US09484795B2
Some embodiments relate to an energy conversion device, comprising: a casing; an electromagnetic (EM) transducer disposed at one side of the casing; a round magnet disposed in the casing and free to move relative to the casing and the EM transducer in at least two degrees of freedom; and a ferromagnetic object fixed relative to the casing at an opposite side of the casing to the EM transducer and arranged to attract the magnet toward a rest position within the casing. The EM transducer is positioned so that movement of the magnet relative to the EM transducer varies the magnetic field through the EM transducer, thereby generating electrical potential across at least a part of the EM transducer.
US09484791B2
A rotor parameter sensor is used for electric drives. A rotor of an electric engine or motor is monitored by a sensor sensing one or more physical observables or operation parameters. Furthermore, a method and system is used for monitoring an electric engine or motor for use in electric or hybrid vehicles.
US09484789B2
Provided is a rotating electric machine that is capable of sufficiently cooling, by using a liquid coolant, electronic devices which are attached to a rotor. The rotating electric machine is equipped with: a stator for generating a rotating magnetic field; a rotatable rotor that is installed so as to face the stator; diode devices that are connected to coils wound on the rotor and arranged so as to rotate with the rotor; and a cooling structure for cooling the diode devices by means of a cooling oil which is supplied from the inner side in the radial direction with respect to the diode devices.
US09484785B2
An electric motor has a rotor and a stator. The stator has an endcap with two brush assemblies, two brush brackets for holding the brush assemblies and two electrical terminals. Each brush assembly is detachably mounted to its brush bracket and has a brush holder, a brush slidably received in the brush holder, a spring for urging the brush out of the brush holder, and a conductive member electrically connecting the brush with a corresponding electrical terminal via a resilient releasable connection.
US09484781B2
A core formed from powder, such as a stator core for use in a motor for a vehicle, wherein the core is formed from metallic powder and includes an outer part disposed at an inside of the motor, an inner part disposed at an inside of the motor, and a winding part which connects the outer part and the inner part and on which a wire is wound, and to a motor for a vehicle using the same. The winding part is formed to have rounded corners and a height lower than the height of the inner part, and a connection part is obliquely formed between the winding part and the inner part so that the winding part and the inner part are naturally connected.
US09484779B2
An apparatus and corresponding method for maintaining an air gap between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter is provided. The apparatus includes a structural sleeve and a plurality of stator sections attached to an inner surface of the structural sleeve. A hub is enclosed by the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. A plurality of rotor sections is flexibly coupled to the hub and is enclosed by the structural sleeve. A rail system is positioned within the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. The rail system guides the rotor sections in a substantially circular path and defines an air gap between the plurality of stator sections and plurality of rotor sections.
US09484773B2
An energy harvesting apparatus includes: a capacitor configured to store energy generated by an energy harvesting element; and a switch connected to the capacitor and configured to switch energy supply from the capacitor to a load based on a capacitor voltage with which the capacitor is charged. An energy harvesting system includes: energy harvesting elements; energy harvesting apparatuses which are provided to respectively correspond to the energy harvesting elements; and a load as an energy supply destination connected to the energy harvesting apparatuses.
US09484766B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for tuning a wireless power transmitter. In one aspect a device configured to wirelessly provide power to a load is provided. The device includes a signal driver configured to provide power along a power path. The device further includes a first tuning circuit along the power path, configured to tune reactance at the signal driver, introducing undesired harmonic content. The device further includes a second tuning circuit along the power path, configured to tune reactance at the signal driver and to generate complementary harmonic content, at least partly canceling the harmonic generated at the first tuning circuit.
US09484762B2
A device and method for balancing cells of a battery of an electric automobile, the device including: a primary winding arranged in series with a primary switch; and, for each cell, a circuit including, in series, a secondary winding that forms a transformer together with the primary winding, a secondary switch, a coil, and a diode mounted in parallel with the coil and the cell; and a controller controlling the primary switch and each secondary switch.
US09484759B2
A power supply detection circuit detects power feeding to a VBUS terminal from the outside. A charger detection circuit detects the kind of charger by monitoring voltages of a DP terminal and a DM terminal. A control unit adjusts timing and instructs the charger detection circuit to start a charger kind detection process after a notification of detection of power feeding is received from the power supply detection circuit.
US09484754B2
An apparatus and methods to fabricate the apparatus for balancing a string of N series-connected electrical energy units (such as battery cells or modules) comprising: a transformer with a magnetic core and N windings; N switch circuits; N driver circuits, each driver circuit operable to turn ON/OFF a respective switch circuit in a charging or discharging or idling configuration; and a controller circuit. In a novel way, the controller circuit selects each electrical energy unit for charging or discharging or idling, and controls simultaneously coupling all selected-for-discharging electrical energy unit(s) to respective winding(s) in discharging configuration(s) for a first period of time to simultaneously energize the respective winding(s); then immediately or after a short delay, the controller circuit controls simultaneously coupling all selected-for-charging electrical energy unit(s) to respective winding(s) in charging configuration(s) for a second period of time to be charged with respective induced current(s).
US09484744B2
A scheduling apparatus includes a first calculator, a storage, and a second calculator. The first calculator is configured to calculate an assignment of plural time slots to a consumer. Each of the plural time slots is classified into at least any of plural categories. The storage is configured to store a first demand, from the consumer, regarding an extent to which the categories associated with the assignment are biased. The second calculator is configured to calculate an extent to which the categories associated with the assignment calculated by the first calculator are biased and calculate a first evaluation value representing a deviation between the first demand and an extent to which the categories associated with the assignment calculated by the first calculator are biased. The first calculator calculates the assignment so as to optimize an evaluation function including the first evaluation value.
US09484743B2
A method for power distribution network analysis includes receiving power distribution network event data from a plurality of data sources, filtering the power distribution network event data, normalizing the power distribution network event data, storing the power distribution network event data in an event database and retrieving, in a querying engine, the power distribution network event data.
US09484734B2
For protecting a photovoltaic generator comprising photovoltaic modules, having an open circuit voltage higher than an insulation design voltage of its photovoltaic modules and being connected to an AC power grid via an inverter against a surge voltage relative to ground resulting from a ground fault and exceeding the insulation design voltage, the photovoltaic generator is surveyed for the occurrence of the ground fault or the surge voltage. Upon the actual occurrence of the ground fault or the surge voltage, at first, the photovoltaic generator is separated from an input-side intermediate link capacitance of the inverter, and the inverter is separated from the AC power grid. Then, the intermediate link capacitance is discharged via a resistor, prior to permanently closing semiconductor switches of an inverter bridge of the inverter and to reconnecting the photovoltaic generator to the input-side intermediate link capacitance of the inverter to short circuit the photovoltaic generator.
US09484732B2
A wire insulator apparatus includes an insulator/separator member, a cap portion, a tube and potting material. The insulator/separator member has apertures formed therein for receiving a plurality of wires. By threading the wires through the insulator/separator member, the wires are spaced apart so that a potting material can be molded to provide a complete seal from the environment, particularly conductive liquids such as ammonia, which may cause short-circuiting between the wires. Individual wires are terminated in the cap portion, and the cap portion, the insulator/separator member and the wire ends are positioned within a tube or a mold portion depending on the application, and a potting epoxy is fluidly inserted within the tube. The epoxy surrounds or encases the wire ends within the tube or mold to insulate the wire ends in an airtight seal.
US09484730B2
The present invention relates to a clamp and a spacer for bundle-shaped wires of high-voltage electric lines, as well as a relative mounting kit. The clamp possesses an arm for fastening to wires, at the free end of which two fixed jaws are formed. The second jaw being movable through disengageable tightening means, both jaws being provided with opposite saddles for the housing of wire, wherein the second moving jaw has a first end mounted rotating on a pin, carried by said fastening arm in a position coinciding with a first end of the first jaw. The tightening includes a tie rod having an end mounted rotating on the jaw and a distal end constrained through a constraint pin to a cam lever.
US09484727B1
A retention device for cables includes a plurality of channels configured to receive a plurality of cables having connector ends. The retention device includes a plurality of openings extending from the plurality of channels to an outer edge of the retention device such that the plurality of cables can be inserted into the plurality of channels. The retention device includes means for removably attaching the retention device to another retention device. The retention device is fabricated to be semi-rigid.
US09484715B2
A quantum cascade laser is configured with a semiconductor substrate and first and second active layers provided in series on the substrate. A unit laminate structure of the first active layer has a subband level structure having an emission upper level and an emission lower level, and is configured so as to be able to generate light of a first frequency ω1, a unit laminate structure of the second active layer has a subband level structure having a first emission upper level, a second emission upper level, and a plurality of emission lower levels, and is configured so as to be able to generate light of a second frequency ω2, and light of a difference frequency ω is generated by difference frequency generation from the light of the first frequency ω1 and the light of the second frequency ω2.
US09484714B2
A second insulating film, which includes a hollowed portion inside in a region where the high mesa ridge type optical element is formed, is formed. By using the second insulating film as a mask and etching, a concave portion is formed in the transparent waveguide layer and the upper cladding layer below the hollowed portion. The modulator layer having the Al-based material is formed. By etching with the modulator layer formed in the concave portion being covered with the third insulating film, the modulator layer formed outside the concave portion is removed. By etching with the modulator layer formed in the concave portion being covered with the fourth insulating film, the ridge of the semiconductor laser is formed without exposing the modulator layer formed in the concave portion.
US09484704B2
A laser oscillator comprising an electric discharge excitation part having a discharge tube, and generates laser by excitation discharge of a laser gas flow through the inside of the discharge tube, an optical resonance part which has optical components attached to outsides of end walls of the discharge tube, and resonates laser generated in the discharge tube, and blower piping which connects an intake port and exhaust port of the discharge tube to form a circulation path of laser gas. The end walls of the discharge tube are provided with through holes which connect the inside of the discharge tube and the optical components, and blocking members are arranged in the through holes so as to block the flow of laser gas through the through holes toward the optical components.
US09484701B2
An electrical terminal applicator system including a feed guide and tool support assembly defining a one-piece member includes a stock guide portion joined to a tool receiving portion. A motor is positioned adjacent to the feed guide and tool support assembly. A drive shaft received in a bore of the stock guide portion is rotated about a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft within the bore by operation of the motor. A tool assembly is mounted on the tool receiving portion and located downstream of the stock guide portion and the drive shaft. The drive shaft when rotated about the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft is positioned to engage a terminal holder strip having multiple electrical terminals to push the terminal strip holder toward the tool assembly.
US09484688B2
The invention relates to a coaxial connector (1) having a first and a second connector part (2, 3) and an adapter (4) arranged between said connector parts. When installed, the adapter (4) is arranged in an opening (6) in an external conductor (8) of the first connector part (2, 3) such that it can fold out laterally. A limiting element (9) made from an insulating material is arranged in the region of the entrance to the opening (6) so that it limits the lateral movement of the adapter.
US09484680B2
An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus includes a receptacle to receive a plug to couple a peripheral device to a computing device. The apparatus includes a ground contact of a printed circuit board of the computing device. The apparatus includes a shield communicatively coupled to the ground contact, wherein the shield is to reduce radio frequency interference (RFI) from an interface between the plug and the receptacle.
US09484673B1
A signal terminal of a vertical bilayer electrical connector provided forwardly with a plugging surface having thereon an upper plugging hole and a lower plugging hole and provided downwardly with an electrical connection surface includes a conductive body having at least a bump and/or at least a dent at two ends, wherein the at least a bump is parallel to a plane perpendicular to the plugging surface and the at least a dent is parallel to a plane perpendicular to the plugging surface; a resilient electrical contact segment connected to an end of the conductive body and disposed in the upper or lower plugging hole; and an electrical connection segment connected to another end of the conductive body and mounted on the electrical connection surface to thereby electrically connect with a circuit board. Therefore, the signal terminal is effective in adjusting an impedance, reducing loss, and eliminating delay skew.
US09484672B2
An adapter having a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface which each have contact elements for transmitting data (data contact elements) and for transmitting electric supply energy (supply contact elements), the contact elements of the first interface being connected to the corresponding contact elements of the second interface via conductors. A first supply contact element of the first interface is connected to two first supply contact elements of the second interface and a second supply contact element of the first interface is connected to a second supply contact element of the second interface, the second supply contact element of the second interface being in the form of an external conductor surrounding the other contact elements.
US09484668B2
A connector device comprises a connector and a mating connector connectable with each other. The mating connector comprises a mating primary terminal and a mating secondary terminal. The connector comprises a primary terminal, a secondary terminal, an operation member and a push-back mechanism. The operation member changes its state from an initial state to a second state via a second state. When the state of the operation member is changed to the first state, the primary terminal is connected to the mating primary terminal. When the state of the operation member is changed to the second state, the secondary terminal is connected to the mating secondary terminal. When the state of the operation member is changed to the first state, the push-back mechanism applies a push-back force to the operation member to change the state of the operation member back toward the initial state.
US09484649B2
An electromechanical assembly includes a socket housing having a cavity for seating an integrated circuit and a first plurality of electrical contacts in the cavity to electrically connect an integrated circuit seated in the socket housing with a circuit board upon which the electromechanical assembly is mounted. The socket housing has a supporting body on a different plane than a bottom surface of the cavity. The socket housing has a second plurality of electrical contacts that form a first row across the supporting body and a third plurality of electrical contacts that form a second row across the supporting body. The socket housing has alignment elements. The electromechanical assembly also includes a card edge connector having slots that accept the alignment elements of the socket housing, a fourth plurality of electrical contacts that form a third row, and a fifth plurality of electrical contacts that form a fourth row.
US09484644B2
Provided are a male terminal main body (15) of a male terminal (11), an uneven portion (17) formed, on an outer peripheral surface of the male terminal main body (15), of a plurality of ridges (19) and a plurality of grooves (21), a tubular female terminal main body (23) of the female terminal (13), and a spring contact (37) housed in the female terminal main body (23) in such a manner that a plurality of leaf spring pieces (39) provided corresponding to the ridges (19) are moved from positions facing the grooves (21) to positions facing the ridges (19) by a relative movement of the male terminal main body (15) and are in elastic contact with the ridges (19).
US09484640B2
It is aimed to provide a wire with terminal in which small connection resistance and a large fixing force are easily combined and a core crimping portion is unlikely to be cracked in a crimping step of the core crimping portion. In a wire with terminal, a core crimping portion includes a bottom plate portion for supporting a core and a pair of core caulking portions sandwiching the core between the core caulking portions and the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion of the core crimping portion is shaped to include an inclined portion recessed gradually deeper toward the pair of core caulking portions from a first end side toward a second end side of a crimping terminal.
US09484638B2
A system and method for implementing transmission parameter control at a transmitting station is described. The exemplary system and method comprises querying a transmission parameter control module for a transmission schedule. The transmission schedule comprises at least one schedule entry defining a set of transmission parameter controls as they pertain to a destination address. At least one packet of data is then transmitted to the destination address according to the transmission parameters controls of at least one schedule entry from the transmission schedule. A system and method for selecting an antenna configuration corresponding to a next transmission of packet data is also disclosed.
US09484632B2
An antenna system comprising a plurality of loop antenna sets with each of the plurality of loop antenna sets disposed in one of a plurality of different parallel planes with each of the planes being spaced apart from another adjacent plane and wherein loop antenna set in the plurality of loop antenna sets comprises a plurality of loop antennas and wherein the plurality of loop antennas are configured such that the near field inductive coupling between the plurality of loop antenna sets is zero. The absence of inductive coupling between the loop elements provides a frequency-independent means for multiplexing signals for transmission and reception by the multiple loop antenna system.
US09484627B2
The invention includes a first circuit board on which a plurality of first terminal sections is arranged, a high-frequency circuit arranged on the first circuit board and connected to at least one of the plurality of first terminal sections, a second circuit board on which is arranged a plurality of second terminal sections facing the plurality of first terminal sections, a first internal circuit arranged on the second circuit board and connected to at least one of the plurality of second terminal sections, and electrical continuity unit providing electrical continuity among the plurality of first terminal sections and the plurality of second terminal sections. At least two contiguous terminals of the plurality of first terminal sections and/or the plurality of second terminal sections including a terminal connected to the high-frequency circuit are connected via a capacitor and function as an antenna for wireless communication.
US09484624B2
A reflection controller for modifying electromagnetic reflections from a surface includes a conducting patch being positioned proximate to an electromagnetically reflecting surface. The floating conducting patch includes an electrical conductor at a floating potential positioned on a dielectric substrate where at least one of a dielectric thickness, dielectric constant, or the dimensions of the electrical conductor are chosen to reduces retro-reflection of incident radiation.
US09484620B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for providing timing tracking loops in a communication system. A communication system includes a delay locked loop (DLL) comprising a maximum region detector configured to identify a target channel profile comprising at least a portion of the multipath signals based on the timing information, the maximum region detector further configured to apply a weight vector to each channel tap in the target channel profile and determine a tap with a maximum power level relative to remaining channel taps in the channel profile. The system further comprises a window timing loop (WTL) adjuster configured to track a position of a channel estimation window (CEW) within an observation window corresponding to the maximum channel energy level, where the maximum channel energy level corresponds to the sum of the energy of all the taps for a given window.
US09484609B2
A transmission line structure having a pair of separated coplanar waveguide transmissions line section. A coupling circuit is coupled between the pair of coplanar waveguide transmissions line sections, the coupling circuit suppresses common mode signals therein and passes, substantially unsuppressed, differential mode signal transmission between the pair of coplanar waveguide transmissions line sections.
US09484600B2
Provided are an electrolyte for a sodium secondary battery, and a sodium secondary battery employing the same, and more particularly, a sodium secondary battery including an anode containing sodium, a cathode containing a transition metal, and a sodium ion conductive solid electrolyte provided between the anode and the cathode. The cathode is impregnated with a mixed salt electrolyte containing a molten sodium salt and an electrolyte additive, and the electrolyte additive contains a non-halogen sodium salt and a metal halide compound simultaneously.
US09484586B2
A driving control method and system of a fuel cell system are provided. The method includes monitoring an exterior temperature. In addition, the method includes increasing hydrogen pressure at an anode side of a fuel cell stack when the exterior temperature is less than a preset exterior temperature during the monitoring.
US09484578B2
Methods are presented for synthesizing metal cyanometallate (MCM). A first method provides a first solution of AXM2Y(CN)Z, to which a second solution including M1 is dropwise added. As a result, a precipitate is formed of ANM1PM2Q(CN)R.FH2O, where N is in the range of 1 to 4. A second method for synthesizing MCM provides a first solution of M2C(CN)B, which is dropwise added to a second solution including M1. As a result, a precipitate is formed of M1[M2S(CN)G]1/T. DH2O, where S/T is greater than or equal to 0.8. Low vacancy MCM materials are also presented.
US09484575B2
In a method for preparing a cathode material for an alkali-sulfur cell, e.g., a lithium-sulfur cell, at least one polyacrilonitrile-sulfur composite material and elemental sulfur are mixed, in order to increase the voltage, the capacitance and the energy density.
US09484572B2
An electrode active material for an all solid state secondary battery, which is able to have the controlled orientation of a crystal face at the interface between an electrode layer and an electrolyte layer in order to enhance the battery performance, and an all solid state secondary battery including the electrode active material. The electrode active material includes a carbon material having an intensity ratio (P002/P100) of 600 or less between the X-ray diffraction peak intensity P002 in the (002) plane and the X-ray diffraction peak intensity P100 in the (100) plane, which are obtained when a surface of a compact prepared by compression molding of a powder of the carbon material at a pressure of 110 MPa is irradiated with X-ray. The all solid state secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte, and the negative electrode contains the electrode active material.
US09484569B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to semi-solid suspensions, and more particularly to systems and methods for preparing semi-solid suspensions for use as electrodes in electrochemical devices such as, for example batteries. In some embodiments, a method for preparing a semi-solid electrode includes combining a quantity of an active material with a quantity of an electrolyte to form an intermediate material. The intermediate material is then combined with a conductive additive to form an electrode material. The electrode material is mixed to form a suspension having a mixing index of at least about 0.80 and is then formed into a semi-solid electrode.
US09484567B2
A battery pack includes battery cells, at least one terminal having a shape that enables connection with another device, and electric connectors located between at least two of the battery cells and between one of the battery cells and the at least one terminal. At least one of the electric connectors breaks a current path when contacting water.
US09484563B2
A battery pack includes a sealed case and a battery cell accommodated in the sealed case. The sealed case includes a case body, which has an opening, and a lid member, which is fixed to the case body by a plurality of bolts and closes the opening. When distances between adjacent ones of the bolts are compared, the distance between a specific adjacent pair of the bolts is greater than that between any other adjacent pair of the remaining bolts.
US09484561B2
Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery pack including an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure impregnated with an electrolyte, a prismatic container, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, the prismatic container having at least one depressed groove formed at a bottom thereof in a longitudinal direction of the prismatic battery pack, a cap plate coupled to an open upper end of the prismatic container, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, a protection circuit module (PCM) including a protection circuit to control operation of the prismatic battery pack, the PCM being loaded on the cap plate, and an insulative cap mounted to the prismatic container while surrounding the PCM.
US09484559B2
A battery cell assembly having first and second frame members is provided. The first frame member has a first rectangular ring-shaped body and a first coupler portion. The first coupler portion has a first tab member with a first metal trim clip member coupled thereto. The second frame member has a second rectangular ring-shaped body and a second coupler portion. The second coupler portion has first and second substantially flat walls and first and second peripheral wall portions defining an interior region. The second substantially flat wall has an aperture extending therethrough. The first metal trim clip member is disposed through the aperture and into the interior region of the second coupler portion, and engages an inner surface of the second substantially flat wall to couple the second frame member to the first frame member.
US09484558B2
A battery cell and a battery module using the same that allow the battery cell to be extended without a limit in the number of battery cells is provided. The battery cell includes a body, at least one rail installed in the body, and at least one rail groove formed on the other surface of the body where the rail is not installed.
US09484555B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a non-light emitting region and a light emitting region, a photochromic layer in a path of light that is emitted from the light emitting region and a light blocking layer on the photochromic layer, wherein the light blocking layer comprises a plurality of light blocking patterns that are spaced from each other, the light blocking patterns overlap the light emitting region, and a space between adjacent light blocking patterns exposes the non-light emitting region.
US09484554B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus that has high-resolution and high-brightness includes a substrate comprising a major surface; an insulating layer disposed over the substrate and comprising a first inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the major surface and faces away from the substrate; a reflective first pixel electrode disposed over the first inclined surface and configured to cover a portion of the first inclined surface; a first intermediate layer disposed over the first pixel electrode and comprises a light emission layer; and a reflective opposite electrode disposed over the first intermediate layer.
US09484547B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a lower substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein a plurality of pixels are formed in the display area. The OLED display also includes an embedded circuit formed in the configured to apply a plurality of signals to the pixels, and an initialization wiring formed in the non-display area and configured to apply an initialization voltage to each of the pixels. The initialization circuit is formed in a layer so as to at least partially overlap with the area of the embedded circuit.
US09484537B2
Embodiments of forming an image sensor with an organic photodiode are provided. The organic photodiode uses dual electron-blocking layers formed next to the anode of the organic photodiode to reduce dark current. By using dual electron-blocking layers, the values of highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) for the neighboring anode layer and the organic electron-blocking layer are matched by one of the dual electron-blocking layers to form a photodiode with good performance. The values of the lowest occupied molecular orbital (LOMOs) of the dual electron-blocking layers are selected to be lower than the neighboring anode layer to reduce dark current.
US09484534B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to electrically conductive vias in cross-point memory array devices. In an embodiment, the vias may be formed using a lithographic operation also utilized to form electrically conductive lines in a first electrode layer of the cross-point memory array device.
US09484530B2
STT-MRAM integrated circuit and method for fabricating the same are disclosed. An integrated circuit includes a word line layer, a bit line layer, and an MRAM stack in contact with the bit line metal layer. The integrated circuit further includes a first doped silicon layer in contact with the MRAM stack, the first doped silicon layer including conductivity-determining ions of a first type, and a second doped silicon layer in contact with the first doped silicon layer and further in contact with the word line layer, the second doped silicon layer including conductivity-determining ions of a second type that is opposite the first type. Still further, the integrated circuit includes a third doped silicon layer in contact with the second doped silicon layer and a source line layer in electrical contact with the third doped silicon layer.
US09484529B2
A magnetic memory device is provided. The magnetic memory device includes a first vertical magnetic layer and a second vertical magnetic layer on a substrate, a tunnel barrier layer between the first vertical magnetic layer and the second vertical magnetic layer, and an exchange-coupling layer between a first sub-layer of the first vertical magnetic layer and a second sub-layer of the first vertical magnetic layer.
US09484527B2
A magnetic multilayer film for a temperature sensor is disclosed. The magnetic multilayer film comprises: a bottom magnetic composite layer provided on a substrate, the bottom magnetic composite layer having a direct pinning structure, an indirect pinning structure, a synthetic ferromagnetic structure, or a synthetic anti-ferromagnetic structure; a spacer layer provided on the bottom magnetic composite layer; and a top magnetic composite layer provided on the spacer layer, the top magnetic composite layer having the direct pinning structure, the indirect pinning structure, the synthetic ferromagnetic structure, or the synthetic anti-ferromagnetic structure, wherein a ferromagnetic layer of the bottom magnetic composite layer closest to the spacer layer has a magnetic moment anti-parallel with that of a ferromagnetic layer of the top magnetic composite layer closest to the spacer layer.
US09484525B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a Hall effect device that includes a Hall effect region of a first semiconductive type, at least three contacts and a lateral conductive structure. The Hall effect region is formed in or on top of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes an isolation arrangement to isolate the Hall effect region in a lateral direction and in a depth direction from the substrate or other electronic devices in the substrate. The at least three contacts are arranged at a top of the Hall effect region to supply the Hall effect device with electric energy and to provide a Hall effect signal indicative of the magnetic field, wherein the Hall effect signal is generated in a portion of the Hall effect region defined by the at least three contacts. The lateral conductive structure is located between the Hall effect region and the isolation arrangement.
US09484522B2
The present invention relates to an energy harvester device, which includes an elongate, planar resonator beam comprising a piezoelectric material and side walls extending between first and second ends; a base connected to the resonator beam at the first end with the second end being freely extending from the base as a cantilever; and a mass attached to the second end of the resonator beam. The side walls are continuously curved within the plane of the resonator beam. Also disclosed are a system containing the device, and methods of using and making the device.
US09484508B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic semiconductor component, which has a carrier element (1), on which an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (2) having at least one active layer is arranged, wherein the active layer is designed to emit or receive light during operation and wherein the semiconductor chip (2) is covered with a protective layer (3) that contains poly-para-xylenes.
US09484502B2
By using a light emitting device including an insulating substrate and a light emitting unit formed on the insulating substrate, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of linear wiring patterns disposed on the insulating substrate in parallel with one another, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted between the wiring patterns while being electrically connected to the wiring patterns, and a sealing member for sealing the light emitting elements, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device that achieves sufficient electrical insulation and has simple manufacturing processes so that it can be manufactured at a low cost, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US09484497B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor structure having a light-emitting region. A surface of the semiconductor structure has flattened peaks.
US09484493B2
A light emitting diode device includes a substrate; a first conducting terminal and a second conducting terminal receiving the alternative current signal; a first and a third light-emitting diode groups disposed on the substrate including a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connecting with the first conducting terminal and the second conducting terminal and emitting light during the positive half power cycle; a second and the third light-emitting diode groups disposed on the substrate including a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connecting with the first conducting terminal and the second conducting terminal and emitting light during the negative half power cycle; wherein one light emitting diode in the first light-emitting diode group includes more than three conductive connecting points to electrically connect to the second light-emitting diode group and the third light-emitting diode group.
US09484485B2
Provided is a solar cell including a photoelectric conversion section having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, and a collecting electrode formed on the first principal surface of photoelectric conversion section. The photoelectric conversion section includes a semiconductor-stacked portion including a semiconductor junction, a first electrode layer which is a transparent electrode layer formed on the first principal surface side of the semiconductor-stacked portion, and a second electrode layer formed on the second principal surface side of the semiconductor-stacked portion. The collecting electrode includes a first electroconductive layer and a second electroconductive layer. In the manufacturing method, an insulating layer is formed on the first electrode layer, and the electrode layer exposed to the surface of the insulating layer-non-formed region is removed to eliminate a short circuit between the first and second electrode layers. The second electroconductive layer is formed by plating.
US09484472B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having a first conductive type; a circuit layer including a second semiconductor layer; and a plurality of layered members. Each of the layered members includes an interlayer insulation film and a wiring layer formed on the interlayer insulation film. The second semiconductor layer includes a circuit element. The layered members form a multilayer wiring layer. The semiconductor device further includes a penetrating conductive member; a conductive portion; and a first conductive type region. The penetrating conductive member penetrates from the first semiconductor layer to the interlayer insulation film of the layered member at the highest position. The conductive portion includes an electrode formed in the wiring layer of the layered member at the highest position and connected to the penetrating conductive member. The first conductive type region has an impurity concentration greater than that of the first semiconductor layer.
US09484470B2
A III-nitride semiconductor device includes an active region for supporting current flow during forward-biased operation of the III-nitride semiconductor device. The active region includes a first III-nitride epitaxial material having a first conductivity type, and a second III-nitride epitaxial material having a second conductivity type. The III-nitride semiconductor device further includes an edge-termination region physically adjacent to the active region and including an implanted region comprising a portion of the first III-nitride epitaxial material. The implanted region of the first III-nitride epitaxial material has a reduced electrical conductivity in relation to portions of the first III-nitride epitaxial material adjacent to the implanted region
US09484464B2
A semiconductor device including a charge storage element present in a buried dielectric layer of the substrate on which the semiconductor device is formed. Charge injection may be used to introduce charge to the charge storage element of the buried dielectric layer that is present within the substrate. The charge that is injected to the charge storage element may be used to adjust the threshold voltage (Vt) of each of the semiconductor devices within an array of semiconductor devices that are present on the substrate.
US09484458B2
A fabricating method of a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region, forming a plurality of first gates in the first region of the substrate, such that the first gates are spaced apart from each other at a first pitch, forming a plurality of second gates in the second region of the substrate, such that the second gates are spaced apart from each other at a second pitch different from the first pitch, implanting an etch rate adjusting dopant into the second region to form implanted regions, while blocking the first region, forming a first trench by etching the first region between the plurality of first gates, and forming a second trench by etching the second region between the plurality of second gates.
