US09472619B2
A printing sleeve is provided which includes a reinforcing layer formed from a polymeric cord reinforcing material which softens and flows at a temperature less than that used in the final curing step of forming the sleeve or a polymeric reinforcing material having a thickness of between about 0.003 inches and 0.010 inches. The reinforcing layer provides a smooth surface to support an outer print surface layer and provides improved print performance while enabling a reduction in the overall thickness of the reinforcing layer.
US09472616B2
A method of making a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor device includes etching an undercut isolation trench into an SOI substrate, the SOI substrate comprising a bottom substrate, a buried oxide (BOX) layer formed on the bottom substrate, and a top SOI layer formed on the BOX layer, wherein the undercut isolation trench extends through the top SOI layer and the BOX layer and into the bottom substrate such that a portion of the undercut isolation trench is located in the bottom substrate underneath the BOX layer. The undercut isolation trench is filled with an undercut fill comprising an insulating material to form an undercut isolation region. A field effect transistor (FET) device is formed on the top SOI layer adjacent to the undercut isolation region, wherein the undercut isolation region extends underneath a source/drain region of the FET.
US09472606B2
An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a cathode electrode formed above a bank and formed opposite to a plurality of anode electrodes, and a charge functional layer commonly formed for each of the organic light-emitting layers across a plurality of aperture areas formed in the bank. An end portion of the cathode electrode and an end portion of the charge functional layer are provided above the bank located adjacent to a boundary between a display region and a peripheral region of a display region.
US09472602B2
A display device is provided. A photovoltaic material (61) is evenly disposed in a display layer (6), so that an array formed by the photovoltaic material (61) forms light transmitting units (62) and the photovoltaic material (61) forms a path. Light emitted by a backlight layer (5) and ambient light are absorbed without affecting the light emission of the display layer (6), and are converted into current. When the current converted from light energy is used for a mobile terminal, the stand by time of the mobile terminal may be increased.
US09472600B2
One embodiment of the present invention discloses an AMOLED display device and a method for producing the sub-pixels thereof. To change the metal masks used for forming the resonator adjustment layer in sub-pixels to form the sub-pixels with resonator adjustment layers in different thicknesses. On other hands, a light blue sub-pixel and an orange sub-pixel are added into a pixel unit to form the pixel unit consisting of a blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a light blue sub-pixel and an orange sub-pixel. The AMOLED with the above features can reduce the power consumption in the display screen greatly, and can maintain the high color saturation.
US09472599B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate, a coupling unit and an organic light emitting unit. The coupling unit includes a first conductive layer, a first light emitting layer and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is located on the substrate. The first light emitting layer is located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The organic light emitting unit is located adjacent to the second conductive layer.
US09472598B2
The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer interposed between said first electrode and said second electrode, and to a light-emitting device including the same, wherein in the organic light-emitting element, a connection electrode for electrically connecting two or more elements in serial is formed on a non-light-emitting surface of said organic light-emitting element. The invention can electrically connect a plurality of organic light-emitting elements easily, and can be implemented as a large-scale lighting or display device or the like.
US09472597B2
In one aspect, an apparatus for converting light having a first wavelength to a light having a second wavelength is provided. The apparatus includes an interband light detector configured to detect light with the first wavelength, a light emitting device configured to emit light with the second wavelength, and a connector connecting the light detector to the light emitting device. In another aspect, an apparatus includes an absorber layer configured to absorb light having a first wavelength, a barrier and trap layer adjacent the absorber layer, an injector layer adjacent the barrier and trap layer, and an emitting device configured to emit light having a second wavelength. In a further aspect, a method is provided and includes absorbing an input light having a first wavelength, converting the first wavelength to a second wavelength different in size than the first wavelength, and emitting an output light having the second wavelength.
US09472587B2
A storage transistor with a storage region is disposed in a semiconductor material. A gate electrode is disposed in a bottom side of an interlayer proximate to the storage region, and a dielectric layer is disposed between the storage region and the gate electrode. An optical isolation structure is disposed in the interlayer and the optical isolation structure extends from a top side of the interlayer to the gate electrode. The optical isolation structure is also adjoining a perimeter of the gate electrode and contacts the gate electrode. A capping layer is disposed proximate to the top side of the interlayer and the capping layer caps a volume encircled by the optical isolation structure.
US09472582B2
A thin film transistor array panel includes an insulation substrate; a gate line and a data line on the insulation substrate; a first passivation layer on the gate line and the data line; an organic layer on the first passivation layer; a first electrode on the organic layer; a second passivation layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the second passivation layer. An edge of the organic layer is exposed by the first electrode.
US09472574B2
For fabrication of a semiconductor structure, there is set forth herein a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, the method including forming a multilayer structure, the multilayer structure having a bulk substrate, a first layer defining an ultrathin body spaced apart from the bulk substrate, and a second layer above the first layer having material for defining a fin, and patterning the second layer to define a fin above the ultrathin body.
US09472573B2
Forming a set of semiconductor fins is disclosed. Forming the set of semiconductor fins can include forming a base structure including a silicon substrate, an insulator layer stacked on the silicon substrate, and a plurality of silicon semiconductor fins each stacked directly on the insulator layer. Forming the set of semiconductor fins can include depositing a first atomic layer of germanium atoms on a first set of semiconductor fins in the plurality of semiconductor fins and annealing the first atomic layer and the first set of semiconductor fins. Forming the set of semiconductor fins can include forming, from the annealing, a first set of silicon-germanium semiconductor fins.
US09472572B2
Approaches for simultaneously providing a set of merged and unmerged fins in a fin field effect transistor device (FinFET) are disclosed. In at least one approach, the FinFET device includes: a set of merged fins and a set of unmerged fins formed from a substrate, the set of unmerged fins adjacent the set of merged fins; and a planar block formed from the substrate, the planar block adjacent one of: the set of merged fins, and the set of unmerged fins. The FinFET device further includes an epitaxial material over each of the set of merged fins and each of the set of unmerged fins, wherein the epitaxial material merges together over the set of merged fins and remains unmerged over the set of unmerged fins. In at least one approach, the set of merged fins and the set of unmerged fins is formed using a sidewall image transfer process.
US09472556B1
A static random access memory (SRAM) cell is provided. The SRAM cell consists of two cross coupled integrated-injection logic (I2L) inverter devices. Each inverter device contains two lateral bipolar transistors (e.g., NPN- and PNP-type lateral bipolar transistors). Each of the inverter devices, and hence each lateral bipolar transistor, is formed on a surface of an insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate.
US09472554B2
Integrated circuits that have a FinFET and methods of fabricating the integrated circuits are provided herein. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating an integrated circuit having a FinFET includes providing a substrate comprising fins. The fins include semiconductor material. A first metal oxide layer is formed over sidewall surfaces of the fins. The first metal oxide layer includes a first metal oxide. The first metal oxide layer is recessed to a depth below a top surface of the fins to form a recessed first metal oxide layer. The top surface and sidewall surfaces of the fins at a top portion of the fins are free from the first metal oxide layer. A gate electrode structure is formed over the top surface and sidewall surfaces of the fins at the top portion of the fins. The recessed first metal oxide layer is recessed beneath the gate electrode structure.
US09472549B2
A cascoded power semiconductor circuit has a clamp circuit between the source and gate of a gallium nitride or silicon carbide FET to provide avalanche protection for the cascode MOSFET transistor.
US09472548B2
A reverse conducting semiconductor device includes a high-concentration anode layer and a barrier metal layer, the width of the high-concentration anode layer is set larger than the width of contact of the barrier metal layer and the high-concentration anode layer, thereby ensuring that the area of contact between the barrier metal layer and the high-concentration anode layer is constant.
US09472541B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic module is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a passive component having an upper surface of a first area, and electrically and mechanically attaching a first semiconductor chip having a lower surface of a second area that is smaller than the first area to the passive component, wherein the lower surface of the first semiconductor chip is arranged on the upper surface of the passive component, and wherein the first semiconductor chip comprises a vertical field-effect transistor.
US09472536B2
A semiconductor device includes first, second, and third molded bodies. The first molded body covers a first light emitting element, a part of a lead electrically connected to the first light emitting element, a first light receiving element configured to detect a light emitted from the first light emitting element, and a part of a lead electrically connected to the first light receiving element with a first resin. The second molded body covers a second light emitting element, a part of a lead electrically connected to the second light emitting element, a second light receiving element configured to detect a light emitted from the second light emitting element, and a part of a lead electrically connected to the second light receiving element with the first resin. The third molded body molds the first and the second molded bodies as one body using a second resin.
US09472533B2
A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die and a first encapsulant deposited over the first semiconductor die. An interconnect structure is formed over the first semiconductor die and first encapsulant. A modular interconnect structure including a conductive via is disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor die. The first encapsulant is deposited over the modular interconnect structure. An opening is formed in the first encapsulant extending to the modular interconnect structure or to the interconnect structure. A second semiconductor die is disposed over the first semiconductor die. A bond wire is formed over the second semiconductor die and extends into the opening in the first encapsulant. A cap is formed over an active region of the second semiconductor die. A second encapsulant is deposited over the second semiconductor die and bond wire. Alternatively, a lid is formed over the second semiconductor die and bond wire.
US09472532B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to leadframe area array packaging technology for fabricating an area array of I/O contacts. A manufactured package includes a polymer material substrate, an interconnect layer positioned on top of the polymer material substrate, a die coupled to the interconnect layer via wire bonds or conductive pillars, and a molding compound encapsulating the die, the interconnect layer and the wire bonds or conductive pillars. The polymer material is typically formed on a carrier before assembly and is not removed to act as the substrate of the manufactured package. The polymer material substrate has a plurality of through holes that exposes the interconnect layer at predetermined locations and enables solder ball mounting or solder printing directly to the interconnect layer. In some embodiments, the semiconductor package includes a relief channel in the polymer material substrate to improve the reliability performance of the manufactured package.
US09472531B2
Provided are a device packing facility and method using phthalate and a device processing apparatus utilizing the phthalate. The device packaging facility includes a mounting unit providing phthalate between first and second devices to attach the first and second devices to each other, a processing unit thermally processing the first and second devices that are attached to each other to remove the phthalate and fix the first and second devices to each other, and a transfer unit transferring the first and second devices that are attached to each other from the mounting unit to the processing unit.
US09472530B2
A method includes a) Providing a first substrate covered by a metal layer and a second substrate covered by a metal layer, b) Bringing into direct contact the metal layers so as to form a bonding interface having metal material bridges separated by cavities which are fluidly connected to each other, d) Immersing the bonding interface in an oxidizing fluid so as to form a metal oxide which fills at least in part the cavities and metal/metal oxide/metal contact areas. A structure is also provided having a first substrate, a first metal layer, a second metal layer forming a bonding layer with the first metal layer, and a second substrate, the bonding interface having: metal material bridges separated by cavities, a metal oxide partially filling the cavities, and metal/metal oxide/metal contact areas.
US09472522B2
Packaging devices and methods of manufacture thereof for semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a packaging device includes a contact pad disposed over a substrate, and a passivation layer disposed over the substrate and a first portion of the contact pad, a second portion of the contact pad being exposed. A post passivation interconnect (PPI) line is disposed over the passivation layer and is coupled to the second portion of the contact pad. A PPI pad is disposed over the passivation layer and is coupled to the PPI line. An insulating material is disposed over the PPI line, the PPI pad being exposed. The insulating material is spaced apart from an edge portion of the PPI pad by a predetermined distance.
US09472517B2
Techniques are disclosed for protecting a surface using a dry-removable protective coating that does not require chemical solutions to be removed. In an embodiment, a protective layer is disposed on a surface. The protective layer is composed of one layer that adheres to the surface. The surface is then processed while the protective coating is on the surface. Thereafter, the protective layer is removed from the surface by separating the protective layer away from the surface without the use of chemical solutions.
US09472509B2
Methods for forming a dummy metal structure between dies on a semiconductor wafer and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments may include forming metal interconnection layers extending from a substrate of a semiconductor wafer to a top metal interconnection layer of the semiconductor wafer between a plurality of die regions, each of the metal interconnection layers including a plurality of dummy vertical interconnect accesses (VIAs) and a plurality of dummy metal lines, with the plurality of dummy metal lines laterally connecting the plurality of dummy VIAs within each respective metal interconnection layer, and a plurality of dummy VIAs within a first metal interconnection layer vertically connecting a plurality of dummy metal lines within the first metal interconnection layer to a plurality of dummy metal lines within a second metal interconnection layer, and the second metal interconnection layer being below the first metal interconnection layer.
US09472506B2
Methods of forming a registration mark such as an alignment mark or overlay mark during formation of sub-lithographic structures are provided. Methods may include forming a plurality of mandrels over a hard mask over a semiconductor layer, each mandrel including a spacer adjacent thereto. At least one mandrel is selected of the plurality of mandrels and a mask is formed over the at least one selected mandrel. The plurality of mandrels are removed leaving the spacers, the mask preventing removal of the at least one selected mandrel. The mask is removed. A first etching patterns the sub-lithographic structures and the registration mark into the hard mask using the spacers as a pattern of the sub-lithographic structure and the at least one selected mandrel and adjacent spacer for the registration mark. A second etching forms the sub-lithographic structures in the semiconductor layer using the patterned hard mask and to form the registration mark in the semiconductor layer using the at least one selected mandrel and the patterned hard mask.
US09472495B2
Possible to form an opening having a sufficient opening diameter in a region sandwiched between a pair of bit lines and thereby provide a semiconductor device in which a high-quality contact using the opening is formed.The semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer, a first interlayer insulating film, a bit line, a first insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film, and a second conductive layer. The first insulating film that covers a side surface of the bit line has a portion perpendicular to a main surface of a semiconductor substrate in a region lower than a position lower than an uppermost portion of the first insulating film by a thickness, in a direction along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, of the first insulating film that covers the side surface of the bit line at a lowermost portion of the bit line.
US09472493B1
A high heat-dissipation chip package structure for packaging the semiconductor chips is disclosed. A pre-attachment film is adhered on an upper surface of a heat-dissipation plate or a connection plate first and then it is packaged. After packaging, the pre-attachment film is torn off from the upper surface of the heat-dissipation plate or the connection plate. Finally, a metal layer is electroplated on the location of the upper surface of the heat-dissipation plate or the connection plate where the pre-attachment film is torn off so as to improve the fabricating and packaging quality of the semiconductor chips, reduce the cost of cleaning process, and improve the effects of heat dissipation and electrical conductivity.
US09472487B2
In some embodiments, a semiconductor cooling apparatus includes a heat exchanger configured to thermally couple to a semiconductor element to transfer heat to coolant flowing through the heat exchanger. The apparatus also includes a flexible coolant supply manifold and a flexible coolant return manifold. The flexible coolant supply manifold and flexible coolant return manifold flex to conform to a height of the semiconductor element to apply a force to maintain the thermal coupling between the heat exchanger and the semiconductor element. The apparatus also includes a cold plate located under the semiconductor element, the cold plate configured to couple to the flexible coolant supply manifold via a first riser to provide coolant to the flexible coolant supply manifold and configured to couple to the flexible coolant return manifold via a second riser to exhaust returned coolant to the cold plate.
US09472483B2
A chip fabricated from a semiconductor material is disclosed, which may include active devices located below a first depth from the chip back side, and a structure to remove heat from the active devices to the chip back side. The structure may include thermally conductive partial vias (TCPVs), which may include a recess with a depth, from the chip back side towards the active devices less than the first depth. Each TCPV may include a barrier layer deposited within the recess and deposited upon the back side of the chip. Each TCPV may also include a thermally conductive layer deposited upon the barrier layer. The structure may also include through-silicon vias (TSVs) electrically connected to active devices, extending from the back side to an active device side of the chip to conductively remove heat from the active devices to the back side of the chip.
US09472479B2
Methods and apparatus are provide for an interposer for interconnecting one or more semiconductor chips with an organic substrate in a semiconductor package, the interposer including: a first glass substrate having first and second opposing major surfaces, the first glass substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE1); a second glass substrate having first and second opposing major surfaces, the second glass substrate having a second coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE2); and an interface disposed between the first and second glass substrates and joining the second major surface of the first glass substrate to the first major surface of the second glass substrate, where CTE1 is less than CTE2, the first major surface of the first glass substrate operates to engage the one or more semiconductor chips, and the second major surface of the second glass substrate operates to engage the organic substrate.
US09472475B2
A method of controlling polishing includes storing a desired ratio representing a ratio for a clearance time of a first zone of a substrate to a clearance time of a second zone of the substrate. During polishing of a first substrate, an overlying layer is monitored, a sequence of measurements is generated, and the measurements are sorted a first group associated with the first zone of the substrate and a second group associated with the second zone on the substrate. A first time and a second time at which the overlying layer is cleared is determined based on the measurements from the first group and the second group, respectively. At least one adjusted polishing pressure is calculated for the first zone based on a first pressure applied in the first zone during polishing the first substrate, the first time, the second time, and the desired ratio.
US09472467B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and having a gallium nitride-containing layer provided on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate includes grinding, polishing, and etching the second surface of the semiconductor substrate of which a thickness is d1, and reducing the thickness of the semiconductor substrate to one-fifth or less of d1.
US09472466B2
A semiconductor device according to example embodiments may include a substrate having an NMOS area and a PMOS area, isolation regions and well regions formed in the substrate, gate patterns formed on the substrate between the isolation regions, source/drain regions formed in the substrate between the gate patterns and the isolation regions, source/drain silicide regions formed in the source/drain regions, a tensile stress layer formed on the NMOS area, and a compressive stress layer formed on the PMOS area, wherein the tensile stress layer and compressive stress layer may overlap at a boundary region of the NMOS area and the PMOS area. The semiconductor devices according to example embodiments and methods of manufacturing the same may increase the stress effect on the active region while reducing or preventing surface damage to the active region.
US09472446B2
One method disclosed includes, among other things, forming an overall fin structure having a stepped cross-sectional profile, the fin structure having an upper part and a lower part positioned under the upper part, wherein the upper part has a first width and the lower part has a second width that is less than the first width, forming a layer of insulating material in trenches adjacent the overall fin structure such that the upper part of the overall fin structure and a portion of the lower part of the overall fin structure are exposed above an upper surface of the layer of insulating material, and forming a gate structure around the exposed upper part of the overall fin structure and the exposed portion of the lower part of the overall fin structure.
US09472443B2
Embodiments of a process kit for substrate process chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for a substrate process chamber may include a ring having a body and a lip extending radially inward from the body, wherein the body has a first annular channel formed in a bottom of the body; an annular conductive shield having a lower inwardly extending ledge that terminates in an upwardly extending portion configured to interface with the first annular channel of the ring; and a conductive member electrically coupling the ring to the conductive shield when the ring is disposed on the conductive shield.
US09472438B2
A wafer processing laminate, a wafer processing member, a temporary adhering material for processing wafer, and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer using the same. The wafer processing laminate includes a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed thereon and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, where the wafer has a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed. The temporary adhesive material layer includes a first temporary adhesive layer of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A) releasably adhered on a surface of the wafer, a second temporary adhesive layer of a radiation curable polymer layer (B) laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer, and a third temporary adhesive layer of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A′) laminated on the second temporary adhesive layer and releasably adhered to the support.
US09472433B2
A mounting port that allows an article to be relayed between a worker and a conveying apparatus or a processing device in a clean room includes a shutter that raises little or no dust and has a simple opening and closing mechanism. The mounting port includes an article mounting stand, an apparatus-side opening that allows a conveying apparatus or a processing device to pass an article to and from the mounting stand, a passageway-side opening that faces a worker passageway, shutters that are provided at positions to open and close the apparatus-side opening and includes arc-shaped plates or plates, and a swing mechanism that swings the shutters between a state in which the apparatus-side opening is opened and a state in which the apparatus-side opening is closed.
US09472425B2
A fan-out wafer level package structure may include a multilayer redistribution layer (RDL). The multilayer RDL may be configured to couple with terminals of an embedded capacitor. The multilayer RDL may include sections with fewer layers than other sections of the multilayer RDL according to a selected equivalent series resistance (ESR) control pattern.
US09472422B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor structure which has a substrate and N sub-stack structures numbered from 1 to N, where N is an integer. Each sub-stack structure includes two sub-stacks, and a mask layer overlying the N sub-stack structures. The method also includes repeatedly removing a portion of the mask layer and removing exposed portions of the sub-stack structures to form a first stepped structure, and forming first spacers on sidewalls of the mask layer and the sub-stack structures in the stepped structure, each spacer covering a portion of the exposure portions of the sub-stack structures. The method further includes using the mask layer and the first spacers as masks to remove exposed portions of an upper sub-stack in the first stepped structure, and removing the mask layer and the spacers to form a second stepped structure.
US09472410B2
Implementations described herein provide a pixilated electrostatic chuck which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the RF coupling between an electrostatic chuck and a substrate placed thereon. In one embodiment, the pixilated electrostatic chuck (ESC) may include a dielectric body having a workpiece support surface configured to accept a substrate thereon, one or more chucking electrodes disposed in the pixilated ESC, and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The plurality of pixel electrodes are switchable between a floating state and a grounded state, having variable capacitance to ground, or both. The pixel electrodes and the chucking electrodes form a circuit operable to electrostatically chuck the substrate to the workpiece support surface.
US09472408B2
A method of reducing a migration of oxygen into a high-k dielectric layer of a semiconducting device is disclosed. An oxide layer of the semiconducting device is deposited on a substrate. A chemical composition of a top portion of the oxide layer is altered. The high-k dielectric layer is deposited on the top portion of the oxide layer to form the semiconducting device. The altered chemical composition of the top portion of the oxide layer reduces migration of oxygen into the high-k dielectric layer.
US09472387B2
Ions are separated from a sample over time and filtered. The precursor ions produced at each step are fragmented. Resulting product ions are analyzed using a mass analyzer, producing a product ion spectrum for each step of the transmission window and a plurality of product ion spectra for the mass range for the each scan. The plurality of product ion spectra are received, producing a plurality of multi-scan product ion spectra. At least one product ion is selected from the plurality of multi-scan product ion spectra that is present at least two or more times in product ion spectra from each of two or more scans. A known separation profile of a precursor ion is fit to intensities from the at least one product ion in the plurality of multi-scan product ion spectra to reconstruct a separation profile of a precursor ion of the at least one product ion.
US09472384B2
An electronic device manufacturing method includes a first step of moving a substrate holder close to a first shield member and locating a first projecting portion formed on the first shield member and having a ring shape and a second projecting portion having a ring shape and formed on a second shield member installed on the surface of the substrate holder at the outer peripheral portion of a substrate at a position to engage with each other in a noncontact state, a second step of, after the first step, sputtering a target while maintaining the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion at the position to engage with each other in the noncontact state, and a third step of, after the second step, setting the first shield member in an open state and sputtering the target to perform deposition on the substrate.
US09472379B2
Implementations described herein inject feedstock gases into multiple zones of an inductively coupled plasma processing reactor with minimal or no effect on process skew. In one embodiment, an integrated gas and coil assembly is provided that includes an upper surface and a lower surface, a first RF field applicator coil bounded at the upper surface and the lower surface, a second RF field applicator coil circumscribed by the first RF field applicator coil and bounded at the upper surface and the lower surface and an RF shield disposed between the first and second RF field generator wherein the RF shield extends from the lower surface and past the upper surface. The RF shield may have at least one gas channel disposed therethrough.
US09472370B2
A radiation generator includes at least three extractor electrodes, with an ion source upstream of the at least three extractor electrodes to emit ions in a downstream direction toward the at least three extractor electrodes. There is a target downstream of the at least three extractor electrodes. The at least three extractor electrodes have independently selectable potentials so as to allow direction of an ion beam, formed from the ions, by the independently selectable potentials, toward different longitudinal and lateral regions of the target.
US09472368B2
A piezoelectronic switch device for radio frequency (RF) applications includes a piezoelectric (PE) material layer and a piezoresistive (PR) material layer separated from one another by at least one electrode, wherein an electrical resistance of the PR material layer is dependent upon an applied voltage across the PE material layer by way of an applied pressure to the PR material layer by the PE material layer; and a conductive, high yield material (C-HYM) comprising a housing that surrounds the PE material layer, the PR material layer and the at least one electrode, the C-HYM configured to mechanically transmit a displacement of the PE material layer to the PR material layer such that applied voltage across the PE material layer causes an expansion thereof and an increase the applied pressure to the PR material layer, thereby causing a decrease in the electrical resistance of the PR material layer.
US09472347B2
A variable vacuum capacitor includes two pairs of electrodes ganged together in series such that no moving parts are required to connect electrically to any static pans. Two sets, or gangs, of movable electrodes are connected mechanically and electrically together such that they move together and such that they require no electrical connection to any other part of the device. The ganged arrangement means that the device can be constructed with a smaller diameter, but without significantly increasing the overall length of the device.
US09472344B2
An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor and an interposer. The multilayer capacitor includes an element body and a pair of external electrodes. The interposer includes a substrate having first and second principal faces, a pair of first electrodes disposed on the first principal face, and a pair of second electrodes disposed on the second principal face so as to be separated from the pair of first electrodes in a first direction or in a second direction. Widths of the pair of external electrodes and the pair of first electrodes are smaller than a width of the element body. The element body has a first portion covered by the external electrode, and a pair of second portions located on both sides of the first portion. The pair of second portions are separated from the interposer and overlap the pair of second electrodes when viewed from a third direction.
US09472334B2
A transformer comprises first winding portions (101, 102) constituting a first foil winding and second winding portions (103, 104) constituting a second foil winding having a substantially same magnetic axis as the first foil winding. The first and second winding portions are interleaved in directions substantially perpendicular to the magnetic axis so as to reduce the leakage inductances of the first and second foil windings. The first winding portions are electrically interconnected so that at least one end-portion of each first winding portion is split to constitute two strips (105a, 105b) folded to mutually opposite directions substantially parallel with the magnetic axis, and ends of the strips of different first winding portions are interconnected to constitute connection bridges over a particular one of the second winding portions located between these first winding portions. The second winding portions are electrically interconnected in the corresponding way to constitute the second foil winding.
US09472321B2
The invention relates to a cable with a sheath and an indication material that in case of damaging of the sheath at least partially escapes from the cable.
US09472319B1
A composite cable having, on the inside of a sheath, a tube and a plurality of cables. When said composite cable is suspended in a hoop shape with the entire composite cable as a cable to be tested, if the maximum value for the inner diameter of said hoop is measured as D1 and the inner diameter of the hoop at a position 100 mm from the top edge of the hoop when the hoop is subjected to a load of 1 kg is measured as D2, the condition D1−D2>70 mm is satisfied. The tube partially or entirely includes a layer made from porous polytetrafluoroethylene, and if the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the layer of the tube are respectively defined as (D) and (d), the condition (D−d)/D falls within the range of 0.27 to 0.75.
US09472318B2
Provided is a wire harness having a shielding structure that can achieve a required shielding effect while sufficiently meeting the requirements of weight reduction and cost reduction. The wire harness includes a wire group constituted by a plurality of wires and a retaining member that surrounds the wire group such that the wire group is retained in the form of a bundle, wherein the wire group is configured to include a first wire composed of a linear conductor that is located toward the center of the wire group, a tube-shaped wire sheathing that surrounds the first wire, and a second wire and a third wire that are composed of an opposing pair of split tube-shaped conductors that are insulated from each other with the first wire and the wire sheathing being interposed therebetween.
US09472313B2
A reflective optical component is configured to reflect EUV radiation. The reflective optical component has a reflective layer with a bimetal cap layer of differing first and second metals selected to ensure that the outer surface of the cap layer is substantially unreactive or non-adsorptive to sulfur. The bimetal cap layer may be an alloy of the two metals or may consist of a base layer of the first metal deposited on the reflective layer and a surface layer of the second metal on the base layer. The interaction of the two metals may lead to modification of the bonding energy to the outer face of the cap layer of sulfur-containing molecules such as SO2 so that sulfur adsorption, which leads to loss of reflectivity, is reduced or eliminated.
US09472311B2
A method to assess light water reactor fuel integrity is presented having the steps of granting access in a nuclear reactor fuel pool to at least one of a discharged fuel rod and a nuclear fuel assembly, calculating an operating flux for the fuel rod, measuring a thickness of CRUD on the fuel rod, measuring a thickness of oxide on the fuel rod, calculating a maximized flux for the at least one fuel rod for a position of the one fuel rod in a nuclear reactor, calculating a maximized deposit for the fuel rod, calculating a maximized oxide thickness for the fuel rod, calculating a fuel condition index of the fuel rod, comparing the fuel condition index to an index constant, and removing the fuel rod from operation when the fuel condition index is greater than the index constant.
US09472306B2
A semiconductor device capable of easily and properly detecting a defective element unit(s) and a quality management method for the semiconductor device are suggested. A semiconducting device simulating interactions between nodes in an interaction model is equipped with a quality management unit for managing the quality of each element unit provided corresponding to each node, wherein the quality management unit executes a specified quality test of each element unit, compares test results of the quality test with pre-given results to be obtained from the quality test, and detects a defective memory cell(s) and a defective element unit(s) based on the comparison results.
US09472303B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a shift register, a gate driving circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus capable of effectively eliminating a drifting phenomenon of an output signal and increasing an output stability of the shift register. The shift register comprises input terminals of the shift register comprising a start signal input terminal, a first clock signal input terminal and a second clock signal input terminal; a pre-charging circuit which is in response to a start signal and a first clock signal; a first pulling-up circuit which is in response to an enable level of the start signal and an enable level of the first clock signal; a pulling-down circuit which is in response to a disable level of the first clock signal and an enable level of the second clock signal; a second pulling-up circuit; and an output terminal of the shift register.
US09472296B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a sense amplifier, and the sense amplifier includes a bus, first and second latch circuits, and a third transistor. The first latch circuit includes a first transistor connected to the bus, and the second latch circuit includes a second transistor connected to the bus. When data is transmitted from the first latch circuit to the second latch circuit, a third transistor is switched on to precharge the bus by applying a first voltage that is lower than a power source voltage of the first and second latch circuits to a gate of the third transistor. Thereafter, second and third voltages that are lower than the power source voltage are applied to gates of first and second transistors, respectively.
US09472288B2
Methods to program a floating gate memory array include, in response to a request to program a second bit of the floating gate memory array, at a first time, outputting a programming voltage to cause a first node voltage at a first source of a first transistor corresponding to a first bit, wherein the first node voltage is greater than a second node voltage at a second source of a second transistor corresponding to the second bit. The method further includes at a second time, increasing the programming voltage of the floating gate memory array to program the second bit of the floating gate memory array.
