US09503009B2
A method for controlling a 3-phase AC motor may include; transforming a torque command signal of an upper control into a voltage command, generating a current measurement value for a current flowing in two phases of the 3-phase AC motor depending on the voltage command by using a current sensor, generating a current estimation value by using driving sensing information of the 3-phase AC motor depending on the voltage command, calculating a current estimation error by using the current measurement value and the current estimation value, comparing with a preset reference value by using the calculated current estimation error, and performing a state transition changing a driving control type of the 3-phase AC motor depending on the comparison result.
US09503008B2
A system and method for monitoring a rapid de-excitation system for synchronous machines with indirect excitation, via an exciter machine and a rotating rectifier bridge includes means for measuring the current and voltage of the stator of a synchronous machine, means for measuring the excitation current of the exciter machine, estimation means for obtaining the estimated excitation current of the exciter machine from the current and voltage values measured in the stator of the synchronous machine, a module for comparing the measured excitation current Imed with the estimated excitation current Iest, in such a way that there is either incorrect operation if Imed >k*Iest+A, where k and A are real numbers determined on the basis of each machine, or else there is correct operation.
US09503005B2
A motor control device includes a drive unit configured to rotate a rotor by supplying a drive signal with periodical changes to a coil; a detection unit configured to output a signal that is changed in association with a rotation of the rotor; and a control unit configured to control the drive signal supplied by the drive unit in accordance with the signal output from the detection unit, wherein the control unit performs a first control and a second control so as to achieve a target rotation velocity of the rotor, and wherein the first control is a control for controlling the rotation velocity of the rotor by controlling an advance angle of the drive signal with periodical changes and the second control is a control for controlling the rotation velocity of the rotor by controlling a voltage for supplying the drive signal.
US09503004B2
A logic circuit controls a bridge circuit connected to a coil of a stepping motor in synchronization with an input pulse, so as to control electric power supplied to the coil of the stepping motor. A back electromotive force detector detects the back electromotive force VBEMF across the coil L. A load angle estimation unit estimates the load angle φ based on the back electromotive force detected in the detection period set in the high-impedance period set for the coil L. A logic circuit is configured to adjust electric power supplied to the coil such that the estimated load angle φ approaches a predetermined target angle φREF.
US09502992B2
A voltage rectifier circuit having a storage element and a switching stage that is switchable to enable the storage element to capture a peak voltage of an alternating power source. The switching stage includes transistors arranged in a back-to-back configuration. In one example, the storage element is a capacitor and the transistors are PNP bipolar junction transistors. The configuration of the circuit enables reduced loading on the power source, as well as reduced sensitivity to temperature.
US09502991B2
The present invention discloses a hybrid converter and a wind power generating system, the hybrid converter including a voltage source converter, a line commutated converter and a line commutated converter, a positive DC terminal of the voltage source converter is connected to a negative DC terminal of the line commutated converter, a positive DC terminal of the line commutated converter is connected to a positive DC transmission line, a negative DC terminal of the voltage source converter is connected to a positive DC terminal of the line commutated converter, and a negative DC terminal of the line commutated converter is connected to a negative DC transmission line. The present invention features a self-commutating capability, can be directly connected to a wind farm to convert wind power to DC power, and is able to improve rated voltage and rated power of the hybrid converter, technology of each component thereof is mature, and system reliability thereof is high.
US09502990B2
An electric power feedback apparatus is electrically connected to a power supply apparatus. The power supply apparatus includes a power supply module, a main power output terminal and a standby power output terminal. The main power output terminal and the standby power output terminal output electric power to a power conversion system respectively. The electric power feedback apparatus includes a constant voltage compensating module, a compensating and clamping module, an adaptive current weighting module and a controller. The constant voltage compensating module is electrically connected to the main power output terminal. The compensating and clamping module is electrically connected to the standby power output terminal, the constant voltage compensating module and the power conversion system. The adaptive current weighting module is electrically connected to the standby power output terminal, the constant voltage compensating module and the power conversion system.
US09502989B2
The invention relates to an energy storage device for generating an n-phase supply voltage for an electrical machine, where n≧1, or for an inverter, with n energy supply branches connected in parallel, each of which can be connected to one of n phase lines, each of the energy supply branches comprising a plurality of series-connected energy storage modules, each comprising: an energy storage cell module and a coupling device configured to selectively connect the energy storage cell module into the respective energy supply branch or to bypass said module, the energy storage cell modules of respective first energy storage modules of an energy supply branch each comprising at least one first energy storage cell, the energy storage cell modules of respective second energy storage modules of an energy supply branch each comprising at least one second energy storage cell, and the first energy storage cells having a lower internal resistance than the second energy storage cells below a predetermined temperature threshold.