US09484448B2
A technique capable of realizing a semiconductor gas sensor having a high rising response speed is provided. A gate insulating film (e.g., a SiO2 film) is formed on a Si layer, and a modified TiOx (a TiOx nanocrystal) film is formed on the gate insulating film. Further, on the modified TiOx film, a Pt film is formed. This Pt film is composed of a plurality of Pt crystal grains, and in a crystal grain boundary gap existing among the plurality of Pt crystal grains, Ti and oxygen (O) are present, and particularly, a TiOx nanocrystal is formed on a surface in the vicinity of a grain boundary triple point as the center.
US09484446B2
A semiconductor device includes: a nitride semiconductor layer; a first silicon nitride film that is formed on the nitride semiconductor layer, has a first opening whose inner wall is a forward tapered shape; a second silicon nitride film that is formed on the first silicon nitride film, and has a second opening whose inner wall is an inverse tapered shape; and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the whole surface of the nitride semiconductor layer exposed on the inside of the first opening; wherein a side wall of the gate electrode separates from the first silicon nitride film and the second silicon nitride film via a cavity.
US09484441B2
A method for fabricating a transistor including the following steps is provided. First, a gate electrode is formed on a substrate, and a gate insulating layer is formed on the substrate in sequence, wherein the gate insulating layer covers the substrate and the gate electrode. Next, a patterned channel layer and a hard-mask layer are formed on the gate insulating layer, wherein the patterned channel layer and the hard-mask layer are located above the gate electrode, and the hard-mask layer is disposed on the patterned channel layer. Afterwards, a source and a drain are formed on the gate insulating layer by a wet etchant. The part of the hard-mask layer that is not covered by the source and the drain is removed by the wet etchant until the patterned channel layer is exposed, so as to form a plurality of patterned hard-mask layers.
US09484440B2
Semiconductor devices having non-merged fin extensions and methods for forming the same. Methods for forming semiconductor devices include forming fins on a substrate; forming a dummy gate over the fins, leaving a source and drain region exposed; etching the fins below a surface level of a surrounding insulator layer; and epitaxially growing fin extensions from the etched fins.
US09484439B1
A method of forming a semiconductor structure in which a III-V compound semiconductor channel fin portion is formed on a dielectric material is provided. The method includes forming a III-V material stack on a surface of a bulk semiconductor substrate. Patterning of the III-V material stack is then employed to provide a pre-fin structure that is located between, and in contact with, pre-pad structures. The pre-pad structures are used as an anchoring agent when a III-V compound semiconductor channel layer portion of the III-V material stack and of the pre-fin structure is suspended by removing a topmost III-V compound semiconductor buffer layer portion of the material stack from the pre-fin structure. A dielectric material is then formed within the gap provided by the suspending step and thereafter a fin cut process is employed.
US09484436B2
An electronic semiconductor device including a semiconductor body having a first structural region and a second structural region, which extends on the first structural region and houses a drain region; a body region, which extends into the second structural region; a source region, which extends into the body region; and a gate electrode, which extends over the semiconductor body for generating a conductive channel between the source region and the drain region. The device includes a first conductive trench extending through, and electrically insulated from, the second structural region on one side of the gate electrode; and a second conductive trench extending through the source region, the body region, and right through the second structural region on an opposite side of the gate electrode, electrically insulated from the second structural region and electrically coupled to the body region and to the source region.
US09484435B2
One embodiment of the invention relates to a semiconductor device formed over a semiconductor body. In this device, source and drain regions are formed in the body about lateral edges of a gate electrode and are separated from one another by a gate length. A channel region, which is configured to allow charged carriers to selectively flow between the source and drain regions during operation of the device, has differing widths under the gate electrode. These widths are generally perpendicular to the gate length. Other devices, methods, and systems are also disclosed.
US09484429B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a control electrode, and a third electrode. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer and has a band gap narrower than that of the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a first portion and a second portion which is provided together with the first portion and contains an activated acceptor. The third semiconductor layer is provided on the first portion and has a band gap wider than or equal to the band gap of the second semiconductor layer. The first and the second electrodes are provided on the third semiconductor layer. The control electrode is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The third electrode is provided on the second portion.
US09484412B1
A structure includes a substrate; a plurality of pFET fins disposed over the substrate; and a plurality of nFET fins disposed over the substrate. In the structure each of the plurality of pFET fins is composed of s-Si1-xGex, where x has a value in a range of about 0.4-0.6; each of the plurality of nFET fins is composed of one of s-Si or a Group III-V material; and each of the plurality of pFET fins and the plurality of nFET fins includes a thin (e.g., <1 nm) multilayer structure containing a plurality s-Ge monolayers disposed on a surface thereof, a gate dielectric disposed over the multilayer structure, and a gate conductor disposed over the gate dielectric. The presence of the multilayer structure containing the plurality s-Ge monolayers enhances Tinv scaling by effectively increasing a Ge percentage of the s-Si1-xGex pFETs. Methods to fabricate the structure are also disclosed.
US09484408B1
A bipolar junction transistor includes an emitter, a base contact, a collector and a shallow trench isolation. The base contact has two base fingers that form a corner to receive the emitter. The collector has two collector fingers extending along the base fingers of the base contact. The shallow trench isolation is disposed in between the emitter and the base contact and in between the base contact and the collector.
US09484400B2
A super junction semiconductor device is formed by forming at least a portion of a drift layer on a doped layer of a first conductivity type, implanting first dopants of a first conductivity type and second dopants of a second conductivity type into the drift layer using one or more implant masks with openings to form stripe-shaped first implant regions of the first conductivity type and stripe-shaped second implant regions of the second conductivity type in alternating order, and performing a heat treatment for controlling a diffusion of dopants from the implant regions to form stripe-shaped first regions of the first conductivity type and stripe-shaped second regions of the second conductivity type.
US09484395B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display panel. The method includes forming a light shielding layer on a substrate, forming a first oxide semiconductor and a second oxide semiconductor on the light shielding layer, and forming a gate insulating layer and a gate overlapping a portion of the first oxide semiconductor and a whole of the second oxide semiconductor. The method further includes performing an etching so that the portion of the first oxide semiconductor has conductivity, forming a first contact hole in the light shielding layer and forming a second contact hole in the first oxide semiconductor, forming a driving power line connected to the light shielding layer through the first contact hole, and forming source/drain electrodes connected to the first oxide semiconductor through the second contact hole.
US09484386B2
An integrated circuit includes a substrate, a plurality of photo detectors formed in the substrate, and a diffraction grating having multiple sections disposed over the plurality of photo detectors. Each section of the diffraction grating has a respective periodic width for a respective target wavelength. The diffraction grating has at least two different target wavelengths. The diffraction grating is interlaced with filters. The filters in each section of the diffraction grating are configured to pass a respective electromagnetic wave with the respective target wavelength.
US09484383B2
Provided is a solid-state image pickup device including: a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor formed in a front surface side of a substrate, wherein a rear surface side of the substrate is set as a light receiving plane of the photoelectric conversion portion; and an element, which becomes a passive element or an active element, which is disposed in the front surface side of the substrate so as to be superimposed on the photoelectric conversion portion.
US09484376B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor isolation structure, including providing a substrate with a top surface; forming a patterned mask over the top surface; forming a trench through the patterned mask in the substrate by a directional etch comprising nitrogen-containing substance, wherein an aspect ratio of the trench is formed to be greater than about 18, and a ratio of a width of a narrowest portion and a width of a widest portion of the isolation region is formed to be greater than about 0.7; and filling the trench with insulating materials. The present disclosure also provides an image sensing device, including a radiation sensing region with a first isolation region separating adjacent radiation detecting units and a peripheral region, wherein an aspect ratio of the first isolation region is greater than about 18.
US09484375B2
Disclosed is an image sensor with a 3D stack structure, in which pixels of a top plate are realized as image pixels and pixels of a bottom plate are realized as pixels for realizing a phase difference AF, so that the phase difference AF is realized without loss of resolution. In the image sensor with a 3D stack structure, a problem of the reduction of resolution, which is a disadvantage of an existing imaging surface phase difference AF device, is solved, so that a fast phase difference AF is realized while maintaining high resolution without a separate phase difference AF module.
US09484372B2
A substrate for embedding an imaging device includes: a core layer; a first multilayered wiring layer that is formed onto the core layer, the core layer and the first multilayered wiring layer having a cavity penetrating therethrough; a second multilayered wiring layer that is formed onto the core layer on a side opposite to the first multilayered wiring layer and that includes a conductive pattern formed at a position facing the cavity; a resin portion that is arranged inside the cavity and includes a bottom surface supported by the second multilayered wiring layer, a side face supported by the core layer, and a curved surface formed on a side opposite to the bottom surface; and an imaging device adhered along the curved surface inside the cavity.
US09484371B2
An image sensor comprising a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a charge-voltage conversion element. The plurality of photoelectric conversion elements further includes at least a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element. The charge-voltage conversion element is shared by the first and second photoelectric conversion elements. The image sensor further includes a first charge accumulation element adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion element and at least a portion of the first charge accumulation element overlaps a charge accumulation region of the first photoelectric conversion element. The image sensor also includes a second charge accumulation element adjacent to the second photoelectric conversion element and at least a portion of the second charge accumulation element overlaps a charge accumulation region of the second photoelectric conversion element. Each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion is configured to receive light entered from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first and second charge accumulation elements are formed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second surface is opposed to the first surface.
US09484368B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate configured to include a solid-state imaging element that is provided with a photoelectric conversion region, and a scribe line region that is provided along a periphery of the solid-state imaging element, a wiring layer that is formed to be layered on the semiconductor substrate, a support substrate that is formed to be layered on the wiring layer, and a groove that is provided between a blade region in the scribe line region and the solid-state imaging element, in the semiconductor substrate and penetrates through the semiconductor substrate.
US09484366B2
A photodiode array has a plurality of photodetector channels formed on an n-type substrate having an n-type semiconductor layer, with a light to be detected being incident to the photodetector channels. The array comprises: a p−-type semiconductor layer on the n-type semiconductor layer of the substrate; resistors is provided to each of the photodetector channels and is connected to a signal conductor at one end thereof; and an n-type separating part between the plurality of photodetector channels. The p−-type semiconductor layer forms a pn junction at the interface between the substrate, and comprises a plurality of multiplication regions for avalanche multiplication of carriers produced by the incidence of the light to be detected so that each of the multiplication regions corresponds to each of the photodetector channels.
US09484357B2
A plurality of blocking dielectric portions can be formed between a memory stack structure and an alternating stack of first material layers and second material layers by selective deposition of a dielectric material layer. The plurality of blocking dielectric portions can be formed after removal of the second material layers selective to the first material layers by depositing a dielectric material on surfaces of the memory stack structure while avoiding deposition on surfaces of the first material layers. A deposition inhibitor material layer or a deposition promoter material layer can be optionally employed. Alternatively, the plurality of blocking dielectric portions can be formed on surfaces of the second material layers while avoiding deposition on surfaces of the first material layers after formation of the memory opening and prior to formation of the memory stack structure. The plurality of blocking dielectric portions are vertically spaced annular structures.
US09484355B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stack structure, peripheral gate structures and residual spacers. The substrate includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region. The stack structure is disposed on the cell array region, having electrodes and insulating layers alternately stacked. The peripheral gate structures are disposed on the peripheral circuit region, being spaced apart from each other in one direction and having a peripheral gate pattern disposed on the substrate, and a peripheral gate spacer disposed on a sidewall of the peripheral gate pattern. The residual spacers are disposed on sidewalls of the peripheral gate structures, having a sacrificial pattern and an insulating pattern that are stacked. The insulating pattern includes substantially the same material as the insulating layers of the stack structure.
US09484347B1
A method for forming a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device includes growing a SiGe layer on a Si semiconductor layer, and etching fins through the SiGe layer and the Si semiconductor layer down to a buried dielectric layer. Spacers are formed on sidewalls of the fins, and a dielectric material is formed on top of the buried dielectric layer between the fins. The SiGe layer is replaced with a dielectric cap for an n-type device to form a Si fin. The Si semiconductor layer is converted to a SiGe fin for a p-type device by oxidizing the SiGe layer to condense Ge. The dielectric material is recessed to below the spacers, and the dielectric cap and the spacers are removed to expose the Si fin and the SiGe fin.
US09484333B2
A microelectronic assembly can include a substrate having first and second surfaces, at least two logic chips overlying the first surface, and a memory chip having a front surface with contacts thereon, the front surface of the memory chip confronting a rear surface of each logic chip. The substrate can have conductive structure thereon and terminals exposed at the second surface for connection with a component. Signal contacts of each logic chip can be directly electrically connected to signal contacts of the other logic chips through the conductive structure of the substrate for transfer of signals between the logic chips. The logic chips can be adapted to simultaneously execute a set of instructions of a given thread of a process. The contacts of the memory chip can be directly electrically connected to the signal contacts of at least one of the logic chips through the conductive structure of the substrate.
US09484318B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate includes a first layer and a second layer over the first layer, a bump disposed over the second layer, a molding disposed over the second layer and surrounding the bump, and a retainer disposed over the second layer, wherein the retainer is disposed between the molding and a periphery of the substrate. Further, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, disposing several bumps on the substrate, disposing a retainer on the substrate and surrounding the bumps, and disposing a molding between the bumps and the retainer.
US09484317B2
A system and method for preventing cracks in a passivation layer is provided. In an embodiment a contact pad has a first diameter and an opening through the passivation layer has a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter by a first distance of about 10 μm. In another embodiment, an underbump metallization is formed through the opening, and the underbump metallization has a third diameter that is greater than the first diameter by a second distance of about 5 μm. In yet another embodiment, a sum of the first distance and the second distance is greater than about 15 μm. In another embodiment the underbump metallization has a first dimension that is less than a dimension of the contact pad and a second dimension that is greater than a dimension of the contact pad.
US09484307B2
Described herein is a semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein the semiconductor device includes a first die including a first pad and a first passivation layer; a second die including a second pad and a second passivation layer; an encapsulant surrounding the first die and the second die and comprising a first surface; a dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the first passivation layer and at least a portion of the second passivation layer, and further covering the encapsulant between the first die and the second die, wherein the dielectric layer includes: a second surface adjacent to the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer and the encapsulant; and a third surface opposite to the second surface; and a redistribution layer electrically connecting to the first pad and the second pad and disposed above the third surface of the dielectric layer.
US09484302B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a workpiece including a conductive feature disposed in a first insulating material and a second insulating material disposed over the first insulating material, the second insulating material having an opening over the conductive feature. A graphene-based conductive layer is disposed over an exposed top surface of the conductive feature within the opening in the second insulating material. A carbon-based adhesive layer is disposed over sidewalls of the opening in the second insulating material. A carbon nano-tube (CNT) is disposed within the patterned second insulating material over the graphene-based conductive layer and the carbon-based adhesive layer.
US09484301B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a controlled metal extrusion opening in a semiconductor structure. Various embodiments include a semiconductor structure. The structure includes an aluminum layer. The aluminum layer includes an aluminum island within the aluminum layer, and a lateral extrusion receiving opening extending through the aluminum layer adjacent the aluminum island. The opening includes a lateral extrusion of the aluminum layer of the semiconductor structure. Additional embodiments include a method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method can include forming an aluminum layer over a titanium layer. The aluminum layer includes an aluminum island within the aluminum layer. The method can also include forming an opening extending through the aluminum layer adjacent the aluminum island within the aluminum layer. The opening includes a lateral extrusion of the aluminum layer of the semiconductor layer.
US09484298B1
A non-volatile memory device includes a first electrode layer extending in a first direction and a first channel body extending through the first electrode layer in a second direction. The first electrode layer has, on a side surface, a first projecting portion expanding in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and having a rounding shape in a tip of the first projecting portion.
US09484297B2
Integrated circuits with single core inductors and methods for producing them are provided. Embodiments include forming a trench in a dielectric layer; forming a first metal-oxide hard mask by disposing a metal hard mask and an oxide hard mask over the dielectric layer and in strips in the trench; forming metal line trenches through the first metal-oxide hard mask and into the first dielectric layer on opposite sides of the inductor trench and first vias; filling the first metal line trenches, first vias, and trench; forming another dielectric layer and a second metal-oxide hard mask over the filled trench; forming a second trench through the second metal-oxide hard mask and into the second dielectric layer and second metal line trenches and second vias; and filling the second metal line trenches, second vias, and second trench.
US09484294B2
A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a bonding target and an electrode terminal bonded to the bonding target. The electrode terminal and the bonding target are bonded by ultrasonic bonding at a bonding surface to be subjected to bonding. The electrode terminal includes a penetrating hollow part surrounded on at least two sides by the bonding surface.
US09484290B2
A composite substrate made of a conductive pattern structure mounted on a lead frame is used for an electronic system package. High heat generated electronic components are adapted to mount on the lead frame and relatively low heat generated electronic components are adapted to mount on the conductive pattern structure. Metal lines are used for electrical coupling between the circuitry of the IC chip and the conductive pattern structure. An electronic system with the composite substrate gains both advantages—good circuitry arrangement capability from the conductive pattern structure and good heat distribution from the lead frame.
US09484280B2
A semiconductor device is provided, wherein the semiconductor device comprises a carrier, wherein the carrier comprises a first portion configured to hold a semiconductor chip; and a second portion configured for mounting the semiconductor device to a support, the second portion further comprising a first feature configured to be connected to the support; and at least one second feature configured to facilitate transfer of heat away from the first portion, wherein the at least one second feature increases a surface area of the second portion.
US09484276B2
A semiconductor mounting device including a first substrate having insulation layers, conductor layers formed on the insulation layers, and via conductors connecting the conductor layers, a second substrate having insulation layers and conductor layers formed on the insulation layers of the second substrate, first bumps connecting the first substrate and the second substrate and formed on an outermost conductor layer of the first substrate formed on an outermost insulation layer of the first substrate, and second bumps positioned to mount a semiconductor element to the second substrate and formed on an outermost conductor layer of the second substrate formed on an outermost insulation layer of the second substrate. The second substrate has a thickness which is greater than a thickness of the first substrate.
US09484273B2
Provided are an apparatus for measuring impurities on a wafer and a method of measuring impurities on a wafer. The apparatus includes: a wafer aligning device for aligning a wafer; a loading robot for moving and loading the aligned wafer; a rotation stage for rotating the loaded wafer; a scan robot for holding a natural oxide layer etching solution for the wafer and a metallic impurity recovery solution; and a container for receiving a predetermined etching solution and a recovery solution, wherein the scan robot removes an oxide layer on an edge region of the wafer.
US09484270B2
A fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) semiconductor structure includes: a first PFET, a second PFET, and a third PFET each having a different threshold voltage and each being over an n-well that is biased to a first voltage; and a first NFET, a second NFET, and a third NFET each having a different threshold voltage and each being over a p-type substrate that is biased to a second voltage. The second voltage is different than the first voltage.
US09484265B2
A semiconductor device and method of forming the same is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second device regions. The first device region includes a first source/drain (S/D) region and the second device region includes a plurality of second S/D regions. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of first recesses in the first S/D region and a plurality of second recesses, one in each of the second S/D regions. The semiconductor device further includes a first epitaxial feature having bottom portions and a top portion, wherein each of the bottom portions is in one of the first recesses and the top portion is over the first S/D region. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of second epitaxial features each having a bottom portion in one of the second recesses. The second epitaxial features separate from each other.
US09484247B2
The semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers alternately stacked; semiconductor patterns configured to pass through the stacked structure; and contact plugs electrically coupled to the conductive layers, respectively, wherein each of the conductive layers includes a first region which has a first thickness, and a second region electrically coupled to the first region and a second thickness greater than the first thickness, and a second region of a lower conductive layer located under a second region of an upper conductive layer.
US09484240B2
The present invention provides a film adhesive that can prevent a thermal effect to a semiconductor wafer and that can suppress warping of the semiconductor wafer; a dicing tape with a film adhesive; and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.The present invention relates to a film adhesive comprising a thermoplastic resin and electrically conductive particles, the film adhesive having an adhesion strength measured at 25° C. after the film adhesive is pasted to a mirror silicon wafer at 40° C. of 0.5 N/10 mm or more.
US09484239B2
Mechanisms are provided for sacrificial carrier dicing of semiconductor wafers. A bottom layer of a semiconductor wafer is bonded to a top layer of a sacrificial carrier. The semiconductor wafer is diced into a set of chips, such that the dicing cuts through the semiconductor wafer and into the sacrificial carrier and such that the sacrificial carrier dresses a diamond blade of a saw so as to expose one or more new, sharp layers of diamonds on the diamond blade.
US09484238B2
An attachment method including an overlapping step of overlapping a support plate over a substrate under a reduced pressure environment; a temporary fixing step of temporarily fixing the support plate to the substrate; and an attaching step of attaching the support plate to the substrate under a reduced pressure environment. The method further includes, prior to the overlapping step, at least one of a first heating step in which heating is performed under an atmospheric pressure environment and a second heating step in which heating is performed under a reduced pressure environment.
US09484236B2
This joining method of joining a target substrate and a support substrate includes: an adhesive coating operation that includes coating the target substrate or the support substrate with an adhesive; an adhesive removing operation that includes supplying a solvent for removing the adhesive onto an outer peripheral portion of the target substrate or the support substrate, which is coated with the adhesive in the adhesive coating operation, to thereby remove the adhesive on the outer peripheral portion; and a joining operation that includes pressing and joining the target substrate and the support substrate together, in which the adhesive on the outer peripheral portion is removed in the adhesive removing operation, and the support substrate coated with no adhesive, or pressing and joining the support substrate, in which the adhesive on the outer peripheral portion is removed in the adhesive removing operation, and the target substrate coated with no adhesive.
US09484231B2
A temperature adjustment system configured to adjust the temperature of a fluid used in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: a heat exchanger including therein a temperature adjuster for heating and cooling the fluid, the heat exchanger being configured to perform heat exchange between the fluid therein and the temperature adjuster; a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the fluid; a PID-constant calculator configured to calculate PID constants for PID control based on the physical properties of the fluid and a time constant of the temperature sensor; and a PID-control calculator configured to perform the PID control on the temperature adjuster with the PID constants calculated by the PID-constant calculator.
US09484227B1
A method includes placing a first device die and a second device die over a carrier, with a scribe line between the first device die and the second device die. The first device die and the second device die are encapsulated with an encapsulating material, which has a portion in the scribe line. The method further includes forming a dielectric layer over the encapsulating material, performing a first die-saw to form a first trench in the scribe line, performing a second die-saw to form a second trench in the scribe line, and performing a third die-saw on the scribe line to separate the first device die from the second device die.
US09484218B2
The present invention relates to a substantially water-free photoresist stripping composition. Particularly, the present invention relates to a substantially water-free photoresist stripping composition useful in removing the photoresist after ion-implant process, comprising: (a) an amine, (b) an organic solvent A, and (c) a co-solvent, wherein the composition is substantially water-free (<3 wt % H2O). The present invention also provides a process for post-ion implantation stripping by using the composition of the present invention.
US09484214B2
A substrate processing system includes a processing chamber including a dielectric window and a pedestal for supporting a substrate during processing. A gas supply system supplies gas to the processing chamber. A coil is arranged outside of the processing chamber adjacent to the dielectric window. A radio frequency (RF) source supplies RF signals to the coil to create RF plasma in the processing chamber. N flux attenuating portions are arranged in a spaced pattern adjacent the coil, wherein N is an integer greater than one.
US09484212B1
A chemical mechanical polishing method is provided comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a silicon oxide and a silicon nitride; providing a polishing slurry; providing polishing pad, comprising: a polishing layer having a composition that is a reaction product of ingredients, comprising: a polyfunctional isocyanate and an amine initiated polyol curative; wherein the stoichiometric ratio of the amine initiated polyol curative to the polyfunctional isocyanate is selected to tune the removal rate selectivity of the polishing layer; creating dynamic contact between the polishing surface and the substrate; dispensing the polishing slurry on the polishing pad at or near the interface between the polishing surface and the substrate; and, removing at least some of the silicon oxide and the silicon nitride from the substrate.
US09484205B2
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the device. The method includes: depositing a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor device; forming a plurality of first trenches through the first dielectric layer; depositing an insulating fill in the plurality of first trenches; planarizing the plurality of first trenches; forming a first gate contact between the plurality of first trenches; depositing a first contact fill in the first gate contact; planarizing the first gate contact; depositing a second dielectric layer on the device; forming a plurality of second trenches through the first and second dielectric layers; depositing a conductive fill in the plurality of second trenches; planarizing the plurality of second trenches; forming a second gate contact where the second gate contact is in contact with the first gate contact; depositing a second contact fill in the second gate contact; and planarizing the second gate contact.
US09484198B1
A method for physical vapor deposition of an aluminum nitride film, comprising: positioning a substrate and an aluminum target in a chamber; vacuuming the chamber so that a chamber pressure is at a base pressure between 7.1×10−7-5×10−6 torr; conducting a working gas composed of argon gas and nitrogen gas into the chamber so that the chamber pressure is at a working pressure between 3-7 mtorr; and depositing the aluminum nitride film on the substrate by applying a high power impulse power supply to the aluminum target and applying a direct current bias power supply to the substrate under the working pressure and a substrate temperature between room temperature (25° C.) to 200° C.; wherein a power of the high power impulse power supply is between 500-600 W and a frequency thereof is between 750-1250 Hz, and a bias of the direct current bias power supply is between −50-0 V.
US09484197B2
A method of growing high quality crystalline films on lattice-mismatched or amorphous layers is presented allowing semiconductor materials that would normally be subject to high stress and cracking to be employed allowing cost reductions and/or performance improvements in devices to be obtained. Catalysis of the growth of these films is based upon utilizing particular combinations of metals, materials, and structures to establish growth of the crystalline film from a predetermined location. The subsequent film growth occurring in one or two dimensions to cover a predetermined area of the amorphous or lattice-mismatched substrate. Accordingly the technique can be used to either cover a large area or provide tiles of crystalline material with or without crystalline film interconnections.
US09484189B2
An arc discharge detection device is used for detecting arc discharges in a plasma process. The arc discharge detection device includes a comparator configured to emit an arc discharge detection signal and receive an instantaneous value of the signal or a signal proportional thereto, a minimum or maximum value detection device configured to receive the signal and to determine a minimum or maximum value of the signal within a predetermined time period, a setting means configured to receive the minimum or maximum value and to generate a reference signal from the minimum or maximum value, such that the reference signal is supplied to the comparator, and such that the comparator changes the signal level of the arc discharge detection signal when the comparator detects that the instantaneous value has reached the reference signal.
US09484173B2
An electromagnetic switch includes a pair of fixed contacts fixed in a contact housing case with a predetermined distance therebetween; a movable contact disposed in the contact housing case to contact to and separate from the pair of fixed contacts; and an electromagnet unit causing the movable contact to contact to and separate from the pair of fixed contacts. The electromagnet unit has a magnetic yoke enclosing an exciting coil, a movable plunger disposed to move through a through hole provided in the magnetic yoke and having a contact pole surface facing the contact pole surface of the magnetic yoke, and a linking shaft linking the movable plunger and the movable contact. The contact pole surface of the movable plunger includes a circular protruding portion having a width narrower than that of a surface facing the magnetic yoke for increasing a magnetic flux density.
US09484169B2
An exemplary vacuum interrupter arrangement for a medium voltage circuit breaker includes a vacuum housing within which a pair of electrical contacts are coaxially arranged and concentrically surrounded by the cylindrical shaped vacuum housing. The electrical contacts are formed as a type of TMF-contacts, each having a slotted cup-shaped contact part which is attached to the distal end of a contact shaft and which is covered by a contact ring disposed on a rim of the cup-shaped contact part, wherein each cup-shaped contact part is provided with a vertical inward bending towards the contact ring. The outer diameter of the bottom section of the cup-shaped contact part is larger than the outer diameter of its rim section, in order to alter the Lorentz force to a respective inward direction.
US09484161B2
An electric switching device includes first and second switch contact pieces. The first switch contact piece has a guide portion. The first switch contact piece is connected to an actuating unit or drive device by a kinematic chain. The guide portion of the first switch contact piece is guided on a guide path. The guide portion and the guide path each have a contact or bearing surface and at least one of the contact or bearing surfaces is convexly curved.
US09484157B2
Disclosed is a solid electrolyte for a dye-sensitized solar cell, which includes a three-dimensional porous thin film made of a hydrophilic polymer material, and a dye-sensitized solar cell using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a high-efficient dye-sensitized solar cell, in which polymer nanofibers having high specific surface area are used in an electrolyte layer to effectively induce an increase in photocurrent, thereby increasing the amount of electrolyte impregnated. When the porous film prepared by the method of the present invention is used as a solid electrolyte for a dye-sensitized solar cell, a process of forming an electrolyte inlet and sealing the inlet is not required, which simplifies the entire process, compared to an existing dye-sensitized solar cell using a liquid electrolyte.
US09484147B2
Disclosed are a wired-wireless combined power transmission apparatus and a method using the same. The wired-wireless combined power transmission apparatus includes a rectifying unit converting an AC input signal into a DC signal, a transformer unit transforming a size of the input signal, which has been converted into the DC signal, into a predetermined size, a wireless power transmission unit receiving the signal transformed by the transformer unit to wirelessly transmit power, and a wired power supply unit receiving the signal transformed by the transformer unit to supply power through a cable. The advantages and disadvantages of the wired power transmission apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus are supplemented to each other, so that the power conversion efficiency and the versatility are improved.
US09484139B2
The present invention provides a reactor with which a sensor for measuring the physical quantity (temperature or the like) of the reactor and an external apparatus can be connected to each other in a stable manner. The reactor 1A of the present invention includes a coil 2, a magnetic core 3 at which the coil 2 is disposed, and a case 4 storing a combined product 10 made up of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The case 4 includes a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion 41 surrounding the combined product 10. The side wall portion 41 is made of an insulating resin. A connector hooking portion 44 on which a connector portion 72, which is coupled via a line 71 to a sensor such as a temperature sensor for measuring the physical quantity of the reactor 1A is hooked is integrally molded with the side wall portion 41 by the resin structuring the side wall portion 41. Allowing the connector portion 72 to be hooked on the connector hooking portion 44 and fixed thereto, the connector portion 72 is held by the case 4 in a stable manner, and with the reactor 1A, the connector portion 72 and the connector portion of an external apparatus can be connected to each other in a stable manner.