US09472286B2
A memory device includes a plurality of stacks of conductive strips alternating with insulating strips, including at least a bottom plane of conductive strips, a plurality of intermediate planes of conductive strips, a top plane of conductive strips, and an additional intermediate plane. A plurality of vertical structures is arranged orthogonally to the plurality of stacks. Memory elements are disposed in interface regions at cross-points between side surfaces of the plurality of stacks and the plurality of vertical structures. A stack of linking elements is connected to conductive strips in respective intermediate planes and to the additional intermediate plane. Decoding circuitry is coupled to the plurality of intermediate planes and the additional intermediate plane, and is configured to replace an intermediate plane indicated to be defective with the additional intermediate plane.
US09472279B2
A memory system and dynamic memory cell programming process thereof is disclosed. The dynamic programming processes comprises the processes of: (a) determining a concurrent-programmable bit number in accordance with a current budget limit; (b) identifying, with a memory controller, a memory cell in a plurality of memory cells in need of programming; (c) performing programming operation on at least one of the memory cells in need of programming; (d) detecting, with a write-detection unit, an programming operation status of the memory cell being programmed and correspondingly generating a program completion indication; and (e) triggering programming operation to a subsequent one of the memory cells according to the program completion indication from the write-detection unit.
US09472278B2
A voltage generator and an oscillation device, and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The oscillation device includes a non-volatile memory, the voltage generator and a voltage-controlled oscillation (VCO) circuit. The voltage generator uses the non-volatile resistance provided by a non-volatile memory to generate a bias voltage. The VCO circuit is coupled to the voltage generator so as to generate a corresponding oscillation frequency based on the bias voltage.
US09472271B2
A method for pre-programming a matrix of phase-change memory cells, including a phase-change material positioned between two conducting electrodes and able to be reversely electrically modified so as to vary the resistivity of the memory cell. A dielectric layer is provided with the memory cell having an original resistive state at the end of the memory cell production process. A pre-programming of the matrix is executed prior to mounting a component containing the matrix on a support. A breakdown voltage is applied to a selection of memory cells so that, for each one of the selected cells, the layer of the dielectric material breaks down to bring the cell from the original resistive state to a second resistive state.
US09472268B2
An SRAM with buffered-read bit cells is disclosed (FIGS. 1-6). The integrated circuit includes a plurality of memory cells (102). Each memory cell has a plurality of transistors (200,202). A first memory cell (FIG. 2) is arranged to store a data signal in response to an active write word line (WWL) and to produce the data signal in response to an active read word line (RWL). A test circuit (104) formed on the integrated circuit is operable to test current and voltage characteristics of each transistor of the plurality of transistors of the first memory cell (FIGS. 7-10).
US09472264B2
An apparatus includes a memory cell, a bit line coupled to the memory cell, and a sense amplifier configured to amplify a data signal on the bit line read out from the memory cell. The sense amplifier is operated in a first mode with a first power source voltage difference and operated in a second mode with a second power source voltage difference smaller than the first power source voltage difference.
US09472262B2
A memory controller component includes transmit circuitry and adjusting circuitry. The transmit circuitry transmits a clock signal and write data to a DRAM, the write data to be sampled by the DRAM using a timing signal. The adjusting circuitry adjusts transmit timing of the write data and of the timing signal such that an edge transition of the timing signal is aligned with an edge transition of the clock signal at the DRAM.
US09472249B2
Examples are disclosed for accessing a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) array. In some examples, sub-arrays of a DRAM bank may be capable of opening multiple pages responsive to a same column address strobe. In other examples, sub-arrays of a DRAM bank may be arranged such that input/output (IO) bits may be routed in a serialized manner over an IO wire. For these other examples, the IO wire may pass through a DRAM die including the DRAM bank and/or may couple to a memory channel or bus outside of the DRAM die. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09472246B2
An integrated circuit includes an input/output “I/O” cell arranged to drive an output signal and an activity analysis unit arranged to generate an activity factor based on the output signal. The activity factor represents a switching activity intensity of the I/O cell. The switching activity intensity is associated with an ageing effect of the I/O cell. The circuit further includes a calibration unit arranged to generate a switching pattern signal based on the generated activity factor and an I/O calibration cell arranged to be driven by the switching pattern signal, wherein the switching pattern signal emulates the ageing effect of the I/O cell.
US09472244B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for apparatus power control. A number of embodiments include determining a power profile for each of a number of commands in a command queue that are ready for execution and selecting a portion of the number of commands in the command queue for execution based on the power profiles of the number of commands to control power consumption in the apparatus.
US09472232B2
Disclosed is an optical disc with a first area to store data for playback and that is reflective or opaque to visible light, and a second area that is transparent to visible light and includes first and second concentric rings. In one embodiment, a method of printing information on the optical disc includes: printing an inverse first text pattern in the first ring during a first printing on a first side, where the first text pattern is formed in reverse as viewed from the first side; printing a second text pattern in the second ring during a second printing on the first side, where the second text pattern is correctly visible from the first side; and printing, during the second printing, a first solid pattern to overlay at least a portion of the first text pattern, where the first text pattern is correctly visible as viewed from a second side.
US09472228B2
A magnetic medium for perpendicular magnetic data recording having improved corrosion characteristics and reduced surface roughness. The magnetic medium includes an under-layer and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer formed over the under-layer. The under-layer can be formed of MgO and has an oxygen concentration that is greater at the perpendicular magnetic recording layer than it is away from the perpendicular magnetic recording layer.
US09472220B1
A near field transducer (NFT) for heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) having a dual waveguide excitation system located adjacent to opposite sides of a plasmonic antenna. The light to one of the waveguides can be passed through a phase shifter so that its electric field is 180 degrees out of phase with that of the other waveguide. In this way, the energy from each of the waveguides can be delivered to the plasmonic antenna in an additive manner while heat-sinking schemes can be implemented in the orthogonal direction for greatly improving the optical efficiency and thermal stability of the NFT.
US09472218B2
A novel suspension assembly includes a suspension assembly mounting plate, a microactuator mounting structure extending from the suspension assembly mounting plate, a load beam extending from the microactuator mounting structure, and a laminated flexure attached to the load beam. The laminated flexure includes a tongue that has a read head bonding surface. The suspension assembly includes a stainless steel surface having a gold coating, and a piezoelectric microactuator attached to the microactuator mounting structure and electrically connected to the gold coating.
US09472217B2
Magnetic write head characterization with nano-meter resolution using nitrogen vacancy color centers
A crystal film with one or more nitrogen vacancy centers is placed in close proximity to a recording head. A magnetic field or heat produced by the recording head as well as excitation illumination and an excitation field is applied to the crystal film. The magnetic field produced by the recording head, the heat produced by a thermal device on the recording head, and/or the excitation field may be varied. A confocal microscope or wide-field microscope optically detects a decrease in a spin dependent photoluminescence in response to the magnetic field or heat, excitation field and excitation illumination caused by electron spin resonance (ESR) of the at least one nitrogen vacancy center to measure Optically Detected Spin Resonance (ODMR). A characteristic of the recording head is determined using the ODMR.
US09472215B1
According to one embodiment, a magnetic sensor includes a lower scissor free layer, and an upper scissor free layer above the lower scissor free layer in a track direction, where at least one of the scissor free layers has a generally T-shaped periphery. According to another embodiment, a method includes forming a lower scissor free layer, and forming an upper scissor free layer above the lower scissor free layer in a track direction, where at least one of the one of the scissor free layers has a generally T-shaped periphery.
US09472208B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created.
US09472207B2
Exemplary embodiments include an assistive device to facilitate social interactions in autistic individuals by identifying emotions using a voice-detecting machine learning algorithm that extracts emotion content from an audio sample input and outputs the emotional content to a user through a device. This device may be a portable, concealable, real-time and automatic device that may receive and process an audio input. The audio input may be analyzed using a machine learning algorithm. The device may output the closest emotional match to the autistic user. The output may be tactile in nature such as a vibration pattern that is different for different identified emotions.
US09472203B1
An acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) system that detects and compensates for differences in sample rates between the AEC system and a set of wireless speakers based on a search-based trial-and-error technique. The system individually determines a frequency offset for each microphone-speaker pair using an iterative process, determining an echo-return loss enhancement (ERLE) value for each offset that is tried, and selecting the frequency offset associated with the largest ERLE value.
US09472196B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving data identifying an application and a voice command trigger term, validating the received data, inducting the received data to generate an intent that specifies the application, the voice command trigger term, and one or more other voice command trigger terms that are determined based at least on the voice command trigger term, and storing the intent at a contextual intent database, wherein the contextual intent database comprises one or more other intents.
US09472185B1
An interactive response system directs input to a software-based router, which is able to intelligently respond to the input by drawing on a combination of human agents, advanced recognition and expert systems. The system utilizes human “intent analysts” for purposes of interpreting customer input. Automated recognition subsystems are trained by coupling customer input with IA-selected intent corresponding to the input, using model-updating subsystems to develop the training information for the automated recognition subsystems.
US09472184B2
Embodiments that relate to identifying potential cross-language speech recognition problems are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a speech recognition problem detection program receives a target word in a non-native language from a target application. A phonetic transcription of the target word comprising a plurality of target phonetic units is acquired. The program determines that at least one of the target phonetic units is not found in a plurality of native phonetic units associated with a native language. In response, a warning of the potential cross-language speech recognition problem may be outputted for display on a display device. The warning may comprise the target word.
US09472176B2
A musical instrument includes: an operation section which is configured to accept a playing operation; a generation section which is configured to generate performance information representative of the accepted playing operation; a detection section which is configured to detect a portable terminal; and a control section which is configured to start, when the portable terminal is detected, processing of recording at least one of the performance information generated by the generation section and a video obtained by shooting a scene where the playing operation is performed, into at least one of the musical instrument and the portable terminal.
US09472164B2
A method controls a display that includes a display portion, a scanner, and a driver. The display portion includes light emitting elements arranged in a matrix form. The scanner is connected to common lines each of which is connected to corresponding elements that are arranged in a corresponding row. The scanner applies a voltage to a selected common line. The driver is connected to driving lines each of which is connected to corresponding elements that are arranged in a corresponding column. The driver activates selected elements. The method controls the display whereby displaying an image in each cycle including frames. The voltage is applied to the selected one of the common lines in a lighting frame in which the light emitting elements are driven in one cycle. The scanner is prevented from applying the voltage in a non-lighting frame in which the elements are not driven in the one cycle.
US09472155B2
The present invention provides a gate driver basing on IGZO process, comprising: GOAs in cascade connection comprising a Nth-stage GOA, wherein the Nth-stage GOA further comprising: a pull-up control part 100, a pull-up part 200, a transfer part 300, a pull-down part 400, a pull-down holding part 500, a boost part 600, a first negative supply VSS1, a second negative supply VSS2, a third negative supply VSS3, which are three gradually decreasing negative supplies and pull down an output terminal G(N), a first node Q(N), a second node P(N), and a driving single ST(N) to prevent the electrical leakage of TFTs effectively. And channels of the TFT switches of the gate driver basing on the IGZO process are oxide semiconductor channels.
US09472147B2
A display device includes a display panel, a timing controller, a gate driver, and a data driver. The display panel includes a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area adjacent to one side of the display area. The display area includes gate lines, data lines, gate dummy lines, a data contact portion, and pixels. The data lines cross and are isolated from at least a part of the gate lines. The gate dummy lines are parallel with and are spaced from the gate lines. The data contact portion couples the gate dummy lines and the data lines at one side of a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US09472138B2
A pixel circuit for use in a display comprising a plurality of pixels is provided. The load-balanced current mirror pixel circuit can compensate for device degradation and/or mismatch, and changing environmental factors like temperature and mechanical strain. The pixel circuit comprises a pixel drive circuit comprising, switching circuitry, a current mirror having a reference transistor and a drive transistor, the reference transistor and the drive transistor each having a first and second node and a gate, the gate of the reference transistor being connected to the gate of the drive transistor; and a capacitor connected between the gate of the reference transistor and a ground potential, and a load connected between the current mirror and a ground potential, the load having a first load element and a second load element, the first load element being connected to the first node of the reference transistor and the second load element being connected to the first node of the drive transistor.
US09472125B2
An electronics circuit first portion is entirely within an electronics module housing, sensing and transmitting a tamper condition of a normally locked bolt. The bolt comprises a second portion of the electronics circuit. The seal electronics circuit first portion comprises a seal monitoring, tracking and communications system. The bolt passes through the module housing and is secured with a locking device external the module such that the module is reusable when the bolt is severed. The bolt and module housing include a cooperative contamination sealing arrangement for sealing the bolt to the housing. The electronics circuit first portion includes RFID tamper detection circuitry, GPS, Wi Fi and cell phone communication and tracking technologies. The cell phone technology tracks the seal using cell phone towers and Wi Fi access points and communicates the seal tracked position and seal status data to a cell phone communications center.
US09472121B2
A portable surgical training device is provided. The trainer includes a top cover spaced apart from a base to form a simulated body cavity for locating model organs that are substantially obscured from the field of view of the user. The top cover includes a video display, fixed insertion ports and interchangeable inserts containing simulated tissue layers. The training device has open sides for demonstrating and training lateral surgical techniques including a simulated or live tissue colon attached to a support leg for simulating transanal minimally invasive surgery. A training endoscope with an adjustable focal length for use with the trainer and, in particular, with optical trocars is disclosed. The surgical trainer can be angled and is well suited for training laparoscopic surgery techniques and demonstrating surgical instruments.
US09472117B2
A system for representing music to visually impaired students includes a board having a plurality of protrusions; a plurality of modular blocks each having at least one protrusion; a plurality of music staff lines, formed by a set of the plurality of blocks, affixed to the board via the plurality of protrusions on the board; and at least one note block affixed to at least one staff line or to the board via protrusions of the at least one staff line or the protrusions of the board.
US09472115B2
Mechanisms for evaluating a link between information concept entities are provided. A set of evidential data specifying a plurality of information concept entities is received and a link between at least two information concept entities in the set of evidential data is generated. The set of evidential data is evaluated with regard to whether or not the set of evidential data supports or refutes the link. The evaluation of the set of evidential data comprises analyzing language of natural language statements in the set of evidential data to identify certainty terms within the natural language statements. A confidence value for the link is calculated based on results of the evaluation of the set of evidential data and a knowledge output is generated based on the link and the confidence value associated with the link.
US09472113B1
A computing device may provide a visual cue to items of content (for example, words in a book) synchronized with the playback of companion content (for example, audio content corresponding to the book). For example, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a content playback synchronization system for use with physical books (or other physical media). In an embodiment, the computing device may display a visual cue (for example, an underline, box, dot, cursor, or the like) to identify a current location in textual content of the physical book corresponding to a current output position of companion audio content. As the audio content is presented (i.e., as it “plays back”), the highlight and/or visual cue may be advanced to maintain synchronization between the output position within the audio content and a corresponding position in the physical textual content.
US09472109B2
In sonic examples, an obstacle detection system is configured to generate and display a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes an overhead image of an area in which a vehicle is positioned, a graphical representation of the vehicle, and graphical representations of one or more obstacles, The graphical representations of the one or more obstacles and vehicle can be arranged relative to the overhead image to indicate determined real-world positions of the one or more obstacles and vehicle, respectively, relative to other features shown in the overhead (e.g., airport structure or other buildings).
US09472106B2
Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities.
US09472097B2
A number of roadway sensing systems are described herein. An example of such is an apparatus to detect and/or track objects at a roadway with a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors can include a first sensor that is a radar sensor having a first field of view that is positionable at the roadway and a second sensor that is a machine vision sensor having a second field of view that is positionable at the roadway, where the first and second fields of view at least partially overlap in a common field of view over a portion of the roadway. The example system includes a controller configured to combine sensor data streams for at least a portion of the common field of view from the first and second sensors to detect and/or track the objects.
US09472093B2
Techniques for utilizing near field communications (NFC) with utility meters are described herein. In one example, a meter is configured for operation, either in a stand-alone or utility network capacity. The example meter may include a processor in communication with a memory device and a tag device configured for near field communication (NFC). In operation, the processor operates the tag device to read from the memory device to obtain data for transmission via NFC and/or write data obtained via NFC to the memory device.
US09472082B2
A system and method for detecting a distress condition of a person in a monitored location. The system is configured to receive an image stream of the monitored location, and detect a human body or body part within the monitored location. The system maintains and updates a list of areas in which the lack of movement is permitted, e.g., bed, sofa, chairs. Upon detecting that the person is no longer moving and exists in a new area that is not in the list of areas, the system enters into an acknowledgement session in which the system asks the person to perform a certain action if everything is fine. If the given action is detected within a pre-determined period the system updates the list of areas to add the new area therein, otherwise the system would execute a pre-defined function representing a response to the distress condition, e.g., call 911.
US09472062B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a keno-type primary game including designated values that may be accumulated to trigger one or more bonuses. In one embodiment, the gaming system is configured to operate a keno-type primary game and a plurality of bonuses. Each bonus is associated with a different one of a plurality of different designated values. The gaming system accumulates the designated values upon the occurrence of certain events during play of the primary game. When the gaming system accumulates a designated quantity of a particular designated value during play of the primary game, the gaming system provides the bonus associated with that designated value. The gaming system thus enables accumulation of designated values across a plurality of plays of the primary game and, in some instances, over a plurality of gaming sessions to attempt to trigger the bonuses.
US09472059B1
A system, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a networked blackjack game that enables a plurality of players to wager on one or more dealers at different dealing stations dealing independent games simultaneously. A live video is captured on each dealing station and simulcast to player stations where players are playing at. Players can bet on any combination of the games that are being broadcast. Players at player stations can be playing in a tournament mode or in regular play using the same dealer stations. A touch screen display can be used at each dealer/dealing station in order to instruct the dealer as to which actions the dealer should take, such as dealing cards, etc.
US09472041B2
The present invention provides apparatus and a method for transporting at least one media item along a transport path, comprising locating a bunch of media items between at least one support surface and at least one clamp surface, and selectively moving said clamp surface towards or away from said support surface to apply a predetermined clamp force to the bunch of media items, wherein a predetermined angle of said clamp surface relative to said support surface is substantially constant when said clamp surface is moved towards or away from said support surface.
US09472036B2
This invention relates to a method used by an authorized user for the verification of a document having electronic verification means, The method comprises the various steps consisting in:—reading, with electronic reading equipment with which the authorized user is equipped, of information stored in the electronic verification means of the verified document;—transferring verification information, established on the basis of the information saved in the electronic verification means, from the electronic reading equipment to a viewing device of the authorized user, which viewing device is positioned, in normal conditions of use, in front of the eyes of the authorized user, the said viewing device being transparent to allow the said authorized user to see through it.
US09472033B2
Embodiments are directed towards authenticating users using biometric devices. The biometric device may be arranged to capture one or more biometric feature of a user that may be wearing the biometric device such as biometric features that correspond to an electrocardiogram of the user. The user of the biometric device may be authenticated based on one or more biometric features, or a combination thereof. Authenticating the user of the biometric device, may include communicating information that includes biometric features to an authorized authentication device (AAD). When the user is authenticated, the biometric device may be preauthorized for the user. When the preauthorized biometric device senses at least one access point, an authorization signal may be provided to the access point. If the preauthorized biometric device is removed from the user, the biometric device is deauthorized, disabling access to access points by the user.
US09472028B2
An augmented reality based interactive troubleshooting and diagnostic system and related operating methods are presented here, including a diagnostic communication method for a vehicle having an onboard diagnostics subsystem. An exemplary embodiment of the method uses a mobile user device to obtain self-diagnostic information generated by the onboard diagnostics subsystem. The method continues by sending a query to a solution database system, wherein the query includes the obtained self-diagnostic information and vehicle configuration data descriptive of the vehicle. The mobile user device receives solution data provided by the solution database system in response to the query. The solution data addresses at least one topic associated with the obtained self-diagnostic information. The method continues by operating the camera and the display element in response to the received solution data to perform an augmented reality procedure associated with the at least one topic.
US09472025B2
A virtual reality (VR) headset includes an electronic display element, an optics block, and an adjustment mechanism. The electronic display element outputs image light. The optics block includes a cone and an additional cone coupled to a lens and an additional lens, respectively. Image light is directed to the lens and to the additional lens via the cone and additional cone, respectively. Each of the cones comprises an opaque material that is deformable to adjust a distance from a base portion of a cone to a top portion of a cone may be adjusted, via, compression, elongation, or both. An adjustment mechanism may receive input from a user and configured to adjust the distance one or more of the cone and the additional cone.
US09472021B2
A method and a system for three-dimensionally reconstructing a non-rigid body based on a multi-depth-map are provided. The method comprises: obtaining a plurality of depth maps by shooting the non-rigid body in different postures and from different angles; transforming each depth map to one group of three-dimensional point clouds and obtaining a plurality of matching point pairs among a plurality of groups of three-dimensional point clouds; conducting a position transformation for each matching point and obtaining a transformation parameter corresponding to the each matching point after the position transformation; mosaicing all transformation parameters to obtain a mosaicing result and constructing an energy function according to the mosaicing result; and solving the energy function to obtain a solution result and reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the non-rigid body according to the solution result.
US09472013B2
According to various exemplary embodiments, a communication request from a caller is received at a mobile device associated with a callee. A relationship between the caller and the callee is determined. Animation rule information is accessed, where the animation rule information describes a plurality of animation rules corresponding to a plurality of relationships. Thereafter, a display of an animation is generated via a user interface in the mobile device of the callee, based on a specific animation rule in the animation rule information that corresponds to the relationship between the caller and the callee.
US09472005B1
A device includes a projection and camera system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. The projection and camera system have a camera to image scattered IR light from the scene and compute time of flight values used in depth mapping of objects in the room. The system also has a projector to project the images onto the scene. The projected images and scattered IR light use a common optical path through the same lens. Additionally, an illumination system used to illuminate the scene with the IR light may also use the common optical path through the same lens. In one implementation, the projection and camera system are mounted in a movable head of a table lamp.
US09472003B2
A method for generating a tree map for tree map visualization includes obtaining node information of a plurality of nodes to be processed, the plurality of nodes to be processed being sub-nodes sharing a same parent node and the node information comprising at least sizes of the nodes; determining from the plurality of nodes a plurality of candidate nodes whose sizes are less than a threshold size; determining at least one super node including the plurality of candidate nodes based on the node information of the determined plurality of candidate nodes, a screen size, and the threshold size, such that when displaying in a zooming-in mode the super node on the screen, all candidate nodes in the super node are displayed at display sizes not less than the threshold size; and determining data required for displaying the tree map based on the determined super node.
US09471999B2
According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images.
US09471998B2
A method for distorting a digital image comprising receiving the coordinates of one or more than one image reference point defined by a user within the digital image, receiving one or more than one spatial offset assigned by the user and associated with the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point, providing a mixing function algorithm embodied on a computer-readable medium for distorting the digital image, calculating an offset matrix by applying the mixing function algorithm based on the one or more than one spatial offset and the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point; and distorting the digital image by application of the offset matrix. A graphic tag may be associated with each of the defined image reference points and displayed over the digital image, and the assignment of the spatial offset may be accomplished by movement of the graphic tag with the pointing device. Abstract image reference points may be used to limit distortion.
US09471993B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for extracting spatio-temporal features with the aid of sensor information. An exemplary method comprises receiving video data and auxiliary sensor data and associating the two with timestamp information. The method may also include segmenting an input data stream into stable segments and extracting temporal features from the associated video data. The method may further include extracting temporal features either form the whole video or only from the video data where little or no stable segments are detected and performing camera view motion compensation by using information provided by the auxiliary sensors for modifying the feature-descriptors.
US09471991B2
A method comprising: mapping an image onto multiple level sets connected by multiple branches, wherein each of said level sets corresponds to a predefined range of values for an attribute of said image; associating multiple pixels of said image to said multiple level sets in accordance with the value of each pixel; identifying a source level set associated with a source pixel of said multiple pixels; for each of said multiple pixels, determining that a distance between said source pixel and one of said multiple pixels is within a predefined threshold, wherein said distance is calculated as a function of a first distance between said source level set and said level set associated with said one of said multiple pixels; in one embodiment, the determined distance is applied to an image processing application to produce a processed image, and the processed image is rendered on a rendering medium.
US09471990B1
A method and a system implementing the method for detecting presence of burnt-in text in a video sequence are described. Initially, possible text candidates are separated from the background information. Individual candidates are then validated against the character features like similar font width, resolution, width height ratio, etc. These characters are further validated for the formation of words/sentences. Finally, the temporal features are used for validation for determining valid burnt-in text candidates.
US09471989B2
Systems and methods to develop a vascular model of vascular trees that are captured with 3-Dimensional medical imaging data of a subject. Image processing iteratively traverses vessel image segments within the imaging data and creates a vessel model defined within a data structure that defines branch segments and bifurcation points where those branch segments split. The model generation algorithms incorporate strategies and parameters to identify and repair falsely identified bifurcations that reflect false inter-tree and intra-tree connections that can appear when processing images with complicated vessel trees. Accurate traversal of the vessel tree as portrayed in 3-Dimensional medical images is emphasized to correctly label branch generations and identify and repair erroneous interconnections between adjacent trees.
US09471984B2
A method for calibrating a microscope apparatus (1) having a variable optical magnification system (13) and a detector device (12) is disclosed. First, a calibrating mode is performed, wherein an image (50) of an object (10) is captured at a known reference magnification value, two characteristic reference points (32a, 32b) are determined in the image, a reference distance (34) between the two reference points is determined, and a correlation is determined between the reference distance and the reference magnification value. Later, a measuring mode is implemented, in which a current image (51) of the object (10) is captured at a second magnification value, the two characteristic reference points (52a, 52b) are identified therein, a current distance (54) between the current reference points is determined, and the second magnification value is determined from the current distance (54) based on the correlation between the reference distance (34) and the reference magnification value.
US09471979B2
An image recognizing apparatus comprises: an extracting unit extracting a partial feature quantity from an object in each of a registration image and an input image; a compressing unit reducing a dimension of the extracted partial feature quantity; a storing unit storing the partial feature quantity of the object in the registration image of which the dimension has been reduced; and a calculating unit calculating similarity between the object in the input image and the object in the registration image, using the partial feature quantity of the object in the input image of which the dimension has been reduced and the partial feature quantity of the object in the stored registration image. The compressing unit switches the reduction of the dimension of the partial feature quantity using a preset dimension compression parameter and the reduction of the dimension of the partial feature quantity by dynamically generating a dimension compression parameter.
US09471976B2
A method implemented using at least one processor includes receiving time-varying image dataset generated by a medical imaging modality. The image dataset corresponds to a bed position and is affected by quasi-periodic motion data. The method also includes applying a signal decomposition technique to the time-varying image dataset to generate a plurality of dataset components and a plurality of motion signals. The method also includes determining reference data based on the time-varying image dataset, wherein the reference data is representative of a direction of the quasi-periodic motion. The method further includes deriving polarity of each of the plurality of motion signals based on the reference data to generate a plurality of sign corrected motion signals. The method also includes determining a gating signal corresponding to the bed position based on at least one of the plurality of sign corrected motion signals.
US09471975B2
Methods of acquiring an image are provided. The methods include deriving a first boundary surface from a volumetric image; deriving a second boundary surface, different and spaced apart from the first boundary surface, of the volumetric image, the first and second boundary surfaces defining a slice of the volumetric image therebetween; and deriving at least one intermediate thin section between the first and second boundary surfaces, the thin section having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the slice of the volumetric image defined by the first and second boundary surfaces. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
US09471968B1
A computer determines one or more brightness levels associated with a first set of pixels within a light source in an image. The computer determines a brightness effect on a second set of pixels in the image based on the one or more brightness levels associated with the first set of pixels within the light source. The computer receives input to alter at least one of the one or more brightness levels associated with the first set of pixels within the light source. The computer alters one or more brightness levels associated with the second set of pixels in the image based on the received input and the determined brightness effect.
US09471967B2
A fragment is relit for insertion into a target scene of an image by obtaining a fragment model for the fragment. A set of detail maps for the fragment model are generated, each of which encodes fine-scale shading effects from the surface detail of the fragment. A target scene model is obtained for the target scene, and the fragment model is inserted into the target scene model. The target scene model with inserted fragment model is rendered, and a composited target scene is generated. A modified target scene is generated by combining the composited target scene and the set of detail maps. Weights assigned to the different detail maps can be changed by the user, allowing the modified target scene to be readily altered without re-rendering the target scene model with the inserted fragment model.
US09471954B2
A method includes receiving, by one or more processors, metadata corresponding to a scene, the metadata comprising a current location and orientation of a scene capture device used to capture the metadata, receiving, by the one or more processors, a required recording quality indication from a user, determining, by the one or more processors, according to the metadata, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene that meets the required recording quality indication and corresponds to the current location and orientation, and determining, by the one or more processors, according to the metadata, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene, and assembling, by the one or more processors, an output video sequence for the scene that incorporates at least a portion of the stored video sequence. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.
US09471951B2
A method for measuring performance of virtual desktop services offered by a server including a processor is described. A first encoded watermark is embedded into user interface display generated by a virtual desktop when initiating an operation. The first encoded watermark includes pixels identifying the operation and indicating its initiation. A second encoded watermark is embedded into the user interface upon completion of the operation indicating completion of the operation. An action performance time is then computed and stored in a memory. Multiple performance times may be compiled from multiple operations of multiple virtual desktops to assess the performance of the system as a whole.
US09471941B2
A method of managing delivery of content to end users of an application executing on an application server is disclosed. A definition of a first variant of a web page is received, the definition of the first variant specifying that an instance of a first widget is to be included in the first variant at a first region conforming to a page layout of the web page. A definition of a second variant of the web page is received, the definition of the second variant specifying that an instance of a second widget is to be included in the second variant at a second region conforming to the page layout of the web page. A comparison of the first variant and the second variant is presented with respect to a performance metric, the performance metric pertaining to an effectiveness of the web page at bringing in revenues to a network-based publication system.
US09471938B2
A method for fulfillment of a kit includes a) generating a 3D virtual simulation of a kit using a computer animation tool in a kit fulfillment environment after receiving a kit request from a customer, the 3D virtual simulation formed using 3D virtual models of objects in the kit and reflecting a spatial layout of components packed in a receptacle, the 3D virtual simulation including an interactive animation that dynamically controls a visual rendering of the 3D virtual simulation in response to a user at a user device selectively manipulating the kit or an object; b) providing the customer with remote access to the 3D virtual simulation to use a remote user device to control the visual rendering for a review of the kit; and c) releasing the kit for production and fulfillment of the request after receiving an approval from the customer in conjunction with the review.