US09502986B2
A voltage conversion device includes a voltage conversion unit and a control unit. The voltage conversion unit includes an input rectifier circuit, a storage capacitor, a storage inductor, a transformer, a switch, and a rectifier component. A first end of the storage inductor is electrically coupled to a first output end of the input rectifier circuit. A first end of the transformer is electrically coupled to a second output end of the input rectifier circuit. A second end of the transformer is electrically coupled to a second end of the storage inductor. The switch is electrically coupled to a third end of the transformer. The control unit is configured to provide a control signal to the switch according to a current passing through the switch and at least one of an output voltage and an output current.
US09502985B2
A switched mode power converter (SMPC) has an isolation transformer for power transfer and a communication circuit for data communication between the primary side and the secondary side. The SMPC includes a primary switch controller configured to transfer power from a primary side to a secondary side by controlling a primary switch ON for an ON time period and then controlling the primary switch OFF for an OFF time period. The primary switch controller controls the ON time period of the subsequent power transfer cycle to start a time delay after the end of the OFF time period of the previous power transfer cycle. The communication circuit comprises a magnetically coupled transmission winding and reception winding, a communication switch, and a communication controller to control the communication switch to allow charge flow through the transmission winding during at least part of the time delay for data communication.
US09502981B2
A power converter is described that includes a switch. The power converter may also include a controller that controls the switch. The controller may be configured to ascertain a first parameter. Additionally, the controller may be configured to ascertain a second parameter. The controller may dynamically modulate duty cycle of the switch based on the first parameter and the second parameter in addition and independent of the control loop.
US09502972B1
A charge-pump device receives two complementary driving signals and a DC signal that are applied to a charge-pump stage containing a full-wave rectifier bridge configured to deliver a DC output signal. The bridge includes active switches controllable by control signals present at two control nodes. The charge-pump device further receives complementary auxiliary signals that are respectively synchronous with the complementary driving signals but have faster edges. Two resistive capacitive filters filter the complementary auxiliary signals to generate control signals at the two control nodes for controlling actuation of the active switches in the bridge.
US09502970B2
A charge pump circuit includes a capacitor, a current source circuit coupled to the capacitor for providing a charging current and a discharging current to the capacitor. The current source circuit includes a switch transistor with a gate terminal for receiving a control signal, a current source transistor having a source terminal coupled to a drain of the switch transistor, and a feedthrough suppression capacitor coupled between a gate terminal of a gate terminal of the switch transistor and a gate terminal of the current source transistor. The feedthrough suppression capacitor is configured to lower a feedthrough effect.
US09502960B2
The present invention describes an electrical converter system for power supply systems, comprising at least two identical individual modules connected consecutively, characterized in that each individual module have at least four internal switching elements, at least one energy storage element and at least four connectors, wherein the connectors are paired and serve as a first and a second terminal pair; the internal switching elements of each individual module are designed in such manner that they are able to selectively connect one or both connectors of each terminal pair to the energy storage element; the cascaded connection of at least two individual modules is made in such manner that the connectors in the second terminal pair of a preceding individual module are each connected to the connectors of the first terminal pair in the respective following individual module, and at least one terminal of the first terminal pair of the first individual module of the cascaded connection and at least one terminal of the second terminal pair of the last individual module of the cascaded connection serve as terminals for the cascaded connection; and wherein the switching elements of the respective individual modules in the cascaded connection of at least two individual modules connect their respective energy storage element to the terminals of the cascaded connection in such manner that a selective serial or parallel connection of the energy storage elements is made.
US09502957B2
A system including a switch and a control circuit. The switch is configured to receive a first voltage. The control circuit is configured to, during a rising portion of a half cycle of the first voltage, (i) turn on the switch in response to the first voltage reaching a first value, and (ii) turn off the switch in response to the first voltage reaching a second value, where the second value is greater than the first value. The control circuit is further configured to, during a falling portion of the half cycle of the first voltage, (i) turn on the switch in response to the first voltage reaching the second value, and (ii) turn off the switch in response to the first voltage reaching the first value.
US09502956B1
A calibration process determines a desired supply voltage for operating an electronic device. During the calibration process automatic test equipment controls a power supply to sweep the supply voltage to the electronic device across a predefined voltage range while monitoring a performance characteristic of the electronic device. The automatic test equipment determines the desired operating voltage based on a minimum supply voltage at which the monitored performance characteristic meets a minimum acceptable performance standard and stores the desired operating voltage to a non-volatile storage. During a startup sequence, the electronic device controls the power supply to provide the desired operating voltage as the supply voltage to the electronic device.
US09502942B2
A drive gear has a gear hub with a ledge. A plurality of gear teeth are formed at an outer periphery of the ledge, and centered about a central axis. A mount structure extends axially away from the ledge. A first distance is defined between axial ends of the gear teeth. A second distance is defined between ends of the gear hub. A ratio of the first distance to the second distance is between 0.52 and 0.54. An oil pump, a rotating portion for an electrical generator, and a generator are also disclosed. An oil pump, a rotating portion for an electrical generator, and a generator are also disclosed.