US09484138B2
A nano-patterned system comprises a vacuum chamber, a sample stage and a magnetic-field applying device. The magnetic-field applying device comprises a power supply, magnetic poles, and a magnetic-field generation device having a magnetic conductive soft iron core and a coil connected to the power supply and wound on the soft iron core to generate a magnetic field. The soft iron core is a semi-closed frame structure and the magnetic poles are respectively disposed at the two ends of the semi-closed frame structure. The sample stage is inside the vacuum chamber. The magnetic poles are opposite one another inside the vacuum chamber with respect to the sample stage. The coil and soft iron core are outside the vacuum chamber. The soft iron core leads the magnetic field generated by the coil into the vacuum chamber. The magnetic poles locate a sample on the sample stage and apply a local magnetic field.
US09484135B2
[Subject] To provide a highly-reliable and small-size chip component, e.g., a chip resistor having an accurate resistance value.[Solution] The chip resistor (10) includes: a substrate (11); a plurality of resistor elements each having a resistive film portion (20) provided on the substrate (11) and an aluminum-containing interconnection film portion (21) provided in contact with the resistive film portion (20); electrodes (12, 13) provided on the substrate (11); and a plurality of fuses (F) each having an aluminum-containing interconnection film portion integral with the aluminum-containing interconnection film portion of the resistor element and disconnectably connecting the resistor element to the electrodes (12, 13).[Effect] The resistance of the chip resistor can be adjusted at a desired resistance value by selectively disconnecting desired ones of the fuses. Since the fuses are formed in a minute layout pattern from an aluminum-containing interconnection film, the processing accuracy is improved in the disconnecting step.
US09484131B2
A method for positioning electrical conductors includes arranging a first flat conductor and a second flat conductor such that the second flat conductor is on top of the first conductor. The arranged conductors create a conductor group. The method also includes providing a wrapping tape. The wrapping tape is configured in such a manner that it is able to engage with itself, but not able to engage with the conductors. The method further includes wrapping the wrapping tape around the conductor group.
US09484126B2
A covering material for electric wire, and an insulated electric wire and a wiring harness including the same, wherein the wire including the covering material has a reduced diameter, is inserted into a connector. The covering material containing a polyvinyl chloride having, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl chloride, 10 to 20 parts by mass of a plasticizer, 1 to 6 parts by mass of a chlorinated polyethylene, and 1 to 6 parts by mass of an MBS resin, and a total amount of the chlorinated polyethylene and the MBS resin is 2 to 7 parts by mass. The wire has an external diameter of smaller than 1.1 mm, and has a conductor 1 and an insulator 2 that covers the conductor 1. The insulator 2 is made of the covering material, and has a thickness of 0.25 mm or smaller.
US09484121B2
A method for storing the energy of a nuclear power plant in which the nuclear core is cooled by gases or liquid heat transfer media. The hot heat transfer liquid is stored directly in storage tanks. When needed, it is used for heating a power plant. The heat of a compressed gas heat transfer medium such as helium is stored by passing the compressed gas through tanks filled with heat-resistant solids and recovered by passing the same type of gas in a second circuit in a reverse direction. Through the hot tanks to the power plant and back. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US09484120B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for detecting and/or repositioning annulus spacers used to maintain the position of a pressure tube within a calandria tube of a nuclear reactor. The method comprises the steps of: vibrationally isolating a section of the pressure tube; vibrating the wall of said pressure tube within said isolated section; detecting vibration of the wall at a minimum of two axial positions within said isolated sections; and detecting the reduction in vibration level of the wall at one or more of said axial positions in comparison to the remaining axial positions. The apparatus comprises a tool head to be inserted into the pressure tube, the tool head comprising a first end and a second and a clamping block m each of said ends. The clamping blocks are used to vibrationally isolate a section of the pressure tube located between said ends. The apparatus also comprises piezo-actuators operable to vibrate said pressure tube; and accelerometers used for measuring vibration of said pressure tube.
US09484107B2
The present disclosure relates to a non-volatile memory cell on a semiconductor substrate, comprising a first transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, a second transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, in which the floating gates of the first and second transistors are electrically coupled, and the second transistor comprises a conducting region electrically coupled to its drain region and extending opposite its floating gate through a tunnel dielectric layer.
US09484103B1
A solution for reducing erase cycles in an electronic storage device that uses at least one erase-limited memory device is disclosed.
US09484101B2
Methods of programming memories include applying a first plurality of programming pulses to the group of memory cells to program first data to the group of memory cells, determining an upper limit of a resulting threshold voltage distribution for the group of memory cells following a particular programming pulse of the first plurality of programming pulses, and applying a second plurality of programming pulses to the group of memory cells to program second data to the group of memory cells, wherein a characteristic of at least one of the programming pulses of the second plurality of programming pulses is at least partially based on the determined upper limit of the threshold voltage distribution. Methods of programming memories further include programming information indicative of usage of memory cells of a page of memory cells to the page of memory cells during a portion of a programming operation.
US09484099B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory array including memory blocks stacked in a plurality of layers over a substrate and an operation circuit suitable for performing a read operation and a program loop to memory cells included in the memory blocks, wherein word lines of the memory blocks are coupled to each other and a pair of the memory blocks are arranged vertically adjacent to each other and share bit lines.
US09484098B1
A population of memory cells are programmed and an indicator of a first number of the memory cells programmed to a first state is recorded. Subsequently, a first read operation is performed using a first set of read parameters to identify a second number of the memory cells that are read as being in the first state. The difference between the first number and the second number is determined and a second set of read parameters for a second read (reread) is selected accordingly.
US09484089B2
A data storage device includes a memory die and a controller coupled to the memory die. The memory die includes a resistive memory and read/write circuitry configured to determine a first hard bit value and a second hard bit value of a storage element of the resistive memory. The first hard bit value and the second hard bit value are determined using opposite polarity read voltages. The controller is configured to perform error correction with respect to data read from the resistive memory.
US09484088B2
Various embodiments include at least one resistance change memory (RCM) cell, In one embodiment, three or more pairs of electrical contacts are coupled to the at least one RCM cell. A first portion of the pairs are arranged laterally to one another in a first grouping and a second opposing portion of the pairs are arranged laterally to one another in a second grouping. A memory cell material is disposed between opposing sides of the pairs of the three or more electrical contacts. The memory cell material is configured to form a conductive pathway between one or more of the pairs, with each of the three or more pairs being configured to be accessed individually for at least one operation including program, erase, and read operations. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09484082B2
Methods of operating semiconductor memory devices with floating body transistors, using a silicon controlled rectifier principle are provided, as are semiconductor memory devices for performing such operations. A method of maintaining the data state of a semiconductor dynamic random access memory cell is provided, wherein the memory cell comprises a substrate being made of a material having a first conductivity type selected from p-type conductivity type and n-type conductivity type; a first region having a second conductivity type selected from the p-type and n-type conductivity types, the second conductivity type being different from the first conductivity type; a second region having the second conductivity type, the second region being spaced apart from the first region; a buried layer in the substrate below the first and second regions, spaced apart from the first and second regions and having the second conductivity type; a body region formed between the first and second regions and the buried layer, the body region having the first conductivity type; and a gate positioned between the first and second regions and adjacent the body region. The memory cell is configured to store a first data state which corresponds to a first charge in the body region in a first configuration, and a second data state which corresponds to a second charge in the body region in a second configuration. The method includes: providing the memory cell storing one of the first and second data states; and applying a positive voltage to a substrate terminal connected to the substrate beneath the buried layer, wherein when the body region is in the first state, the body region turns on a silicon controlled rectifier device of the cell and current flows through the device to maintain configuration of the memory cell in the first memory state, and wherein when the memory cell is in the second state, the body region does not turn on the silicon controlled rectifier device, current does not flow, and a blocking operation results, causing the body to maintain the second memory state.
US09484074B2
Memories, current mode sense amplifiers, and methods for operating the same are disclosed, including a current mode sense amplifier including cross-coupled p-channel transistors and a load circuit coupled to the cross-coupled p-channel transistors. The load circuit is configured to provide a resistance to control at least in part the loop gain of the current mode sense amplifier, the load circuit including at least passive resistance.
US09484070B2
Apparatuses supporting multiple interface types and methods operating the same are described. One such method can include providing, to a memory device, a first input/output (I/O) supply voltage corresponding to a first interface type and subsequently determining whether the memory device supports a second interface type having a second I/O supply voltage corresponding thereto. In response to a determination that the memory device supports the second interface type, the method can include adjusting the I/O supply voltage provided to the memory device from the first I/O supply voltage to the second I/O supply voltage.
US09484069B2
An auxiliary power supply device can include a first power storage unit, a first charging circuit to receive input power and charge the first power storage unit, a second power storage unit having lower power supply speed than the first power storage unit and longer power supply time than the first power storage unit, a second charge circuit to receive input power and charge the second power storage unit, and a switching unit to supply the stored power of the first power storage unit to external devices for a predetermined time when a sudden power-off occurs and supply stored power of the second power storage unit to the external devices after the predetermined time elapses.
US09484060B2
An encoder that detects a position of a movable body from an origin includes a signal generation unit configured to generate an incremental signal and an origin candidate signal by using A-phase and B-phase voltages obtained from an orthogonal signal pattern, a reference position detection unit configured to detect a reference position signal by using a Z-phase voltage obtained from a reference position signal pattern, and a counter configured to reset a counted value of the incremental signal on the basis of the origin candidate signal.
US09484059B2
A fluid dynamic bearing motor and method are provided for use with various disc drive memory device products differently rated by operational rotational speed. The operational speeds are those speeds measured during reading and writing memory operations to the memory device. In an aspect, the present invention meets full operating requirements, including stiffness and power requirements, at multiple rated speeds for use with either standard or high-end performance disc drive products. Costs associated with a dedicated manufacturing line for high-end products are substantially reduced. A single manufacturing line can serve both standard and high-end disc drive memory device products. The present invention is especially useful in reducing costs of 2.5 inch notebook products that are typically marketed in two levels of performance, namely, 5400 RPM standard performance products and 7200 RPM high performance products.
US09484058B2
{circle around (1)} A spindle motor includes a fixing portion defined by a bearing portion, a holder portion, a gap between the bearing portion and the holder portion, and an adhesive arranged in the gap. {circle around (2)} The fixing portion includes first and second protruding surfaces arranged to protrude radially from a first and a second one, respectively, of an outside surface of the bearing portion and an inside surface of the holder portion; and first and second boundary surfaces arranged to join the first and second surfaces, respectively, to the first and second protruding surfaces, respectively. {circle around (3)} At least a portion of the first boundary surface is arranged above the second boundary surface. {circle around (4)} The first and second protruding surfaces are arranged radially opposite to the second and first surfaces, respectively, with a first and a second gap, respectively, intervening therebetween. {circle around (5)} The first boundary surface is arranged opposite to the second boundary surface with a third gap intervening therebetween. {circle around (6)} The adhesive is arranged to extend from the third gap to at least a portion of each of the first and second gaps.
US09484057B2
A disk conveyance unit 3 conveys the disk medium 2 to a position where recording and reproducing are performed by the pickup 1 with the spindle motor 4 held. The disk conveyance unit 3 includes first movement mechanisms 22 and 24 for moving a first conveyance frame 30 with respect to fixed frames 10 and 20 and second movement mechanisms 34 and 36 for moving a second conveyance frame 40 holding a spindle motor 4 with respect to the first conveyance frame 30. The first and second movement mechanisms move to substantially the same direction and operate independently from each other. This allows the disk of the hologram recording and reproducing apparatus to be moved at a high speed and positioned at a high accuracy.
US09484055B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes acquiring, by the computer, position information from encoding on a magnetic medium, calculating, by the computer, an estimated position information of the magnetic medium using a media thickness value, comparing, by the computer, the estimated the estimated position information with the position information acquired from encoding, determining, by the computer, whether an error between the estimated position information and the acquired position information is within a specified range. In response to the determining that the error is within the specified range, the media thickness value is stored by the computer to a memory. In response to the determining that the error is outside the specified range, the media thickness value is changed by the computer to make the estimated position information fall within the specified range.
US09484053B2
Provided is a CAV or a zone CAV. A groove which continuously wobbles is preliminary formed and information is recorded in the groove and a land adjacent to the groove, the groove has a first wobble part which is modulated by groove address information, a second wobble part which is modulated by address information of one adjacent land, and a third wobble part which is modulated by address information of the other adjacent land, a first section sandwiched between the second wobble parts of adjacent two grooves and a second section sandwiched between the third wobble parts of the adjacent two grooves are formed on the land, and one of phases of wobbles on both sides of the first section and phases of wobbles on both sides of the second section are substantially in-phase.
US09484042B2
Speech enhancing method, device for communication earphone and noise reducing communication earphone
The present invention provides a speech enhancing method for communication earphone including two parts: sending end noise reduction processing and receiving end noise reduction processing, wherein the sending end noise reduction processing part includes: determining a wearing condition of the earphone by comparing energy difference of sound signals picked up by microphones of the communication earphone; if the earphone is normally worn, subjecting the sound signal first to multi-microphone noise reduction and then to single channel noise reduction to further suppress residuary stationary noise; otherwise suppressing stationary noise in the sound signal by single channel noise reduction directly.
US09484039B2
An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof, the method including receiving a downmix signal including at least one normal object signal, and a bitstream including object information determined when the downmix signal is generated; extracting an extension type identifier indicating whether the downmix signal further includes a multi-channel object signal, from an extension part of the bitstream; extracting spatial information from the bitstream when the extension type identifier indicates that the downmix signal further includes the multi-channel object signal; and transmitting spatial information when mode information indicates that the least one normal object signal is to be suppressed. The spatial information is determined when a multi-channel source signal is downmixed into the multi-channel object signal. The mix information is to control an object position or an object level of the at least one normal object signal.
US09484023B2
Techniques for conversion of non-back-off language models for use in speech decoders. For example, a method comprises the following step. A non-back-off language model is converted to a back-off language model. The converted back-off language model is pruned. The converted back-off language model is usable for decoding speech.
US09484018B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for building an automatic speech recognition system through an Internet API. A network-based automatic speech recognition server configured to practice the method receives feature streams, transcriptions, and parameter values as inputs from a network client independent of knowledge of internal operations of the server. The server processes the inputs to train an acoustic model and a language model, and transmits the acoustic model and the language model to the network client. The server can also generate a log describing the processing and transmit the log to the client. On the server side, a human expert can intervene to modify how the server processes the inputs. The inputs can include an additional feature stream generated from speech by algorithms in the client's proprietary feature extraction.
US09484017B2
A first speech processing device includes a first speech input unit and a first speech output unit. A second speech processing device includes a second speech input unit and a second speech output unit. In a server therebetween, a speech of a first language sent from the first speech input unit is recognized. The speech recognition result is translated into a second language. The translation result is back translated into the first language. A first speech synthesis signal of the back translation result is sent to the first speech output unit. A second speech synthesis signal of the translation result is sent to the second speech output unit. Duration of the second speech synthesis signal or the first speech synthesis signal is measured. The first speech synthesis signal and the second speech synthesis signal are outputted by synchronizing a start time and an end time thereof, based on the duration.
US09484011B2
Methods and systems for echo modulation are described. In one embodiment, intensities of a plurality of values in multiple windows of an audio signal may be obtained. The windows may be subject to a periodic boundary condition. A plurality of echo values may be calculated for each of the respective windows. The audio signal may be altered in one or more of the windows using a windowing function and echo values. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US09484010B2
An active vibration noise control device obtains error signals corresponding to a cancellation error between vibration noise and control sounds generated by multiple speakers, from microphone(s), and actively controls the vibration noise. A basic signal generating unit generates a basic signal based on a vibration noise frequency. An adaptive notch filter unit generates control signals provided to each of the multiple speakers by applying a filter coefficient to the basic signal. A reference signal generating unit generates a reference signal from the basic signal based on multiple transfer characteristics from the multiple speakers to the one or more microphones. A filter coefficient updating unit updates the filter coefficient used by the adaptive notch filter unit so as to minimize the error signals. A controlling unit changes amplitude of the control signals of the speakers based on a similarity between the transfer characteristics and characteristics of the vibration noise.
US09484009B2
According to some embodiments a microphone stand base is provided. The microphone stand base may comprise a backer to couple a post and a bottom plate extending from the backer. The backer is coupled to the bottom plate such that the backer is flush with a plurality of edges of the bottom plate.
US09483999B2
A laser projection display device includes: a laser light source drive unit; an attribute amount detection unit for detecting the attribute amount of a picture signal; a light sensor for measuring the light amounts of the laser light sources; and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperatures of the laser light sources. The laser projection display device is configured so that the current vs. light amount output characteristics of the laser light sources with a threshold current and current gain as a parameter are corrected in accordance with the load amount of the picture signal per frame if the change of the attribute amount exceeds a predefined amount; the light sources are driven at a predefined timing of the vertical blanking interval; controls the threshold currents and current gains in accordance with the light amounts; and the threshold currents and current gains are corrected on the basis of the measured temperatures.
US09483993B2
A gate drive circuit is disclosed. The gate drive circuit comprises multi-stage of GOA drive unit, and each stage of GOA drive unit comprises a signal afferent unit, used for outputting a pull-down control signal; an output unit, used for outputting a first gate signal and a second gate signal; a pull-up control unit, used for outputting a pull-up control signal; and a pull-up sustaining unit, used for pulling up an electric potential of the control end of the output unit to an electric potential of the direct-current power supply according to the pull-up control signal, so that the first gate signal and the second gate signal are maintained in a high-level state.
US09483974B2
A method and an apparatus for displaying a keypad on a touch screen are provided. The apparatus includes an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). The method includes arranging at least one keypad block including at least one area, determining at least one light-emitting area among the areas, and displaying the at least one keypad block by emitting light in the OLED corresponding to the at least one light-emitting area.
US09483972B2
A display method includes: performing display by driving a display pixel at a drive interval that conforms to a weight of each bit in a gray-scale code that includes the bits; and so correcting the drive interval, the gray-scale code, or both of the drive interval and the gray-scale code as to change a luminance of the display pixel smoothly.
US09483971B2
The present invention provides a display method of a display panel. The display panel in the present invention includes a plurality of repeat units each comprising a first, a second and a third color sub-pixels sequentially arranged in a row. The display method includes steps: determining a first, a second and a third color components of each repeat unit; obtaining a first and a second distribution ratios of one repeat unit respectively according to each ratio of the first color component to the second color component and of the second color component to the third color component in their respective common units; and determining respective display components of the first to the third color sub-pixels of the one repeat unit according to a total value of the first to the third color components of the one repeat unit as well as the first and the second distribution ratios.
US09483960B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for providing a dimension and a proximity of an object are disclosed. For example, the method receives a three dimensional depth map expressed as a two dimensional array of gray values, rasterizes the two dimensional array of gray values into vertical scan lines and horizontal scan lines for a left speaker and a right speaker and converts the vertical scan lines and the horizontal scan lines into a double beep, wherein a first beep of the double beep represents a vertical dimension of the object, the second beep of the double beep represents a horizontal dimension of the object, an intensity of each beep of the double beep represents the proximity of the object and a frequency spectrum of the double beep represents a shape of the object.
US09483959B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a computer program product and processor based computing system that provides processing means for executing coded instructions and input means for interacting with said processing means to create a virtual welding environment. The system establishes an objective to change a functional or operational state of a virtual article, and directs the end user to perform at least one virtual welding operation for changing its functional state. The system trains new users and inexperienced welders on the fundamental aspects of welding.
US09483955B2
A method/apparatus/system for educational intervention based on a response metric is disclosed. The notice is generated in response to the collection of user and question data, the sending of questions, the receipt of answers, the evaluation of the correctness of the answers, the generation of a response metric, the comparison of the response metric to a threshold, and the generation of the report or notice. The response metric can be reflect the scatter, randomness, and/or slope of student provided answer data, and can be a fractal dimension.
US09483954B2
Methods and systems for educational intervention are disclosed. The methods can include receiving a user response and analyzing the user response and other user data to determine a user typology. The user typology can be compared with risk data that indicates the user's risk of failing to achieve a target outcome based on the identified user typology. If the user's risk of failing to achieve the target outcome exceeds a desired level, a mitigation plan can be generated and provided to the user to thereby facilitate in the attainment of the target outcome.
US09483950B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for providing flight response to flight-restricted regions. The location of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may be compared with a location of a flight-restricted region. If needed a flight-response measure may be taken by the UAV to prevent the UAV from flying in a no-fly zone. Different flight-response measures may be taken based on the distance between the UAV and the flight-restricted region and the rules of a jurisdiction within which the UAV falls.
US09483949B2
A system for interfacing a user to a plurality of different avionics devices includes a plurality of communications links. Each link is coupled to a different one of the plurality of different avionics devices and adapted to communicate therewith according to a communications protocol associated with the one of the plurality of different avionics devices to which it is coupled. A front panel includes a display device and a plurality of user input components. A processor that is coupled to each of the plurality of communications links, the processor configured to display data from each of the different avionics devices on the display device so that the data from each of the different avionics devices is shown in a different graphical user interface on the display device and so that each graphical user interface conforms to a common display format, the processor further configured to receive user input for a selected one of the avionics devices through at least one of the plurality of user input components and to transmit the user input to the selected one of the avionics devices through one of the plurality of communication links that is coupled to the selected one of the avionics devices.
US09483945B2
A vehicle control device for starting a drive assist in accordance with relative positional relationship between a self vehicle and an object around the self vehicle, comprises a control value calculating part which calculates a control value based on an inter-vehicular distance between the self vehicle and the object, a velocity of the self vehicle, a relative velocity of the object to the self vehicle, and an acceleration-related value obtained based on at least one of an acceleration of the self vehicle and an acceleration of the object; an acceleration-related value adjusting part which adjusts the acceleration-related value by changing a degree of contribution of at least one of the acceleration of the self vehicle and the acceleration of the object in the acceleration-related value in accordance with the acceleration of the self vehicle; and a drive assist start judging part which starts the drive assist if the control value is greater than a threshold value.
US09483938B1
A diagnosis system for an adaptive signal control system in a network, the diagnosis system including a traffic state identification device configured to estimate a traffic state describing a supply-demand mismatch by identifying a relationship between real time data feed from a sensor and a control strategy of said adaptive signal control system and a network transition model device configured to diagnose the supply-demand mismatch and an evolution of the supply-demand mismatch on a network level based on said relationship and infrastructure data of the network.
US09483932B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for tracking a safety status of a number of individuals, and providing pro-active security and response based on historical safety data collected by the system, as well as third-party information such as crime, traffic, weather, and news data.
US09483929B1
An apparatus includes a power cord and multiple overload detection sensors connected to the power cord based on a type of overload detection. The type of overload detection includes one or more of: thermal detection, voltage drop detection, and current reading detection. The overload detection sensors are powered from a same power supply as the electrical power cord by direct wiring or inductive coupling. An overload detection triggers one or more actionable events powered by the power cord. The actionable events include circuitry for one or more of: a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) trip, a visual signal, an audible alarm, radio frequency identification (RFID) communication signaling, a wired or wireless communication.
US09483921B2
The described embodiments relate generally to an accessory device for a tablet device. The accessory device takes the form of a flexible screen protector that can be disposed over a display portion of the tablet device. Because the flexible screen protector covers the display of the tablet there is no visual way for the tablet to provide notifications to the user while the screen protector overlays it. By providing a data and power connection between the tablet and the accessory device, the processor of the tablet device can command illumination elements disposed in the accessory device to be illuminated in any of a number of illumination states. Each of the illumination states can be associated with an operating state of the tablet device thereby allowing the tablet device to visually communicate operating state information while the display is covered.
US09483907B2
A gaming machine (12) is disclosed which comprises at least one meter (76) arranged to generate game meter data. The gaming machine (12) is arranged to forward meter data generated by the at least one meter (76) to a remote data storage device (26) arranged to store meter data associated with a plurality of games. The gaming machine (12) is also arranged to retrieve meter data associated with a game from the remote data storage device (27) when the gaming machine is requested to provide the meter data associated with the game. An associated gaming system and method of gaming are also disclosed.
US09483904B2
A gaming machine capable of realizing game patterns differing from one another in a bonus game is provided. A main CPU 222 determines symbols to be rearranged by conducting a lottery based on a first symbol determination table in which in free games, probabilities, with each of which predetermined symbols (BONUS symbols) are rearranged on a particular condition (a condition that three or more BONUS symbols are rearranged in a display window 56), are set so as to exceed a predetermined probability and in the next free games subsequent to the game in which the predetermined symbols have been rearranged on the particular condition, determines symbols to be rearranged by conducting a lottery based on a second symbol determination table in which probabilities, with each of which the predetermined symbols are rearranged on the particular condition, are set so as to less than the predetermined probability.
US09483903B2
A gaming device which includes a plurality of different predefined wager packages. Each predefined wager package is associated with a wager amount or value and includes one or more of a plurality of different game play features. In operation, the gaming device enables players to wager an amount equal to one of the plurality of predefined wager packages available to the player. The game play features associated with the wagered on predefined wager package are activated for one or more plays of a game.
US09483901B2
In one embodiment, a system to authorize a mobile electronic device to play games of chance includes a gaming system manager and a portable docking station configured to: (i) detect whether the mobile electronic device is connected to a receiver of the portable docking station; (ii) receive device information from the mobile electronic device if it is detected that the mobile electronic device is connected to the receiver; (iii) determine whether the games of chance can be played on the mobile electronic device based on the received device information; (iv) authorize the mobile electronic device to play the games of chance; and (v) transmit gaming data to the mobile electronic device if it is determined that the games of chance can be played on the mobile electronic device and if the mobile electronic device is authorized.
US09483899B2
A wagering game system includes an input device, a display device, and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by a controller, cause the wagering game system to display an expected-value indicator on the display device and receive, via the input device, an input indicative of at least one wager. The instructions further cause the wagering game system to add a portion of the at least one wager to an actual turnover for a progressive jackpot and update the expected-value indicator to indicate the actual turnover for the progressive prize relative to a theoretical average trigger value, thereby indicating a theoretical probability that the progressive jackpot will be awarded and award the progressive jackpot in response to a triggering event.
US09483895B2
The disclosure discloses a paper money identification method and device. The paper money identification method comprises: obtaining entire grayscale image data of the paper money to be tested; dividing the entire grayscale image of the paper money to be tested into a plurality of areas; comparing the feature value of each area with feature value of a corresponding area in a paper money template to judge whether the two compared areas are matched; counting the number of unmatched areas of the paper money to be tested; judging whether the number of the unmatched areas is greater than a second preset threshold; and determining that the paper money to be tested is the altered money when the number of the unmatched areas is judged to be greater than the second preset threshold. By the disclosure, the accuracy of identifying the altered money is improved.
US09483894B2
The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
US09483887B1
A method including receiving and storing a first signal strength threshold associated with obtaining access to a first access control device; receiving a first RF advertisement from the first access control device; obtaining a first received signal strength indication (RSSI) for the received first RF advertisement; determining that the first RSSI is greater than or equal to the first signal strength threshold; and transmitting, in response to the determination that the first RSSI is equal to or greater than the first signal strength threshold, a first RF message to indicate that the transmitting device is proximate to the first access control device.
US09483885B2
A method for detecting a failure of at least one sensor onboard an aircraft implementing wind detection is provided. The method includes measuring an airspeed of the aircraft; measuring a geographical speed of the aircraft; determining an instantaneous wind vector, based on the measured airspeed and geographical speed; establishing an instantaneous wind variation vector, based on the determined instantaneous wind vector; projecting the instantaneous wind variation vector on the direction of the vector of an air or geographical speed of the aircraft; and determining the presence of a failure based on the obtained projection.
US09483876B2
A computing device can augment video content by receiving video content from an image capturing device and detecting and tracking a self-propelled device in the video content. The computing device can display a plurality of augmented reality elements selectable to augment the self-propelled device and receive a user selection of one of the plurality of augmented reality elements to augment the self-propelled device. The computing device may then augment the self-propelled device in the video content by superimposing the selected augmented reality element over the self-propelled device as the self-propelled device moves.
US09483873B2
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium/computer program product provide the ability to select an object in a three-dimensional (3D) scene. A 3D scene is displayed and consists of a first object that is displayed in the foreground and a second object that is occluded or partially occluded by the first object. An object selection option is activated. A transparency threshold value is defined for the first object. A location in the displayed 3D scene is selected. Such a location is located on a portion of the first object that occludes the second object. Based on the transparency threshold value and the location, either the first object or the second object is selected and displayed in a visually distinguishable manner.
US09483868B1
Rendering graphical objects to a display of a mobile client computing device by obtaining virtual object information, obtaining normal components of the virtual object, encoding an image file that describes the normal components of the virtual object, wherein encoding the image file includes encoding dimensional parameters of the normal components into color parameters held by the image file for individual image pixels so that the color information held by the image file describes the surfaces of the virtual object, determining a likely viewing angle of a user associated with the mobile client computing device, and modulating the color parameters in the image file describing the surfaces of the virtual object in response to an indication of a change of the orientation of the mobile client computing device.
US09483861B2
This disclosure describes techniques for using bounding regions to perform tile-based rendering with a graphics processing unit (GPU) that supports an on-chip, tessellation-enabled graphics rendering pipeline. Instead of generating binning data based on rasterized versions of the actual primitives to be rendered, the techniques of this disclosure may generate binning data based on a bounding region that encompasses one or more of the primitives to be rendered. Moreover, the binning data may be generated based on data that is generated by at least one tessellation processing stage of an on-chip, tessellation-enabled graphics rendering pipeline that is implemented by the GPU. The techniques of this disclosure may, in some examples, be used to improve the performance of an on-chip, tessellation-enabled GPU when performing tile-based rendering without sacrificing the quality of the resulting rendered image.
US09483860B2
Provided is a method and apparatus of extracting a 3D facial expression of a user. When a facial image of the user is received, the 3D facial expression extracting method and apparatus may generate 3D expression information by tracking an expression of the user from the facial image using at least one of shape-based tracking and texture-based tracking, may generate a 3D expression model based on the 3D expression information, and reconstruct the 3D expression model to have a natural facial expression by adding muscle control points to the 3D expression model.
US09483858B2
A computer receives user preferences. The computer receives a document, wherein the document includes an image. The computer determines that the image contains embedded text. The computer determines that the embedded text does not satisfy the received user preferences. The computer modifies the embedded text to satisfy user preferences.
US09483856B2
A display controller comprising a blending stage and a blending controller. The blending stage is provided for blending multiple image layers into one display output image and comprises a plurality of input channels for receiving pixel data for the multiple image layers. The blending stage further comprises multiple blenders for combining the pixel data received by at least two input channels of the plurality of input channels. The blending controller is coupled to the blending stage for controlling operation of the blending stage. The blending stage further comprises a controllable switch for coupling an output of at least one blender of the multiple blenders to a display output of the blending stage for regular on-the-fly blending or to an offline blending memory for storing a result of an offline blending task. The blending controller comprises an input for receiving layer data describing locations and/or properties of the multiple image layers and a predictor for, based on the layer data, predicting an availability of the at least one blender. The blending controller is further operative to control the blending stage to perform the offline blending task in dependence of the predicted availability.