US09471935B2
Systems and methods for allocating cells within a virtual grid to content providers according to various priority and selection schemes are used to target content delivery to information playback devices in a geographically and/or application selective manner. The priority schemes, geographical selectivity, and application selectivity of the system and methods of the invention allow a content provider to specifically target a desired demographic with high cost efficiency and flexibility.
US09471932B2
A computer-implemented method for enhancing and utilizing user data derived from digital interactions includes receiving a submission generated by input into a client side application interface by a first user on a first computing device, and determining, based on the attributes of the submission, that the submission is in response to an issue-specific communication advertising information concerning a first issue. The method includes generating a first dataset associated with the first user, searching one or more additional datasets for additional data to be associated with data elements of the first dataset, associating the additional data from the one or more additional datasets with the first user, generating a data model, and requesting records associated with additional users.
US09471931B2
Using coupons effectively is enabled. A host computer 18 that functions as a printing device has a vehicle information acquisition unit 25a that acquires vehicle information related to the vehicle a passenger boards, and a coupon production unit 25b that prints a code representing the vehicle information acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit 25a on a coupon, and produces a coupon that is provided to the passenger.
US09471928B2
The present invention provides a system, method, software and data structure for independently predicting attitudinal and message responsiveness, using a plurality of attitudinal or other identification classifications and a plurality of message content or version classifications, for a selected population of a plurality of entities, such as individuals or households, represented in a data repository. The plurality of predictive attitudinal (or identification) classifications and plurality of predictive message content (ore version) classifications have been determined using a plurality of predictive models developed from a sample population and applied to a reference population represented in the data repository, such as attitudinal, behavioral, or demographic models. For each predictive attitudinal (or identification) classification, at least one predominant predictive message content or version classification is independently determined. The exemplary embodiments also provide, for each predictive attitudinal classification, corresponding information concerning predominant communication media (or channel) types, predominant communication timing, predominant communication frequency, and predominant communication sequencing.
US09471921B1
A method to authorize a mobile payment for a transaction. The method includes receiving a facial image of a consumer who requests the mobile payment for the transaction using account information stored in a mobile device of the consumer, wherein the facial image is provided by a point-of-sale (POS) device while initiating the transaction on behalf of the consumer, receiving a verified facial image of an account holder, comparing the facial image of the consumer and the verified facial image of the account holder based on a pre-determined criterion to verify the consumer as the account holder, generating, in response to verifying the consumer as the account holder, an authorization of the mobile payment based on the account information, and sending the authorization to the POS device to complete the transaction.
US09471919B2
Systems and methods are provided for authorizing a user in connection with a transaction at a transaction terminal. The systems and methods described herein enable a series of operations whereby a user using a mobile device can capture a code that uniquely identifies a transaction terminal. In addition the mobile device can also capture a user's biometrics, generate a biometric identifier and biometrically verify the user's identity by comparing the biometric identifier to a previously generated biometric identifier. If the user is biometrically authenticated the mobile device can generate a transaction request including, a user identifier, a mobile device identifier, and the transaction terminal code and transmit the transaction request to a system server. Based on the transaction request, the system server can further authenticate the user and/or approve the requested transaction. If the user is authenticated, the system server can instruct the terminal to advance the financial transaction.
US09471918B1
A method and system is provided for establishing credit on an automatic vending machine or vending device. A currency amount or a number of credits is established on a vending device in order to obtain a product, service or access time from a vending device using a cellular telephone, or other personal wireless communication device. The personal wireless communication device activates an applet, which may be downloaded at the site, to establish a link with a vending machine universal wireless interface coupled to the vending machine device controller and also establishes a link with a remote server for authorizing credit for a vending transaction, which allows the vending transaction to take place.
US09471917B2
Computing systems and methods for facilitating consumer transactions in retail and other establishments include communication interfaces adapted to couple a computing system to a plurality of third party mobile electronic devices, storage components adapted to store user information, participating merchant information, or any combination thereof, and processors in communication with the communication interfaces and storage components. The processors are adapted to facilitate automatic wireless transactions between third party users of the third party mobile electronic devices and the participating merchants when the third party devices are present at the participating merchants without any affirmative activity by the third party users.
US09471909B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for receiving a customization that will be displayed on the screen of an ATM based on a customer initiating a session with the ATM. The customization is associated with a function to perform a financial transaction. The function is performed as a result of the customer interacting with the customization on the screen of the ATM. The customization may be altered based on a handicap impairment of the customer. The displaying of the customization may be restricted for security purposes or as a request of the customer.
US09471904B2
Methods and systems for proactively preventing hazardous or other situations in a robot-cloud interaction are provided. An example method includes receiving information associated with task logs for a plurality of robotic devices. The task logs may include information associated with tasks performed by the plurality of robotic devices. The method may also include a computing system determining information associated with hazardous situations based on the information associated with the task logs. For example, the hazardous situations may comprise situations associated with failures of one or more components of the plurality of robotic devices. According to the method, information associated with a contextual situation of a first robotic device may be determined, and when the information associated with the contextual situation is consistent with information associated with the one or more hazardous situations, an alert indicating a potential failure of the first robotic device may be provided.
US09471900B1
Embodiments include a system and method of workforce data management including a wearable device, a scanner and a database server. The scanner emits a radius to identify an area around the wearable device, scans the area to detect the wearable device and transmits outgoing data to the wearable device. The scanner receives incoming data from the wearable device, processes the incoming data, and filters the incoming data to qualify accuracy of the incoming data. After filtering the incoming data, the scanner determines whether a portion of the incoming data includes accurate data capture. When the portion of the incoming data includes accurate data capture, the scanner outputs a corresponding trust score and transmits the portion of the incoming data to the database server. When the portion of the incoming data includes inaccurate data capture, the scanner outputs a corresponding trust score and awaits further action from the wearable device.
US09471896B2
Provided is a memo synchronization system, a mobile system, and a method for synchronizing memo data. The memo synchronization system includes a storage device, an authentication unit configured to authenticate a user by receiving authentication information of the user from a mobile terminal via a memo application installed in the mobile terminal, and a synchronization unit stored on the storage device and configured to synchronize memo data stored in the mobile terminal with memo data stored in a web storage space of an online memo service based on a request for synchronization transmitted from the mobile terminal through the memo application. The request for synchronization includes a synchronization request generated by the memo application according to an event set by the user.
US09471891B2
A system and method for automatic quality control is provided. A database is maintained storing quality control rules for producing a product, the quality control rules determined via a first computing device associated with a first entity controlling production of the product, the database maintained by a second computing device associated with a second entity for maintaining quality control of the product, the product produced by a plurality of production lines respectively associated with third entities. Quality control data is received at the second computing device from data collection devices at the plurality of production lines, each of the data collection devices enabled to collect the quality control data for the product. At the second computing device, the quality control data is compared with the quality control rules; at least one quality control event is triggered when the quality control data fails at least one of the quality control rules.
US09471883B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and article of hybrid human machine learning system with tagging and scoring techniques for sentiment magnitude scoring of textual passages. The combination of machine learning systems with data from human pooled language extraction techniques enable the present system to achieve high accuracy of human sentiment measurement and textual categorization of raw text, blog posts, and social media streams. This information can then be aggregated to provide brand and product strength analysis. A data processing module is configured to get streaming data and then tag the streaming data automatically using the machine learning output. A crowdsourcing module is configured to select a subset of social media posts that have been previously stored in the database, and present the social media posts on the web, which then tags each social media with a selected set of attributes. A score aggregator module configured to provide a score based on a user's feedback for each social media post.
US09471882B2
In a case where supervised (learning) data is prepared and the case where test data is prepared, the data is recorded with time information attached to the data. The method includes clustering the learning data in a target class and clustering the test data in the target class. Then, the probability density for each of identified subclasses is calculated for each of time intervals having various time points and widths for the learning data, and is calculated for each of time intervals in the latest time period which have various widths, for the test data. Then, a ratio between a probability density obtained when learning is performed and a probability density obtained when testing is performed is obtained as a relative frequency in each of the time intervals for each of the subclasses. Input having a relative frequency that statistically and markedly increases is detected as an anomaly.
US09471881B2
Various embodiments select features from a feature space. In one embodiment, a set of training samples and a set of test samples are received. The set of training samples includes a set of features and a class value. The set of test samples includes the set of features absent the class value. A relevancy with respect to the class value is determined for each of a plurality of unselected features based on the set of training samples. A redundancy with respect to one or more of the set of features is determined for each of the plurality of unselected features in the first set of features based on the set of training samples and the set of test samples. A set of features is selected from the plurality of unselected features based on the relevancy and the redundancy determined for each of the plurality of unselected features.
US09471875B2
Ontologies are used to comprehend regular expressions, by selecting, based on a context relating to a domain of a regular expression, an ontology and an assertion base, parsing the regular expression to identify at least one fragment of the regular expression, identifying one or more assertions in the assertion base corresponding to one of the identified fragments, identifying, for each identified assertion, an associated node in the ontology, and returning, based on the associated nodes, a concept in the ontology as representing the associated fragment of the regular expression.
US09471870B2
A brain machine interface (BMI) for restoring performance of poorly performing decoders is provided. The BMI has a decoder for decoding neural signals for controlling the brain machine interface. The decoder separates in part neural signals associated with a direction of movement and neural signals associated with a speed of movement of the brain machine interface. The decoder assigns relatively greater weight to the neural signals associated with a direction of movement.
US09471869B2
A computing device to compute composite clusters is provided. A first and a second plurality of centroid locations are computed by executing a clustering algorithm with a first portion of data and a first input parameter and a second portion of the data and a second input parameter, respectively. The first portion is different from the second portion or the first input parameter is different from the second input parameter. A plurality of composite centroid locations is computed using the computed first and second plurality of centroid locations to define a composite set of clusters. An observation is selected. A cluster of the composite set of clusters to which to assign the observation is determined using the plurality of composite centroid locations. The selecting and the determining is repeated with each observation of the plurality of observations as the observation to define cluster assignments for the plurality of observations.
US09471860B2
An image processing apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus that operates at least in a standby state and in a power saving state requiring less power consumption than the standby state. The image processing apparatus, which is configured to perform image processing on an externally received print job and to input the print job to the image forming apparatus, includes a determination unit configured to determine a power state of the image forming apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a reserved print job to the image forming apparatus at a reserved time if the determined power state of the image forming apparatus is the power saving state, and to transmit the reserved print job to the image forming apparatus prior to the reserved time if the determined power state of the image forming apparatus is the standby state.
US09471858B2
A method controls the coloring of a printing press. In the method a test element is printed with a number of colored measuring areas. The printed colored measuring areas of the test element are then measured. Actual colorimetric values are calculated from the measured color values and then displayed. Reference colorimetric values are entered and adapted spectral color values are calculated. Densitometric, colorimetric, or spectral actual tonal values or actual tonal value gains are determined from the calculated actual colorimetric values of a subset of the colored areas of the test element. The densitometric, colorimetric or spectral reference tonal values or the reference tonal value gains are entered and adapted spectral color values are calculated by a comparison with the calculated actual colorimetric values. The adapted spectral color values for the calculation of color profiles, process calibrations and process control values are stored and the printing press is activated.
US09471855B2
A printing apparatus comprising: a conveying unit; a printing unit; a cutting unit; a control unit configured to, in a case in which a marginless image is to be printed, execute a first control of providing a margin portion on a front side of the image and printing the image; and a determination unit, wherein in the case in which a marginless image is to be printed, the control unit suspends execution of the first control until the determination unit determines the image.
US09471850B2
The invention relates to a method for assigning position values, detected by means of a position detection system, to a topographic image of an object or body part, which comprises the following steps: providing a topographic model of an object or body part, scanning a surface of the object or body, detecting position values during the scanning and assigning detected position values to corresponding positions in the topographic model, the detected position values being assigned to points of a virtual surface of the topographic model, which has a distance from a model surface which corresponds to a radius of a partly spherical scanning tip of a scanning instrument, by means of which the surface of the object or body part is scanned in each case.
US09471849B2
A system and method for detecting an object of interest. A system and method may generate a first signature for an object of interest based on an image of the object of interest. A system and method may generate a second signature for a candidate object based on an image of the candidate object. A system and method may calculate a similarity score by relating the first signature to the second signature and may determine the image of the candidate object is an image of the object of interest based on the similarity score.
US09471842B2
An image processing apparatus acquires a read image which has been obtained by reading one or a plurality of originals by a reading apparatus and includes an original region corresponding to each of the one or plurality of originals, and specifies an object corresponding to contents of the original in the read image based on a group of pixels corresponding to luminance values smaller than a predetermined luminance value in the acquired read image. If a plurality of objects are specified, it is determined whether the plurality of objects are included in one original region, thereby deciding a candidate region corresponding to each of the one or plurality of original regions.
US09471840B2
An apparatus includes a hardware sensor array including a plurality of pixels arranged along at least a first dimension and a second dimension of the array, each of the pixels capable of generating a sensor reading. A hardware scanning window array includes a plurality of storage elements arranged along at least a first dimension and a second dimension of the hardware scanning window array, each of the storage elements capable of storing a pixel value based on one or more sensor readings. Peripheral circuitry for systematically transfers pixel values, based on sensor readings, into the hardware scanning window array, to cause different windows of pixel values to be stored in the hardware scanning window array at different times. Control logic coupled to the hardware sensor array, the hardware scanning window array, and the peripheral circuitry, provides control signals to the peripheral circuitry to control the transfer of pixel values.
US09471837B2
A method of identifying and suggesting objects for a user within a user's field of vision of a personal imaging system. A user's field of vision within the system is monitored. The personal imaging system captures biometric data of the user regarding objects that are focused on within the user's field of vision. The biometric data and any identified emotions regarding the objects being focused on from the user is associated with the user's profile which includes at least demographics. A real-time correlation of the user's profile and demographics with other users is performed to provide a correlation interest score. The interest score may be used to recommend and direct the user's attention to other objects within the user's field of vision that the user may be interested in.
US09471836B1
A method for learning a rejector is provided. The method includes steps of: acquiring features from positive images and negative images of the classification tree; and deciding a specific feature ID and a specific threshold by which a minimum classification error is derived by referring to a histogram of features of positive images and that of features of negative images if a number of images classified to a k-th node is larger than that classified to a brother node of the k-th node as a result of classifying images acquired with respect to a parent node of the k-th node based on a determined feature ID and a determined threshold for the parent node and then allocating the specific feature ID and the specific threshold in nodes, which have depth equal to the k-th node of the classification tree.
US09471834B1
A system and method are provided for updating imagery associated with map data. A request for map data is received, and a first image of a geographical location corresponding to the map data is provided in response to the request. Information relating to a status of an object in the first image is received, and it is determined whether the first image is to be updated based at least on the received information. If it is determined that the first image is to be updated, an updated image is received and used to update the first image.
US09471833B1
During this information-extraction technique, a user of the electronic device may be instructed by an application executed by the electronic device (such as a software application) to point an imaging sensor, which is integrated into the electronic device, at a location on a document. For example, the user may be instructed to point a cellular-telephone camera at a field on an invoice. After providing the instruction and before the user activates an image-activation mechanism associated with the imaging device, the electronic device captures multiple images of the document by communicating a signal to the imaging device to acquire the images. Then, the electronic device stores the images with associated timestamps and spatial-position information, which is provided by a sensor which is integrated into the electronic device. After the user activates the image-activation mechanism, the electronic device analyzes the images to extract the information proximate to the location on the document.
US09471830B2
An example collation apparatus includes a user information storage medium and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to at least receive a captured image including a face of a user and a non-facial object; detect a face region from the image; set an object region corresponding to the location of the non-facial object in the image; extract a face feature vector from the face region and collate the extracted face feature vector with face feature vectors stored in the user information storage medium; extract an object feature vector from the object region and collate the extracted object feature vector with object feature vectors stored in the user information storage medium; and calculate a collation result of the user using at least one of a collation result of face feature vectors and a collation result of object feature vectors.
US09471828B2
Accelerating object detection techniques are described. In one or more implementations, adaptive sampling techniques are used to extract features from an image. Coarse features are extracted from the image and used to generate an object probability map. Then, dense features are extracted from high-probability object regions of the image identified in the object probability map to enable detection of an object in the image. In one or more implementations, cascade object detection techniques are used to detect an object in an image. In a first stage, exemplars in a first subset of exemplars are applied to features extracted from the multiple regions of the image to detect object candidate regions. Then, in one or more validation stages, the object candidate regions are validated by applying exemplars from the first subset of exemplars and one or more additional subsets of exemplars.
US09471827B2
Validation of using a finger as support of a fingerprint may include: placing the support such that it bears; capturing a captured image of the print; transforming the captured image into a resulting image by passage through a low-pass filter; locating on the resulting image an origin point, the intensity of whose pixel is representative of the maximum pressure exerted on the support; verifying that, on the resulting image, for a plurality of radii issuing from the origin point, and for each of said radii, for a plurality of points M, the intensity of the pixel of each point M of said radius is representative of a decline in the pressure exerted on the support as the distance from the origin point to the point M increases, and a decision as regards the validity of the support is taken as a function of the results of the verification step.
US09471816B1
An RFID tag tuning circuit is capable of tuning the impedance matching between an RFID integrated circuit (IC) and an antenna on an RFID tag to increase the amount of power that the IC can extract from an incident RF wave. The tuning circuit tunes the impedance matching by adjusting a variable impedance coupling the antenna and the IC. Prior to tuning, the variable impedance is set using a voltage output from a tuning switch stage of an IC rectifier.
US09471815B2
The illustrative embodiments provide a magnetic reader assembly, a magnetic reader subassembly, a computer implemented method, and a computer program product for diagnosing a magnetic reader subassembly. A processor generates a test signal during a diagnostic period. The processor then receives a return signal from the magnetic reader subassembly. The processor then compares the test signal and the return signal and diagnoses an operational status of the magnetic reader subassembly in response to the comparison of the test signal and the return signal.
US09471814B2
A reader (112) for reading a plurality of data, wherein each data in the plurality of data is associated with a respective source (16) and is carried by a respective data signal originating from the respective source (16), the reader (112) comprising processing means (118) and a storage means, the storage means having instructions stored thereon, whereby the processing means (118) is operable, under control of the instructions, to: receive and store in the storage means a representation of a combination of the respective data signals; process the representation to determine one or more data signals of the combination of the respective data signals of the representation; and to read the data of the determined one or more data signals.
US09471807B1
Exemplary methods include receiving a message from an agent requesting to perform a first set of operations on a first set of storage namespaces mapped to a first set of file system management objects (FSMOs) in the PBBA. The methods include determining whether to allow or deny the first set of operations based on information stored in a plurality of security units, each security unit comprising of an operation set identifier (ID), a set of FSMO IDs, and an agent ID, wherein the agent ID identifies an agent that is allowed to perform a set of operations identified by the operation set ID on a set of FSMOs in the PBBA identified by the set of FSMO IDs, and in response to determining to allow the first set of operations, performing the first set of operations.
US09471802B2
Methods may provide a virtual system with direct access to one or more sectors of a resource of a computer system. The method may include providing, by a computer system to a virtual system, first access control data associated with a regular computer file that corresponds to a resource on the computer system. The method may additionally include receiving, at the computer system, a direct read from or direct write to one or more sectors of the resource represented by the regular computer file from the virtual system. The method may further include hiding, at the computer system, a hidden computer file from the virtual system. The method may additionally include routing, at the computer system, the direct read from or direct write to the hidden computer file on the computer system.
US09471795B2
A Link device has a processor connected to an internal Link bus, a non-transitory memory, a digital device ID, one or both of firmware or software executing from non-transitory media, a first communication port enabled to communicate with a vehicle bus coupling computerized devices in a vehicle, and a second communication port enabled to communicate with one or more digital devices external to the vehicle. The firmware or software enables the Link device to communicate with the vehicle bus, and to accomplish a variety of tasks including pulling data from data stores in the vehicle and operating specific vehicle functions, and wherein the firmware or software manages communication with the one or more external digital devices, accepting only requests for cooperation with the Link device using the unique device ID with a request that is cryptographically secure.
US09471794B2
A method, program and/or system reads a file through a first path from a data storage to obtain a first data. The file is read through a second path from the data storage to obtain a second data. The first data is compared to the second data. When the first data matches the second data, the file is determined not to be encrypted in the data storage. When the first data does not match the second data, the file is determined to be encrypted in the data storage.
US09471790B2
Processing a downgrader specification by constructing a set of candidate downgrader placement locations found within a computer software application, where each of the candidate downgrader placement locations corresponds to a transition between a different pair of instructions within the computer software application, and where each of the transitions participates in any of a plurality of data flows in a set of security-sensitive data flows within the computer software application, applying a downgrader specification to the set of candidate downgrader placement locations, and determining that the downgrader specification provides full coverage of the set of security-sensitive data flows within the computer software application if at least one candidate downgrader placement location within each of the security-sensitive data flows is a member of the set of candidate downgrader placement locations.
US09471787B2
A system for detecting security vulnerabilities in web applications, the system including, a black-box tester configured to provide a payload to a web application during a first interaction with the web application at a computer server, where the payload includes a payload instruction and an identifier, and an execution engine configured to detect the identifier within the payload received during an interaction with the web application subsequent to the first interaction, and determine, responsive to detecting the identifier within the payload, whether the payload instruction underwent a security check prior to execution of the payload instruction.
US09471784B1
Systems and methods are described for managing computing resources. In one embodiment, data representative of an abstracted firmware framework is maintained. The data may comprise computing firmware settings and determined based on standardized associations between vendor-specific firmware settings and abstracted firmware settings that are independent of the vendor-specific firmware settings. In response to receiving a request for a computing firmware setting, the requested computing firmware setting is translated to one or more vendor-specific firmware settings based on the data. A computing resource capable of implementing the one or more vendor-specific firmware settings is identified.
US09471764B2
An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and a processor being switchable between a user-interface locked mode and a user-interface unlocked mode. The processor may cooperate with the finger biometric sensor to acquire spoof detection data based upon an object being placed adjacent the finger biometric sensor, and determine whether the acquired spoof detection data is representative of a live finger. The processor may also switch from the user-interface locked mode to the user-interface unlocked mode when the acquired spoof detection data is representative of a live finger, and cooperate with the finger biometric sensor to acquire biometric matching data. The processor may further perform finger matching based upon the acquired biometric matching data and stored biometric enrollment data.
US09471763B2
A system determines which user of multiple users provided input through a single input device. A mechanism captures images of the one or more users. When input is detected, the images may be processed to determine which user provided an input using the input device. The images may be processed to identify each users head and eyes, and determine the focus point for each user's eyes. The user which has eyes focused at the input location is identified as providing the input. When the input mechanism is a touch screen, the user having eyes focused on the touch screen portion which was touched is identified as the source of the input.
US09471761B2
A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.
US09471758B2
A function of a software program is stored in a memory during execution in a device of the software program. A processor relocates the function in a region of the memory comprising dummy code, transforms the dummy code in a predictable manner, generates a predicted checksum for the region based on a previous checksum, generates a calculated checksum over the region, and verifies the integrity of the function by comparing the predicted checksum and the calculated checksum. Also provided are a device and a computer program product.
US09471754B2
The invention relates to a method for prescribing a dialysis treatment comprising the following steps: collecting patient specific data, determining at least one target, defining a series of values of the type [V;t] which allow to achieve said target wherein V represents the volume of dialysate used and t the duration of treatment, based on said patient specific data, displaying said series of values on a map. The invention also relates to a system using this method.
US09471750B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided for facilitating the expedited dispensing of medications from an automated medication storage device. In this regard, a method may cooperate with the first device to facilitate the presentation of various displays that include features to reduce number of user interactions to dispense medications safely and effectively.
US09471744B2
Provided is a method for evaluating and decomposing a semiconductor device level for triple pattern lithography in semiconductor manufacturing. The method includes generating a conflict graph and simplifying the conflict graph using various methods to produce a simplified conflict graph which can either be further simplified or evaluated for decomposition validity. The disclosure also provides for applying decomposition validity rules to a simplified conflict graph to determine if the conflict graph represents a semiconductor device layer that is decomposable into three masks. Methods of the disclosure are carried out by a computer and instructions for carrying out the method may be stored on a computer readable storage medium.
US09471739B2
A method is provided for designing an IC chip. The method includes receiving data from a pre-layout design process for the IC chip, routing a plurality of interconnecting wires to connect various devices of the IC chip, and extracting various circuit parameters. The method also includes simulating the IC chip using the extracted various circuit parameters to detect logic or timing error in the IC chip. The extracting the various circuit parameters includes establishing a statistical interconnect technology profile (ITP) file containing at least interconnect parasitic parameters based on correlations of interconnect layer geometric parameter variations.
US09471738B2
A method comprises processing a layout of an integrated circuit to determine one or more attributes of one or more components of the integrated circuit. The method also comprises extracting one or more process parameters from a process file associated with manufacturing the integrated circuit. The one or more process parameters are extracted from the process file based on a computation of one or more logic functions included in the process file. The computation is based on the one or more attributes. The method further comprises calculating a capacitance value between at least two components of the integrated circuit based on the one or more process parameters and a capacitance determination rule included in the process file. At least one of the one or more process parameters, the one or more logic functions, or the capacitance determination rule is editable based on a user input.
US09471731B2
A method and apparatus for electrical power system stability optimization. An electrical power system comprising source elements and load elements is simulated to generate impedance data, wherein the impedance data identifies an impedance of the electrical power system. A stability profile of the electrical power system is characterized as a function of the impedance data, wherein the stability profile identifies the source elements and load elements to control power generation by the electrical power system to optimize stability of the electrical power system.
US09471730B2
An improved inflow performance model that provides the performance of oil wells having any slant angle within the entire azimuth of 0-90 degrees, in saturated and under saturated reservoirs. A generalized model is formulated by normalizing the coefficients of inflow performance relationship (IPR) model by performing a linear regression analysis. The generalized model is further modified to account for skin factor and is also integrated with a straight line IPR to be suitable for determining the performance of under saturated oil wells. For the case of flowing bottom-hole pressures above bubble point pressure, the straight line IPR model is used to determine the flow rate of the oil well, whereas for the case of having bottom-hole pressure below the bubble point pressure, the generalized IPR model is used to determine the flow rate performance of the well.
US09471729B1
Model metadata for each of a plurality of mathematical models is stored. Data describing two sets of models is received. Each of the sets identifies one or more models of the plurality of mathematical models. One of the sets comprises a transition-from set and one of the sets comprises a transition-to set. Data describing a launch date for commencing a transition from executing the model(s) in the transition-from set to executing the model(s) in the transition-to set is received. Data describing a transition period of time for the transition is received. The models in the transition-from set and in the transition-to set are executed during the transition period of time. An output of the execution of the model(s) in the transition-from set is combined with an output of the execution of the model(s) in the transition-to set. The output is stored in a database.
US09471727B2
Systems and methods for simulation with dynamic run-time accuracy adjustment. In one embodiment, a first portion of a sequence of software instruction is simulated by a first simulation model, during a simulation. During the same simulation, a second portion of the sequence is simulated by a second simulation model. State information may be transferred from the first simulation model to the second simulation model. A change from simulating the first portion of a sequence of software instructions by the first simulation model to simulating the second portion of the sequence by the second simulation model may be made responsive to a computer-based determination of an advantage obtained by the change.
US09471725B2
A method for simulating a rolling tire and estimating its noise performance is disclosed, wherein a tire model rolling on a rough road surface model is simulated, and coordinates of node points appearing in the outer surface of the rolling tire model are stored as time-series coordinates data. A small gap is formed between a tire outer surface model defined by the time-series coordinates data and a smooth road surface model. Then, a sound field filled with air is defined including the gap, and pressure variations of the air are computed.
US09471721B1
There is disclosed a process for making a foundation system for a platform. In an embodiment, the process includes obtaining design data relating to load and soil characteristics; performing modal tests on a pile member installed in soil to determine natural frequency of the pile member; performing vibration tests on a pile member to determine stiffness; forming a model of using data obtained; testing, in silico, how the model responds to frequencies in a range of the equipment; adjusting, in silico, the model to satisfy design criteria; forming, in silico, a plan of a foundation system based on the adjusted model; installing the foundation system based on the plan; performing vibration tests on the installed foundation system, and measuring vibration levels; and adjusting the foundation system to avoid resonance at a natural frequency by one of stiffen vibrations or dampen vibrations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09471718B2
The technology disclosed herein provides accurate, targeted, building improvement content in a way that resonates with the user by considering the user's whole ecosystem. The technology uses details of the user's home, neighborhood, family, environmental and historical factors, goals, economic situation, and motivations and preferences to tailor content to a user's personal situation. A server or other computing device may accomplish this by receiving data from the client, a third party, or data local to the server; building modeling constructs based on these data sets such as a physics-based model of the building and a behavioral model of the user; operating these models relative to possible discrete building improvement content units; and using the results to determine personalized building improvement content for the user such as, for example, a webpage.
US09471717B2
Provided is a method including determining a first incident angle at which light from a light source will impinge on a first thin-film reflective stack of a planned first reflector for a lighting system. The method also includes determining a second incident angle at which light from the light source will impinge on a second thin-film reflective stack of a planned second reflector for the lighting system. The method further includes designing, using a processor executing a software package, the first reflector, comprising tuning a reflective characteristic of the first thin-film reflective stack as a function of the first incident angle determined, and designing, using the processor executing the software package, the second reflector, comprising tuning a reflective characteristic of the second thin-film reflective stack as a function of the second incident angle determined.
US09471706B2
System and method are disclosed for refining a semantic search query through large quantities of dynamically created concept categories and their associated extracted values on a mobile device using only two filtering controls or buttons. The first filtering control is a Semantic Categorization Filter control and the second filtering control is a Semantic Categorization Selection control. The user queries a semantic search engine using text or voice controls. The results returned to the user imply the full scope of search results along with a dynamically created semantic categorization. The most relevant semantic categorization will be considered as the pre-selected category in the Semantic Categorization Filter control along with a list of possible dynamically created sub-categorizations and the Semantic Categorization Selection control will be pre-populated with other possible semantic categorizations of the result set.
US09471704B2
A cloud-based server executes instances of a browser application responsive to requests from a plurality of user devices. The server interprets embedded code in a web document retrieved by a given browsing instance, and stores an intermediate representation of the embedded code in the web document in a dedicated memory resource associated with the given browsing instance. The server also stores the intermediate representation of an external file referenced by the web document in a shared memory resource such that the intermediate representation is accessible to the other browsing instances of the other user devices.