US09502939B2
A method for manufacturing a stator configured to ensure insulation properties between a conductor and an armature core while preventing a manufacturing cost from increasing and preventing a space factor from lowering. In an edge-removing step, a plurality of independent edge-removing punches, which correspond to one slot S or two or more slots S, press and chamfer a corner portion of an axial opening edge of the slot in an axial end core sheet of the armature core.
US09502938B2
A wrapped stator coil for use in a generator is provided comprising: an electrical conductor coil; an insulating layer structure disposed about the electrical conductor coil; an interwoven layer structure disposed about the insulating layer structure and comprising insulating material and a first conductive material; and a conductive layer structure disposed about the interwoven layer structure and comprising a second conductive material.
US09502936B2
A plurality of coils C1 to Cm that constitutes a whole winding L of each phase is divided into g coil groups G1 to Gg for each phase. Each coil group is, for example, constituted by coils C1 to C4 wound around four polar teeth continuously disposed. The number of turns of respective end coils C1 to C4 of the coil group is less than the number of turns of central coils C2 and C3. Further, the whole winding L includes n partial windings N1 to Nn, in which a coil Cj (j is an integer in the range from 1 to m) is constituted by n sub coils S(1,j) to S(n,j) that are formed by the n partial windings. It is feasible to set a non-integer value as an effective number of turns of a coil when the number of turns of each sub coil is appropriately selected.
US09502932B2
A rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of magnetic pole parts. The rotor core has a magnet insertion hole. The magnet insertion hole includes a first peripheral edge portion and a second peripheral edge portion spaced away from the first peripheral edge portion in a radial direction of the rotor. The rotor core includes a holding part and a protrusion. The holding part extends along the radial direction from the first peripheral edge portion of the magnet insertion hole. The holding part abuts against a circumferential end portion of each of the plurality of permanent magnet pieces. The protrusion extends toward the second peripheral edge portion of the magnet insertion hole. The protrusion is spaced away in the radial direction from the second peripheral edge portion of the magnet insertion hole.
US09502925B2
A wireless power transmission method and a wireless power transmitter are provided that may selectively transmit wireless power to a plurality of target devices. According to an aspect, a wireless power transmitter may include: a detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of target devices; a controller configured to determine a plurality of resonance frequencies between a source resonator and the plurality of detected target devices and to control the plurality of resonance frequencies to transmit the power to the plurality of detected target devices; and a source resonance unit configured to transmit the power to the plurality of detected target devices.
US09502924B2
Supply energy arrangement comprising an input (E) to which an energy source (Q) is coupled, an output (A) for connection of a load (V), a first energy storage device (E1) that is coupled to the input (E) and the output (A), a second energy storage device (E2) that is coupled to the output (A) and, via a switching means (S), to the input (E), and a control circuit (C) that controls the switching means (S) in such a manner that the switching means (S) connects/disconnects the second energy storage device (E2) to/from the input (E) according to the energy level of the first energy storage device (E1).
US09502923B2
A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a measurer configured to measure a value of a current flowing in a source resonator, a communication unit configured to receive a value of a charging current of a battery from a wireless power reception apparatus, and a power controller configured to control an amount of power to be transmitted by the source resonator based on either one or both of the value of the current measured by the measurer and the value of the charging current received by the communication unit. The value of the charging current of the battery varies as the battery is charged.
US09502921B2
The invention relates to a circuit for a system for contactless, inductive power transmission, in particular for use in supplying power to mobile devices, and to an associated charging circuit. The circuit comprises a primary-side circuit, which is disposed on a primary side and can be connected to a primary-side supply voltage, and a secondary-side circuit, which is disposed on a secondary side and can be connected to a load to be supplied with power. Furthermore a transformer stage having galvanic isolation is provided for the contactless transfer of power from the primary side over an air gap to the secondary side, wherein at least two magnetically coupled coils are provided for inductive power transmission and can be spatially separated from one another by distancing the secondary side from the primary side. The transformer stage has a resonant converter and the secondary-side circuit further comprises a restabilization stage.
US09502912B2
A mobile power device includes a primary rechargeable battery; a primary case covering the primary rechargeable battery; a charging electrical port, exposed to the exterior of the primary case and coupled to the primary rechargeable battery, serving to connect to an external power source for charging the primary rechargeable battery; a first discharging electrical port, exposed to the exterior of the primary case and coupled to the primary rechargeable battery, serving to connect to a load to be powered via the first discharging electrical port; a plurality of first primary electrical contacts, exposed to the exterior of the primary case and coupled to the primary rechargeable battery; and a primary magnetic member, integrally formed with the primary case, being made of ferromagnetic material or ferrimagnetic material.
