oscillator to an input of the digital path and an input of the analog path. The digital path and the analog path are parallel paths. The digital path provides a digital tuning signal the ring oscillator that digitally controls a frequency of the ring oscillator. The analog path provides an analog tuning signal the ring oscillator that continuously controls the frequency of the ring oscillator.
US09455726B1
Phase compensation in an I/O (input/output) circuit includes a triangular control contour with a simplified generation circuit. A linear control circuit can generate a digital N-bit linear count, and route the least significant M bits [(M−1):0] for linear control for fine delay mixing of a phase compensation loop and the most significant (N−M) bits [(N−1):M] for linear control for coarse control of a delay chain for the phase compensation loop. Prior to decoding the least significant M bits for fine delay mixing, the control circuit performs a bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) of bit M with each of bits [(M−1):0] to generate M linear control bits as the linear control for fine delay mixing. The M linear control bits generate a linear control count having a triangular contour, where the linear control count continuously, repeatedly counts from 0 to (2M−1) to 0.
US09455723B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for compensating, or at least adjusting, for capacitor leakage. One example method generally includes determining a leakage voltage corresponding to a leakage current of a capacitor in a filter for a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the determining comprises closing a set of switches for discontinuous sampling of the leakage voltage; based on the sampled leakage voltage, generating a sourced current approximately equal to the leakage current; and injecting the sourced current into the capacitor.
US09455721B2
An FLL (frequency locked loop) oscillator/clock generator includes a free-running oscillator (such as a ring oscillator), and generates an FLL_clk with an FLL-controlled frequency fOSC. The FLL control loop includes a switched capacitor resistor divider that converts fOSC to a resistance, generating an FLL feedback voltage Vfosc used to generate a loop control signal OSC_cntrl input to the oscillator. In response, the oscillator frequency locks FLL_clk to fosc. In an example implementation, the FLL oscillator/clock operates with spread spectrum clocking (SSC) that provides triangular SSC modulation based on a truncated RC transition voltage generated as a negative feedback to an RC relaxation oscillator, with truncation based on switched tripping threshold voltages generated a positive feedback to the RC relaxation oscillator.
US09455718B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a gate and controlled with a gate voltage, a gate drive circuit which controls the gate voltage, an electrode connected to the semiconductor element, a principal current in the semiconductor element flowing through the electrode, a temperature sensing part which senses the temperature of the electrode, a generation section which generates, on the basis of the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing part, a first control signal for giving a maximum amount of energization to the semiconductor element in such a range that the temperature of the electrode does not exceed a predetermined temperature, and a comparison section which compares the first control signal and a second control signal transmitted from the outside for the purpose of controlling the gate voltage, and selects a selective control signal which is one of the control signals with which the temperature of the electrode can be limited. The gate drive circuit controls the gate voltage according to the selective control signal.
US09455712B2
In one embodiment, a circuit comprises a phase interpolator that converts a single-ended input to a pair of symmetric differential signals within a first voltage domain. The circuit further comprises a comparator that converts the symmetric differential signals into single-ended output in a second different voltage domain. In one embodiment, the single ended output of the comparator is configured to be coupled to drive a switching driver in a switching regulator. In one embodiment, the interpolator comprises a first inverter, a second inverter, and a third inverter connected in series. The interpolator further comprises a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series. The second inverter provides a first output signal. Outputs of the first inverter and the third inverter are connected by the series connected resistors. A node between the resistors provides a second output signal. The first and second output signals are inverted and symmetric.
US09455711B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device that has a high-voltage analog switch circuit and is operable at a low power-supply voltage, and which has a first high-voltage MOSFET HN1, a second high-voltage MOSFET, and a first floating gate voltage control circuit. The first floating gate voltage control circuit operates at a voltage of 5 V or lower, and when turning on the first high-voltage MOSFET and the second high-voltage MOSFET, the first floating gate voltage control circuit sets a voltage in the source terminal of the first high-voltage MOSFET as a reference voltage, adds a floating voltage corresponding to the power-supply voltage to the reference voltage, and supplies the added voltage to the gate terminals of the first high-voltage MOSFET and the second high-voltage MOSFET.
US09455709B2
A dynamic logic circuit in which the number of elements is reduced, the layout area is reduced, the power loss is reduced, and the power consumption is reduced is provided. A semiconductor device including a dynamic logic circuit includes a first transistor in which a channel is formed in silicon and a second transistor in which a channel is formed in an oxide semiconductor. Here, a structure in which the second transistor is provided over the first transistor can be employed. A structure in which an insulating film is provided over the first transistor, and the second transistor is provided over the insulating film can be employed. A structure in which a top surface of the insulating film is planarized can be employed. A structure in which the second transistor has a region overlapping with the first transistor can be employed.
US09455695B2
A comparator for an analog-to-digital converter is provided. The comparator includes a differential amplifier unit that receives a sampling signal and provides an output signal, based on a voltage provided by the sampling signal. The differential amplifier unit includes an input stage that receives the sampling signal and integrates a current on the integration nodes based on potentials of the sampling signal. The comparator includes a sense amplifier coupled with the integration nodes that detects a potential difference and amplifies the potential difference to generate the output signal. The comparator includes a charge injection circuit (30) to inject equal charges into the integration nodes.
US09455693B2
A switching circuit for transmission channel for ultrasound applications is electrically coupled between a connection terminal and a low voltage output terminal. The switching circuit includes a receiving switch, a high voltage clamp circuit electrically coupled between the connection terminal and a central node, and a low voltage clamping switch electrically coupled between said central node and a reference voltage. The receiving switch is a low voltage switch and is electrically coupled between the central node and the low voltage output terminal. The clamping switch and the receiving switch are controlled in a complementary way with respect to each other. A transmission channel for ultrasound applications includes the switching circuit.
US09455690B2
Disclosed is a half-power buffer/amplifier. The half-power buffer/amplifier includes first and second amplifying blocks respectively corresponding to first and second channels, a first output buffer unit controlled by an output from the first amplifying block, and a second output buffer unit controlled by an output from the second amplifying block. Each of the first and second amplifying blocks includes an input unit configured to amplify a first input signal, thereby outputting first and second currents, and an amplifying unit including a first current mirror, a second current mirror, and a bias unit connected between the first current mirror and the second mirror. Nodes in the first and second amplifying blocks are selectively connected to source/drain terminals of transistors in the first and second amplifying blocks in response to a control signal.
US09455686B1
A wireless communication device and a tunable filter are provided. The tunable filter includes a first energy storage element, a first series resonant circuit, a second series resonant circuit, a first tunable parallel resonant circuit and a second tunable parallel resonant circuit. The first series resonant circuit and the second series resonant circuit respectively include a first capacitor and a first inductor electrically connected in series. The first tunable parallel resonant circuit and the second tunable parallel resonant circuit respectively include a variable capacitor and a second inductor electrically connected between a ground and a bias voltage. The first series resonant circuit is electrically connected between a first end of the first energy storage element and the first tunable parallel resonant circuit. The second series resonant circuit is electrically connected between a second end of the first energy storage element and the second tunable parallel resonant circuit.
US09455670B2
A scalable periphery digital power control arrangement is presented. The scalable periphery digital power control arrangement comprises a plurality of PMOS transistors connected in parallel, where the plurality of transistors is operatively coupled to a voltage source. The plurality of PMOS transistors that is operatively coupled to the voltage source can operate as a controlled current source. Current flow from the voltage source can be controlled by a logic circuit, which sends a logic signal to enable or disable each individual PMOS transistor of the plurality of PMOS transistors connected in parallel. As more PMOS transistors are enabled, the current flow through the scalable periphery digital power control arrangement to the amplifier can increase.
US09455668B1
A method and apparatus for compensating current leakage is disclosed. In the method and apparatus, a differential amplifier receives a first input signal and a second input signal and outputs a first output signal and a second output signal. The first output signal is filtered to obtain a first filtered signal. The first filtered signal is compared to the first input signal and a first compensation signal is outputted having a first voltage that is a function of a difference between a voltage of the first filtered signal and a voltage of the first input signal. Current leakage in the first input signal is compensated for using the first compensation signal.
US09455664B2
A solar energy collection system can include support devices made with bearings formed from sheet material. These bearings can be optionally formed so as to provide tool-less connections to their associated bearing housings. The bearings can be formed with an open configuration allowing a shaft to be inserted into an open bite of the bearing. Optionally, the bearing can be made from an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene plastic material. Additionally, two open-type bearing assemblies can be mounted axially offset and opposed to one another.
US09455661B2
A solar tracking system is disclosed. The tracking system includes a tube rotatable around its end-to-end axis. A first support is coupled to the tube at a first location of the tube, and is coupled with a first base. A second support is coupled to the tube at a second location of the tube, and is coupled with a second base. A translation mechanism is coupled with the tube and provided to change the position of the first support relative to the second support.
US09455656B2
A method of estimating the position of a rotor of an electric motor comprises producing an output signal indicative of motor position using a position sensor which comprises a detector and at least one encoder which rotates along with the rotor of the motor and includes a plurality of encoding regions, the output signal of the sensor varying in a stepwise fashion as the encoding regions move past the detector, and passing the output of the sensor through a smoothing algorithm to produce an estimated position signal, the algorithm being arranged to smooth the transition between the steps in the output of the sensor by causing the estimated position signal to lag behind the output of the sensor following a step change in the output of the sensor.
US09455650B2
A two-dimensional locating method of a motion platform based on a magnetic steel array involves the following steps: placing more than four linear Hall sensors at any different positions within one or more polar distances of the magnetic steel array on the surface of the motion platform in a motion system; determining a magnetic flux density distribution model according to the magnetic steel array; determining the mounting positions of the above-mentioned linear Hall sensors, which are converted into phases with respect to the mass center of the motion platform; recording the magnetic flux density measured values of the linear Hall sensors as the motion proceeds; solving the phases of the mass center of the motion platform in a plane, with the measured values being served as observed quantities and the magnetic flux density distribution model being served as a computation model; and determining the position of the mass center of the motion platform with respect to an initial phase according to the phase, so as to realize the planar location of the motion platform. The present invention provides a simple, fast and robust method for computing mass center positions for a motion system containing a magnetic steel array.
US09455646B2
A filter device comprises: a filter capacitor portion having one set of ends connected to the AC voltage unit, and the other set of ends connected to DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit via a low impedance element, wherein both set of ends of the filter capacitor portion and the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are static ground terminals of the power converter; a filter inductance portion a first set of connection terminals connected to the AC voltage unit, a second set of connection terminals connected to the AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, a third set of connection terminals connected to one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, and a fourth set of connection terminals; and a compensation portion having one end connected to the fourth set of connection terminals and the other end connected to the ground.
US09455641B2
In a DC/DC converter for bidirectional power transmission, a first switching circuit is connected between a first winding of a high-frequency transformer and a DC power supply, and a second switching circuit is connected between a second winding and a battery. In the first and second switching circuits, capacitors are connected in parallel to semiconductor switching devices, and first and second reactors are connected on AC input/output lines. Upon power transmission, the switching circuit on the primary side of the high-frequency transformer performs zero voltage switching, and the switching circuit on the secondary side performs a step-up operation by using the reactor.
US09455637B2
In one embodiment a method of extending power supply hold-up time by controlling a transformer turn ratio may include an input capacitor receiving an input voltage of a transformer unit. A first control transistor may switch a first transformer winding to an on state in response to the input voltage being above a voltage threshold level. The first control transistor may switch the first transformer winding to an off state in response to the input voltage being below the voltage threshold level. A second control transistor may switch a second transformer winding to an on state in response to the input voltage being below the voltage threshold level, wherein the first transformer winding and the second transformer winding may include separate windings located on a same side of a magnetic core of the transformer unit. In an embodiment the transformer unit may include a power supply unit.
US09455633B2
An apparatus and method of controlling a frequency converter is provided. First, subsynchronous components in the electrical grid are identified using voltage measurements of the electrical grid. The subsynchronous components of the electrical grid are then used to determine set points for damping currents. These damping currents are then added to current set points calculated by power regulation loops to generate total current set points. Thereafter, the frequency converter is controlled based on the total current set points.
US09455629B1
The present disclosure relates to a circuit compensation circuit includes a current compensator configured to perform a charging or a discharging of a capacitive element according to whether a sensing voltage is less than or greater than a certain voltage and to delay a turn-off point of a driving switching element until a corresponding discharging quantity is identical to a corresponding charging quantity and a switching controller configured to provide a switching control signal at the delayed turn-off point of the driving switching element. The present disclosure also relates to a light emitting diode apparatus that includes such a current compensation circuit, and a related method of driving such a current compensation circuit.
US09455627B2
A boost-type switching regulator includes an inductor; a rectifying element; a capacitor; a switching element; an output terminal; a detection voltage generating unit; an output voltage controlling unit; and a detection voltage level shifting unit. The detection voltage generating unit generates a detection voltage according to an output voltage. The output voltage controlling unit turns on and off the switching element to increase the output voltage when the detection voltage is smaller than a specific value, and to turn off the switching element to decrease the output voltage when the detection voltage is greater than the specific value. The detection voltage level shifting unit shifts the detection voltage so that the detection voltage during a voltage increasing period becomes greater than the detection voltage during a voltage decreasing period.
US09455619B1
A system for implementing current sharing between packaged power converter modules is provided. The system includes a respective current monitoring circuit for generating a current signal indicative of the current supplied by each power converter module, and a respective inverter for inverting the current signals. The current signals and the inverted current signals from each module are provided to a differential current share bus. For each module, an error amplifier is provided to supply a remote sense terminal of the module with a control signal indicative of the difference between the current share bus reference level and a respective current signal.
US09455616B2
Brushless motor control method and brushless motor control device and electric power steering device
A control device 50 that drives and controls a brushless motor 3 of a four-pole 24-slot configuration includes: a base current calculation section 52 that calculates fundamental-wave current indicating a winding current value associated with maximum torque control; a correction component calculation section 59 that calculates 12th-order first higher harmonic wave component B sin 12(θ+β) to cancel a torque ripple of magnet torque, and 12th-order second higher harmonic wave component A sin 12(θ+α) to cancel a torque ripple of reluctance torque, based on a phase current value detected by a current sensor 64; a correction map 58 in which relation between phase current and parameters A, B, α, and β of the both higher harmonic wave components is stored; and a current correction section 60 that corrects supply current by superimposing each 12th-order higher harmonic wave component on the fundamental-wave current in order to create current command values Id′ and Iq′.
US09455615B1
A magnetic propulsion drive system provides power output by including the use of permanent magnets repelled by electromagnets on adjacent rotor assemblies. In some embodiments, the electromagnets may be inactive until synchronized to face an opposing permanent magnet of the same polarity. The electromagnet may be energized thus causing a repellant force with the permanent magnet causing radial momentum in the rotor assembly to rotate a larger drive module of rotor assemblies. Embodiments may include two or more drive modules arranged to position opposing magnets of the same type so that each drive modules is driven producing and output torque through a drive shaft.
US09455601B2
An apparatus is disclosed for extracting electrical and mechanical energy from stored magnetic energy. The apparatus includes an axial flow turbine defined by a body having an increased magnetic density from a first exterior edge along a surface of the body to a second exterior edge. Also included is a magnetic element rotatably operable about the body of the axial flow turbine. The magnetic element is configured to cause increasingly level of the magnetic attraction from the first exterior edge to that of the second exterior edge.
US09455596B2
A method for reducing interference in an inductive charging system is provided. The method includes steps of inductively charging a chargeable device with an inductive charger, detecting the operation of a receiver in an AM band, and adjusting at least one of a frequency band employed by the charger and an amount of power provided to the chargeable device by the charger based on the operation of the receiver in the AM band.
US09455595B2
A wireless charge system includes a wireless charger configured to wirelessly transfer power to an apparatus including a battery in order to charge the battery; a fixing unit configured to fix the apparatus so that the apparatus cannot be moved separately from the wireless charger while wirelessly receiving the power from the wireless charger; and a display configured to provide an indication of a charged state of the battery, wherein the wireless charger, the fixing unit, and the display are formed in a door pocket included in a door of a vehicle.
US09455589B2
A power supply apparatus includes a first electric accumulator, a second electric accumulator, and a control section which controls charge and discharge of the first electric accumulator and the second electric accumulator. When the control section does not carry out a degradation diagnosis of the first electric accumulator, the control section charges the first electric accumulator and makes the second electric accumulator discharge. When the control section carries out the degradation diagnosis of the first electric accumulator, the control section charges the second electric accumulator and then makes the first electric accumulator begin to discharge for the degradation diagnosis.
US09455587B2
A method for charging a battery is provided, wherein current pulses are supplied to the battery, wherein each pulse is followed by a rest period during which no current is supplied to the battery, and wherein the state of charge of the battery is determined during the rest period.
US09455584B2
A terminal device including a solar battery panel; a panel temperature-detection unit configured to detect a temperature measured near the solar battery panel; a power generation-state determination unit configured to detect an illuminance measured near the solar battery panel; a battery temperature-detection unit configured to detect a temperature measured near a secondary battery charged through power generated through the solar battery panel; a control unit configured to estimate a change in the temperature detected through the battery temperature-detection unit based on the temperature detected through the panel temperature-detection unit and the illuminance obtained through the power generation-state determination unit, and determine a remaining time when the estimated temperature measured near the secondary battery reaches a temperature at which the charging of the secondary battery is stopped; and a notification unit configured to provide notification about the remaining time determined through the control unit.
US09455578B2
An algorithm and a direct current (DC) microgrid charge/discharge system with the algorithm are provided that noticeably increases charge/discharge voltage during charging and discharging by connecting a plurality of secondary batteries in series, compared to a single battery, that increases power conversion efficiency of a DC-to-DC (DC/DC) converter for charge/discharge power control by setting an appropriate voltage of a DC microgrid to be about twice a maximum voltage of a battery group, that enables charging and discharging to be stably performed regardless of a change in the battery group by adding a linear constant current source, that increases power conversion efficiency of the DC microgrid charge/discharge system by configuring a DC energy storage system (ESS) used for both charging and discharging with a combination of a typical electrolytic condenser and a super condenser or a group of the secondary batteries, and that simplifies the DC microgrid charge/discharge system.
US09455577B2
An approach to provide power from power supply devices to power consuming devices based on characteristics of the power consuming devices and/or the power supply devices. The approach includes a method that includes receiving information of a power consuming device from an energy management system that determines criticality of the power consuming device. The method further includes receiving power supply information of one or more power supply devices associated with an electric grid. The method further includes receiving a power request from the power consuming device. The method further includes determining that the power consuming device receives power from the power supply device, based on the information and the power supply information.
US09455572B2
Solar electric energy is optimally used by varying one or more connected loads to achieve a maximum output power voltage. Entire appliances may be switched on or off, or modulated, as in the case for example of a heat pump compressor circuit or electric water heater. Variations of this theme are used to prioritize appliance usage for overall improved convenience and efficiency. Solar electric appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air dryers and water pumps are described. This and other electric sources may be used to power electric garden tools. Electric distribution tools and methods are described as well as electric garden tillers with features such as semi-control and smooth operation.
US09455569B2
A method for operating an electrical circuit is described herein. The circuit includes a power converter having a plurality of switches and two capacitors that are parallel to the switches. The plurality of switches and the two capacitors are connected in series. The power converter has two AC voltage-sided connections and a measuring resistor is connected to the ground. A ground fault is detected by measuring a voltage drop in a measuring resistor.
US09455557B2
A cable protector for connection to an aircraft electrical cable raceway, comprising a flexible conductive body defining a conduit through which an electrical cable can pass and an electrically conductive connection arrangement configured to enable connection of the body of the protector to a raceway in an electrically conductive manner.
US09455545B2
An electrical connector designed for high speed signals. The connector includes one or more features that, when used alone or in combination, extend performance to higher speeds. These features may include compensation for tie bars that are used to hold conductive members in place for molding a housing around the conductive members. Removal of the tie bars during manufacture of the connector may leave artifacts in the conductive members and/or housing, which may degrade electrical performance. However, that degradation may be avoided by features that compensate for the artifacts. The conductive members, for example, may include regions, adjacent tie bar locations, that compensate for portions of the tie bar that are not fully removed.
US09455544B2
A method of forming a wire loop is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) forming a conductive bump on a bonding location using a wire bonding tool; (2) bonding a portion of wire to another bonding location using the wire bonding tool; (3) extending a length of wire from the bonded portion of wire toward the bonding location; (4) lowering the bonding tool toward the bonding location while detecting a height of a tip of the wire bonding tool; and (5) interrupting the lowering of the wire bonding tool during step (4) if the wire bonding tool reaches a predetermined height.
US09455543B2
A wall socket having a connecting module includes a socket body and a connecting module. The socket body has a socket unit. The connecting module is mounted with the socket unit. The connecting module is electrically connected with the socket body and selectively protruded outside the socket body. Therefore, the invention has functions of wall socket, electricity-transmitting and electricity-connection, which is convenient for various applications with a better universal characteristic.
US09455541B2
A plug-in unit configured to be coupled to a busway includes a housing configured to be secured to the busway, an electrical coupling assembly coupled to the housing and configured to move between an uncoupled position in which the plug-in unit is uncoupled to the busway and a coupled position in which the plug-in unit is electrically coupled to the busway, and an actuator assembly coupled to the housing and the electrical coupling assembly. The actuator assembly is configured to move the electrical coupling assembly between the uncoupled and coupled positions and to secure the plug-in unit to the housing. Other embodiments of the plug-in unit and a method of securing a plug-in unit to a busway are further disclosed.
US09455538B2
A card edge connector includes a harness-side connector (H) in which a plurality of terminal fittings (50) are juxtaposed in a harness-side housing (10) and a board-side connector (P) in which a circuit board (62) is attached to a board-side housing (60). When the two housings (10, 60) are connected, the plurality of terminal fittings (50) are resiliently brought into contact with a plurality of contact portions (64) juxtaposed on the circuit board (62). The harness-side housing (10) includes a terminal accommodating portion (39) for accommodating the plurality of terminal fittings (50) in a state positioned in a juxtaposition direction, and at least a part of the terminal accommodating portion (39) is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient substantially equal to that of a material of the circuit board (62).
US09455532B2
A connector includes one or more contacts, an insulator that holds the one or more contacts, an outer shell that is made of metal and covers around the insulator except a front face part and a back face part of the insulator in a fitting direction of the connector with a counter connector, and a back shell that is made of metal, covers the back face part of the insulator and has held portions to be held by the insulator, the insulator having back shell holders that hold corresponding held portions of the back shell, thereby holding the back shell.
US09455531B2
The present invention discloses an electrical connector for flat conductor which includes an insulating body and a shielding housing. Vertical insert slots corresponding to two notches of the flat conductor are provided on the insulating body. An elastic buckling piece is formed in the vertical insert slot of the insulating body. The elastic buckling piece comprises an elastic arm extending obliquely upward and a buckling part formed through extending downward from a tail end of the elastic arm. One end of the elastic arm is connected integrally to the insulating body. A fixture block is disposed on an inner wall surface of the vertical insert slot in a protruding manner. The fixture block is located at a free end side of the elastic arm, and the fixture block is located below the buckling part. After the flat conductor is inserted, the elastic buckling piece is pressed down until the buckling part is buckled below the fixture block of the insulating body. The structure is simple, and is easy to produce and manufacture. Meanwhile, the assembly is convenient and the assembled flat conductor is firm and does not come off easily. Therefore the production efficiency and the production quality are improved effectively.
US09455530B2
An electrical connector includes a housing having a front and a rear. The housing including a slot defined through the front that is configured to receive a mating connector therein. Signal contacts are held in the housing. The signal contacts are arranged within the slot to mate with the mating connector. Ground contacts are held in the housing and interspersed among the signal contacts. The ground contacts are arranged within the slot to mate with the mating connector. A ground bus includes a base and multiple sets of projections extending from the base. Each set including at least two projections that engage the same corresponding ground contact at spaced-apart locations. The sets of projections are connected via the base to create a ground circuit between the ground contacts that are engaged by the ground bus.
US09455529B2
Techniques for forming high-bandwidth proximity connection between capacitively coupled plug and receptacle are described herein. A system for achieving capacitive coupling between contactless pads is described. The techniques include aligning and retaining the plug and receptacle in close proximity to one another. The techniques include cancelling crosstalk in the system based on the symmetry and orientation of differential pairs comprising signal pads. The techniques include enabling a high-bandwidth proximity transmission by filtering the transmission using a silicon buffer component.
US09455524B2
A self-supported jacket seal designed for a cable connector so that after a cable is inserted into the cable connector, the integrated jacket seal protects any exposed portion of the cable without requiring any additional installation steps. The self-supported feature is provided by a plurality of rigid ridges positioned on the outer surface of the jacket seal. The ridges strengthen the construction of the component so that the jacket seal substantially maintains its shape when a cable is slidably inserted therewithin. Because the seal does not buckle when installed, it does not require any additional installation steps as found in other similar inventions known in the art.
US09455523B1
A right angle connector assembly including a first connector having a mating assist slider configured to slide along a first axis defined by the first connector and a second connector having a second housing and an intermediate housing attached to the second housing that is configured to slide along a second axis defined by the second connector that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The intermediate housing is configured to receive the first connector along the first axis. When the mating assist slider is moved along the first axis from a starting position to and ending position, the mating assist slider moves intermediate housing along the second axis from an initial position to a final position, thereby mating a first terminal within the first connector to a second terminal within the second connector at a right angle or ninety degree orientation.