US09471700B2
A system and method is described for constructing a differential web in which information including objects, numbers, or text in databases and web pages may be selected using pointing device movements. Once selected, objects may be designated to be monitored for changes, said changes being captured and made browsable on web-like constructs. Changes to the objects that satisfy certain user-stated criteria may result in notifications to specific users who may also setup automatic transactions on the changed objects. Recognition and control units recognize the selected objects and make them available to be executed in a Cloud Computing Environment. Objects may be selected from different web pages and hence monitoring can be effectuated across disparate databases and web pages.
US09471692B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a structured query comprising references to one or more selected objects associated with the online social network, generating a query command based on the structured query, wherein the query command comprises an inner query constraint and an outer query constraint, identifying a first set of objects matching the inner query constraint and at least in part matching the outer query constraint, identifying a second set of objects matching the outer query constraint, and generating one or more search results based on the first and second sets of objects, wherein each search result corresponds to an object of the plurality of objects.
US09471685B1
The present application describes performing a user initiated search query comprising receiving user input comprising description details of at least one desired object, retrieving a plurality of objects from a database sharing one or more of the description details of the user input, retrieving an image of the at least one desired object based on one or more of the plurality of objects, generating a contour of the image and comparing the generated contour with other related contours of other images stored in the database, displaying all of the available contours of all of the images that match the generated contour, receiving a selection of one of the available contours from the user and performing the search query based on the user selected contour.
US09471681B1
Techniques for optimizing a search are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for optimizing search on a Web site comprises: receiving from a client computing device a first search request including a first search term, retrieving and rendering to the client computing device first search results including one or more items corresponding to the first search term included in the first search request, receiving from the client computing device a second search request associated with an item of the one or more items rendered with the first search results, retrieving one or more second search terms behaviorally associated with the selected item, and retrieving and rendering to the client computing device second search results corresponding to the one or more second search terms. The second search results may be rendered “in-line.”
US09471677B2
A unique application within Video that allows for user generated Meta-tagging to be delivered in real time to individual clips is provided. This meta-tag creates its own tail based upon the user generated words population, which is searchable via a “spider network” that runs invisible behind the web pages of the site. These same “tagged” words are broadcast over various delivery networks including but not limited to live feeds from SMS, MMS, News Feeds within Community Web Sites, Video Sharing Web Sites, Widget applications any other forms of electronic communication that will be dropped in real time to identified users and friends of users.
US09471670B2
Methods, techniques, and systems for using natural language processing to recommend related content to an associated text segment or document. Example embodiments provide a NLP-based content recommender (“NCR”) which uses NLP-based search techniques, potentially in conjunction with context or other related information, to locate and provide content related to entities that are recognized in the associated material. NCRs may be embedded as widgets, for example on Web pages to assist users in their perusal and search for information, provided by means of browser plug-ins or other application plug-ins, provided in libraries or in standalone environments, or otherwise integrated into other code, programs, or devices. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09471669B2
The disclosed subject matter provides methods and systems for presenting previously selected search results to a user. A first previously selected search result may be obtained from a first search provider. The first previously selected search result may be a first result, selected by a user, of a first prior search query executed by the first search provider. A second previously selected search result may be obtained from a second search provider, and the second previously selected search result may be a second result, selected by the user, of a second prior search query executed by the second search provider. Next, the first and second previously selected search results may be presented in an interface associated with a third search provider.
US09471668B1
A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.
US09471662B2
A system includes reception of an instruction to evaluate homogeneity of a first set of values of a plurality of stored sets of values, determination of a first minimum of the first set of values, determination of a first maximum of the first set of values, determination of whether the first minimum and the first maximum are equal, and if it is determined that the first minimum and the first maximum are equal, return of a value equal to the first minimum and the first maximum in response to the instruction.
US09471651B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for adjusting a map reduce execution environment. It is determined whether some operations in a sequence of operations should be implemented in a map reduce execution environment. If it is determined that some operations in a sequence of operations should be implemented in a map reduce execution environment, the map reduce execution environment is adjusted to achieve a predefined performance objective.
US09471650B2
A program product, system and method, the program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer program code comprising instructions to perform the method: receiving active content, where the active content comprises computer code for configuring a display in a first display interface; automatically matching without user intervention selected data from the active content to target category data; when there is a match, extracting data from the active content that matches object selector data, including a unique key; searching a customer database of database records using the unique key; when no records found, automatically creating new record; when one record is found, automatically updating without user intervention, items within the database record; when multiple records found, automatically determining a primary database record and automatically updating the primary database record; creating and displaying data in a second display interface from the records.
US09471647B2
A database query is received that includes a logical query indicator at a distributed database node within a distributed network of databases. The logical query indicator includes at least one physical database query and at least one database node identifier that allows at least one distributed database node to identify at least one physical database to execute the physical database query against. It is determined that the at least one database node identifier matches a local node identifier. The at least one physical database query is executed against at least one local physical database table. A local query response is formed including data retrieved from the at least one local physical database table. The database query is responded to with at least the local query response.
US09471644B2
A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium and system for scoring a text are disclosed. Themes within one or more texts may be determined and used to score each text, where an overall score for each text may indicate a respective importance and/or value of each text. The score for each text may be determined based upon a number of themes, type of themes, frequency of theme elements associated with the themes, distribution of theme elements associated with the themes, location of themes in the text, some combination thereof, etc. In this manner, the importance or value of one or more texts may be determined more accurately using information within each text with reduced reliance upon external information. Additionally, more relevant search results can be returned to a user by using internal information to perform ranking operations and/or filtering operations associated with a search.
US09471643B2
Generating ranked search results includes receiving a plurality of matching information items that match a search request, ranking at least some of the plurality of matching information items using a linear ranking model that linearly combines a first plurality of feature values to obtain a first set of ranked results, ranking at least some of the first set of ranked results using a nonlinear ranking model that nonlinearly combines a second plurality of feature values to obtain a second set of ranked results, and provide a search response based on the second set of ranked results.
US09471637B2
A method of selecting data, the method comprising, receiving data indicating a first requirement and identifying first records stored in a first database. The first records relate to first data subjects and the identification is based upon the first requirement. The first data subjects cannot be identified from the records of the first database. Second records are identified, the second records being stored in a second database and relating to the first data subjects. The first data subjects can be identified from the identified records of the second database. Each of the second records corresponds to a respective one of the first records, and the identification of the second records is based upon the first requirement.
US09471635B2
Systems and methods for optimizing a query, and more particularly, systems and methods for finding optimal plans for graph queries by casting the task of finding the optimal plan as an integer programming (ILP) problem. A method for optimizing a query, comprises building a data structure for a query, the data structure including a plurality of components, wherein each of the plurality of components corresponds to at least one graph pattern, determining a plurality of flows of query variables between the plurality of components, and determining a combination of the plurality of flows between the plurality of components that results in a minimum cost to execute the query.
US09471633B2
Embodiments relate to an eigenvalue-based data query. An aspect includes receiving a query request that includes a query statement. Another aspect includes calculating eigenvalues of key component elements in the query statement. Another aspect includes matching eigenvalues of nodes in an execution plan of a historical query statement to the eigenvalues of the key component elements. Yet another aspect includes based on determining success of matching the eigenvalues of the key component elements to the eigenvalues of the nodes in an execution plan of the historical query statement, generating an execution plan of the query statement.
US09471632B2
Techniques are disclosed for selecting between query execution plans in part based on virtual machine (VM) mirroring costs. In one embodiment, a query optimizer determines runtimes for multiple query execution plans, and modifies these runtimes based on flashing cost, which is itself determined based on the amount of memory which needs to be flashed to the secondary memory if each execution plan is executed. In so doing, the query optimizer may select a execution plan which takes a longer to run, but incurs less flashing cost. By considering both the query runtime itself and the flashing cost, the query optimizer may be better able to determine the fastest query execution plan to execute.
US09471631B2
Techniques for processing queries are provided. In one approach, an execution plan for a query includes multiple sub-plans, one or more of which are selected at runtime while one or more other sub-plans are not executed during execution of the execution plan. In another approach, data about misestimate is generated and stored persistently for subsequent queries. In another approach, statistics for a database object are generated automatically and efficiently while the database object is created or data items are added thereto. In another approach, a hybrid histogram is created that includes a feature of frequency histograms and a feature of height-balanced histograms. In another approach, computer jobs are executed in such a way to avoid deadlock. In another approach, changes to a database object trigger a hard parse of a query even though an execution plan already exists for the query.
US09471628B2
A data management system for calculating and retrieving analytic data involves a computing device coupled to a database. The system includes a plurality of data structures such as database tables. The data structures include a measure data structure including a measure-data element, a collection data structure including a collection-data element, and a fact data structure configured to store a fact-data element including an aggregated value. The aggregated value refers to the result generated by a query computation performed on a transaction database. The system includes a fact-analyzer module configured to generate the aggregated value from the transaction data utilizing the measure-data element and the collection-data element, wherein the measure-data element defines how the aggregated value is calculated. The fact-analyzer module is also configured to store the aggregated value and links to the measure-data element and the collection-data element in the fact-data element.
US09471618B2
A method of and system for monitoring and providing notification of changes to a data environment. Parameters of interest for monitoring changes made to a metadata data store are stored. Instructions are stored related to notifying a recipient of a communication about the changes. The metadata is monitored for changes related to the parameters of interest, and a change notification communication is generated with transmission initiated to the recipient. The instructions related to notification of the changes may include the identity of a recipient, mechanism for notification, and format and content of notification. A computer readable memory system and a computer program product may be provided that is encoded with a data structure for notifying data consumers of changes to a data environment that includes metadata.
US09471615B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a content server enhances content mediated engagements, by first enabling a user to specify a content collection containing a set of contents according to a specific/desired sequence, and then storing a data indicating the collection. The set of contents are selected from contents (or portions thereof) maintained in a repository. In response to receiving during a content mediated engagement, a request of the stored content collection, the content server then provides the set of contents according to the specific sequence. The content server also facilitates the same content (maintained in repository) to be included and accordingly provided as part of different content collections.
US09471605B2
Techniques are described for allowing a first user to efficiently send contact information to a second user using a user communication of a messaging application such as email programs, instant messaging programs, social media websites, or chat rooms. The messaging application may maintain a name database that stores names that are relevant to a first user. When the first user then types or speaks a name into a user communication (e.g., an email, instant message, or voice message), the messaging application provides the first user with the names stored in the name database that match the name in the user communication. Additionally, the messaging application may use ranking data associated with each matched name to order the names according to relevance. The first user can then select the correct name (if there are multiple matched names) which prompts the messaging application to automatically send contact information to the intended recipient of the user communication either within the current user communication or in a separate communication. In this manner, the first user is able to efficiently send contact information of relevant names to a recipient. The recipient may then use the contact information to communicate with the suggested contact.
US09471603B2
Managing images in an image database is described, comprising: when a query image is input, performing a match to determine whether an image similar to the query image exists within the database by comparing the images stored in the database with the query image; and if the image similar to the query image is a recognized image, providing at least one image in an image group to which the recognized image belongs and information thereon as a result, and if the image similar to the query image is an unrecognized image, providing at least one image in an image group to which the unrecognized image belongs as a result. When at least one image of the image group including the image similar to the query image is a recognized image, information on the corresponding recognized image is assigned to the images in the image group and provided as a result.
US09471602B2
A mapping module is configured to create a preview layer that depicts attributes of real-world objects located within the boundaries of a map. The mapping module uses search criteria to highlight multiple attributes without separately creating a filtered data set for each attribute. The mapping module may change the boundaries of the map in response to changed search criteria. The mapping module may also change the displayed attributes in response to changed map boundaries. By highlighting the selected attributes, the mapping module helps to visually identify relationships between complex real-world objects.
US09471595B1
A method is used in recovering file mapping information in file systems. Metadata of a file of a file system is evaluated. Mapping information associating the file to a file system hierarchy of the file system is missing a reference to an inode of the file. Based on the evaluation, the mapping information is updated for including the file to the file system hierarchy of the file system.
US09471594B1
Defect remediation in a system is disclosed. A defect is mapped to one or more remediation actions, at least in part by using a processor to generate and perform a defect-based query against one or more structured remediation action records. A remediation package is generated using the processor. The remediation package may include the one or more remediation actions and data associated with the defect. The remediation package may be sent to a destination associated with the defect.
US09471592B2
A file management system that provide a record file rapidly to a terminal, request source, by saving a record file to a storage device set at the local area, and to make it possible to refer it. A first device creates the record file and attribute information indicating the attribute about the record file, stores the record file in a first storage unit, and transmits the attribute information to the second device through the network. A second device receives the attribute information and the record file transmitted from the first device and stores them in a second storage unit. The terminal requests to acquire the record file based on the acquired attribute information to the first device or the second device. The first device or the second device transmits the record file requested to the terminal.
US09471577B2
Establishing hierarchical user management authority for storage resources organized into resource groups in a computing storage environment are provided. Each storage resource is associated with a resource group and storage resource object having a resource group attribute associating the storage resource object with one of the resource groups. The resource group label attribute is assigned to the resource group object. An additional attribute of the resource group object, that specifies management policies for the resource group object and the storage resources associated with the resource group object, is defined. One of the available users of the storage resources is associated with a user resource scope attribute. A schema is defined for comparing of values of the user resource scope attribute with the resource group label attribute.
US09471571B2
A computerized method is provided that includes (a) receiving from the user a selection of one of a plurality of templates for the digital media album; (b) receiving from the user a subset of media album components; (c) in response to a user input, compiling an interim multimedia album using the selected template, the subset of media album components, and default data for each media album component not included in the subset of media album components, and thereafter displaying to the user the interim multimedia album; (d) receiving from the user additions to the subset of the media album components, and repeating step (c) with the subset including said additions; (e) receiving from the user further additions to the subset of the media album components until all of said media album components are received; and (f) compiling the created multimedia album using the selected template and said media album components.
US09471570B2
Methods, systems and programming for providing a search result based on user selection of query suggestions. In one example, a query is received from a user. A plurality of query suggestions generated based on the query is obtained and provided to the user. A selection of one or more query suggestions from the plurality of query suggestions is received from the user. A first search result generated based on at least one of the one or more query suggestions is obtained and provided to the user.
US09471568B2
According to one embodiment, a speech of a first language is recognized using a speech recognition dictionary to recognize the first language and a second language, and a source sentence of the first language is generated. The source sentence is translated into a second language, and a translation sentence of the second language is generated. An unknown word included in the translation sentence is detected. The unknown word is not stored in the speech recognition dictionary. A first pronunciation candidate of the unknown word is estimated, from a representation of the unknown word. A second pronunciation candidate of the unknown word is estimated from a pronunciation of an original word included in the source sentence corresponding to the unknown word. The unknown word, the first pronunciation candidate and the second pronunciation candidate, are registered into the speech recognition dictionary correspondingly.
US09471565B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for bootstrapping a language translation system. A system configured to practice the method performs a bidirectional web crawl to identify a bilingual website. The system analyzes data on the bilingual website to make a classification decision about whether the root of the bilingual website is an entry point for the bilingual website. The bilingual site can contain pairs of parallel pages. Each pair can include a first website in a first language and a second website in a second language, and a first portion of the first web page corresponds to a second portion of the second web page. Then the system analyzes the first and second web pages to identify corresponding information pairs in the first and second languages, and extracts the corresponding information pairs from the first and second web pages for use in a language translation model.
US09471564B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for enriching and customizing one or more portions of textual content. Embodiments of the present invention analyze one or more portions of the textual content and customize the textual content based on preferences of a user interacting with the textual content. Embodiments of the present invention can present customized or original textual content to users requesting textual content.
US09471561B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a customizable text normalization framework providing for domain adaptability through modular replacement generators. In one embodiment, a method of and computer program product for text normalization are provided. An input sequence comprising a plurality of tokens is received. A plurality of generators is applied to the input sequence to generate a set of candidate replacements of the tokens of the sequence. A plurality of subsets of the set of candidate replacements is determined such that the candidate replacements of each subset are syntactically consistent. A probability is determined for each of the subsets. A subset of the plurality of subsets having the highest probability is selected. Each candidate replacement of the selected subset is applied to the input sequence to generate an output sequence. The output sequence is outputted.
US09471556B2
A system is provided in which access to documents and collaboration across varied platforms and feature versions is supported. A conversion and merge services is described that enables a client device to display documents irrespective of the original file format and re-integrate into the original document the modifications of the displayed document. The displayed document (as a whole or in parts) can be imported and converted to the file format of the original document before the changes are compared and merged into the original document. A set of application programming interfaces are also provided that perform certain tasks, such as highlight, comment, or format.
US09471555B1
Optimizing update instructions in hierarchically structured documents is provided. A pending update list including a first plurality of items is received. Each item of the first plurality of items describes an update to a hierarchically structured document. Each of one or more items of the first plurality of items is added to a subsumed update list having a second plurality of items. The subsumed update list is ordered based, at least in part, on a document order and on a target node of each of the second plurality of items. Subsume logic is applied to each of the one or more items based, at least in part, on the second plurality of items. Responsive to determining that subsume logic has been applied to each item of the first plurality of items, each of the second plurality of items of the subsumed update list is executed.
US09471553B2
An embodiment includes causing elements to be recognized that correspond to one or more browser-supported programming languages in an application. The recognized elements are those elements that can be converted to native user interface elements in the operating system and rendered on a display of a computing device. The elements in the one or more browser-supported programming languages are converted to native user interface elements. The native user interface elements are caused to be rendered on the display of the computing device. Apparatus and computer program products are disclosed.
US09471552B1
A method of reprioritizing execution of a script is disclosed. At least a portion of the script is partitioned into a plurality of component functions. At least one of the plurality of component functions is encapsulated with a wrapper component function. The initial loading of at least one of the plurality of component functions is selectively disabled. A modified script including at least one wrapper component function is generated. In some embodiments, profiling of the plurality of component functions is performed by collecting usage information of the plurality of component functions. In some embodiments, the selective disabling of the initial loading of a component function is based at least in part on the collected usage information of the plurality of component functions.
US09471546B2
A system for generating an On-Demand reconfigurable Web application that provides create/read/update/delete-functionality on data managed in one or more external data sources. An XML-based definition is accessed to learn of desired create/read/update/delete-functionality in pre-defined form, graphical interfaces (GUIs) on functionality, non-typed definitions of data in the data sources, as well as data logic related to the data sources and the various relationships between these items. Upon request the definition is parsed and one of the GUIs is presented or some of the defined functionality is executed. An abstraction layer is used to obtain access to the data managed in the external data sources and On-Demand-Instantiation is applied to type the non-typed objects within the context of the definition of the functionality being executed.
US09471535B2
Three-dimensional (3-D) processor devices are provided, which are constructed by connecting processors in a stacked configuration. For instance, a processor system includes a first processor chip comprising a first processor and a second processor chip comprising a second processor. The first and second processor chips are connected in a stacked configuration with the first and second processors connected through vertical connections between the first and second processor chips. The processor system further includes a mode control circuit to selectively operate the processor system in one of a plurality of operating modes. For example, in a one mode of operation, the first and second processors are configured to implement a run-ahead function, wherein the first processor operates a primary thread of execution and the second processor operates a run-ahead thread of execution.
US09471534B2
A method, system and computer program product for remote direct memory access (RDMA) optimized producer-consumer message processing in a messaging hub is provided. The method includes initializing a shared memory region in memory of a host server hosting operation of a messaging hub. The initialization provides for a control portion and one or more data portions, the control portion storing an index to an available one of the data portions. The method also includes transmitting to a message producer an address of the shared memory region and receiving a message in one of the data portions of the shared memory region from the message producer by way of an RDMA write operation on a network interface of the host server. Finally, the method includes retrieving the message from the one of the data portions and processing the message in the messaging hub in response to the receipt of the message.
US09471530B2
To provide a semiconductor device and a mobile terminal device capable of operating with stability. A semiconductor device includes an HSIC physical layer circuit fixedly connected to another semiconductor device through a bus line, a USB link control unit that operates with either a USB host function or a USB device function, and link-connects to the another semiconductor device, a nonvolatile storage unit that stores selection data, the selection data being used to select the USB function with which the USB link control unit operates, and a semiconductor substrate on which the HSCI physical control unit, the USB link control unit, and the nonvolatile storage unit are formed.
US09471527B2
A semiconductor device capable of communicating with a host apparatus includes a symbol generation unit, a coding unit, and a transmission unit. The symbol generation unit includes a random number generation circuit and generates a symbol according to a random number generated by the random number generation circuit. The coding unit performs 8b/10b coding for the symbol. The transmission unit transmits the symbol coded by the 8b/10b coding unit to the host apparatus.
US09471520B2
An I/O device operating according to a native computer architecture is accessed by a primary computer system operating according to a primary computer architecture. An application program of the primary computer system requests an I/O operation to access the I/O device. To facilitate this access, an application program interface formed of primary instructions for execution by the primary processor processes the I/O operation to provide an I/O request and to receive an interrupt in response to completion of the access. A thread is formed of primary instructions for execution by the primary processor for receiving the interrupt from the application program interface. A subsystem operates in response to the I/O request to access the I/O device and to provide the interrupt.
US09471517B1
A memory system having a plurality of memory devices includes a controller for separately accessing the memory devices. The memory system includes a data bus for transferring data, a control bus for transferring a command and address CAL, and first and second memory devices coupled to the data bus and the control bus. The controller controls the first and second memory devices through the data bus and the control bus, wherein the first and second memory devices have different values of the CAL, and wherein a difference of the CAL values is greater than or equal to a RAS to CAS delay time tRCD.
US09471516B2
Examples are disclosed for transmitting a command to control a peripheral device through an audio port. In some examples, the peripheral device may be coupled to a computing device via an interconnect. The interconnect may have an audio jack to couple with the computing device through an audio port and a connector to couple with a serial interface at the peripheral device. For these examples, elements of the computing device may receive a command to control the peripheral device and may generate analog signals including the command and a clock signal. The analog signals may then be transmitted through the audio port. The interconnect may be capable of converting the analog signals to a digital signal that includes the command and clock signal then provide the digital signal to the serial interface at the peripheral device. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09471512B2
A Flash-based storage system, card, and/or module comprises a Flash controller configured to encrypt the data pages of a page stripe by shuffling the data pages, including loading each data page into a data shuffling buffer in a sequential order relative to other data pages in the page stripe, and thereafter unloading each data page in a non-sequential order relative to other data pages in the page stripe. The Flash controller is also configured to scramble the data pages of the page stripe by performing a bitwise logical operation on the data pages that are unloaded from the data shuffling buffer. A user key and one or more system keys are used to perform the shuffling and scrambling. The Flash controller is further configured to flush the user key by bypassing the system's backup power supply and performing an emergency system shutdown without backing up system data.
US09471511B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for system and methods for software-based management of protected data-blocks insertion into the memory cache mechanism of a computerized device. In particular the disclosure relates to preventing protected data blocks from being altered and evicted from the CPU cache coupled with buffered software execution. The technique is based upon identifying at least one conflicting data-block having a memory mapping indication to a designated memory cache-line and preventing the conflicting data-block from being cached. Functional characteristics of the software product of a vendor, such as gaming or video, may be partially encrypted to allow for protected and functional operability and avoid hacking and malicious usage of non-licensed user.
US09471509B2
At least one CPU is configured to run a hypervisor at a first access level and at least one guest operating system at a second access level. At the second access level, translating uses mappings in a first page table; and, at the second access level, class information is determined for a memory page mapped by the first page table based on a classification of virtual addresses. At the first access level, translating uses mappings in a second page table; and, at the first access level, class information is determined for the memory page mapped by the second page table based on a classification of intermediate physical addresses. The class information determined at either access level is independent from certain bits used to indicate addresses. Class information determined at different access levels is processed to determine processed class information for the memory page using a dynamic processing rule.
US09471506B2
For data processing in a computing storage environment by a processor device, the environment incorporating at least high-speed and lower-speed caches, and managed tiered levels of storage, groups of data segments are migrated between the tiered levels of storage such that clumped uniformly hot ones of the groups of data segments are migrated to use a Solid State Drive (SSD) portion of the tiered levels of storage; uniformly hot groups of data segments are determined using a first, largest granulated, heat map for a selected one of the group of the data segments; a second heat map, which is smaller than the first and having the largest granularity of the first heat map, is used to determine the clumped hot groups; and sparsely hot groups are determined when neither the first heat map nor the second heat map are hotter than the first and second predetermined thresholds, respectively.
US09471496B2
Information on strides configured in the second cache includes information indicating a number of valid tracks in the strides, wherein a stride has at least one of valid tracks and free tracks not including valid data. A determination is made of tracks to demote from the first cache. A first stride is formed including the determined tracks to demote. The tracks from the first stride are added to a second stride in the second cache that has no valid tracks. A target stride in the second cache is selected based on a stride most recently used to consolidate strides from at least two strides into one stride. Data from the valid tracks is copied from at least two source strides in the second cache to the target stride.
US09471494B2
An apparatus and method are described for performing a cache line write back operation. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: initiating a cache line write back operation directed to a particular linear address; determining if a dirty cache line identified by the linear address exists at any cache of a cache hierarchy comprised of a plurality of cache levels; writing back the dirty cache line to memory if the dirty cache line exists in one of the caches; and responsively maintaining or placing the dirty cache line in an exclusive state in at least a first cache of the hierarchy.
US09471491B2
A technique for operating a high-availability (HA) data processing system includes, in response to receiving an HA logout indication at a cache, initiating a walk of the cache to locate cache lines in the cache that include HA data. In response to determining that a cache line includes HA data, an address of the cache line is logged in a first portion of a buffer in the cache. In response to the first portion of the buffer reaching a determined fill level, contents of the first portion of the buffer are logged to another memory. In response to all cache lines in the cache being walked, the cache walk is terminated.
US09471483B2
Electronic apparatus, comprising: non-volatile memory configured to be written to or read from in memory portions which are erased a sector at a time, each said sector comprising a plurality of said portions, and the memory having at least three said sectors each of which is adapted to be erased independently of the others; and control means operable to control erasing of the sectors, wherein: the control means is configured to store in a plurality of the sectors other than a target said sector erasure information concerning an erasure procedure, the erasure procedure involving erasing the target sector, so that such information in the sectors may be inspected to establish a suitable recovery procedure following an interruption event.
US09471474B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a set of validators that can be used to determine whether an installation is operating within desired parameters and is in compliance with any requirements. The validators may be provided with a software application or release, for example, and may be run during and/or after installation to test the application operation. A set of self-healing operations may be triggered when faults are detected by the validators. This allows a software application to auto-diagnose and auto-self-heal any detected faults.
US09471472B2
A method of updating a test description forming part of an automated test. The method includes obtaining a first time value associated with the sending of an instruction contained within the test description from the test computer to the system under test, obtaining a second time value associated with the receiving of an image comprising at least a portion of a GUI output of the system under test at the test computer, and using one or more processor devices to compare the first and second time values to determine timing information and update the test description using the timing information.
US09471468B2
A method, system, and computer program for improving productivity of code development is provided. The method includes calculating an edge weight between nodes of a directed graph for a code project, where the nodes include a source node and a sink node, the source node corresponds to a method and the sink node corresponds to a testcase, calculating a flow value from an identified source node to the sink node, where the identified source node includes a source file of the method that has been changed and generating a list of testcases that correspond the sink node whose calculated flow value is greater than or equal to a threshold flow value.
US09471467B2
It is presented a method for evaluating an application intended to be installed in a wireless terminal of a cellular network. The method is performed in an application development device and comprises the steps of: obtaining performance data associated with an execution of the application in a test wireless terminal in a simulated or real cellular network, the performance data being obtained for each cellular data session of the execution of the application, each cellular data session being defined as a period when the test wireless terminal is in a cellular network connection state when data transfer is possible; and evaluating the performance data by comparing the in performance data with reference performance data, the comparison being based on the duration of each cellular data session.
US09471464B1
Disclosed aspects include a debugger evaluating an expression. The expression has a debug element. Using dynamic analysis, a set of state information related to the debug element is identified. The set of state information can be generated external to the debugger and used within the debugger subsequent to being generated. Utilizing the set of state information, a tolerance parameter is selected. The tolerance parameter is for a conditional breakpoint linked with the debug element. In response to selecting the tolerance parameter, a triggering event for the conditional breakpoint may be detected. Based on the tolerance parameter, it may be determined to disregard the triggering event. Subsequently, the triggering event can be disregarded. Altogether, aspects of the disclosure provide a methodology for debug management that may provide performance or efficiency benefits.
US09471458B2
The present disclosure provides a method for identifying idleness in a processor via a concurrent software environment. A thread state indicator records an indication of a synchronization state of a software thread that is associated with an identification of the software thread. A time profiler identifies a processor of the computer system being idle and records an indication that the processor is idle. A dispatch monitor identifies a dispatch of the software thread to the processor. In response to the dispatch monitor determining the indication identifies that the processor is idle and the indication of a synchronization state of the software thread indicating the software thread ceases to execute in the processor, the dispatch monitor generates a record attributing the idleness of the processor to the software thread and the indicated synchronization state.
US09471445B2
Failover process for switching from a “failing” blade server to a “replacing” blade server. This process includes the following steps: (i) booting a replacing blade server to a set of operating system(s) including a first operating system; and (ii) subsequent to the booting of the replacing blade server, sending command data to the replacing blade server. The command data includes a command for the replacing blade server to configure itself to replace the failing blade server.
US09471443B2
Mechanisms for storing data to a storage system comprising a set of one or more solid state storage devices and a set of non-solid state storage devices are provided. A request to write data to the storage system is received and the data is written to the set of one or more solid state storage devices in response to receiving the request. Moreover, a mirror copy of the data is written to the set of non-solid state storage devices in response to receiving the request. Thus, the non-solid state storage devices serve as a mirror backup copy of the data stored to the solid state storage devices.
US09471436B2
A method and system on failure recovery in a storage system are disclosed. In the storage system, user data streams (e.g., log data) are collected by a scribeh system. The scribeh system may include a plurality of Calligraphus servers, HDFS and Zookeeper. The Calligraphus servers may shard the user data streams based on keys (e.g., category and bucket pairs) and stream the user data streams to Puma nodes. Sharded user data streams may be aggregated according to the keys in memory of a specific Puma node. Periodically, aggregated user data streams cached in memory of the specific Puma node, together with a Incremental checkpoint, are persisted to HBase. When a specific process on the specific Puma node fails, Ptail retrieves the Incremental checkpoint from HBase and then restores the specific process by requesting user data streams processed by the specific process from the scribeh system according to the Incremental checkpoint.