US09502908B2
A non-contact power supply system is provided with a conversion circuit that converts power of a power transmission-side power supply, and outputs power to a power transmission coil. A power transmission-side controller controls the conversion circuit. A power reception coil receives power from the power transmission coil in a non-contact manner. The power reception coil supplies power to a load electrically connected to the power reception coil. A smoothing circuit smooths power received by the power reception coil. A sensor detects current or voltage in the smoothing circuit. A power reception-side controller acquires a detection value from the sensor. The power transmission-side controller transmits information by controlling the current value or the output time of an output current to the power transmission coil from the conversion circuit. The power reception-side controller receives the information by acquiring an encoded value from the detection value.
US09502894B2
A voltage controller (700) operable to generate control signals for controlling an intermediate bus voltage (VIB) in an intermediate bus architecture power system (100), the intermediate bus voltage comprising a voltage output from a first stage DC/DC power converter (200) to at least one second stage DC/DC power converter (500-1 to 500-K). The voltage controller (700) comprises a receiver operable to receive at least one of voltage and current values input to the first stage DC/DC power converter (200). The voltage controller (700) further comprises a efficiency measuring unit operable to determine a measure of the efficiency of the intermediate bus architecture power system in accordance with the received values, and a control signal generator operable to generate control signals in dependence upon the determined efficiency measure to cause the first stage DC/DC converter (200) to set the intermediate bus voltage (VIB).
US09502886B2
One or more systems and techniques for managing one or more electronic devices are provided. A determination is made that a first capacitor in a set of one or more capacitors has a defect. Responsive to the determination, the first capacitor is disabled, and a second capacitor is enabled.
US09502874B2
An assembly includes a bracket mountable directly to a wall. An inner periphery of the bracket defines an opening in the wall substrate. A resilient element, cantilevered from an outer side surface of the sleeve, is retained by a barbed element at the inner periphery of the bracket.
US09502870B2
A wire support member for supporting the wiring of an environmental control system. The wire support member has a base edge, a first edge, and a second edge, the first and second edges form a V-shaped apex opposite the base edge. The ratios of the diameter of a first fastener opening through the wire support member to a length from the center of the first fastener opening to the first edge, and of the diameter of the first fastener opening to a length from the center of the first fastener opening to the second edge optimize the routing and support for the wiring.
US09502869B2
A tool for extracting armour wires from a cable having an armouring layer includes a curved beak for grasping an armour wire, and an elongated body having a bottom surface provided with a protruding tip for separating two neighboring armour wires. The tip is protrudes away from the bottom surface and is elongated in a direction parallel to the bottom surface.
US09502867B2
The present invention relates to an integrated cooling system 10 for a power station 14 comprising a transformer 16 and at least one of a generator 18 and/or a rectifier 20. The integrated cooling system 10 comprises a cooler 28 for reduction of an operative temperature of a cooling fluid circulating in the integrated cooling system 10. A pipe system 12 couples the cooler 28 to the transformer 16 and the generator 18 and/or the rectifier 20 in the power station 14. Further, a controller 32 of the integrated cooling system executes the cooling control of the integrated cooling system 10 according to operative temperatures of the transformer 16 and the generator 18 and/or the rectifier 20 in the power station 14. The provision of a common cooler for the different components of the power station 14 allows for a reduced installation space, reduced costs, and lower energy consumption for power station heating.
US09502859B1
In an example, the present invention provides a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode device. The device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate material comprising a surface region, which is configured on either a non-polar ({10-10}) crystal orientation or a semi-polar ({10-10} crystal orientation configured with an offcut at an angle toward or away from the [0001] direction). The device also has a GaN region formed overlying the surface region, an active region formed overlying the surface region, and a gettering region comprising a magnesium species overlying the surface region. The device has a p-type cladding region comprising an (InAl)GaN material doped with a plurality of magnesium species formed overlying the active region.
US09502856B2
Stabilization of an injection locked optical frequency comb is achieved through polarization spectroscopy of an active laser cavity, eliminating optical PM sidebands inherent in previous stabilization methods. Optical SNR of 35 dB is achieved. A monolithic AlInGaAs quantum well Fabry-Prot laser injection locked to a passively mode-locked monolithic laser is presented here. The FP laser cavity can be used as a true linear interferometric intensity modulator for pulsed light.
US09502849B2
A commutator includes a first body and a second body which are separately made of electrically insulating material, a plurality of commutator segments fixed on an outer surface of the first body and a plurality of commutator terminals. The first body is a hollow cylinder with two opposite ends. Each terminal has a contact area for contacting a corresponding one of the commutator segments. The second body has a base and a ring wall extending from the base, and one end of the first body is received in a space defined by the base and the ring wall, with the contact area of each terminal being in tight contact with the corresponding commutator segment at the inner side of the ring wall.