US09455512B2
An electrical connector with locking structures is disclosed. The electrical connector comprises an insulation housing, two locking plates, multiple power terminals and multiple signal terminals. The insulation housing forms two locking structures, each of which includes a platform, a vertical fastener passage, a horizontal holding passage and a vertical block. There forms a gap between the vertical block and a bottom support wall of the holding passage. Each locking plate is an L type and has a horizontal locking portion, a vertical locking portion and a locking foot. The horizontal locking portion is fixed in the holding passage, the vertical locking portion is clamped in the gap, and the locking foot is used to fix the electrical connector on a circuit board. The locking structure can ensure the locking plate to be fixed on a preset position, thereby protecting the electrical connector when using.
US09455509B2
An electrical series terminal includes a first connecting portion which is connected via a first associate current bar to a first functional contact and a second connection portion being connected via a second associate current bar to a second functional contact. A functional zone is provided between the first connection portion and the second connection portion. The functional zone is configured to selectively and alternately receive and contact a plurality of functional elements such that when at least one functional element is introduced to the functional zone, the at least one functional element can be connected to the first and second functional contact. On the sides of the functional zone, a first and second connecting shaft are provided on the first and second connection sections.
US09455502B2
The invention relates to an electrical contact, particularly designed as a press-in pin (16) for a circuit carrier (10). The press-in pin comprises at least one press-in zone (14) at which conductor traces (30) can be contacted. The press-in pin (16) is either made of solid aluminum material (36) or contains at least one aluminum material section (40) or is made of solid aluminum material (36, 46) with a copper jacket coating (48).
US09455498B2
An antenna device includes a metal plate and an antenna coil. A main portion of the antenna coil includes an insulating substrate and a coil conductor on the substrate. The metal plate includes a first conductor opening and a second conductor opening. The second conductor opening is continuous with the first conductor opening but not continuous with an outer edge of the metal plate.
US09455496B2
An antenna assembly includes an antenna, a radio frequency (RF) unit, and a matching unit. The antenna includes a first radiator and a second radiator. The matching unit is electronically connected between the antenna and the RF unit, and includes a first matching circuit and a second matching circuit. The first matching circuit matches impedance of the first radiator, and the second matching circuit matches impedance of the second radiator.
US09455494B2
An in-vehicle multimedia device includes: an antenna module which has an antenna body arranged on the outer side surface of the roof of a vehicle, a first circuit substrate coupled to the antenna body, a connector part provided with through-holes therein formed to project downward from the lower surface of the antenna body, and first connection pins accommodated in the respective through-holes of the connector part and electrically connected with the first circuit substrate, a tuner part module which has a tuner part body arranged on the inner side surface of the roof of the vehicle, a second circuit substrate coupled to the tuner part body, and second connection pins provided in a coupling groove such that the connector part is inserted and coupled; and a coupling member that couples the antenna module and the tuner part module to each other.
US09455455B2
Fuel cells (38) have passageways (83, 84) that provide water through one or both reactant gas flow field plates (75, 81) of each fuel cell, whereby the fuel cell is cooled evaporatively. The water passageways may be vented by a porous plug (not shown), or by a microvacuum pump (89). A condenser (59) may have a reservoir (64); the condenser (59) may be a vehicle radiator. A highly water permeable wicking layer (90) is disposed adjacent to one or both water passageways (83, 84) which exist between individual fuel cells (38). The passageways may be flow-through passageways (83) (FIG. 5) or they may be interdigitated passageways (83a, 83b) (FIG. 6) in order to increase the flow of water-purging air through the wicking layer (90) utilized to clear the stack of water during shutdown in cold environments. The inlet interdigitated channels (83c, 83d) may be only partially blocked at their outlet ends such as by a protrusion (104) or a hole (106) in order to ensure that any gas entering the inlet coolant passageways (83c, 83d) will not accumulate at the outlet end (101) of the inlet coolant passageways.
US09455453B2
A fuel cell (3) includes interconnectors (hereinafter, IC) (12, 13), a cell body (20) disposed between the ICs and including an air electrode (14) and a fuel electrode (15) on both surfaces of an electrolyte (2), and current collecting members (18, 19) disposed between at least one of the electrodes (14, 15) and the ICs. The current collecting members (19) include connector contact portions (19a) in contact with the IC (13), cell body contact portions (19b) in contact with the cell body, and connecting portions (19c) that are bent approximately 180 degrees and connect both the contact portions, the connector contact portions, the cell body contact portions, and the connecting portions being formed in line. The current collecting members (19) include asperities (19e) on inside surfaces oriented inward, and a spacer (58) is disposed between the connector contact portions and the cell body contact portions.
US09455426B2
Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.
US09455425B2
A battery module includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries, end plates at outer sides of the rechargeable batteries; fixing members fixed to the end plates, each fixing member having a support step protruding from at least one side end, a reinforcement member contacting the fixing member, and a fastener fixing the fixing member and the reinforcement member to the end plate.
US09455419B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an organic light emitting device, a thin film transistor, a wiring pattern and a seal. The first substrate includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The third region surrounds the first region. The second region is between the first region and the third region, and is partially overlapped with the third region. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The organic light emitting device is disposed on the first substrate in the first region. The thin film transistor is disposed on the first substrate in a region where the second region and the third region overlap. The wiring pattern is disposed on the first substrate in the second region. The seal is disposed in the third region, between the first substrate and the second substrate in the third region.
US09455413B2
An image pickup device includes: a first electrode film; an organic photoelectric conversion film; a second electrode film; and a metal wiring film electrically connected to the second electrode film, the first electrode film, the organic photoelectric conversion film, and the second electrode film all provided on a substrate in this order, and the metal wiring film coating an entire side of the organic photoelectric conversion film.
US09455407B2
A compound, an organic light-emitting device, and a flat panel display device, the compound being represented by Formula 1, below:
US09455406B1
A method of fabricating organic light-emitting diode is disclosed, and the method includes the following steps. A first organic material region and a second organic material region are formed on a film. The first organic region is heated by a heat source such that the heated first organic material region is laminated on a substrate to form a first organic material layer. The film is between the heat source and the first organic material region. The second organic region is heated by the heat source such that the heated second organic material region is laminated on the first organic material layer to form a second organic material layer. The film is between the heat source and the second organic material region.
US09455404B2
A memory device is provided. A first conductive layer, a first diffusion barrier layer, a phase change layer, a second diffusion barrier layer and a second conductive layer are disposed on a first electrode layer in sequence to form a stacking structure. A dielectric layer is disposed on the first electrode layer and covers a sidewall of the stacking structure and part of a top surface of the second conductive layer. A second electrode layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and the second conductive layer. Barrier enhancing components are provided between a bottom surface of the first diffusion barrier layer and a top surface of the second diffusion barrier layer. Further, a method of manufacturing a memory device is provided.
US09455403B1
A semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure comprises an access device, a dielectric layer, a barrier layer, a first interlayer conductor, a first barrier liner, a second interlayer conductor, a second barrier liner, a memory element and a top electrode layer. The access device has two terminals. The dielectric layer covers the access device. The barrier layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. The first and second interlayer conductors are connected to the two terminals, respectively. The first and second barrier liners are disposed on sidewalls of the first and second interlayer conductors, respectively. The memory element is disposed on the first interlayer conductor. The top electrode layer is disposed on the barrier layer and the memory element and covers the memory element.
US09455402B2
A resistive memory device is provided, comprising a bottom electrode, a patterned dielectric layer with a via formed on the bottom electrode, a barrier layer formed at sidewalls and a bottom surface of the via as a liner, a ring-shaped metal layer formed at sidewalls and a bottom surface of the barrier layer, and a ring-shaped metal oxide formed on a top surface of the ring-shaped metal layer.
US09455401B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a plurality of first lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of second lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a resistance variable layer interposed between the first lines and the second lines, a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the resistance variable layer and the first lines, and an intermediate electrode layer interposed between the resistance variable layer and the tunnel barrier layer. The tunnel barrier layer and the intermediate electrode layer overlap with at least two neighboring intersection regions of the first lines and the second lines.
US09455398B2
A piezoelectric actuator of the invention includes: a piezoelectric element; a base body having an upper surface which is in contact with a lower end portion of the piezoelectric element; and a case having an inner surface which is in contact with an upper end portion of the piezoelectric element, the case storing the piezoelectric element therein, the upper surface of the base body and the case being joined to each other. The case includes a cylindrical portion including a cylindrical main body and a plurality of grooves formed all around a perimeter thereof, and a collar portion disposed at a lower end side of the cylindrical portion. At least one of the plurality of grooves has a sectional profile taken along a plane perpendicular to a vertical direction whose oblateness differs from that of a sectional profile of the cylindrical main body.
US09455395B2
Described herein are methods for controlling a piezoelectric element, for example, for use in a fuel injector, safely and efficiently at higher frequencies without causing damage to the fuel injector due to excessive heating. Methods incorporating features of the present invention can utilize waveform generation, waveform scaling and power amplification to drive a piezoelectric element. In some embodiments, various operating conditions are utilized to determine a scaling value which is compared to a target value to determine the level of scaling to be utilized with a generated waveform.
US09455392B2
A coplanar waveguide device includes a coplanar waveguide structure disposed on a substrate, at least one qubit coupled to the coplanar waveguide structure and an add-on chip having a metallized trench, and disposed over the substrate.
US09455388B2
A light emitting diode (LED) package includes an LED chip, a first lead frame and a second lead frame electrically connected to the LED chip and separated by a space, and a housing disposed on the first lead frame and the second lead frame. The housing includes an external housing surrounding a cavity, the cavity exposing a first portion of the first lead frame and a first portion of the second lead frame, and an internal housing disposed in the space, the internal housing covering a top portion of the first lead frame and a top portion of the second lead frame.
US09455386B2
Various embodiments of light emitting devices, assemblies, and methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a lighting emitting device includes forming a light emitting structure, and depositing a barrier material, a mirror material, and a bonding material on the light emitting structure in series. The bonding material contains nickel (Ni). The method also includes placing the light emitting structure onto a silicon substrate with the bonding material in contact with the silicon substrate and annealing the light emitting structure and the silicon substrate. As a result, a nickel silicide (NiSi) material is formed at an interface between the silicon substrate and the bonding material to mechanically couple the light emitting structure to the silicon substrate.
US09455382B2
A light emitting device comprising: a package having a recess; a light emitting element mounted in the recess of the package; a transmissive member provided above the light emitting element; a sealing resin that seals the recess of the package; a first fluorescent material contained in the transmissive member; and a second fluorescent material contained in the sealing resin and having a specific gravity different from that of the first fluorescent material, wherein a greater amount of the second fluorescent material is distributed to a side of the light emitting element than above the light emitting element, and a side surface of the light emitting element is exposed on the sealing resin.
US09455373B2
A light emitting element includes: a laminated body including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer in this order, the second conductive semiconductor layer having a light extraction surface; and a recombination suppression structure provided in vicinity of an end surface of the active layer, the recombination suppression structure having a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the active layer.
US09455368B2
A method of forming an interdigitated back contact solar cell is described. The method uses a deposition process to create a doped glass layer on the substrate, which, when diffused, created either the emitter or back surface fields. The deposition process may also create an oxide layer on top of the doped glass layer. This oxide layer serves as a mask for a subsequent ion implant. This ion implant directs ions having the opposite conductivity of the doped glass layer into exposed regions of the substrate. A thermal process is used to diffuse the dopant from the doped glass layer into the substrate and repair any damage caused by the ion implant.
US09455363B2
A method for doping a semiconductor substrate is disclosed wherein a layer of a first conductivity type is first formed followed by forming a blocking layer with an open area. An etch process is performed through the open area to remove the layer of the first conductivity type to exposed the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. Dopant ions are introduced to form a dopant region of a second conductivity type on the beneath the top surface of the semiconductor substrate wherein the dopant region of the second conductivity type is not in contact with the dopant layer of the first conductivity type that is not etched off thus forming a PN structure to form diodes for the interdigitated back contact photovoltaic cells. Since the ion doping processes are self-aligned, the mask requirements are minimized and the production cost for solar cells are reduced.
US09455359B2
A solar battery cell and related methodology are provided which enable a TAB wire to be accurately connected to an intended position, thus allowing a possible increase in manufacturing costs to be suppressed. The solar battery cell can include a substrate, a plurality of finger electrodes formed on a light receiving surface of the substrate, and a back surface electrode on a back surface of the substrate, the back surface electrode to be connected to a plurality of finger electrodes on an adjacent cell by applying a first TAB wire via a conductive adhesive, wherein the back surface electrode has omitted portions arranged to define at least one alignment marking indicative of a position where the first TAB wire is to be applied, the at least one alignment marking having a width less than a width of said first TAB wire.
US09455358B2
An image pickup module includes: a wiring board including a first main surface on which chip electrodes are disposed and a second main surface on which the cable electrodes connected respectively to the chip electrodes via respective through wirings are disposed; an image pickup device chip including external electrodes bonded respectively to the chip electrodes; and a cable including conductive wires bonded respectively to the cable electrodes, in which all of the cable electrodes are disposed in a region not facing a region where the chip electrodes are disposed.
US09455356B2
Silicon Carbide (SiC) PiN Diodes are provided having a reverse blocking voltage (VR) from about 3.0 kV to about 10.0 kV and a forward voltage (VF) of less than about 4.3 V.
US09455355B2
An n−-type semiconductor substrate (1) includes an active region and a terminal region disposed outside the active region. A p+-type anode layer (2) is formed in a portion of an upper surface of the n−-type semiconductor substrate (1) in the active region. A plurality of p+-type guard ring layers (3) are formed in a portion of the upper surface of the n−-type semiconductor substrate (1) in the terminal region. An n+-type cathode layer (5) is formed in a lower surface of the n−-type semiconductor substrate (1). An anode electrode (6) is connected to the p+-type anode layer (2). A metallic cathode electrode (7) is connected to the n+-type cathode layer (5). A recess (8) is formed by trenching the n+-type cathode layer (5) in the terminal region. The cathode electrode (7) is also formed in the recess (8).
US09455347B1
A method of forming a semiconductor structure is disclosed comprising removing mandrel elements, the side walls of which support semiconductor fin structures, which mandrel elements are formed by removing portions of each of a plurality of elongated mandrels outside sacrificial gate structures, wherein the mandrel elements are removed after removing the sacrificial gate structure. Also disclosed is an intermediate semiconductor structure, obtained during some embodiments of the method, comprising a plurality of mandrel elements, a plurality of fin channel structures, source regions and drain regions on opposing sides of the fin channel structures wherein the bottom most surface of the fin channel structures and the source and drain regions are in direct physical contact with a common dielectric layer on a silicon-containing substrate.
US09455336B2
FinFET structures and methods for making the same. A method includes: creating a plurality of Silicon fins on a first region of a substrate, creating a plurality of Silicon-Germanium fins on a second region of the substrate, adjusting a Silicon fin pitch of the plurality of Silicon fins to a predetermined value, and adjusting a Silicon-Germanium fin pitch of the plurality of Silicon-Germanium fins to a predetermined value, where the creating steps are performed in a manner that Silicon material and Silicon-Germanium material used in making the plurality of fins will be on the semiconductor structure at a same time.
US09455331B1
A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a plurality of semiconductor pillars. A dielectric spacer is formed between at least one set of adjacent semiconductor pillars. Semiconductor material is epitaxially formed on sidewalls of the adjacent semiconductor pillars, wherein the dielectric spacer obstructs a first portion of epitaxial semiconductor material formed on a first semiconductor pillar from merging with a second portion of epitaxial semiconductor material formed on a second semiconductor pillar.
US09455326B2
A wide bandgap semiconductor device includes a first conductive type high-concentration wide bandgap semiconductor substrate, a first conductive type low-concentration wide bandgap semiconductor deposited film which is formed on the semiconductor substrate, a metal film which is formed on the semiconductor deposited film so that a Schottoky interface region is formed between the metal film and the semiconductor deposited film, and a second conductive type region which is formed in a region of the semiconductor deposited film corresponding to a peripheral portion of the metal film, wherein the Schottoky interface region in the semiconductor deposited film is surrounded by the second conductive type region so that periodic island regions are formed in the Schottoky interface region.
US09455323B2
A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device and a method of fabricating the FinFET are described. The device includes a fin formed on a substrate, the fin including a channel region of the device and a spacer and a cap formed over a dummy gate line separating a source and drain of the device. The device also includes an epitaxial layer formed over portions of the fin, the epitaxial layer being included between the fin and the spacer.
US09455306B2
A foldable display apparatus, a method of manufacturing the same, and a controlling method of the same are disclosed. The foldable display apparatus includes a substrate including a metal thin film and an insulating layer provided on the metal thin film, an organic light-emitting unit formed on the substrate and emitting light in an direction away from the substrate, and a thin film encapsulating layer for encapsulating the organic light-emitting unit. The foldable display apparatus may be folded in a direction such that the metal thin film is exposed.
US09455304B2
An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels with sets of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each set of pixels includes a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a white pixel. The red pixels each have a white diode and a red color filter element to impart a red color to white light from that white diode. The green pixels each have a white diode and a green color filter element to impart a green color to white light from that white diode. The white pixels each have an unfiltered white diode. The blue pixels each have an unfiltered blue diode. The unfiltered white and blue diodes do not have color filters and emit white and blue light for the white and blue pixels, respectively. The white and blue diodes may be tandem diodes having two or more emissive layers.
US09455294B2
An image sensor includes a substrate having a front side and a back side, an insulating structure containing circuits on the front side of the substrate, contact holes extending through the substrate to the circuits, respectively, and a plurality of pads disposed on the backside of the substrate, electrically connected to the circuits along conductive paths extending through the contact holes, and located directly over the circuits, respectively. The image sensor is fabricated by a process in which a conductive layer is formed on the back side of the substrate and patterned to form the pads directly over the circuits.
US09455291B2
A back side illuminated image sensor includes a semiconductor material having a front side and a back side. The semiconductor material is disposed between image sensor circuitry and a light filter array. The image sensor circuitry is disposed on the front side, and the light filter array is disposed proximate to the back side. The image sensor includes a first pixel with a first doped region that extends from the image sensor circuitry into the semiconductor material a first depth. The first pixel also includes a second doped region that is disposed between the back side of the semiconductor material and the first doped region. The second doped region is electrically isolated from the first doped region. A second pixel with a third doped region is also included in the image sensor. The third doped region extends from the image sensor circuitry into the semiconductor material a second depth.
US09455288B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a pixel region incorporating a photodiode, a grid disposed over the substrate and having walls defining a cavity vertically aligned with the pixel region, and a color filter material disposed in the cavity between the walls of the grid.
US09455282B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of an array substrate with an etching stop layer. The method includes: forming a pattern including a gate, a gate line and a common electrode line on a substrate through a first patterning process; forming a gate insulation layer, an active layer film and an etching stop layer through a second patterning process; wherein, the etching stop layer corresponds to a gap between a source and a drain which are to be formed, and a via hole exposing the common electrode line is formed above the common electrode line; forming at least an active layer, a pattern including source, drain and data line and a protection layer through a third patterning process; wherein, the protection layer exposes a part of the drain; and forming at least a pixel electrode through a fourth patterning process; wherein, the pixel electrode is electrically connected with the drain.
US09455277B2
An array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting each other and being insulating from each other, and a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array and surrounded by the intersecting gate lines and data lines. The array substrate also includes at least one temperature measuring unit and at least one gate signal start control line. The temperature measuring unit includes at least one thin film transistor. The array substrate further includes a signal input line, a signal output line, and resistor is arranged on the signal input line. The temperature measuring unit includes a first terminal electrically connected with the signal input line and a second terminal electrically connected with the signal output line.
US09455272B2
A semiconductor device includes stacked groups each including interlayer insulating patterns and conductive patterns and stacked in at least two tiers, wherein the insulating patterns and the conductive patterns are alternately stacked over a substrate and separated by slits, and a support body including holes and formed between the stacked groups.
US09455266B2
An array of memory cells has a conductive pillar and a plurality of first and second memory cells coupled in series by the conductive pillar. Each first memory cell has a respective portion of a first charge trap adjacent to the conductive pillar and a respective first control gate adjacent to the respective portion of the first charge trap. Each second memory cell has a respective portion of a second charge trap adjacent to the conductive pillar and a respective second control gate adjacent to the respective portion of the second charge trap. Each first control gate is electrically isolated from each second control gate. A single select transistor may selectively couple the plurality of first memory cells and the plurality of second memory cells to one of a source line and a data line.
US09455264B2
A semiconductor device with a nonvolatile memory is provided which has improved electric performance. A memory gate electrode is formed over a semiconductor substrate via an insulating film. The insulating film is an insulating film having a charge storage portion therein, and includes a first silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film over the first silicon oxide film, and a second silicon oxide film over the silicon nitride film. Metal elements exist between the silicon nitride film and the second silicon oxide film, or in the silicon nitride film at a surface density of 1×1013 to 2×1014 atoms/cm2.
US09455249B2
A semiconductor power device is supported on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type with a bottom layer functioning as a bottom electrode and an epitaxial layer overlying the bottom layer with a same conductivity type as the bottom layer. The semiconductor power device includes a plurality of FET cells and each cell further includes a body region of a second conductivity type extending from a top surface into the epitaxial layer. The body region encompasses a heavy body dopant region of second conductivity type. An insulated gate is disposed on the top surface of the epitaxial layer, overlapping a first portion of the body region. A barrier control layer is disposed on the top surface of the epitaxial layer next to the body region away from the insulated gate. A conductive layer overlies the top surface of the epitaxial layer covering a second portion of the body region and the heavy body dopant region extending over the barrier control layer forming a Schottky junction diode.
US09455246B2
A fin diode structure and method of manufacturing the same is provided in present invention, which the structure includes a substrate, a doped well formed in the substrate, a plurality of fins of first conductivity type and a plurality of fins of second conductivity type protruding from the doped well, and a doped region of first conductivity type formed globally in the substrate between the fins of first conductivity type, the fins of second conductivity type, the shallow trench isolation and the doped well and connecting with the fins of first doped type and the fins of second doped type.
US09455243B1
A silicon interposer includes a silicon substrate having a front side and a rear side opposite to the front side; a first integrated circuit chip disposed in the front side of the silicon substrate; a second integrated circuit chip disposed in the front side of the silicon substrate and being in close proximity to the first integrated circuit chip; a dummy kerf region between the first integrated circuit chip and the second integrated circuit chip; and at least a circuit device disposed in the front side of the silicon substrate within the kerf region.
US09455230B1
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip electrically connected to a substrate, and a molding part including first molding members and second molding members arranged in an alternating pattern. The first molding members have a first physical flexibility which is different from a second physical flexibility of the second molding members.
US09455227B1
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first gate structure on the substrate; forming a first contact plug adjacent to the first gate structure; and performing a replacement metal gate (RMG) process to transform the first gate structure into metal gate.
US09455222B1
A fuse circuit includes a substrate, a top semiconductor layer doped a first conductivity type having a well doped a second conductivity type formed therein including a well contact. A field dielectric layer (FOX) is on the semiconductor layer. A fuse is on the FOX within the well including a fuse body including electrically conductive material having a first and second fuse contact. A transistor is formed in the semiconductor layer including a control terminal (CT) with CT contact, a first terminal (FT) with FT contact, and a second terminal (ST) with a ST contact. A coupling path is between the CT contact and well contact, a first resistor is coupled between the FT contact and CT contact, and a coupling path is between the ST contact and the first fuse contact.
US09455213B2
Effective utilization of a parallel flow air-cooled microchannel array at the micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) scale is prohibited by unfavorable flow patterns in simple rectangular arrays. The primary problem encountered is the inability of the flow stream to penetrate a sufficient depth into the fin core to achieve the desired fin efficiency. Embodiments of the present invention overcome this problem using a manifold with open nozzle discharge and integrated lateral exhaust along with a microchannel array cooler with micro spreading cavities for internal air distribution.
US09455210B2
Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition can exhibit excellent processibility and workability. The curable composition exhibits excellent light extraction efficiency, hardness, thermal and shock resistance, moisture resistance, gas permeability and adhesiveness, after curing. In addition, the curable composition can provide a cured product that exhibits long-lasting durability and reliability, and that does not cause whitening and surface stickiness even under harsh conditions.
US09455208B2
An insertion vertical electrode region and part of a case-contact horizontal electrode region of an electrode insertion part of an external electrode is inserted and molded in an intra-case insertion region of a housing case. Inserting the case-contact horizontal electrode region, which serves as part of the electrode insertion part, in the intra-case insertion region allows the upper and lower surfaces of the case-contact horizontal electrode region to be in contact with the intra-case insertion region.
US09455207B2
Disclosed herein is an all-in-one power semiconductor module including a plurality of first semiconductor devices formed on a substrate; a housing molded and formed to include bridges formed across upper portions of the plurality of first semiconductor devices; and a plurality of lead members integrally formed with the housing and electrically connecting the plurality of first semiconductor devices and the substrate.According to the present invention, reliability can be improved by increasing bonding areas and bonding strength of semiconductor devices as well as processibilty can be enhanced and failure is reduced by adjusting a step difference with respect to an arrangement and height of the semiconductor devices. Further, a processing time resulting from an omission of a wire bonding process is reduced.
US09455203B2
A replacement metal gate process in which a high-k dielectric is applied. The high-k dielectric may be doped with lanthanum in an NMOS region or aluminum in a PMOS region. A dummy gate structure may be formed over the high-k dielectric and etched to form an opening over the NMOS region and an opening over the PMOS region. Thereafter, first work function metals are deposited in the NMOS opening and second work function metals are applied in the PMOS openings. A suitable gate electrode material may then fill the remainder of the NMOS and PMOS openings.