US09471432B2
A streams manager clones a portion of a primary flow graph to a virtual machine with a buffer to assure no data is lost if the corresponding portion of the primary flow graph fails. The buffer can be on the input of the cloned portion or on the output of the cloned portion. Cloning a portion of a primary flow graph with a buffer assures no data is lost when the corresponding portion of the primary flow graph fails. When the primary flow graph recovers from the failure, the processing may be switched back to the primary flow graph, which causes the buffer to begin buffering once again.
US09471428B2
An SSD has a plurality of dies, with each die having a storage capacity. The storage capacity of each die is divided into a primary capacity and a spare capacity. A primary die has a maximum primary capacity, and a sum of the spare capacities of the remaining dies is greater than the maximum primary capacity. Data stored on the SSD is distributed among the primary capacities of the dies. When a failure of a first die is detected, data stored on the failed first die is migrated to the spare capacity of at least one of the remaining dies.
US09471426B2
A method includes encoding, in accordance with a dispersed storage error encoding function, a data segment of a data object to produce a set of encoded data slices. The method further includes creating a subset of encoded data slices, wherein the subset of encoded data slices includes less than the decode threshold number of encoded data slices. The method further includes creating one or more partial encoded data slices representing one or more encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices that are not within the subset of encoded data slices based on the dispersed storage error encoding function and at least some of the encoded data slices of the subset of encoded data slices. The method further includes outputting the subset of encoded data slices to storage units of the DSN and outputting the one or more partial encoded data slices to another device of the DSN.
US09471422B2
According to one aspect, a method for adaptive error correction in a memory system includes reading data from a memory array of a non-volatile memory device in the memory system. Error correcting logic checks the data for at least one error condition stored in the memory array. Based on determining that the at least one error condition exists, a write-back indicator is asserted by the error correcting logic to request correction of the at least one error condition. Based on determining that the at least one error condition does not exist, accesses of the memory array continue without asserting the write-back indicator.
US09471420B2
A nonvolatile memory includes a plurality of memory sets, wherein each of the memory sets includes a first memory cell suitable for storing a validity signal indicating data validity of the corresponding memory set, and second memory cells suitable for storing multi-bit data or one or more-bit defect information.
US09471413B2
A method in a memory device that operates in a testing mode, includes receiving a vector to be written to the memory device. The vector is written to the memory device only if the vector belongs to a predefined set of test vectors. If the vector does not belong to the set of test vectors, the vector is converted to one of the test vectors, and the converted vector is written to the memory device.
US09471412B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product encodes diagnostic data in an error message for a computer program. In response to an error in the processing of a computer program, a predetermined set of diagnostic data associated with the error is selected. The predetermined set of diagnostic data is encoded in an image, and the image is displayed in association with an error message for the error.
US09471405B1
Development of interfaces for legacy programs. A system includes a client device displaying a series of screens output from a legacy program in a terminal emulator. The system further includes a tracking module logging activity in the terminal emulator in a trail file, and an analysis module adapted to analyze the trail file and produce, based on the analysis, a REST API based upon the analysis that supports a collection of different REST API calls corresponding to the series of screens output from the legacy program. The REST API is a stateless API utilized in a stateful manner in which each REST API call of the collection of REST API calls provides direct access to a corresponding screen of the series of screens.
US09471400B1
Access to a shareable resource between threads is controlled by a lock having shared, optimistic and exclusive modes and maintaining a list of threads requesting ownership of said lock. A shared optimistic mode is provided. A lock state descriptor is provided for each desired change of mode comprising a current mode in which a thread has already acquired the lock. When a thread acquires the lock in shared optimistic mode, other threads are allowed to acquire the lock in shared or optimistic mode. When a thread which acquired the lock in shared optimistic mode wants to acquire the lock in exclusive mode, other threads which have acquired the lock in shared or optimistic mode are prevented from acquiring the lock in exclusive mode until the thread which acquired the lock in shared optimistic mode and requested to acquire the lock in exclusive mode releases the lock.
US09471399B2
Systems and methods of protecting a shared resource in a multi-threaded execution environment in which threads are permitted to transfer control between different software components, for any of which a disclaimable lock having a plurality of orderable locks can be identified. Back out activity can be tracked among a plurality of threads with respect to the disclaimable lock and the shared resource, and reclamation activity among the plurality of threads may be ordered with respect to the disclaimable lock and the shared resource.
US09471391B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for aggregating requests for resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a set of requests for computing resources. Each request specifies one or more computing resources and, for each of the one or more computing resources, a quantity of the computing resource requested. A quantity-based provider condition that a request must meet for inclusion in an allocation process is identified. Each received request that fails to meet the quantity-based provider condition is included in a proper subset. Requests in the proper subset of requests are grouped into one or more groups based at least on the quantity of the one or more resources specified by each request of the proper subset and the quantity-based provider condition. A respective combined request is generated for each group of requests.
US09471386B2
Allocating resources for tasks in a build process is provided. The build process includes a plurality of tasks. Task metadata is obtained. The task metadata comprising a task type of a second task in the plurality of tasks. Execution metadata is obtained. The execution metadata comprising an execution result of a first task in the plurality of tasks. The second task depends on the execution result of the first task. A resource required by the second task is determined according to the task metadata and the execution metadata.
US09471381B2
Technologies are generally described for a method, device and architecture effective to allocate resources. In an example, the method may include associating first and second resources with first and second resource identifiers and mapping the first and second resource identifiers to first and second sets of addresses in a memory, respectively. The method may include identifying that the first resource is at least partially unavailable. The method may include mapping the second resource identifier to at least one address of the first set of addresses in the memory when the first resource is identified as at least partially unavailable. The method may include receiving a request for the first resource, wherein the request identifies a particular address of the addresses in the first set of addresses. The method may include analyzing the particular address to identify a particular resource and allocating the request to the particular resource.
US09471367B1
A computer-implemented method for collecting usage data includes running, by a computer processor, virtual firmware at least partially in a virtual hardware layer of a virtual machine. Usage data describing the virtual machine is received, at the virtual firmware and from a kernel subsystem of the virtual machine. The usage data is transmitted from the virtual firmware to a collector on a host machine that hosts the virtual machine.
US09471363B2
Aspects of the present invention provide a solution for managing memory. A method according to an embodiment includes: prior to any storage of a page from a guest in the memory: analyzing the page to compute an identifier for the page; and comparing the computed identifier with other identifiers of other pages currently stored in the memory to find an identical page, wherein a match between the computed identifier and the identifier of one of the other pages currently stored in memory indicates that the page corresponding to the computed identifier and the other page corresponding to the matching identifier are identical; and storing, in the case that an identical page is found, a link to the identical page in a portion of the memory allocated to the guest.
US09471353B1
Technologies are described herein for isolating tenants executing in a multi-tenant software container. Mechanisms for resource isolation allow tenants executing in a multi-tenant software container to be isolated in order to prevent resource starvation by one or more of the tenants. Mechanisms for dependency isolation may be utilized to prevent one tenant executing in a multi-tenant software container from using another tenant in the same container in a manner that requires co-tenancy. Mechanisms for security isolation may be utilized to prevent one tenant in a multi-tenant software container from accessing protected data or functionality of another tenant. Mechanisms for fault isolation may be utilized to prevent tenants in a multi-tenant software container from causing faults or other types of errors that affect other tenants executing in the same software container.
US09471352B1
Capability based placement can be used for placing virtual machine instances on server computers (which can be configured to support one or more virtual machine slots) that are capable of running the instances in an efficient manner. For example, capability tags can be determined from the detailed characteristics (e.g., detailed hardware, software, and/or other characteristics) of the server computer and/or slots. For example, capability tags can indicate capabilities such as disk throughput, network bandwidth, database support, encryption support, video editing support, etc. Requests to launch virtual machine instances can be received and capability tags can be determined from the requests. Servers and/or slots that match the determined capability tags can be identified and used for launching the instances.
US09471349B1
A method and apparatus for provisioning a computing resource is provided. Provisioning a computing resource based on a provisioning policy is initiated. The provisioning policy may specify one or more supplementary operations whose successful completion is optional for the computing resource to be used. Further in the method and apparatus, the computing resource is provided for use.
US09471344B1
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to providing hardware support for processing virtual machine instructions. In some implementations, an apparatus, systems, or methods can include an interface for a system-on-chip (SOC), a memory device, a central processing unit (CPU) coupled with the interface and the memory device, where the CPU can be configured to process instructions defined by a first instruction set and to direct instructions defined by a second instruction set to the memory device, and processing hardware coupled with the interface and the memory device, where the processing hardware can be separate from the CPU and configured to retrieve and process the instructions defined by the second instruction set, and where the second instruction set can be different from the first instruction set, and the instructions defined by the second instruction set include code of a predefined virtual machine environment.
US09471342B2
A technique for register mapping in a virtual system includes preparing a register pool that includes a plurality of registers for mapping. A mapping table is prepared that has a register identifier (ID) and information related to each of a plurality of parameters that express an operational state of the virtual system for each of the registers. At the time a register access request is issued by a hardware thread, the register ID for an access target and information related to each of the plurality of parameters that express the operational state during operation is acquired. One of the registers, for which the acquired register ID and information related to each of the plurality of parameters match the register ID and information for each of the plurality of parameters within the mapping table, is set as a mapped register to be accessed per the register access request.
US09471337B2
A system and method that performs retrofitting and autowiring of service bindings by generating a plurality of retrofitted references from a plurality of resource references and autowiring the plurality of retrofitted references into an application. The system and method deploys the application to an environment in response to the autowiring of the plurality of retrofitted references.
US09471335B2
Methods and systems described herein are directed to providing shell integration for an application executing remotely on a server. By providing shell integration for the application executing on the server, the system provides a seamless user experience, in which a user perceives minor or no differences between applications executing locally and those executing remotely. New usability enhancements in operating systems, such as Destination Lists (a.k.a. Jump Lists), Thumbnail Toolbars, Overlay Icons, Progress Bars, and integration of web sites with the Shell, may work only in a local OS environment and fail to integrate at all in a remote environment. One of the goals of the invention is to integrate these Shell capabilities and achieve a unified desktop experience for the user.
US09471332B2
A system, apparatus and method of selecting graphical component types at runtime are provided. When a graphical component is to be displayed in a GUI, which usually has a type, the type of the GUI is first determined. Type in this case used to signify a look, feel and behavior that are to be exhibited by the graphical component. After determining the type of the GUI, the graphical component may be created based on the type of the GUI. After it has been created, the graphical component will be displayed in the GUI.
US09471328B2
An information processor has a program stored in a first storage area. The program is installed when authenticated based on a comparison of authentication information generated from the pre-certified files of the program and authentication information of the pre-certified files written in an authentication information file. The pre-certified files include the authentication information file and a first configuration file that defines an operation of the program. When the program is executed, the information processor searches for a second configuration file that exists when the program is installed and has the same file configuration as the first configuration file. Configuration data written in the second configuration file are registered with a second storage area different from the first storage area, when the second configuration file is located by the search. The configuration data are reflected in the operation of the program when determined as being stored in the second storage area.
US09471323B2
Methods and systems may provide for receiving a request to perform an atomic operation and adding the atomic operation to an execution pipeline of an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) for one or more pending atomic operations if the one or more pending atomic operations are associated with a memory location identified in the request. Additionally, at least a portion of the execution pipeline may bypass the memory location. In one example, adding the atomic operation to the execution pipeline includes populating a linked list with a modification associated with the atomic operation, wherein the linked list is dedicated to the memory location.
US09471321B2
There is provided a method for controlling fetch-ahead of Fetch Sets into a decoupling First In First Out (FIFO) buffer of a Variable Length Execution Set (VLES) processor architecture, wherein a Fetch Set comprises at least a portion of a VLES group available for dispatch to processing resources within the VLES processor architecture, comprising, for each cycle, determining a number of VLES groups available for dispatch from previously pre-fetched Fetch Sets, and only requesting a fetch-ahead of a next Fetch Set in the next cycle if one of a select set of criteria related to the number of VLES groups available for dispatch is true.
US09471315B2
An aspect includes run-time instrumentation reporting. An instruction stream is executed by a processor. Run-time instrumentation information of the executing instruction stream is captured by the processor. Run-time instrumentation records are created based on the captured run-time instrumentation information. A run-time instrumentation sample point of the executing instruction stream on the processor is detected. A reporting group is stored in a run-time instrumentation program buffer. The storing is based on the detecting and the storing includes: determining a current address of the run-time instrumentation program buffer, the determining based on instruction accessible run-time instrumentation controls; and storing the reporting group into the run-time instrumentation program buffer based on an origin address and the current address of the run-time instrumentation program buffer, the reporting group including the created run-time instrumentation records.
US09471311B2
Elements from a second operand are added together one-by-one to obtain a first result. The adding includes performing one or more end around carry add operations. The first result is placed in an element of a first operand of the instruction. After each addition of an element, a carry out of a chosen position of the sum, if any, is added to a selected position in an element of the first operand.
US09471301B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to obtaining user feedback and causing a package of content updates to be created and distributed based on the received feedback. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for creating a package that contains one or more content updates that are configured for implementation on a remote device.
US09471294B2
Extension patterns are deployed to core deployment patterns stored in a first software repository. An event relating to registration of a component is detected. In response to detecting the event, a tool registry can be queried to identify one or more extension deployment patterns for use with one or more core deployment patterns. Based upon the query, one or more extension deployment components can be retrieved from a second software repository. The one or more extension deployment components can be deployed on top of one or more instances of the one or more core deployment patterns.
US09471293B1
Systems and methods are described that allow for multiple pluggable user interactive system (UIS) applications to be added or removed from a UIS system while maintaining controlled access by users to each currently available application. Users can access the system using multimedia connections, such as voice, text, video, web, etc., and users have access to certain subsets of the available applications depending on their identity. In addition, users can define their own preferences, which places restrictions on which applications they can access from which media. In operation, the system provides the access restrictions and navigation for the applications outside of the application structure.
US09471287B2
Embodiments of a system and method are described for generating and distributing programming to mobile devices over a network. Devices are provided with Players specific to each device and Applications that are device independent. Embodiments include a full-featured WYSIWYG authoring environment, including the ability to bind web components to objects.
US09471279B2
A method of generating a sequence of random bits includes receiving a binary input signal from an input signal source and coupling the binary input signal into a plurality of components of the quantum device to initiate a random bit generation cycle. Each of the plurality of components of the quantum device produces a binary output during the random bit generation cycle, and the quantum device is configured to operate according to a non-local game during the random bit generation cycle. The method further includes maintaining isolation of the plurality of components of the quantum device during the random bit generation cycle, obtaining a plurality of binary outputs from the plurality of components of the quantum device, and producing a random bit based on the plurality of binary outputs and the binary input signal. After the random bit generation cycle, communication among the plurality of components of the quantum device is allowed.
US09471268B2
A multi-channel KVM server system for supplying video data to a plurality of clients is disclosed. The KVM server includes a plurality of video processors and a video switch for connecting each video processor to one or more video sources. Each video processor processes video data using a multiresolution decomposition method to generate a plurality of decomposition components at different resolution levels. A main processor of the KVM server transmits the decomposition components generated by various video processors to various clients based on the clients' requirements. When some clients are in a multi-source (“TV wall”) mode and some clients are in a single-source mode, the main processor uses decomposition components generated by some video processors to supply both the clients in single-source mode and as a part of the TV wall data for the clients in multi-source mode.
US09471266B2
A printing system includes a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus. The printing control apparatus stores, in association with a sheet holding unit of the printing apparatus, a combination of stored first attribute information about a sheet and stored second attribute information about the sheet. The printing control apparatus receives, from the printing apparatus, first attribute information about a sheet to be used in a job. Based on the received first attribute information about the sheet received from the printing apparatus, the printing control apparatus obtains the stored second attribute information and sends the obtained second attribute information to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus sets the received second attribute information as attribute information about a sheet to be stored in the sheet holding unit. The printing apparatus notifies a user about the sheet holding unit to which the second attribute information is set.
US09471264B2
An information processing system includes at least one information processor, an output data reception part configured to receive output data or output target data via a network, a determination part configured to determine whether user identification information, which is to be correlated with the received output data or output data generated based on the output target data, is specified from user information stored in a user information storage part, a storing part configured to store data identification information and the received or generated output data in correlation with each other in a data storage part when the user identification information is not specified; a notification part configured to give notice of the data identification information via the network; and a transmission part configured to transmit, via the network, the received or generated output data correlated with the user identification information or the data identification information received via the network.
US09471262B2
Example embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a cloud print service, wherein when a user of a terminal device chooses a pay-to-print option, a print service provider is configured to send an uploaded print job to a print apparatus via a public network after receiving monetary payment from the user, and when the user chooses a free-print-with-advertisement option, the print service provider is configured to select a user-targeted advertisement, modify the uploaded print job with the selected user-targeted advertisement, and send the modified print job to the print apparatus via the public network.
US09471258B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide performance isolation for storage clouds. Under one embodiment, workloads across a storage cloud architecture are grouped into clusters based on administrator or system input. A performance isolation domain is then created for each of the clusters, with each of the performance isolation domains comprising a set of data stores associated with a set of storage subsystems and a set of data paths that connect the set of data stores to a set of clients. Thereafter, performance isolation is provided among a set of layers of the performance isolation domains.
US09471257B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory array, a setting unit and a control unit. The memory array consists of non-volatile memory cells. The setting unit set a page address of the memory array which is initially read out at startup. The control unit performs an internal sequence to read out the page address from the setting unit at startup and, according to the read-out page address, transmits page data corresponding to the read-out page address from the memory array to a page buffer.
US09471251B2
A storage control method is characterized by receiving a write signal from an external transmission source, transmitting write data included in the write signal to a transmission destination, storing the write data temporarily, monitoring a temporary stored data amount that is an amount of the write data temporarily stored, transmitting a control signal, based on a result of the monitoring, to the transmission source which performs execution of the first processing, selecting second processing, based on the control signal, which is subject to be suppression of the execution from among the first processing according to a predetermined condition, outputting a suppression signal which suppresses the second processing, and suppressing execution of the second processing based on the suppression signal.
US09471249B2
The intermittent sampling of storage access frequency is performed by determining a duration of a collection window and a duration of an observation window within the collection window. A position of the observation window within the collection window is randomly selected, and frequencies of accesses of one or more storage objects during the observation window are observed. When a new access of a given storage object occurs, a delta time for the given storage object is calculated as the time of the observed access minus the timestamp of the most recent observed prior access of the given storage object. Optionally, the delta time of two sequential accesses of a given storage object in two different observation windows may be calculated as if the two different observation windows are immediately adjacent to each other.
US09471247B2
A storage apparatus performs, in place of a copy process which involves physical resource allocation to a copy destination logical volume, a copy process which allows the copy destination logical volume to refer to an allocation destination managed by a management unit area of a copy source logical volume. A storage unit stores management information relating to the reference destination of the management unit area of the logical volume. A control unit releases the physical resource which has been allocated to the management unit area by exchanging the reference destination of the management unit area specified by a release command from a host computer with the reference destination of the management unit area of the other logical volume corresponding to the specified management unit area.
US09471244B2
When a virtual machine writes to a page that is being shared across VMs, a share value is calculated to determine how different the page would be if the write command were implemented. If the share value is below a predefined threshold (meaning that the page would not be “too different”), then the page is not copied (as it would be in a standard copy-on-write operation). Instead, the difference between the contents of the pages is stored as a self-contained delta. The physical to machine memory map is updated to point to the delta, and the delta contains a pointer to the original page. When the VM needs to access the page that was stored as a delta, the delta and the page are then fetched from memory and the page is reconstructed.
US09471242B2
A data storage system includes: non-volatile solid state memory including non-volatile storage units and a temporary register; a data storage controller configured to receive a write command including a plurality of logical segments of data from a host; a write buffer allocated to receive a portion of the plurality of logical segments of data and accumulate a physical segment of data corresponding to a write unit of the solid state memory; a solid state memory controller configured to transmit the accumulated data from the write buffer to the temporary storage register each time the write buffer accumulates a physical segment of data. The data storage controller acknowledges completion of the write command to the host after the last logical segment of data is written to the write buffer; and deallocates the write buffer after the solid state memory completes reception of the accumulated data into the temporary storage register.
US09471230B2
A page compression strategy classifies uncompressed pages selected for compression. Similarly classified pages are compressed and bound into a single logical page. For logical pages having pages with more than one classification, a weighting factor is determined for the logical page.
US09471228B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for caching policies for solid state drives. A method of the disclosure includes receiving a request to perform a write operation of a first size; determining, by a processing device, a threshold of input/output I/O size in view of an average bandwidth of a solid state drive (SSD) and information related to I/O operations performed by at least one of the SSD or a hard disk drive (HDD); comparing the first size with the threshold of I/O size; and determining, by the processing device, whether the write operation is to be performed on the SSD or on the HDD in view of the comparison.
US09471226B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing reverse copy-on-write for improved cache utilization are disclosed. Examples generally relate to both physical and virtualized computer systems. A computer-implemented method may include detecting when a first task is to write to a memory page that is shared with a second task, creating a copy of the memory page for use by the second task, and modifying a memory mapping to associate the second task with the copy of the memory page. In a virtualized computer system, a hypervisor may detect when a first virtual machine is to write to a memory page shared with a second virtual machine, create a copy of the memory page for the second virtual machine, and adjust a memory mapping to associate the second virtual machine with the copy of the memory page.
US09471222B2
Embodiments relate to method and computer program products which prioritize the logical units in a subgroup. Thereafter, in case of abnormal operation of the process for copying the consistency group from primary storage to secondary storage, low priority logical units of the subgroups of the consistency group are not copied from primary storage to secondary storage.
US09471213B2
Method, system, and computer program product to enforce application dependencies, by building a data model based on inputs specifying relationships between a plurality of applications, generating, based on the data model, a list of candidate executions for a first application having a specified relationship with a second application, and outputting a visual representation of the data model, the visual representation comprising a plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and arranged to represent the relationships between the applications, the list of candidate executions, and one or more user interface elements allowing user navigation between the first application and the second application, of the list of candidate executions.
US09471207B2
An electronic device can be coupled to an accessory that controls multiple displays. The device can receive accessory configuration information describing a configuration of the multiple displays. The device can generate one or more user interfaces for display by the multiple displays and transmit the one or more user interfaces to the accessory for display by the multiple displays. The device can receive information indicating user interaction with a user interface. In response to receiving the information, the device can generate an updated user interface and transmit the updated user interface to the accessory.
US09471203B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining and/or presenting supplemental content associated with media content. In some embodiments, supplemental content may include information regarding characters, places, events, and/or user generated data associated with media content. Supplemental content may be determined through the use of one or more indexes and/or data structures that relate media content with supplemental content items. User interfaces may be generated to present the supplemental content items in a particular order, layout, and/or streaming animation to provide context for the user. In some embodiments, the user interfaces including the supplemental content may be configured to receive user input for navigation of the media content.
US09471194B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a remote desktop system which allows an application that executes on a remote computing device to be presented to a remote terminal as if the application is executing on the remote terminal. This system determines which of the remote computing device's application windows are top-level windows, and creates a rendering target for each top-level window. The rendering target is a graphics surface that is marshaled to the remote terminal. A PDU (Protocol Data Channel) is produced over this first graphics surface that includes a mapping of the location of the top-level window. A second graphics surface containing transparency information is created for a top-level window that contains a transparency characteristic. This second graphics surface is encoded and marshaled to the remote terminal separately from the first graphics surface. The client computing device receives and merges the two graphics surfaces, and renders a window with the expected transparency.
US09471193B2
A method for displaying a relational diagram on a screen where at least one view of the relational diagram is larger than an available viewing area provided by the screen. The method comprises steps of detecting a predetermined action performed on a first element of the relational diagram, determining one or more relevant elements associated with the first element, and modifying a view of the relational diagram to display the first element and the one or more relevant elements on the screen.
US09471182B2
In a display portion of a liquid crystal display device, the dead space corresponding to a unit pixel is reduced while the aperture ratio of the unit pixel is increased. One amplifier circuit portion is shared by a plurality of unit pixels, so that the area of the amplifier circuit portion corresponding to the unit pixel is reduced and the aperture ratio of the unit pixel is increased. In addition, when the amplifier circuit portion is shared by a larger number of unit pixels, a photosensor circuit corresponding to the unit pixel can be prevented from increasing in area even with an increase in photosensitivity. Furthermore, an increase in the aperture ratio of the unit pixel results in a reduction in the power consumption of a backlight in a liquid crystal display device.
US09471176B2
Touch or proximity sensors are integrated into control devices such as knobs, dials or wheels incorporated in a user control panel. A control output processor detects whether any of the sensors are outputting signals indicating that a control device is being touched (or nearly touched) by a user. The control output processor causes an associated display area to be highlighted or otherwise modified on a display screen to indicate to the user which control device is being touched. This feature allows for “no-look” interaction with control panels, and keeps the user's eyes focused on the relevant displays where the control devices produce effects. This allows users to preview and verify that the correct control device is being manipulated prior to taking any (potentially erroneous) control actions.
US09471175B2
A touch sensing panel including a substrate, an electrode array, and a plurality of third electrodes is provided. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area. The electrode array is located at the active area and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, wherein the second electrodes and the first electrodes are electrically insulated to each other and intersected with each other. The third electrodes area located at different sides of the peripheral area, respectively, and electrically insulated to the electrode array. A touch sensing control unit applied to the touch sensing panel is also provided.
US09471172B2
An abrasion resistant coating (206) is applied to a display (202) of a mobile device (200). In an embodiment, the coating (140) includes a first layer (106B) including siloxane; a second layer (106A) including siloxane, wherein the second layer has opposing sides and a hardness greater than the first layer; and a third layer (104) including an amorphous carbon selected from a diamond-like carbon and a diamond-like nano-composite. The first layer (106B) and third layer (104) are positioned on opposing sides of the second layer (106A). The third layer (104) has a hardness greater than the second layer (106A).
US09471171B2
An image processing device includes a processor a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: detecting a first candidate group and a second candidate group contained in the image, the first candidate group being one or more candidates for a first part of a user, the second candidate group being one or more candidates for a second part of the user; and selecting at least one of the first part in the first candidate group and the second part in the second candidate group, on the basis of a human-body's positional relationship of the first part and the second part.
US09471167B2
An OLED touch display panel includes a pixel layer having red subpixels, green subpixels, and blue subpixels. The red subpixels, the green subpixels, and the blue subpixels are arranged in a repeated manner. An encapsulation glass is mounted on the pixel layer. A touch sensor pattern layer is formed on the encapsulation glass and is aligned with gaps between the red subpixels, the green subpixels, and the blue subpixels. In another aspect, an OLED touch display panel includes a pixel layer having subpixels of different colors. An encapsulation glass is mounted on the pixel layer in a first direction. A polarizer is mounted on the encapsulation glass in the first direction. A touch sensor pattern layer is mounted between the encapsulation glass and the polarizer. At least a portion of spacing sections between the subpixels overlaps a pattern of the touch sensor pattern layer in the first direction.
US09471165B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detecting function includes: a substrate; a display area; a touch detection electrode provided with a plurality of conductive thin wires, each of the conductive thin wires including a plurality of thin wire pieces each having a linear shape and including a first end and a second end; a drive electrode; and a display functional layer. The adjacent thin wire pieces are arranged so as to be bent at a bent portion serving as a portion at which the second end of the one thin wire piece of the adjacent thin wire pieces is connected to the first end of the other thin wire piece of the adjacent thin wire pieces, and the conductive thin wires include a bent portion having an angle formed by the adjacent thin wire pieces different from angles of the other bent portions.
US09471161B2
A touch screen panel including a transparent substrate; a background layer including a color printing layer along an edge of a surface of the transparent substrate; an overcoating layer on the surface of the transparent including the upper portion of the background layer; conductive sensing cells on the overcoating layer; and position detection lines.
US09471157B2
A computer mouse includes a mouse device and a size-augmenting device. The mouse device includes a mouse body, a mouse button and a mouse roller mounted on a top side of the mouse body, and a sensing device mounted on a bottom side of the mouse body. The size-augmenting device includes a shell body defining a receiving slot for receiving the mouse body. The receiving slot extends through a top surface and a bottom surface of the shell body.
US09471155B2
In general, in one aspect, a laptop computer includes two planes of orthogonal proximity sensors that are utilized to create a three dimensional user interface. The planes of proximity sensors are provided in the display and the keyboard. The intersections of the proximity sensors along three axis defines a plurality of coverage areas. An object (e.g., users finger, pointer) is determined to be within a coverage area if the corresponding intersecting proximity sensors indicate presence of the object. A user may identify an item on the display for selection by placing an object within an appropriate coverage area and select the item by moving the object toward the display. A user may identify an action to be taken on the display by moving an object through one or more of the coverage areas. A 3D image of an object may be generated based on the coverage areas indicating the object is located therein. The 3D image may utilized to authenticate a user.
US09471152B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that, in various embodiments, improve chart performance by allowing users to interactively split and unsplit charts with dual-Y axis using dragging gestures or a button.
US09471150B1
A first directional touch gesture on a display area and a second directional touch gesture on the display area are received simultaneously, wherein: the first directional touch gesture is on a left side of the display area; the second directional touch gesture is on a right side of the display area; and a first direction associated with the first directional touch gesture is identical to a second direction associated with the second directional touch gesture. Content is scaled within the display area based at least in part on the identical direction associated with the simultaneous directional touch gestures.
US09471148B2
Systems and methods are described for navigating through a data space. The navigating comprises detecting a gesture of a body from gesture data received via a detector. The gesture data is absolute three-space location data of an instantaneous state of the body at a point in time and physical space. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using the gesture data. The navigating comprises translating the gesture to a gesture signal, and navigating through the data space in response to the gesture signal. The data space is a data-representational space comprising a dataset represented in the physical space.
US09471136B2
A mechanism is provided for an integrated circuit with power gating. A power header switch is configured to connect and disconnect a circuit to a common voltage source. The circuit is powered off circuit when disconnected. A multiplexer selectably connects a charge pump or common voltage source to a gate terminal of the power header switch. The charge pump provides a higher voltage to the gate terminal than the common voltage source. A controller is configured to control a selection of the multiplexer to the charge pump and the common voltage source. The controller is configured to disconnect the charge pump from the gate terminal and connect the common voltage source to the gate terminal of the power header switch in response to conditions: a prediction of a demand core power-up request, an increase in a gate leakage current, and/or a reduction in temperature of the powered off circuit.