US09483854B1
A system and method for facilitating control of virtual space entities based on user geolocations is disclosed. In such a system and method, one or more real-world spatial displacement requirements may be associated with corresponding virtual space maneuvers to connect user movements in real world locations with the virtual space. User performance of real-world spatial displacements may be obtained and compared with real-world spatial displacement requirements of interest. Virtual space maneuvers may be executed in the virtual space based on requesting user performance of real-world spatial displacements as required. Rewards, bonuses, virtual space enhancements and/or other incentives may be provided to the users based on qualities of their performance of real-world spatial displacement as required.
US09483852B2
A method for displaying and manipulating genealogical data using a full family graph. The genealogical data is obtained from external sources and is stored in a full family graph database. A unique identifier is assigned to each individual and family grouping. The full family graph is built up based on the direct bloodline of the male member of each family block. In addition, the bloodline of family blocks initiated from the wife's parents and the bloodline of family blocks initiated from the daughter's family block with her husband are also added to achieve a complete full family graph. In each bloodline, the family blocks are organized in a pre-determined order based on the genealogical relationships of the male member of each family block. Moreover, a few functions such as search, zoom and navigator are provided to the full family graph.
US09483848B2
An image processing apparatus is provided which offers higher versatility than conventional image processing apparatuses. When an input signal to a spatial filtering block is a monochrome signal that contains Y component only, a selector selects its input terminal and a selector selects its input terminal. Then, a low-pass filter output signal of a programmable spatial filter is inputted to a spatial filter, and a low-pass filter output signal of the spatial filer is inputted to a spatial filter. That is, the programmable spatial filter and the spatial filters are connected in series (in cascade), and the cascade-connected three spatial filters perform filtering operation. In this example, low-pass filters with 5H5 taps are connected in cascade in three stages, which enables low-pass filtering with 13H13 taps.
US09483837B2
What is disclosed is a system and method for compensating for motion during processing of a video of a subject being monitored for physiological function assessment. In one embodiment, image frames are received. Successive batches of N video frames are processed to isolate pixels associated with a body region of the subject where a physiological signal is registered by the camera. The pixels are processed to obtain a time-series signal for each batch. A determination is made whether movement during video acquisition of this batch of image frames exceeds a threshold level. If so then a size N of the next batch of image frames is changed to: N=N+M1, where N+M1≦Nmax. Otherwise, a size N of a next batch is changed to: N=N−M2, where N−M2≧Nmin. Thereafter, processing repeats in a real-time continuous manner as the next batch of the N image frames is received. Various embodiments are disclosed.
US09483835B2
Disclosed is a method comprising steps of conducting image preprocessing so as to respectively obtain a candidate object region including a foreground image in a depth map and a color image; determining whether it is necessary to conduct a region growing process with respect to the candidate object region of the depth map; in the former case, conducting the region growing process with respect to the candidate object region of the depth map; and conducting, after the region growing process is conducted with respect to the candidate object region of the depth map, a depth value restoration process with respect to a candidate region.
US09483829B2
A structure for determining a plane in a depth image includes dividing a portion of a depth image into a plurality of areas, fitting a two-dimensional line to depth points in each of the plurality of areas, and combining two or more of the plurality of two-dimensional lines to form a three-dimensional plane estimate.
US09483828B2
A system for recognizing a vehicle identification number includes a three dimensional scanner configured to scan, in a direction in which the vehicle identification number is engraved, a vehicle identification number engraved in a vehicle body to obtain an image. The system further includes an image processor configured to convert the image obtained by the three dimensional scanner into a gray image, divide the gray image according to a gray scale to extract a symbol in the image corresponding to a symbol engraved in the vehicle body, and compare the symbol with standard symbols to determine the vehicle identification number.
US09483825B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for estimating a distance using a dual off-axis color filter aperture (DCA). An object detection unit is configured to detect an object from an image taken by a camera having the DCA equipped with a first filter having a first color and a second filter having a second color complementary to the first color. A color shifting value calculation unit is configured to calculate a color shifting value (CSV) using a color shift property between color channels of the image in a region corresponding to the detected object. A distance estimation unit is configured to estimate a distance from the camera to each point of the object based on the calculated CSV and camera parameters including a focal distance of the camera, a focal plane of the camera, and a position of the aperture.
US09483823B2
The medical image measurement device includes a medical image acquisition unit which acquires a first medical image and a second medical image obtained by photographing the same object of interest of the same patient at different time points, a measurement parameter acquisition unit which acquires a first measurement parameter set for measuring the features of the shape of the object of interest in the first medical image and a second measurement parameter set for measuring the features of the shape of the object of interest in the second medical image, an evaluation value acquisition unit which acquires an evaluation value indicating a change between the first measurement parameter and the second measurement parameter, and a determination unit which determines whether or not the change is equal to or greater than a preset amount of change based on the evaluation value.
US09483820B2
A method and system for detecting a damaged machine component during operation of the machine are provided. The damaged machine component detection system includes one or more processors, one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, an image capture device configured to generate a stream of temporally-spaced images of a scene including a machine component of interest, the images generated in real-time, and a grouping model configured to compare features of a current image of the stream of images to features of previously captured images sorted into a plurality of groups of images having similar features, generate an alert if predetermined features of the current image deviate from corresponding features of the grouped images by a predetermined amount, and update the groups with the current image if the predetermined features of the current image are similar to corresponding features of the grouped images by a predetermined amount. The system also includes an output device configured to output at least one of the alert and the current image.
US09483818B2
The present invention discloses a bleed-through detection method and a bleed-through detection device. The method includes: obtaining a recto image and a verso image, thereby obtaining pixel pairs including the first points and the corresponding second points; determining some foreground pixels and some background pixels; performing modeling for four types of pixel pairs, so as to form four models; calculating, for a pixel pair that hasn't been modeled, similarities of the pixel pair with respect to the four models respectively, so as to determine a type of the pixel pair; and judging, as bleed-through on the verso image, a second point determined as a background pixel which corresponds to a first point determined as a foreground pixel, and judging, as bleed-through on the recto image, a first point determined as a background pixel which corresponds to a second point determined as a foreground pixel.
US09483808B2
The present invention relates to the field of display control processing and provides a display method and a display device. The display method includes: obtaining an object to be displayed; parsing the object to obtain corresponding information of the object; obtaining a media resource corresponding to the corresponding information based on the corresponding information; and displaying the object and presenting the media resource corresponding to the corresponding information. With the present invention, the display effect of the object can be enriched and the user's reading experience can be enhanced.
US09483806B2
During an analysis technique, a cohort of individuals is identified based on a set of attributes. Significance metrics for the individuals in the cohort are calculated based on profiles of the individuals and behaviors of the group of individuals, which includes the cohort, when interacting with the profiles. For example, a significance metric for a given individual may include a number of views of a profile of the given individual, by a group of individuals, during a time interval and/or a number of connection requests to the profile of the given individual, by the group of individuals, during the time interval. Based on the significance metrics, the subset of the individuals may be identified. This subset may include individuals that have achieved career milestones exceeding those of the other individuals in the cohort (e.g., notable individuals).
US09483804B2
A server system for the administration of sequences for agricultural working machines made up of parameterized process steps of working devices includes a server and database in which a sequence inventory of sequences is stored. Sequence identifiers are assigned to each of the sequences of the sequence inventory, which describe one or more process steps of the respective sequence. A network interface to a global communication network is included to receive connection requests from a client and establish a connection-oriented, bidirectional data channel between the server and the client. The server receives a selection criterion from the client via the data channel, determines a sequence from the sequence inventory on the basis of a comparison of the criterion with the sequence identifiers and transmits the determined sequence to the client via the data channel.
US09483803B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user, a structured query comprising references to one or more selected objects accessible by the computing device, generating one or more search results corresponding to the structured query, wherein each search result corresponds to a particular object accessible by the computing device, determining one or more search intents based at least on whether one or more of the selected objects referenced in the structured query match objects corresponding to a search intent indexed in a pattern-detection model, and scoring the search results based on one or more of the search intents.
US09483800B2
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques that quantize community interactions with social media to understand and influence consumer experiences.
US09483798B2
A sales data processing apparatus which registers and processes sales data on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The apparatus includes: an imaging module; a moving image storage module; a manipulation situation storage module; and a generation module configured (i) to extract an image that satisfies a prescribed criterion among images which were taken with the manipulation timing indicated by the data stored in the manipulation situation storage module from the moving image stored in the moving image storage module and (ii) to generate user identification image data based on the extracted image.
US09483795B1
An enhanced social network module associated with an entity may create a social network for an individual, group, and/or organization. The module may then use the social network to determine risk associated with insuring a member of the social network. The determined risk may be used to calculate a rate for insuring the member. Additional features of the module may allow for the calculation of a group rate for insuring all members of the social network, the calculation of various centrality measures for each member of the social network, the calculation of a trust score for any given member, and the ability to poll members of the social network to determine various characteristics of any given member.
US09483773B2
A point of view shopper camera system is provided to generate and analyze shoppers' view data. The point of view shopper camera system may comprise a head device including an eye camera and a head orientation sensor, a position tracking sensor to identify a shopper's position, and an analysis computing device. The eye camera may be configured to be mounted to the head of the shopper, and to capture a still or moving image of the field of view of the shopper. The analysis computing device may be configured to receive the captured image data from the eye camera, head orientation data from the head orientation sensor, and the shopper's position data from the position tracking sensor, and determine an estimated field of view of the shopper during a trip in a shopping environment.
US09483765B2
A computer-implemented method for detecting fraudulent payment transactions performed over a payment network is provided. The method includes receiving, by a fraud monitoring device, a request to determine whether a payment transaction initiated using a payment card of a cardholder is fraudulent, wherein the request includes at least one of a merchant identifier, a merchant location, a cardholder identifier, and a transaction timestamp, associating the cardholder with a social media account based on the cardholder identifier, and receiving the social media location data from a social media computing device. The social media location data indicates a location of the cardholder at a particular time. The method also includes calculating a distance between the merchant location and the location of the cardholder indicated by the social media location data, and a time between the transaction timestamp and the particular time associated with the social media location data.
US09483762B1
Systems, methods, and program products for providing secure authentication for electronic messages are disclosed. A method may comprise generating an asymmetric private key based at least in part upon an invariant biometric feature vector derived from an input biometric reading. The private key may be further based at least in part upon a user password. The resulting private key may not be stored but rather may be generated when required to authenticate an electronic message, at which time it may be used to provide a digital signature for the electronic message. The private key may be deleted after use. The private key may be regenerated by inputting both a new instance of the biometric reading as well as a new instance of the password.
US09483759B2
A method of completing a transaction at a point-of-sale terminal using payment information contained on a wireless unit of a customer. The method comprises providing a point-of-sale terminal capable of wirelessly connecting with a wireless unit of a customer desiring to complete a transaction. The point-of-sale terminal is used to perform at least one of reading a barcode displayed on the wireless unit containing short range network pairing information, or displaying a barcode containing short range network pairing information for reading by the wireless unit, to thereby establish a short range wireless network between the point-of-sale terminal and the wireless unit of the customer. Via the short range wireless network, transaction data is received from the wireless unit of the customer containing payment information. The transaction data is then used to effect payment for the transaction and thereby complete the transaction.
US09483756B2
A method is presented for use in correctional facilities to manage resources. Particularly, the method includes using a scheduling engine capable of receiving scheduling requests from other systems or direct entry of scheduling data and which is equipped to provide reports that inform the facility of the schedules of all inmates, transportation requirements, and space accommodations. The method may be employed for evaluating the needs for transportation and space and may also be used to generate reports that show relationships between inmates based on activities, locations, and time.
US09483755B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for use with a portable electronic device having a display. The method enables switching between electronic inboxes that can be accessed from the electronic device. In some configurations, the method includes, while the device is displaying emails in a first inbox, detecting user selection of a first icon. The method further includes, in response to user selection of the first icon, displaying a set of inbox selection icons; and, in response to user selection of one of the inbox selection icons, displaying emails in a second inbox corresponding to the inbox selection icon selected by the user.
US09483753B2
Provided is a method of integrating a document related communication with a document. A communication interface is provided for a user to establish a document related communication with another user. The document related communication with another user is recorded and a link to the recorded document related communication with another user is provided with the document.
US09483751B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for managing labeling privileges. In one aspect, a method includes receiving label data defining a label to be associated with an image of a first user in a photograph, the first user identified by a first user identifier and the label data associated with a submitting user identifier; accessing data defining labeling privileges for the first user identifier, the labeling privileges being for second users identified by respective second user identifiers, and the labeling privileges defining, for each second user, a labeling privilege for the second user to label an image of the first user in a photograph; determining whether the submitting user identifier is included in the second user identifiers; in response to determining that the submitting user identifier is included in the second user identifiers: determining the labeling privileges for the user identified by the submitting user identifier, and processing the label accordingly.
US09483742B1
Techniques comprise identifying and/or classifying malicious activity in a web services platform using machine learning techniques. Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums may cause one or more computing nodes to monitor first network traffic, generate network information based on the monitored first network traffic, train a machine learning algorithm based on at least a first portion of the generated network information, test the machine learning algorithm based on at least a second portion of the generated network information, generate a predictor using the trained and tested machine learning algorithm, and identify second network traffic as one or more of malicious activity and benign activity using the predictor.
US09483741B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for rule-based item classification. The methods include receiving, by a computing device, an item record for analysis. The computing device may determine ranked lists of item types using rule-based classifiers and machine learning-based classifiers. Then, the computing device may aggregate the ranked lists of item types to generate a combined ranked list of item types.
US09483737B2
A method of identifying an event associated with consumption of a utility comprising the steps of generating a utility consumption profile from utility consumption data, the utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values measured at a corresponding plurality of measurement points, detecting a plurality of events within the utility consumption profile, grouping the plurality of events using a clustering process to produce a probability density map, comparing the probability density map to a stored profile of events of a particular type, and identifying the group of events as events of the particular type when the probability density map corresponds to the stored profile of events of the particular type, wherein the probability density map is compared to a stored profile of an event which is a probability density map.
US09483736B2
Technologies are provided for filtering user's actions based on user's mood. User's actions may include online actions. To prevent “in the heat of the moment” actions, which a user may regret later, a mood based filter may identify a user action such as posting a message to a social network, a professional network, an email network, a blog, or an instant message network. An automatic system action may then be taken based on the detected user's mood. In some examples, the user's mood may be assigned to a numeric or alphanumeric category. Various system actions such as blocking or delaying the user action may be tied or associated to the user's mood category through one or more predefined, customizable rules. In other examples, a user confirmation of the user action may also be included in addition to the automatic system action.
US09483735B2
A method for generating an operational rule associated with a building management system includes identifying, with a processing device, a first pattern associated with a series of operational observations corresponding to a property of the building management system, correlating a first contextual attribute with the first pattern, and deriving the operational rule at least in part based on the first pattern and the first contextual attribute.
US09483733B2
A system and a method are provided for querying a knowledge resource. The querying system is configured for executing queries in a query language that accepts global backreferences that are not limited to a being located in the condition including a regular expression (regex) to which the global backreference refers. In the method, an input query is received, a query based thereon containing one or more global backreferences is executed, and results are retrieved. One condition of the query includes a regex that identifies strings that match the regex. The regex includes one or more capturing groups for capturing substrings of an identified matching string. The global backreference retrieves the captured substring(s). Each global backreference in the query can be a remote backreference, which is outside the regex condition to which it refers, or a local backreference, which is in the same condition as the regex.
US09483731B2
In a method of answering questions and scoring answers, a title and at least one topical field are identified for a document. A field name and field content associated with the topical field is identified, and a title-oriented document is created by combining the title, the field name, and the field content associated with the topical field. For each title-oriented document, a term in the title is matched to previously established categories to produce a title concept identifier. The topical field is synthesized to produce a field concept identifier and a field content concept identifier. A question is received. The question topic term and the question content identifier are used to identify at least one question-matching relation instance. The title concept identifier of each question-matching relation instance is identified as a candidate answer to the question. Each candidate answer and a corresponding answer score is output.
US09483729B1
Described is a system for detecting group behaviors in dynamic relational data by monitoring individual events of interest. Data is collected from a domain of interest at predetermined time intervals. Examples of domains of interest include internet data, video behavior analysis, social networks, and diagnosis and prognosis. The data is then monitored for at least one local event of interest defined by a user. The system is configured to analyze a relationship between at least two monitored local events of interest. Finally, a visual representation of the relationship between the monitored local events of interest is generated and presented to the user for further analysis. Also described is a method and computer program product for detecting group behaviors in data.
US09483722B2
An RFID card includes a smartcard controller that receives power from a host device. The RFID card also includes a small inductive device capable of inductive coupling with an RFID reader. The small inductive device is small enough to fit in the form factor of a memory card or SIM card. Enhancement circuits enhance the usable read and write distance of the RFID card.
US09483720B2
The present invention is directed to a stimulus monitoring system. The system includes an RFID device, item, interrogation device, and reception device. The RFID device includes a brace affixed to an inductor or capacitor. The brace is constructed from a material structurally responsive to a predetermined stimulus, such that stimulus-responsive structural alterations to the brace structurally alters the inductor, capacitor, or other RFID subcomponent of the RFID circuit capable of generating a current alteration, which in turn alters the signal frequency of the RFID.
US09483718B1
Examples of techniques for encoding data in a 2D symbology are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method for encoding data in a 2D symbology is provided. The method includes assigning a first color representative of a 0-bit and a second color representative of a 1-bit. The method further includes designating a starting indicator and an ending indicator. The method also includes generating, by a processor, the 2D symbology, the 2D symbology includes a series of data segments and null segments representing a binary string. The series of data segments and null segments starts with the starting indicator and ends with the ending indicator. The data segments include 0-bit segments of the first color and 1-bit segments of the second color. The null segments are positioned between each of the data segments and are of a third color.
US09483715B2
When each pixel forming image data is classified into one of N labels (where N>2) which are ordered from 0 to N−1, a binary graph setting unit sets a binary graph where the i-th layer i is a boundary between the label i−1 and the label i of the N labels, a class to which a label equal to or higher than i is assigned corresponds to a virtual label 0, and a class to which a label equal to or smaller than i−1 is assigned corresponds to a virtual label 1, a layer-by-layer labeling unit performs a graph cut operation on the binary graph of each layer, and then a label determining unit determines which of the N labels each pixel belongs to based on the virtual labels assigned to all the binary graphs.
US09483710B1
A processor configured to execute a process includes receiving image information including biometric information, extracting, from the image information, a first phase component image representing a phase component included in the image information, converting the image information into first frequency information and converts the first phase component image into second frequency information, extracting a first feature vector and a second feature vector respectively on the basis of amplitude information of the first frequency information and the second frequency information determined in advance, and combining the first feature vector and the second feature vector on the basis of a prescribed rule.
US09483709B2
Methods and apparatus for deriving a saliency measure for images and video are described. In an embodiment, a process includes decomposing, by a processor, an image into elements, wherein elements cluster the image and each element consists of spatially connected pixels. The processor then calculates a first image measure indicative of each element's uniqueness in the image on a per element basis, and calculates a second image measure indicative of each element's spatial distribution in the image on a per element basis. The processor then provides a per element saliency measure by combining the first image measure and the second image measure.
US09483707B2
A method for recognizing a known object in a field of view of a three-dimensional (3D) vision system includes capturing a bitmap image file of the field of view and executing a first feature extraction to generate appearance features including a color histogram and an edge direction histogram. A reduced search space is identified based upon the appearance features including the color histogram and the edge direction histogram. A second feature extraction of the bitmap image file is executed to identify geometric features including a viewpoint feature histogram and an ensemble of shape functions. The appearance features and the geometric features are fused with contents of the reduced search space. The fused appearance features, geometric features and contents of the reduced search space are compared with a plurality of predetermined partial views of a plurality of known objects to recognize one of the known objects.
US09483701B1
A computing device segments an image into a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments has a segment location and a set of pixels that share visual characteristics. The computing device determines an initial set of bounding boxes for the image based on the plurality of segments. The computing device determines a reduced set of bounding boxes based on combining bounding boxes of the initial set of bounding boxes, the reduced set of bounding boxes corresponding to one or more objects in the image, each of the one or more objects having an object class and an object location.
US09483695B2
A cost-effective and robust method for localizing and tracking drowsiness state of the eyes of driver by using images captured by near infrared (IR) camera disposed on the vehicle, the said method comprising the processor implemented steps of: Real-time tracking of the face and localizing eye bounding box within the face bounding box in the captured image by comparing the gray values with threshold using the segmentation process; tracking the eyes by computing the centroid of the eye, target model histogram and target candidate model histogram for one location to another by comparing them to identify distance and calculating the displacement of the target center by the weighted means, wherein the target model histogram and target candidate model histogram are computed based on the feature space; and detecting the drowsiness state of the eyes using histogram equalization, Morphological operations and texture based parameters using histogram and grey level co-occurrence matrices.
US09483694B2
An imaging device comprising a flexible sensor attached to a control case. The flexible sensor provides both a source of illumination to the image being captured and a method of capturing the image. The method of capture comprises a field of reactors disbursed across the facial area of the sensor, the output of which produces a dot-pattern capture of the intended image which is passed to a storage device.
US09483692B2
A gesture recognition apparatus capable of recognizing a hand by means of a binary image regardless of direction of light contacting the hand. A binarizing processing section binarizes an input image from a camera to a hand recognizing section to prepare a first binary image by a predetermined method. A rebinarizing processing section only rebinarizes a predetermined area of the input image to prepare a second binary image. A contraction processing section performs a contraction processing on the second binary image. The rebinarizing processing can increase the possibility of recognizing the hand by classifying a portion of the hand that was classified into black in the first binary image into white. The hand is determined to be recognizable if the hand can be recognized in the first binary image and/or in the second binary image.
US09483689B2
Biometric matching technology, in which a watch list is managed, multiple images of a potential suspect are accessed, and parallel pre-processing of the multiple images is controlled. Based on the pre-processing, an image of the potential suspect to use in matching against the watch list is determined and the determined image is used to search sorted biometric data included in the watch list. A subset of persons from the watch list is identified based on the search and parallel analysis of the determined image of the potential suspect against detailed biometric data associated with the subset of persons in the watch list is controlled. Based on the parallel analysis, it is determined whether the potential suspect matches a person in the watch list and a result is outputted based on the determination.
US09483685B2
A method of classifying ciliary motion includes receiving digital video data representing the ciliary motion generated by an image capture device, wherein the digital video data includes a plurality of frames. The method further includes receiving an indication of a region of interest applicable to each of the frames, wherein the region of interest includes a plurality of pixels in each of the frames, calculating time series elemental motion data for at least one elemental motion parameter for the region of interest based on the digital video data, and using the time series elemental motion data to classify the ciliary motion.
US09483683B2
An alignment apparatus includes: a voting unit that generates multiple pairs of a first feature selected from multiple features representing a first target object represented on one image, and a second feature selected from multiple features representing a second target object represented on the other image, obtains, for each of the pairs, a first translation amount for aligning the first feature with the second feature, and votes, in a coordinate system with coordinates each representing a translation amount, a voting value for the coordinate corresponding to the first translation amount; and a translation amount calculating unit that calculates the total of the voting values for each of the coordinates in the coordinate system, and sets the translation amount corresponding to the coordinate with the largest total of the voting values, as a second translation amount for aligning the first target object with the second target object.
US09483680B2
A method of recognizing a contactless fingerprint is provided. The method includes displaying a guide screen for recognizing the contactless fingerprint on a display, receiving an input image of a target object positioned according to the guide screen by using a camera, and determining whether the received input image is suitable for fingerprint recognition.
US09483675B2
The invention provides an image display processing device and an image display processing program for displaying information concerning diagnosis of correspondence with an RF tag. The image display processing device includes a unit for obtaining diagnostic information concerning correspondence when correspondence between the RF tag and an RFID reader/writer has been successful, and a display controller configured to make a display unit display an image based on the diagnostic information. The diagnostic information includes correspondence margin based on a characteristic value obtained from the correspondence signal.
US09483667B1
In accordance an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein a card reader having an opening allowing for card to be inserted. The card reader determines how long a card has been inserted into the card reader. If a card is inserted into the card reader for a time period greater than a predetermined time period, the card reader reads a chip on the card to obtain card data. If the card is removed from the card reader before the predetermined time period, the card reader obtains the card data from a magnetic stripe on the card.
US09483664B2
Encryption of data within a memory 6 is provided by key generation circuitry 12 which serves to generate a key as a function of the address within the memory 6 being accessed and then encryption circuitry 14 or decryption circuitry 16 which serve respectively to encrypt or decrypt the data as a function of the key that has been generated based upon the address. The encryption and the decryption may be performed using a bitwise XOR operation. The key generation circuitry may have the form of physically unclonable function circuitry, which varies from instance to instance of implementation and that operates to generate the same key for the same address upon both write and read operations within the same instance.
US09483653B2
Techniques for securely displaying sensitive information against attempts to capture such information via screenshots are introduced. Similar to the pieces of a puzzle, a plurality of images that collectively represent a keypad (for example) are generated and each image represents a different part of the characters. The generated images are to be displayed to a human user in a sequential fashion at at least a predetermined minimum frame rate, such that the plurality of images sequentially displayed are perceivable by the human user collectively as the keypad. In each of the plurality of images, at least a part of the characters of the keypad is disguised or concealed, and in some embodiments, to the extent that not a single character of the keypad is recognizable by a human or a machine. Not all of the plurality of images are displayed at any instant in time.
US09483643B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for creating behavioral signatures used to detect malware may include (1) maintaining a database that identifies (A) known malicious files and behaviors exhibited by the known malicious files and (B) known non-malicious files and behaviors exhibited by the known non-malicious files and (2) creating a behavioral signature used to detect malware by (A) determining a combination of behaviors exhibited by at least one of the known malicious files, (B) identifying the number of known malicious files that exhibit each behavior within the combination, (C) identifying the number of known non-malicious files that exhibit each behavior within the combination, and (D) determining that the number of known malicious files that exhibit each behavior within the combination exceeds the number of known non-malicious files that exhibit each behavior within the combination by a certain threshold. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09483635B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for active monitoring, memory protection, and integrity verification of a target device are disclosed. For example, a normal world virtual processor and a secure world virtual processor are instantiated on a target device. A target operating system is executed on the normal world virtual processor. An integrity verification agent is executed on the secure world virtual processor. One or more predetermined operations attempted on the normal world virtual processor are trapped to the secure world virtual processor. The integrity verification agent is used to determine the effect of the execution of the trapped operations on the target device.
US09483632B2
A storage device contains a smart-card device and a memory device, both of which are accessed though a controller. The storage device may be used in the same manner as a conventional smart-card device, or it may be used to store a relatively large amount of data in various partitions corresponding to the protection level of the data stored therein. The smart-card device stores critical security parameters that are provided to the controller to protect access to some or all of the partitions of the memory device. A host connected to the controller issues commands, and the controller analyzes the commands and responds to them in various ways depending upon the nature of the command. In particular, depending upon the nature of the command, the controller may either pass the command to the smart-card device, or ignore the command either indefinitely or until a predetermined event has occurred.
US09483629B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that enable authentication based on a physical document. Specifically, a document authentication service is disclosed that utilizes characteristics of a physical document, such as an identification card already in a user's possession, to authenticate a user. In one embodiment, the characteristics of a document may be processed based at least in part on an expected wear of the document (e.g., from use by the user). Expected wear may be identified, for example, based on historical data gathered across a number of users of the document authentication service.
US09483620B2
An electronically controlled reminder device is adapted to be set in a programming mode by a user, perform a user-actuated operation, and detect when a user-actuated operation is performed. When in programming mode the device is adapted to record and set reminders in accordance with a detected time pattern of operation(s) of the device, wherein the programming mode is activated for a pre-determined number of operations or for a pre-determined period of time, after which the device automatically returns to the operational mode in which it provides reminders to the user based on the recorded time pattern of operations. Thus, normal use of the device provides automatic programming of the reminder scheme.
US09483618B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for providing condition specific adaptive content include receiving condition specific information into a data repository, defining requirements corresponding to the condition specific information, building a condition specific application based on the requirements, configuring the condition specific application corresponding to user-specific attribute and delivering the condition specific application to a processing device that is operable to execute the condition specific application.
US09483616B2
A method for collecting information at a vehicle, such as an emergency vehicle, involves receiving at the vehicle a request regarding a patient. The method further involves collecting information on the patient using a mobile computer at the vehicle. The method also involves transmitting the patient information as an electronic file from the mobile computer to a hospital over a network. As part of this method, billing information concerning the patient may be collected. Additionally, a method for processing billing information concerning a patient involves collecting billing information regarding the patient from a mobile computer at a vehicle over a network. The method further involves classifying a service provided to the patient in at least one billing category based on the billing information. In addition, the method further involves generating a bill for the patient based on the billing information.
US09483611B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to improved discrimination of protective (anti-atherogenic) HDL from atherogenic or non-protective (NP) HDL. The methods, systems and computer program products determine protective high density lipoprotein particle (HDL-P) numbers. The methods include obtaining concentration measurements of at least twenty subpopulations of HDL-P subclasses in a blood plasma or serum sample and calculating a protective HDL-P number using (i) a defined subset of the obtained HDL-P concentration measurements or (ii) a zero or defined weighting factor below 1 for HDL-P concentration measurements for HDL subclasses associated with particle sizes above about 11 nm.
US09483598B2
Intellectual property block design with folded blocks and duplicated pins for 3D integrated circuits
An intellectual property (IP) block design methodology for three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuits may comprise folding at least one two-dimensional (2D) block that has one or more circuit components into a 3D block that has multiple tiers, wherein the one or more circuit components in the folded 2D block may be distributed among the multiple tiers in the 3D block. Furthermore, one or more pins may be duplicated across the multiple tiers in the 3D block and the one or more duplicated pins may be connected to one another using one or more intra-block through-silicon-vias (TSVs) placed inside the 3D block.
US09483597B1
In an example, a method of implementing a circuit design for an integrated circuit (IC) includes: placing and routing a logical description of the circuit design to generate a physical description having a plurality of paths, and executing a timing analysis to determine a timing profile of the physical description. The method further includes optimizing the physical description by performing a plurality of iterations of: comparing the timing profile with a timing constraint to select a candidate set of paths having negative slack from the plurality of paths in the physical description; and modifying the physical description based on at least one optimization of a selected path from the candidate set of paths having a most negative slack. The method further includes generating a physical implementation of the circuit design for the IC based on the physical description.