US09455200B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate with a gate structure and forming a spacer layer over the substrate and the gate structure. The method further includes implanting carbon into the spacer layer at an angle tilted away from a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, which increases etch resistance of the spacer layer on sidewalls of the gate structure. The method optionally includes implanting germanium into the spacer layer at the first direction, which decreases etch resistance of the spacer layer overlaying the gate structure and the substrate. The method further includes etching the spacer layer to expose the gate structure, resulting in a first portion of the spacer layer on the sidewalls of the gate structure. Due to increased etch resistance, the first portion of the spacer layer maintains its profile and thickness in subsequent fabrication processes.
US09455185B1
Disclosed is a process of annealing through silicon vias (TSVs) or other deeply buried metallic interconnects using a back side laser annealing process. The process provides several advantages including sufficient grain growth and strain relief of the metal such that subsequent thermal processes do not cause further grain growth; shorter anneal times thereby reducing cycle time of 3D device fabrication; and reduced pattern sensitivity of laser absorption.
US09455183B2
A semiconductor device includes a solder bump overlying and electrically connected to a pad region, and a metal cap layer formed on at least a portion of the solder bump. The metal cap layer has a melting temperature greater than the melting temperature of the solder bump.
US09455179B1
A method comprises providing a handle substrate having a front surface and a back surface; providing a layer of flexible semiconductor material having a front surface and a back surface and an at least partially sacrificial backing layer stack on the back surface of the layer of flexible semiconductor material; bonding the front surface of the layer of flexible semiconductor material to the front surface of the handle substrate; removing at least a portion of the at least partially sacrificial backing layer stack from the back surface of the layer of flexible semiconductor material; opening outgassing paths through the layer of flexible semiconductor material; and processing the layer of flexible semiconductor material.
US09455177B1
Methods of forming contact holes comprising: (a) providing a substrate comprising a plurality of post patterns over a layer to be patterned; (b) forming a hardmask layer over the post patterns and the layer to be patterned; (c) coating a pattern treatment composition over the hardmask layer, wherein the pattern treatment composition comprises a polymer comprising a reactive surface attachment group and a solvent; and optionally baking the substrate; wherein the polymer becomes bonded to the hardmask layer to form a polymer layer over the hardmask layer; and (d) treating the substrate with a rinsing agent comprising a solvent to remove residual, unbound said polymer, thereby forming a first hole disposed between a plurality of surrounding post patterns. The method is free of exposing the polymer to activating radiation from coating the pattern treatment composition to treating the substrate with the solvent. Also provided are pattern treatment compositions and electronic devices formed by the methods. The inventions find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices for providing high resolution contact hole patterns.
US09455175B2
A conveying apparatus includes a holding plate having a holding surface destined to face a surface of a wafer to be held; a restriction member on one end side of the holding surface adapted to contact the periphery of the wafer so as to restrict movement of the wafer; and a moving unit adapted to move the holding plate. At the holding surface, a non-contact type suction holding part is adapted to jet a fluid obliquely to the surface of the wafer to be held so as to move the wafer toward the restriction member and generate a negative pressure between the holding surface and the surface to be held, thereby holding the wafer by suction. The fluid is jetted from the suction holding part so as to abut the wafer against the restriction member, thereby positioning the wafer at a predetermined position on the holding plate.
US09455174B2
A system is provided for individually supporting at least one component having opposing front and back faces, including a supporting device having a plurality of cells each delimited by a wall and having a contact zone to support the component, at least a part of the cells each receiving a component by its front face, the supporting and contact zones are configured so a surface of the front face is not in contact with the wall, the contact zone is located on a periphery of the front face and forms a closed zone around the front face, the supporting zone forms a closed zone on the wall, and the contact zone includes an edge surface set back in a thickness direction with respect to the front face, the thickness direction extending from the front to the back face perpendicular to at least one of the faces.
US09455172B2
An electrostatic clamp configured to, in use, hold an article, such as a reticle or a wafer in a lithographic apparatus. The clamp includes a lower portion; an upper portion formed of a dielectric material, and a plurality of electrodes disposed between the lower portion and the upper portion. The electrodes include a first electrode configured in use to be held at a first voltage, at least one intermediate electrode configured in use to be held at a second voltage, and a ground electrode. The at least one intermediate electrode is located between the first electrode and the ground electrode and the second voltage is between the first voltage and ground to reduce the voltage across a barrier between the electrodes and so reduce the risk of high-voltage breakdown.
US09455137B2
An insulating film including characteristics such as low permittivity, a low etching rate and a high insulation property is formed. Supplying a gas containing an element, a carbon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas to a heated substrate in a processing vessel to form a carbonitride layer including the element, and supplying the gas containing the element and an oxygen-containing gas to the heated substrate in the processing vessel to form an oxide layer including the element are alternately repeated to form on the substrate an oxycarbonitride film having the carbonitride layer and the oxide layer alternately stacked therein.
US09455132B2
An interface for an ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) system includes a first ion guide for receiving ions from an IMS drift cell, and a second ion guide for receiving ions from the first ion guide, and positioned in a chamber separate from the first ion guide. Electrodes of the second ion guide subject the ions to an axial DC electric field while the second ion guide is held at a lower pressure than the first ion guide. In some embodiments, the first ion guide may be an ion funnel and the second ion guide may be a linear multipole device.
US09455128B2
A method is disclosed for operating a mass spectrometer having a Fourier Transform (FT) analyzer, such as an orbital electrostatic trap mass analyzer, to avoid peak coalescence and/or other phenomena arising from frequency-shifting caused by ion-ion interactions. Ions of a first group are mass analyzed, for example in a quadrupole ion trap analyzer, to generate a mass spectrum. The estimated frequency shift of the characteristic periodic motion in the FT analyzer is calculated for one or more ion species of interest based on the intensities of adjacent (closely m/z-spaced) ion species. If the estimated frequency shift(s) for the one or more ion species exceeds a threshold, then a target ion population for an FT analyzer scan is adjusted downwardly to a value that produces a shift of acceptable value. An analytical scan of a second ion group is performed at the adjusted target ion population.
US09455124B2
The present invention provides a drawing apparatus for performing drawing on a substrate with a charged particle beam, including a stage configured to hold the substrate and be moved, a charged particle optical system configured to irradiate a plurality of charged particle beams arrayed along a first axis, and a controller configured to control the drawing so as to perform multiple irradiation of a target portion on the substrate with the plurality of charged particle beams, wherein the controller configured to control the drawing such that the stage is moved in one direction along the first axis with respect to a plurality of regions formed on the substrate along the first axis, and a deflection of charged particle beam for a displacement of charged particle beam along the first axis is performed with respect to drawing on each of the plurality of regions.
US09455113B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for generating a beam of fast ions. The system comprising: a target substrate having a patterned surface, a pattern comprising nanoscale pattern features oriented substantially uniformly along a common axis; and; a beam unit adapted for receiving a high power coherent electromagnetic radiation beam and providing an electromagnetic radiation beam having a main pulse and a pre-pulse and focusing it onto said patterned surface of the target substrate to cause interaction between said radiation beam and said substrate enabling creation of fast ions.
US09455108B2
A device is provided for use with a circuit breaker that includes a magnetic trip bar adapted to move from a non-tripped position to a tripped position in response to a short-circuit condition, and move from the tripped position to the non-tripped position to reset the circuit breaker. The device includes a slider that has a first position and a second position, and a latch coupled to the magnetic trip bar and the slider. As the magnetic trip bar moves from the non-tripped position to the tripped position, the latch is adapted to move the slider from the first position to the second position to indicate that a short circuit trip has occurred. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US09455107B2
An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, separable contacts within the housing, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The operating mechanism includes a push/pull operating handle and a remotely controllable actuator. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a trip mechanism cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts in response to a trip condition or remotely open the separable contacts when closed. The remotely controllable actuator is structured to move the push/pull operating handle in order to remotely close the separable contacts when opened or remotely reset the separable contacts when tripped open.
US09455106B2
A circuit protection device is configured to protect circuit elements under any one of the following three activation conditions: an over current condition, an over temperature condition, and an activation control current received by a heater element. The circuit element includes first and second electrodes, and the heater element. A sliding contact is connected by a sensing element to the first electrode, second electrode, and heater element, thereby bridging and providing a conductive path between each. A spring element is held in tension by, and exerts a force against, the sliding contact. Upon detection of any one of three activation conditions, the sensing element releases the sliding contact and the force exerted by the spring element moves the sliding contact to another location on the substrate at which the sliding contact no longer provides a conductive path between the first electrode, second electrode, and heater element.
US09455105B2
The present invention describes systems and methods for providing a carbon or graphene based pressure switch. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate; a cavity defined within the semiconductor substrate having a cross-sectional area and a depth; a bottom conductor disposed within the cavity; a conductive membrane disposed above the cavity and adapted to deflect towards the bottom conductor upon an applied pressure; an elastic, insulating layer disposed between the conductive membrane and the bottom conductor; and a switching element adapted to activate upon electrical communication between the conductive membrane and the bottom conductor.
US09455100B2
A switch, which returns a switch lever to a rotation neutral position by a force for pressing a steel ball against left and right slopes, includes a guide plate portion that is provided in a switch case, does not come into contact with the switch lever during a rotational operation of the switch lever and a pushing operation at the rotation neutral position, and comes into contact with the switch lever during the pushing operation in a state in which the switch lever is tilted from the rotation neutral position. The guide plate portion forms a second slope that is disposed so as to return the switch lever, which comes into contact with the second slope, to the rotation neutral position.
US09455098B2
An electrical circuit switch including: a first movable element configured for being movable by a force applied to the first movable element, the force having a direction parallel to a first axis; and a second movable element including a movable contact and being configured for, by means of the force, moving the movable contact in parallel to a second axis between an open and a closed position, corresponding to the switch opening or closing an electrical circuit. The first axis forms an angle to the second axis and the first movable element and the second movable element are pivotally arranged to each other in a first joint.
US09455094B2
Provided are methods of making graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid materials. Such methods generally include: (1) associating a graphene film with a substrate; (2) applying a catalyst and a carbon source to the graphene film; and (3) growing carbon nanotubes on the graphene film. The grown carbon nanotubes become covalently linked to the graphene film through carbon-carbon bonds that are located at one or more junctions between the carbon nanotubes and the graphene film. In addition, the grown carbon nanotubes are in ohmic contact with the graphene film through the carbon-carbon bonds at the one or more junctions. The one or more junctions may include seven-membered carbon rings. Also provided are the formed graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid materials.
US09455088B2
The present invention provides a resin composition comprising: 1 to 20 parts by weight of a reinforcing fiber; 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of an anti-settling agent; 20 to 40 parts by weight of an epoxy resin; 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a curing agent; and 50 to 75 parts by weight of a high dielectric constant filler. The present invention further provides a dielectric layer produced from the resin composition and a capacitor comprising the dielectric layer. In the dielectric layer made from the resin composition provided by the present invention, the fibers can be evenly dispersed and can enhance the mechanical strength of the resin composition, and cooperate with the epoxy resin to bring excellent toughness. Therefore, the mechanical strength of the produced dielectric layer can be remarkably improved, and its fragility can be effectively overcome when the dielectric layer is used in the PCB double-side etching process.
US09455081B2
A method of producing an inductor with high inductance includes forming a removable polymer layer on a temporary carrier; forming a structure including a first coil, a second coil, and a dielectric layer on the removable polymer layer; forming a first magnetic glue layer on the removable polymer layer and the structure; removing the temporary carrier; and forming a second magnetic glue layer below the structure and the first magnetic glue layer.
US09455073B2
Provided are superconducting circuits, methods of operating these superconducting circuits, and methods of determining processing conditions for operating these superconducting circuits. A superconducting circuit includes a superconducting element, a conducting element, and a dielectric element disposed between the superconducting element and the conducting element. The conducting element may be another superconducting element, a resonating element, or a conducting casing. During operation of the superconducting element a direct current (DC) voltage is applied between the superconducting element and the conducting element. This application of the DC voltage reduces average microwave absorption of the dielectric element. In some embodiments, when the DC voltage is first applied, the microwave absorption may initially rise and then fall below the no-voltage absorption level. The DC voltage level may be determined by testing the superconducting circuit at different DC voltage levels and selecting the one with the lowest microwave absorption.
US09455069B2
A technique facilitates the provision of electrical power in harsh environments, such as subterranean environments. The technique employs a power cable having at least one conductor and a polyimide insulation layer disposed about the conductor. A fluoropolymer tape layer is disposed about the polyimide insulation layer. The fluoropolymer tape layer is processed into a uniform, bonded layer. Additional cable layers also may be employed to help provide protection in the harsh environment.
US09455068B2
It is aimed to provide a technology for reducing the loosening of strands in a short-cut braided conductor. A short braided conductor 1 is obtained by cutting a long braided conductor 10 configured by braiding a plurality of strands 11 into a tubular shape to a desired cutting length (L1). The strands 11 are, for example, configured by conductors such as bare soft copper wires, oxygen-free soft copper wires or tin-plated soft copper wires. A spiral pitch (P1) of the strands 11 in this braided conductor 1 is preferably not less than twice and not more than five times of the cutting length (L1), more preferably not less than twice and not more than three times the cutting length (L1).
US09455063B2
Cable structures with localized foam strain reliefs and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In some embodiments, at least one localized foam strain relief may be incorporated into or positioned underneath a cover of a cable structure. For example, the ratio of base material to foam material may be varied during the manufacture of the cover, such that distinct portions of the cover may include more foam than other portions of the cover. This may provide localized strain relief properties to the cable structure while also obviating the need for additional strain relief components to be provided adjacent to or over specific portions of the cover.
US09455061B2
A carbon nanofiber dispersion liquid having an excellent dispersibility and dispersion stability. Also, coating paste compositions including the carbon nanofibers produced by using the dispersion liquid are provided. The carbon nanofiber dispersion liquid includes: a solvent; a carbon nanofiber; an alkanolamine; and a chelating agent. Preferably, in the carbon nanofiber dispersion liquid, the alkanolamine is at least one selected from a group consisting of monoisopropanolamine, diisopropanolamine, and triisopropanolamine. Also, in the carbon nanofiber dispersion liquid, the chelating agent is at least one selected from a group consisting of an aminocarboxylic acid chelating agent, a phosphonic acid chelating agent, a gluconic acid chelating agent, and an organic acid.
US09455058B2
In a high-strength and high-electrical conductivity copper alloy rolled sheet, 0.14 to 0.34 mass % of Co, 0.046 to 0.098 mass % of P, 0.005 to 1.4 mass % of Sn are contained, [Co] mass % representing a Co content and [P] mass % representing a P content satisfy the relationship of 3.0≦([Co]−0.007)/([P]−0.009)≦5.9, a total cold rolling ratio is equal to or greater than 70%, a recrystallization ratio is equal to or less than 45% a an average grain size of recrystallized grains is in the range of 0.7 to 7 μm, an average grain diameter of precipitates is in the range of 2.0 to 11 nm, and an average grain size of fine crystals is in the range of 0.3 to 4 μm. By the precipitates of Co and P, the solid solution of Sn, and fine crystals, the strength, conductivity and ductility of the copper alloy rolled sheet are improved.
US09455054B2
The present invention relates to a radioactive cesium adsorbent, a method for producing the same, and a method for decontaminating the environment from radioactive cesium with the adsorbent. The radioactive cesium adsorbent of the present invention includes a hydrophilic fiber substrate supporting a Prussian blue analog, in particular, Prussian blue, and the Prussian blue analog is immobilized in the inside of the fibers.
US09455049B2
A semiconductor memory device may include: a memory cell array including first and second word lines coupled to first and second memory cells, respectively; a word line driving unit suitable for selectively driving the first and second word lines; and a test control unit suitable for enabling the first word line to write test data to the first memory cell, and enabling the second word line to write the test data to the second memory cell, during a test operation.
US09455044B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit performing a program pulse applying operation and a verify operation on the memory cell array, a pass/fail check circuit performing a pass/fail check operation on a program operation including the program pulse applying operation and the verify operation, and a control logic controlling the peripheral circuit and the pass/fall check circuit to perform the pass/fail check operation during the program pulse applying operation.
US09455038B2
A storage module and method are provided for using healing effects of a quarantine process. In one embodiment, a storage module is provided comprising a controller and a memory. The controller is configured to identify a set of memory cells in the memory that contains a bit error rate above a threshold, wherein the bit error rate is above the threshold due to trapped charge in dielectrics of the memory cells. The controller is also configured to quarantine the set of memory cells for a period of time, wherein while the set of memory cells is quarantined, heat generated by the storage module anneals the set of memory cells to at least partially remove the trapped charge.
US09455035B2
Embodiments include a system, an apparatus, a device, and a method. The apparatus includes a processor, a dynamic memory, and a hardware-implemented memory control circuit. The hardware-implemented control circuit includes a control circuit for establishing an extended refresh period of the dynamic memory based at least in part on a monitored result that indicates an occurrence of a memory loss in the dynamic memory. The hardware-implemented control circuit also includes a control circuit for causing a refresh of the dynamic memory during each of at least two extended refresh periods.
US09455033B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to operating a memory cell as an anti-fuse, such as for use in phase change memory, for example.
US09455030B1
Invention provides an apparatus and method for performing signal processing on a crossbar array of resistive memory devices. The invention is implemented using one or multiple crossbar arrays of resistive memory devices in conjunction with devices for converting input real number representations to voltage waveforms, devices for converting current waveforms into voltage waveforms, and devices for converting voltage waveforms to real numbers outputs.
US09455028B1
A memory is provided with a write assist circuit that responds to an indication that a write operation on a modeled memory cell is successful by releasing a negative bit line boost.
US09455000B2
A first plurality of storage cells may be coupled to a first pair of data lines, and a second plurality of storage cells may be coupled to a second pair of data lines. Each storage cell in the first plurality of storage cells may be configured to generate a first output signal on the first pair of data lines in response to an assertion of a respective one of first plurality of selection signals, and each storage cell in the second plurality of storage cells may be configured to generate a second output signal on the second pair of data lines in response to the assertion of a respective one of a second plurality of selection signals. Circuitry may assert a given selection signal from either the first or second plurality of selection signals. An amplifier circuit may amplify either the first or second output signal.
US09454984B2
An information recording medium glass substrate and an information recording medium are provided in which a first roll-off variation and a second roll-off variation fall within the following ranges: 180 Å≦first roll-off variation≦990 Å (condition 1) and 650 Å≦second roll-off variation≦3700 Å (condition 2).
US09454982B2
A wiring structure of a head suspension including a flexure that supports a head and is attached to a load beam applying load onto the head, comprises write wiring and read wiring formed on the flexure and connected to the head, each having wires of opposite polarities. The wiring structure further comprises a stacked interleaved part includes segments electrically connected to the respective wires of the write wiring, the segments stacked on and facing the wires through an electrical insulating layer so that the facing wire and segment have opposite polarities.
US09454977B1
A novel automatic record player for playing a phonograph record includes a base, a turntable, upper and lower hubs, a tonearm, a drive unit, a pinion, a control cam, a main arm, an auxiliary arm, first and second micro-switches, a clutch member, a first clutch actuating member, a switch activating member, an actuating pin, a synchronizing unit, a position guide, and an elongated member. When the clutch member is actuated by the first clutch actuating member, the tonearm is automatically positioned on the phonograph record.
US09454963B2
A text-to-speech method for simulating a plurality of different voice characteristics includes dividing inputted text into a sequence of acoustic units; selecting voice characteristics for the inputted text; converting the sequence of acoustic units to a sequence of speech vectors using an acoustic model having a plurality of model parameters provided in clusters each having at least one sub-cluster and describing probability distributions which relate an acoustic unit to a speech vector; and outputting the sequence of speech vectors as audio with the selected voice characteristics. A parameter of a predetermined type of each probability distribution is expressed as a weighted sum of parameters of the same type using voice characteristic dependent weighting. In converting the sequence of acoustic units to a sequence of speech vectors, the voice characteristic dependent weights for the selected voice characteristics are retrieved for each cluster such that there is one weight per sub-cluster.
US09454960B2
The present invention addresses the deficiencies in the prior art by providing an improved dialog for disambiguating a user utterance containing more than one intent. The invention comprises methods, computer-readable media, and systems for engaging in a dialog. The method embodiment of the invention relates to a method of disambiguating a user utterance containing at least two user intents. The method comprises establishing a confidence threshold for spoken language understanding to encourage that multiple intents are returned, determining whether a received utterance comprises a first intent and a second intent and, if the received utterance contains the first intent and the second intent, disambiguating the first intent and the second intent by presenting a disambiguation sub-dialog wherein the user is offered a choice of which intent to process first, wherein the user is first presented with the intent of the first or second intents having the lowest confidence score.
US09454957B1
Features are disclosed for determining an element of a user utterance or user intent in conjunction with one or more related elements of the user utterance or user intent. A user utterance may be transcribed by an automatic speech recognition (“ASR”) module, and the results may be provided to a natural language understanding (“NLU”) module. The NLU module may perform named entity recognition, intent classification, and/or other processes on the ASR results. In addition, the NLU module may determine or verify the values associated with the recognized named entities using a data store of known values. When two or more named entities are related, their values may be determined and/or verified in conjunction with each other in order to preserve the relationship between them.
US09454950B2
A bell device with dual tones for transport vehicles includes a main body, a base, and a trigger. The main body includes two tapering chambers therein and a pinhole located between the chambers. A constant whistling sound is generated for warning approaching cars and pedestrians when wind introduced into one of the two chambers passes through the pinhole. The base is adapted to be fixed on a handlebar and supports the main body, so that the main body is rotatable relative to the base. The trigger includes a flexible operating member which has at least a knocking portion used to beat the main body and induce a warning sound when the operating member is manipulated.
US09454949B2
The invention relates to an information distributing system for distributing data to at least one information processing terminal device from an information center storing data. The information distributing system of the invention is structured such that character data, audio data, and both the character data and the audio data are selectively downloaded from the information center to the information processing terminal device on the basis of request information from the information processing terminal device, so that a user makes selection according to a congested state of communication, and effective information collection becomes possible.
US09454941B2
An object is to provide a convenient display device which consumes sufficiently small amount of power and a method for driving such a display device. The display device can be in an off state with a still image displayed in a still image display mode in which a pixel electrode and a common electrode which are for applying a voltage to the display element are brought into a floating state so that a voltage applied to the display element is held, and a still image is displayed without further supply of a potential. The display device is put to an off state with a desired image displayed in the still image display mode, whereby the display device can have a higher level of security and can be more convenient.
US09454935B2
An organic light emitting diode display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a data driver supplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels; a gate driver supplying a plurality of scan signals and a plurality of emission signals to the plurality of pixels, the gate driver including a plurality of stages, at least one of the plurality of stages having a first circuit block generating one of the plurality of scan signals and a second circuit block generating one of the plurality of emission signals using one of the plurality of scan signals; and a timing controller supplying a plurality of control signals to the data driver and the gate driver.
US09454932B2
Pixel circuits of a display device each include: a drive transistor including one of a source and drain connected to a power source line; a capacitive element including a first terminal connected to a gate of the drive transistor; a switching element which switches conduction/non-conduction between a second terminal of the capacitive element and a data line; a switching element which switches conduction/non-conduction between the second terminal of the capacitive element and the source of the drive transistor; a switching element which switches conduction/non-conduction between the first terminal of the capacitive element and a reference voltage line; a light-emitting element including a first terminal connected to the other of the source and drain of the drive transistor and a second terminal connected to another power source line. The reference voltage line provides a forward bias voltage larger than a threshold voltage across the gate and source of the drive transistor.
US09454930B2
A display panel includes a flat area and a bent area bent relative to the flat area. The flat area includes a plurality of first pixels, and the bent area includes a plurality of second pixels. Each of the second pixels has an area greater than an area of each of the first pixels.
US09454927B2
An electro-optical device includes a first storage capacitor that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second storage capacitor that has a third electrode and a fourth electrode, and a first pixel circuit. The first pixel circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first drain, and a first source, an electro-optical element, a second transistor through which a first data line is electrically connected to the first gate during the second transistor is in an on-state, and a third transistor through which the first gate is electrically connected to the first drain or the first source. The second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to the first data line.
US09454926B2
An image data processing method and device are disclosed. The method comprising: receiving a first display data combination, the first display data combination comprises red, green, and blue sub-pixel display data; transforming the first display data combination into a second display data combination, the second display data combination comprises red, green, blue, and white sub-pixel display data; transforming the second display data combination into a third display data combination, the third display data combination comprises any three of the red, green, blue, and white sub-pixel display data. The disclosed method can raise image contrast.
US09454922B1
A car flag support which attaches to the upper edge of a car window is provided. The flag support defining an angle of about 22.5 degrees before the flag support post and the window brace portion of the support. The angle, dimensions and reinforcement regions allow the flag support to be used with window visors which extend along the upper window edge of a vehicle window.
US09454921B2
A wind-articulated, warning sign system responsive to oblique wind currents acting external to surfaces of its exposed, non-flat-sheet and non-fabric structural elements and which provides a functional-airfoil-cross-section with surface configured to display and provide emergency critical technical data for specific classes of regular and emergency visitors to the entrance portal of an industrial site where large quantities of dangerous substances, including, radioactive, flammable, explosive, corrosive, oxidizing, asphyxiating, biohazardous, toxic, pathogenic, or allergenic substances are handled and which substances might be released by accident or by terrorist attack and dispersed by winds into the local environment.