US09471131B2
According to an embodiment, there is provided with a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute steps including: calculating an access load on a memory area including a plurality of segment areas and determining, for each of the segment areas, one of a plurality of power states including a first power state and a second power state with its power consumption being lower than that of the first power state in accordance with the access load; and setting each of the segment areas to the power state determined therefor.
US09471120B1
A power management controller (PMC) for resetting various voltage domains of an integrated circuit (IC) generates and transmits first and second voltage domain input signals to first and second voltage domains, respectively, and generates corresponding reset signals for resetting the first and second voltage domains. The PMC generates a first master reset signal indicative of resetting the first and second voltage domains when the first and second voltage domains are booting. The PMC generates a second master reset signal indicative of resetting the first and second voltage domains when the IC is in a functional mode. The PMC determines whether the first and second voltage domains are non-functional and if at least one is non-functional, then the PMC masks a respective one of the first and second reset signals.
US09471114B2
A system for providing cooling of a memory device comprises a cooling system arranged to store a coolant, a valve system connected to the output of the cooling system, and a control system connected to the valve system and arranged to open the valve system when power is lost to the control system. The system further comprises a delivery system connected to the output of the valve system and arranged to deliver the coolant to the memory device and the cooling system comprises a canister of low boiling point fluid.
US09471109B1
In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, by a computing device, an indication of movement of the computing device, receiving, by the computing device, an input from one of a touchpad, a touch-sensitive surface of a lid portion of the computing device, a trackpad, one or more mouse buttons, and a keyboard during the movement of the computing device, determining, based on the received indication of the movement of the computing device, that the received input is a false input, and ignoring, by the computing device, the received input based on determining that the received input is a false input.
US09471095B2
A fastening assembly used into a first workpiece and a second workpiece is provided. The fastening assembly includes a first engaging member, a reciprocating member and a second engaging member. The first engaging member is fixed to the first workpiece. The reciprocating member is fixed to a first side of the second workpiece and capable of reciprocally moving relative to the second workpiece. The second engaging member is connected to the reciprocating member for engaging with the first engaging member. After the fastening assembly is affected by a magnetic force from a second side of the second workpiece, the reciprocating member is shifted, and the second engaging member is separated from the first engaging member.
US09471089B2
Electronic circuit device and method for conveying clock signal in an electronic circuit device. The electronic circuit device includes: a cooling fluid conduit network including at least one conduit, wherein the cooling fluid conduit network is configured to convey both a cooling fluid and an electromagnetic signal via the at least one conduit; a clock signal injection unit configured to inject an electromagnetic clock signal at an input location of the cooling fluid conduit network; and a clock signal collection unit configured to collect an electromagnetic clock signal.
US09471084B2
An apparatus and method for a bandgap voltage reference circuit with improved operation for a low voltage power supply. A bandgap voltage reference circuit which is operable at low power supply voltage for power supplies of 1.3V comprising of a first npn bipolar transistor, a second npn bipolar transistor, a third npn bipolar transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, and a first, second and third p-channel MOSFET. The matched second resistor and third resistor, and the first and third npn bipolar transistor pair establishes a ΔVbe dependent current (a PTAT current), and the fourth resistor established a ΔVbe to establish a bandgap voltage of approximately 1.2V.
US09471071B2
An apparatus, system, and method for a voltage regulator for improved voltage regulation using a remote feedback and remote feedback low pass filter. The system comprises of a power management unit, a remote load point (HOST), an inductor, a filtering capacitor, a printed circuit board (PCB) track output net, a ground connection, a remote feedback line, and a low pass filter (LPF). In this present disclosure, the electrical connection of the remote feedback low pass filter to the output filter capacitor minimizes transient ringing, reduced noise coupling, and improved system stability.
US09471064B1
A method for controlling a drone includes receiving a natural language request for information about a spatial location, parsing the natural language request into data requests, configuring a flight plan and controlling one or more drones to fly over the spatial location to obtain data types based on the data requests, and extracting and analyzing data to answer the request. The method can include extracting data points from the data types, obtaining labels from a user for one or more of the data points, predicting labels for unlabeled data points from a learning algorithm using the labels obtained from the user, determining the predicted labels are true labels for the unlabeled data points and combining the extracted data, the user labeled data points and the true labeled data points to answer the request for information. The learning algorithm may be active learning using a support vector machine.
US09471058B2
A data acquisition device includes an operational information acquiring part for acquiring operational data from a numerical control device, an active portion acquiring part for acquiring an active portion of a machining program from the numerical control device, a stopping cause acquiring part for acquiring stopping cause information representative of cause of stoppage when the drive axis is stopped, from the numerical control device, and storing part for storing the operational data, the active portion, and the stopping cause information, in association with time of their acquisition, respectively.
US09471052B2
A method and device of controlling an industrial process. The method includes the steps of monitoring a plurality of values of at least one physical property of the industrial process to be controlled and determining whether the respective value of the at least one physical parameter deviates from a nominal value. Further, the method includes the step of displaying on a display screen, in chronological order, current state of the at least one physical property over time, which current state reflects the deviation of the respective value from the nominal value. Finally, the method includes the steps of providing on the display screen, when a user selects one of the current states, detailed information pertaining to the selected state and controlling the industrial process on the basis of the detailed information.
US09471051B2
A method for displaying visual representation of at least one user interface, UI, of a process control system, the at least one UI being displayed on an electronic visual display unit connectable to the process control system and being adapted to visually indicate relationship between a plurality of components included in at least a part of a process controlled by the process control system, is disclosed. Data associated with different components in the process controlled by the process control system indicative of the operational status of the respective component is used to visualize the operational status of the components in each UI on the electronic visual display unit.
US09471049B2
A system and method for configuring a field device of a control system is provided. The system includes a mobile computing device for communicating with a wireless adapter coupled to the field device. The mobile computing device receives an application module via a wireless network communication module. The application module, when executed by a processor, configures the field device via a wireless direct communication module. The mobile computing device includes a user-friendly graphic display to provide and receive information associated with the configuration of the field device.
US09471046B2
A method for producing a part is provided, the method including the following: a first step of a computer-aided simulation for a plurality of cross-sections of the part based on a 3D cross-sectional model and obtaining a first result, which represents shrinkage of the part basically caused by thermal and/or chemical reactions; a second step of a further computer-aided simulation for the plurality of cross-sections of the part based on a 2D shell model and obtaining a second result, which represents shrinkage of the part basically caused by thermal and/or chemical reactions; determining a scale factor for the second result in such a way that the second result corresponds to the first result; determining scale factors for any cross-sections which are between two adjacent cross-sections from the plurality of cross-sections, by interpolation; predicting a distortion of the part; and producing the part based on the predicted distortion of the part.
US09471043B2
A smart watch is disclosed in which a part of the wrist of a user connected to the palm when the smart watch is worn by the user is constructed to be thin. According to an embodiment, the smart watch includes a display part configured to display digital content, a first connection part connected to one side of the display part, the first connection part including a camera unit, a second connection part connected to the other side of the display part, the second connection part including a battery unit, and a comfort part configured to connect the first connection part and the second connection part, wherein thickness of the comfort part is thinner than thickness of the display part, the first connection part, and the second connection part.
US09471025B2
A contact member is substantially arc-shaped along an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical body while being supported in contact with an inside of the cylindrical body, when viewed from an axial direction of the cylindrical body. The contact member has at least one projection projecting from an inner peripheral surface of the contact member.
US09471022B2
A print control apparatus includes a generation unit, a storage unit, a transfer unit, a memory, and a controller. The generation unit generates image data by performing a rendering process in accordance with a print instruction. The storage unit stores the image data. The transfer unit reads the stored image data and transfers the read image data to a printer that performs printing on a sheet of paper. The memory stores, for each page in the print instruction, a processing time in association with the print instruction. In response to acceptance of an instruction for reprinting the print instruction, the controller controls whether to store the generated image data in the storage unit or to transmit the generated image data to the transfer unit, based on the processing time for each page stored in the memory in association with the print instruction.
US09471020B2
A printer is capable of performing inter-light source adjustment processing for adjusting a forming interval of electrostatic latent images between a first light source and a second light source based on inter-light source adjustment marks, and density adjustment processing for adjusting the density of an image based on a bias adjustment mark, and when the execution conditions of both of inter-light source adjustment and density adjustment are established, performs the inter-light source adjustment processing and then performs the density adjustment processing.
US09471018B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a cap member, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member. The cap member is attached to an end portion of the fixing belt. The first elastic member is mounted in the cap member so as to be opposite to an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The first elastic member is ring-shaped. The second elastic member is mounted in the cap member so as to be opposite to an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The second elastic member is ring-shaped. The first elastic member is in pressed contact with the cap member and with the outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The second elastic member is disposed with a space from the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt and thermally expands toward the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt.
US09471008B2
A contacting portion of a shutter appears in front of a container opening to be at a position where the contacting portion contacts with a sealing member provided in an edge of a storage body opening of a developer storage body when the shutter is at an opening position, and is separated from the sealing member to move into a container frame when the shutter moves from the opening position to a closing position. A non-contacting portion of the shutter is provided on an upstream-side of the contacting portion in a moving direction from the opening position to the closing position and is positioned inside the frame when the shutter is at the opening position, and moves to a position where the non-contacting portion appears in front of the container opening without making contact with the sealing member when the shutter moves from the opening position to the closing position.
US09470999B2
An optical deflector including a rotary member supported by a bearing shaft and rotatively driven by a motor for deflecting a plurality of laser beams separated from each other in a rotational axis direction of the rotary member is disclosed. The optical deflector includes a polygon mirror having four sides arranged about the rotational axis direction. Each of the four sides is a continuous plane having a plurality of effective reflection areas separated from each other in the rotational axis direction.
US09470995B2
To provide an azo compound which improves the dispersibility of an azo pigment in a non-water soluble solvent.The purpose is achieved by an azo compound having a specific structure in which a high molecular weight polymer unit is bonded.
US09470994B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin including a polyester resin, a release agent including a hydrocarbon wax, and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin, wherein 70% or more of the release agent with respect to the entire release agent is present within 800 nm from the surface of the toner particles, wherein the styrene (meth)acrylic resin forms domains having an average diameter of 0.3 μm to 0.8 μm in the toner particles, and wherein a number ratio of the domains included in a range of the average diameter±0.1 μm is less than 65%.
US09470991B2
A method for producing a positively chargeable toner, including: step 1: melt-kneading a toner raw material composition containing a resin binder, a positively chargeable charge control agent, and fine fluororesin particles, and a recycled powder; step 2: cooling a melt-kneaded mixture obtained in the step 1, and pulverizing a cooled mixture; and step 3: classifying a pulverized product obtained in the step 2, wherein the resin binder in the toner raw material composition contains 50% by mass or more of a polyester having a softening point of 125° C. or higher and 170° C. or lower. The positively chargeable toner obtainable by the method of the present invention is suitably used in developing latent images formed in, for example, an electrophotographic method, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like.
US09470969B2
A support for an object, e.g., a semiconductor substrate, includes a main body having a surface configured and arranged to have a plurality of projections. Each of the projections has an associated electrostatic actuator for displacing a free end of the associated projection relative to the main body at least in a direction in a plane parallel to a main surface of the object.
US09470968B2
A projection objective includes at least four curved mirrors, which include a first curved mirror that is a most optically forward mirror and a second curved mirror that is a second most optically forward mirror, as defined along a light path. In addition, an intermediate lens element is disposed physically between the first and second mirrors, the intermediate lens element being a single pass type lens. The objective forms an image with a numerical aperture of at least substantially 1.0 in immersion.
US09470964B2
A first lens array splits light flux emitted from a light source. A second lens array is provided with a plurality of lens cells two-dimensionally arranged, on which light emitted from the first lens array is irradiated. A polarization converting element splits indefinite polarized light emitted from the second lens array into P polarized light and S polarized light, and conforms the split light to either the P polarized light or the S polarized light and emits the conformed light. A drive mechanism displaces the polarization converting element in a direction perpendicular to a polarization split direction along a surface on which the indefinite polarized light from the polarization converting element is incident.
US09470961B2
A light source module and a projection apparatus including the light source module, a light valve, and a lens are provided. The light source module includes a cover, a light emitting device, a lead wire, a trigger wire, and at least one fixing wire. The light emitting device is partially disposed in the cover and includes a light source and a first pillar, wherein the light source is connected to the first pillar and provides an illumination beam. The lead wire is connected to the light source and is position-limited between the cover and the first pillar. The trigger wire is disposed on the first pillar and is electrically connected to the lead wire. The fixing wire is position-limited between the cover and the first pillar. One end of the fixing wire is connected to the first pillar, and another end of the fixing wire is position-limited to the cover.
US09470957B2
The invention is directed to the provision of an optical device in which provisions are made to form a gap between an optical waveguide and a substrate without having to form a groove or the like in the substrate and to prevent any stress from being applied to an optical element even when it is heated by a heater for temperature adjustment. More specifically, the invention provides an optical device includes a substrate, an optical element with an optical waveguide formed in a surface thereof that faces the substrate, bonding portions formed on the substrate at positions that oppose each other across the optical waveguide, a heater, formed on at least one of the optical element and the substrate, for heating the optical waveguide, and a micro bump structure formed from a metallic material, wherein the optical element is bonded to the bonding portions via the micro bump structure in such a manner that a gap is formed between the optical waveguide and the substrate.
US09470950B2
An assembly useful for producing an encapsulated electrophoretic display is prepared from an electrophoretic medium comprising a plurality of discrete droplets (904) in a polymeric binder (906), each droplet comprising a plurality of charged particles dispersed in a fluid, and a front sub-assembly comprising a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer (902) and a color filter array (920). The electrophoretic medium is laminated to the front-assembly (902, 920) at a temperature at which the polymeric binder (906) will flow and secure the electrophoretic medium to the front sub-assembly to form the final assembly, with the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer (902) disposed between the color filter array (920) and the electrophoretic medium (904, 906).
US09470944B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel having a display area and a non-display area; left and right common voltage lines connected to common voltage lines formed in the display area and located in the non-display area on the left and right sides of the display area; and a common voltage compensator that receives feedback common voltages from the left and right common voltage lines and outputs compensated common voltages based on the feedback common voltages, wherein the common voltage compensator divides the display area into a first display area and a second display area with respect to the center of the liquid crystal panel and performs different compensation to the first display area and the second display area.
US09470939B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate comprises a common electrode and a pixel electrode that are formed on a base substrate. The common electrode comprises a first common electrode and a second common electrode, the first common electrode is provided below the pixel electrode and separated from the pixel electrode by an insulating layer, the second common electrode is provided in the same layer as the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes, the second common electrode also comprises a plurality of strip electrodes, and the strip electrodes of the pixel electrode and the strip electrodes of the second common electrode are alternately arranged.
US09470937B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, apparatus, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a process, method, and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, generating a gradient in an index of refraction of a material.
US09470931B2
A method for manufacturing the display panel and a transfer plate are disclosed, the method includes: fabricating a color resin layer and a first alignment film (21) in this order on a first mother board (2) corresponding to at least two display panels; applying the alignment liquid coated onto the surface of the transfer plate (1) onto the surface of the first mother board (2), so that the first alignment film (22) is formed on the first mother board (2); the transfer plate (1) comprises only one transfer zone correspondingly covering the entire first mother board (2).
US09470930B2
Various layer separation states are generated by the combination of a polyamide acid ester and a polyamide acid and a long residual image characteristic cannot be further improved merely by combining them. A liquid crystal display device comprises a substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and an orientation film placed between the substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The orientation film comprises a polyimide precursor having two or more components. In the polyimide precursor, an octanol-water partition coefficient is defined as log P and the difference in log P (Δ log P) between the two components having most distant log Ps is set so as to fall within a prescribed range.
US09470929B2
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates; forming a second alignment film on the other substrate of the pair of substrates; arranging the pair of substrates so that the first alignment film and the second alignment film are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and bridging the polymer compound to give pre-tilt to the liquid crystal molecule 41 after sealing the liquid crystal layer.
US09470928B2
Disclosed is a homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film without an alignment layer and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film without using a separate alignment layer to induce a homeotropic alignment of the liquid crystal in which a liquid crystal layer has a homeotropic alignment property by coating a polymerizable and reactive liquid crystalline mixture solution including a predetermined surfactant on a plastic substrate whose surface are hydrophilic-treated, and drying and UV irradiating the mixture solution; a method for preparing the same. The homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film prepared according to the present invention may be very useful as a major component of a viewing-angle compensation film and a retardation film, etc. in LCD, and has advantages of simplicity of the manufacturing process, its shortened manufacturing time, its mass production, etc.
US09470924B2
The exemplary embodiments herein provide a figure eight closed loop of circulating gas pathways wrapping around an electronic display. One or more open loop ambient air pathways may pass through the figure eight but do not allow the circulating gas and the ambient air to mix. In some embodiments, the open loop ambient air pathway travels along a rear surface of the electronic display. In some embodiments, the circulating gas pathways contain a front channel placed in front of the electronic display, a rear channel placed behind the electronic display, and a center channel placed between the front and rear channels. Pass-through apertures may be placed within the path of the circulating gas and/or the ambient air to allow the paths of the two gaseous matters to cross without allowing them to mix with one another.
US09470917B2
The present invention is directed to display devices comprising a watermark area and a non-watermark area. The display cells in the watermark area have widths of the partition walls, heights of the partition walls, or top opening shapes, which are different from those of the display cells in the non-watermark area. The watermark aims to protect against counterfeiting or to be used for decoration purposes. The watermark is visible at certain viewing angles and/or under certain lighting conditions and it does not interfere with displaying of the regular images.
US09470914B1
An electro-refraction modulator includes a series of layers with different doping levels surrounding a single-crystal regrown p-n junction implemented in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The regrown p-n junction is spatially abrupt and precisely defined, which significantly increases the tuning efficiency of the electro-refraction modulator while maintaining acceptable insertion loss. Consequently, the electro-refraction modulator (such as a resonator modulator or a Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulator) can have high bandwidth, compact size and reduced drive voltage. The improved performance of the electro-refraction modulator may facilitate silicon-photonic links for use in applications such as wavelength-division multiplexing.
US09470913B2
A system and methods for electro-optical modulation are presented. A first optical signal and a second optical signal are optically coupled to produce a local oscillator signal propagated in two signal paths. The local oscillator signal in the first signal path and the second signal path is electro-optically phase modulated with a radio frequency electrical signal to produce a first phase modulated optical signal and a second phase modulated optical signal respectively. The first phase modulated optical signal and the second phase modulated optical signal are optically coupled to produce an intensity modulated signal comprising an RF frequency of the radio frequency electrical signal frequency mixed by a local oscillator frequency of the local oscillator signal.
US09470901B2
The current invention is directed to a pair of binoculars having an eyepiece with one or more ocular lenses and a view port, a polarized lens orientated and positioned on a mounting frame, one or more prisms and an objective lens; wherein the polarized lens is fixed between the eyepiece and the one or more prisms and is shaped to provide an optically correct image and orientated in the vertical plane to substantially filter refracted horizontal light. The invention has application with hunting or sporting scopes and periscopes and other types of viewing apparatus.
US09470898B2
The present invention provides a 2D-3D switching device of a naked eye 3D display, comprising a first substrate (1), a second substrate (2) oppositely located to the first substrate (1), a plurality of electrodes (3) located between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2) and on the second substrate (2), a dielectric layer (4) formed on the second substrate (1) and completely covering surfaces of the plurality of electrodes (3) and a first fluid (51) which is hydrophobic and a second fluid (52) which is hydrophilic which fill between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2); the first substrate (1) comprises a prism (11), and a side of the first substrate (1) having the prism (11) is opposite to the second substrate (2), and the prism (11) of the first substrate (1) comprises a plurality of curved surface zones (111) which are evenly distributed and a plurality of perimeter zones (112) located surrounding the curved surface zones (111), and each of the electrodes (3) is positioned corresponding to one curved surface zone (111). The device can commodiously achieve the switch between 2D display state and 3D display state of the naked eye 3D display.
US09470896B2
Disclosed is an image generator with several pixels, from which light bundles are emitted for generating an image, a control unit for controlling the image generator and an imaging optical system which comprises a light guiding element with a front side and a rear side, which light guiding element has an input grating formed on the front or rear side and an output grating formed on the front or rear side. The light bundles are input into the light guiding element by means of diffraction at the input grating, guided in the light guiding element by means of total internal reflection up to the output grating and output by means of diffraction at the output grating such that a user can perceive the generated image.
US09470895B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting portion that emits fluorescence in response to excitation light incident on a surface of the light-emitting portion, and a reflector that defines a light-emitting region on the surface of the light-emitting portion, the fluorescence being emitted from the light-emitting region. The excitation light has a top-hat energy intensity distribution on the surface of the light-emitting portion.
US09470889B2
A laser scanning device includes: a plurality of laser light sources, each of the plurality of laser light sources emitting a laser light having a light intensity distribution having an elliptical shape; an aperture through which the laser lights emitted from the plurality of laser light sources pass; and a scanning mirror for reflecting the laser lights from the aperture to a scan position. A position of the aperture is adjustable in a first adjustment direction. The plurality of laser light sources are oriented so that long axis directions of the light intensity distributions of the laser lights emitted by the plurality of laser light sources are parallel to the first adjustment direction at positions at which the laser lights emitted by the plurality of laser light sources enter the aperture.
US09470882B2
An optical arrangement for a solid-state lamp is disclosed. A highly reflective secondary reflector is located adjacent to but not in contact with an optical element. In some embodiments, the reflector presents a white, diffuse reflective surface. A secondary reflector with a specular reflective surface can also be used. The secondary reflector can be made of various commercially available materials; for example, MCPET or polycarbide resin, and the arrangement can be used with an LED light source. In some example embodiments, the optical element and the highly reflective secondary reflector each have a plurality of lobes and the arrangement is suitable for an MR16 halogen lamp replacement. In other example embodiments, the highly reflective secondary reflector includes a plurality of recesses corresponding to a plurality of optical elements, and the arrangement is suitable for a PAR incandescent bulb replacement.
US09470861B2
An optical module includes a housing including an upper cover and a lower cover, a first circuit board having a wiring pattern for transmitting an electric signal, a second circuit board on which a photonic device is bonded, the photonic device converting the electric signal into light or converting the light into the electric signal, an optical waveguide that is provided on the first circuit board, and guides the light output from the photonic device or the light to be incident on the photonic device, and a first thermal conducting member having plasticity, wherein, the optical waveguide, the second circuit board, and the first thermal conducting member are layered on the first circuit board, a first protrusion formed on the upper cover is adhered to a top surface of the first thermal conducting member, and the first thermal conducting member is adhered to a top surface of the photonic device.
US09470857B2
An optical module providing laser diodes (LD) and monitor PDs is disclosed. The LDs and monitor PDs are mounted on a module substrate that also mounts a resin body. The resin body includes a mirror surface which causes a total inner reflection for the optical beams coming from the LDs toward the inner fibers set in one side of the resin body. The mirror surface further provides a blip to refract portions of the optical beams toward the monitor PDs.
US09470848B2
A receptacle has a backward-movable floating mechanism and includes a receptacle-side slider, a first lock mechanism (first ball) functioning to couple and fix the receptacle to a plug, and a second lock mechanism (second ball, indentation) that prevents the backward movement. The plug includes a plug-side slider and an indentation. When the plug is inserted into the receptacle, the plug-side slider is prevented from moving forward by the first ball and only the housing of the plug moves forward. When connection between male and female members is complete, the first ball fits into the indentation and the plug-side slider moves forward to lock the first ball. The receptacle-side slider is pushed backward by the plug-side slider, the second lock mechanism is unlocked and the housing of the receptacle is moved backward by the floating mechanism.
US09470846B2
Optical systems for wavelength division multiplexing and wavelength division demultiplexing with a multi-core fiber, and methods of their fabrication, are disclosed. The systems include a coupling mirror with a plurality of angled surfaces that are configured to direct light to or from different cores of a multi-core fiber. In addition, the multiplexer systems can further include laser chips for generating light, while the demultiplexer systems can include photodiode arrays for detecting light from the multi-core fiber. The systems can also include a guiding structure comprising filters/micro-mirrors to direct light from the lasers or to the photodiodes.
US09470840B2
A multicore fiber includes a plurality of cores and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores. The plurality of cores is arranged and disposed on a linear line passed through the center of the cladding. A pair of cores is included. The pair of the cores is located adjacent to each other, and has different core diameters in a first direction in which the plurality of cores is arranged on the linear line. A ratio of a core diameter in the first direction to a core diameter in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is different between the pair of the cores.
US09470834B2
A light guide plate includes a light incident surface formed on a lateral side, a reflection surface formed on a bottom, and a light exit surface formed on a top. The light guide plate includes a plurality of voids formed therein at one side close to the reflection surface. Each of the voids contains therein a plurality of high reflectivity particles. The light guide plate has a reflection surface that is a planar surface to help achieve total reflection and includes a plurality of voids that contain air and high reflectivity particles sealed therein arranged at the side adjacent to the reflection surface so that a portion of the light entering the light guide plate through a light incident surface and irradiating the voids is reflected by the voids to project out through a light exit surface.
US09470832B2
A plane illumination apparatus has an optical device, an irradiation unit to irradiate the coherent light beams to the optical device. The irradiation unit makes the coherent light beams scan the surface of the optical device by changing propagation directions of the coherent light beams, the light guide plate comprises a light take-out portion specific zone to take out coherent light beams to outside while making coherent light beams propagate between a first end face on which coherent light beams from the optical device are incident and a second end face that is provided to face the first end face, and the specific zone is provided inside the light take-out portion or along the first end face, or along the second end face.
US09470829B2
A polarizing plate includes a substrate and a conductive pattern layer including a first pattern and a second pattern. The first pattern includes line-shaped structures disposed at intervals with a period shorter than a wavelength of incident light to be isolated from one another, the first pattern configured to transmit first polarized light of the incident light therethrough and reflect second polarized light of the incident light that is perpendicular to the first polarized light. The second pattern is disposed on an outer boundary of the first pattern, the second pattern isolated and insulated from the first pattern, the second pattern including a stem and at least one branch protruding from the stem toward the first pattern.
US09470823B2
A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. Due to physical properties of the grating, the spatial modulations are in focus for a range of wavelengths and spacings. The spatial modulations are captured by the array, and photographs and other image information can be extracted from the resultant data. Used in conjunction with a converging optical element, versions of these gratings provide depth information about objects in an imaged scene. This depth information can be computationally extracted to obtain a depth map of the scene.
US09470822B2
The present disclosure is directed to lamina(e) comprising cube corner elements, a tool comprising an assembly of laminae and replicas thereof. The disclosure further relates to retroreflective sheeting.
US09470815B2
Performance of permanently installed tubing conveyed seismic arrays using passive acoustic absorbers
Methods and apparatus for reducing the impact of guided (or “tube”) waves in permanently installed seismic systems are provided. By utilizing passive acoustic absorbers, the impact of tube waves may be reduced, leading to improved performance of permanently installed seismic systems that are installed onto production tubing when the well is completed.
US09470809B2
The transmission system combines a self-contained, wireless seismic acquisition unit and a wireless, line of site, communications unit to form a plurality of individual short-range transmission networks and also a mid-range, line of sight transmission network.
US09470805B2
A seismic survey system for surveying a subsurface. The system includes a volumetric land source buried underground for generating P-waves; a non-volumetric land source buried underground for generating P- and S-waves; plural receivers distributed about the volumetric and non-volumetric land sources and configured to record seismic signals corresponding to the P- and S-waves; and a controller connected to the volumetric land source and the non-volumetric land source and configured to shot them in a given pattern.
US09470804B2
A boron-coated neutron detector, comprising a cathode tube with a plurality of passages formed therein along its longitudinal direction, the inner wall of each passage being coated with boron material; an electrode wire serving as an anode and arranged longitudinally in each of the passages, the electrode wire adapted to be applied with high voltage; and an insulating end plate to which each end of the cathode tube is fixed, the electrode wire being fixed to the cathode tube via the insulating end plate. Preferably, the cathode tube is formed by jointing a plurality of boron-coated substrates. The boron-coated neutron detector increases the detection efficiency of the neutron detector, which may reach or even exceed the detection efficiency of the 3He neutron detector of the same size, and the cost thereof is much cheaper than the 3He neutron detector.
US09470802B2
A radiographic image capturing apparatus, comprising a plurality of sensors arrayed on a substrate, a driving unit, a detection unit and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to perform a first control controlling the driving unit so as to repeatedly initialize the plurality of sensors on a row-by-row basis before a start of emission of radiation, and a second control controlling the driving unit so as to interrupt the initialization in response to a detection signal from the detection unit and cause the plurality of sensors to output signals, and the apparatus further comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the detection signal is a signal which was output in response to the start of emission of radiation.
US09470795B2
A method and a system for reducing time to first fix (TTFF) in a satellite navigation receiver (SNR) includes constructing an integrated satellite constellation system (ISCS) for transmitting navigation signals over a combination of a first carrier frequency, a second carrier frequency, and a third carrier frequency. The ISCS includes a predetermined number of geosynchronous satellites positioned at first predetermined geographic coordinates in a geosynchronous orbit and a predetermined number of geostationary satellites positioned at second predetermined geographic coordinates in a geostationary orbit. The ISCS transmits navigation data to the SNR over the combination of the first carrier frequency, the second carrier frequency, and the third carrier frequency in reduced time, thereby reducing the TTFF in the SNR. The method and the system also reduce TTFF in a hot start mode and a snap start mode of the SNR by utilizing the third carrier frequency as a data channel.
US09470793B2
An optical blade tracking system for a rotary wing aircraft, the system including a light source generating at least one light beam, the light source coupled to a rotor blade of the rotary wing aircraft, wherein movement of the rotor blade is imparted to the light source; a two-dimensional position detector generating signals indicative of a position of the light beam along a first axis and a position of the light beam along a second axis and generating a signal indicative of an angular position of the light beam about a third axis; a processor receiving the signals, the processor determining at least one of lead-lag, flap and pitch of the rotor blade in response to the signals; and a polarizer filter positioned between the light source and the two dimensional position detector, the polarizer filter modulating intensity of the light beam onto the two-dimensional position detector.
US09470781B2
A radar device for transmitting and receiving a signal in a frequency band for target detection. The invention includes a control means, an oscillator, with an input of the oscillator being connected via a converter to the control means, with it being able to address the oscillator via control means in order to generate a signal, and with it being possible to tap the signal generated via the oscillator at an output of the oscillator, at least one transmission antenna for transmitting the signals provided at the output of the oscillator, with the transmission antenna being connected to the output of the oscillator, and at least one receiver channel for receiving a receiver signal, for processing the receiver signal, and for forwarding the processed receiver signal to the control means, with the receiver channel comprising at least one receiving antenna for receiving the receiver signal and a mixer for mixing the receiver signal with the signal provided at the output of the oscillator, and with the mixer being connected to the output of the oscillator.