US09483573B2
In a method for generating an audio summary of a portion of an electronic document, a user input selecting a focus position within a rendered electronic document is received. The plurality of document elements included in the rendered electronic document is identified. A plurality of audio objects corresponding to the plurality of document elements is generated. An audio signal is generated. The audio signal includes a subset of the plurality of audio objects corresponding to a subset of the plurality of document elements contained within a predetermined range from the focus position. The audio signal indicates the spatial relation between the elements of the elements subset. The audio signal is rendered to the user.
US09483563B2
Some embodiments include a novel link management system and process in which a webmaster of a website responds to a change in a backlink algorithm of a search engine by performing an update operation to each of a set of backlinks that appear on another website and that reference back to the website. In some embodiments, the update operation is a change operation that modifies the backlink on the other website. In some embodiments, the update operation is a delete operation that removes the backlink from the other website.
US09483561B2
Methods for monitoring and reporting server inventory trends are disclosed. An authorized user may access a website and input a specified time period and platform to view pertinent server inventory trends. A managing computing server receives the request for server inventory trends and may run one or more procedures to retrieve relevant information from at least one database. The relevant information may be transferred from the database to a fusion chart to be plotted for display. The managing computing server may display a report of server inventory information, such as the number of active servers, added servers, and retired servers for the platform over the specified time period.
US09483559B2
Search history data such as browse trails are collected over time. The browse trails, including associated queries and domains, are processed to identify free tokens of the queries that are also modifiers. Attribute value pairs of a structured data source that correspond to the modifiers are determined based on the search history data and a frequency of the attribute value pairs in the structured data source. When a subsequent query is received, modifiers in the query are identified and replaced with the determined combinations of attribute value pairs that correspond to the modifiers in a structured query that is generated from the received query. The structured query is used to identify items and/or services in the structured data source that are responsive to the received query.
US09483556B1
Methods and systems for aggregating digital content captured at an event. In one aspect, a connection is established from a computing device to a Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled event check-in point located at the event. The NFC enabled event check-in point is encoded with event identification information for the event. The event identification information includes an event Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a webpage associated with a computing system. The computing device receives event identification information including the event URL from the NFC enabled event check-in point, and transmits digital images captured at the event to a computing system.
US09483551B2
Systems and methods for cladistics-based content searching, analysis, and/or diagrammatic representation of results in graphical user interface format for viewing by at least one user on a computer-type device or network, in particular for technology and patent-related content stored in at least one database.
US09483549B2
The management of application state storage associated with a hierarchical application. The hierarchical application includes multiple parent user interface elements, each of at least some having child user interface elements arranged in a corresponding hierarchy. The user may navigate through the hierarchical application. For instance, by selecting a child user interface element of a first parent user interface element having a first hierarchy of child user interface elements, the user might navigate to (and potentially also create) a second parent user interface element having a second hierarchy of child user interface elements. A hierarchical storage agent manages the state of the hierarchical application. The hierarchical storage agent provides application state to a remote storage over an application program interface in a manner that preserves at least some of the hierarchy of one or more parent user interface elements of the hierarchical application.
US09483543B2
A data collecting method and apparatus, and a mobile terminal are provided. The data collecting method may be applied in an apparatus including multiple data collecting units. The method includes collecting, by at least two data collecting units, initial data simultaneously at their respective collecting frequencies and at a collection starting moment and collecting, at a synchronous collecting frequency, the initial data collected by the at least two data collecting units so as to obtain synchronous data. The synchronous collecting frequency is a common divisor frequency of the respective collecting frequencies of the at least two data collecting units.
US09483542B2
A method and apparatus for distribution of applications amongst a number of servers, ensuring that changes to application data on a master for that application are asynchronously replicated to a number of slaves for that application. Servers may be located in geographically diverse locations; the invention permits data replication over high-latency and lossy network connections and failure-tolerance under hardware and network failure conditions. Access to applications is mediated by a distributed protocol handler which allows any request for any application to be addressed to any server, and which, when working in tandem with the replication system, pauses connections momentarily to allow seamless, consistent live-migration of applications and their state between servers. Additionally, a system which controls the aforementioned live-migration based on dynamic measurement of load generated by each application and the topological preferences of each application, in order to automatically keep servers at an optimum utilization level.
US09483540B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for data replication. The mechanism divides a set of data to be replicated into a plurality of slices. Each slice of the plurality of slices is to be copied from a primary site to a master secondary site within a plurality of secondary sites. The plurality of secondary sites comprises the master secondary site and at least one subsidiary peer site. The mechanism copies the plurality of slices from the primary site to the plurality of secondary sites such that the master secondary site stores a first slice of the set of data and each of the at least one subsidiary peer site stores a corresponding slice of the set of data. Responsive to completion of copying the plurality of slices to the plurality of secondary sites, for each of the at least one subsidiary peer site, the mechanism initiates copying of the corresponding slice of the set of data to the master secondary site.
US09483538B1
A system for data sharing. The system comprises a ticket management application comprising a link to an asset bridging data structure, where the asset bridging data structure is stored in an asset data store, a ticket data store coupled to the ticket management application and comprising data structures associated with tickets and data structures associated with a current view of asset information stored in the asset data store, an asset management application for managing information about assets, where the asset management application is separate from the ticket management application, the asset data store comprising the asset bridging data structure, a mirrored asset bridging data structure, and data structures comprising asset information, a script that copies changes in the asset bridging data structure to the mirrored asset bridging data structure, and a script that writes attributes in the mirrored bridging data structure into the plurality of data structures comprising asset information.
US09483535B1
A computer-implemented method for expanding search results may include (1) determining that a user is attempting to perform a search, (2) presenting an option to the user to include, within results of the search, a document family associated with a found document, (3) determining that the user has selected to include the document family associated with the document, and (4) including the document family in the search results in response to determining that the user has selected to include the document family associated with the document. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09483530B1
A system determines whether a term of a search query is a term with little significance based on a context of the search query. The system performs a search based on the search query while considering the term with little significance as optional when the search query includes the term with little significance and presents a list of search results based on the search.
US09483524B1
Systems and methods for ranking communities based on content are described. One of the methods includes receiving a search query. The search query is received from a first user of a social network. The method includes examining content within communities to determine whether one or more of the communities satisfy the search query. Each community is associated with the social network and includes one or more posts. The method further includes ranking the communities based on the examination of the content for presentation of the communities in a ranked order on a client device in response to the search query. The ranked order includes an arrangement of one or more of the communities with more content related to the search query in an elevated prominence compared to one or more of the communities having less content related to the search query.
US09483522B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for aggregating form data based on marks in graphic form fields. The system includes a controller, a request customization module, a search module and a presentation module. The controller receives data indicating an initiation of a search request from a user, data describing a form selected by the user, data describing a graphic form field specified by the user in the form and data describing a region of interest specified by the user in the graphic form field. The request customization module customizes the search request using the region of interest. The search module performs a form search on a collection of form data using the search request to determine one or more matching forms that each include at least one mark satisfying the region of interest. The presentation module provides the one or more matching forms to the user.
US09483518B2
Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for initiating a queryless search is provided. In this regard, a search can be initiated without a user inputting a query. In one embodiment, the method includes recognizing a search indication provided by a user to indicate a desire to view one or more search results related to content being presented. Such a search indication can be performed without accessing a web page associated with a search engine. In accordance with the search indication, contextual information related to the content being presented can be automatically captured. Thereafter, the captured contextual information is provided to initiate a search for information corresponding with the contextual information. Search results corresponding with the contextual information are received and presented.
US09483516B2
Techniques and solutions are provided for performing transactions within a database system that stores database data using a row store and a column store. For example, a transaction that performs operations to update data in both the row store and the column store can use the same transaction object. The state of the transaction can be atomically changed. For example, the state of the transaction object can be atomically changed from uncommitted to committed (e.g., set to a commit identifier to represent the committed state).
US09483508B1
A method of verifying the validity of a fully-qualified resource name within an environment including at least two different resource name spaces. The method includes receiving a fully qualified resource name having two or more tokens; and reading a token from the name. If the token represents the start of a name space, adding the name space onto a stack; and reading another token from the name. If read token doesn't represent the start of a name space, determining if it represents an end of the name space. If it does represent the end of the name space, popping the top of the stack as the subsequent token from the name. If it doesn't represent the start or end of the name space, checking if the token is a valid moniker for the name space. If it is valid, reading another token from the name, and otherwise returning an error.
US09483503B2
A method and system for placing database. The method includes: receiving a request of creating a new database; determining whether there is a need to migrate current database among current virtual machines based on resource demand and free resource in the current virtual machines; determining database placement plan based on the resource demand, migration strategy and migration cost associated with the migration strategy in response to whether there is a need to migrate the database; and executing the database placement plan. The invention can help a database service provider to optimize database layout in database provision through database migration.
US09483496B1
A computing device can identify, for a placement of a label, a first and second character of the label that have a shortest distance from one another. The placement for the label can define a position at which the label is to be placed in an interactive geographic map and a formatting for that label. The computing device can determine that the first and second identified characters do not overlap. In response to determining that the first and second characters do not overlap, the computing device can select the placement of the label for display in the interactive geographic map.
US09483481B2
A request to access to a logical location in a file stored in a content addressable storage (CAS) system can be handled by retrieving first tree data from a first node in a hash tree that represents the file, the first tree data including a first hash tree depth, a first CAS signature, a block size and a file size. Based on the tree data, a second node is selected from a higher level in the hash tree. Second tree data from the second node of the hash tree that represents the file is retrieved, including a second CAS signature. The second CAS signature is determined to match a reserved CAS signature, and in response, an indication that the requested logical location is unallocated within the file is provided.
US09483480B2
Methods and systems to identify a portion of content, for each of multiple instances of content presented at a display, based on eye contact of a user, populate records of the portions of content with contextual information, and search a data field(s) of the record to identify content of interest to the user amongst the portions of content. The search may be based on a, without limitation, a user-specified application program, file type, URL, time, display position, content presented at the display prior to, concurrently with, and/or subsequent to presentation of content of interest to the user, and/or an action performed by the user prior to and/or subsequent to a time at which the content of interest to the user had been presented at the display.
US09483477B2
In a system automatically processing data from a first computing device for use on a second computing device, a registry file including a plurality of filename parameters is read. Each filename parameter identifies a matching filename pattern, an extract script indicator, and a read file indicator. The extract script indicator indicates an extract script for a file having a filename that matches the matching filename pattern. The read file indicator indicates how to read the file having the filename that matches the matching filename pattern. One parameter of the plurality of filename parameters is selected by matching a filename of a source file to the matching filename pattern of the one parameter. The associated extract script is selected and used to read data from the source file using the associated read file indicator and the read data is output to a different file and in a different format.
US09483474B2
A system for retrieving/identifying a document comprising text stored in a document repository is described. A memory stores a graphical structure comprising a first plurality of nodes each representing a person, and a second plurality of nodes each representing a document in the document repository, the nodes being connected by edges according to automatically observed interactions between the represented people and documents. At least some of the nodes have one or more annotations each denoting a topic. A node relatedness calculator computes distances between nodes of the graphical structure using the topic annotations. An input receives an identifier of a user who is represented by one of the first plurality of nodes. An identifier/retriever identifies one or more documents from the document repository by using the identifier and using the computed distances between nodes.
US09483468B2
A method of tagging a geographical area includes obtaining, with a processing device, attribute information and mobile tracking data of a plurality of mobile objects, wherein the mobile tracking data comprises sampling time and corresponding sampling point locations of the mobile objects; converting the mobile tracking data of the plurality of mobile objects into new mobile tracking data according to the correspondence relationship between the sampling time and a time slices, wherein the new mobile tracking data include time slices and corresponding sampling point locations; and obtaining a set of attribute information of at least one geographical area with respect to the time slices based on the new mobile tracking data, wherein the at least one geographical area is obtained by clustering the sampling point locations.
US09483465B2
An approach provides context-specific language translation services for electronic documents using templates. As used herein, the term “template” refers to a context-specific set of keywords that includes at least a first set of keywords in a first language and a corresponding second set of keywords in a second language that is different than the first language. As used herein, the term “language” refers to a human language and the term “keyword” refers to one or more words or phrases of any length. The context-specific set of keywords may include additional sets of keywords in other languages that correspond to the first and second sets of keywords. A language translation service uses the templates to translate electronic documents. The language translation service also provides capabilities for managing templates and a translation review capability for reviewing translated documents to identify errors. Templates can then be edited to address the translation errors.
US09483447B2
Methods and devices for adding hyperlink to text are disclosed: generating hyperlink word list and characteristic word list in advance, determining co-occurrence frequency with each hyperlink word; to each text X which to be added the hyperlink, word segmentation processing them respectively, extracting the hyperlink word occurred in the hyperlink word list and the characteristic word occurred in the characteristic word list from results of word segmentation, determining weights of each extracted hyperlink word and extracted characteristic word, getting final weights of each extracted hypertext link word according to the co-occurrence frequency of each extracted characteristic word and each extracted hyperlink word and the weights; descendingly sorting each extracted hyperlink word according to the final weights, adding hyperlink to first k hyperlink words, and K is positive integer. Applying the solution, it can improve the relativity of the added hyperlink and the text, and it is easy to implement.
US09483446B2
An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to scan document data in a direction from a first page to a last page to extract a first page range required for reducing one page and to scan the document data from the last page in the first page range in a direction opposite to the direction of scanning the first page range to extract a second page range required for reducing one page, and a page reduction unit configured to execute page reduction processing by reducing a blank region included in a page in the second page range if a number of pages included in the second page range is smaller than a number of pages included in the first page range.
US09483434B2
The present invention provides a wireless communication device and a method for manufacturing a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device includes: an antenna; a main board, including a ground part, where the ground part is connected to the antenna; at least one matching network, connected to the ground part; a USB connector, including a shell and at least one first pin extending from the shell, where the at least one first pin is connected to the at least one matching network, and at least one first pin is one-to-one corresponding to at least one matching network. According to the present invention, a matching network may be connected between a pin of the USB connector of the wireless communication device and the ground part of the main board, and is configured to control wireless performance of an antenna radiation system of the wireless communication device.
US09483426B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to locking a system management interrupt (SMI) enable register of a chipset. Example embodiments include at least one contact configuration register to configure a contact of a chipset, and a contact SMI enable register of a chipset to store an enable value or a disable value. In example embodiments, the disable value stored in the contact SMI enable register is to prevent the chipset from providing an SMI request to a processor in response to an SMI signal received at the contact. Example embodiments further include locking the contact SMI enable register.
US09483420B2
Methods for extensible device drivers and an extensible device driver Self-Service Terminal (SST) are provided. A SST includes an operating system (OS) having a communication port and an application having low-level commands that are specific to a hardware device, which is coupled to the SST; the low-level commands directly capable of being executed by the device. The communication port is operable to relay information and commands (including the low-level commands) between the device and the application. The application directly controls the device, with the low-level commands, and the low-level commands unrecognized by the OS.
US09483419B2
Method and apparatus for handling page protection faults in combination particularly with the dynamic conversion of binary code executable by a one computing platform into binary code executed instead by another computing platform. In one exemplary aspect, a page protection fault handling unit is used to detect memory accesses, to check page protection information relevant to the detected access by examining the contents of a page descriptor store, and to selectively allow the access or pass on page protection fault information in accordance with the page protection information.
US09483408B1
Various embodiments for initializing metadata in a computing storage environment by a processor. A Release Generation Number (RGN) is associated with a volume, and an RGN is associated with a metadata track. Upon a release of storage space in the volume, the RGN associated with the volume is incremented. Upon an initialization of the metadata track, the RGN associated with the metadata track is updated to be consistent in generation with the RGN associated with the volume. Upon an access of the metadata track, the RGN of the metadata track is compared against the RGN of the volume, and the metadata track is initialized if a match is not found.
US09483407B2
Patterns of access and/or behavior can be analyzed and persisted for use in pre-fetching data from a physical storage device. In at least some embodiments, data can be aggregated across volumes, instances, users, applications, or other such entities, and that data can be analyzed to attempt to determine patterns for any of those entities. The patterns and/or analysis can be persisted such that the information is not lost in the event of a reboot or other such occurrence. Further, aspects such as load and availability across the network can be analyzed to determine where to send and/or store data that is pre-fetched from disk or other such storage in order to reduce latency while preventing bottlenecks or other such issues with resource availability.
US09483402B2
Systems and methods for improving caching mechanisms in a storage system are disclosed. The method includes storing data associated with a write input/output (I/O) request at a cache; determining an amount of dirty data stored in the cache, where the dirty data is data in the cache that has not yet been written to a persistent storage location managed by a storage system; determining if the amount of dirty data exceeds a threshold value; determining a cache flush rate based on the amount of dirty data stored at the cache, when the amount of dirty data exceeds the threshold value; and writing data from the cache at the determined cache flush rate to the persistent storage location.
US09483399B2
A binary memory image in system is modified. The system may or may not already have virtual memory management enabled. Virtual memory management is enabled and/or modified by inserting a sub-OS virtual memory management layer in the binary memory image. Part of the binary memory image may be compressed to make room for the sub-OS virtual memory management layer.
US09483398B2
A method begins by a processing module receiving data for storage and determining whether to partition the data in accordance with a data partitioning dispersed storage scheme. When the data is to be partitioned, the method continues with the processing module partitioning the data into a local data portion and a remaining data portion in accordance with the data partitioning dispersed storage scheme, dispersed storage encoding the local data portion to produce a plurality of local encoded data elements in accordance with dispersed storage encoding parameters, sending the plurality of local encoded data elements to an associated dispersed storage network (DSN) memory for storage therein, and sending the remaining data portion to another DS module.
US09483396B2
A control apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that in a case where data is to be written into a physical area, which is the unit in which an erasing operation is performed, subjected to processing in a first non-volatile memory in response to a write request and in a case where the end of the data does not match a boundary between physical regions, which are the smallest units in which a writing operation is performed, in the first non-volatile memory, first data having a size smaller than the smallest units is stored in a predetermined temporary storage area, and thereafter in a case where second data specified by the same logical address as the first data is requested to be written, the first data and the second data are combined and written into the physical area subjected to processing.
US09483375B2
One or more operators in a flow graph of a streaming application may include one or more triggers that indicate when action needs to be taken for the operator. A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application and receives a notification when a trigger in an operator fires. In response to a trigger firing, the streams manager determines an appropriate action corresponding to the trigger. When the trigger indicates an adjustment of cloud resources are needed, the streams manager formulates a cloud resource request to a cloud manager. In response, the cloud manager adjusts the cloud resources for the operator to improve performance of the streaming application. A trigger may specify a trigger action for an operator, and may additionally specify a trigger action for one or more other affected operators. The firing of a trigger in one operator can therefore result in adjusting resources to multiple operators.
US09483374B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for implementing and using PSMI using at-speed scan capture. For example, in one embodiment, such a system includes an input signal capture device to capture input signals input to a silicon processor under test; a scan capture device to capture a scan snapshot representing a known state of a plurality of digital elements integrated within the silicon processor under test, each having state data for the silicon processor under test; a scan read-out device to communicate the captured scan snapshot to a storage point physically external from the silicon processor under test; and a model of the silicon processor under test to replay a subset of a test sequence for the silicon processor under test based at least in part on the captured input signals and the captured scan snapshot.
US09483373B2
A debug configuration tool for configuration of on-chip debug features comprises a database comprising predefined analysis points, each relating to a configurable chip entity, and comprising a configurable condition and a configurable action for the chip entity, a plurality of predefined analysis groups, each relating to a group of configurable chip entities, and comprising a configurable condition and a configurable action for the group of chip entities. The tool comprises a graphical user interface module arranged to display representations of at least some of the analysis points and the analysis groups on different levels of detail, and to receive input from a user to set the configurable conditions and/or actions for the displayed analysis points and the analysis groups. An application program interface module processes data received from the graphical user interface module to obtain debug settings and to communicate the debug settings to a debug target system configuration module.
US09483366B2
In one embodiment of the present description, a copy relationship is established between a storage location at a first site and a storage location at a second site in a data storage system, wherein a dynamically assignable bitmap preset to one of a plurality of different predetermined bit patterns is selected as a function of both the availability of the selected bitmap and the type of predetermined bit pattern identified for the selected bitmap. The selected bitmap may be assigned as an out-of-sync bitmap wherein updates to the storage location at one site, which are to be copied to the storage location at the other site, are indicated in the selected bitmap, and data writes being written to the storage location at the one site, are copied to the storage location at the other site, using the selected bitmap as an out-of-sync bitmap. Other aspects are described.
US09483354B1
Techniques for providing data management using a backup data bank system are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing data management using a backup data bank system comprising: storing, on the backup data bank system, a data directory associated with a user, receiving, from a computing resource system, a new entry for the data directory, wherein the new entry is associated with first data belonging to the user that is stored on the computing resource system, and applying, using the backup data bank system, a protection scheme to second data associated with the data directory.
US09483349B2
In one embodiment, a node of a cluster having a plurality of nodes, executes a storage input/output (I/O) stack having a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) layer. The RAID layer organizes solid state drives (SSDs) within one or more storage arrays as a plurality of RAID groups associated with one or more extent stores. The RAID groups are formed from slices of storage spaces of the SSDs instead of entire storage spaces of the SSDs. This provides for RAID groups to co-exist on a same set of the SSDs.
US09483345B2
A method for processing a plurality of received copies of the same original data, the method comprising performing maximum ratio combining on equivalent data portions of the received copies to derive at least one further equivalent data portion. The received and the constructed copies are then divided into sub-portions and combinations of divided sub-portions are assembled to provide reconstructed data portions. An error rate assessment is performed on the reconstructed data portions; and on this basis one is selected as an output.
US09483341B2
A system for applying security label on a kernel core crash file is disclosed. A method of the disclosure includes accessing, by a processing device, a crash recovery configuration file, parsing the crash recovery configuration file to determine a storage location of a core file, the core file comprising an image of a kernel of an operating system (OS), the image being captured when the OS fails, locating the core file at the determined storage location, and upon determining that a security label is not associated with the core file, sending a command to apply the security label to the core file.
US09483329B2
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems, including a method for generating and storing adapter characterization information. Adapter-related information associated with an adapter is received. Communication patterns associated with the adapter are determined. Quality-of-service patterns are applied to the communication patterns. An adapter flow is configured for the adapter. A visualization of the adapter flow for the adapter is provided. Characterization information determined for the adapter is stored.
US09483327B2
A method for interposing on operating system calls in a host is provided. The method includes patching an operating system kernel function, the patching comprising adding a first pointer that invokes an agent function, the patching performed by an agent. The method includes executing the agent function, responsive to a system call stub calling the operating system kernel function, which invokes the agent function via the first pointer, wherein at least one action of the method is performed by a processor of a host having an operating system.
US09483323B2
Providing unblocked read operations concurrent with write operations with respect to shared data resources in parallel processing systems. In an embodiment, for each data resource, a pair of fields and an index field is maintained. The index field indicates which of the two fields (e.g., first field) stores a current value for the data resource. However, when a new value is to be stored for the data resource, the value is first stored in the second field using a execution entity, while ensuring exclusive access for the execution entity to the second field. The index field is then updated to indicate that the second field stores the current value, such that the new value in the second field is thereafter available as the current value for read operations. All read operations by any corresponding concurrent execution entities, during the write operation, are continued unblocked.
US09483314B2
A system for fault tolerant batch processing in a virtual environment is configured to perform batch job execution, the system includes computing devices configured as a virtualized grid cluster by means of a virtualization platform, the cluster includes a centralized storage repository, a grid manager deployed on an instantiated virtual machine and a message bus whereby data and messages are exchanged between the grid manager and one or more grid nodes. The grid manager is configured to manage one or more incoming job requests, queue one or more of the received job requests in a job execution queue and monitor one or more virtual grid nodes.
US09483298B2
Systems, computer readable mediums, and techniques are described for converting virtual machine input/output (I/O) requests. One of the techniques includes obtaining access request data for one or more virtual machines (VMs) executing on a physical machine, wherein the access request data characterizes data access requests received from the one or more VMs; classifying, using the access request data, each of the one or more VMs as having either a sequential data access pattern or a random data access pattern;receiving a first I/O request packet from a first VM of the one or more VMs; determining that the first VM has been classified as having a random data access pattern; andsplitting the first I/O request packet into a plurality of second I/O request packets based at least in part on determining that the first VM has been classified as having a random data access pattern.
US09483295B2
A transparent dynamic code optimization capability natively executes code and identifies hot regions within the code or identifies code that is to otherwise be optimized; notifies an optimizer that such hot region or code has been identified enabling the optimizer to create optimized code; efficiently passes control to the newly optimized code; and transfers control back from such optimized code.
US09483291B1
A virtualization platform for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is provided. The virtualization platform may include a host processor coupled to an acceleration coprocessor. The acceleration coprocessor may be a reconfigurable integrated circuit to help provide improved flexibility and agility for the NFV. To help improve performance predictability, a hierarchical accelerator registry may be maintained on the coprocessor and/or on local servers. The accelerator registry may assign different classes and speed grades to various types of available resources to help the virtualized network better predict certain task latencies. The accelerator registry may be periodically updated based on changes detected in the local storage and hardware or based on changes detected in remote networks.
US09483281B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for updating components in a converged infrastructure system are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes identifying components in a converged infrastructure system that require remediation in order to comply with a defined converged infrastructure configuration and determining remediation content to enable each of the identified components to be compliant with the defined converged infrastructure configuration. The method further includes retrieving the remediation content for the identified components from a repository and utilizing the remediation content to update the identified components on the converged infrastructure system in accordance with the defined converged infrastructure configuration.
US09483274B1
A computer program product for splitting live register ranges includes a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions include instructions for identifying one or more H pathways comprising one or more H nodes having high register pressure using a backwards data flow in the graph, identifying an L pathway consisting of two or more L nodes using a depth first search, and inserting register splitting instructions for each symbolic register that is live in both the one or more H pathways and the L pathway. The register splitting instructions are inserted at a starting node of the one or more H pathways. Register merging instructions are inserted at an ending node of the one or more H pathways.
US09483272B2
A processor is configured to execute instructions of a first thread and a second thread. A first return stack corresponds to the first thread, and a second return stack to the second thread. Control circuitry pushes a return address to the first return stack in response to a branch to subroutine instruction in the first thread. If the first return stack is full and borrowing is not enabled by the borrow enable indicator, the control circuitry removes an oldest return address from the first return stack and not store the removed oldest return address in the second return stack. If the first return stack is full and borrowing is enabled by the borrow enable indicator and the second thread is not enabled, the control circuitry removes the oldest return address from the first return stack and push the removed oldest return address onto the second return stack.
US09483270B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a graphics subsystem configured to implement distributed tiled caching. The graphics subsystem includes one or more world-space pipelines, one or more screen-space pipelines, one or more tiling units, and a crossbar unit. Each world-space pipeline is implemented in a different processing entity and is coupled to a different tiling unit. Each screen-space pipeline is implemented in a different processing entity and is coupled to the crossbar unit. The tiling units are configured to receive primitives from the world-space pipelines, generate cache tile batches based on the primitives, and transmit the primitives to the screen-space pipelines. One advantage of the disclosed approach is that primitives are processed in application-programming-interface order in a highly parallel tiling architecture. Another advantage is that primitives are processed in cache tile order, which reduces memory bandwidth consumption and improves cache memory utilization.
US09483258B1
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the deployment and execution of a software offering. During operation, the system obtains a set of requirements associated with a service definition of the software offering. Next, the system uses the requirements to automatically provision a set of infrastructure slices for use by the software offering without requiring manual configuration of the resources by a user, wherein each of the infrastructure slices includes a set of resources configured to support a workload associated with the software offering.
US09483257B2
A software application platform that abstracts a computing platform, a database layer, and a rendering medium is disclosed. A platform-independent application programming interface is disclosed, as well as an abstract database layer. The abstraction of the database layer comprises two sub-layers, including a layer having a uniform interface that treats data records as plain objects and a layer having constructs that facilitate the automated generation of user interfaces for data record navigation and management. Further, a software application platform that is independent of rendering medium is disclosed.
US09483234B2
To determine a contradiction between requirements and specifications in a specification document for system/software development without labor for preparation in advance, provided is a requirements contradiction detection system, including: a relevancy detection part for detecting, for two requirements expressed in texts, a relevancy between the two requirements based on a similarity between one requirement acquired by converting one of the texts based on a predetermined contradiction rule and another requirement that is not converted; and a contradiction detection part for detecting whether or not the two requirements contradict each other based on a detection result of the relevancy detection part, the similarity calculated by the relevancy detection part, and a similarity between the two original requirements before conversion.
US09483232B2
A data processing apparatus and method are provided for multiplying first and second normalized floating point operands in order to generate a result, each normalized floating point operand comprising a significand and an exponent. Exponent determination circuitry is used to compute a result exponent for a normalized version of the result, and rounding value generation circuitry then generates a rounding value by shifting a rounding constant in a first direction by a shift amount that is dependent on the result exponent. Partial product generation circuitry multiplies the significands of the first and second normalized floating point operands to generate the first and second partial products, and the first and second partial products are then added together, along with the rounding value, in order to generate a normalized result significand. Thereafter, the normalized result significand is shifted in a second direction opposite to the first direction, by the shift amount, in order to generate a rounded result significand. This provides a particularly efficient mechanism for multiplying floating point numbers, while correctly rounding the result in situations where the result is subnormal.
US09483229B2
An audio apparatus for a portable device is provided. The portable device includes computing hardware coupled to associated data memory, which stores one or more audio or computer program products that include a plurality of audio libraries. The audio apparatus is operable to execute the audio products upon the computing hardware, whereby the audio products are operable to call the audio libraries to generate digital audio data. The digital audio data so generated is provided to sound-generating hardware, which is then operable to generate acoustic audio signals corresponding to the digital audio data. The audio apparatus is operable to host one or more replacement audio products, which are storable in the data memory. The audio apparatus is operable to invoke the replacement audio products as an alternative to the audio products for generating the digital audio data. The replacement audio products are operable to provide a functionality of capturing the digital audio data while substantially generating the acoustic audio signals.
US09483222B2
A POS system comprises a printer and a network-connected data processor. The printer stores identification information and prints a receipt based on print data including transaction information. A transmission unit of the printer transmits over the network the print data and identification information to the data processor. The data processor stores relation information linking layout information for the printed receipt to the received identification information, and acquires the layout information related to the identification information based on the stored relation information, and based on the acquired layout information, analyze the print data.