US09502848B2
Disclosed is an idle stop control device that automatically shuts down an engine when a first condition is satisfied, and then restarts the engine using a starter to which electricity is fed through a brush when a second condition is satisfied, the idle stop control device including a start-operation brush wear amount computing unit that is configured to compute a brush wear amount in a single start operation, a total brush wear amount computing unit that is configured to compute a total brush wear amount by integrating the brush wear amount in a single start operation, and an automatic engine shutdown prohibiting unit that is configured to prohibit an automatic engine shutdown when the total brush wear amount is equal to or larger than a warranty driving wear amount of the starter.
US09502842B2
A network interface connector includes a plurality of first and second alternating elongate contacts having contact portions situated in a common plane. The first and second contacts have rearward portions situated in respective first and second spaced parallel planes defining a proximity gap between them. A proximity insert having a particular electrical construction suited for a particular application is situated, preferably in a replaceable manner, in the proximity gap to provide the connector with desired transmission properties.
US09502836B2
A socket contact is connectable with a first terminal and a second terminal at opposite ends thereof in an axial direction, respectively. The socket contact comprises a first portion, a second portion and a coupling portion. The first portion has a first end, a second end and a first spring portion. The first end includes a first contact point which is to be connected to the first terminal. The second end includes a second contact point which is to be connected to the second terminal. The first spring portion is positioned between the first contact point and the second contact point. The second portion has a third end, a fourth end and a second spring portion. The third end includes a third contact point which is to be connected to the first terminal. The fourth end includes a fourth contact point which is to be connected to the second terminal. The second spring portion is positioned between the third contact point and the fourth contact point. The coupling portion couples the first end with the fourth end.
US09502827B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, at least one contact module, an inner metal shell, and a tubular outer metal shell. The insulative housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, and a receiving chamber. The contact module includes an insulator and a set of contacts retained in the insulator. Each contact has a contact portion protruding into the receiving chamber. The inner metal shell has a main frame surrounding the insulative housing by 360 degrees. The outer metal shell surrounds the inner metal shell and contacts with the inner metal shell.
US09502826B1
An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector and a socket connector. The plug connector includes an insulator body, a first shielding housing and a shielding member, wherein the first shielding housing encloses the insulator body, the shielding member has first contact portions and second contact portions, and the first contact portions are electrically connected with the first shielding housing. The socket connector is configured to be electrically connected with the plug connector, and the socket connector has a second shielding housing configured to be electrically connected with the second contact portions.
US09502825B2
A shunt for an electrical connector that comprises a conductive body which has two resilient leg extensions connecting at a hinge, each of the leg extensions terminating at a tail end opposite the hinge. Each of the leg extensions has at least one contact point on an outer surface thereof for engaging a contact of the electrical connector. The leg extensions curve such that they diverge from one another at at least one portion of the conductive body. The at least one contact point is located at this at least one portion.
US09502820B2
A connector assembly including a first connector, a second connector and a latch for connecting the first and second connectors. A securing lock is rotatable between a release position and a securing position securing the latch in a latching position. Optionally, the assembly includes a sliding guide and a resilient element forcing the securing lock to slide via the sliding guide into the securing position.
US09502818B2
A USB plug includes a first housing piece having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from the base portion, a second housing piece, a plurality of contacts and a cable. Each contact comprises a contacting portion, a retaining portion fixed in the first housing piece and a tail portion, the contacting portions exposed on the tongue portion for mating with a USB receptacle connector. The cable is soldering with tail portions of the contacts. The first housing piece defines a depression on a bottom surface thereof, the second housing piece is received in the depression and ultrasonic welding with the first housing piece.
US09502811B1
An apparatus includes a conductor configured to transport a signal, a male connector surrounding at least a portion of the conductor, and a load ring configured to secure the conductor. The apparatus also includes a female connector including an annular end forming a cavity configured to receive the load ring in a first portion of the cavity and at least a portion of the male connector in a second portion of the cavity. Sidewalls of the first portion of the cavity are configured to create a compressive radial force on an outer surface of the load ring to reduce hoop stress resulting from radially-offset longitudinal forces on the load ring.
US09502810B2
The present invention discloses a recessed electrical box for locating a pre-wired electrically isolated power source or electrically isolated electronic equipment interior to a wall. The recessed box allows for mounting externally to the enclosure, to create space internal to the enclosure, and for visual isolation.
US09502806B2
A tamper resistant receptacle having cooperating shutter mechanisms wherein each shutter member has a lead-in cam surface having a steep initial point of contact and a flatter sliding surface (tangent fillets) to provide both an advantageous point of contact while also providing sufficient lateral clearance to un-shutter a blade opening, or lead-in cam surface having a continuously convex radius thereby providing a curved surface for the entire length of the camming operation, or a lead-in surface comprising a roller disposed in a fillet of a slide block cam surface.