US09470776B2
This invention provides a system and methods for tracking the positions and behaviors of moving objects such as animals. In one embodiment, the system comprises one or more tracking unit, one or more base nodes, one or more remote data hubs, and one or more remote processor with display. Each tracking unit (e.g. attached or inserted into the tracked animals) could transmit acoustic signal with a unique signature. The base nodes, after time stamping the received signals, relate the signals to the remote processors where the signals will be processed and the 3-dimensional spatial coordinates of the tracking units, and hence the animals, can be identified. Further processing of the positional information would reflect the activities and behaviors of each animal. Additional sensors included in the tracking unit provide further information about the states of the animals such as temperature, heart rate or blood pressure etc.
US09470773B2
A method for operating a pressure sensor, which includes a measuring membrane, at least one platform and a capacitive transducer having two pressure dependent capacitances between electrodes on the measuring membrane. The measuring membrane divides a volume pressure-tightly into two volume portions, wherein the second volume portion is enclosed in a measuring chamber between the measuring membrane and the platform. A deflection of the measuring membrane depends on a pressure measurement variable p, which is a difference between a first pressure p1 and second pressure p2 in the volume portions. The pressure measurement variable p follows from both capacitances, wherein, for an intact pressure sensor, the second capacitance is a predetermined function of the first capacitance and, in given cases, the temperature. The method has steps as follows: registering value pairs of both capacitances; testing whether the value pairs correspond within a tolerance range to the predetermined function; and determining a change, respectively damage, of the sensor, when this is too long not the case.
US09470765B1
Method and apparatus for a current sensing device including a magnetoresistive magnetic field sensing element positioned with respect to a shaped conductor such that an applied field generated by current through the shaped conductor forms an offset angle theta defined by the applied field and a field of a pinning layer of the magnetoresistive element. The offset angle increases a linearity of the device output for current in the shaped conductor flowing in a first direction. A further sensor can increase linearity in the opposite direction.
US09470762B1
A novel method for real-time small-signal stability analysis for power electronic-based components in a power system. The method may be used to monitor a power system in real-time by perturbing the source side of an electronic-based component of the power system using a shunt current injection of about 0.5 to 1 percent of a nominal current of the power system at the source side, and perturbing the load side of the power electronic-based component by varying the voltage at the load side. Time-domain results of the perturbations may be transferred to frequency-domain results and the stability of the power system may be monitored by obtaining a Nyquist contour and employing Generalized Nyquist Criterion or unit circle criterion.
US09470749B2
A test apparatus includes a test site, a buffer carrying device, a transport carrying device, a handling mechanism and a dry air flow guide mechanism. The test site performs a test procedure on the objects. The buffer carrying device is disposed close to a side of the test site, holds the objects and performs a temperature conditioning process. The transport carrying device is disposed close to another side of the test site, moves back and forth along a transporting direction, transports the objects into and out of the test site, and heats up the objects. The handling mechanism carries the objects among the buffer carrying device, the test site and the transport carrying device. The dry air flow guide mechanism guides a dry air to surround the test site, the buffer carrying device, the transport carrying device and the handling mechanism and generates a dry environment to prevent dew condensation.
US09470747B1
Various methods and systems are directed to a mislinked meter system that identifies utility meters mislinked to a distribution transformer in a data store. Utility meters reporting voltages that vary more than other meters linked to the same distribution transformer in the data store may be physically linked to a different distribution transformer. To compare meter voltages, the mislinked meter system generates normal meter errors for the utility meters and a normal transformer error for some or all of the utility meters linked to the same distribution transformer. The normal meter error and transformer error represent the amount the voltages of a utility meter varies from the voltages of the other utility meters associated with the distribution transformer. The more the meter errors vary when compared to the transformer error, the more likely a utility meter is mislinked to the wrong distribution transformer in the data store.
US09470744B2
An analysis circuit for a field effect transistor having a displaceable gate structure, includes a measurement circuit coupled between a supply voltage connection of the analysis circuit and a drain connection of the field effect transistor and configured to output a measurement signal that is dependent on the current strength of a current flowing through the field effect transistor to a measurement connection.
US09470739B2
In order to detect deterioration of a DC link capacitor between a DC source and an inverter load in an electric propulsion vehicle, capacitance of the link capacitor must be accurately measured during in-service use. A charge is established on the link capacitor. The capacitor is isolated from the source and the inverter load. A constant current circuit is activated to discharge the capacitor. A first voltage is measured across the capacitor at a first time during the discharging. A second voltage is measured across the capacitor at a second time during the discharging. A discharge current flowing from the capacitor is measured during the discharging. The capacitance is calculated in response to the discharge current multiplied by a ratio of a difference between the second and first times to a difference between the first and second voltages. The calculated capacitance is monitored for a decline indicative of a failure.
US09470727B2
An electricity meter includes a sensor circuit, a measurement circuit, a leading PF detection circuit and a control circuit. The sensor circuit is operably connected to detect voltage and current provided to a load, and generates corresponding voltage and current measurement signals. The measurement circuit is configured to generate energy consumption information based on the voltage and current measurement signals. The leading PF detection circuit is configured to generate a first value representative of a phase difference of the current measurement signal with respect to the voltage measurement signal, and to generate a leading PF detection signal responsive to determining that the first value corresponds to a leading power factor that leads unity power factor by more than a predetermined threshold. The control circuit stores an indication in memory responsive at least in part to the leading PF detection signal.
US09470713B2
A method for determining scattering parameters using a calibration substrate having at least one calibration standard with at least two electrical connection points, each for one measurement gate of a vector network analyzer. At least one electrical connection point is formed of at least one calibration standard having a switch, wherein the switch has a first electrical contact electrically connected to an electrical connection point of the calibration standard, a second electrical contact designed for electrically connecting to a measurement gate of the vector network analyzer, and a third electrical contact, wherein the switch is designed such that an electrical contact is established either between the first and third electrical contact or between the first and second electrical contact.
US09470709B2
A balanced teeter-totter accelerometer has a mass suspended above a substrate, the mass having an axis of rotation that is parallel to the substrate and substantially geometrically centered with respect to the shape of the mass. A physical acceleration in a direction perpendicular to the substrate causes the mass to rotate about the axis of rotation. The rotation is sensed by measuring a change in capacitance of electrodes on the substrate. The accelerometer may be calibrated using the same sensing electrodes.
US09470703B2
A physical quantity sensor includes: a substrate; a movable body including, with a first axis as a boundary, a first movable electrode portion disposed in a first region, a second movable electrode portion disposed in a second region, and a damping adjusting portion disposed in at least one of the first region and the second region; beam portions supporting the movable body; a first fixed electrode portion; and a second fixed electrode portion. A first through-hole is disposed in the damping adjusting portion. Second through-holes are disposed in the movable electrode portions. The area of a region where the first movable electrode portion overlaps with the first fixed electrode portion is the same as the area of a region where the second movable electrode portion overlaps with the second fixed electrode portion. The width of the first through-hole is greater than the widths of the second through-holes.
US09470701B2
A crucible handling shuttle includes a pair of opposed dual crucible-gripping arms mounted on a rotatable head and moves between an induction furnace pedestal and a crucible loading station, such that one pair of arms pick up a crucible loaded with a preweighed sample, the shuttle moves to the induction furnace, where the other pair of arms grip and remove a spent crucible. The shutter head then rotates to deposit the new sample-holding crucible onto the pedestal and subsequently moves out of the furnace area to a sample disposal chute positioned between the crucible loading station and the furnace, whereupon the spent crucible is dropped for disposal. The shuttle head is then rotated and moved to the loading station to pick up a new crucible.
US09470693B2
A method for quantifying metallothionein protein isomers is described herein. Such metallothionein isomer protein quantification is useful for detecting and monitoring disease. As illustrated herein, protein quantification is a more accurate measure of metallothionein induction than is mRNA quantification.
US09470692B2
The disclosure provides a method for assaying for a target analyte, comprising providing a plurality of samples which may comprise the target analyte, wherein each sample is differentially labelled with a mass label or a combination of mass labels, wherein the mass labels are from a set of mass labels, wherein each mass label is an isobaric mass label comprising a mass spectrometrically distinct mass marker group, such that the samples can be distinguished by mass spectrometry and determining from the mass spectrum the quantity of the target analyte in each sample.
US09470689B2
The present invention provides methods of diagnosis, providing a prognosis and a therapeutic target for the treatment of cancers that express N-cadherin, including prostrate and bladder cancers.
US09470673B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a system for measurement of at least two hemoglobin species in a patient's blood sample by spectroscopy, and measurement of at least pH of the blood sample by biosensor. The system comprises a disposable cartridge adapted for insertion into a slot of an analyzer, and the results are used to monitor the acid-base status of a patient. A method for monitoring the acid-base status of a patient using the system is also provided.
US09470665B2
Method for verification of age-depth relationships of rocks in sedimentary basins by reconstructing the subsistence rate of samples, in which, by determining the precipitation depth and precipitation temperature of a carbonate precipitation, wherein by determining the precipitation depth and the precipitation temperature of the carbonate precipitation in the geological-history-determining sedimentary rocks, from which a sample is taken, a set point is fixed.
US09470663B2
A method of calibrating ultrasound velocity is provided, including receiving an ultrasound non-delayed data set; performing a beam-forming process on the ultrasound non-delayed data set with a plurality of velocities to generate a plurality of aperture images; performing a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) process to obtain a velocity and two sub-aperture images corresponding to an MAPE value located within an MAPE range; finding a first sub-aperture and a second sub-aperture corresponding to the two sub-aperture images, generating a first aperture image and a second aperture image with corresponding velocity; performing the MAPE process on the first aperture image and the second aperture image to generate an image error corresponding figure having an error curve; finding a trend curve according to the error curve; and finding a lowest point of MAPE value on the trend curve and finding a velocity correspondingly to obtain the calibrated ultrasound velocity.
US09470661B2
The method includes dispensing an object at a portion of concrete, determining an impact time of the object on the portion of concrete, detecting at least one acoustic wave reflected from the portion of concrete, filtering the at least one acoustic wave, and identifying a defect in the portion of concrete based on the filtering.
US09470659B2
A device for detecting an impact on a composite material structure. This detection device comprises at least two acoustic modules intended to be secured to the composite material structure and a processing unit able to communicate remotely with each of the acoustic modules. Each acoustic module is electrically autonomous and comprises its own means for recording the sound waves sensed by its acoustic sensor. An aircraft structure is also provided comprising a composite material structural element equipped with the impact detection device. A method is also provided for detecting an impact on a composite material aircraft structural element equipped with an impact detection device.
US09470656B1
Defects in a pipeline may be detected by an in-line inspection tool passing therethrough. However, as the tool travels through the pipeline, errors associated with certain onboard components may accumulate. These errors may reduce the accuracy with which the locations of detected defects can be determined. Accordingly, markers may be positioned at various locations along the pipeline. Each marker may include a radio receiver to receive signal transmitted by an in-line tool passing thereby and one or more magnetic flux detection systems that may detect a magnetic field emanating from the in-line tool. The radio receiver may include an antenna comprising two or more coils connected in series and positioned side-by-side. The flux detection system may include one or more flux concentrators to amplify the strength of the magnetic field. Signals received through the antenna or flux detection system may be used to correct any errors associated with the onboard components charting the progression of the in-line tool through the pipeline.
US09470655B2
Hand cast gels, and solutions for their preparation, are described.
US09470654B2
A method of operating a gas sensor is disclosed, wherein the sensor includes a pumping electrode configuration and a measuring electrode configuration, and wherein the method includes operating the sensor in a first mode in which a first, lower pumping potential sufficient to electrochemically remove an interfering compound from the sensor without electrochemically removing the analyte from the sensor is applied across the pumping electrode configuration and a measuring potential sufficient to electrochemically remove the analyte from the sensor is applied across the measuring electrode configuration; and operating the sensor in a second mode in which a second, higher pumping potential sufficient to electrochemically remove the analyte from the sensor is applied to the pumping electrode configuration.
US09470650B2
Sensors for sensing/measuring one or more analytes in a chemical environment. Each sensor is based on a semiconductor structure having an interfacial region containing a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). A catalyst reactive to the analyte(s) is in contact with the semiconductor structure. Particles stripped from the analyte(s) by the catalyst passivate the surface of the semiconductor structure at the interface between the catalyst and the structure, thereby causing the charge density in the 2DEG proximate the catalyst to change. When this basic structure is incorporated into an electronic device, such as a high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) or a Schottky diode, the change in charge density manifests into a change in an electrical response of the device. For example, in an HEMT, the change in charge density manifests as a change in current through the transistor, and, in a Schottky diode, the change in charge density manifests as a change in capacitance.
US09470644B2
Electronic devices are adapted to facilitate detection of a type of USB charger to which an electronic device is connected. According to one example, an electronic device can apply a current source to a data line of a USB plug coupled to a USB port. A determination can be made whether the data line has gone to a LOW state or remained at a HIGH state after a predetermined period of time. If the data line has gone to a LOW state, the USB port may be identified as a downstream port, such as a standard downstream port (SDP) or a charging downstream port (CDP). If the data line has remained at the HIGH state, the USB port may be identified as a dedicated charging port (DCP), no matter if it is compliant or non-compliant with the BC 1.2 spec. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US09470641B1
A system for measuring optical distortion in a contoured glass sheet includes a conveyor for conveying the glass sheet in a first direction, at least one display projecting a preselected multi-phase non-repeating contrasting pattern, and at least one camera, each one of the cameras uniquely paired with one of the displays. The system may also include a control programmed to execute logic for controlling each of the cameras to acquire the desired images, and logic for analyzing and combining the data acquired by the cameras to construct a definition of the surface of the glass sheet, and logic for performing one or more optical processing operations on the surface data to analyze the optical characteristics of the glass sheet.
US09470637B2
Methods and systems for designing a binary spatial filter based on data indicative of a desired exposure condition to be emulated by an inspection system, and for implementing the binary spatial filter in an optical path of the inspection system, thereby enabling emulation of the desired exposure condition by interacting a light beam of the inspection system with the binary spatial filter. The present method and systems enable on-the-fly and on-demand design and implementation/generation of spatial filters for use in inspection systems.
US09470633B2
An apparatus for testing transmittance includes a sample unit to position a material under test. The material under test is disposed between respective flat surfaces of a first mount and a second mount, which are positioned in the sample unit for a test round. The sample unit defines a first volume and a second volume, wherein arc shapes, variously formed by respective surfaces of the first and second volume, conform to an imaginary circle. During the test round, a rotation unit successively changes an angular position of the MUT relative to a light source. A light detector receives light from the light source which has been transmitted through the first volume, the MUT and the second volume. Based on the received light, a transmittance signature of the MUT is determined for a range of incidence angles.
US09470623B2
A property measurement system for a metal material includes: a laser oscillator that emits a pulse laser beam; a lens array that has small lenses with a same shape, the small lenses being laid in a matrix on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the pulse laser beam, and arranged so that a part of a cross section of the pulse laser beam can be made incident onto each of small lenses; a condensing lens that overlaps and condenses emitted beams coming from the small lenses on a same region of a surface of a metal material as a measurement target; a laser interferometer that detects, as an electric signal, a pulse ultrasonic wave that is excited by the pulse laser beam condensed and propagates through an inside of the metal material; and a signal processing device that processes the electric signal.
US09470617B2
A high speed fluid switch is used to separate desired particles from a source stream containing particles, such as cells. A droplet generator creates and regulates a stream of droplets, which intersects with a source stream containing the particles to be sorted. The stream of droplets can be regulated such that portions of the source stream containing desired particles are deflected into a collection vessel, or such that portions of the source stream containing desired particles are permitted to pass uninterrupted. The high speed fluid switch may be implemented on a microfluidic chip.
US09470610B2
Rose Bengal for detecting a presence of and decomposing contaminants. A method of detecting the presence of a contaminant includes treating a substrate with Rose Bengal and exposing the substrate to a light having a wavelength within the visible spectrum. A response of the Rose Bengal is monitored during the light exposure. When a contaminant is present and is exposed to the light, a conversion of the Rose Bengal between a quinoid form and a lactone form is induced.
US09470606B2
System force-deformation measuring apparatuses (e.g., an apparatus that applies a quasi-static force), such as those, for example, configured to generate data (e.g., non-generic or accident-specific data) that assists in the reconstruction of vehicle collisions.
US09470604B2
A method of testing an engine fuel supply cutoff valve includes: detecting a fuel supply cutoff command; commanding to close the fuel supply cutoff valve; commanding to hold the fuel metering valve in the open position for a predetermined time; commanding to close the fuel metering valve after the predetermined time; measuring an engine operating parameter during performance of the previous steps; and comparing the measured parameter with a predetermined threshold, so as to determine whether or not the engine operating parameter corresponds to an engine fuel supply cutoff by normal operation of the fuel supply cutoff valve.
US09470595B2
A crash pressure sensor assembly includes a housing and an inlet arm extending from the housing, the inlet arm having a through bore. The housing is secured to a dividing panel so that a main portion of the housing is located on a first side of the dividing panel and the inlet arm extends through to a second side of the dividing panel. A pressure sensor is located in the housing so as to be on the first side of the dividing panel. The pressure sensor senses air pressure on the second side of the dividing panel via the through bore of the inlet arm and provides an electrical signal indicative of the sensed pressure. An electrical connector provides an electrical connection to the pressure sensor within the housing.
US09470592B2
The invention relates to a micromechanical structure for measuring or detecting a mechanical quantity or a dynamic quantity, including a deformable membrane (20) and a supporting substrate (10), the membrane (20) including a first portion (20a) and a second portion (20b) surrounded by the first portion (20a), the second portion (20b) having a thickness that is less than the thickness of the first portion (20a), the membrane (20) being suspended above the supporting substrate (10) and thus defining a free space (30), said micromechanical structure comprising in addition a lower abutment (21) for limiting the deformations of the membrane (20), said lower abutment (21) being arranged above the supporting substrate (10) and extending into the free space (30) from said supporting substrate (10) toward the membrane (20), characterized in that the lower abutment (21) comprises islets (101-108) that extend into the free space (30) toward the membrane (20) from a flat surface of the lower abutment (21), the islets (101-108) forming a relief structure in such a manner that, in the case of contact between the islets (101-108) and the fine portion (20b) of the membrane (20), the contact surface between the islets (101-108) and the fine portion (20b) of the membrane (20) is small with respect to the dimensions of the fine portion (20b) of the membrane (20).
US09470591B2
Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for evaluating pipeline using GIS data. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for evaluating pipeline using geographical information system (GIS) data. The method can include receiving component information from a GIS database for one or more components in a pipeline; determining a modified maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOPm) for the one or more components; determining an uprating pressure (MAOPm*) that the one or more components can withstand; and outputting a upgrade recommendation or an uprate recommendation based at least in part on the MAOPm and the MAOPm*.
US09470588B2
An optical fiber having at least one fiduciary mark is provided. The at least one fiduciary mark is located at one or more axial positions along the optical fiber. The at least one fiduciary mark is configured to produce at least one change in a Rayleigh backscattering signal in the optical fiber. The at least one change in a Rayleigh backscattering signal may be an abrupt change in the Rayleigh backscattering signal. The abrupt change in the Rayleigh backscattering signal occurs over a length of the optical fiber that is of the order of or less than a spatial resolution of an interrogation system employed to detect the Rayleigh backscattering signal.
US09470582B2
According to one embodiment, a temperature sensing circuit is described comprising a multiplicity of transistor circuits having a multiplicity of different temperature characteristics and a circuit configured to determine a plurality of mismatch values comprising, for each transistor circuit, a mismatch value representing the temperature characteristic of the transistor circuit and to determine a temperature value using the determined plurality of mismatch values.
US09470580B2
An infrared sensor includes a thermopile connected in series with an ambient temperature compensation resistance temperature detector (RTD) and four electrical leads. The thermopile produces a voltage as a function of temperature of a point of interest, while the RTD varies in resistance as a function of ambient temperature. Two of the leads deliver current to energize the RTD. The other two leads are used for sensing voltages produced by the thermopile and the RTD.
US09470571B2
A liquid level measuring device comprises an inner-tube unit having an inner tube and at least one inner-tube coil surrounding the inner tube; an outer-tube unit having a plurality of outer tubes, each outer tube having a plurality of outer-tube coils disposed thereon, the outer tubes being stacked, the inner tube being arranged inside the outer tubes and being risen and fallen as a level of a liquid in the outer tubes varies; and a control unit electrically connecting to the respective outer-tube coils, the control unit transmitting a set of position coded signals to the outer-tube coils disposed on an individual outer tube, the control unit determining the liquid level according to an induced signal generated by the inner-tube coil. Said device has many advantages including low cost and modular design, and such a device is easily to be deployed.
US09470570B2
An automatic analyzer which performs a suction operation a plurality of times on a same sample has a sample dispensing unit 9, a liquid level sensor which detects the liquid level of the sample in a sample vessel 8, an arithmetic unit 5 which computes a liquid level height h1 at the end of a first suction operation of the two consecutive suction operations from a liquid level height h0 and a sample suction volume V1 detected at the start of the first suction operation, a storage unit 7 which stores the liquid level height h1 computed by the arithmetic unit 5, and a determination unit 18 which compares a liquid level height h2 detected at the start of a second suction operation following the first suction operation with the liquid level height h1 at the end of the first suction operation.
US09470568B2
A mass flow rate sensor system (200) is provided. The mass flow rate sensor system (200) includes a density meter (202) including a sensor assembly (204a) and a density meter electronics (204b) configured to generate a density measurement of a process fluid. The mass flow rate sensor system (200) further includes a volumetric flow meter (203) including a sensor assembly (205a) and a volumetric meter electronics (205b) configured to generate a volumetric flow rate of the process fluid and in electrical communication with the density meter electronics (204b). A remote processing system (207) is provided that is in electrical communication with only one of the density meter electronics (204b) or the volumetric meter electronics (205b). The remote processing system (207) is configured to receive a mass flow rate measurement of the process fluid generated by the density meter electronics (204b) or the volumetric meter electronics (205b) based on the generated density measurement and the generated volumetric flow rate.
US09470561B2
A sensor arrangement for a hydraulic displacer unit includes a plurality of sensors which, at least in some sections, are positioned jointly in a sensor housing. The sensors are configured to be contacted via a common plug.
US09470553B2
Rotation angle detection apparatus includes a magnet provided in a main gear and a magnetism detector positioned to face to the magnet. Magnet rotates integrally with main gear and magnetism detector detects changes in magnetic field of magnet so a rotation angle of main gear is detected. Main gear includes bottomed recessed part and plurality of mounting pins arranged in recessed part. Magnet is inserted in recessed part wherein a part of magnet protrudes from an upper end of the recessed part. Magnet inserted in recessed part is pressed against main gear by an elastically deformable retaining plate made of non-magnetic material. An outer portion of retaining plate includes plurality of mounting holes. Magnet inserted in recessed part is pressed against main gear by elastically deformed retaining plate and mounting pins inserted in mounting holes are thermally caulked wherein magnet is secured to the main gear.
US09470548B2
Disclosed are a calibration device, a calibration system and a calibration method. The calibration device includes a camera configured to capture image information, a laser sensor configured to capture image information, a laser sensor configured to detect distance information, and a calibration module configured to perform a calibration of the camera and the laser sensor by obtaining a relation between the image information and the distance information, wherein the calibration module includes a plane member disposed to intersect a scanning surface of the laser sensor such that an intersection line is generated, and disposed within a capturing range by the camera so as to be captured by the camera, and a controller configured to perform coordinate conversions with respect to the image information and the distance information based on a ratio between one side of the plane member and the intersection line, and based on a plane member image included in the image information. Under these configurations, a calibration is performed through direct coordinate conversions with respect to image information and distance information.
US09470543B2
A navigation apparatus that acquires position information regarding a specific information device enables its own position relative to the specific information device to be easily grasped. The navigation apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with the specific information device, an own position calculator that calculates its own position, an other person's position acquiring unit that acquires the position of the specific information device via the communication unit, an other person's moving direction acquiring unit that obtains a moving direction of the specific information device, and a display/input unit configured to display a map. The display/input unit displays a map with the moving direction of the specific information device oriented up.
US09470537B2
An in-vehicle system for determining whether a vehicle has moved off of a main roadway and into an exit lane. A navigation unit determines that an exit is approaching on a first side of the vehicle, and a camera obtains image data regarding lane markings and exit signs in response to a notification that the exit is approaching. An image processor identifies predetermined patterns among the lane markings, including V-shaped patterns or Y-shaped patterns. The system determines that the vehicle has moved into the exit lane in response to an identification of one of the predetermined patterns on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side of the vehicle. The system may verify its determination based on recognition of an exit sign on the second side of the vehicle.
US09470536B2
An apparatus comprising a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and computer program code configured to, with the processor, enable the apparatus at least to: identify, for use in route navigation, a complete set of lane traversals for a road intersection from two or more different complete sets of lane traversals for the road intersection based on respective safety-traffic flow scores assigned according to one or more predefined safety-traffic flow criteria, wherein each lane traversal defines a path of travel from an inbound lane of the road intersection to an outbound lane of the road intersection, and wherein each different complete set of lane traversals comprises a different combination of lane traversals for the road intersection.
US09470529B2
An identification is made as to when a device is at an anchor location, which can be a proximity zone along an edge of a dead zone or a location where a signal from a beacon is detected. In response to the device being at the anchor location, one or more inertial sensors can be activated and data from the one or more inertial sensors collected to determine a position of the device using dead reckoning. Alternatively, in response to the device being at the anchor location, a determination is made as to when to deactivate one or more inertial sensors from which data is collected to determine the position of the device using dead reckoning.
US09470522B2
Systems and methods for updating a scale of a barometric altimeter on aircraft are provided. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to, receiving, by an aircraft communication system, barometric altimeter scale data corresponding to an atmospheric pressure at an airport, determining, by the processor, if the altitude of the aircraft is below a transition level for the airport, and adjusting, by the processor, the scale of the barometric altimeter based upon the received barometric altimeter scale data when the altitude of the aircraft is below the transition level for the airport.
US09470521B1
A detector system is described. The detector system includes imaging optics having a focal plane, and an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) detector. The EMR detector is arranged to receive EMR from the imaging optics, and has a detector axis perpendicular to the focal plane. The EMR detector has a plurality of detector regions arranged progressively along the detector axis. The detector regions are arranged to respectively detect EMR imaged from progressively different object distances from the imaging optics.
US09470518B2
A daily checking and calibrating method includes the following steps. Step (1) is for detecting a state of the length measuring machine at a predetermined daily check time. Step (2) is for stopping the transportation of substrates upon determining the length measuring machine is in an idle state. Step (3) is for measuring coordinates of positioning marks on a substrate-carrying platform to generate a measured data file and comparing the measured coordinates of the positioning marks with predetermined coordinates. Step (4) is for automatically calculating a calibration value when a difference between the measured coordinates of the positioning marks and the predetermined coordinates is smaller than a predetermined value and updating the calibration value to a coordinate parameter file to complete automatic calibration. Otherwise, an alarm is activated. Step (5) is for determining follow-up measures when the difference between the measured coordinates of the positioning marks and the predetermined coordinates is larger than the predetermined value.
US09470514B2
System and method for using laser scan micrometer to measure surface changes on non-concave surfaces
A method of comparing surface profiles of an object, the object being rotatable on an axis, such that the object has a longitudinal dimension and an axial dimension. The object is incrementally scanned with a laser scan micrometer, first in a pre-test scan procedure and then in a post-test scan procedure. The two scan procedures are performed in the same manner, by using the laser scan micrometer to scan the object in a longitudinal direction, rotating the object, re-scanning the object, measuring the scan length thereby obtaining a longitudinal height value, and repeating the preceding steps for a number of incremental rotations thereby obtaining one longitudinal height profile. This process is repeated by incrementally moving the object in an axial direction and acquiring additional longitudinal height profiles, thereby acquiring a set of longitudinal height profiles. The pre-test and post-test sets of profiles are then aligned and compared.
US09470510B2
Methods, systems, computer program products, apparatus and circuits are configured to detect fallen containers upstream or proximate an intake zone suitable for automated evaluation apparatus using different sensors, including at least one lower sensor and at least one upper sensor which is positioned to project an optical signal at a height corresponding to a top portion of an upright container to thereby allow an increased reliability in detection of different orientations and positions of fallen containers. An optional second lower sensor may be used which is longitudinally spaced apart from the first lower sensor and the lower sensors can transmit optical signals across the container travel path that do not intersect.
US09470507B2
The invention relates to a method and system for determining vehicle wheel alignment, and namely camber angles, total and individual toe and front wheel steering axis caster and steering wheel axle tilt angle, by measuring changes in wheel sensor angles from a predetermined (i.e. control) position. Changes are measured using gyroscopic sensors or angular rate sensors or MEMS angular rate sensors (MEMS gyroscopes).
US09470505B2
A number of position sensors inductively sense a target's position relative to a number of sensor coils. The target is magnetically coupled with first and second coils so that signals are generated that depend on the relative position of the target and the first and second coils. Substantially all of the target overlaps with loops of the first coil and so that when a first end of the target is adjacent a first loop of the first coil, a second end of the target is adjacent a second loop of the first coil that has an opposite winding direction to that of the first loop. The second coil is arranged relative to the target such that the magnetic coupling between the second coil and the first end of the target is opposite to the magnetic coupling between the second coil and the second end of the target.
US09470502B2
Flow valve including a casing containing an electromagnetic assembly for detecting a magnetic field. The electromagnetic assembly is fixed to a pendulum suspended by an articulation from a plate of the casing. The casing contains a liquid for damping the movements of the pendulum. The pendulum includes a surface opposite the articulation which has a spherical cap shape and which extends facing a wall of the casing of complementary shape, defining a space having dimensions suitable for producing a laminar rolling of the damping liquid between them when the pendulum is in motion.
US09470500B2
An improved tape measure apparatus which includes a catch that is both slidable and rotatable relative to the rule blade in a plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rule blade when the rule blade is extended from the tape casing. In one embodiment the catch can both rotate and slide relative to the rule blade when frictional forces exceed a predefined minimum or are within a predefined range.