US09483218B2
Systems and methods for printing a document over a network are described herein. In one implementation, a method for network printing comprises receiving a request from a node to connect to a parent node and determining whether a number of child nodes of the parent node has reached a predefined threshold number. The method further comprises transmitting a connection acknowledgement message to the node on determining the number of child nodes not to have reached the predefined threshold number.
US09483213B1
A virtual tape system utilizes multiple virtual tape libraries. Some virtual elements of the virtual tape libraries are connected elements, such as virtual import/export slots, that logically connect two or more virtual tape libraries. Virtual media changers of the virtual tape libraries can be commanded, as if physical media changers, to virtually move virtual media, such as virtual tapes, within and among the virtual tape libraries. By moving a virtual medium to a connected element, the virtual medium can be virtually moved from one virtual tape library to another.
US09483202B2
A request is received to clone a source data object. A source block range of the source data object in a source logical storage unit is determined. An empty data object in the destination logical storage unit is created. A destination block range of the empty data object in the destination logical storage unit is determined. The source block range is mapped to the destination block range. The source data object is cloned based on the mapping.
US09483198B1
A processing request is received. The processing request includes information about a first location where a set of data is stored and information about a second location where the set of data is to be transferred. The size of the set of data is determined. The size of the available portion of the second location is determined. If the size of the set of data is smaller than the size of the available portion of the second location is determined. Responsive to determining the size of the set of data is larger than the size of the available portion of the second location, the size of the available portion is requested to be increased. The size of the available portion of the second location is increased to a size larger than the determined size of the set of data.
US09483197B1
Aspects of the innovations herein are consistent with a storage system for storing variable sized objects. The storage system may be a transaction-based system that uses variable sized objects to store data. The storage system may be implemented using arrays disks that are arranged in ranks. Each rank may include multiple stripes. Each stripe may be read and written as a convenient unit for maximum performance. A rank manager may be provided to dynamically configure the ranks to adjust for failed and added disks by selectively shortening and lengthening the stripes. The storage system may include a stripe space table that contains entries describing the amount of space used in each stripe. An object map may provide entries for each object in the storage system describing the location (e.g., rank, stripe and offset values), the length and version of the object.
US09483194B2
A file processing method and a storage device for storing a file in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) are disclosed. In this method, the storage device divides received F files into multiple data blocks, and obtains a first matrix with T rows according to the multiple data blocks. Data blocks belonging to one file are located in one row of the first matrix. The storage device then writes a stripe, which consists of data blocks in each column in the first matrix and a check block that is obtained by computing according to the data blocks in the column, into the RAID. By using the file processing method, the storage device can write one file into one disk of the RAID while ensuring security of file storage, thereby achieving a better energy saving effect when the file is read.
US09483188B2
A mechanism is provided to optimize performance of a storage system. A plurality of I/O requests is received. A subset of the plurality of I/O requests is selected. The size of each I/O request of the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is less than a predetermined size, but the combined size of the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is greater than the predetermined size. Furthermore, the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is associated with a single logical unit number. A data transfer command which includes the subset of the plurality of I/O requests is generated. The data transfer command is transmitted.
US09483186B1
A method performed by a data storage system includes (a) receiving a set of data storage commands directed to the data storage system, (b) identifying that a subset of the set of received data storage commands satisfies a pre-defined pattern, and (c) in response to identifying, applying a policy associated with the pre-defined pattern to fulfillment of the data storage commands of the subset. The pre-defined pattern (e.g., detecting SCSI Extended Copy commands directed at logical block addresses that are close to each other as part of a single stream) and its associated policy (e.g., serializing the SCSI Extended Copy commands of the stream, and preferably executing them in order by address) may be pre-programmed into the data storage system at configuration time, or the pre-defined patterns and associated policies may be input by a user at any time.
US09483179B2
Embodiments relate to memory-area property storage including a data fetch width indicator. An aspect includes allocating a memory page in a main memory to an application that is executed by a processor of a computer. Another aspect includes determining the data fetch width indicator for the allocated memory page. Another aspect includes setting the data fetch width indicator in the at least one memory-area property storage in the allocated memory page. Another aspect includes, based on a cache miss in the cache memory corresponding to an address that is located in the allocated memory page: determining the data fetch width indicator in the memory-area property storage associated with the location of the address; and fetching an amount of data from the memory page based on the data fetch width indicator.
US09483175B2
A multifunction device displays a view of a top level of a hierarchical user interface. The hierarchical user interface has a plurality of levels including the top level and one or more lower levels. In response to detecting a first input, the device displays a view of at least one of the lower levels and at least a predefined portion of the view of the top level. While displaying a view of a respective lower level and concurrently displaying at least the predefined portion of the view of the top level, the device detects a second input. When the second input corresponds to a request to enter a content modification mode for the respective lower level, the device enters the content modification mode for the respective lower level and ceases to display the predefined portion of the view of the top level.
US09483168B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, instructions may be configured to cause a computing system to at least receive, on a tactile input device of the computing system, a first contact and a second contact, the first and second contacts being maintained on the tactile input device, at least one of the first and second contacts changing location on the tactile input device, determine a direction of movement by the first and second contacts based on the at least one of the first and second contacts changing locations on the tactile input device, assign the determined direction of movement to one of a plurality of directional zones, and modify the determined direction based on the assigned directional zone.
US09483166B2
A system and method for playback of media content, for example music, video, or other media content. A media device having a media playback application and including a touch-sensitive user interface can be adapted to display a visual array of media options, for example as a grid or list of card elements. Each media option can be associated with one or more media content items that can be streamed to and/or played on the device. The system can determine a selected card element, or media options that are proximate to a selected point or region of the visual array, and play or crossfade media content as appropriate. In accordance with various embodiments, additional features can be provided that improve user interaction, for example the use of audible notifications, media caching, or touch menus.
US09483163B2
An information display apparatus includes a display, a receiver, a memory, and a display controller. The display displays plural items in a list format in accordance with an order in a display field. The memory stores therein selection record information representing past record of selection of each of the plural items. The receiver receives an operation for updating items displayed in the display field based on the selection record information. The display controller specifies, when the operation is received by the receiver, at least one of the plural items by referring to the selection record information, and controls the display to display a part of the plural items including the specified item in the list format in accordance with the order in such a manner that the specified item is displayed at a reference position in the display field.
US09483152B2
A method and device for dual-differential sensing is disclosed. The sensing information can be generated from signals provided by a sensing device with a plurality of sensors. Each value of the sensing information corresponds to signals of three sensors, respectively. The sensing device is flexible and configured on a display. The noise effect of the display on the signal of each sensor corresponds to the distance between the display and the sensor. Besides, the noise effect of the display on each value of the sensing information corresponds to the distances between the display and the three sensors, respectively.
US09483147B2
Disclosed is a monolayer touch screen, which comprises: a transparent cover glass; a transparent emboss adhesive layer coated on a surface of the transparent cover glass, wherein the transparent emboss adhesive layer has multiple grooves that are located at non-visible region; a metallic mesh layer embedded in the transparent emboss adhesive layer, and the metallic mesh layer are located at a visible region; a hairline finishing layer deposited on the surface of the multiple grooves; and an ink layer coated on the hairline finishing layer. Hairline finishing layer of such monolayer touch screen deposits directly on the surface of multiple grooves of transparent emboss adhesive layer, compared to the traditional touch screen, such monolayer touch screen is thinner and has a hairline finishing effect. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the monolayer touch screen.
US09483137B2
A touch mouse including a pressure sensing region, a touch sensing region, and a control unit is disclosed. The pressure sensing region is disposed at a first side and a second side of the touch mouse, and the touch sensing region covers at least the pressure sensing region at the first side. The first side is opposite to the second side. When the user clicks the pressure sensing region, it generates a pressure sensing signal. When the user clicks the touch sensing region, it generates a touch sensing signal. When the pressure sensing signal and the touch sensing signal are generated, the control unit outputs a first clicking signal representing that the first side is clicked. When the pressure sensing signal is generated but the touch sensing signal is not, the control unit outputs a second clicking signal representing that the second side is clicked.
US09483136B2
A touch panel is presented, which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The first substrate includes a first side having a first circuit. The second substrate includes a first side arranged on the first side of the first substrate and a second side having a second circuit. The third substrate is arranged on the second side of the second substrate. Therefore, by using the structure of the touch panel, the substrates of the touch panel can be integrated, so as to achieve the objective of decreasing the overall thickness of an electronic device.
US09483128B2
A display control device includes a display part, an indication part to indicate a position on the display part and output a value of residual electric energy thereof, a coordinate detection part to detect coordinates of the position on the display part, a rendering data production part to produce rendering data based on the coordinates of the position on the display part, a determination part to determine whether or not the value of residual electric energy is less than a threshold value, a rendering data processing part to process the rendering data to produce data for notification of electric energy reduction in a case where the determination part determines that the value of residual electric energy is less than the threshold value, and a display control part to display the rendering data and the data for notification of electric energy reduction on the display part.
US09483126B2
In one example an electronic device comprises a controller, a chassis comprising a first section and a second section, and a hinge assembly to connect the first section of the chassis to the second section of the chassis comprising a shaft rotatable about a first axis, a brake selectively engageable with a portion of the shaft, and an electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator coupled to the brake, wherein the EAP actuator selectively engages the brake with a portion of the shaft in response to a signal from the controller. Other examples may be described.
US09483124B2
The operation device includes a display part; a partition frame member arranged on the display part, and configured to divide the display part into a plurality of display surfaces; an operation button member having transparent operation buttons arranged on the respective display surfaces, and configured to join the operation buttons by integral molding to be able to deform the operation buttons in a pressing direction at respective one sides, functioning as fulcrums, of the display surfaces; switch parts arranged under the operation button member, and pressed by pressing of the operation buttons; and an output part configured to output information indicating whether or not the switch parts are pressed.
US09483119B2
The present invention relates to a stereo interactive method adapted for an interactive scene of a stereo display device and a stereo interactive operating stick. The method includes: obtaining motion trajectory information of the operating stick; calculating invasion degree information of an invasion that the operating stick applies to a virtual object displayed by the display device according to motion trajectory information and preset property information of the virtual object; calculating interaction feedback information according to motion trajectory information, invasion degree information and the preset property information; and controlling the operating stick and the virtual object to make responses matched with the preset property of the virtual object according to the interaction feedback information. The present further provides stereo interactive display device, operating stick and system. When using the operating stick to interact with the virtual object, real operation tactile can be experienced by the user of operation.
US09483118B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that determines the tactile attributes (e.g., an amount of pressure applied by a user, a length of time pressure is applied by a user, a velocity of the user input, etc.) associated with a received user input and determines which media guidance function, of a plurality of media guidance functions, is associated with the tactile attributes.
US09483091B2
A rack in which a single or plurality of blade servers are installed includes: a fixing portion that detachably fixes the blade server; and a pipe with which cooling fluid supplied from outside the rack is passed through inside the rack and then introduced outside the rack, the pipe being thermally connected, in a state where the blade server is fixed by the fixing portion, to a heat transfer block thermally connected to at least one heat source included in the blade server.
US09483089B2
An information handling system includes a server rack chassis, an adaptor assembly, and second and third servers. The server rack chassis includes a bay adapted to receive a first server that has a height that is substantially equal to a height of the bay. The adaptor assembly is inserted within the bay and includes first, second, third, and fourth slots to receive servers. The adaptor assembly is substantially the same size and dimension as the first server. The second server is inserted within the first slot of the adaptor assembly, and includes a first communication fabric. The height of the second server is substantially equal to a quarter of the height of the bay. The third server is inserted within the second slot of the adaptor assembly, and includes a second communication fabric. The height of the third server is substantially equal to a quarter of the height of the bay.
US09483087B2
A multi-orientation mobile communication device having a first button positioned at the first side of a device at a first relative positioning with respect to a second button on the first side and a third button positioned at a second side of the body at the first relative positioning with respect to a fourth button positioned on the second side. The device also includes instructions causing a processor to perform operations comprising determining that an orientation of the device has changed and reassigning, responsively, button characteristics based on relative positioning of the first through fourth buttons following the re-orientation.
US09483077B2
Charge signal simulates a stock charger to connected portable device(s) to trigger a charging cycle. Monitoring charging port(s) for overcurrent and/or electrical short charging conditions allows charge current to be modified when necessary. While attached portable device(s) continue to charge, docking station automatically switches from charger mode to data transfer mode so that other attached devices can use and/or be used by portable device(s). Once data lines, except power line, are switched portable device(s) simultaneously charges and transfers data at same time. To identify proper charge signal, vendor identification (VID) or product identification (PID) may be read from attached portable device(s) and referenced against charging standards. Updatable firmware allows new device configurations and corresponding charge signals to be added.
US09483073B2
A light-transmitting panel is disposed in front of a display panel, and an elastic frame surrounding a display screen is disposed between the display panel and the light-transmitting panel. The elastic frame includes a high-density frame region with an increased compression and a low-density frame region with a compression lower than that of the high-density frame region. Most of the portions of the light-transmitting panel are supported by a low-density frame region.
US09483046B2
A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises obtaining data describing external surfaces of a three dimensional object to be made using a three dimensional printer; determining, for a given voxel size, a voxel structure having a size and a shape to be subsumed within the external surfaces of the object; outputting user instructions for manually assembling the voxel structure and positioning the voxel structure into the three dimensional printer; and printing material onto the assembled voxel structure to form an object that subsumes the voxel structure. The use of a voxel structure can reduce print time and the amount of print resources required to form an object.
US09483035B2
A method for integrating at least one field device into a network of automation technology, wherein a plurality of field devices are arranged distributed in an automated plant, wherein accessing of the field devices occurs via a field access unit, which communicates with at least one automation/integration platform and at least one web server of a service provider, wherein the service provider provides for each field device a virtual image of the field device in a database, wherein the service provider transmits to the operator of the automated plant via cloud-computing web services, or Internet based services, automatically or on query, the virtual image of the field device with concrete field device- and application-specific properties at run time (the virtual image is preferably transmitted directly into the field device, and wherein the field device performs its function in the automated plant, as soon as it is integrated into the network.
US09483034B2
A method for calibrating a temperature sensor comprises: receiving first and second reference voltages from respective first and second tap points within a string of sequentially connected resistive devices of the temperature sensor. Each resistive device has a resistance that varies as a function of temperature. The receiving is performed at two or more known temperatures. A respective code is output corresponding to each respective one of the two or more known temperatures, based on the first and second reference voltages. At least one of the tap points is adjusted, based on the two or more known temperatures and the respective output codes.
US09483030B2
A receipt time determination unit of a control unit in a control circuit modifies a receipt time in a case where a gain determined by an AGC circuit in a receiver circuit unit is not less than a reference value, where it is discerned that there is an error in a time code by an error discernment unit of a TCO decoder unit in the control circuit unit, and where it is discerned that data of the time code is impacted by interference waves by an interference wave discernment unit of the TCO decoder unit.
US09483020B2
An apparatus for creating a holodot comprising of a low resolution 2 dimensional spatial light modulator (SLM) and two crossed striped high resolution spatial light modulators. The first SLM creates a 2D image and the second two focus the light into an observer's pupil.
US09483016B2
A photosensitive drum for use with an image forming apparatus includes a cylinder, having a photosensitive layer at its surface, to which process units are contacted, a supporting shaft extending through the cylinder, and a flange provided at a longitudinal end portion of the cylinder. The flange includes a supporting portion supporting an inner peripheral portion of the cylinder within a contact area at which the process units contact the cylinder, and a first supported portion supported by the supporting shaft, with the first supported portion disposed further from the longitudinal end portion of the cylinder than the supporting portion. In addition, a second supported portion is supported by the supporting shaft and is disposed closer to the longitudinal end portion of the cylinder than the supporting portion. A clearance portion is provided between the first supported portion and the second supported portion with respect to a longitudinal direction of the cylinder.
US09483015B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor which is rotatable with respect to a body frame, an exposing member which is movable relative to the body frame, a spacing member which is provided between the exposing member and the photoreceptor to maintain a distance between the photoreceptor and the exposing member, a positioning member which makes a contact with the exposing member to position the exposing member in a direction of rotation of the photoreceptor, and a pressing member which is provided to the body frame to press the exposing member toward the photoreceptor and the positioning member. Accordingly, it is possible to position the exposing member accurately with respect to the photoreceptor, in any of the light-axis direction and the rotational direction of the photoreceptor.
US09483010B2
A gear apparatus includes a gear including a shaft hole, a reinforcing member that has a higher stiffness in comparison to the gear, and a rotation shaft that is inserted into the shaft hole through the reinforcing member. The gear and the reinforcing member are connected such that they rotate together, by a first connecting portion provided outside of the shaft hole. In this example, the reinforcing member and the rotation shaft are connected to rotate together, by a second connecting portion.
US09483009B1
An image forming apparatus (100) forms an image on a recording medium. The image forming apparatus (100) includes a substrate (161), a photosensitive drum (120), a heating element (163) that heats the photosensitive drum (120), a light emitting element (162) that performs static elimination on the photosensitive drum (120), and a metal member (167) that transfers heat from the heating element (163) to the photosensitive drum (120). The light emitting element (162) and the heating element (163) are mounted on one of main surfaces of the substrate (161). The metal member (167) is in contact with another of the main surface of the substrate (161).
US09483004B2
A replenishment unit replenishes a storage unit with toner. A detection unit detects a toner density of developer in the storage unit. A stoppage unit stops, based on the toner density, an image forming operation. A first calculation unit controls the detection unit to detect the toner density in a duration from when the operation stops to when the image forming unit resumes the operation, and calculates a difference between the toner density and a target. A second calculation unit accumulates the difference to obtain a cumulative value. A determination unit determines a value for determining whether or not replenishment of the toner is required, based on the difference calculated and the cumulative value calculated. A controller controls a timing at which the replenishment unit replenishes the storage unit with the toner in the duration based on the value.
US09482999B2
A heating device includes a rotating member that rotates, and plural unit circuits that are aligned in a width direction of the rotating member. The plural unit circuits each includes a heating body that heats the rotating member, a resistive element that is connected in series to the heating body and has a positive temperature coefficient, and a parallel circuit that is connected in parallel to the resistive element. The unit circuits are each configured such that, if a resistance value of the resistive element is increased with a rise of temperature of the resistive element, a current flows through the parallel circuit.
US09482997B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a recording material accommodating portion configured to accommodate a recording material; an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on the recording material fed from the recording material accommodating portion; a fixing portion configured to heat-fix the toner image formed on the recording material by the image forming portion; a storing portion configured to store information corresponding to the type of the recording material accommodated in the recording material accommodating portion; a detecting portion configured to detect that an operator exists in a predetermined zone in a neighborhood of the image forming apparatus; and an executing portion configured to execute a start-up process of the fixing portion, when the detecting portion detects the existence of the operator before the image forming apparatus receives an image formation instruction, over a time depending on the information stored in the storing portion.
US09482995B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a developer carrying member configured to carry developer to be supplied to the image carrying member, a transfer member configured to transfer a developer image formed on the image carrying member to a sheet passing between the image carrying member and the transfer member, a detector configured to detect a temperature, and a control device. The control device is configured to change, in response to a sheet interval, a developing bias to be applied to the developer carrying member from a first developing bias to a second developing bias at a changing rate based on a temperature detected by the detector, the changing rate being an amount of change in the developing bias per unit time based on the temperature.
US09482994B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer to bear a toner image on a surface thereof, a transfer device to contact the image bearer to form a transfer nip, and a power source to output a voltage to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto a recording medium interposed at the transfer nip. The voltage including a first voltage in a transfer direction in which the toner image is transferred from the image bearer to the recording medium and a second voltage having a polarity opposite that of the first voltage. The first voltage and the second voltage alternate upon transfer of the toner image from the image bearer to the recording medium. The power source is configured to output the voltage that is superimposed a plurality of the alternating current voltage having a basic waveform, and a waveform of the voltage is biased in the transferring direction.
US09482987B2
Provided is a powder container having a new structure capable of stable discharge and transport of a powder contained in a container by enabling the powder to be reliably discharged to the outside of the package while preventing the powder from spilling and flying out of the container. The powder container has a container body (138) for transporting powder contained therein from a first end side (138a) to a second end side (138b) thereof by self-rotating; a nozzle receiver (139) having a nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) (139a) arranged inside the second end side of the container body and configured to allow a transport nozzle (162) having a powder receiving inlet (170) to be inserted therein, and a supply port 139b arranged in at least a part of the nozzle receiver (139) and configured to supply the powder in the container body (138) to the powder receiving inlet (170): and a shutter (140) supported by the nozzle receiver 139 and configured to open and close the nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) 139a by sliding in response to insertion of the transport nozzle 162 into the nozzle receiver (139).
US09482979B2
A liquid toner dispersion provided with marking particles comprising a pigment and a polyester based resin. The dispersion includes a nonpolar organic solvent and a hyperdispersant including a graft copolymer provided with an anchor group including an amine-functionalized polymer onto which at least one stabilizing group is grafted. The stabilizing group includes a hydroxylated fatty acid oligomer. The amine-functionalized polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol.
US09482977B2
Disclosed is a two-component developer containing toner particles and carrier particles. The number-average particle diameter of the toner particles MDt ranges from 3.5 to 5.0 μm. The MDt of the toner particles and the volume-average particle diameter of the carrier particles MDc are at a specific ratio, and spherical fine toner particles in the toner particles and fine carrier particles in the carrier particles exist at specific percentages.
US09482974B2
A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material including a composition having a copolymer (including acrylonitrile units, butadiene units, and aromatic units), a charge control agent, and a heat absorber. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner.
US09482967B2
An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that has a measurement system or a prediction system for measuring and/or predicting, respectively, an effect associated with a temperature fluctuation of the immersion liquid, and a control system for controlling the or another effect associated with the temperature of the immersion liquid, on the basis of the measurement and/or prediction obtained by the measurement system and/or prediction system, respectively. An associated control system and device manufacturing method is also disclosed.
US09482965B2
Implementations described and claimed herein include photolithography technology to alleviate the imbalance of transmission intensity induced. In one implementation, a method comprises exposing an alternating phase shift mask (Alt-PSM) and a trim mask, wherein an exposure placement of the trim mask is shifted relative to an exposure placement of the Alt-PSM.
US09482962B2
Liquid is supplied to a space between the projection system and the substrate by an inlet. In an embodiment, an overflow region removes liquid above a given level. The overflow region may be arranged above the inlet and thus the liquid may be constantly refreshed and the pressure in the liquid may remain substantially constant.
US09482960B2
A pellicle that includes graphene is constructed and arranged for an EUV reticle. A multilayer mirror includes graphene as an outermost layer.
US09482959B2
An illumination optical system for EUV microlithography is used to direct an illumination light beam from a radiation source to an object field. At least one EUV mirror has a reflective face with a nonplanar mirror topography for forming the illumination light beam. The EUV mirror has at least one EUV attenuator arranged in front of it. The attenuator face which faces the reflective face of the EUV mirror has an attenuator topography which is designed to complement the mirror topography such that at least sections of the attenuator face are arranged at a constant interval from the reflective face. The result is an illumination optical system in which it is possible to correct unwanted variations in illumination parameters, for example an illumination intensity distribution or an illumination angle distribution, over the object field with as few unwanted radiation losses as possible.
US09482953B2
A lithography apparatus and a method of using the same, the apparatus including a stage for accommodating a substrate that has a photoresist film thereon; a main unit on the stage, the main unit being configured to irradiate a projection beam to the photoresist film; and an electric field unit adjacent to the stage, the electric field unit being configured to apply an electric field to the photoresist film, wherein the electric field unit is configured to be turned on at a same time as or before irradiation of the projection beam, and is configured to be turned off at a same time as or after termination of the projection beam.
US09482941B2
A mask and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The mask comprises a body and a film layer comprising an oleophobic material and covering the surface of the body, thereby the possibility of the organic coagulation adhering to the surface of the mask is effectively reduced, and the contamination of the mask by the organic solvent and other volatile organic in the photoresist during exposure is also reduced.
US09482934B2
A projector includes: an optical unit body having a light modulating apparatus configured to modulate an optical flux emitted from a light source according to image information; a projection lens configured to project the optical flux modulated by the light modulating apparatus; and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an inclination of the projection lens with respect to the optical unit body. The adjusting mechanism includes; a supporting portion configured to support the projection lens; a base portion configured to constitute part of the optical unit body; a clamping portion configured to clamp the base portion in cooperation with the supporting portion; a fixing member configured to fix the supporting portion to the clamping portion; and adjusting members configured to be capable of adjusting a distance between the base portion and the supporting portion.
US09482925B2
A Mach-Zehnder optical modulator is provide and has a travelling wave electrode extending over two optical waveguide branches and modulating the relative phase of the optical beam components propagating in those branches. The travelling wave electrode has transmission line conductors and pairs of waveguide electrodes, the waveguide electrodes of each pair being coupled to one of the optical waveguide branches, respectively. The travelling wave electrode further includes active devices having a high impedance input electrically connected to one of the transmission line conductors and a low impedance output electrically connected to one of the waveguide electrodes. Each active device transfers the electrical modulation signal from the associated transmission line conductor onto the associated waveguide electrode according to a voltage transfer function.
US09482920B2
Provided are resistive switching cells and methods of using such cells for controlling operation of liquid crystal display (LCD) cells in LCD devices. A resistive switching cell has two electrodes formed from transparent conductive oxides, such as indium oxide, indium tin oxide, or zinc oxide. One electrode may be connected to a LCD cell thereby forming an in series connection between the resistive switching cell and LCD cell. The other electrode may be used to power the LCD cell through the resistive switching cell. The resistive switching cell also includes a resistive switching layer disposed between the two electrodes. When the resistive switching layer is in its low resistive state, the LCD cell is subjected to an operating potential and produces light. However, when the resistive switching layer is in its high resistive state, the LCD cell is not subjected to the operating potential and does not produce light.
US09482906B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can suppress generation of defects even when attachment misalignment of substrates is generated, and that is advantageous in providing high definition. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, the first substrate including an interlayer insulating film in which multiple openings are formed on the same straight line, the interlayer insulating film including multiple curved portions each provided with a curved upper surface, the curved portions each positioned between two adjacent openings, the second substrate provided with a spacer facing at least one of the curved portions, the spacer being longer in a first direction than in a second direction wherein the first direction is a direction parallel to the straight line, and the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction.
US09482905B2
A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. Column spacers may be formed on the color filter layer to maintain a desired gap between the color filter and thin-film transistor layers. Support pads may be used to support the column spacers. The column spacers and support pads may have comparable thicknesses. Different column spacers may be located at different portions of the support pads to allow the support pad size to be reduced while ensuring adequate support.
US09482902B2
A liquid crystal display device is fabricated by forming a first alignment layer on a first base substrate. A second alignment layer is formed on a second base substrate. A liquid crystal is disposed on one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The first base substrate and the second base substrate are combined. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer is formed by forming an alignment solution on a corresponding base substrate. An alignment layer is formed by curing the alignment solution. The alignment layer is aligned by radiating a light onto the base substrate, first cleaning the base substrate, and baking the alignment layer.
US09482900B2
Disclosed is a display device with slimness and narrowness, wherein the display device may include a liquid crystal panel; a light source for providing light to the liquid crystal panel; a light guide formed of a glass material, wherein the light source is combined with one side of the light guide; a reflector formed on at least one of one and the other surfaces of the light guide, wherein the reflector includes an organic material and a metal compound; and an adhesive member formed on the one surface of the light guide confronting the liquid crystal panel, and configured to attach the liquid crystal panel and the light guide to each other.
US09482899B2
Provided is a backlight unit including a printed circuit board, a light-emitting diode package, a diffusion plate, and a reflection sheet. The light-emitting diode package including a light-emitting part configured to generate a first light. The diffusion plate includes a first diffusion pattern provided on a first region corresponding to the light-emitting diode package and a second diffusion pattern provided on a second region to have a transmittance higher than that of the first diffusion pattern. The reflection sheet includes an absorption pigment configured to absorb a fraction of the first light with a specific wavelength and converting the first light to a second light, and the reflection sheet is configured to reflect the second light toward the first diffusion pattern. The backlight unit can have improved color coordinate uniformity.
US09482895B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes array substrate, counter substrate and liquid crystal layer. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of switching elements, a gate driver, and a source driver. The counter substrate includes a color filter. In each frame period, gradation signals of given polarity are applied to a plurality of pixel electrodes facing the transparent filter, while gradation signals of the reverse polarity are applied to a plurality of pixel electrodes facing the green filter.
US09482887B2
Methods and systems for controlling the phase of electromagnetic waves are disclosed. A device can consist of a guided resonance grating layer, a spacer, and a reflector. A plurality of devices, arranged in a grid pattern, can control the phase of reflected electromagnetic phase, through refractive index control. Carrier injection, temperature control, and optical beams can be applied to control the refractive index.
US09482885B2
A display device, including a display panel displaying an image; a cover receiving the display panel therein; and a protective layer between the display panel and the cover and including a chromic material.
US09482883B1
Apparatuses, systems and methods for wearable devices such as eyewear are described. According to one embodiment, the wearable device can include a frame, a temple, electronics, and a linkage assembly. The frame can have two opposing connection portions and the temple can be adapted to selectively interface with one of the two connection portions. The electronics can be mounted to at least one of the temple and the frame. The linkage assembly can be pivotally coupled at a first end portion to the temple and pivotally coupled at a second end portion to the one of the two connection portions. The linkage assembly can be configured for movement of the temple between a wearable position and a folded position.
US09482881B1
The disclosure is related to a polymerizable composition for coloring contact lens, comprising a composite colorant and at least one hydrophilic monomer. The composite colorant is produced by a reaction of a colorant precursor and a (methyl)methacryloxy group-containing silane coupling agent. The colorant precursor is produced by a reaction of a metal oxide and a siloxane compound under alkaline solution.
US09482877B2
The present invention provides a light source for a projector system, and method of operating the light source as well as a projector system that provides:i. a substantially uniform brightness across the surface of an image modulator, andii. at each point of the surface of the image modulator a more uniform filling of the available angular space.Embodiments of the present invention use a laser light source for use with an image modulator, the light source emitting light with multiple wavelengths for at least one primary color and a light integrator system that for each of the wavelengths is adapted to provide:i. a substantially uniform brightness across the surface of the image modulator, andii. at each point of the surface of the image modulator a more uniform filling of the available angular space.