US09454919B2
An electronic shelf label tag includes a communications unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an electronic shelf label repeater; a control unit configured to control operations including receiving display data including display information mapped to a display information index from the communications unit prior to a preset time, storing the display data, receiving change command data including the display information index from the communications unit after the preset time, retrieving the display information mapped to the display information index included in the change command data from the stored display data, and displaying the retrieved display information on a screen; a memory unit configured to store the display data including the display information mapped to the display information index under the control of the control unit; and a display unit configured to display the retrieved display information on the screen under the control of the control unit.
US09454915B2
A tactile communication apparatus that includes a signal receiver configured to decode data received via a wireless signal a plurality of electro tactile pads on one side, each pad configured to respectively activate and deactivate to form a plurality of pad combinations based on a plurality of activation signals, and a communication processor configured to generate the plurality of electro tactile pad activation signals based on the received data so as to convey the data to a user through the plurality of pad combinations of the tactile communication apparatus.
US09454913B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program for simulating a sensor device are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the method comprises: executing a simulator program capable of simulating operation of a plurality of exercise sensor devices; selecting a subset of the plurality of exercise sensor devices for simulation, said subset comprising simulated at least one exercise sensor device; establishing a wireless communication link with a counterpart apparatus of a user according to a communication protocol supported by the simulated at least one exercise sensor device; generating measurement data representing measurement data generated by said simulated at least one exercise sensor device; and testing compatibility between the simulated at least one exercise sensor device and the counterpart apparatus by outputting a parameter dependent on the generated measurement data to the display screen for display and to the counterpart apparatus over the communication link in a data structure used by the simulated at least one exercise sensor device.
US09454909B1
A training simulation depicts an assailant presenting a weapon to engage a trainee to simulate a deadly force encounter. The simulation has a recognition portion that is representative of the assailant presenting the weapon to engage the trainee. In accordance with a step of the method, the trainee is instructed by presenting the recognition portion to the trainee at least three times: a first time weapon pattern recognition presentation being the presentation of the recognition portion of the simulation at first speed corresponding to real time, a second time weapon pattern recognition presentation being the presentation of the recognition portion of the simulation at a second speed that is less than the first speed, and a third time weapon pattern recognition presentation being the presentation of the recognition portion of the simulation at a third speed that is less than the first speed but greater than the second speed.
US09454906B2
A driver assistance system for a vehicle for monitoring cross-traffic includes a transmitting device for transmitting electromagnetic signals and operable for monitoring a kidney-shaped area in both a first monitoring direction and in a second monitoring direction and a receiving device for receiving electromagnetic signals.
US09454902B2
A prediction modeling system and computer program product for implementing forecasting models that involve numerous measurement locations, e.g., urban occupancy traffic data. The system a data volatility reduction technique based on computing a congestion threshold for each prediction location, and using that threshold in a filtering scheme. Through the use of calibration, and by obtaining an extremal or other specified solution (e.g., maximization) of empirical volume-occupancy curves as a function of the occupancy level, significant accuracy gains are achieved and at virtually no loss of important information to the end user. The calibration use quantile regression to deal with the asymmetry and scatter of the empirical data. The argmax of each empirical function is used in a unidimensional projection to essentially filter all fully congested occupancy level and treat them as a single state.
US09454901B2
A method and device for monitoring real-time road condition is disclosed in the present invention, wherein, the method for monitoring real-time road condition comprises: obtaining the vehicle movement record information of the vehicle returned from the vehicle-mounted terminal; confirming and recording the current road condition information of the vehicle according to the vehicle movement record information, wherein, the current vehicle movement record information includes the road section where the vehicle is located, the current moving direction and the moving speed of the vehicle; judging whether N road conditions of other vehicles satisfied for judging conditions are recorded if the current moving speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed threshold value, wherein, N is more than or equal to one, if N road conditions of other vehicles satisfied for judging conditions are recorded, judging that the road section where the vehicle is located is in a congested status. The technical solution provided by the present invention can achieve monitoring of real-time road condition and can save cost effectively.
US09454893B1
Systems and methods for self-administering a sound test to verify operation of a speaker and/or alarm within a hazard detection system are described herein. The sound test can verify that the audible sources such as the alarm and speaker operate at the requisite loudness and frequencies. In addition, the sound test can be self-administered in that it does not require the presence of a person to initiate or verify that the audible sources are functioning properly.
US09454892B2
A device for monitoring a sound generator includes at least one coupler module, a signal evaluation element, and an output element. The device is coupled by at least one coupler module with the sound generator for purposes of monitoring the latter.
US09454886B2
Radioactive integrated circuit (IC) devices with radioactive material embedded in the substrate of the IC itself, and including logic for “fingerprinting” (that is, determining characteristics that identify the source of the radioactive source material). Radioactive IC devices with embedded detector hardware that determine aspects of radioactivity such as total dose and/or ambient radiation. Radioactive IC devices that can determine an elapsed time based on radioactive decay rates. Radioactive smoke detector using man-made, relatively short half-life radioactive source material.
US09454881B2
A system is provided that transforms haptic signals. The system receives a first haptic signal including a first haptic effect that can be generated by a first haptic output device. The system transforms the first haptic signal into a second haptic signal including a second haptic effect that can be generated by a second haptic output device. The system then sends the second haptic signal to the second haptic output device to generate the second haptic effect.
US09454862B2
A cash box (10) has a housing (12) and a base tray (16) arranged within the housing. The base tray (16) delimits a receiving area (28) for receiving a value note stack (22). The base tray (16) is movable relative to the housing (12) between a removal position and a retracted position.
US09454847B2
A system and method of displaying transitions between street level images is provided. In one aspect, the system and method creates a plurality of polygons that are both textured with images from a 2D street level image and associated with 3D positions, where the 3D positions correspond with the 3D positions of the objects contained in the image. These polygons, in turn, are rendered from different perspectives to convey the appearance of moving among the objects contained in the original image.
US09454843B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for anti-aliasing. During a first processing pass of a plurality of graphics primitives, z data is computed for multiple samples of each pixel in an image to generate a multi-sample z buffer. During a second processing pass of the graphics primitives, computed color values corresponding to each pixel in a color buffer that stores one color value for each pixel are accumulated.
US09454841B2
This disclosure describes techniques for performing high order filtering in a graphics processing unit (GPU). In examples of the disclosure, high order filtering may be implemented on a modified texture engine of a GPU using a single shader instruction. The modified texture engine may be configured to fetch all source pixels needed for the high order filtering and blend them together with pre-loaded filtering weights.
US09454840B2
A videoconferencing system and method using personalized, 3D interactive animations across screen barriers. Via auditory, behavior, visual, or computer-inputted cues, preloaded images, sounds, and gestures as well as customized images, sounds, and gestures can be manipulated and sent into and across one or more videoconference feeds in the form of animated sequences. These images, sounds, and gestures can be mapped onto the images of users' faces or other features within the video feed frame.
US09454834B2
When a user touches a first input point P1 with a touch pen or the like, touch position data indicating a coordinate of this first input point P1 can be obtained. A first object (stamp) is arranged in accordance with the first input point P1. When the user moves the touch pen or the like to a second input point P2 while maintaining a touch state (slide operation), an orientation of the object is changed in real time such that an angle reference line thereof coincides with a calculated reference line L2.
US09454831B2
There is provided an information processing device including an area decision processing unit configured to set, on the basis of at least three vertices designated to decide a boundary of an area to be defined in a map and on the basis of a drawing locus input to include at least three of the vertices, a boundary region by sequentially adding boundary line segments connecting one of the vertices to be a starting point from among the vertices included inside the drawing locus with points on the drawing locus in accordance with an input order of the drawing locus, configured to sequentially decide the vertices constituting respective area definition line segments for deciding the boundary of the area, and configured to decide, as the area, a region prescribed by connecting the area definition line segments.
US09454829B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling functions associated with a back housing (104) that is attached to an electronic device (100). According to one aspect, the electronic device detects (902) attachment of the back housing, retrieves (904) information from the back housing, examines (906) the retrieved information to identify an aesthetic element of the back housing, and displays (910) a graphical representation of the aesthetic element as a digital wallpaper of the electronic device. In some embodiments, attachment of the back housing to the electronic device triggers performance (914) of a function associated with a functional element of the back housing.
US09454827B2
Systems, devices and methods for improved tracking with an electronic device are disclosed. The disclosures employ advanced exposure compensation and/or stabilization techniques. The tracking features may therefore be used in an electronic device to improve tracking performance under dramatically changing lighting conditions and/or when exposed to destabilizing influences, such as jitter. Historical data related to the lighting conditions and/or to the movement of a region of interest containing the tracked object are advantageously employed to improve the tracking system under such conditions.
US09454821B2
A method of depth perception based on binary laser speckle images comprises: read in binary input and reference speckle images (pattern fixed, distance known) to generate input and reference speckle windows, extract an image block of a certain size in the input speckle window, search for the matching block in the matching search window of the reference speckle window, use a method for block-based XOR (exclusive or) similarity calculation to compare and output a minimum similarity value or use a block-based IAD (inclusive and) method to compare and output a maximum similarity value to get the optimal matching block and the optimal offset, and then work out the depth information of the central point of the optimal matching block via a formula for depth calculation. The method not only can be easily implemented in hardware and greatly simplify depth calculation, but can also generate high-resolution and high-precision depth information in a fast and accurate manner.
US09454818B2
A method for determining three orientational degrees of freedom of a cube-corner retroreflector by obtaining with a photosensitive array an image of a three straight marks on the retroreflector and, with a programmable control device, taking a two-dimensional transform of the image and determining the three orientational degrees of freedom.
US09454793B2
A display control device and technique for controlling displays on a display unit, in which a plurality of display segments are two-dimensionally arranged (e.g. a dot matrix type display unit), is provided. The technique is effectively applicable to a write data latch circuit of a memory for storing display data in the display control device, such as, for example, a liquid crystal display control device, a mobile electronic apparatus, etc. A display drive control technique for controlling a moving picture display mode of a display device is also provided. The display drive control circuit controls a picture display mode of a display device for displaying still pictures and moving pictures to a liquid crystal display device, such as, for example, a dot matrix type display devices, an organic EL display device, etc.
US09454791B2
A method for matching a first three-dimensional (3D) model includes obtaining 3D source information of a second 3D model, the 3D source information including a plurality of physical characteristics of the second 3D model, determining a plurality of factors of the second 3D model based on the obtained 3D source information, obtaining a first 3D fingerprint of the first 3D model from a memory, the first 3D fingerprint comprising a plurality of factors associated with the first 3D model, comparing the plurality of factors of the second 3D model to the plurality of factors of the first 3D fingerprint, providing information of a match confidence level between the first 3D model and the second 3D model based on the comparison, and storing a second 3D fingerprint of the second 3D model in the memory, the second 3D fingerprint including the determined plurality of factors of the second 3D model.
US09454777B2
Implementations and techniques for measuring and improving the quality of a user experience are generally disclosed.
US09454763B2
A group offer is provided to a first-level recipient that meets a set of criteria. Further, the group offer is activated upon a consumer participant threshold being met, the consumer participant threshold equaling a number of consumers. In addition, a social incentive structure is established that provides a reward to the first-level recipient if the first-level recipient shares the group offer with a second-level recipient that (i) is in a social circle associated with the first-level recipient and (ii) meets a set of qualifications.
US09454760B2
Contact centers may incorporate automated agents to respond to inquiries. The inquiries may solicit a substantive response, for example, by providing a time when the inquiry asks for the departure time for a flight. Such responses omit the normal conversational subject matter used to embellish person-to-person conversations and appear are very machine-like. Herein, a source of user context, such as a social media website, customer database, or other data, is accessed. Certain aspects of the customer may then be identified and used to embellish the reply with additional and/or alternative content. As a result, the reply may be more conversational.
US09454759B2
A method for maintaining consumer privacy in behavioral scoring includes a first computing system and a second computing system. The first computing system disguises consumer characteristics and maps disguised consumer characteristics to unencrypted account identifiers, and then transmits the data to the second computing system. The second computing system encrypts the account identifiers upon receipt, and maps the encrypted account identifiers to anonymous transaction data. The second computing system uses the transaction data to calculate consumer behavioral scores, and then generates a scoring algorithm that uses disguised consumer characteristics to calculate consumer behavior scores based on the calculated consumer behavioral scores and corresponding disguised consumer characteristics. The generated algorithm is then returned to the first computing system, with the second computing system not receiving any unencrypted account identifiers, any undisguised consumer characteristics, or any personally identifiable information.
US09454754B2
A system for processing mobile payment transactions is described, the system includes a mobile electronic device having a mobile wallet module for initiating payment transactions from a mobile payment account associated with a payment service provider and operable to communicate with the payment service provider via a data network to settle the payment transaction. The mobile electronic device receives and stores data defining an off-line enabled merchant interface when the mobile electronic device is connected to the data network, processes an off-line payment transaction through the stored merchant interface when the mobile electronic device is not connected to the data network, and communicates details of the off-line payment transaction to the payment service provider when the mobile electronic device is re-connected to the data network.
US09454742B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include receiving an indication of a floor plan of a building project; receiving an indication of an inspection report, the inspection report associated with an inspection type; identifying a forecast date associated with each room in the floor plan, the forecast date indicating when an inspection type associated with the respective room is to be completed; for each room, determining how close each room's forecast date is to a present date, and if the room's forecast date is past the present date; generating a visual map of the floor plan; associating a color of each room in the floor plan based on the determining; and providing the visual map with the associated color of each room for display.
US09454739B2
A system configured for predicting a financial impact of a process is provided that includes a financial forecasting system (FFS) having at least one operational parameter and at least one financial data. The system further includes a discrete event simulator (DES) in communication with the FFS, wherein the DES is configured simulate a process based upon the at least one operational parameter and the at least one financial data for a first period of time, communicate resultant data from the simulation to the FFS, such that the FFS is configured to update the at least one operational parameter and the at least one financial data, which are based upon the communicated resultant data, and the DES is further configured to simulate the process based upon the updated at least one operational parameter and the at least one financial data for a sequential second period of time. The FFS and the DES are further configured to replicate the simulations of the sequential first and second periods of time with the operational parameter and the financial data having different statistical variations, and determine a confidence interval associated with the communicated resultant data.
US09454735B2
A system and method for integrating data with a contact is disclosed. The technology initially receives a first data element from a contact and provides a representation of the first data element. The representation of the first data element is then coupled with the contact on a contact list. A second data element is then received from the contact and a representation of the second data element received is also provided. The representation of the second data element is then coupled with the contact on the contact list, such that the representation of the first data element and the representation of the second data element are concurrently coupled with the contact on the contact list.
US09454730B2
A method and system of expertise discovery in social networks accesses behavioral information associated with users' use of a computer-implemented social network, whereby the computer-implemented social network enables its users to have subscribing relationships with other users. Expertise levels of users of the social network with respect to one or more topics are automatically inferred from the behavioral information. The behavioral information may comprise interactions by other users with respect to content published by a user. The expertise levels of users may be inferred in accordance with the expertise levels of other users who are subscribed to them. Recommendations of users based on their expertise levels may be delivered, as well as explanations for the recommendations. Expertise levels of multiple users and/or expertise levels of a user over time may be delivered for display.
US09454722B2
A method and system. A layout design of invisible information to be printed with invisible ink in a book is generated. The invisible information includes a Universal Resource Locator (URL) of an address of a web server at which additional information is located. The URL is encoded in a code within the invisible information. The additional information is associated with an article.
US09454721B2
Document copying systems and methods include initiating a copy job for copying a document having document content. A log of the copy job is generated, and the document is scanned to create a document content image. The log is encoded using an input image to produce a data-bearing halftone image which is merged with the document content image. The merged data-bearing halftone image and the document content image are printed to produce a copy of the document.
US09454720B2
A method for halftone printing of an image may include receiving image data of an image to be printed. The method may also include processing the image data to generate, for each printing element of a plurality of printing elements which are designed to sharingly print a single color component of a color space, or for each pass of a single printing element which is designed to pass a plurality of passes over a single print area when printing that color component, a halftone pattern for the image for that color, that was independently generated for that printing element or for that pass. The method may further include printing, by each printing element of the plurality of printing elements or in each pass of a single printing element, the halftone pattern that was independently generated for that printing element or for that pass.
US09454717B2
An integrated circuit chip configured to be connected to an image forming apparatus having a light source, a photosensitive member, and a light receiver includes a synchronizing signal output circuit, a data output circuit, an OR circuit, a chip-side communicator, first and second wiring lines. The synchronizing signal output circuit is configured to output a synchronizing signal for lighting the light source. The data output circuit is configured to output an image data signal for lighting the light source. The OR circuit is configured to output a lighting signal that is a logical sum of the synchronizing signal and the image data signal. The chip-side communicator is configured to transmit the lighting signal to the image forming apparatus. The first wiring line connects the synchronizing signal output circuit with the OR circuit. The second wiring line connects the data output circuit with the OR circuit.
US09454711B2
Detection device, learning device, detection method, learning method, and information storage device
A detection device includes an image acquisition section that acquires an image that has been captured by an imaging section, and includes an image of an object, a distance information acquisition section that acquires distance information based on a distance from the imaging section to the object when the imaging section has captured the image, a feature quantity calculation section that calculates a feature quantity from the acquired image, the feature quantity relating to at least one of a color, a brightness, a color difference, and a spectrum of the object, a learning feature quantity storage section that stores a learning feature quantity calculated by a learning process based on the distance from the imaging section to the object, and a detection section that detects a target area from the image based on the learning feature quantity, the distance information, and the feature quantity.
US09454709B2
A method for providing an image of a subject is provided. The plurality of Cartesian points is divided into a first group and a second group, wherein all of the Cartesian points in the first group have a kr that is less than or equal to kr of all of the Cartesian points in the second group. The second group is divided into N subgroups. An inversion recovery radio frequency is applied to the subject. K-space data for the first group of Cartesian points for M different time periods is acquired, wherein k-space data is acquired for only one sub-group sequentially and cyclically for the M different time periods. For each time period i of the M different time periods, acquired k-space data for the first group of Cartesian points at time period i and k-space data from N consecutive subgroups of Cartesian points.
US09454705B2
Performing automatic inspection on the results of a print job that prints variable data, including multiple printed instances of a page containing variable graphics. The inspection is to detect printing defects on a printed instance. In one embodiment, the method includes dividing the page into multiple non-overlapping areas using a page division map. The non-overlapping areas include one or more static areas that include only static graphics and one or more areas that include variable graphics. The method includes capturing an image of the printed instance and, for each of the non-overlapping areas, retrieving an indication indicating whether or not the area includes any variable graphics, retrieving a rasterized image of an instant of the area from a memory location according to the indication, and comparing the rasterized image with the captured image of the area to detect any printing defects in the area of the printed instance.
US09454697B2
A method and system for uniquely identifying a subject based on an iris image. After obtaining the iris image, the method produces a filtered iris image by applying filters to the iris image to enhance discriminative features of the iris image. The method analyzes an intensity value for pixels in the filtered iris image to produce an iris code that uniquely identifies the subject. The method also creates a segmented iris image by detecting an inner and outer boundary for an iris region in the iris image, and remapping pixels in the iris region, represented in a Cartesian coordinate system, to pixels in the segmented iris image, represented in a log-polar coordinate system, by employing a logarithm representation process. The method also creates a one-dimensional iris string from the iris image by unfolding the iris region by employing a spiral sampling method to obtain sample pixels in the iris region, wherein the sample pixels are the one-dimensional iris string.
US09454695B2
A method for matching a pattern to a multi-view sequence includes receiving a multi-view sequence which includes a plurality of sequences. Each sequence includes symbols drawn from a respective alphabet. A pattern to be matched on the multi-view sequence is received. The pattern includes a sequence of symbols drawn from a plurality of the alphabets. Offsets are assigned to the symbols as a function of a latest position of the symbol in the pattern or a length of the pattern otherwise. The multi-view sequence is traversed with the pattern to identify index positions in the sequence at which the pattern matches the corresponding part of the multi-view sequence. The pattern is shifted between index positions by a shift which is based on a minimum of the offsets for those of the symbols of the plurality of sequences that are aligned with a last of the symbols in the pattern.
US09454691B2
A method is provided of forming an imaging reference device for a biological material imaging system. A first region is provided in a substrate formed from an optically transmissive material which is an analogue of biological tissue. This first region is stained using a first biological tissue stain. A second region is provided in second substrate which is optically transmissive and an analogue of biological tissue. The second region is stained with a second biological tissue stain. The first and second regions are overlapped as a pair, such that light incident upon the pair is modulated by the respective first and second biological tissue stains of the respective regions. Multiple regions of the first and second type may be provided, stained to different degrees.
US09454689B2
Methods, devices, and systems for rolling shutter bar code imaging are described herein. One method includes initiating the imaging of a bar code by initiating a sequence of procedures to accumulate a charge in a first row of pixels as they are exposed to light thereby capturing data to create a first row of the image of the bar code at a first time, initiating the sequence of procedures to accumulate a charge in a subsequent row of pixels as they are exposed to light thereby capturing data to create a subsequent row of the image of the bar code at a second time, actuating a light source to illuminate the bar code at multiple specific times during a pre-determined timing sequence, and de-blurring the image data for each row based on the specific times during the pre-determined timing sequence that the light source was actuated.
US09454685B2
A portable radio-frequency identifier (RFID) reading terminal can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, an RFID reading device, and a display. The portable RFID reading terminal can be configured to display a scan trace provided by a line comprising a plurality of time varying points. Each point can be defined by a projection of a radio frequency (RF) signal coverage shape of the RFID reading device onto a chosen plane at a given moment in time.
US09454684B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of detecting edge cracks in a die under test is provided. The method includes the following operations: receiving a command signal; providing power from the command signal; providing a response signal based on the command signal; and self-destructing based on the command signal.
US09454683B2
A method associated with a UWB RFID system provides for receiving a data transmission transmitted using UWB and accessing data within the data transmission using a communications protocol. An initial portion of the data transmission defines a structure of the data transmission such that subsequent data in the data transmission is directly accessible without additional decoding.
US09454681B2
A method of choosing an object from multiple objects using a wireless device includes receiving a backscatter communication signal from each of the objects, determining one or more analog parameter of each backscatter communication signal, and, using the wireless device, selecting one object based at least in part on the analog parameter of each backscatter communication signal. Each of the objects includes an RF interface configured to communicate using backscatter communication.
US09454672B2
A method of controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises receiving an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identifying content in the message to be protected, adding the identified content to a database of protected content, and determining whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content. A system for controlling distribution of content in a message sent by a message sender comprises a processor configured to receive an indication from the message sender that the message is to be protected, identify content in the message to be protected, add the identified content to a database of protected content, and determine whether subsequently received content in a subsequently received message is associated with the identified content.
US09454666B2
In the present disclosure, a hash function is computed over a known image, for example, an address range in a program. The result of the hash function is known to be the same at two distinct points in time, before the program is run, i.e. signing at build-time, and during the running of the program, i.e. run time. The value that the programmer wishes to hide, i.e. the secret value, is also known at build-time. At build-time, the secret value is combined with the hash in such a way that the combining operation can be reversed at run time. This combined value, i.e. the salt, is stored along with the program. Later, at runtime, the program computes the same hash value as was computed at signing time, and does the reverse combining operation in order to reveal the secret value.
US09454665B1
A system and method for retrieving contact information based on image recognition searches is disclosed. A requestor takes a picture of a user or retrieves a storage image of a user and transmits the image to an image recognition module. The image recognition module identifies the user and determines whether the requestor can receive access to the user's contact information based on permission rules. For example, the permission rule includes a requirement that the user and the requestor be sufficiently related on a social graph generated by a social network application. The permission rules can also include a requirement that the requestor have a predetermined proximity to the image. Once the permission rules are satisfied, the image recognition module transmits the user's contact information to the requestor.
US09454661B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards providing a computing device with access to key that depends on the current software version, e.g., the software version of a security processor. If the software is compromised, another key becomes available with release of each new (non-compromised) software version. Keys for future versions cannot be derived, while keys for earlier versions can be derived from the current key. A secure boot process uses a secret to generate a first key, after which access to the secret is turned off. The first key is used with key blob data to compute a second key used for data decryption (and encryption) as needed. The key blob data may be global for all devices, and/or device specific; a hash stick comprising a set of derivable keys may be used at manufacturing time to generate the device-specific key blob data.
US09454658B2
A method of identifying sections of code that can be disregarded when detecting features that are characteristic of malware, which features are subsequently used for detecting malware. The method includes, for each of a multiplicity of sample files, subdividing file code of the sample file into a plurality of code blocks and then removing duplicate code blocks to leave a sequence of unique code blocks. The sequence of unique code blocks is then compared with those obtained for other sample files in order to identify standard sections of code. The standard sections of code identified are then included within a database such that those sections of code can subsequently be disregarded when identifying features characteristic of malware.
US09454655B2
A method and system for utilizing the biometric factors reflected in the typing as a kind of physiological password, to create a rhythmic password specific to the user, and to authenticate based on the rhythmic password. The method includes providing an original training text to a user, receiving an input training text provided by the user according to the original training text, extracting rhythmic characteristic values between adjacent text units of the input training text, and generating a rhythmic password of the user based on the extracted rhythmic characteristic values between adjacent text units. The invention utilizes the rhythm of a user inputting text can bring multiple advantages, including enhanced security of the password, and saving the user's cost of memorizing the password.