US09470496B2
A plurality of ammunition links form a belt of ammunition by interlocking with a plurality of tapered rounds having average casing diameters between about 0.400 inches and about 0.425 inches. A link includes at least a first resilient member and a second resilient member that extend in substantially opposing directions. A link engages with and provides a compressive force to a first round with the first resilient member and, optionally, a third resilient member. The link engages a second round and applies less or substantially no compressive force with the second resilient member.
US09470495B2
A rubber fragmentation grenade has a body containing an explosive charge, a fuse assembly connected to the body, an elastomeric outer layer at least partly encompassing the body, and the outer layer being scored to provide a plurality of segments. The segments may be rectangular. Each segment may have a thickness, and may have a width greater than the thickness. The thickness may be at least one-third of the width. The body may include a cylindrical portion, and the outer layer may be a cylindrical sleeve encompassing the cylindrical portion. The segments may include a ring of segments. Each ring may include six segments. The explosive charge may be an elongated shape defining a charge axis and having opposed ends, the elastomeric outer layer being a cylindrical form being concentric with the charge. The elastomeric outer layer may extend beyond the ends of the charge.
US09470492B2
A non-lethal projectile having a shear-thinning fluid within an interior cavity. The shear-thinning fluid having a greater apparent viscosity at low shear rates to spin-stabilize the non-lethal projectile during flight and a lower apparent viscosity at a high shear rate corresponding with the shear-thinning fluid shearing against the frangible cap upon the non-lethal projectile striking the target, with the low viscosity of the shear-thinning fluid allowing proper dispersal upon impact with the target. The shear-thinning fluid can comprise a marking media and be in the form of an emulsion with less than about 50% liquid by volume to effectively disperse upon impact with the target.
US09470483B1
An oil shaped charge for deeper penetration includes a case, a quantity of explosive material, and a liner. The case is designed with different inner surface sections, where the step inner surface section creates maximum space for the explosive material so that the explosive material can be effectively placed between the case and the liner. A step conical region of the liner, a step conical inner surface of the case, and an effective placement of the explosive material are able to achieve significantly higher speeds for liner materials flow into the jet, thus creating deeper penetration.
US09470482B2
A target support system is used for supporting a target device for shooting practice. The target support system includes a target support frame, a target connecting mechanism, and a forward barrier. The target support frame is placed onto a target placement area. The target connecting mechanism is arranged on the target support frame and operatively supports a target device on the target support frame. The forward barrier protects the system from impact of a projectile on the system.
US09470480B2
A mounting apparatus for mounting an accessory to a weapon is disclosed. In some embodiments, the mounting apparatus includes a base plate having a side member parallel to a longitudinal axis of the base plate. The base plate is configured to be coupled to an under barrel of a firearm. The mounting apparatus further includes one or more opposing side elements. Each side element is detachably coupled to the respective side member of the base plate such that the side element is positioned adjacent to a movable slide mechanism of the firearm while the base plate is coupled to the under barrel. In some embodiments, the mounting apparatus includes an adapter bridge and/or a barrel weight, which, in combination with the side elements, straddles, and avoids interfering with, the movable slide mechanism while the assembly is mounted to the firearm.
US09470476B1
A retention system protects the round stored inside a rotating continuous belt-type magazine, and holds the round securely while allowing it to be readily and easily released prior to firing. The retention system permits all the retaining devices to be easily retracted so that a ramming mechanism of the weapon can push the round into the chamber without interference. The gun tube of the automated weapon houses the round and provides interfaces for all other components to attach. The tube length minimizes the axial movement of the round. The round is held within the tube by a front door assembly and a rear door assembly. The door assembly is made of a crescent-shaped door attached to a pivot shaft, in order to minimize the amount of rotational travel required to open the door for loading or firing the round.
US09470460B2
The present disclosure provides a heat exchanger for a power system. The heat exchanger includes a housing. The housing includes a first side and a second side. The second side is configured to be received in a receptacle of a power system enclosure. The heat exchanger includes at-least one heat exchange tube supported between one or more of side walls of the housing. The heat exchanger includes a screen attached to the second side of the housing. The screen includes at-least one inlet opening for the heat exchange tube, and at-least one outlet opening for the heat exchange tube. The heat exchanger further includes a flange attached to the first side of the housing wherein the flange is configured to be removably attached to an outer surface around the receptacle of the power system enclosure.
US09470458B1
A method for producing mass and heat transport in fluids, wherein the method does not rely on conventional convection, that is, it does not require gravity, a thermal gradient, or a magnetic field gradient. This method gives rise to a unique class of vigorous, field-controllable flow patterns termed advection lattices. The advection lattices can be used to transport heat and/or mass in any desired direction using only magnetic fields.
US09470457B2
A melt furnace including a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a holding reservoir, and a control system including a controller is provided. The first reservoir and the second reservoir are in fluid communication with the holding reservoir to flow molten materials to the holding reservoir. The controller is in communication with a first material level sensor, a second material level sensor, a holding reservoir temperature sensor, and a molten material level sensor assembly. The controller is adapted to adjust an output level of at least one of the first reservoir melt burner and the second reservoir melt burner based, at least in part, on one or more received signals to control the flow of molten materials from the first reservoir and the second reservoir to maintain a level of molten material in the holding reservoir.
US09470448B2
An ice producing mold has a first mold portion having a top surface and a second mold portion having a bottom surface. When the mold is in a closed position, a bottom surface of the first mold portion abuts a top surface of the second mold portion and when the mold is in an open position, the bottom surface of the first mold portion is separated from the top surface of the second mold portion. Each mold portion also includes a concave depression such that when the mold is in the closed position, the concave depression on the bottom surface of the first mold portion and the concave depression on the top surface of the second mold portion form a cavity adapted to form an ice structure. The depression is warmed by flowing warm water into a cavity located adjacent to the concave depression and the ice is released.
US09470443B2
A refrigerant recovery system includes a refrigerant storage unit, a refrigerant charge path, a flushing path, a processor, and a memory. The refrigerant storage unit is configured to store a refrigerant. The refrigerant charge path is configured to convey the refrigerant to a refrigeration system to recharge the refrigeration system with the refrigerant. The refrigerant charge path includes a first and second service coupler and a first and second service hose. The service hoses are in fluid communication with the respective service couplers. The flushing path is configured to receive a flow of refrigerant for flushing the refrigeration charge path. The flushing path includes a first and second flushing coupler. The processor is configured to control the refrigerant recovery system to provide a flow of the refrigerant from the storage unit, through the refrigerant charge path, and to the flushing path.
US09470440B2
The invention is directed to an energy efficient thermoelectric heat pump assembly. The thermoelectric heat pump assembly preferably comprises two to nine thermoelectric unit layers capable of active use of the Peltier effect; and at least one capacitance spacer block suitable for storing heat and providing a delayed thermal reaction time of the assembly. The capacitance spacer block is thermally connected between the thermoelectric unit layers. The present invention further relates to a thermoelectric transport and storage devices for transporting or storing temperature sensitive goods, for example, vaccines, chemicals, biologicals, and other temperature sensitive goods. Preferably the transport or storage devices are configured and provide on-board energy storage for sustaining, for multiple days, at a constant-temperature, with an acceptable temperature variation band.
US09470436B2
A cryogenic refrigeration apparatus includes a compressor, a plurality of refrigerators, and a gas line configured to connect the plurality of refrigerators to the compressor in parallel so as to circulate a working gas between each of the plurality of refrigerators and the compressor. The gas line may include a flow rate control valve capable of individually controlling a pressure drop of a flow of working gas in a corresponding one of the plurality of refrigerators. The flow rate control valve may be provided in series with the corresponding refrigerator.
US09470434B2
Provided is a multiplex pipe and a system for recovering steam from a geothermal well, which are capable of solving all of the various problems with a neutralization pipe prepared by painting or the like of an alkali-resistant coating on the inner face of an acid-resistant single pipe. A multiplex pipe 10 that is configured to recover steam from a geothermal well GT, includes: a casing pipe 1 located outside; and a duplex pipe 4 that is slidable relative to the casing pipe 1 in the casing pipe 1, and has a first gap 5 with an inner face of the casing pipe 1, the duplex pipe including an outer pipe 2 having acid-resistance and an inner pipe 3 having alkali-resistance, the outer pipe 2 and the inner pipe 3 defining a second gap 6 therebetween. An alkali solution is injected to acid hot-water stored in an acid geothermal well GT via a hollow 7 of the inner pipe 3 to neutralize the acid hot-water, and the neutralized hot-water V is allowed to spout to the ground via the first gap 5, thus recovering flashing steam.
US09470433B2
A heat exchanger for supplying heat includes a housing, a bundle of dual-ring, straight fin-coil tubes, and a flue channel. The housing includes a burner, a water inlet, a water outlet and a flue gas outlet. The burner is disposed on a top portion of the housing and connected to an air/gas mixture unit. The first group of fin tubes is disposed tightly, circularly, and coaxially around the burner. The flue channel is disposed below the burner and is formed by a second group of fin tubes. A flow of flue gas vents from the flue channel to the flue gas outlet. The water inlet is connected to the first group of fin tubes which forms the flue channel below the burner. The second group of fin tubes below the burner is connected to the first group of fin tubes. The first group of fin tubes is connected to the water outlet.
US09470428B2
A power generation system of the present invention comprises: a power generation unit (1); a casing (2) that accommodates the power generation unit (1); a ventilator (3) that ventilates the interior of the casing (2); a first gas flow passage (5), arranged inside the casing (2), for a flow therethrough of gas which flows as the ventilator (3) operates; and a second gas flow passage (6), arranged inside the casing (2), for a flow therethrough of combustion exhaust gas from the power generation unit (1), wherein within the casing (2), the second gas flow passage (6) merges into the first gas flow passage (5).
US09470419B2
The invention relates to a combustion chamber for burning an air-fuel mixture, a gas mixture or a gas-liquid mixture, including an outer casing; a flame tube located inside the outer casing and provided with an inner space, whereby the outer casing and the flame tube form an annular channel therebetween, the flame tube including flow apertures which penetrate through its casing and interconnect the annular channel and the inner space of the flame tube; a cover part arranged in inlet ends of the outer casing and the flame tube and provided with flow apertures opening up into the annular channel; a combustion air inlet part which is arranged in an outer surface of the cover part and which is in connection with the flow apertures of the cover part; a fuel jet located in the cover part and extending inside the flame tube for feeding fuel into the flame tube.
US09470407B2
Lighting apparatus for airports, in particular flush light, having housing with a housing base and a housing top that includes a recess for receiving a light disc. Light disc facilitates the emission of light from a light source, disposed in the interior of the housing, to the surroundings. A light source carrier on which the light source is mounted is attached to a heat transfer block locked in a recess of the housing top such that edges and/or at least partially flat sides of the heat transfer block are in direct contact with the corresponding sides of the recess.
US09470404B2
A foldable display apparatus including: a flexible display panel; a case including a first case body and a second case body that are coupled to each by a hinge; a first support plate coupled to the first case body to support a first side of the flexible display panel; and a second support plate coupled to the second case body to support a second side of the flexible display panel.
US09470403B2
The present invention relates generally to a lamp frame with an insertable panel apparatus and a method thereof. More particularly, the invention encompasses a lamp frame having at least one frame, and wherein the frame has at least one means to securely and releaseably hold and retain at least one insert-able and removable panel therein. The inventive frame can be used in conjunction with any lamp, such as, a table lamp, a decorative lamp, a floor lamp, a customizable lamp. The insertable/removable panel can be a flat panel, or a panel with at least one opening, and on one or more face can have an indicia, writing, art work, etc., thereon.
US09470402B2
A light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate warped as a whole of which a central portion is most highly raised; a light-emitting device mounted on the central portion of the substrate; a support member disposed on the substrate so as to surround the light-emitting device; and a frame body disposed on the support member so as to surround the light-emitting device, the frame body including part connected to the support member and part not connected to the support member, the part not connected to the support member being left spaced from an upper surface of the substrate. Moreover, the light-emitting apparatus is constituted so that a level of a lower surface of the light-emitting device is higher than a level of a lower surface of the frame body.
US09470399B1
Light-emitting film having low or no degradation of light emission characteristics at film side surfaces, methods of making, and displays and electronic devices such as electronic readers formed with the light-emitting film. In one instance, the light-emitting film contains quantum dots in a polymeric matrix, has side surfaces protected with one or more oxygen and moisture barrier layers, and may be formed using transfer molding.
US09470378B2
Provided is an LED lamp in which a lens for diffusing light from an LED can be received in and fixed to a reflector without interfering with the outer side of the lens. The LED lamp of the present invention includes a lamp unit configured to emit light; a lamp housing unit configured to have the lamp unit embedded in the lamp housing unit and to have the front opened so that the light of the lamp unit is scanned to the front; a front cover unit fixed in front of the lamp housing unit and configured to have the inside hollowed; and glass fixed in front of the lamp housing unit by means of the front cover unit and configured to transmit the light of the lamp unit.
US09470364B2
A length adjustable guard system for shielding the driveshaft and coupling joint directly abuts the motor housing at one end and is secured at a second end to the pump housing. Interchangeable mounting plates allow the guard assembly to attach to various pumps. The guard system is lightweight, easily installed by one individual, and incorporates vent ports and inspection ports, allowing a worker to grease motor and pump bearings without removing the guard system. Flexible finger guards further secure the motor and pump assembly as they are designed to matingly conform to recesses about the pump housing.
US09470361B1
A wall mounted bracket assembly for securing articles, having a bracket assembly with a cooperative shape and dimension to be mounted onto a wall or surface. The bracket assembly has front, rear, top, and bottom walls, and first and second sidewalls. The bracket assembly further has a central opening, holes, and mounting means for mounting the bracket assembly. A strap assembly has a strap and a buckle. Positioned at the first and second sidewalls are first and second notches respectively with respective mounting holes to receive a respective strap holder post. A container is held by the strap, whereby the strap is adjusted at the buckle according to dimensions of the container with a predetermined tension. The container is a trashcan, laundry basket, bag, or receptacle.
US09470360B2
A brace assembly is provided having a brace for mounting to a support and a hanger member. The hanger member is coupled to the brace by a bar positioned in a longitudinal slot in the bottom side of the brace. The bar enables the hanger member to slide along the length of the brace. The hanger member has a bottom wall and side walls with a top end for coupling to a support. A mounting bracket is removably coupled to the hanger member for supporting the brace.
US09470351B2
A crimp fitting for a hose member including a nipple and a socket coupled thereto. The nipple has an outer surface provided with a plurality of axially extending reverse angled first barbs and a plurality of axially extending forward angled second barbs alternatingly formed thereon. The first barbs are configured to engage an inner surface of a hose member to increase a sealing engagement between the nipple and the hose member, and the second barbs are configured to engage the inner surface of the hose member to militate against a disengagement of the nipple from the hose member.
US09470343B2
A pipe for a conveying line for conveying bulk material has an inner pipe and an exterior pipe surrounding at a spacing the inner pipe, wherein an annular space is formed between the inner pipe and the exterior pipe. A spacer is seated on the inner pipe and arranged in the annular space between the inner pipe and the exterior pipe. The spacer centers the inner pipe and the exterior pipe relative to each other. The spacer supports the exterior pipe by an at least 2-point support.
US09470340B2
Embodiments of the invention are based on the idea of providing a device for handling a hose and a fuel dispensing unit having such a device. This is basically achieved by an elastic element that is adapted to extend within a frame element and to be guided by a guiding element, and by a hose guiding member which is movable away from said frame element allowing said hose to be pulled from an idle position to an operating position when said elastic element is extended.
US09470336B2
A mixing valve assembly including a valve cartridge is supported by a valve body housing within a shower wall. The valve cartridge includes a temperature sensor in thermal communication with water provided to an outlet port of the valve body. A temperature display is configured to provide a visual indication of water temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
US09470335B2
Disclosed valves for drinking from a portable fluid container allow for manual actuation of the valve between an open configuration that permits fluid flow and a closed configuration that substantially prevents fluid flow. Disclosed valves comprise a valve housing having inner bore fluidly coupled to an inflow channel and an outflow channel that are angled with respect to one another, and a reciprocating valve member that is adjustably positioned partially within the bore to open and close the fluid flow pathway through the bore from the inflow channel to the outflow channel. The reciprocating valve member is shaped such that it can prevent fluid flow when fully inserted within the bore to a closed configuration, and can allow fluid flow when the valve member is retracted from this closed position by a relatively short distance to an open configuration.
US09470324B2
A valve is provided. The valve may include: an axially movable spool having a conical valve portion and dissipating disk portion; a valve housing defining a valve cavity in which the spool resides; a first port in the valve housing; a second port in the valve housing; a land defined by the housing; a wide portion in the housing; and a valve seat defined, at least in part, by the valve housing configured to form a seal with the conical valve portion, wherein the land, the wide portion, the conical valve portion, and the valve seat are dimensioned to cause the disk portion and the land to be proximate to each other when the valve section is near the valve seat and the disk portion is proximate to the wide portion when the valve section is away from the valve seat.
US09470319B2
A gate valve with linkage structure includes at least a power cylinder, a valve body having a valve opening; a gate assembly in the valve body, having a main gate board and an air-tight gate board neighborly disposed, and connected with one end of the air-tight gate board by at least one parallel linkage; and at least a press bar, with one end pivotally connected to the air-tight gate board and the other end extending to form a press end. A linkage bar is pivotally connected to the press bar and also pivotally connected to the main gate board. Therefore, the gate assembly is driven to seal the valve opening; the air-tight gate board moves away from the main gate board with the linkage function; a sealing force is generated to keep the air-tightness between the air-tight gate board and the valve opening.
US09470316B2
A protective cover including a bellows portion wherein a plurality of valleys and peaks are arranged alternately. The valleys include a plurality of large valleys and a plurality of intermediate valleys whose inside and outside diameter dimensions at bottoms are greater than those of the large valleys, and the large valleys and the intermediate valleys are arranged alternately. Small valleys whose inside and outside diameter dimensions at bottoms are greater than those of the intermediate valleys are respectively arranged between the large valleys and the intermediate valleys. The peaks are respectively arranged between the large valleys and the small valleys as well as between the intermediate valleys and the small valleys, and apexes of the peaks have a same outside diameter dimension as one another. The apexes of the peaks are made thinner than the bottoms of the large valleys.
US09470306B2
The invention is provided with an operation lever one end side of which is supported by the trunnion axis so as to be incapable of relative rotation and which is configured to be capable of rotating the trunnion axis, a follower lever a middle portion of which is supported by the trunnion axis so as to be capable of free relative rotation, and a detection switch. For the operation lever, a link for operating the operating lever is connected to the middle portion thereof so that, when rotated by the link, the other side end portion of the operating lever comes into tactile contact with other side end portion of the follower lever so as to rotate the follower lever in order to on/off the detection switch.
US09470303B2
A gearbox assembly includes a gearbox housing and a gear located in the housing and rotatable about a central axis. One or more gear shields are fixed in the housing and at least partially surround the gear. The one or more gear shields define a cavity between the gear and the one or more gear shields. The one or more gear shields are configured such that a pumping action is created by the gear rotation to direct gearbox lubricant out of the cavity. A method of scavenging lubricant from a gearbox includes pumping a flow of lubricant circumferentially around a cavity defined between a gear and a gear shield at least partially surrounding the gear via rotation of the gear about a central axis. The flow of lubricant is urged from the cavity into a lubricant outlet. The lubricant is urged through a lubricant channel in an axial direction.
US09470302B1
Embodiments herein relate to piece-part, sub-assembly, assembly, and component levels of a differential composed of a sun gear configuration and utilized in an integrated drive generator. An integrated drive generator is a hydro-mechanical transmission that drives a synchronous salient pole generator. The integrated drive generator is a constant speed output, variable speed input transmission that includes the differential and a hydraulic unit. In general, the integrated drive generator utilizes the variable speed input from an accessory gear box of an engine to drive or control a hydraulic unit, which in turn drives or controls a churn leg member of the differential. As the differential is driven, speeds of each speed member of the differential are then summed to generate the constant speed output to drive the synchronous salient pole generator.
US09470297B2
An articulating surgical instrument is disclosed, and includes an end effector and a drive assembly operably coupled with the end effector. The end effector includes a first drive shaft defining a first axis, and a second drive shaft operably engaged with and extending away from the first drive shaft. The second drive shaft is operably coupled with the end effector and defines a second axis, the second axis different from the first axis. The first drive shaft and the second drive shaft are pivotably arranged such that the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft are configured to transition between a first, substantially straight arrangement and a second, substantially perpendicular arrangement.
US09470283B2
Provided by the present invention are: a non-asbestos frictional material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a fiber substrate, wherein, in the non-asbestos frictional material composition, content of a copper is 5% or less by mass as a copper element, content of a metal fiber other than a copper fiber and a copper alloy fiber is 0.5% or less by mass, and a titanate salt is contained therein with antimony trisulfide or zinc powders, with content of the titanate salt being in the range of 10 to 35% by mass; and a frictional material and a friction member that use the said non-asbestos frictional material composition.
US09470280B2
An irreversible mechanism is provided with an input shaft that receives input of rotational drive force, an output shaft that receives transmission of torque from the input shaft, a ball ramp part that generates radial force when load torque is applied to the output shaft, a brake lining that receives the radial force from the ball ramp part, a brake drum that the brake lining is pressed against when the brake lining receives the radial force from the ball ramp part, and a housing that accommodates the input shaft, the output shaft, the ball ramp part, the brake lining and the brake drum inside.
US09470278B1
A device that employs shear forces to transmit energy includes an outer housing assembly, a disk, and a reservoir with a working fluid. The disk is received in and rotatable relative to the outer housing assembly. A working cavity is formed between a rotor portion of the disk and the outer housing assembly into which the working fluid is received to create shear forces. A plurality of flow altering structures are disposed on the outer housing assembly and are configured to reduce a thickness of a boundary layer of the working fluid in the working cavity in areas that are local to the flow altering structures.
US09470261B2
A fluid bearing motor. The fluid bearing motor includes a stationary sleeve, a backiron, a hub coupled to the backiron, and a gap forming component. The hub is operable to rotate with respect to the stationary sleeve. The gap forming component is attached to the stationary sleeve and forms a gap between the stationary sleeve and the backiron. The size of the gap dynamically changes in response to changes in temperature.
US09470259B2
A process for manufacturing a ball and socket joint and a joint manufactured according to that process are provided for a simple manufacture of a completely assembled ball and socket joint with a low torque and overturning moment. The joint housing is manufactured in an injection or casting process, in which the joint ball with the bearing shell placed on it is surrounded by a metallic material or a plastic. The joint shell is provided with a bulge, which behaves elastically with respect to the pressure acting during the injection or casting process and arches slightly outwardly after the conclusion of the injection or casting process. It is achieved as a result that the joint shell does not lie over its entire area on the joint ball after the injection or casting process.
US09470257B2
A fastener assembly for affixing insulation blankets to a substrate is provided. The fastener assembly includes an attachment member having a construction for affixing to a substrate as well as a first fastener member preferably in the form of a male threaded stud. The fastener assembly further includes a cap fastener. The cap fastener includes a cap member and a second fastener member preferably in the form of a female threaded extension for threadably affixing to the first fastener member. The cap member has an exterior side and an interior side. The cap member's exterior side preferably has a shape for rotation by a tool. Meanwhile, the cap member's interior side has a circular recess concentric with the cap fastener's female threaded extension. When assembled, the circular recess forms a circular insulating cavity between the cap member and an insulation blanket.
US09470256B2
A clevis including: bridge portion; a neck portion extending from the bridge portion in a first axial direction; a threaded opening passing through the bridge and neck portions through which a longitudinal axis passes; and first and second folded sidewalls extending from the bridge portion in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction. The first side wall includes: a first portion at a first distance, in a radial direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, from the longitudinal axis; and a second portion at a second distance, in the radial direction, less than the first distance, from the longitudinal axis and including at least one hole. The second side wall includes: a third portion at the first distance, in the radial direction, from the longitudinal axis; and a fourth portion at the second distance, in the radial direction, from the longitudinal axis and including at least one hole.
US09470247B2
A hydraulic block for a slip-controlled vehicle brake system has a plurality of receptacles configured to receive hydraulic components, such as solenoid valves, hydraulic accumulators, hydraulic pumps, and gear pumps, and includes connectors for external components of the vehicle brake system, and facilitates a flat hydraulic block.
US09470245B2
A device is provided for generating a vacuum for a vacuum cementing device, the device including a channel and a connector for a gas cartridge. The connector has an opener for opening the gas cartridge, and connects the gas cartridge to the channel in a pressure-tight manner, such that gas from the opened gas cartridge flows along the channel to the surroundings of the device. The channel includes at least one T-piece, provided as Venturi nozzle, having a vacuum connector for the vacuum cementing device, such that gas from the opened gas cartridge flowing through the channel generates a negative pressure at the vacuum connector. A method is also provided including steps of opening a gas cartridge, flowing gas from the gas cartridge through a Venturi nozzle, whereby by a negative pressure is generated, and applying the negative pressure to a vacuum cementing system.
US09470235B2
A vacuum pump comprises an exhaust portion having a plurality of rotating blade portions arranged in multiple stages, each of the rotating blade portions having a plurality of rotor blades, and a plurality of stationary blade portions arranged between the rotating blade portions, in which outer circumferential rims are supported via spacers, each of the stationary blade portions having a plurality of stator blades. In at least one stationary blade portion among the plurality of stationary blade portions, a blade height on the inner circumferential side of the plurality of stator blades provided in the stationary blade portion is set to be smaller than a blade height on the outer circumferential side, and the stationary blade portion is supported by the spacers in such a manner that the inner circumferential side of the stationary blade portion is floated up toward an intake port side.
US09470231B2
An electrically assisted turbocharger (1) comprising a housing (3) and an electric motor stator (22) disposed in the housing (3). The stator (22) includes a pair of o-rings, or other circumferential seals (204, 208), disposed therearound. The o-rings (204, 208) are operative to seal against an interior of the housing (3) to form an annular chamber (130) around at least a portion of the stator (22) and a pair of end cavities (122, 126) at the axial ends of the stator (22). The annular chamber (130) is adapted to allow the circulation of a cooling fluid around the stator (22). A pair of bearings (10, 12) may be disposed in the housing (3), one on each side of the stator (22). A shaft (7) is supported in the housing (3) by the bearings (10, 12). The shaft (7) in turn supports a turbine wheel (5) and a compressor wheel. An electric motor rotor (24) is disposed on the shaft (7) between the bearings (10, 12) and inside the stator (22).
US09470226B2
The present invention discloses a multi-component valve system for use in pumps such as fracking pumps for use in subterranean resource production. The assembly includes a retaining pin, a guide on the retaining pin, a valve on the retaining pin, an insert on the retaining pin, a retainer above the insert on the retaining pin, and a retainer cap inertia welded to the end of the retaining pin. In a particular embodiment, the guide component is stamped and folded to create the desired shape.
US09470225B2
Compressors and methods for determining optimal parking positions for compressor pistons are provided. A method includes performing a current value evaluation for an initial time during operation of a motor of the compressor. Performing the current value evaluation includes measuring a motor current value at the time and comparing the motor current value to an existing optimal parking current value. Performing the current value evaluation further includes modifying the existing optimal parking current value to the motor current value when the motor current value exceeds or is equal to the existing optimal parking current value.
US09470223B2
A method for monitoring a linear compressor is provided. The method includes determining a velocity dependent induced voltage in a driving coil of the linear compressor, extracting a higher order harmonic from the velocity dependent induced voltage, and establishing that a piston of the linear compressor is crashing if the higher order harmonic is greater than a reference value.
US09470222B2
This invention concerns peristaltic pumps and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a compression force imposed on a hose. The adjustment mechanism includes at least a gear unit and a counterpart for the gear unit. The counterpart is operatively coupled to a rotor, wherein the gear unit in cooperation with the counterpart are configured to adjust a gap between the rotor outer surface and the pump cavity inner perimeter.
US09470207B2
A power generation apparatus and method comprises at least one gyroglider rotary wing flying at an altitude above the nap of the earth. A strong and flexible tether, connected to the gyroglider frame is pulled with a force generated by the rotary wing. The force is transmitted to a ground station that converts the comparatively linear motion of the tether being pulled upward with a lifting force. The linear motion is transferred to a rotary motion at the ground station to rotate an electrical generator. The tether is retrieved and re-coiled about a drum by controlling the gyroglider to fly down at a speed and lift force that permit recovery of the gyroglider at a substantially reduced amount of retrieval force compared to the lifting force during payout of the tether. Thus, the net difference in force results in a net gain of energy.
US09470206B2
A power generation apparatus and method comprises at least one gyroglider rotary wing flying at an altitude above the nap of the earth. A strong and flexible tether, connected to the gyroglider frame is pulled with a force generated by the rotary wing. The force is transmitted to a ground station that converts the comparatively linear motion of the tether being pulled upward with a lifting force. The linear motion is transferred to a rotary motion at the ground station to rotate an electrical generator. The tether is retrieved and re-coiled about a drum by controlling the gyroglider to fly down at a speed and lift force that permit recovery of the gyroglider at a substantially reduced amount of retrieval force compared to the lifting force during payout of the tether. Thus, the net difference in force results in a net gain of energy.
US09470205B2
Wind turbine blades with layered, multi-component spars, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A wind turbine blade system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first blade segment having a first spar element that includes first planks having a first thickness and a first plank composition, and a second blade segment having a second spar element that includes second planks having a second thickness and a second plank composition different than the first plank composition. The second blade segment is joined to the first blade segment at a joint, and, in particular embodiments, an overall product of thickness and elastic modulus of the first planks is approximately equal to an overall product of thickness and elastic modulus for the second planks.
US09470202B2
A control apparatus of an engine ignition spark plug includes a switch having a control terminal and an output terminal connected to an external transformer. The switch assumes a closed state for supplying energy to the transformer, and an open state for the transformer to supply energy to the spark plug. A measuring module measures a time duration where, in the open state, a voltage at the output terminal of the switch decreases from a first value to a second value. A detecting module detects an operating condition of the spark plug based on comparing the measured time duration to a time threshold, and to generate a detecting signal based on the comparing.
US09470191B2
A pneumatic fuel pressure regulator and a mechanical fuel pressure regulator are disclosed wherein the pneumatic fuel pressure regulator uses a mechanical adjustment screw to position a spring locator and spring force exerted on a diaphragm assembly controlling flow through a base fuel block. The mechanical fuel pressure regulator includes a stepper motor and a threaded drive shaft to control pressure exerted on a diaphragm assembly to regulate passage through a base fuel block. A dual stage system combines the pneumatic and mechanical regulators in a dual base unit having two ports separately controlled by the separate regulators.