US09482875B2
A DLP optical structure and corresponding method of controlling it are described including an optical integrator system having an optical integrator, a relay lens system, a TIR prism assembly, a digital imager, and a projection lens, said optical structure being adapted to accept a polarized light beam, said DLP optical structure comprising: at least one retarder positioned after said optical integrator for controlling the polarization state throughout said DLP optical structure, and achieving the desired polarization state after said projection lens; wherein said desired polarization state is substantially linear or circular. A DLP optical structure is also described including an optical integrator, a relay lens system, a TIR prism assembly, a digital imager and a projection lens, wherein the integrator is a fly-eye integrator for maintaining an input polarization of a light beam, and wherein said input polarization is linear or circular. DLP optical structures for use with a digital imager and a projection lens are also described, substantially as above but not including the features of the digital imager and projection lens.
US09482867B2
A method and apparatus for compensating for hysteresis in a system, the method comprising: determining a required input to the system from an output of the system using the Preisach model with the input of the Preisach model corresponding to the output of the system, and with the output of the Preisach model corresponding to the input of the system. The system may be an adaptive optics system. The input x may be an input voltage of an actuator that deforms a mirror, and the output y may be a value of a displacement of a mirror.
US09482860B2
Provided is an optical unit including: a wheel portion including a wheel in which a light emitter that is excited by light of a predetermined wavelength range and emits visible light having a longer wavelength range than the light of the predetermined wavelength range is provided and a motor that drives the wheel, the wheel portion being configured to emit synthetic light including the light of the predetermined wavelength range and the visible light from the light emitter; a lens portion including at least one lens that collects the synthetic light emitted from the wheel portion and a light emitting surface that emits the collected synthetic light; and a holder portion configured to support the wheel portion and the lens portion as one unit.
US09482839B2
An optical communication cable includes a jacket, optical transmission elements, and armor. The jacket is mostly formed from a first material and includes an elongate member formed from a second material embedded in the first material. The jacket defines a channel in which the optical transmission elements are located. The armor includes a wrapped sheet having a lateral edge and is positioned around the optical transmission elements within the channel. The elongate member has an inner surface aligned with and located exterior to the lateral edge of the armor; and, when viewed in cross-section, the elongate member fully overlays and extends tangentially beyond the lateral edge. Accordingly, the elongate member provides an obstacle in the jacket that limits zippering through the jacket originating from the lateral edge. Further, the elongate member may double as a tear feature for quickly accessing contents of the cable interior to the jacket.
US09482837B2
A fiber optic cable includes at least one optical fiber, at least one strength member, armor components, and a cable jacket. The cable jacket has a cavity with a generally rectangular cross-section with the armor components disposed on opposite sides of the cavity.
US09482830B2
A device-to-device optical connector assembly is configured to provide an optical signal as an expanded beam to an expanded beam plug cable. The connector assembly includes an active receptacle having a lead-in portion that receives a light beam from an opto-electronic device, a lead-out portion and a turn portion that turns the light beam and delivers a collimated light beam to the lead-out portion. A waveguide rod is optically coupled to the lead-out portion of the active receptacle that receives the collimated light beam and carries the collimated light beam from the active receptacle to the expanded beam plug cable. In one embodiment, the waveguide rod has a step index core waveguide profile with its fundamental mode generally matching the coupling optics of a complementary cable assembly or the like within a predetermined value.
US09482818B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to an optical device for transferring light between a first and second waveguide. The optical device may generally include the first waveguide, a first support member and a base on which the first waveguide and first support member are disposed. The optical device may further include a second support member wherein the first support member is disposed between the second support member and the base. The second support member comprises at least one groove. The second waveguide may be disposed at least partially in the groove such that the second waveguide is between the first and second support members. The optical device may further include at least one lens disposed between the first waveguide and the second waveguide to transfer an optical signal between the first and second waveguides through the lens.
US09482815B2
A photonic device is manufactured by: (i) providing (e.g. by inkjet printing) an aliquot of a liquid crystal (LC) material; and (ii) depositing the aliquot onto the surface of a flowable material layer to form a liquid crystal deposit, the flowable material and the LC material being substantially immiscible. The liquid crystal deposit adopts a deformed shape relative to the shape of the aliquot due to interaction with the flowable material layer. This promotes alignment of the LC material. Incorporation of a laser dye allows the photonic device to function as a laser, which can be operated above or below threshold depending on the circumstances. The photonic device can also be used as a passive device based on the photonic bandgap of the aligned LC material.
US09482812B2
A backlight module includes a backplane and a middle frame. The backplane includes a bottom surface and a side wall. Multiple engagement slots are disposed at the side wall, and each has an engagement part. The middle frame includes a horizontal support portion having a first end connected with multiple hooks. Each of the hooks corresponds to one engagement slot. Each hook includes two connection arms. One end of the two connection arms connects with the first end of the horizontal support portion. The other end of the two connection arms is disposed with a connection member. The two connection arms are connected through an elastic member. The hooks are mounted in the engagement slots. The connection members and the engagement parts are engaged with each other such that the middle frame is secured in the backplane. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display device.
US09482804B2
A relay has a case, a relay body disposed in the case, a light source disposed in the case that emits light in accordance with an operation of the relay body, a light guide path which that receives, via a first end surface, the light emitted from the light source, and causes the light to exit outward from a second end surface, and a diffusion structure disposed in an optical path of the light which exits from the second end surface of the light guide path.
US09482803B2
A holographic sight is provided having a housing that includes a plurality of holograph sight components. A laser diode mounted in the housing is configured to emit a laser light beam. The light beam is transmitted to an integrated diffraction grating and filter unit which includes a grating and a filter in a single device. The diffraction grating has a grating surface for diffracting the light beam and also diffracting unwanted ambient light transmitted into the housing. The filter is an optical filter contacting at least a portion of the grating. The optical filter is adapted to absorb at least one wavelength of the ambient light to inhibit the ambient light from diffracting into a visible spectrum that might otherwise be viewable to a user looking into the holographic sight.
US09482801B2
A production method for producing a thin circularly polarizing plate at a high productivity is provided.
US09482798B2
A plasmonic nano-color coating layer includes a composite layer including a plurality of metal particle layers and a plurality of matrix layers and having a periodic multilayer structure in which the metal particle layers and the matrix layers are alternately arranged, a dielectric buffer layer located below the composite layer, and a mirror layer located below the dielectric buffer layer, wherein the color of the plasmonic nano-color coating layer is determined based on a nominal thickness of the metal particle layer and a separation between the metal particle layers.
US09482797B2
A pixel array is provided. The pixel array comprises a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged 4*4 Bayer matrix units, in which the matrix unit comprises a plurality of pixels, any of a green filter, a red filter and a blue filter is disposed in one pixel, and one or more of the green filters are replaced by white color filters in the matrix units. A camera using the same and a color processing method based on the pixel array are also provided.
US09482795B2
An apparatus for inhibiting heating of an enclosure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a covering configured to shade at least a portion of a surface of the enclosure and includes a plurality of retroreflective elements. The plurality of retroreflective elements are configured to retroreflect electromagnetic beams primarily at wavelength in a range between about 380 nm and about 780 nm or sub-range thereof. The plurality of retroreflective elements receive the electromagnetic beams along beam entry paths and reflect the electromagnetic beams along beam exit paths. The beam entry paths and the beam exit paths have substantially the same elevation angle and may also have substantially the same azimuthal angle. Further, the plurality of retroreflective elements may include retroreflective elements configured to diffusively and/or specularly scatter audible sound wavelengths, RF wavelengths, and/or thermal infrared energy.
US09482791B2
An optical product that includes a transparent lens sheet, which has a first side with a plurality of side-by-side sets of linearly arranged lenses. Each of the sets of lenses is at a slant angle in the range of 10 to 46 degrees from a vertical or a horizontal axis of the lens sheet. The product includes an image layer that includes pixels from a number of digital images. The pixels are arranged in a pattern of pixel locations providing non-orthogonal interlacing of the digital images relative to each of the sets of the linearly arranged lenses. The pattern of pixel locations aligns a number of the pixels from each of the digital images to be parallel to a line extending through a center of the linearly arranged lenses in each set. Each of the linearly arranged lenses may have a round base, a hexagonal base, or a square base.
US09482787B2
The polymerizable composition of the present invention contains a ketone compound including one or more carbonyl groups, at least one kind of isocyanate compounds and at least one kind of thiol compounds.
US09482778B2
NMR properties of earth formations are determined using a logging device movable in a borehole. The logging device includes a magnet assembly to generate a static magnetic field and an antenna expandable from the surface of the magnet assembly into the borehole toward the borehole wall to increase the magnetic dipole moment of the antenna. The logging device can be lowered or raised through a drill pipe with the magnet assembly being configured to generate no magnetic field while the device is conveyed within the drill pipe. The logging device may also include a side-looking sensor to acquire fast relaxation component of the NMR signals.
US09482777B2
Systems, devices, and methods for evaluating an earth formation. Apparatus may include a carrier configured for conveyance in a borehole including a conducting tubular comprising a reduced conductivity portion made of reduced conductivity material adjacent at least one of (i) at least one transmitter antenna, and (ii) at least one receiver antenna on the carrier. The material may be a composite and may have a resistivity of between 10−4 and 102 ohm-meters. Methods and apparatus may be configured for producing time-dependent transient electromagnetic (TEM) signals using the transmitter(s) and receiver(s) and estimating a value of a resistivity property using the signals. The apparatus may be used in drilling and may include a bottom hole assembly with a drill bit, and the value may be indicative of a portion of the earth formation ahead of the bit. The value may be used to conduct further operations in a borehole, including geosteering.
US09482772B2
A system and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic imaging algorithm utilizing Reverse Time Migration technique requiring large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. Since in RTM, both the forward and reverse wave propagation is iteratively calculated on time step increments, the method implements methods that includes partitioning memory between computation and intermediate results to optimize an RTM computation. The methods make maximum use of the memory to either eliminate storing the snapshot wavefield data to disk, or hide all or a significant portion of the disk I/O time. Furthermore, the schemes can provide the flexibility to vary a number of iterations (step size) for each snapshot to be kept in the memory. If any of the given conditions changes during the process, maximum usage of the available memory is ensured.
US09482764B1
A radiation detector system is provided including a semiconductor detector, plural pixelated anodes, and at least one processor. At least one of the pixelated anodes is configured to generate a collected charge signal corresponding to charge collected by the pixelated anode and to generate a non-collected charge signal corresponding to charge collected by an adjacent anode. The at least one processor includes a tangible and non-transitory memory having stored thereon instructions configured to direct the at least one processor to determine a collected value for the collected charge signal, to determine a non-collected value for the non-collected charge signal, determine a calibrated value for the non-collected charge signal, determine a total charge produced by a charge sharing event using the collected value and the calibrated value, and count the charge sharing event as a single event if the total charge exceeds a predetermined value.
US09482755B2
A target is provided having a retroreflector. A body is provided having a spherical exterior portion, the body containing a cavity. The cavity is sized to hold the retroreflector, the cavity open to the exterior of the body and having at least one surface opposite the opening, the retroreflector at least partially disposed in the cavity, wherein the retroreflector and at least one surface define a space therebetween. A transmitter is configured to emit an electromagnetic signal. A first actuator is configured to initiate emission of the electromagnetic signal, wherein the transmitter and the first actuator are affixed to the body.
US09482754B2
A detection unit comprising a manipulator, a imaging unit, a light beam irradiation unit and a computing unit, the imaging unit and the light beam irradiation unit are provided on a manipulator. The detection apparatus includes a horizontal imaging plane, which includes an optical axis of the imaging unit, and a vertical imaging plane, which includes the optical axis of the imaging unit and 1) a projection of a light beam from the light beam irradiation unit on the horizontal imaging plane and 2) a projection of a light beam from the light beam irradiation unit on the vertical imaging plane respectively form an intersecting angle with the optical axis of the imaging unit.
US09482753B2
The invention discloses a split row-column addressing method for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging, and the method comprises: for an N×N planar array, obtain the pulse-echo response distribution from fully connected two-dimensional planar array, parameters thereof comprising beam widths A′ and B′ at −6 dB and −20 dB respectively, average side lobe C′, highest side lobe D′ and main side-lobe energy ratio E′; set counter K=2, split two-dimensional planar array into K regions in channel direction, determine array elements amount and connect array elements in each region; calculate the time delay according to distance between the coordinates of each region and the focus point within a scanning range of the two-dimensional planar array, and analyze the two-dimensional planar array by ultrasonic sound field simulation algorithm according to the time delay of each region. The invention can solve the prior art of low resolution, and the problem that transmitted and received beam cannot be deflected.
US09482752B1
An apparatus and method for the pre and post processing of radar signals to allow for improved measuring of circular depolarization ratio data in a weather radar. The system uses a phase shifter, which is periodically calibrated to ensure proper polarity, to alter the transmission phase of one channel of a radar transmission output. Reflectivity signals are then processed in accordance with rules dependent upon the transmission phase shift to reliably extract circular depolarization ratio (“CDR”) data from the reflectivity signals. CDR data is used to enhance hydrometer recognition in a weather radar system.
US09482748B2
The ultrasound imaging system comprises an ultrasound probe (3) and computer (20) for controlling the ultrasound probe and for visualizing an image. The system comprises a processing device located between the probe and the computer that comprises a processing unit (15) to operate an imaging method and switch unit (13) for routing the input and output data.
US09482740B2
A data processor estimates the location of the receiver or estimated range from multicarrier signal. The data processor determines phase compensation data for each ranging subcarrier in the multipath signal. The phase compensation data comprises an adjustment to the estimated range based on a difference between an observed phase of the observed signal vector and a direct path phase of a direct path vector, where the direct path phase is estimated based on one or more prior measurements of a certain observed signal vector when an average amplitude of all (or a majority of) ranging subcarriers converge to substantially the same value.
US09482737B2
Systems and methods are described relating to detecting an indication of a person within a specified proximity to at least one mobile device; and presenting an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on the indication of the person within the specified proximity. Additionally, systems and methods are described relating to means for detecting an indication of a person within a specified proximity to at least one mobile device; and means for presenting an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on the indication of the person within the specified proximity.
US09482730B2
A magnetic resonance apparatus is proposed. The magnetic resonance apparatus has a magnet unit and a housing unit. The housing unit has a housing shell unit. The housing shell unit surrounds the magnet unit. The housing shell unit at least partly has a flexible material. Effective noise protection for operation of the magnetic resonance apparatus is provided.
US09482728B2
Featured are a device with localized sensitivity to magnetic resonance signals, an imaging system using such a device and MRI methods for performing internal MRI or MRI Endoscopy. Such an MRI method includes introducing an MRI antenna or probe into the specimen to be imaged, the antenna being configured in accordance with the devices described herein, so that the spatial coordinate frame of imaging is inherently locked or defined with respect to the introduced antenna thereby providing imaging of the specimen from the point of view of the antenna. Further such imaging is conducted so that the MRI signal is confined substantially to a volume with respect to a particular region of the antenna or probe.
US09482718B2
Integrated circuits and methods for testing integrated circuits are disclosed herein. An embodiment of an integrated circuit includes a microprocessor and memory that is accessible by the microprocessor. The integrated circuit also includes reconfigurable logic, wherein a first test program for testing at least one of the microprocessor and memory is loadable onto the reconfigurable logic. At least one other program is loadable into the reconfigurable logic after the first test program runs.
US09482717B2
Testing of die on wafer is achieved by; (1) providing a tester with the capability of externally communicating JTAG test signals using simultaneously bidirectional transceiver circuitry, (2) providing die on wafer with the capability of externally communicating JTAG test signals using simultaneously bidirectional transceiver circuitry, and (3) providing a connectivity mechanism between the bidirectional transceiver circuitry's of the tester and a selected group or all of the die on wafer for communication of the JTAG signals.
US09482716B2
The invention relates to a base element (ST1, ST2, ST3) for receiving an overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3) for use in a bus system, having a first bus connection arrangement (BK1) for contacting a first bus potential (L1), a second bus connection arrangement (BK2) for contacting a second bus potential (L2), a third bus connection arrangement (BK3) for contacting a signal bus (L3), wherein the signal bus in a first state indicates the occurrence of a fault and in a second state indicates the non-occurrence of a fault, wherein a fault indicates a missing or incorrectly received or faulty overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3), wherein the first and second bus potential are to be used to supply arrangements on the overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3), wherein the base element further comprises an electronic monitoring arrangement (UE1), wherein the electronic monitoring arrangement (UE1) identifies whether an overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3) is received, wherein, if an overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3) is received in the base element (ST1, ST2, ST3), the second state is signalled via the signal bus, and, if no overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3) is received in the base element (ST1, ST2, ST3) or if the overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3) is received incorrectly or if the overvoltage protective module (M1, M2, M3) is faulty, the state of the signal bus remains unchanged, wherein the base elements (ST1, ST2, ST3) can be clipped onto a mounting rail (TS1, TS2), and the first bus potential (L1), the second bus potential (L2) and the signal bus (L3) are guided in a recess in the mounting rail (TS1, TS2).
US09482713B2
A method and system of diagnosing a breakdown during pre-charging are provided. The method includes detecting, by a controller, an output voltage of a battery and pre-charging a capacitor of an inverter using energy from the battery. In addition, the controller is configured to measure a voltage applied to the capacitor of the inverter and detect an output current of the battery. A breakdown may then be detected by the controller by collating the detected output voltage, the voltage applied to the capacitor, and the detected output current.
US09482711B2
A method of and apparatus for fault detection utilizing a diagnostic procedure by a diagnostic device to detect a short circuit between at least two of a plurality of load electrical connections, the diagnostic procedure comprising applying a test electrical signal to each of the load electrical connections in turn and while applying the test electrical signal to a first one of the load electrical connections, detecting whether an electrical output is present, in response, on any other of the load electrical connections, wherein the detecting by the diagnostic device includes applying the test electrical signal to the first one of the load electrical connections in an operational mode of the apparatus when an electrically controlled switch connected to the first one of the load electrical connections is in an off state.
US09482699B2
The voltage at the test tap of a high voltage bushing is applied to a bushing coupler which includes circuitry to sense and process voltages generated at the test tap and convert the voltages into corresponding data signals. Data signals corresponding to the test tap voltages are then transmitted wirelessly to a bushing monitoring system. The wireless transmission may be, for example, via an optical coupling (e.g., fiber optics) arrangement or an electromagnetic radiation (e.g., RF transmission) arrangement. Thus, the signals from the bushing coupler are wirelessly transmitted to a monitoring system which is not conductively connected to the bushing coupler and the test tap. The bushing coupler includes a power supply which is chargeable from the test tap or wirelessly from the bushing monitoring system which is adapted to receive values of the high voltage applied to the bushing and to calculate changes in the values of selected bushing parameters.
US09482695B2
A high bandwidth solder-less lead may be connected to an electrical device having land patterns so that signals on the device may be more easily measured through the lead. The lead includes an attachment mechanism to mount the lead on the device, a microspring housing and at least one microspring. The microspring connects one of the particular land patterns on the device to the lead where it may be easier to couple to a measurement device than to the electrical device itself. The lead may be coupled to a flexible electrical conduit to make attaching to the testing device even easier. In other versions, a uniform connector may be temporarily attached to the solder-less lead to test the device. Then the connector may be disconnected from the first lead and connected to another lead to test another area of the device.
US09482692B2
A magnetic field measuring device including: a vibrational probe unit having a probe that includes one or more material(s) whose intensity of magnetization is proportionate to an external magnetic field, a mechanical vibration source for the probe; a vibration detector detecting a vibration frequency and amplitude of the probe; an alternating-current magnetic field generator applying to the probe an alternating-current magnetic field; a direct-current external magnetic field generator applying a direct-current external magnetic field to the probe; a frequency modulation detector detecting frequency modulation occurring to the mechanical vibration of the probe; a direct-current external magnetic field controller adjusting the intensity of the direct-current external magnetic field applied to the probe; and a direct-current magnetic field determination unit determining a value of the direct-current magnetic field originating from a specimen.
US09482689B2
The accelerometer of the present application includes: a main body; a channel positioned in the main body and forming a predetermined movement space; a conductive droplet positioned in the movement space and moving in the movement space according to inertia; a conduction section correspondingly positioned to the movement space and coming in contact with the conductive droplet; and a resistance measurement section connected to the conduction section and measuring the electric resistance of the conduction section.
US09482687B2
A device for measuring angle and angular velocity or distance and speed of a moving part is described. The device has a sensor which is or can be arranged in a stationary manner and an encoder which is or can be arranged on the moving part and, together with the sensor, generates a modulation signal to be demodulated by the sensor. For the frequency measurement which is needed to measure the angular velocity/speed, the encoder has a structure which reproduces a periodic pattern and is interrupted by at least one index area for the angle/distance measurement. In the index area, the encoder has a substitute pattern which differs from the periodic pattern by at least one physical variable which can be detected by the sensor but has a structure which also enables the frequency measurement in the index area.
US09482678B1
Provided are methods for determining level of bioactive testosterone in a biological sample. In one aspect, aromatase enzyme is utilized to convert free, bio-available testosterone into estradiol and the amount of estradiol is measured before and after the addition of enzyme. The difference in measurements provides the amount of bioactive testosterone in the sample. In another aspect, a competitor of testosterone binding to SHBG is utilized to displace testosterone bound to SHBG. Measurements of total testosterone in the sample before addition of competitor and afterwards are taken, such that the delta reflects the amount of testosterone that was bound on SHBG.
US09482661B2
Disclosed herein are isotopically labeled antifungal antibiotics and related compounds. Also disclosed are methods for synthesizing these isotopically labeled molecules and using the same to study the distribution of these compounds in the biosphere as well as the products formed by the breakdown of these isotopically labeled compounds.
US09482659B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for the automated imaging and evaluation of human embryos, oocytes, or pluripotent cells are described. An apparatus and method for automated dish detection and well occupancy determination are described. In addition, a multi-well culture dish and an illumination assembly for bimodal imaging are described. These inventions find use at least in identifying or in facilitating identification of embryos and oocytes in vitro that are most useful in treating infertility in humans.
US09482654B1
An inventory management method is also provided. This method includes removing and replacing the gas product from a first salt cavern as supply and demand dictate, analyzing the impurities in the gas product that is removed, predicting the duration until a maximum acceptable impurity limit is present, removing all the working gas from the first salt cavern when the maximum acceptable impurity limit is reached, then replacing the working gas in the first salt cavern, while concurrently, removing and replacing the gas product from a second salt cavern as supply and demand dictate, analyzing the impurities in the gas product that is removed, predicting the duration until a maximum acceptable impurity limit is present, removing all the working gas from the second salt cavern when the maximum acceptable impurity limit is reached, then replacing the working gas in the second salt cavern, while concurrently repeating steps a)-g).
US09482651B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a miniaturized separation column for chromatographic purposes including a porous stationary phase anchored in the column, including the following steps: (a) preparing a flat substrate of silicon, glass, glass ceramic or ceramic; (b) etching at least one channel structure into the flat substrate; (c) introducing a non-porous precursor material for the porous stationary phase into at least one portion of the channel structure (s); (d) forming a porous, three-dimensional network from the precursor material; and (e) fluid-tight covering of the channel structure(s) on the top side of the flat substrate.
US09482645B2
Ultrasonic detection methods are disclosed. The method includes providing an ultrasonic detection system having a transmitting phased array device and a receiving phased array device. A phased array wave is transmitted through a revolutionary body from the transmitting phased array device to the receiving phased array device, thereby obtaining ultrasonic detection information about the revolutionary body. In another embodiment, the method includes positioning the transmitting phased array device and the receiving phased array device on a periphery of a turbine rotor, transmitting a phased array wave into the turbine rotor, the phased array wave not reflecting off of a reflecting feature, adjusting the positioning of the transmitting phased array devices on the periphery of the turbine rotor, and transmitting the phased array wave into the turbine rotor, the phased array wave reflecting off of a reflecting feature. The reflected phased array wave is received by the receiving phased array device.
US09482638B2
A device including a composition formed by oxidation of graphene oxide to form holey graphene oxide having defects therein and reduction of the holey graphene oxide. A composition includes graphene oxide sheets including holes therein formed by oxidation to form a network of interconnected graphene oxide nanoribbons.
US09482634B2
There is provided an electrolyte solution including a solvent formed from a sulfone, and a magnesium salt dissolved in the solvent.
US09482631B2
Formation core sample holder assembly and testing method for nuclear magnetic resonance measurements
A core sample holder assembly for performing a laboratory magnetic resonance measurement of a core sample taken from a hydrocarbon containing formation is provided. The assembly comprises a pressure chamber provided by a hull and one or more flanges are sealingly coupled with the hull. A flexible core sample holder sleeve is arranged within the pressure chamber and is sealingly coupled with at least one of the flanges. An overburden fluid injection port is in fluid communication with an annular space between the hull and the flexible sleeve and is configured to inject overburden fluid into an annular space between the hull and the flexible sleeve. A pressure regulator is configured to maintain the overburden fluid in the annular space at an elevated pressure. A radio-frequency antenna, within the pressure chamber and wrapped around the sample holder sleeve, is configured to receive an electromagnetic-signal from the core sample. In use, the core sample is arranged substantially within the sleeve.
US09482622B2
In illustrative implementations of this invention, light sources illuminate a surface with multi-spectral, multi-directional illumination that varies in direction, wavelength, coherence and collimation. One or more cameras capture images of the surface while the surface is illuminated under different lighting conditions. One or more computers take, as input, data indicative of or derived from the images, and determine a classification of the surface. Based on the computed classification, the computers output signals to control an I/O device, such that content displayed by the I/O device depends, at least in part, on the computed classification. In illustrative implementations, this invention accurately classifies a wide range of surfaces, including transparent surfaces, specular surfaces, and surfaces with few features.
US09482618B2
The present invention is to provide a nanoparticle, which can be used effectively for Raman analysis based on very high amplification effect of electromagnetic signal by plasomonic coupling of nanogap formation inside thereof and high reproducibility, and which includes core and surrounding shell with nanogap formation between the same and the method of synthesis thereof. The present invention is also to provide the method for detecting the analyte using the above nanoparticle and the analyte detection kit including the above nanoparticle.
US09482617B2
A method comprising: providing a device for detecting a biological signature behind a glass surface using non-visible light is provided. A method of emitting one or more pulses of energy at a specific wavelength over a field of illumination towards a target area, filtering out one or more returning wavelengths from the target area, and determining, based on the filtering, if a combination of a fluorescence wavelength and a source wavelength is present, is also provided. An associated system is further provided.
US09482609B2
A silicon oil sensor is provided and includes a transparent member and a laser source emitting a laser beam. The transparent member includes a light receiving passageway with an oil receiving section and a side surface. The laser beam is directed into the light receiving passageway such that an incident angle θ of the laser beam (L) with respect to the side surface is selected so that a total reflection of the laser beam (L) occurs on the side surface when the oil receiving section is filled with air and exits out of the transparent member along a total reflection path (L1). A refraction of the laser beam (L) occurs along a refraction path (L2) when the oil receiving section collects silicon oil.
US09482608B1
The present invention concerns an optical molecular sensing device and related method. The optical molecular sensing device has an optical resonator adapted to be connected to an excitation source. The excitation source may be a laser operating at a 2.7-2.8 um spectral range. The optical molecular sensing device has an emission spectrum comprised of a plurality wavelengths. Also included are a detection unit and a RF frequency counter to detect at least one RF beat note resulting from detecting the emission spectrum of the optical resonator. A change in frequency of the RF beat note indicates the presence of a target molecule.
US09482602B2
The present invention relates to an immunoaffinity device for capturing one or more analytes present at high or low concentrations in simple or complex matrices. The device is designed as an integrated modular unit and connected to capillary electrophoresis or liquid chromatography for the isolation, enrichment, separation and identification of polymeric macromolecules, primarily protein biomarkers. The integrated modular unit includes an analyte-concentrator-microreaction device connected to a modified cartridge-cassette.
US09482600B2
A sample collection unit for microbiological air analysis includes a housing and a sample treatment path. The housing has a sample inlet opening, an optical window, and an air outlet opening. The sample treatment path has a conjugation pad, and a test strip with a test area and an absorber section. The sample collection unit also has a device configured to receive a container for a solvent, and a device configured to release the solvent. The sample collection unit is preferably configured as a disposable component in the form of a cartridge. Integration of the container for the solvent in the sample collection unit permits simplification and automation of the corresponding sampling method.
US09482596B2
A system for optically monitoring a gas turbine engine includes a viewport into the gas turbine engine, and an optical connection having a first axial end and a second axial end. The first axial end is optically coupled to the viewport and configured to receive an image from the viewport, the optical connection includes a substrate having multiple hollow passages each extending from the first axial end to the second axial end, and each hollow passage includes a reflective coating disposed on an inner surface of the hollow passage to facilitate transmission of a respective portion of the image from the first axial end to the second axial end. In addition, the system includes a detector array in optical communication with the second axial end of the optical connection. The detector array includes multiple detection elements configured to receive multiple respective portions of the image from the hollow passages.
US09482585B2
A system and method for monitoring system including a three dimensional embedded sensor coupled to an article, wherein the three dimensional embedded sensor is a direct write embedded sensor using a high temperature light emitting material. A camera system detects illumination signals from the embedded sensors. A processing section processes the illumination signals and determines gas/surface temperatures and strain data for the article.
US09482584B2
A method of predicting a temperature includes operatively coupling a temperature prediction circuit to a device including a semiconductor chip, determining a correlation between a current and voltage of the temperature prediction circuit, and predicting a temperature with respect to power applied to the device using the determined correlation.
US09482576B2
A spectroscopic measurement device includes: a dividing optical system for dividing a measurement beam emitted from each of a plurality of measurement points located within a measurement area of an object to be measured, into a first measurement beam and a second measurement beam; an imaging optical system; an optical path length difference providing means; a detector including a plurality of pixels; a processor for acquiring an interferogram of a measurement point of the object to be measured; a conjugate plane imaging optical system located between the object to be measured and the dividing optical system; and a periodicity providing means located on the conjugate plane.
US09482570B2
A device for recalibrating an exhaust gas mass flow sensor includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a control unit. The first sensor comprises a heating element and a first temperature measuring element. The second sensor comprises a second temperature measuring element. The control unit controls a temperature signal produced at the heating element and comprises a first and second characteristic map. The first characteristic map plots an exhaust gas mass flow as a function of a heat dissipation of the heating element. A correction factor can be determined from the second characteristic map based on the temperature signal produced at the heating element and measured by the first temperature measuring element and based on a temperature signal measured via the heating element at the second temperature measuring element. The correction facture corrects a measured heat dissipation of the unit heating element to a corrected exhaust gas mass flow.