US09502801B2
A female and male connecting structure is provided between a battery pack and a tool main body such that the battery is slidably attached and electrically connected to the tool main body. The female and male connecting structure includes male terminals provided on the tool main body and female terminals provided on the battery pack. A level difference is formed by a concave portion on a sliding surface of terminal portions of the male terminal in a thickness direction of the plate-shaped male terminal. The level difference is made at a plurality of positions to form concavo-convex portions. The sliding surface corresponds to an area with which a contact point of the female terminal comes into sliding contact, and oxidized films formed on the surfaces of the terminal portions can be removed and/or scraped by the concavo-convex portions.
US09502790B2
A resilient clamping contact for contacting electrical conductors, said resilient clamping contact having a current rail and having at least two resilient clamping elements that each have a contacting limb, a resilient bend that adjoins the contacting limb and a clamping limb that adjoins the resilient bend and comprises a clamping section at the free end, and having frame parts that extend away from the current rail and have in each case two lateral connecting pieces that are spaced apart from one another and transverse connecting pieces that connect the lateral connecting pieces one to the other, and a conductor feedthrough opening that is formed by the lateral connecting pieces and the transverse connecting pieces. A resilient clamping element is fastened to the current rail by means of the contact of the contacting limb of the resilient clamping element and/or a retaining element of the current rail to a transverse connecting piece in such a manner that the clamping section acts in the direction of the current rail under the influence of the resilient force of the resilient clamping element. The at least two frame parts for the at least two resilient clamping elements are arranged spaced apart from one another with an intermediate space between two spaced apart lateral connecting pieces of adjacent frame parts.
US09502789B2
An electrical connector configured to maintain an electrical connection with a conductor during heating and cooling cycles is provided. The electrical connector includes connector sections, each comprising a base portion and top portion extending from the base portion. Each connector section defines a portion of a channel configured to receive one or more conductors and includes a bore in its base or top portion that communicates with the channel. A fastener inserted into the bore is configured to retain the conductor inserted into the channel, and the top portions are configured to deflect substantially independently of each other to provide a spring force that secures the fastener against the conductor.
US09502788B2
A connector assembly includes a non-conductive block assembly defining a plurality of passages and a resilient wire support defining a plurality of passages. The resilient wire support is coupled to the block assembly with each resilient wire support passage aligned with one block assembly passage. A conductor unit includes a plurality of conductor assemblies. Each conductor assembly includes a first socket and a second socket, and each such conductor assembly is disposed partially in a block assembly passage.
US09502787B2
This relates to a metallic primary-structure element for an aircraft with a recess, a ground connection that is attached in the recess, and connected in an electrically conductive manner to the metallic primary-structure element, and is designed to receive a connector. This further relates to a method for potential equalization in an aircraft, wherein potential equalization between electrical or electronic devices on board the aircraft and the aircraft itself is produced.
US09502778B2
An antenna apparatus is provided with: a dielectric substrate, a front array including a feed element and a plurality of parasitic elements, the feed element being formed on the dielectric substrate and having one radiation direction, and the plurality of parasitic elements being formed on the dielectric substrate in an area located in the radiation direction with respect to the feed element; and at least one side array including a plurality of parasitic elements formed on the dielectric a substrate in at least an area located in a direction other than the radiation direction with respect to the feed element. The plurality of parasitic elements of each side array are aligned substantially along the radiation direction.
US09502777B2
The present invention provides an artificial microstructure. The artificial microstructure includes at least three split rings. The at least three split rings surround and embed in turn. Each split ring is formed by a wire which is made of conductive material, with two terminals of the wire towards each other to form an opening of the corresponding split ring. The present invention also provides an artificial electromagnetic material using the artificial microstructure. The artificial electromagnetic material with the artificial microstructure can achieve the function of broadband wave-absorbing.
US09502774B2
The present invention relates to a folded dipole antenna comprising a magnetic material comprising a hexagonal Z-type ferrite and/or a hexagonal Y-type ferrite as a main component in which a radiation element and a reflection element each having a folded dipole structure are disposed, and an RF tag comprising the folded dipole antenna and an IC chip connected to the folded dipole antenna. The RF tag according to the present invention has a smaller size than that of the conventional RF tags and is not susceptible to adverse influence from ambient environments, and can be operated at an UHF band or surrounding frequency bands thereof.
US09502771B2
There is disclosed a loop antenna for mobile handsets and other devices. The antenna comprises a dielectric substrate (23) having first and second opposed surfaces and a conductive track (24) formed on the substrate (23). A feed point (26) and a grounding point (25) are provided adjacent to each other on the first surface of the substrate (23), with the conductive track (24) extending in generally opposite directions from the feed point (26) and grounding point (25) respectively and winding around the substrate (23) to the second surface and passing along a path generally opposite to the path taken on the first surface of the dielectric substrate (23). The conductive tracks (24) then connect to respective sides of a conductive arrangement (27) that extends into a central part of a loop formed by the conductive track (24) on the second surface of the dielectric substrate (23). The conductive arrangement (27) comprises both inductive and capacitive elements. The antenna can be multi-moded and operate in several frequency bands. Alternatively, the loop antenna is fed parasitically by a monopole or a feeding loop. The parasitic loop antenna my alternatively comprise a conductive loading plate instead of the conductive arrangement.