US09454653B1
A method includes providing a plurality of variables and a variable. The variables differ from each other. The variables differ from the variable. The further method includes providing a lookup table indexing a plurality of characters via a plurality of values based on a first numeral system, converting a message into a first sequence of values based on the table, converting the first sequence into a second sequence of values based on a second numeral system different from the first system and according to a preset format, combining the second sequence into a single sequence via removing the format, generating a first plurality of subsequences from the single sequence based on segmentation of the sequence via alternating the variables, converting the first subsequences into a second plurality of subsequences such that each of the second subsequences is sized according to the variable, and transmitting the second subsequences.
US09454650B2
Disclosed herein are a system and method for updating information capable of providing media content, wherein when a service restriction is generated in a DMS in a home network system based on DLNA. The system include a DMS configured to send service limitation information to DMPs when service limitation is generated and to send an unable content list to a specific DMP of the DMPs when a request for the unable content list is received from the specific DMP and the DMPs each configured to request the unable content list from the DMS when receiving the service limitation information from the DMS, receive the unable content list from the DMS, and update a content list by applying the received unable content list to the content list.
US09454649B2
A method and a terminal device for making multi-system constraint of a specified permission in a digital rights. A rights object related to content object is obtained by an executing device. The specific permission descriptions of the rights object include system constraint descriptions of a plurality of systems of the same type. The executing device obtains a corresponding system information in the device according to the system constraint descriptions and compares the system information in the device with the system information in the system constraint descriptions, so as to judge whether there is any system permitted in system constraint descriptions. If yes, it determines to permit executing the specific permission for the content object; otherwise, it determines not to permit executing said specific permission for the content object.
US09454645B2
A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset.
US09454643B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a software program that displays both a volume as images and segmentation results as surface models in 3D. Multiple 2D slices are extracted from the 3D volume. The 2D slices may be interactively rotated by the user to best follow an oblique structure. The 2D slices can “cut” the surface models from the segmentation so that only half of the models are displayed. The border curves resulting from the cuts are displayed in the 2D slices. The user may click a point on the surface model to designate a landmark point. The corresponding location of the point is highlighted in the 2D slices. A 2D slice can be reoriented such that the line lies in the slice. The user can then further evaluate or refine the landmark points based on both surface and image information.
US09454642B2
The present invention provides a prediction device, a prediction method, a program, and a recording medium, with which whether or not desired aptamer sequences are enriched can be predicted easily. The prediction device of the present invention 10 includes an input unit 11, a calculation unit 12, and a prediction unit 13. The input unit 11 is a unit through which sequence information on a target aptamer sequence group including selected aptamers in a target pool and a reference aptamer sequence group including reference aptamer sequences are inputted. The calculation unit 12 calculates the free energy of the target aptamer sequence group and the free energy of the reference aptamer sequence group. The prediction unit 13 compares the free energy of these sequence groups, and predicts that the target pool is an enriched pool when the free energy of the target aptamer sequence group is lower than the free energy of the reference aptamer sequence group. The reference aptamer sequence group is a candidate aptamer sequence group including a plurality of candidate aptamer sequences or a virtual aptamer sequence group that is derived from the target aptamer sequence group and includes virtual aptamer sequences having the same base composition as the target aptamer sequence group.
US09454641B2
Systems and methods for modeling functional magnetic resonance image datasets using a multivariate auto-regressive model which captures temporal dynamics in the data, and creates a reduced representation of the dataset representative of functional connectivity of voxels with respect to brain activity. Raw spatio-temporal data is processed using a multivariate auto-regressive model, wherein coefficients in the model with high weights are retained as indices that best describe the full spatio-temporal data. When there are a relatively small number of temporal samples of the data, sparse regression techniques are used to build the model. The model coefficients are used to perform data processing functions such as indexing, prediction, and classification.
US09454638B2
Motor design method, motor designed by motor design method, and electric vehicle provided with motor
A motor design method, a motor (11) designed by the motor design method, and an electric vehicle (10) provided with the motor (11) include a first calculation step of obtaining a set of a number of revolutions required to achieve a predetermined running pattern and a torque required to achieve the predetermined running pattern, a second calculation step of selecting a motor efficiency corresponding to the number of revolutions and the torque from any one of motor characteristic curves, a third calculation step of obtaining a work amount from the number of revolutions and the torque and obtaining power consumption by dividing the work amount by the motor efficiency, and a fourth calculation step of obtaining a sum of the power consumption by repeating the first calculation step, the second calculation step, and the third calculation step over the entire running time.
US09454636B1
In one aspect, a method for providing design point recommendations for an integrated circuit (IC) design is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an IC design along with a reference PPA (power, performance, area) metric at a reference design point, and a target PPA metric. The method also comprises estimating trial PPA metrics for the IC design at multiple design points, wherein estimating trial PPA metric at each design point includes accessing a PPA database containing PPA metrics for multiple test components, determining scale factors from the reference design point to the trial design point for test components equivalent to components of the IC design, and applying the scale factors to the reference PPA metric to determine the trial PPA metric for the trial design point. The method further comprises recommending a trial design point based on the estimated trial PPA metric and the received target PPA metric.
US09454631B2
Via-level design shapes are mapped into stitch regions of line-level design shapes design in an overlying conductive line level. A via-catching design shape is provided in an underlying conductive line level for each stitch region that does not correspond to a via-level design shape. The shapes of the stitch regions and the via-catch design shapes can be adjusted to comply with design rule constraints. Further, stitches can be optionally moved into a neighboring line-level design shape to resolve design rule conflicts. The modified design layout can eliminate via-level design shapes once all via-level design shapes are replaced with a corresponding stitch region, thereby eliminating the need to provide a via level lithographic mask. A metal interconnect structure embodying the modified design layout can be formed by employing a set of hard mask layers and without employing a lithographic mask for a via level.
US09454623B1
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the capabilities of a social collaboration application are leveraged to permit synchronized viewing of computer aided design (CAD) models and exchange of annotations (e.g., redlines) related thereto, in a social review session involving differing applications executing on different computers. By utilizing the capabilities of the social collaboration application as a transport mechanism, users operating differing applications on different computers may participate in the social review session for the CAD model, thereby allowing users who do not, for example, have access to the application in which the CAD model was developed to be part of the review process.
US09454616B2
A method and system for unifying configuration files. In one embodiment, a web services configuration file and a web services client configuration file are identified. The web services and web services client configuration files are unified to create a configuration file.
US09454610B2
A computer-implemented system and method for identification of near duplicate user-generated content in a networked system are disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a data receiver to receive a first instance of user-generated content; a tokenizer to tokenize the first instance into a set of words, create a set of portions from the tokenized first instance, and assign weight to each portion of the set of portions; a magnitude calculator to calculate a magnitude for the first instance based on the weight of each portion; a resemblance score calculator to search a data store for a second instance with at least one portion in common with the first instance and calculate a resemblance score between the first instance and the second instance; and an account linker to link accounts associated with each of the first instance and the second instance.
US09454599B2
A system for automatically generating entity collections comprises a data graph including entities connected by edges and instructions that cause the computer system to determine a set of entities from the data graph and to determine a set of constraints that has a quantity of constraints. A constraint in the set represents a path in the data graph shared by at least two of the entities in the set of entities. The instructions also cause the computer system to generate candidate collection definitions from combinations of the constraints, where each candidate collection definition identifies at least one constraint and no more than the quantity of constraints. The instructions also cause the computer system to determine an information gain for at least some of the candidate collection definitions, and store at least one candidate collection definition that has an information gain that meets a threshold as a candidate collection.
US09454596B2
A call center application program allows a call center administrator to access, view, and edit data across multiple applications used by multiple customer interaction systems of the call center. The application program is adapted to retrieve data from a plurality of different applications and systems, consolidate redundant data, and display the data to a user, enabling a single unified view of resources across call center applications. Changes can be made to the data application program, which in turn propagates the changes to the individual call center applications, eliminating the need for the user to manually change the data in each individual application.
US09454586B2
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to generate customized search results as well as metrics, such as aggregated sentiment, counts of targets or sources or citations, or aggregated gross impressions or exposure, of social media content items over a social network while discriminating between the perspectives of individuals from the media and individuals not from the media. This approach can be used to generate search results and/or metrics including only media perspectives, or excluding media perspectives. More specifically, while social media content items are retrieved from corpus based on certain search criteria, for the purpose of providing search results or providing aggregated metrics, the search criteria can include a media or non-media filter, which is applied to the authors posting social media content to exclude or include certain authors meeting media/non-media criteria. For the application of a non-media filter, content from media authors can be excluded, or ranked below content from non-media authors. Similarly, for a media filter, content from non-media authors can be excluded, or ranked below content from media authors.
US09454581B1
Techniques for search with more like this refinements are disclosed. In some embodiments, search with more like this refinements includes receiving a product and a context (e.g., the context can include related category information, user context, and/or other context related information); generating a search query based on the product and the context; and determining a plurality of products that match the search query to generate more like this search results.
US09454580B2
Example apparatus and methods transform a non-metric latent space produced by a matrix factorization process to a higher dimension metric space by applying an order preserving transformation to the latent space. The transformation preserves the order of the results of an inner product operation defined for the latent space. The higher dimension metric space may be queried for the results to different requests. Example apparatus and methods may assign every user i a vector ui in a latent space, and may assign every item j a vector vj in the latent space. The dot product ui·vj represents the score between the user i and the item j. The score represents the strength of the relationship between the user i and the item j. Example apparatus and methods may then apply ranking methodologies (e.g., LSH, K-D trees) to problems including recommendation, targeting, matchmaking, or item to item.
US09454577B1
The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT EVALUATOR (hereinafter “EREVAL”) implement efficient and scalable monitoring, regulation, and allocation of computational processing, data, labor, and/or the like resources within an enterprise. The EREVAL may facilitate the receipt, processing, evaluation and fulfillment of employee reimbursement requests. The EREVAL may be configured to receive an employee reimbursement request, extract request parameters, and evaluate whether or not the request can be fulfilled according to system rules, based on employee characteristics and/or employee-selected benefits, and/or the like. The EREVAL may further be configured to interact with and/or exploit global data exchanger and/or automated date extractor components to retrieve reimbursement requests from employee email records and/or to facilitate payment of authorized employee reimbursements.
US09454572B2
Techniques are provided for performing a refresh or update of a materialized view without modifying the materialized view. Such a refresh is referred to as an out-of-place materialized view refresh. An out-of-place materialized view refresh involves creating one or more outside tables into which data will be inserted. During the refresh, the materialized view may be accessible for query processing, even though the materialized view contains “stale” data. After the insertion, the one or more outside tables are made accessible for query processing and future queries will target the one or more outside tables instead of the materialized view.
US09454569B2
A method and system for expanding a template tree. A received search request includes (i) a search query and (ii) path information specifying at least one path of data nodes of the template tree. The template tree is a hierarchically organized data structure of data nodes. Each specified path in the path information includes a sequence of data nodes of the template tree. The data nodes in each sequence in each specified path are traversed. Each traversed data node that does not have a child node in the template tree is expanded to form in the template tree one or more child nodes corresponding to each expanded data node. Any other data node of the template tree is not expanded. Each formed one or more child nodes is instantiated with data values by retrieving the data values, in accordance with the search query, from at least one data source.
US09454566B2
A device for data management, the device is in communication with a memory and includes: a verification module configured to receive a first identity information and a first request and verify the first identity information; a search module configured to search for at least one first data stored in the memory in response to the first request if the first identity information is verified, the at least one first data being assigned a first rating point; and an evaluation module configured to receive a second rating point associated with the first identification information, retrieve the first rating point from the at least one first data and generate a third rating point in accordance with the verified first identity information, the first rating point and the second rating point and store the third rating point in the memory.
US09454561B2
A consistency checker and (200) a method performed by a consistency checker (200) for finding inconsistencies of data posts stored in a data repository (220) is provided. The consistency checker (200) has a storage unit (202) in which a number of inconsistency patterns are stored, each inconsistency pattern being associated with an inconsistency analysis rule for a value of a data attribute. The consistency checker further has a receiving unit (204) for receiving a data post from the data repository, and a logic unit (206) arranged for matching a value of at least one data attribute of the data post with a value of the corresponding data attribute of the stored inconsistency patterns, and if there is a match, applying the inconsistency analysis rule that is connected with the matched inconsistency pattern to the data post to evaluate whether there is an inconsistency in the data post or not, wherein the number of inconsistency patterns each defines an inconsistency that has previously occurred for a value of a data attribute in the data repository.
US09454558B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing a database are disclosed. Managing the database includes managing an index of a table of the database. Managing the index includes determining the table includes a first field having a first input value configured to identify a first dynamic data function utilized to determine a first output value for the first field. In embodiments, managing the index includes determining the first dynamic data function is deterministic, determining the first output value for the first field using the first dynamic data function, and storing the first output value for the first field. In embodiments, managing the index includes determining the first dynamic data function is nondeterministic, determining a first special value to represent the first output value for the first field, and storing the first special value for the first field.
US09454554B1
In one embodiment, data of a data set that describes the topography of a three-dimensional surface (e.g., a DTM) is obtained at a resolution appropriate for visualization on a display screen. The data is organized into a number of resolutions by spatial indexing. A lowest resolution cluster of data is selected. For any visible data in the selected cluster of data for a type of visualization to be shown on the display screen, a point density in a coordinate system of the display screen resulting from data is compared to a configured threshold. If the point density in the display screen's coordinate system is below the configured threshold, visible data in the selected cluster of data is returned for display. If the point density in the display screen's coordinate system is above the configured threshold, one or more next-higher resolution clusters of data are selected, and the technique repeated.
US09454553B2
A Multi-Shot Scheduling System chooses from multiple candidate playlists of positions to select a broadcast playlist. Candidate playlists are generated based upon scoring and selecting content items for the positions through the use of index values. Various embodiments of the Multi-Shot Scheduling System can select broadcast playlists for multiple groups of content and can provide different methods of controlling scheduling performance by restricting the range of candidate playlists from which the best playlist can be selected.
US09454551B2
A method of garbage collection in a storage device including a central processing unit (CPU), a self-organized fast release buffer (FRB), and a non-volatile memory, the method including receiving a command to perform garbage collection in a first block stripe of the non-volatile memory from the CPU, the command including a second block stripe to write to and valid logical block numbers (LBNs) corresponding to a first codewords (CWs) stored in the first block stripe, allocating space in a buffer memory of the FRB for storage of the first CWs, storing the first CWs into the allocated space in the buffer memory, transferring a second CWs to a plurality of physical addresses in the second block stripe of the non-volatile memory, and sending the valid LBNs and the plurality of physical addresses to the CPU to update a logical-to-physical table, wherein the second CWs is based on the first CWs.
US09454547B2
A computer system for image processing has a first working environment with a first program for image processing, as well as a second working environment, logically separated from the first working environment, with a second program for image processing. The first working environment is implemented on a first server. Furthermore, the first working environment is designed to receive a first command to execute the first program and a second command to execute the second program, and to send the second command to the second working environment. The second working environment is designed to send an image processed by the second program to the first working environment. The communication of a user with the first and second program thus occurs via a uniform platform in the form of the first working environment, and the integration of the second program for image processing into the workflow is facilitated.
US09454545B2
According to one embodiment, a method of linking a document image with indexed data is provided. The method may be performed by providing a document image, which is a digitized document having various information. Indexed data is also provided, which is a record that includes information extracted from the document image or a different document image. The process is further performed by identifying a feature of the indexed data and analyzing the document image to determine whether the feature is present within the information of the digitized document. The feature may be information or a characteristic defined by the information extracted from the document image or the different document image. If the feature is present within the information of the digitized document, a determination is made that the indexed data corresponds with the document image and the indexed data is linked with the document image.
US09454539B1
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable instruction thereon to replicate transactions in a Zettabyte File System (ZFS). The method includes operations including determining, using a tracing module, a commitment of a current file transaction to a disk, obtaining when a probe function associated with the current file transaction is triggered, the current file transaction, recording a data change contained in the current file transaction, registering a callback function and a reference to the data change contained in the current file transaction after the commitment of the current file transaction, and sending the data change to a remote server.
US09454535B2
A topic map is generated and retrieved in response to website searches. Metadata in a webpage is extracted and associated with a topic of the webpage. The topic map reflects different subject topics in one or more webpages.
US09454520B2
A system generates a representation of a layout of a page, where the layout has plural partitions that divide the page, and where the layout specifies one or plural cuts in the page that define the partitions. Exclusion zones are provided in respective partitions, where the exclusion zones define corresponding areas that are free of content that are to be inserted in the page.
US09454515B1
Server systems are disclosed that receive content requests and respond with hardware-independent graphics commands instead of, or in addition to, unprocessed content items. The server systems can also generate text information regarding text in the requested content items, and provide the text information to user devices so that the user devices can have knowledge of the text in the content item. The user device can use the text information to handle user interactions with the content item, including copy, paste and search commands and other similar commands. Accordingly, the hardware-independent graphics commands-based representation may provide text interactivity and effects not otherwise available to content representations based on graphics commands or images of content.
US09454496B2
A memory system is provided, which includes a real memory space and a virtual memory space. The memory system includes a memory device having a first memory space which is accessed using a first memory address and a second memory space which is accessed using a second memory address, and a memory controller configured to control access to the memory device; wherein the memory controller is configured to translate the first memory address into the second memory address mapped thereto in response to a request for access to the first memory space, access the second memory space using the translated second memory address, and access the second memory space using the non-translated second memory address, in response to a request for access to the second memory space.
US09454488B2
Systems and methods for managing records stored in a storage cache are provided. A cache index is created and maintained to track where records are stored in buckets in the storage cache. The cache index maps the memory locations of the cached records to the buckets in the cache storage and can be quickly traversed by a metadata manager to determine whether a requested record can be retrieved from the cache storage. Bucket addresses stored in the cache index include a generation number of the bucket that is used to determine whether the cached record is stale. The generation number allows a bucket manager to evict buckets in the cache without having to update the bucket addresses stored in the cache index. Further, the cache index can be expanded to accommodate very small records, such as those generated by legacy systems.
US09454475B2
A control device includes a control unit that performs a writing control of supplied host data, according to a data writing request from a host apparatus, with respect to a non-volatile memory where multi-value storage with 2 bits or more is performed in one memory cell, having a lower level page and an upper level page for at least the multi-value storage as a physical page in which a physical address is set, and where data writing is performed using each physical page in an order of physical addresses, and that causes the data writing to be performed until the physical page immediately before the lower level page, such that the data writing according to a next data writing request is started from the lower level page.
US09454470B2
Removing high level logic structure from a source program. Two or more source program fields are characterized by their respective value characteristics. A first field is mapped, with respect to the source program, to a second field having similar value characteristics as the first field. A target program is then created by replacing, in the source program, the first field with the second field and replacing each first field value with a corresponding second field value thereby preserving the value characteristics of the source program.
US09454458B2
A plurality of processing elements having stream operators and operating on one or more computer processors receive a stream of tuples. A first stream operator adds a first attribute to a tuple received on a first port of the first stream operator. The first attribute indicates the first port and the first stream operator. A second stream operator adds a second attribute to a tuple received on a first port of the second stream operator. The second attribute indicates the first port of the second stream operator and the second stream operator. It is determined whether a debug tuple has been received by a third stream operator. A debug tuple is a tuple that includes the first and second attributes. An operation, such as halting execution or incrementing a count of debug tuples, is performed when it is determined that a debug tuple has been received.
US09454445B2
The virtual computer of the active system includes a memory configured of small regions grouped in a first group and small regions grouped in a second group. When a checkpoint is detected by the checkpoint detection unit, the transfer control unit suspends the virtual computer, copies, to a transfer buffer (not shown), data of the small regions in the first group among the small regions of the memory having been updated after a previous checkpoint, and after inhibiting writing to the small regions in the second group, restarts the virtual computer. Further, the transfer control unit copies data of the small regions, in which writing is inhibited, to the transfer buffer and releases write inhibit, and transfers the data of the small regions, having been copied to the transfer buffer, to the physical computer.
US09454438B2
A recovery circuit for a basic input-output system (BIOS) of a computer includes a storage, a platform controller hub (PCH), and a processor. An effective chip select signal is received by a chip selection pin of the storage via a second pin of the processor when a first pin of the processor does not receive any signals, data in the processor is transmitted to the PCH to make the computer boot up, the data in the processor is transmitted to the storage to erase and update data in the storage.
US09454436B2
A firmware upgrading method for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage section which stores a firmware image and a controller which executes a boot loader of the electronic device to determine whether the firmware image is damaged, performs a restoration function for the firmware image if the firmware image is damaged, and executes an operating system (OS) to perform normal operations if the firmware image is not damaged.
US09454417B1
A system for operating a virtual machine using a first site and a second site of an active/active system is provided. A host cluster and a director cluster may be identified at each of the first site and the second site. A first link may be provided between the host clusters of the first and second sites. A second link may be provided between the director clusters of the first site and second sites. While the virtual machine is operating on the first site, storage data may be transferred from the first site to the second site. An image of the virtual machine may be transferred from the first site to the second site. At least one of the following may be performed: (i) the storage data is transferred using the first link or (ii) the image of the virtual machine is transferred using the second link.
US09454415B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present description, an indication that a communication failure reported in a predetermined time interval is more likely the result of a software failure than a hardware failure may be made if the number of communication links reporting a communication failure in the predetermined time interval exceeds a communication link failure threshold, and the number of communication link devices such as nodes or communication paths which have been implicated as causing a communication failure, exceeds an implicated device threshold. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
US09454413B1
Systems and methods for improving the handing of communications between network applications in a computer system with connectivity services interfaces that seamlessly handle the communications in an easy-to-use, secure, message-oriented environment are disclosed. Embodiments of systems and methods for maintaining ownership of sessions by applications, and for avoiding the orphaning of communication sessions when activities are terminated are also disclosed. Also disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods for accessing data using authentication credentials different than the authentication credentials associated with a user that is requesting access to the data. Embodiments of systems and methods for authenticating credentials for establishing a secure communication connection between applications executing on different platforms are also disclosed.
US09454412B2
A system may be able classify events that occur during the runtime of applications (e.g., exceptions). The system may receive an indication of the event and may classify the event based on a comparison with elements of a classification data structure. The classification data structure may be a hierarchical data structure, and child elements may inherit characteristics from parent elements. Based on the classification, the system may perform one or more actions, which may be specified by the elements of the data structure. For example, the system may provide notifications to administrators and/or user, may attempt to recover from the event, and/or the like. Each event may be associated with a unique identifier so the user can more easily identify the event to support personnel. The system may include analysis tools to assist administrators in tracking events and identifying which events are most important.
US09454400B2
Systems and methods for memory de-duplication in a virtual machine undergoing live migration. An example method may comprise: determining a first identifier identifying a first physical memory range, the first physical memory range mapped to a first virtual memory range in a virtual address space of a first virtual machine undergoing live migration from a origin host computer system to a destination host computer system; determining a second identifier identifying a second physical memory range, the second physical memory range mapped to a second virtual memory range in a virtual address space of a second virtual machine undergoing live migration from the origin host computer system to the destination host computer system; determining that the first identifier and the second identifier identify the same physical memory range; and notifying the destination host computer system that the first virtual memory range and the second virtual memory range have identical contents.
US09454397B2
A data processing system includes one or more processors that each execute one or more operating systems that include one or more applications; an accelerator that provides a shared resource for a plurality of the applications; a storage area accessible by the processors and the accelerator; and one or more input/output interfaces for control of, or the submission of tasks to, the accelerator. To initialize one of the input/output interfaces, one of the one or more processors is capable of sending a first signal to the accelerator; the accelerator is capable of writing one or more selected pieces of information representative of one or more capabilities of the accelerator to the storage area and sending a second signal to the processor; the processor is capable of reading the one or more selected pieces of information from the storage area; and the accelerator is capable of configuring the input/output interface.
US09454393B2
A planned virtual machine, for use in staging the construction of a virtual machine. Such a planned virtual machine may be used as part of a method for migrating virtual machines. The method may include creating a planned virtual machine based on a first realized virtual machine or a template, performing a configuration operation on the planned virtual machine, and converting the planned virtual machine to a second realized virtual machine. The configuration operation may comprise interaction with a virtualization platform managing the planned virtual machine and may be based on input provided by a user.
US09454391B2
A method for programming a processor in a communication device arranged for communication according to a DECT/CAT-iq protocol. The method has three steps: 1) A high level language program code is provided, the program code being arranged to influence a function of the communication device. E.g. this program code may be an application program code. 2) The program code is then interpreted into a corresponding machine language code arranged for execution on the processor in the communication device. 3) Finally, this machine language is executed by the processor in the communication device. This method allows a user to program the DECT/CAT-iq device in a high level language without the need for a compiler to compile the high level language program into a processor specific machine code. Preferably, the interpreting of the high level program code is performed by the processor (P) in the communication device. Especially, the processor (P) may be programmed to operate as a virtual central processing unit (VCPU).
US09454390B2
A computer system generates first executable code in a first programming language based on common source code, where the first executable code is configured to execute at a server in the client-server environment. Then, the computer system executes the first executable to produce relational objects that constitute a tree hierarchy, where a given relational object defines a relationship between nodes and end points in the common source code. Next, the computer system generates second executable code in a second programming language based on the tree hierarchy, where the second executable code is configured to execute at a client in the client-server environment, and where the second executable code implements a subset of the common source code associated with the relational objects which is based on a user context.
US09454389B2
An operating system provides instructions for execution by plural hardware threads of a multithreaded core of a processor, the plural hardware threads appearing as separate logical processors to the operating system. An abstraction layer converts respective identifiers of the plural hardware threads to a core identifier representing the core. The abstraction layer presents the core identifier to a user application to hide the plural hardware threads from the user application, and to present the core as a single-threaded core to the user application.