US09482568B2
In one embodiment, a flow-estimation processor receives one or more flow-depth measurements with each flow-depth measurement having been taken at a respective time. The processor calculates a respective estimated flow rate for each of the times based on the corresponding flow-depth measurement and one or more flow-estimation parameters each set to a respective initial value. The processor outputs the estimated flow rates for presentation via a user interface, and receives via the user interface one or more updated values corresponding respectively to a flow-estimation parameter. The processor calculates an updated estimated flow rate for each of the one or more times, such that each respective updated estimated flow rate is calculated based on the received updated values. The processor then outputs the updated estimated flow rates for presentation via the user interface.
US09482567B2
A method of operating a Coriolis mass flowmeter in which common or even great forces for oscillation excitation can be guaranteed, and at the same time, with which the risk of flashover is reduced in explosion-proof surroundings is implemented using an actuator assembly (4) that has at least a first conductor (11) with windings (12) and at least a second conductor (13) with windings (14), the windings of the conductors being arranged parallel to one another and insulated from one another at least in the area of their windings (12, 14), in which the first conductor and the second conductor are supplied with current that is at least temporarily in the same direction in the operating state, and a common magnetic field is created in which partial magnetic fields of the conductors are structurally superimposed.
US09482565B2
A magnetic-inductive flowmeter has a plurality of functional units and a housing which is common to all of the functional units. Each functional unit has a measuring tube for an electrically conductive medium to flow through, a magnetic field-generating device having at least one field coil for generating a magnetic field which runs at least also perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the measuring tube, and two measuring electrodes. A virtual connecting line between the measuring electrodes runs at least substantially perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field which passes through the measuring tube. A common medium-inflow connection is created in the housing for the measuring tubes of all of the functional units, a common power supply is created for the magnetic field-generating device of all of the functional units, and a common evaluation unit is created for the measuring electrodes of all of the functional units.
US09482553B2
Methods and apparatus for calibrating a gyroscope without rotating the instrument. In one example, a calibration method includes operating the gyroscope in a self-oscillation loop to generate x-axis and y-axis drive signals, adding forcing signals to the x-axis and y-axis drive signals to produce pick-off x-axis and y-axis signals, measuring the pick-off x-axis and y-axis signals to produce measurement data, determining a relative phase between the pick-off x-axis and y-axis signals, based on the measurement data and the relative phase, estimating parameters of the gyroscope, based on the measurement data and the estimated parameters, calculating estimated position signals to calibrate the gyroscope.
US09482547B2
A video route-previewing system includes a route-previewing device for receiving input defining a starting point and a destination point and for identifying a route based on the starting point and the destination point. A preview-generating device receives the route from the route-previewing device and generates an image request for the route. A street-level imagery server receives the image request from the preview-generating device and communicates imagery of the route to the preview-generating device in response to the image request. The preview-generating device generates a time-compressed nonlinear route preview from the imagery of the route and communicates the preview to the route-previewing device. The route-previewing device displays the preview video of the route. The preview video may time-compress segments without navigational decision points and present in slow-motion segments around navigational decision points.
US09482543B2
A computer determines to which of a plurality of levels each of a plurality of road types for which a path search is performed corresponds, according to a distance between a departure point and a destination point. Next, the computer performs a first path search for the road type associated with a first level from the departure point to the destination point, and a second path search for the road type associated with the first level from the destination point to the departure point. Then, the computer performs a third path search for the road type associated with a second level according to a point obtained in the first path search and a point obtained in the second path search, and generates path information according to a result of the first path search, the second path search, and the third path search.
US09482539B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described for implementing map matching techniques relating to measured location data. Probabilistic models, including temporal Bayesian network models and Hidden Markov Models, may be used for combining multiple classes of evidence relating to potential locations of points traversed on routes over time. Multiple route segments and overall routes may be maintained under relative uncertainty as candidates. The candidate route segments and overall routes may then be reduced into a smaller number of candidates or a single most likely route as a trip progresses. As the trip progresses, route segments in proximity to each location point are identified and candidate matches are determined. A probability of an entity traversing a candidate match at a given time and a probability of an entity traversing between a first candidate match at a first time and a second candidate match at a second time are determined based on a plurality of factors. Different modalities may be used to measure and transmit the location data.
US09482538B1
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for optimally localizing vehicles in a parking environment. The method comprises receiving, by a vehicle localization server, 3D acceleration data of each of one or more vehicles when each of the one or more vehicles passes through one or more bumps in the parking environment. Upon receiving the 3D acceleration data, the vehicle localization server compares the 3D acceleration data with one or more predefined 3D acceleration data to identify the location status of each of the one or more bumps. The location status of the bumps corresponds to location status of the vehicle. The vehicle localization server localizes each of the one or more vehicles in the parking environment based on the location status of each of the one or more vehicles.
US09482519B2
The present invention relates generally to metrology, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method of measuring multiple parameters of a structure or feature of a semiconductor device using a combination of stepwise optical metrology and a linear system of equations to generate an output as function of position. In an embodiment, a light beam having a width greater than the features to be measured may be shined on a first area of the semiconductor device to calculate a first average. The light beam may then be shined on a second area that overlaps the first area by at least one individual feature to calculate a second average. The averages may be entered into a system of linear equations which may then be solved to calculate an overall average.
US09482518B2
Methods and systems that include receiving a plurality of reflectivity measurements on a semiconductor wafer. A reflectivity map is generated based on the received plurality of reflectivity measurements. The generated reflectivity map is used to determine a process parameter of an epitaxial growth process using the reflectivity map. In an embodiment, the process parameter is a power setting (heating) of a lamp of a CVD epitaxy tool.
US09482515B2
A stereoscopic measurement system captures stereo images and determines measurement information for user-designated points within stereo images. The system comprises an image capture device for capturing stereo images of an object. A processing system communicates with the capture device to receive stereo images. The processing system displays the stereo images and allows a user to select one or more points within the stereo image. The processing system processes the designated points within the stereo images to determine measurement information for the designated points.
US09482513B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include a combined catheter-based optical coherence tomography-two-photon luminescence (OCT-TPL) imaging system. Exemplary embodiments further include methods to detect, and further characterize the distribution of cellular components (e.g., macrophage, collagen/elastin fiber, lipid droplet) in thin-cap fibroatheromas with high spatial resolution in vivo.
US09482509B2
A micrometer provides a quick adjustment mode and a fine adjustment mode. A spline-like rotary coupling configuration constrains the micrometer thimble and a threaded element to move together with respect to rotation, but does not constrain the position of the threaded element relative to the thimble along the measurement axis. A gear in the micrometer frame includes gear teeth that mesh with the threaded element and roll thereon along the measurement direction. A locking arrangement, when unlocked, allows the meshed gear to be rotated by a user to drive the threaded element along the measuring axis in the quick adjustment mode. When locked, the locking arrangement prevents motion of the gear to provide the fine adjustment mode, wherein the user rotates the thimble to screw the threaded element through the meshed teeth of the gear, to adjust the spindle position.
US09482503B2
A paintball grenade that disperses a marking fluid upon impact. In one embodiment, the paintball grenade includes a flexible, resilient tube sealed at both ends. The tube includes a distended portion containing pressurized marking fluid and a side discharge port for discharging the marking fluid along a discharge axis that is approximately transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube. A blocking member is disposed in the tube that is movable between a closed position that prevents fluid communication between the distended portion of the tube and the discharge port and an open position that allows fluid communication between the marking fluid and the discharge port. When the paintball grenade is thrown and impacts an object, this results in hydrostatic shock through the marking fluid, which moves the blocking member from the closed position to the open position, thereby discharging the marking fluid through the discharge port onto surrounding objects.
US09482501B2
A toy arrow that has a shaft with a head end and a tail end is described herein. A head is associated with the head end of the shaft. Fins are associated with the tail end of the shaft. Extending hooks extend outward from the sides of the head.
US09482479B1
A charging handle for a firearm having a receiver has an elongated rod running from a front end to a rear end at which a crossbar portion is connected to the rod. The crossbar portion is laterally situated to each side of the elongated rod and features redirection channels on both the top and bottom surfaces and is sized, shaped, and adapted to be gripped by a shooter using the firearm. The charging handle has flexible tabs on either side of the elongated rod for securement of the charging handle within groove on the firearm receiver. Rearward force by a user on either the left, right, or both sides of the crossbar portion user disengages the tabs from the grooves and releases the charging handle thereby allowing the charging handle to freely move along the firearm receiver.
US09482467B2
A method for removal and condensation of vapors from within an enclosed space is disclosed. An enclosed space containing hydrocarbonaceous material is surrounded by an insulative permeable layer having a lowering temperature gradient between the inner surface and the outer surfaces. The insulative layer may also be covered by an impermeable layer. Heating the material in the enclosed space causes the formation of vapors at a positive pressure within the enclosed space. Vapors pass through the inner surface of the insulative permeable layer and contact the permeable materials and are condensed by the lowering temperature within the insulative layer. The condensate liquid passes downwardly through the insulative layer and is then collected. The positive pressure within the heated enclosed space and the condensation and lowering of pressure and temperature within the insulative layer serves to draw additional vapors from within the enclosed space into the insulative layer which facilitates condensation and subsequent collection.
US09482465B2
Embodiments provide a unidirectional multi-path kiln with two or more chambers and generally parallel flow paths extending through the kiln, on opposite sides, from charge entry portals at a first end of the kiln to charge exit portals at a second end of the kiln. Moist heated air flowing from the second heated chamber is received in the first chamber and circulated around the lumber charges with one or more fans. The lumber charges proceed in the same direction on the flow paths through the heated second chamber, which may be an existing kiln. Charge exit portals at the distal end of the kiln and/or intermediate charge portals between the second chamber and a third chamber may be provided with insulating members configured to reduce airflow from the second chamber through the charge exit portals.
US09482461B2
The heat exchanger is adapted for cooling a coolant (e.g., water), used to cool a device or an area (e.g., building interior), such as during periods of peak energy cost and usage, to save energy and energy costs. The heat exchanger includes a coolant storage tank with one or more refrigerant circulators in contact with the floor of the tank. The circulators use a refrigerant having a freezing temperature colder than the coolant, with coolant on the floor of the tank forming a layer of ice thereon. A rotary scraper extends up through the tank floor from each circulator, with the scrapers operating to remove the thin layer of ice from the floor as the ice forms. The resulting ice chips are relatively small and thin, thus having a relatively large surface area for their volume in order to maximize melting and rapid cooling of the coolant.
US09482459B2
A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator body having a cooling chamber; a case provided in the cooling chamber; a drawer having a handle, and accommodated in the case in a withdrawable manner; a sealing member provided at a contact region between the case and the drawer; a sealed state maintaining device having a locking portion provided at the case, and having a fixed arm disposed in the drawer, the fixed arm rotatable to a sealing position for sealing the drawer by compressing the sealing member by being coupled to the locking portion when the drawer is accommodated in the case, and a releasing position for releasing the sealed state by being separated from the locking portion; and a manipulation switch provided at the drawer, and configured to manipulate the fixed arm to move between the sealing position and the releasing position.
US09482456B2
An evaporator apparatus comprising at least one container configured to maintain liquid for freezing and a plurality of heat transfer compartments configured around the at least one container to allow for the flow of cold anti-freeze in order to freeze the liquid and warm anti-freeze in order to thaw frozen blocks of ice contained within the evaporator apparatus. A lever integrated into the body of the evaporator to allow for rotation of the evaporation in order to harvest the frozen blocks of ice. The evaporator further including, at least one inlet opening to allow for the inflow of anti-freeze into the plurality of heat transfer compartments and at least one outlet opening to allow for the discharge of anti-freeze from the evaporator apparatus.
US09482454B2
In various implementations, compressor operation in an air conditioner may be managed by maintaining oil viscosity, a temperature differential, compressor sump temperature, and/or suction pressure. Properties of the air conditioner or portions thereof, such as the compressor, may be determined. To manage compressor operations, operation(s) of the air conditioner may be adjusted based on one or more of the determined properties.
US09482452B2
A thermoelectric module includes an insulating substrate, plural electrodes formed on a component side of the insulating substrate, plural peltier elements each mounted on and electrically connected to the electrodes, and a mark for image recognition formed at least one of the electrodes, the mark for image recognition having lightness and/or saturation which is different from lightness and/or saturation of the electrode on an image. An entire of the electrode is usable as an electrical conduction path.
US09482442B1
A decision dashboard system to balance competing objectives in a control system suggests control parameter settings for the control system based on specified weights for the competing objectives. For example, given a target amount of energy consumption for a campus-wide, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control system, providing an optimal amount of climate control to the different campus locations may compete against the length of time climate control is provided to each of the locations. In some aspects, sets of control system settings may be used to predict outcomes based on a history of control parameter settings and measurements from the control system. In further aspects, the predicted outcomes and their associated control parameter settings may be mapped to different weights for the competing objectives and displayed in a graphical user interface.
US09482440B2
A humidifier for treating humidified air with germicidal light is provided. The humidifier includes a water reservoir, an atomizer to atomize a supply of water, and an ultraviolet light source to expose the atomized water to germicidal light. The ultraviolet light source extends vertically within a cylindrical channel to irradiate the atomized water dissipating upwardly from the atomizer. The water reservoir can include a carbon filter and a hardness-removing module for removing containments and metal oxides from the water supply. A control panel indicates the remaining useful life of the ultraviolet light source, the carbon filter and the hardness-removing module based on historical humidifier usage and water quality levels.
US09482438B2
A radiant heating panel, for typical use as cover for interior walls and ceilings, is provided, that is manufactured in a continuous process involving at least one sheet material, a settable material and a heating element. A method of installing such a heating panel is also provided, along with an apparatus and method required to terminate the heating panel.
US09482431B2
The invention pertains to ignition systems and more particularly to spark igniters for burners and burner pilots. A spark igniter is provide, which is configured so that the spark gap is on the outer side surface of the spark igniter.
US09482429B2
A field-ready oven has reinforced telescoped side walls that extend and hold a base, shelf, tray support and cover spaced apart. A low air intake and a semipermeable membrane deliver air and vapor fuel to catalyst pads on the shelf. Radiant heat from exothermic reaction is diffused over a bottom of a tray. Hot gas circulates around the diffuser and tray with a chimney effect before exhausting. A lid on the cover lifts for access to the tray. A fuel container in the oven forces fuel through a capillary restriction to limit fuel flow. A spring in the container is released to start fuel flow.
US09482427B2
A method for operating a once-through steam generator including an evaporator heating surface is provided. A target value for the supply water mass flow is fed to a device for setting the supply water mass flow, which is predefined using the ratio of the heat flow currently being transferred in the evaporator heating surface from the hot gas to the flow medium to a target enthalpy increase predefined with respect to the desired live steam condition of the flow medium in the evaporator heating surface. A forced-flow steam generator used for carrying out the method is also provided. The heat flow transferred from the hot gas to the flow medium is ascertained for this purpose allowing for a specific temperature value characteristic of the current temperature of the hot gas at the evaporator inlet and a specific mass flow value characteristic for the current mass flow of the hot gas.
US09482425B2
An LED lamp heat dissipating structure includes a first cover, a second cover, a heat dissipating device, and an LED light source. The first cover and the second cover cover each other to form a hollow space. The heat dissipating device is disposed inside the first cover and the second cover. The LED light source is disposed below the second cover and is in heat-conducting contact with the heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device further includes a plurality of cover heat pipes. Each of the cover heat pipes has a heated end and a cooled end. The heated end is connected at the heat conducting base. The cooled end extends along the first flange of the first cover and the second flange of the second cover, respectively, so as to be sandwiched between the first flange and the second flange.
US09482422B2
An outdoor lighting device with cooled LEDs comprises a housing carrying a radiator and a light-emitting diode that is thermally coupled to the radiator, and the radiator is arranged along a passage that is protected from solar radiation and in which a flow of air is established.
US09482418B2
An integrated LED module at least comprises: a light-transmitting plate having a heat-conducting substrate and a transparent package; an LED array sealed in the light-transmitting plate; a drive circuit electrically connected to the LED array, and used for converting an external power supply into a 12V-75V forward voltage that drives each LED in the LED array; and a heat sink clinging to the light-transmitting plate. The integrated LED module solves the problem in the prior art that an LED lamp presented after assembly has a large size and is heavy as a part of the line of a drive power supply in the LED lamp is complicated, and further reduces material costs, saves processing and assembling time, and lowers production costs due to an integrally formed structure.
US09482406B2
A light device and a method of making the same. The light device having a casing, or body, in the form of a multilayered stack that includes a supporting base layer, a scattering layer above the base layer, and an outermost protective layer above the scattering layer. The light device further includes a lighting unit contained within the casing, for emitting light outside the light device. The multilayered stack of the casing may further include a spacer arrangement, either as a separate layer between the base layer and the scattering layer, or as an integrated arrangement of one or both of the base layer and the scattering layer. The outermost protective layer may also be a prism layer having a one-way light transmitting character, and a one-way light reflecting character. The bottom layer may include a fastening element for releasably fastening the light device to a separate mounting unit.
US09482392B2
A light fixture for supporting a lamp at two ends, the light fixture including a lamp holder which receives and supports a lamp socket arranged at a first end of a lamp, wherein the lamp holder includes lamp holder contacts which electrically connect with lamp socket contacts; and a support which receives and supports a support element arranged at a second end of the lamp, wherein the support mechanically supports the lamp in the light fixture and does not include electrical contacts, wherein the support is essentially pot-shaped, wherein two opposite face walls are arranged at a base of the support, wherein the face walls and the side walls define a receiving cavity which is accessible through an opening and which includes a push-in section arranged in front in a push in direction and a support section arranged in a rear in the push-in direction.
US09482391B2
An omnidirectional LED bulb has a base, a light-transmitting shell, a heat-dissipating pillar and an LED module. The light-transmitting shell is mounted on the base and has a lateral surface and a top surface. The heat-dissipating pillar is mounted on the base and has multiple mounting surfaces facing toward the lateral surface and the top surface of the light-transmitting shell. The LED module is mounted on the mounting surfaces of the heat-dissipating pillar. The LED module emits light through the lateral surface and the top surface of the light-transmitting shell to form an omnidirectional illumination.
US09482388B2
A skid-mounted compressed gas dispensing station comprises a skid-mounted assembly, with the skid adapted to be mounted to the ground; wherein the skid-mounted assembly comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a dryer assembly, one or more compressors, a compressed gas storage tank, one or more dispenser assemblies, and an electrical control system, either integral to or pre-mounted on the skid.
US09482386B2
An extendable viewing system which allows for the suspension of a camera, or a video recorder, at a distance from the user. The viewing system may have a camera mount which may be rotated by the user. The camera mount may be on a far end of a mounting rod, with the user holding the close end of the mounting rod. The user may rotate a handle to rotate the camera mount.
US09482383B1
A support stand includes a housing, a first limiting member, a linkage bar, a first elastic positioning device, and a first supporting arm. The housing defines a receiving groove and a first hollow portion. The receiving groove is configured to receive an electronic device. The first limiting member is fixed in the first hollow portion. The first limiting member defines a first limiting groove. The linkage bar and the first elastic positioning device are movably received in the first hollow portion. The first elastic positioning device is configured to partially limit the first limiting groove, thus the linkage bar is fixed to the housing. The first supporting arm is slidably and rotatably connected to the linkage bar. The first supporting arm is configured to form a desired angle with the housing, whereby the first supporting arm cooperates with the housing to support the housing and the electronic device.
US09482344B2
An arrangement includes a radial shaft seal (2) that surrounds a shaft (1), wherein an elastomer body (4) forms a sealing lip (5) for bearing against the shaft (1), wherein the sealing lip (5) has a sinusoidally curved sealing edge (6) on its side which faces the shaft (1), which sealing edge runs around along the inner circumference of the sealing lip (5), and wherein the sealing edge (6) bears against the circumferential face (7) of the shaft (1). The radial shaft seal as a single component is able to produce high dynamic seal tightness in a plurality of different applications.
US09482338B2
When a user performs an operation to switch from a forward range to a reverse range, an ECU switches an oil passage (referred to hereafter as a “B2 pressure supply source oil passage”), through which oil pressure is supplied to a brake, from a first oil passage to a second oil passage while engaging the same brake. At this time, in consideration of a response delay in the oil pressure in the second oil passage, the ECU switches the B2 pressure supply source oil passage from the first oil passage to the second oil passage after a predetermined time α elapses from the point at which the user performs the forward-reverse switch operation (in other words, after waiting for the oil pressure in the second oil passage to reach a threshold pressure) rather than at the point at which the user performs the forward-reverse switch operation.
US09482327B2
An actuator (10) includes a guide apparatus (30) that guides a rod 11 in a Y-axis direction. The guide apparatus (30) includes a slider (31), a rail (60) formed of a steel material, and balls (rolling elements) formed of a steel material. The slider (31) is supported by the rail (60) through the balls. Accordingly, even if torque originating from a rotation of the output shaft of a motor unit (20) is applied to the slider (31) through a ball screw shaft (71), the slider (31) does not move around the output shaft with respect to the rail (60). Hence, torque originating from the rotation of the output shaft is not likely to be transmitted to the rod (11) through the guide apparatus (30), thereby suppressing an occurrence of the wobbling of the leading end of the rod (11). In addition, a reduction of the work precision of the actuator (10) is preventable.
US09482308B2
A flywheel for use in an automobile between an engine and a clutch assembly is provided. The flywheel is a circular member having an engine side and an opposite clutch side. An aperture is formed in the circular member having an axis, and the aperture is used to operatively attach the flywheel to the engine. A plurality of clutch fins and/or grooves are formed on the clutch side adjacent the outer edge of the circular member and spaced radially about the axis of the aperture of the flywheel. The clutch fins have a face that is generally coplanar with the clutch side of the circular member. The fins and grooves work to cool the internal components of the engine. Optionally, a second set of grooves and fins may be formed on the engine side of the flywheel to further aid in cooling the clutch disc and other engine components.
US09482307B2
A crankshaft may comprise a plurality of main journals axially-aligned along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of crankpin journals radially-offset from the longitudinal axis, a first web, of a plurality of webs, coupled to a first main journal of the plurality of main journals and a first crankpin journal of the plurality of crankpin journals, wherein the first crankpin journal is coupled adjacent a first end of the first web, and a first counterweight coupled adjacent a second end of the first web, wherein a configuration of the first counterweight relative to the second end of the first web and the plurality of crankpin journals is spatially tuned and harmonically tuned to at least one harmonic mode of the crankshaft.
US09482306B2
This device comprises two coaxial elements mounted rotatably with respect to a spring, and two seats for positioning the spring. Each seat comprises a dorsal pivot projection configured in two coaxial elements. The pivot projection is delimited by a cylinder portion whose section is a first circular arc whose tangent forms an angle α with the axis of the spring. The section of each receptacle is formed by a second circular arc, having the same center and radius of curvature as the first circular arc, the tangent of which forms with the axis of the spring an angle γ greater than α. The pivot axes are parallel to one another at a distance L, and are included in a plane located at a distance R from the rotation axis. The maximum deflection angle of the device is δ. γ is within the range [arctg(L/2R)−δ/8 to arctg(L/2R+δ].
US09482287B2
Stress-relief grooves are provided in a pressure plate of a friction element assembly in a motor vehicle comprising a transmission. The friction element assembly includes a piston assembly provided for applying a force to a set of plates and friction members to cause torque to be transmitted through the friction element assembly. A pressure plate is supported by the housing and held in place by a snap ring mounted in a mounting groove. The pressure plate includes a first side facing the set of plates and friction members and a second side having at least one stress-relief groove configured to reduce stress in the housing at the mounting groove.
US09482282B2
A bearing for a rotary machine includes an inner sleeve providing a first bearing surface and an outer sleeve circumscribing the inner sleeve and providing a second bearing surface in opposing relation to the first bearing surface. The bearing includes at least one tolerance ring for retaining the inner sleeve on a rotor shaft of the rotary machine and another tolerance ring for retaining the outer sleeve on a stator of the rotary machine.
US09482279B2
The spacer is adapted for a rolling bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one row of angular contact rollers disposed between raceways and guiding faces provided on the rings. The spacer comprises opposite inner and outer parts 13, 14 and opposite lateral flanges 15, 16 respectively adapted to come into contact with the raceways and the guiding faces of the rings. Said inner and outer parts and/or said lateral flanges comprise at least a contact surface 14a, 14b; 16a with one of the rings and a concave recess 14c; 16b, 16c, 16d directed outwards towards said ring.
US09482275B2
The invention relates to a tool for machining sliding surfaces of a bearing shell (30), comprising a rotary drive for driving a drilling spindle (20) that can be rotated about a rotational axis and at least one first cutting cartridge that is mounted on the drilling spindle (20) in order to cut the bearing shell (30) to a certain wall thickness by rotating the drilling spindle (20). The tool is characterized in that the first cutting cartridge can be adjusted by an adjustment means in a direction of adjustment that has a component in the radial direction of the drilling spindle, while the drilling spindle (20) is rotated by the rotary drive. The invention further relates to a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31) and to a method for producing a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31).
US09482274B2
Provided herein is a thrust bearing. The bearing includes one or more bearing pads, each with a thrust face, attached to a compliant bearing housing, a system for delivering a pressurized gas lubricant to the thrust face of the bearing pads, and a damping system that operates in parallel with the compliant bearing housing.
US09482273B2
A side seal included in a linear guide device of the present disclosure has one or a plurality of seals, and the seals each have a lip portion, and a holder plate made of hard resin configured to the lip portion and to be mounted on a slider. The holder plate has a thickness retention portion configured to retain plate thickness, and a thin portion that is thinner than and has a lower rigidity than the thickness retention portion. The thickness retention portion is formed along at least the portion of an outer edge of the holder plate where there is not the portion. The thin portion is blocked by the thickness retention portion from the outside.
US09482272B2
Two detectors mounted on footprints (12) and (13) of a plate (5) can be permuted and placed in turn in front of a measuring location set in a plate (1) connected to the plate (5). Concentric sealing joints (24, 25) bound with the plates (1, 5) a closed cavity wherein a vacuum should be created to perform measurements. The joints enable the plate to be mutually moved without sealing loss. The invention is however applicable to any device implying a relative displacement of two parts in front of each other, a stronger pressure existing outside of the parts than between them, which tends to collapse them against each other.
US09482266B2
A load transmitting connector 13 for composite tube 11 and a method of attachment of said connector 13 to the tube 11, the connector 13 comprising a screw threaded nut 14 having an outer surface 18 shaped to receive the composite, an annular collar 15, a screw threaded end fitting 16 for engaging the screw thread within the nut 14, and a load means 17, wherein the nut 14 is incorporated within said one end of the tube during tube manufacture, the tube 11 being cured with the nut 14 in situ, the annular collar 15 is placed over said one end of the tube, the end fitting 16 is screwed into the nut, and the load means 17 in use axially moving the end-fitting 16 relative to the collar 15 to exert a clamping load on the composite tube.
US09482253B2
A pipe supporting device includes a support portion for supporting a hydraulic pipe along an axis of the hydraulic pipe extending along a length of a boom, and a weld portion to be connected with an outer surface of the boom by fillet welding. The weld portion has a plurality of peripheral surfaces, the plurality of peripheral surfaces including: a pair of opposite perpendicular standing surfaces and extending in a direction substantially perpendicularly intersecting a first stress direction along the axis of the hydraulic pipe; and a pair of oblique standing surfaces extending from respective leading ends of the pair of opposite perpendicular standing surfaces to join each other. Each of the oblique standing surfaces extends in a direction oblique to the first stress direction and joins the corresponding one of the perpendicular standing surfaces at an acute angle.
US09482252B2
Disclosed is a device for mounting hunting decoys, bird deterrents, trail cameras, and the like to support surfaces. Also disclosed is a mounting device having a mating surface for receiving a hunting decoy therein, the mating surface being operationally configured to allow rotation of the hunting decoy about the mounting device up to about 360 degrees.
US09482248B2
An energy regeneration type forklift hydraulic system is provided, which includes a first oil pump, a first electrical motor, a multiple directional control valve, a lifting oil cylinder, a tilting oil cylinder, a steering oil cylinder, a load-sensing steering device, an oil filter, a second oil pump and an oil tank, wherein the multiple directional control valve includes an oil inletting and returning valve spool, a raising and lowering reversing valve spool, a tilting reversing valve spool, and an oil inletting valve spool. The raising and lowering reversing valve spool includes a raising and lowering three-position six-way reversing valve, an annular oil returning passage and an oil returning passage. The system can utilize the potential energy of lowering cargo to simultaneously drive two oil pumps for driving two motors to generate energy, thereby realizing energy recovery.
US09482247B2
A piston of an apparatus is movable within a cavity between a first position wherein a pressure port is in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber and a second position wherein the pressure port is in fluid communication with the second fluid chamber. In further examples, apparatus comprise an expansion chamber that is isolated from the first fluid chamber in a first condition and the expansion chamber is in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber in a second condition. In further examples, methods of operating an apparatus include the step (I) of applying fluid pressure to at least one of the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, and the step (II) of determining a position of the piston within the cavity based on the applied fluid pressure.
US09482234B2
Provided is a construction machine including an engine, a hydraulic pump with a supercharger, and a hydraulic actuator, being capable of attaining both of a quick rise of engine speed and an operation of the hydraulic actuator during the rise of the engine speed. The construction machine further includes a supercharging pressure detector to detect a supercharging pressure of the supercharger and a controller to control absorption torque of the hydraulic pump, namely, pump torque. Until engine speed of the engine reaches target engine speed, the controller calculates target pump torque from a predetermined relationship between engine no-load speed and the target pump torque, corrects the target pump torque so as to make it smaller as the detected supercharging pressure is lower, and limits actual pump torque to the corrected target pump torque, until engine speed reaches target engine speed from engine speed lower than the target engine speed.
US09482233B2
An electric submersible pump device has a pump and a motor. The motor can be adjacent to the pump. A support member supports the sensor and has a length so that the sensor is located a first distance downhole from a downhole distal end of the motor.
US09482228B2
In a variable capacity vane pump in which a discharge capacity of a pump chamber is varied by varying an amount of eccentricity of a cam ring relative to a rotor, a port inner wall surface that extends around an inner peripheral cam surface of the cam ring when the cam ring moves in a direction for increasing the amount of eccentricity of the cam ring relative to the rotor is formed on an intake port.
US09482223B2
A moving cavity motor or pump, such as a mud motor, comprising: a rotor, a stator, and one or more apparatus for constraining (i.e., controlling or limiting) the movement of the rotor relative to the stator.
US09482218B2
A pump for a dialysis machine, the pump having a pump chamber and a deformable membrane actuable to pump a fluid from the pump chamber, the pump chamber being substantially conical such that the membrane is actuated to extend into the conical chamber in order to pump the fluid from the chamber.