US09502770B2
A device in a wireless communication system, comprising a transmitter for transmitting information over a plurality of frequency bands, a receiver for receiving information over a plurality of frequency bands and a multiple-band antenna electrically connected to said transmitter and said receiver, wherein said multiple-band antenna is comprised of a first feed point configured to electrically connect said multiple-band antenna to said transmitter and said receiver, wherein said multiple-band antenna forms a first antenna type and a second feed point configured to electrically connect said multiple-band antenna to said transmitter and said receiver, wherein said multiple-band antenna forms a second antenna type.
US09502769B2
A multiband switchable antenna structure includes a feeding element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, circuit branches, and a switch circuit. A first end of the feeding element is a feeding point. A first end of the first radiation element is coupled to a second end of the feeding element. A second end of the first radiation element is open. A first end of the second radiation element is coupled to the second end of the feeding element. The circuit branches have different impedance values. The switch circuit selects one of the circuit branches as a matching branch according to a control signal. A second end of the second radiation element is coupled through the matching branch to a ground voltage.
US09502768B2
An antenna module with proximity sensing function is provided for being disposed inside an electronic device and comprises a ground plane, an antenna, a sensing element, an electrostatic protection element, a high-frequency blocking element and a capacitive proximity sensor. The antenna is coupled to the ground plane. The sensing element is connected to the capacitive proximity sensor through the high-frequency blocking element and produces a capacitance signal when sensing the approach of an object for accordingly reducing the output power of the antenna module. The electrostatic protection element is coupled between the sensing element and the ground plane, exhibits low/high impedance, respectively, at high/low frequency and further changes to an extremely low impedance to provide a conducting path to quickly lead a static high voltage to the ground plane for keeping the electronic device operating normally when the electronic device encounters the problem of the electrostatic discharge.
US09502762B2
An antenna structure includes a base, at least one first extending member and at least one second extending member. The base is detachably and pivotally connected to the first extending member, and includes a first transmitting unit. The first extending member is detachably and pivotally connected to the second extending member, and includes a second transmitting unit. The second extending member includes a third transmitting unit. The first transmitting unit is electrically connected to the second transmitting unit, and the second transmitting unit is electrically connected to the third transmitting unit.
US09502759B2
An antenna cover that protects a surface of an antenna provided in a plasma chamber and exciting an electric field with a high frequency to an inner portion of the plasma chamber is provided. In the antenna cover, the thickness of the antenna cover in at least one direction among directions orthogonal to the surface of the antenna is different according to a position on the surface, such that space dependency of an electric potential on an external surface of the antenna cover decreases. In the antenna cover, the thickness of at least one direction may be changed along an extension direction of the antenna.
US09502758B2
An electronic package is disclosed, which includes: a substrate; at least an electronic element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulant formed on the substrate and encapsulating the electronic element; and an antenna body embedded in the encapsulant without contacting with the substrate and exposed from a surface of the encapsulant. Since the antenna body is not disposed on the substrate, the surface area of the substrate can be reduced to meet the miniaturization requirement of the electronic package.
US09502753B2
A communication terminal device includes a power feeding coil connected to a power feeding circuit, a planar radiation conductor arranged in the vicinity of the power feeding coil and including a cutout portion overlapping with a coil opening of the power feeding coil when viewed in a plan view, and a rear metal body arranged at a side opposite to the planar radiation conductor with respect to the power feeding coil and in the vicinity of the planar radiation conductor, wherein a punched portion which does not overlap with at least a portion of the power feeding coil when viewed in a plan view and has a shape different from a shape of the cutout portion on the planar radiation conductor is provided on the rear metal body.
US09502752B2
Electronic devices may include antenna structures. The antenna structures may form an antenna having first and second feeds at different locations. Transceiver circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio-frequency antenna signals may be mounted on one end of a printed circuit board. Transmission line structures may be used to convey signals between an opposing end of the printed circuit board and the transceiver circuitry. The printed circuit board may be coupled to an antenna feed structure formed from a flexible printed circuit using solder connections. The flexible printed circuit may have a bend and may be screwed to conductive electronic device housing structures using one or more screws at one or more respective antenna feed terminals. Electrical components such as an amplifier circuit and filter circuitry may be mounted on the flexible printed circuit.
US09502740B2
Embodiments of an apparatus with a thermal management technique utilizing a silicon heat sink and/or a phase-change material, as well as an assembling method thereof, are described. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a main unit, a phase-change material and an enclosure enclosing the main unit and the phase-change material. The main unit comprises a substrate and at least one heat-generating device disposed on the substrate. The phase-change material is in direct contact with each heat-generating device of the at least one heat-generating device to absorb and dissipate heat generated by the at least one heat-generating device.