US09454385B2
Provided are systems, methods, and architectures for a neutral input/output (NIO) platform that includes a core that supports one or more services. The core may be thought of as an application engine that runs task specific applications called services. The services are constructed using defined templates that are recognized by the core, although the templates can be customized. The core is designed to manage and support the services, and the services in turn manage blocks that provide processing functionality to their respective service. Due to the structure and flexibility provided by the NIO platform's core, services, and blocks, the platform can be configured to asynchronously process any input signals from one or more sources and produce output signals in real time.
US09454374B2
Emulation of instructions that include non-contiguous specifiers is facilitated. A non-contiguous specifier specifies a resource of an instruction, such as a register, using multiple fields of the instruction. For example, multiple fields of the instruction (e.g., two fields) include bits that together designate a particular register to be used by the instruction. Non-contiguous specifiers of instructions defined in one computer system architecture are transformed to contiguous specifiers usable by instructions defined in another computer system architecture. The instructions defined in the another computer system architecture emulate the instructions defined for the one computer system architecture.
US09454367B2
The length of character data having a termination character is determined. The character data for which the length is to be determined is loaded, in parallel, within one or more vector registers. An instruction is used that loads data in a vector register to a specified boundary, and provides a way to determine the number of characters loaded, using, for instance, another instruction. Further, an instruction is used to find the index of the first termination character, e.g., the first zero or null character. This instruction searches the data in parallel for the termination character. By using these instructions, the length of the character data is determined using only one branch instruction.
US09454365B2
A system and method that include collecting device version profiles from a plurality of device sources; classifying the device version profiles into a device profile repository; receiving a component version query request; querying the device profile repository according to the version query request; and responding to the query request with results of the query.
US09454363B1
A system includes one or more processors to receive a first commitId and a first version number of a first version of an app from a mobile computing device downloaded from an app repository computer system, retrieve a second commitId and a second version number of a second version of the app from a production repository, compare the first commitId and the first version number with the second commitId and the second version number and determine that the first commitID is different from the second commitId, determine at least one difference between the first version of the app and the second version of the app, create a file comprising the at least one difference between the first version of the app and the second version of the app, and transmit the file comprising the at least one difference to the mobile computing device.
US09454362B2
A computer-implemented method of controlling version branching within a software configuration management system (SCMS) can include, responsive to a user initiating a check-out operation of a file within the SCMS, identifying the file and a workspace of the user and searching nodes of the repositories of the SCMS for a successor version of the file. When a successor version of the file is located within a node that is within a predetermined distance of the workspace of the user, a notification that the successor version of the file is within the predetermined distance of the workspace of the user can be output. When a successor version of the file is not located within a node within a predetermined distance of the workspace of the user, the file can be checked-out to the workspace of the user.
US09454359B2
A mechanism for deployment optimization in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system is disclosed. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, at a source code management (SCM) repository maintained by a node executing on a computing device, updated application code of an application executed on the node, wherein the node is provided by a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system, providing, by the node, the updated application code to one or more cartridge instances that implement framework of the application, determining, by each of the one or more cartridge instances, that a marker file is present in the updated application code, the marker file indicating that hot deployment functionality is to be implemented for the application, and implementing, by each of the one or more cartridge instances using hot deployment functionality that is specific to the cartridge instance, code changes in the updated application code without a restart of the application.
US09454358B1
The present disclosure generally relates to one or more improved systems, methods, and/or devices for leveraging the processing resources of remote units or mobile computing platforms (MCPs) to offload traffic associated with software updates from a back-end server to the one or more MCPs. In some examples, the back-end server may designate a set of remote units or MCPs to act as intermediate download servers for a remaining set of remote units or MCPs in the fleet. Accordingly, the present disclosure improves the overall system performance by distributing the functionalities of the back-end server to a set of remote units or MCPs.
US09454352B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for workload deployment density management for a multi-stage architecture implemented within a multi-tenant computing environment. The method includes receiving different requests from different tenants of a multi-tenant computing environment to deploy respectively different application instances of respectively different computer programs into different nodes of the host computing system. The method also includes determining from each request an associated stage of a software lifecycle for a corresponding one of the application instances. Finally, the method includes deploying each of the application instances into a particular one of the nodes depending upon an associated stage of each of the application instances so that each of the nodes hosts different application instances for different tenants of a common stage of the software lifecycle.
US09454351B2
Examples of a continuous deployment system are provided that manage and track releases of software code, where some or all of the steps between check-in and deployment to production can be automated. Such systems can reduce the amount of developer effort needed to deploy a package, as developers may not have to be responsible for scheduling package builds, clicking deployment buttons, or manually running tests. The system can take care of all or some of that work.
US09454350B2
Compile-time recognition of graph structure where graph has arbitrary connectivity and is constructed using recursive computations is provided. In one aspect, the graph structure recognized at compile time may be duplicated at runtime and can then operate on runtime values not known at compile time.
US09454344B1
A database system may include a memory device configured to store a database dictionary and a processor in communication with the storage device. The processor may be configured to receive a temporal user-defined function (UDF) and to store, in the database dictionary, the temporal UDF and a period of time over which to apply the temporal UDF. A method may include receiving a temporal UDF and include determining a period of time over which to apply the temporal UDF. The method may further include storing the temporal UDF and the period of time over which to apply the temporal UDF. A computer-readable medium may include instructions to receive a temporal UDF and instructions to store the temporal UDF. The computer-readable medium may further include instructions to determine a period of applicability of the temporal UDF and instructions to store the period of applicability in a storage device.
US09454342B2
An example method involves determining an attribute associated with an audible version of a news story, wherein the attribute indicates a manner in which data representing the audible version of the news story was generated; using the determined attribute associated with the audible version of the news story as a basis to generate a playlist of a news program that includes the audible version of the news story; and transmitting the generated playlist to a client device.
US09454338B1
An interactive centerpiece system includes a plurality of tablet computers with interactive display devices for displaying slideshows of photograph image data. A substantially flat base with opposing upper and lower surfaces is also provided. The base is formed to lay flat on a table in a table position whereat a base central axis that is perpendicular to both the upper and lower surfaces substantially aligns with a geometric center of the table, to surround a surface area defined by an outer perimeter, about which the plurality of docking stations, into which one of the tablet computers is fixed, are arranged at substantially equal distances from each other. The docking stations are configured to face the interactive display devices outward and define a usable area between the docking stations and the base central axis for uses including receiving traditional event centerpieces.
US09454327B2
Data storage using application storage analytics that: (i) runs a set of application(s) that use a thin provision data storage device for data storage; (ii) determines a set of runtime behavior(s) of the set of applications(s) with respect to use of the thin provisioning data storage device for data storage; and (iii) calculates a runtime representation capacity based on a predetermined over-provisioning ratio and the set of runtime behavior(s).
US09454326B1
A technique for supporting failover between SPs at different physical sites includes operating a distributed data manager (DDM) in an IO stack of both a first SP at a first site and a second SP at a second site. The DDMs of the first and second SPs cooperatively function to provide LUN virtualization that preserves virtual LUN IDs such that the first SP and the second SP can each access the same virtualized LUNs using the same virtual LUN IDs. In the event of a failure at the first site, the second SP at the second site may access the virtualized LUNs originally accessed by the first SP, including those storing configuration and site-specific data for the first site, as if those LUNs were local to the second SP.
US09454323B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for storing small volumes of data within a grid-scale storage system. The method includes creating a container within a storage disk. The method includes distributing data evenly between storage disks. A partition is created within the container. Data is received and stored in the partition, wherein the partition is at least as large as the data. The method may also include setting an offset associated with the partition to allow for partition expansion.
US09454316B2
A clustered storage environment can distribute responsibility for naming virtual disks to nodes of the clustered storage environment. The clustered storage environment maintains a list of names in a structure that is visible to cluster member nodes responsible for naming the virtual disks. As the cluster member nodes discover mass storage devices (e.g., storage arrays) in the clustered storage environment, the nodes determine identifiers of the mass storage devices. For each mass storage device, the nodes use the mass storage device identifier to establish a namespace for virtual disks of the corresponding mass storage device. The nodes can then provide consistent, exclusive names for the virtual disks throughout the cluster that are manageable names.
US09454311B2
A method for dynamically balancing the allocation of data among a plurality of physical data storage devices having a plurality of RAID devices defined thereon, wherein at least one of the plurality of RAID devices is comprised of at least one of a different type of physical storage device or a different number of physical data storage devices than at least one other of the plurality of RAID devices, includes determining a usage factor unique to each RAID device and balancing data I/O based at least in part on the usage factor.
US09454301B2
A mobile terminal is disclosed. A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a memory configured to store at least one command in advance, a display module configured to output a screen containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a text data, an image data and a video data, a first user interface module configured to detect a first touch of a user, a controller configured to execute a first command on the basis of the detected first touch and a second user interface module configured to detect a second touch of the user, wherein the controller is configured to control a second command to be executed on the basis of the detected second touch.
US09454297B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer mouse having a tracking device to navigate in a graphical user interface presented by a software application or control aspects thereof, a plurality of buttons, a scroll wheel, a display, a memory, and a controller coupled to the tracking device, the plurality of buttons, the display, and the memory. The controller can be operable to present by way of the display a plurality of scrollable options to program a corresponding plurality of operational parameters of the computer mouse, detect from a tactile contact of at least one of one or more of the plurality of buttons and the scroll wheel a selection from the plurality of options, store in the memory the selection, and operate at least one of the plurality of operational parameters of the computer mouse according to the stored selection. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09454291B2
Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention provide for representing a plurality of data values of a hierarchical dataset as graphical elements in a configurable data visualization. A first data visualization may be displayed in a data visualization display page, along with a user interface. A selection of a rendered root node and rendered leaf nodes to be displayed in a second data visualization is received from the user interface. Based on the selection of the rendered root node and rendered leaf nodes, a number of depth levels to display is determined. Also, which of the depth levels to display are identified based on the selection of the rendered root node and rendered leaf nodes. The second data visualization is rendered based on the determined number of depth levels and the identified depth levels.
US09454290B1
Facilitating date selection by a user includes presenting the user with a single timeline band, causing the band to change granularity of date increments in response to the user zooming in and zooming out on the band, causing the band to present different dates based on band positioning initiated by the user, and allowing selection by the user of a date that is presented on the band to the user. The band may show less granular date increments in response to the user zooming in on the band and the band may show more granular date increments in response to the user zooming out on the band. In response to zooming in, a date presented to the user in connection with a less granular view of the band may become part of the date selected by the user.
US09454287B2
A software control method and apparatus for implementing a knowledge-based polymorph undockable toolbar within an object scene. The undockable toolbar can be used to perform actions on objects created and managed by computer software applications. A knowledge-based polymorph undockable toolbar can merges into a relatively small area, tools for executing various commands that would require substantial screen space if represented by standard icons on a toolbar. The present invention can be used to manipulate non-constrained objects or groups of objects included in an assembly that are linked to each other by constraints. The knowledge based polymorph undockable toolbar can also act to reduce the number of user interactions needed to perform a manipulation task.
US09454286B1
A user interface comprises regions to visually represent sizes of purchasable items. A first region approximately shaped as an annulus sector is to visually represent a size of a first purchasable item. A second region approximately shaped as an annulus sector radially adjacent an outer arc of the first region is to visually represent a size of a second purchasable item. A third region approximately shaped as an annulus sector angularly adjacent the first region and the second region is to visually represent a size of a third purchasable item.
US09454280B2
A digital image display device comprising: a display screen; a processor; a network connection for receiving digital media assets provided by a plurality of individuals; an image memory; a user interface for receiving input from a user of the digital image display device; and a program memory. The program memory stores instructions to execute the steps of: receiving a digital media asset; displaying the received digital media asset on the display screen; determining an asset classification for the displayed digital media asset; selecting a set of classified feedback message choices responsive to the determined asset classification; displaying the selected set of feedback message choices, receiving input from the user to select a particular feedback message choice; and providing an indication of the selected feedback message to the individual who provided the displayed digital media asset.
US09454279B2
An information input device including a touch panel configured to be provided with a touch sensor that detects a position at which a sensing object is brought close to a sensing surface. In this information input device, the touch sensor has a scanning electrode and a detecting electrode that is opposed to the scanning electrode with the intermediary of a dielectric substance, and is a capacitive sensor whose electrostatic capacitance changes if the sensing object is brought close to the detecting electrode. Furthermore, a slit is formed in a surface of the detecting electrode opposed to the scanning electrode.
US09454270B2
Systems and methods that allow the user to rest their fingers on a touch-sensitive surface and make selections on that surface with a pressing action. Touch capacitance sensors that typically provide X and Y location data associated with a user's touch are also used to discern finger pressure in the Z direction. This allows the user to make an actuation on the touch screen by simply pressing harder at a location where they may already be resting their finger(s).
US09454269B2
Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using portions of both of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual keyboard can be presented using all of one of the screens. Movement between the different modes can be effected by rotating the device between a dual portrait orientation, corresponding to the first mode, and a dual landscape orientation, corresponding to the second mode. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a landscape orientation, one screen can be devoted to present the virtual keyboard while the other screen remains available to present other information.
US09454267B2
The present invention discloses a touch sensing circuit for capacitive touch panel formed on a substrate comprises a transparent conductive layer having a thickness of 100 Å-500 Å; a conductive layer having a thickness of 1000 Å-5000 Å; and an insulating layer having a thickness of 1 μm-5 μm disposed between the transparent conductive layer and the conductive layer.
US09454266B2
A touchscreen system comprises a touch area. At least one transmitter is positioned proximate to outer edges of the touch area for transmitting first beams in a first direction. At least one beam splitter is positioned proximate to the outer edges of the touch area for splitting the first beams into at least second and third beams that travel through the touch area in at least second and third directions, respectively. The at least one beam splitter comprises a plurality of deflecting elements. Receivers are positioned proximate to the outer edges of the touch area for receiving the at least second and third beams.
US09454255B2
A device and method for operating a capacitive touch screen input device configured to sense input objects and their applied force in a sensing region, the device including a pliable component having an input surface and characterized by a bending stiffness, and first and second arrays of sensor electrodes. The input device further includes a third array of sensor electrodes and a spacing layer disposed between the third array. The pliable component is characterized by a compressive stiffness and configured to deform in response to a force applied to the input surface and to deflect the second array of sensor electrodes towards the third array of sensor electrodes, wherein the deformation of the input surface and the deflection of the second array of sensor electrodes is a function of the ratio of the bending stiffness of the pliable component and the compressive stiffness of the spacing layer.
US09454244B2
The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless pointing device and pointing analysis subsystem also employing the pointing device, are combined to determine what component a user wants to control and what control action is desired. In this multimodal integration scheme, the desired action concerning an electronic component is decomposed into a command and a referent pair. The referent can be identified using the pointing device to identify the component by pointing at the component or an object associated with it, by using speech recognition, or both. The command may be specified by pressing a button on the pointing device, by a gesture performed with the pointing device, by a speech recognition event, or by any combination of these inputs.
US09454241B2
The disclosure generally relates to optical devices, such as interactive displays, and in particular to interactive projection displays having passive input devices. The present disclosure also provides a passive interactive input device having the ability to overcome problematic ambient interference signals in an interactive display, such as an interactive projection display.
US09454235B2
An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display unit installed in the housing and having a display area to display an image or a menu icon, a sensing unit installed in the housing adjacent to the display unit, and having a virtual area to sense an object which is disposed over the display area of the display unit, the virtual area defined by a boundary extended from the display area in a direction perpendicular to the display area, and a controller to analyze status of the object according to an original state of the object and a sensed state of the object, and to determine the analyzed status of the object as a user input.
US09454234B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for triggering an instruction, methods and systems for obtaining user information, a terminal, and a server. The instruction triggering method includes: detecting a shaking operation of a mobile terminal; and triggering a preset input instruction according to the detected shaking operation. The user information obtaining method includes: when a mobile terminal detects a shaking operation, the mobile terminal sending a user information obtaining request to a server; and the mobile terminal receiving user information of a matching user returned according to the user information by the server. Another user information obtaining method includes: after a server receives a user information obtaining request triggered by a shaking operation of a mobile terminal, obtaining a user who matches the user information obtaining request and sending user information of the matching user to the mobile terminal. The present disclosure improves the convenience of operations and provides a widely used experience of randomly making friends.
US09454226B2
An apparatus for tracking a gaze of a glasses wearer simultaneously captures at least two face images by a camera, extracts glasses feature points when glasses are present within the face images by confirming whether the glasses are present within the captured face images, and calculates a gaze vector based on the extracted glasses feature points.
US09454217B1
A system and method are disclosed for monitoring, controlling and reducing power in electronic devices and appliances, specifically the standby or vampire power. The system includes a central controller and one or more power switch routers (PSR). The one or more PSRs are networkable and the controller and one or more PSRs communicate by a wireless connection. The central controller and the one or more PSRs may be coupled in a network, where the network may be either a star network or a mesh network, or a combination of a star and mesh network. The resulting network is a scalable AC power switch network that may be remotely or locally controlled with advanced metering telemetry. To reduce vampire power, the PSRs are able to accurately measure the power consumption, measuring the neutral power line, and communicate information to the central controller.
US09454213B2
A method of staggering lanes in a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-Express) port is described herein. The method includes initiating the port to enter or exit an electrical idle state. The method also includes forwarding a token to a predetermined lane of the port. Additionally, the method includes turning the predetermined lane ON or OFF by indication to an analog circuit interface. The method also includes forwarding the token to a neighboring lane when a staggering interval timer elapses.
US09454197B2
A controller is formed as one chip, and controls a voltage regulator that supplies a power supply voltage to a CPU. The controller includes: an input unit for receiving a monitor voltage for monitoring the power supply voltage applied to the CPU; a control unit for detecting that the power supply voltage is decreased to a target voltage by the monitor voltage with the voltage regulator being in OFF state in a discharge mode; and an output unit for outputting a result signal indicating to make transition to a normal mode, when the power supply voltage has reached the target voltage. The control unit includes a calculation circuit, which is operated in accordance with a program. The calculation circuit is provided between the input unit and the output unit.
US09454188B2
An electronic device has structures that are assembled using attachment structures. The attachment structures change shape to help join the electronic device structures together. Structures that may be joined together can include electronic device housing structures, display structures, internal device components, electrical components, and other portions of an electronic device. The attachment structures can include heat-activated attachment structures, structures that are activated using other types of applied energy, and structures that change shape due the application of chemicals or other treatments.
US09454187B2
A tablet type information handling system which includes a housing having one or more of the following characteristics: a holding pattern on a hard bezel and/or frame which minimizes biomechanical discomfort; a locally deformable bezel that may be used with semi-flexible tablet type information handling system such as those which include an OLED display; and, a multi-functional bezel to provide a tablet type information handling system with enhanced functionality. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the exterior portion of the bezel is molded over electro restrictive polymer for hand pressure response.
US09454179B2
A mobile terminal disclosed herein includes a main body having front and side surfaces, a window provided on a top of the main body and curved from the front surface toward the side surfaces to define at least a part of the side surfaces, a touch sensor provided on a rear surface of the window and curved along a shape of the window, a frame provided on a rear surface of the display and having a shape corresponding to the display for support, supporting members supporting ends of the window, the touch sensor and the display and partially defining the side surfaces of the terminal, and a rear case covering a rear surface of the main body, wherein the touch sensor and display are formed longer along side surfaces of the window, and the window contacts parts of the supporting members, externally exposed to define the side surfaces of the terminal.
US09454174B2
Provided is a power supply voltage monitoring circuit capable of accurately detecting a power supply voltage with a small circuit scale and low power consumption. The power supply voltage monitoring circuit includes: a signal output circuit configured to output a signal voltage representing saturation characteristics with respect to an increase in power supply voltage; and a signal voltage monitoring circuit configured to output a signal representing that the signal voltage of the signal output circuit is normal, the signal voltage monitoring circuit including: a PMOS transistor including a gate connected to an output terminal of the signal output circuit; a first constant current circuit connected to a drain of the PMOS transistor; and an inverter including an input terminal connected to the drain of the PMOS transistor.
US09454171B2
A controller includes a high-side circuit, a low-side circuit, a level-shift circuit, and a data-validation circuit. The high-side circuit is referenced to an offset-voltage reference that is offset voltage-wise relative to a ground reference of the controller. The low-side circuit is operable to output a control signal for the high-side circuit. The control signal is referenced to the ground reference. The level-shift circuit is configured to output a shifted signal to the high-side circuit that is referenced to the offset-voltage reference and based on the control signal. The data-validation circuit is configured to receive the shifted signal, determine a first value of the shifted signal at a first instant, determine a second value of the shifted signal at a second instant different in time from the first instant, and validate the shifted signal based on a determination that the first value and the second value correspond.
US09454169B2
Apparatuses and methods for controlling a power supply are provided. First power supply selecting circuit selects a higher voltage from USBIN and ACIN to be first output voltage; first LDO decreases the first output voltage to second output voltage, and closes self-start circuit after receiving reference voltage; second power supply selecting circuit selects a higher voltage from second output voltage and VBAT to be third output voltage; second LDO supplies the third output voltage as the first input voltage to reference circuit; reference circuit outputs the reference voltage according to first input voltage; second LDO closes self-start circuit after receiving the reference voltage; voltage detecting circuit supplies an enable signal to second LDO when determining that USBIN or ACIN reaches a threshold voltage according to the reference voltage; and second LDO provides the first input voltage to reference circuit after receiving the enable signal.
US09454167B2
Technologies are generally described for a voltage regulator implemented as an integrated circuit (IC). The voltage regulator may include a power transistor configured to receive and convert an input voltage from a voltage source to an output voltage, and a feedback loop configured to regulate the output voltage in response to a change from a desired level. The feedback loop may include an error amplifier configured to determine and amplify a value difference between the output voltage and a reference output voltage, a voltage divider configured to generate voltage proportional to the output voltage such that a ratio is the value difference, and a first unity gain buffer configured to increase stability of the IC. In some examples, the feedback loop may include a second unity gain buffer and/or an overshoot suppressor circuit configured to reduce an output voltage fluctuation when a current consumed by the load is changed suddenly.
US09454159B2
A pressure regulating valve includes a device body and an actuator. The device body includes a valve seat member, a valve, which is capable of closing the first opening of the valve seat member, an urging member, which urges the valve toward the valve seat member, a piston arranged opposite to the valve across the valve seat member, an actuator, which adjusts the position of the piston, and a protrusion provided on at least one of the piston and the valve. When the tip end of the protrusion comes into contact with the piston or the valve, the second opening of the second fluid passage is closed. When the tip end of the protrusion is not in contact with any of the piston and the valve and the second opening is opened, the second fluid passage is in communication with the pressure regulation chamber.
US09454151B2
A device receives a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path and performance of mission operations, and presents a first user interface that requests mission information. The device receives the mission information, and determines recommended UAVs for the mission based on the mission information. The device presents information associated with the recommended UAVs, and receives a selection of a particular UAV via the first user interface. The device determines recommended mission plans based on the mission information and the particular UAV, and presents the recommended mission plans via a second user interface. The device receives a selection of a particular mission plan via the second user interface, and generates mission plan instructions for the particular mission plan. The device provides the mission plan instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel the flight path and perform the mission operations.
US09454146B2
A numerical controller controls a five-axis machining machine that machines a workpiece attached to a table with three linear axes and two rotary axes. The numerical controller inputs a relative tool direction that represents a relative position of the tool direction with respect to the workpiece after the rotary axes are moved by a manual operation, as a vector, roll-pitch-yaw angles, or Euler angles. The numerical controller further converts the relative tool direction thus input into the rotary axis positions of the two rotary axes and drives the two rotary axes based on the rotary axis position thus converted.
US09454136B2
A method of controlling an industrial system by a control system including a user interface having a main display arranged to provide a status view of at least a portion of the industrial system and a secondary display enabling user interaction with the industrial system and the main display. The method includes: receiving an alert concerning a status change in a part of the industrial system; displaying, on the secondary display, an alert object associated with the part of the industrial system generating the alert; detecting a selection of the alert object based on gesture-based user input; displaying the alert object on the main display; receiving an adjustment command of a parameter via gesture-based user input, the parameter being associated with the part of the industrial system generating the alert; adjusting the parameter based on the adjustment command; and controlling the part generating the alert based on the adjusted parameter.
US09454135B2
A method of providing a manufactureable long vapor cell with enhanced sensitivity and good mechanical strength, wherein the method provides a structure that increases the overall length of the vapor cell.
US09454134B2
The strike sound producing assembly is provided for a watch striking mechanism. The assembly includes at least one gong, which is directly integral by means of a gong-carrier with an assembly element inside a watch case to form a single piece. A first end of the gong is fixed to the gong-carrier, whereas a second end of the gong is free to move.
US09454132B2
An integrated hologram optical device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an integrated hologram recording apparatus are provided. The integrated hologram optical device includes a two-dimensional (2D) array of a plurality of hogels. A holographic element is configured to be recorded such that a combination of the plurality of hogels is configured to adjust at least one of an angle and a focal length of a signal beam.
US09454125B1
A toner cartridge according to one example includes a housing having a toner reservoir, an exit for exiting toner and an entry port for receiving waste toner. A partition divides the reservoir into a first compartment for storing fresh toner and a second compartment for storing waste toner. The first compartment is in fluid communication with the exit. The partition is movable within the reservoir between a first position and a second position. The entry port is in fluid communication with the first compartment when the partition is in the first position such that waste toner received through the entry port is deposited into the first compartment. The entry port is in fluid communication with the second compartment but closed off from the first compartment when the partition is in the second position such that waste toner received through the entry port is deposited into the second compartment.
US09454120B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus for driving a cassette pickup roller (17) and a registration roller (18) by using the same driving source, in which a conveyance control portion (221) starts conveyance speed control for a subsequent sheet, which is fed from a sheet feeding position subsequently to a preceding sheet fed therefrom earlier, when it is determined that a trailing edge of the preceding sheet has passed through the registration roller (18).
US09454112B1
A temperature detection device includes a supporting body that includes end portions and a middle portion and that is elastically deformed by being pressed by an object to be detected, both of the end portions being supported at positions separated from the object to be detected, the supporting body having an initial shape such that the middle portion bulges in an arc shape to a position beyond the object to be detected when the supporting body does not receive an external force from the object to be detected; and a temperature detection element that is supported by a contact portion of the supporting body that contacts the object to be detected.
US09454111B2
An image hearing apparatus includes: a rotatable heating member; a rotatable collecting member; a cleaning unit including a cleaning web; a moving mechanism configured to move the cleaning unit between a first position where the cleaning web contacts the rotatable collecting member and a second position where the cleaning web contacts the rotatable collecting member at a contact pressure lower than a contact pressure at the first position; and an urging portion. The cleaning unit also includes a first pressing potion configured to press the rotatable collecting member toward the rotatable heating member in contact with the rotatable collecting member when the cleaning unit is in the first position, and includes a second pressing portion configured to press the rotatable collecting member toward the rotatable heating member in contact with the urging portion without contacting the rotatable collecting member when the cleaning unit is in the second position.
US09454094B2
Provided is a magnetic toner, including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, in which: the binder resin includes a resin having a polyester unit in which at least one kind of aliphatic compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 30 to 102 carbon atoms and an aliphatic monoalcohol having 30 to 102 carbon atoms is condensed at an end of the polyester unit; a content of the magnetic iron oxide particle is from 30 to 80 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; and the magnetic iron oxide particle satisfies the following conditions: (i) a number-based median diameter D50 is from 0.05 to 0.15 μm; (ii) a number-based ratio D10/D50 is from 0.40 to 1.00; and (iii) a number-based ratio D90/D50 is from 1.00 to 1.50.
US09454079B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an actinic ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition including (A) a compound represented by a general formula (1) below that generates an acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, and (B) a resin.
US09454065B2
A device support and trigger apparatus includes a handle, a frame member attached to the handle, a cage member, and a triggering assembly including a trigger section and an actuation section. The cage member rigidly or pivotally connected to the frame member accommodates a device. The cage member can be rigidly positioned in an upright position or can be pivotally rotated to position the device in an upright position or an inverted position. The trigger section is pulled using one hand to allow the actuation section to contact and actuate an activation button of the device positioned in the upright position in front of the handle. A push rod assembly of the device support and trigger apparatus is pushed using one hand to push the trigger section to allow the actuation section to contact and actuate the activation button of the device positioned in the inverted position above the handle.
US09454064B2
One embodiment provides a motorized monopole for a camera, including: a monopole; an offset arrangement attached to the monopole; a camera mount; the offset arrangement rotating with respect to the monopole; the offset arrangement terminating in a connection attaching the camera mount; and a first motor imparting tilt movement to the camera mount with respect to the connection. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09454054B2
A system for filling a variable reflectance vehicular electro-optic element assembly (such as for a rearview mirror assembly) includes a front substrate, a rear substrate and a perimeter seal disposed between the front and rear substrates. The perimeter seal spaces the front and rear substrates apart and forms an interpane cavity therebetween. The perimeter seal has a gap between terminal ends of the perimeter seal to provide a fill port for the mirror reflective element assembly when the front and rear substrates are mated together. The fill port allows an electro-optic medium to flow therethrough during the filling process. During the filling process, the front and rear substrates are fixtured in a chamber with the fill port disposed at an upper portion of the front and rear substrates, with the filling process being one of (i) a gravity feed filling process and (ii) a pressurized filling process.
US09454053B2
Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations.
US09454050B2
LCD device includes two substrates, a first and second color filters, two liquid crystal layers. The first color filters are formed on portions of the second substrate corresponding to border area The second color filters are formed on portions of the second substrate corresponding to the display area except the border area. A first liquid crystal layer between the first and the second substrate is comprised in border area, and a zero electric field is formed on the first liquid crystal layer so as to completely transmit light incident into the first liquid crystal layer therethrough. A borderline having various colors can be displayed by forming various patterns of color filters having various colors on portions of the second substrate corresponding to the border area under normally white mode, thereby producing picture frame effect while images are displayed on the screen.
US09454049B2
In an amorphous silicon thin film transistor-liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same, gate patterns including a gate line and a gate electrode are formed on an insulation substrate having a display region and a driving circuit region on which a plurality of shift resistors are formed. A gate insulating film, active layer patterns and data patterns including source/drain electrodes are formed successively on the substrate. A passivation layer on the substrate has a first contact hole exposing a drain electrode of the display region and second and third contact holes respectively exposing a gate electrode and source/drain electrode of a first transistor of each of the shift resistors. Electrode patterns on the passivation layer include a first electrode connected to the drain electrode of the display region through the first contact hole and a second electrode connecting the gate electrode to the source/drain electrode of the first transistor through the second and third contact holes. The gate driving circuit including the shift resistors and the wirings are integrated on the insulating substrate without an additional process, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process.
US09454042B2
A frame sealant and a sealing method, a display panel and a display device containing the frame sealant. A sealing method for a frame sealant comprises: successively coating a water-borne epoxy resin and a solvent-based epoxy resin or successively coating a solvent-based epoxy resin and a water-borne epoxy resin on a first substrate, aligning and pressing the first substrate and a second substrate; or coating a water-borne epoxy resin on a first substrate, coating a solvent-based epoxy resin on a second substrate, and aligning and pressing the two substrates; a first material by which a nano-scale second material is encapsulated is dispersed in the solvent-based epoxy resin, wherein, the first material is a hydrophilic polymeric material and the second material is one which will undergo an exothermic reaction with water. When the frame sealant is pressed, the hydrophilic polymeric material will absorb water and thus be saturated with water, the remaining water will react with the material which undergoes an exothermal reaction with water to generate heat, which will cause the curing of the frame sealant as an internal heat source.
US09454037B2
A display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit. The display panel is curved along a first direction. The backlight unit includes an upper surface, and a lower surface having a curvature different from a curvature of the upper surface. The backlight unit includes a bottom cover that includes a bottom portion, and a sidewall extending from the bottom portion, a plurality of light emitting diodes on the bottom portion and generating light, and a diffusion plate on the light emitting diodes. In the first direction from a center portion of the bottom portion to an outer portion of the bottom portion, pitches between the light emitting diodes along a surface of the bottom portion, are proportional to distances between the light emitting diodes and the diffusion plate in a direction substantially normal to positions of the bottom portion at which the light emitting diodes are disposed.
US09454035B2
According to an aspect, a transflective display device, includes a first substrate on which a first orientation film and a plurality of reflective electrodes formed for each of pixels are provided; a second substrate on which a second orientation film and a transparent electrode that is opposite to the reflective electrodes are provided; and a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. A direction of long axis of the liquid crystal molecules is parallel to surfaces of the first and second orientation films and twisted between the first substrate and the second substrate. The reflective electrode is configured to perform reflective display, and a space between the reflective electrodes of the adjacent pixels is configured to perform transmissive display.
US09454034B2
A color filter array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device are disclosed. The color filter array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed as intersecting each other horizontally and vertically and a plurality of pixel regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines, each of the pixel regions includes a TFT, wherein each of the pixel regions further includes a band-pass filter layer, the band-pass filter layer transmits light within a specific wavelength range while reflects light of other wavelengths; the band-pass filter layer comprises a first medium sub-layer, a second medium sub-layer and a third medium sub-layer, the second medium layer is of different thicknesses at different pixel regions.
US09454028B2
When image data is displayed on the display portion of a conventional mobile telephone, characters cannot be displayed thereon, and thus the image data and the characters cannot be simultaneously displayed. In a portable electronic device according to the present invention, a cover member having a first display device (101) for displaying an image (digital still image or the like) and a second display device (102) having a touch input operational portion (for displaying characters, symbols, or the like) are attached to each other so as to allow opening and closing.
US09454026B2
A liquid crystal module is disclosed. The liquid crystal module includes a back plate having a vertical plate, a plastic frame arranged on the vertical plate for supporting the liquid crystal glass, a connecting assembly and a front frame. The connecting assembly is arranged above the plastic frame. An engaging location of the connecting assembly and the plastic frame is adjustable. A lateral side of the connecting assembly abuts against an edge of the liquid crystal glass. The front frame arranged above the connecting assembly is fixed with the connecting assembly. The front frame covers a rim of the liquid crystal glass. The relative location of the front frame and the liquid crystal glass can be easily adjusted via the connecting assembly. In addition, the displacement of the display area resulting from assembly errors is avoided. As such, the display area and the exposed black matrix remain consistent.
US09454019B2
Disclosed is a progressive ophthalmic lens including a front surface and a rear surface, each surface having in each point an altitude, a mean sphere value and a cylinder value, the front surface of the lens including: —a far vision zone having a far vision reference point; —a near vision zone having a near vision reference point; —a main meridian, wherein the front surface is regressive and has: —a sphere gradient normalized value of less than 7.50·10−1 mm−1 at any point in a central portion of the lens including a portion of the main meridian (32), the far vision reference point (FV) and the near vision reference point (NV); —a cylinder gradient normalized value of less than 1.45 mm−1 at any point in the central portion of the lens.
US09454014B2
An illumination device has an optical device and an irradiation unit. The irradiation unit has a light source emitting a coherent light beam, and a scanning device capable of adjusting a reflection angle of the coherent light beam emitted from the light source. The light source has light sources emitting a plurality of coherent light beams having an identical wavelength range, the hologram recording medium has a recording area to be scanned with each of a plurality of coherent light beams reflected by the scanning device, and the recording area has an interference fringe that diffracts an incident coherent light beam. The optical device uses the plurality of coherent light beams diffracted by the interference fringe of the recording area so that each of the coherent light beams diffracted by the hologram recording medium is superimposed on at least one portion to reproduce the image of the reference member.
US09454010B1
A display system for a head mounted device that provides a wide field-of-view image to the user. The system may use a pair of displays angled relative to one another, and a lens or lenses between the displays and the user's eyes to generate a wide field-of-view image. Lenses may be for example gradient index lenses, Fresnel lenses, or holographic optical elements in order to provide significant and complex bending of light across the field of view with relatively thin lenses. The system may provide lower resolution images at the periphery of the user's field of view, using for example light emitting elements at the periphery that are directed by the lens or lenses towards the outside edges of the field of view.
US09453996B2
Devices and methods for preparing and assessing a liquid sample are described which include: a microfluidic microscopy device including an absorbent structure including at least one dry dye for a liquid and configured to convey a polar liquid from a first end of the absorbent structure through the at least one dry dye for a liquid to a second end of the absorbent structure, a support structure positioned adjacent to a first surface of the absorbent structure, a lid structure positioned adjacent to a second surface of the absorbent structure, and a clamping structure positioned to maintain a relative position of the support structure and the lid structure to form a tapered internal chamber adjacent to the second end of the absorbent structure.
US09453989B2
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens may comprise an aperture stop and six lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may exhibit improved optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.
US09453979B2
A multi-core optical fiber ribbon easily optically connected to another optical component is provided. A multi-core optical fiber ribbon 1 includes a plurality of multi-core optical fibers 10 arranged parallel to one another and a common resin 20, with which the plurality of multi-core optical fibers 10 are collectively coated. A core arrangement direction in which plurality of cores in each of the plurality of multi-core optical fibers 10 are arranged is parallel to or perpendicular to the fiber arrangement direction in which the plurality of multi-core optical fibers 10 are arranged at least at both ends of the multi-core optical fiber ribbon 1.
US09453971B2
A communications connection system includes an SC fiber optic connector including a storage device having memory configured to store physical layer information. The storage device also includes electrical contacts or an RFID antenna coil connected to the memory for transmitting information to a management system. The communications connection system also includes a fiber optic adapter module having one or more media reading interfaces. Each media reading interface is configured to read physical layer information stored on one of the fiber optic connectors received at the adapter module. Example media reading interfaces include electrical contacts and RFID readers.
US09453964B2
Apparatus and methods for stripping tight-buffered optical fibers are disclosed. The apparatus is configured to perform one or more of the functions of stripping a tight buffer layer, removing a coating layer, and cleaving the fiber, in a single motion.
US09453959B2
Provided is a backlight unit, which includes at least one supporter, at least one light guide panel, and at least one light emitting module. The supporter includes a recess stepped at a lower height than that of a first region of an upper surface. The light guide panel is disposed on the supporter and is coupled to the supporter. The light emitting module is disposed in the recess of the supporter and provides light through a side surface of the light guide panel.
US09453956B2
A display module including a backlight module and a display panel is provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light source module. The light guide plate has a light incident surface, a light-exiting surface, a light-guiding inclined surface, a bottom surface, and a lateral surface, wherein the light-guiding inclined surface is connected to the light incident surface and the light-exiting surface; the light incident surface, the light-guiding inclined surface, and a portion of the bottom surface constitute a wedge portion while the light-exiting surface, the lateral surface, and other portions of the bottom surface constitute a plate portion. The light source module is disposed at the light incident surface and emits light into the wedge portion. The display panel is disposed on the light guide plate and has a side. The side of the display panel has a projection disposed in the light-guiding inclined surface or the plate portion.
US09453944B2
There is provided a fast curing composition comprising an alpha, beta-unsaturated amido-containing organosilicon compound, useful in making water absorbing silicone-hydrogel films for biomedical devices, such as contact lens, and a process for producing these monomers. This invention also provides for hydrogels made from the alpha, beta-unsaturated amido-containing organosilicon compound described herein.
US09453934B2
Non-visible objects which differ in their physical properties from their surroundings by association with a variable strength magnetic field may be detected by a suitable array of sensors which can be moved relative to the object in question. By analyzing the signals from the plurality of the sensors in the array, the position of the object can be deduced relative to the array and the array moved to enable a machining guide thereon to be aligned with the non-visible object. The system is of particular value in locating apertures in wing spars when attempting to fix the skin of the wing on to them where it is important to be able to locate the correct point at which to drill a hole through the skin to coincide with the hole in the spar. By defining a magnetic field in the vicinity of the hole to identify the hole magnetically and using an array of magnetic field sensors in a base with an aperture, it is possible to shift the array so that the aperture is precisely aligned with the non-visible hole.
US09453930B2
This disclosure presents computational systems and methods for obtaining high-resolution, three-dimensional seismic images of a region of a subterranean formation using separated up-going and down-going wavefields that include primary and multiple reflections obtained by processing dual-sensor towed streamer seismic data. The inclusion of multiple reflections reduces acquisition footprints in migration of the seismic data. The computational systems and methods produce high-resolution images in a region of a subterranean formation that lies below a body of water. The methods and systems employ a digitally encoded wavefields constructed from a discrete sampling of a two-dimensional slice of a three-dimensional wavefield and stored in one or more tangible, physical data-storage devices.
US09453924B2
A radiation control apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine dose values of exposures to a radiation detector for acquiring correction images, corresponding to measured input-output characteristics of the radiation detector, and a acquisition unit configured to acquire correction data for the input-output characteristics of the radiation detector, based on the correction images acquired from the detector exposed at the determined dose values.
US09453922B2
A hybrid medical imaging system comprises a nuclear medicine imaging subsystem for capturing an image of a target region of a subject, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) subsystem for capturing an MRI image of the target region based on at least one MRI parameter and processing structure communicating with the subsystems. The processing structure processes the MRI image to estimate attenuation within the target region and uses the estimated attenuation to correct the image captured by the nuclear medicine imaging subsystem.
US09453919B2
A method for acquiring a Gold code, obtained as a sum of a first M-sequence (x) and a second M-sequence (yi), the first M-sequence being generated by a first generator polynomial (gx) and the second M-sequence being generated by a second generator polynomial (gy), the weight of the first generator polynomial being lower than the weight of the second generator polynomial, the acquiring method involving a first step of message passing decoding according to a first bipartite graph the edges of which are determined by the coefficients of the first generator polynomial, a decimation step using a predetermined decimation factor, and a second step of message passing decoding according to a second bipartite graph the edges of which are determined by a third generator polynomial having a minimum weight generating a third M-sequence having the same length as that of the second M-sequence.
US09453917B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and timing computing device for subnanosecond time synchronization. A difference between synchronized measurements of one of a plurality of satellite signals from a reference receiver and another receiver for each of N values within a cycle is determined. A clock bias error is calculated for each of the N values. The calculated clock bias errors are stored in a vector over time for each of the N values, with one of the vectors for each of the N values. A trajectory of the vectors over time is determined. The one of the vectors with a best convergence over time is selected. A timing signal is adjusted based on the N value for the selected one of the vectors with the best convergence over time.
US09453914B2
A lightweight, low volume, high performance LADAR sensor incorporating 3-D focal plane arrays is adapted specifically for terrain mapping. The present invention generates, at high speed, 3-D topographical, water surface, floating object, bathymetric, biological gas cloud, poison gas cloud, or smoke stack emission mapping data. The 3-D focal planes are used in a variety of physical configurations which provide advantages over prior art terrain mapping LADAR sensors.
US09453910B2
A vehicle includes a radar sensor for detecting objects in the vehicle path. The radar sensor may become blocked by contaminants or debris. A controller monitoring the radar system may detect a radar blockage when a return signal magnitude is less than a threshold. A typical response may be to set a radar blockage diagnostic under such a condition. The controller may inhibit setting a radar blockage diagnostic when other data indicates that the radar sensor is not blocked. Data such as vehicle position, traffic information, camera images, and historical radar returns may be used. A controller may confirm a radar blockage diagnostic when other data indicates that the radar sensor may be blocked. Data such as temperature, vehicle position, surface roughness, automated brake interventions, and heating system status may be used. Return signal dependent functions may be operated based on the radar blockage diagnostic.
US09453907B2
A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar subsystem and images from a video subsystem to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The video subsystem and the lidar subsystem may be aligned with one another by mapping the measurements of various facial features obtained by each of the subsystems to one another.
US09453904B2
A positioning server is connected to a collection of access points, base stations, NFC stations, and image or video cameras and the collected data is used for positioning objects. A plurality of electronic devices are paired with an object by tracking the position of the object based on imaging and the position of electronic devices based on RF signals in vicinity of the object. Once a device is paired with an object, the propagation channel profile measured through the electronic device is used to develop and tune a database of channel profiles versus location. This database is used based on signature/profile matching and correlation for positioning devices and objects that do not have pairing or have poor image-based positioning accuracy or reliability. When a device is detected that cannot be paired with any object, or a device that is unpaired from a previously associated object, a theft or loss alert is generated.
US09453896B2
In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a magnetization of nuclear spins in a subject is prepared in multiple preparation modules of an acquisition sequence. MR signals are acquired with at least one imaging module of the sequence. Spoiler gradient fields are generated in the multiple preparation modules in order to affect a transverse magnetization of the spins. The spoiler gradient fields that are applied in at least two different preparation modules are spatially varied along different directions. Spoiler gradient moments of the spoiler gradient fields are selected so that, for at least one of three orthogonal spatial directions, a weighted sum of the spoiler gradient moments that are applied along this spatial direction satisfies a threshold condition.
US09453894B2
An imaging system is presented. The imaging system includes a storage structure that stores a first sheet of coils inside a cradle, wherein the storage structure includes a plurality of first set of rotatable bodies and a plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, and a plurality of springs that are coupled to one or more of the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, wherein the first sheet of coils is disposed around the plurality of first set of rotatable bodies, the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies and the plurality of springs, and wherein a first end of the first sheet of coils protrudes out of the cradle.
US09453889B2
To provide a magnetic sensor device which maintains accuracy thereof while reducing current consumption by switching drive power of a Hall element to two drive power. A magnetic sensor device is equipped with a driving circuit which supplies power to a sensor element, a switch changeover circuit which restricts the supply of the power from the driving circuit to the sensor element, a differential amplifier circuit which performs arithmetic processing on an output signal of the sensor element, a threshold voltage generating circuit which generates a threshold voltage used in magnetism determination, a comparison circuit which compares and determines a voltage of the differential amplifier circuit and the threshold voltage, and a logic circuit which according to the output of the comparison circuit, switches the power outputted from the driving circuit, switches the threshold voltage and controls on/off of the switch changeover circuit in a constant cycle.
US09453883B2
An apparatus for providing a distributed and scalable number of power supplies used in automatic test equipment. The apparatus includes at least one Pin Electronics (PE) module comprising a plurality of PE channels. The apparatus includes at least one programmable power supply (PPS) module comprising a plurality of programmable power supply channels, wherein the at least one PPS module is remote from the at least one PE module. That apparatus includes a test site controller executing a test program comprising a plurality of test instructions delivered over the plurality of Pin Electronics (PE) channels and the plurality of programmable power supply (PPS) channels in order to test a plurality of devices under test (DUTs) in parallel.
US09453881B2
There is provided an oscillation circuit including: a main oscillation circuit that outputs a specific main clock to an internal circuit; a sub oscillation circuit that outputs a sub clock having a different frequency to the frequency of the main oscillation circuit; a first abnormality detection section that detects an abnormality according to a number of main clock cycles output from the main oscillation circuit within a predetermined period corresponding to sub clock outputs from the sub oscillation circuit; and a second abnormality detection section that detects an abnormality according to a frequency divided clock of the main clock output from the main oscillation circuit that has been frequency-divided and the sub clock output from the sub oscillation circuit.
US09453876B2
Systems and methods for testing a peripheral in accordance with a MIPI protocol are provided. A test system can test a peripheral by providing user-5 specified control over a test processor (which is substantially the same processor the peripheral will interface with when installed) to test, calibrate, or both test and calibrate the peripheral. The test processor can communicate with the peripheral according 10 to the MIPI protocol, thereby effectively providing an actual “in-device” environment for testing and/or calibrating the peripheral.
US09453874B2
Provided is an actuator including: first to third rotation axes provided at a fixed section and having axes in a same direction, first to third rotation sections provided at positions offset from centers of the corresponding rotation axes, and rotating in response to the corresponding rotation axes; a movable section including first and third side walls facing the first and the third rotation sections in a first direction on a movable plane, and a second side wall facing the second rotation section in a second direction, the movable section moving on a predetermined movable plane in response to rotation of the first to third rotation sections; and a biasing section biasing the movable section with respect to the fixed section in at least one of the first direction and the second direction, and making at least one of the first to third rotation sections abut against the corresponding side wall.
US09453872B2
Provided is a power cycle test apparatus that eliminates the need to measure a thermal resistance in a power cycle test and that pursues power saving in the evaluation of IGBT reliability by exactly applying a required thermal stress through the automatic adjustment of a stress current. The power cycle test apparatus performs a power cycle test for an IGBT to be tested by applying a thermal stress to the IGBT to be tested through the intermittent application of a stress current thereto. The apparatus applies the stress current to the IGBT to be tested and thereafter applies a current for measurement to the IGBT to be tested to measure a collector-emitter voltage of the IGBT to be tested. The apparatus further obtains a junction temperature of the IGBT to be tested from the measured collector-emitter voltage and a temperature coefficient of the IGBT to be tested.
US09453862B2
The general field of the invention is that of touchscreen devices with projected capacitive detection comprising a matrix touchpad comprising a plurality of conducting rows and of conducting columns, the matrix touchpad linked to an emission voltages electronic control system and a reception voltages electronic system. The emission voltages electronic control system generates two periodic emission voltages emitted at two different frequencies. The analysis of the reception voltages, by the reception voltages electronic system, makes it possible to determine the positions of two simultaneous presses on the touchpad, including when the two presses are done on rows or columns that are close. The determination of the presses is performed essentially by calculating the barycenters of the troughs of the reception voltages.
US09453858B2
In some embodiments a method includes receiving, from a sensor device, a signal indicative of a voltage associated with a current passing over a line that is disposed through the sensor device. The method includes receiving, from the sensor device, a signal indicative of (1) a calibrated sensitivity of the sensor device, (2) a calibrated temperature of the sensor device, and (3) an ambient temperature that was received from an ambient temperature sensor. The method includes defining an actual sensitivity of the sensor device based on (1) the calibrated sensitivity of the sensor device, (2) the calibrated temperature of the sensor device, and (3) the ambient temperature. The method includes sending a signal indicative of a modified electric current value based on (1) the voltage and (2) the actual sensitivity of the sensor device.
US09453856B2
A scanning probe microscope includes a vibration unit to vibrate the cantilever on the basis of a vibration signal, a displacement detection unit to output a displacement signal indicating the displacement of the cantilever, a phase adjustment unit to provide a phase offset to a phase difference between the vibration signal and displacement signal, a phase signal generating unit to generate a phase signal including information regarding the phase difference and phase offset, and a control unit to control the distance between the probe and sample on the basis of the phase signal. The phase adjustment unit combines a first phase amount that cancels an initial phase difference exiting in a condition where the probe and sample are out of contact, with a second phase amount equal to or more than (0 [rad]) and less than or equal to (π/2 [rad]) and provides a combined amount to the phase difference.
US09453854B2
A sensor may include a base, an accelerometer rigidly coupled with the base and centered over said base, a circuit arrangement electrically coupled with the accelerometer, and a battery rigidly held in contact with the circuit arrangement and centered over said accelerometer and said base. The base is configured to be secured to a host structure, and the circuit arrangement is configured to receive signals from the accelerometer.
US09453842B2
The present invention deals with reagents and compositions capable of effectively inhibiting peroxidase activity. According to the invention, peroxidase enzymatic activity is blocked with an acidic aqueous solution of a protein denaturing agent. Preferred protein denaturing agents are detergents and chaotropic substances.
US09453840B2
The present invention provides a method for selecting dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells, which comprises detecting any one or more of markers selected from the group consisting of CD15 (SSEA-1), CD24, CD46, CD47, CD49b, CD57, CD58, CD59, CD81, CD90, CD98, CD147, CD184, Disalogangliosid GD2, SSEA-4, CD49f, SERINC4, CCR9, PHEX, TMPRSS11E, HTR1E, SLC25A2, Ctxn3, Ccl7, Chrnb4, Chrna3, Kcnv2, Grm2, Syt2, Lim2, Mboat1, St3gal6, Slc39a12, Tacr1, Lrtm1, Dscam and CD201.
US09453837B2
Novel grafted dinuclear metal complexes having formula (I) or of formula (II) wherein M represents a metal ion, and also the use thereof as sensors in a method for detecting and/or characterising cellular microparticles.
US09453826B2
A system includes a computing device including a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations including initiating transmission of incident light from one or more light sources to a sealed bottle containing liquid. The operations also include receiving scattered light from the liquid contained in the sealed bottle. The operations also include processing one or more signals representative of the scattered light to detect interactions of the incident light with a particular molecule.
US09453817B2
In conventional non-destructive inspection devices using magnetism, the subject of inspection was limited to the surface layer of the test object as a result of the skin effect, and it was not possible to perform flaw detection inspection at the interior or reverse surface of thick-structured test objects. The effect of the surface effect was eliminated by imparting an external signal canceling the detection output of the test object surface layer from the detection output of a magnetic field resulting from eddy currents induced in the test object. As a result, it has become possible to extract the detection output of the test object interior that had been masked by the detection output of the test object surface layer, and it has become possible to perform thickness inspection and flaw detection of the reverse surface and interior or a test object.
US09453816B2
A differential transformer type magnetic sensor includes a board, a drive coil, a first differential coil, and a second differential coil. The drive coil includes a planar coil in which a dimension of a first direction is smaller than that of a second direction, and is disposed on the board. The first differential coil includes a planar coil having the same shape as the drive coil, and is disposed on the board. The second differential coil includes a planar coil having the same shape as the drive coil, and is disposed on the board. The first differential coil and the second differential coil are electrically connected so that a direction of induced current flowing along the first differential coil and a direction of induced current flowing along the second differential coil are opposite to each other.
US09453814B2
A device includes an upper metallic layer, a lower layer, and a nano sensor array positioned between the upper and lower layers to detect a presence of a gas, a chemical, or a biological object, wherein each sensor's electrical characteristic changes when encountering the gas, chemical or biological object.
US09453813B2
An electrochemical test sensor for detecting the analyte concentration of a fluid test sample includes a base, a dielectric layer, a reagent layer, a light guide area, and a lid. The base provides a flow path for the test sample having on its surface a counter electrode and a working electrode adapted to electrically communicate with a detector of electrical current. The dielectric layer forms a dielectric window therethrough. The reagent layer includes an enzyme that is adapted to react with the analyte. The lid is adapted to mate with the base and to assist in forming a capillary space with an opening for the introduction of the test sample thereto. The light guide area transmits light towards the capillary space.
US09453812B2
An electrochemical-based analytical test strip for the determination of an analyte (such as glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (for example, a whole blood sample) and/or a characteristic of the bodily fluid sample (e.g., hematocrit) includes a sample-entry chamber with a sample-application opening disposed on an end edge of the electrochemical-based analytical test strip, and first and second sample-determination chambers, each in direct fluidic communication with the sample-entry chamber. The electrochemical-based analytical test strip also includes first and second electrodes (such as first and second hematocrit electrodes) disposed in the first sample-determination chamber, and a third and fourth electrodes (for example working and reference electrodes) disposed in the second sample-determination chamber. Moreover, the first and second sample-determination chambers intersect the sample-entry chamber perpendicular (or nearly perpendicular) to one another and the first sample-determination chamber also intersects the sample-entry chamber in an aligned manner.
US09453807B2
In one example, a thermal conductivity gas sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes a sensing element and an amplification material coupled to the sensing element. The amplification material has a target gas dependent thermal diffusivity. The sensing element measures the thermal diffusivity of the amplification material to determine a target gas concentration.
US09453803B2
An X-ray radiography system for differential phase contrast imaging of an object under investigation by phase-stepping is provided. The X-ray radiography has an X-ray emitter for generating a beam path of quasi-coherent X-ray radiation, an X-ray image detector with pixels arranged in a matrix, and a diffraction or phase grating, in which the X-ray emitter has an X-ray tube with a cathode and an anode. The X-ray tube is constructed in such a way that an electron ray beam originating from the cathode is associated with focusing electronics which produce, from electrons which are incident on an anode, at least one linear-shaped electron fan beam.
US09453796B2
A method of deriving correction for instrument-to-instrument variations in the illumination band centroid wavelengths and wavelength band shapes of the optical systems of clinical chemistry instruments includes the steps of determining the centroid wavelength and wavelength band shape of a light source used in the optical system of a clinical chemistry instrument to provide a determined wavelength band shape and centroid wavelength, comparing the determined wavelength band shape and centroid wavelength with a known reflection density or absorbance wavelength spectrum of a specific type of chemical reagent test to provide a correction value, and calculating the correction value, which is to be used to modify a reflection density or absorbance measurement taken by the instrument of a reagent test of the a specific type of chemical reagent test.
US09453795B1
The present invention relates to a method for determining the amount of total phosphate in a body of water from reflected light, and also includes systems for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to or carrying out that method. In addition, the invention relates to methods and systems for determining other parameters of water quality from reflected light, for example, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and/or nitrogen.
US09453794B2
In a noninvasive system for detection/measurement of glucose and other analytes in a medium such as tissue, illumination is directed to the medium and corresponding radiation from the medium is collected. Spectral energy changes associated with fragment(s)/feature(s) obtained from the collected radiation are determined using collision computing. Such spectral energy changes generally represent analyte concentration. The illumination is controlled to target a particular volume of the medium and/or such that the spectral energy changes become directionally monotonic with respect to analyte concentration. The illumination parameters include: intensity, wavelength, bandwidth, focal length, and/or duration of illumination, location and/or a size of an illuminated spot on the medium surface, depth at which the illumination can reach below the medium surface, spacing between the illuminated spot and a spot on the medium surface from which radiation is collected, and angle of the illumination relative to the medium surface.
US09453782B2
A system and method for detecting air-fuel ratio rich-lean imbalance in an automotive engine cylinder is provided. The system and the method are configured to receive an oxygen sensor voltage of an oxygen sensor. They also include filtering the oxygen sensor voltage to create a filtered oxygen sensor voltage. An engine speed and load are determined, and an air-fuel ratio imbalance detection threshold is determined based on the engine speed and the engine load. A rich-lean imbalance status is determined, the rich-lean imbalance status being non-normal if any portion of the filtered oxygen sensor voltage exceeds the air-fuel ratio imbalance detection threshold, and the rich-lean imbalance status being normal if none of the filtered oxygen sensor voltage exceeds the air-fuel ratio imbalance detection threshold. An engine control unit having several control logics to execute similar steps is also provided.
US09453781B2
To enable testing of a starter motor on a test bench with an electrical dynamometer as a replacement for a real combustion engine, a simulation unit (20) is used in which a mathematical model of the combustion engine is implemented, and the simulation unit (20) determines a new load setpoint (ns, Ts) using the mathematical model from measured actual values (φi, ni, Ti) of the operation of the electrical dynamometer (3) at every scanning time point of a regulation, which new load setpoint (ns, Ts) is fed to the regulator (21) of the electrical dynamometer.
US09453779B2
The present invention is aimed to improve the conventional plane-opened hydrodynamic testing device, one or more than one reverse pumping return units (201) are installed with a parallel or substantially parallel manner at the periphery of an active fluid pumping unit (101), so a part of the fluid discharged from the outlet port of the active fluid pumping unit (101) is enabled to be sucked and reversely pumped for being returned to an adjacent space defined at the fluid inlet port of the active fluid pumping unit (101), thereby structuring a semi-opened hydrodynamic testing device having reverse pumping return unit.
US09453773B2
A capacitive type sensor includes a circuit board, electrodes formed on a first surface of the circuit board, and an electrode plate disposed above the circuit board, wherein the electrodes comprise pairs of electrodes disposed from a distance from a center of the circuit board, and the pairs of electrodes being spaced apart from each other.
US09453767B2
Acoustic pyrometry-based active temperature monitoring of gas turbine combustors, including industrial gas turbine (IGT) combustors is incorporated into the combustion monitoring and control system by addition of an acoustic transmitter or acoustic transceiver that transmits a sound wave in a line-of-sight with a plurality of thermoacoustic sensors, such as dynamic pressure sensors. Sound transmission time-of-flight is measured by the controller and correlated with path temperature along the line-of-sight. Path(s) of acoustic transmission serve as absolute temperature measurement that optionally is used for calibrating dominant mode passive bulk temperature measurement. In an integrated thermoacoustic pressure-based sensor and monitoring/control system embodiment, the controller correlates performance of an combustion thermoacoustic properties in order to identify combustion anomalies by wavelet or Fourier analysis techniques, determine bulk temperature characteristics within the combustor with dominant mode frequency analysis techniques and determines absolute active path temperatures within the combustor with acoustic transmission and time-of-flight analysis techniques.
US09453760B2
A device for the evaluation of vibrations (10) comprises an evaluating device (12), which comprises an input for introducing a vibration signal (SG) and is designed to determine a characteristic signal (BK) with the dimension of length/timeβ and/or the square (SE) of the characteristic signal (BK) from the vibration signal (SG) by means of a frequency-dependent evaluation of the vibration signal (SG). For a predefined value of a dimensional exponent β, 1.3<β<1.7, a vibration sensor (11) of the device (10) outputs the vibration signal (SG). An RMS value (BEF) of the characteristic signal (BK) or the square (SE) of the characteristic signal (BK) essentially corresponds to the damaging effect of the vibrations on a structure or a machine. The square (SE) can be converted into a service life (T) according to the equation T=KB/SE and displayed.
US09453756B2
Provided is a thin liquid surface detecting apparatus wherein a thickness of a holder is suppressed. A liquid surface detecting apparatus is provided with: a holder rotatably held to a main body section; a magnet fixed to the holder; an arm, which connects the holder and a float floating on the liquid surface of a liquid, and which converts an up-and-down motion of the float into a rotation motion of the holder; and a magnetic detecting element, which is positioned at a rotation center portion of the holder, and is fixed to the main body section such that the magnetic detecting element intersects a magnetic flux of the magnet, and which detects a magnetic change generated with displacement of the magnet and converts the change into electrical signals. The liquid surface detecting apparatus detects the liquid surface on the basis of the electrical signals transmitted from the magnetic detecting element. The arm is fixed to the outside of the magnet of the holder, and a part of a cross-section in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the arm fixed to the holder is positioned between an upper end and a lower end in the rotation axis direction of the magnet.
US09453750B2
A fluid instrument information providing device comprises a gas usage amount integrating section for integrating the usage amount of a gas for each of the kinds of gas instruments which is determined by a gas instrument determiner section, based on a change in the flow of the gas which is measured by the flow measuring section; an instrument information generating section for generating a plurality of gas instrument information including charge information relating to the gas instrument corresponding to the integrated usage amount for each kind of the gas instrument which is integrated by the gas usage amount integrating section, based on the integrated usage amount; an information selecting section operated by a user to select gas instrument information from among the gas instrument information generated by the gas instrument information generating section; and an output section for outputting instrument information selected by the information selecting section.
US09453748B2
A flow meter device includes: an inlet portion, into which a fluid flows; an outlet portion, from which the fluid flows out; a plurality of measurement passage portions provided parallel to each other between the inlet portion and the outlet portion; and at least one flow rate measurement unit, each flow rate measurement unit being configured to measure a flow rate of the fluid that flows through a passage in a corresponding one of the measurement passage portions. Shapes of passages in the respective measurement passage portions coincide with each other. The plurality of measurement passage portions include: the one measurement passage portion(s), which is/are each provided with the flow rate measurement unit; and the other measurement passage portion(s), which is/are not provided with the flow rate measurement unit.
US09453733B2
A path length control (PLC) driver of a ring laser gyroscope includes a first piezoelectric assembly including a first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element, and a first electrode. The PLC driver further includes a second piezoelectric assembly including a third piezoelectric element, a fourth piezoelectric element, and a second electrode. The PLC driver further includes a baseplate positioned between the first piezoelectric assembly and the second piezoelectric assembly, including a pin extending through the first piezoelectric assembly. The PLC driver further includes a flexible coupling assembly that electrically couples the first electrode to a first wire harness connection point, the second electrode to a second wire harness connection point, and the pin to a third wire harness connection point. The flexible coupling assembly is bonded to a negative polarity side of the first piezoelectric element by a semi-rigid conductive adhesive.
US09453723B1
A method is for testing a photonic integrated circuit (IC) that includes a test structure having a test optical splitter, a test optical input, and first and second test optical outputs. A device under test (DUT) is coupled between the first test optical output and the first output of the test optical splitter. The deembedding structure includes a deembedding optical splitter, a deembedding optical input and first and second deembedding optical outputs. The method includes coupling a test probe device to the test optical inputs and outputs and the deembedding optical inputs and outputs and operating the test probe device to make at least one test measurement related to the DUT and at least one deembedding measurement. The at least one test measurement is processed with the at least one deembedding measurement to determine whether the DUT is acceptable and independent of alignment error.
US09453710B2
A method of protecting a user from a strike by a maximum threat includes adhesively bonding a plurality of solid elements to a support structure in a planar array, dimensions and material properties of the solid elements, support structure, and adhesive being selected to cause an impacted solid element to be dislodged by the maximum threat, and to combine its mass with the projectile for reduced velocity and increased impact area. The support structure is configured to fail in tensile and to allow the combined projectile and solid element to pass through the support structure. The solid elements can be ceramic, and can be commutated upon impact while remaining substantially intact. The solid elements can include titanium backing layers. After formation, ceramic cores can be compressed upon cooling by an outer ceramic layer having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion, the outer layer being formed by glazing or doping.
US09453703B2
Gun rail attachments, gun components and accessories and systems include attachment bodies made of polymeric materials with hardness ratings and ranges which are generally flexible and malleable and heat resistant. Reinforcing members are combined with the attachment bodies for secure attachment to gun rails and grips with only the polymeric attachment bodies exposed. Pockets, cavities and channels are formed in the attachment bodies for receiving wires, devices, device modules, components or accessories for guns.
US09453694B1
A hand guard mount assembly and method of securing a hand guard to a firearm in a manner that resists rotation and/or longitudinal translation of the hand guard relative to the underlying firearm. The hand guard mount assembly includes a mount clip that is defined by a body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the clip is constructed to be received in a slot defined by a hand guard and defines a smallest diameter associated with a receiver end of the hand guard. The second portion of the clip radially and/or longitudinally indexes the mount clip, and a hand guard associated therewith, relative to at least one of a barrel nut, a barrel, and a receiver associated with the underlying firearm.
US09453688B2
A heat dissipation unit includes a housing and a heat pipe. The housing has a chamber in which a working fluid is contained. Multiple support posts and multiple fixing members are disposed in the chamber. The heat pipe has a heat absorption section positioned in the chamber of the housing and securely supported by the fixing members, and a heat dissipation section extending from the heat absorption section through the housing and positioned outside the chamber of the housing.
US09453687B2
A heat exchange-condensation panel assembly includes a plurality of moisture air flow passages (113), a plurality of cooling water flow passages (123) and a plurality of condensing air flow passages (133), wherein the moisture air flow passage (113) is arranged adjacently to the condensing air flow passage (133) so that the moisture air passing through the moisture air flow passage is condensed by the condensing air passing through the condensing air flow passage, and the cooling water flow passage (123) is arranged adjacently to the condensing air flow passage (133) so that the cooling water passing through the cooling water flow passage is cooled by the condensing air passing through the condensing air flow passage.
US09453685B2
A plate-fin type heat exchanger without sealing strip, includes outer shield plates (2), nozzles (3), several heat exchanging plates (1) with fins (9) and peripheral sealing inclined plane (5). Among the heat exchanging plates (1), the heat exchanging fins (9) in at least one heat exchanging medium flow layer are transversely provided.
US09453684B2
A heat exchanger for the cooling of hot gases by means of a cooling fluid includes at least one vertically oriented tank containing a cooling fluid bath and having a collection space of the vapor phase generated above said cooling fluid bath, at least one vertical tubular element inserted inside said tank, and submerged in the bath open at the ends and coaxial to the tank, at least one spiral duct which rotates around the axis of the tank, inserted in the coaxial tubular element, at least one outlet for the vapor phase generated on the head of tank, wherein at least one transfer line is inserted in the lower part of the vertical tank for feeding the hot gases to the tank, the transfer line being open at the two ends, of which one is connected with the vertical tank and the other is free and outside the tank, the transfer line being tubular and protruding laterally outside the exchanger, the transfer line containing at least one central internal duct having an outer jacket in which a cooling fluid circulates, said central internal duct being in fluid connection with the spiral duct and developing vertically along the tubular element inserted in the vertical tank.
US09453683B2
A controller of a heat treatment apparatus forms a phosphorous-doped polysilicon film (D-poly film) on a semiconductor wafer, and determines whether the D-poly film satisfies a target heat treatment characteristic. When it is determined that the target heat treatment characteristic is not satisfied, the controller calculates a temperature in a reaction tube and flow rates of process gas supply pipes, which satisfy the target heat treatment characteristic, based on a heat treatment characteristic of the D-poly film and a model indicating relationships between changes in the temperature in the reaction tube and the flow rates of the process gas supply pipes, and a change in a heat treatment characteristic. The controller forms the D-poly film on the semiconductor wafer according to heat treatment conditions including the calculated temperature and the calculated flow rates, so as to satisfy the target heat treatment characteristic.
US09453681B2
An apparatus for melting an electrically conductive metallic material includes a vacuum chamber and a hearth disposed in the vacuum chamber. At least one wire-discharge ion plasma electron emitter is disposed in or adjacent the vacuum chamber and is positioned to direct a wide-area field of electrons into the vacuum chamber, wherein the wide-area electron field has sufficient energy to heat the electrically conductive metallic material to its melting temperature. The apparatus may further include at least one of a mold and an atomizing apparatus which is in communication with the vacuum chamber and is positioned to receive molten material from the hearth.
US09453680B2
The invention relates to an injector apparatus (1) for the pyrometallurgical treatment of metals, molten metals and/or slags in a metallurgical unit or melting vessel, said apparatus comprising an injector device (2, 3) for producing a high-velocity gas jet (5) from an oxygen gas jet (6) and an ignited combustible gas/air mixture jet (7), in which the injector device (2, 3) comprises a de Laval nozzle element (8) for producing the oxygen gas jet (6), said de Laval nozzle element being arranged in a nozzle head part (41), and in which the combustible gas/air mixture (7) can be mixed by means of a mixing element (9) for mixing combustible gas (32) and air (36), wherein the de Laval nozzle element (8) and the mixing element (9) are arranged jointly along the center longitudinal axis (13) of the injector device (2, 3), one behind the other, such that they can be detached from one another.
US09453673B2
A slide under shelf for a refrigeration appliance may be in a fully retracted position (i.e., with a second shelf area stored underneath a first shelf area) without having permanently extended support arms. That is, the retracted shelf may be extended by pulling out the second shelf area without requiring permanently extend support arms with a track or rail to support the second shelf area. Rather, the second shelf area has front slides that extend beyond the rear of a top surface of the second shelf area and ride along a track of support arms that do not extend beyond a top surface of the first shelf area. The support arms may also have posts that ride along a track on the front slides.
US09453662B2
A disclosed device cryogenic refrigerator includes a first stage displacer; a first stage cylinder configured to form a first expansion space between the first stage cylinder and the first stage displacer; a second stage displacer connected to the first stage displacer; and a second stage cylinder configured to form a second expansion space between the second stage cylinder and the second stage displacer, wherein a helical groove is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the second stage displacer so as to helically extend from a side of the second expansion space toward the first stage displacer, wherein the second stage cylinder includes a first flow resistor communicating with a side of the first stage displacer in the helical groove, and a buffer portion communicating with a side of the first stage displacer in the first flow resistor.
US09453660B2
An exemplary method for installing at an installation site a photovoltaic module including a panel and support legs includes disposing the photovoltaic module over a support surface such that the support legs are in a stowed position; lifting the photovoltaic module from a support surface while engaging a magnetic field with the support legs so as to maintain the support legs in the stowed position; disengaging the magnetic field from the support legs of the lifted photovoltaic module so as to release the support legs from the stowed position to an installation position in which the support legs are rotated downwards relative to the stowed position; and lowering the photovoltaic module to the installation site with the support legs in the installation position so as to install the photovoltaic module at the installation site, the support legs supporting the panel at the installation site.
US09453655B2
Systems and methods are described for interactively and graphically displaying performance information to a user of an HVAC system controlled by a self-programming network-connected thermostat. The information is made on a remote display device such as a smartphone, tablet computer or other computer, and includes a graphical daily summary each of several days. In response to a user selection of a day, detailed performance information is graphically displayed that can include an indication of HVAC activity on a timeline, the number of hours of HVAC activity, as well as one or more symbols on a timeline indicating setpoint changes, and when a setpoint was changed due to non-occupancy.
US09453647B2
A multi-layer heated floor includes insulating layer having a bottom surface positioned on a ground level and a top surface. Heating conduits are positioned above the top surface of the insulating layer and a base material layer is positioned on the insulating layer where the base material layer encases the conduits. The base material comprises a compactible material and wherein the base layer comprises a top surface. A concrete layer is positioned on the top surface of the base layer wherein heat from the heating conduit passes through the base layer and wherein the base layer distributes the heat. The heat enters the concrete slab through a bottom surface through a top surface of the concrete layer to heat the space above the floor.
US09453642B2
An attachment for a torch includes a combustion cone mounted on a fuel delivery tube. The combustion cone bounds a combustion chamber and has an inlet through which fuel from the tube enters the chamber to create a flame when the torch ignites the fuel. The cone diverges away from the inlet and to an outlet to enable the flame to diverge and spread within the chamber. The chamber substantially contains the flame therein. At least one apertured radiator, and preferably, a pair of apertured radiators, is mounted in the chamber in direct contact with the flame, and heated by the flame to a temperature sufficient to cause each radiator to radiate infrared radiation through and past the outlet. A tipping-resistant holder holds a fuel canister of the torch upright when placed on a support surface.
US09453641B2
A gas burner assembly for an appliance is provided. The gas burner has a gas stability chamber for providing a re-ignition source to primary burner ports positioned around the burner. A burner cap is provided with an annular groove for properly positioning the cap onto the burner.
US09453634B2
An optoelectronic lighting device includes a lighting module with an optoelectronic semiconductor chip. A connection carrier has a first main surface and a second main surface facing away from the first main surface. The lighting module is arranged on the first main surface of the connection carrier, and the connection carrier adheres to a heat sink on account of a magnetic attraction.
US09453632B2
Provided is a lamp for a vehicle. The lamp includes: a first reflector disposed above an LED array and including an elliptical reflective surface that defines a first focal point and a second focal point; and a second reflector disposed below the LED array and including a parabolic reflective surface that defines a third focal point, and may increase an amount of light in a front region and a light width region of a vehicle by utilizing the existing light source without adding a separate light source.
US09453631B2
Disclosed is a welding structure including a first member, and a light-transmissive second member. The second member includes a surface having an indented area. The first and second members are welded to each other at closely contacted surfaces thereof by projecting a spot light from the second member side in a state where the second member is in close contact with the first member. A curvature radius of the indented area existing on the surface of the second member, to which the spot light is projected, is at least two times a width of a welding portion.
US09453630B2
Disclosed are a head lamp for a vehicle and a method of controlling the same. The head lamp for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first lamp module; and a second lamp module disposed at a front side of the first lamp module, in which a mode of the second lamp module is set to one of a first mode in which a portion of the second lamp module is overlapped with the first lamp module on a light proceeding path, and a second mode in which the second lamp module is not overlapped with the first lamp module.
US09453623B2
An illumination device includes a base, a light-emitting module, a first layer, and a second layer. The light-emitting module is disposed on the base for generating a progressive-type light-emitting intensity. The first layer encapsulates the light-emitting module. The second layer encloses the first layer. The second layer has a progressive-type thickness corresponding to the progressive-type light-emitting intensity, and both the progressive-type light-emitting intensity and the progressive-type thickness are decreased or increased gradually, thus the progressive-type light-emitting intensity can be transformed into the same light-emitting intensity through the progressive-type thickness of the second layer.
US09453622B2
A lens includes an optical axis, a light source recess arranged through the optical axis, a reflection surface crossing through the optical axis, and a critical reflection surface which is arranged in a spaced relationship with the optical axis. The critical reflection surface is arranged between the light source recess and the reflection surface and receives the light from the light source recess and the reflection surface and reflects the light from the light source recess and the reflection surface towards the reflection surface. The emission light of the lens is light emitted forward of the light emitting surface which is reflected via the reflection surface and the critical reflection surface. Therefore, people cannot receive directly light emitted forward of the LED after it cross through the lens. In result, high luminance light from the LED is prevented from ripping into eyes, which achieve the aim of anti-glare.