US09502733B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly designed to prevent an internal short circuit. The electrode assembly includes an electrode group formed by stacking and winding a first electrode plate, a separator and a second electrode plate, and a tape is attached to upper and lower parts of an end of the electrode group. An end of the separator is exposed externally, and the tape is attached to upper and lower parts of the end of the separator. Furthermore, a secondary battery having the electrode assembly is provided.
US09502725B2
Weld of a relay provided on an electric power supply path can be suppressed. When a fuel cell system starts, a controller sets an output voltage of a Bat converter at an open circuit voltage of a battery and sets an output voltage of a FC converter at an open circuit voltage of a fuel cell. When the output voltage of the FC converter is lower than the output voltage of the Bat converter, the controller controls to boost the output voltage of the FC converter to the output voltage of the Bat converter. On the other hand, when the output voltage of the FC converter is the output voltage of the Bat converter or more, the controller controls to boost the output voltage of the Bat converter to the output voltage of the FC converter. When the output voltage difference between the FC converter and the Bat converter is a predetermined value or less capable of turning the FC relays ON without causing welding of the FC relays, the controller turns the FC relays ON.
US09502716B2
Highly active and stable platinum-copper (PtCu) electrocatalysts are provided. The PtCu catalysts can be in the form of discrete, spherical PtCu nanoparticles that include a particle interior comprising platinum and copper, and a surface layer comprising platinum surrounding the particle interior. The PtCu nanoparticles can exhibit enhanced oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity as compared to other Pt-based catalysts for ORR. The PtCu nanoparticles are also active as electrocatalysts for the oxidation of small molecule organic compounds, including alcohols such as methanol and ethanol.
US09502710B2
A battery module includes a hermetically sealed battery cell assembly. The battery cell assembly includes a housing and an electrochemical cell disposed in the housing. The battery cell assembly also includes a first battery terminal coupled to and extending away from the electrochemical cell and extending through a first opening in the housing. The first opening in the housing comprises a flange. The battery cell assembly further includes a sealing ring disposed around the flange to exert a compressive force for hermetically sealing the opening.
US09502702B2
A bicycle battery holder is configured to be mounted to a bicycle. The bicycle battery holder includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first support portion is configured to support a battery at a first supporting position. The second support portion is configured to support the battery at a second supporting position, along with the first support portion. At least one of the first supporting position and the second supporting position is adjustably mounted.
US09502698B2
Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte battery including: a power-generating element; and a battery container configured to house the power-generating element. The power-generating element includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The battery container includes: a battery case having an opening; a sealing plate configured to close the opening; and a gasket interposed between the battery case and the sealing plate. The gasket includes a PFA resin being a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether, and at least a part of the PFA resin has undergone a melting treatment 2 to 20 times to be a first component. The melting treatment includes heating the PFA resin to a melting temperature of 310° C. to 450° C. for melting and then cooling the PFA resin back to a solid.
US09502695B2
A molding packaging material including a matte coat layer having excellent formability, chemical resistance, solvent resistance, and printability is provided. The molding packaging material 1 includes an outer base material 13 made of a heat-resistant resin, an inner sealant layer 16 made of a thermoplastic resin, a metal foil layer 11 arranged between the outer base material 13 and the inner sealant layer 16, and a matte coat layer 14 formed on one side of the outer base material opposite to the other side thereof to which the metal foil layer 11 is arranged. The matte coat layer 14 is made from a resin composition containing a base compound resin including a phenoxy resin and a urethane resin, a curing agent, and solid fine particles.
US09502689B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a sub-pixel having a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on a substrate, the first and second electrodes face each other, a light emission layer interposed between the first and second electrodes, and a mirror unit that corresponds to a portion of the light emission layer. The mirror unit is buried in a first part of a base surface of the sub-pixel such that a side of the mirror unit facing the light emission layer is aligned with a side of a second part of the base surface that faces the light emission layer and that excludes the mirror unit.
US09502687B2
An encapsulation member for a display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the encapsulation layer includes a first layer, a second layer formed over the first layer, and a third layer formed over the second layer. The third layer is formed of the same material as that of the first layer. An end of at least one of the first to third layers has a curved shape.
US09502683B2
A display device including a display substrate, the display substrate including an active area including a display unit that displays an image, a circuit area extending from the active area toward an exterior of the display device, and a cell seal area extending from the circuit area toward an exterior of the display device; an encapsulation substrate covering the display substrate; and a sealing portion between the display substrate and the encapsulation substrate, wherein the sealing portion includes a first sealing portion on the cell seal area, and a second sealing portion on the circuit area and extending from the first sealing portion.
US09502680B2
To provide a light emitting device that has a structure in which a light emitting element is sandwiched by two substrates to prevent moisture from penetrating into the light emitting element, and a method for manufacturing thereof. In addition, a gap between the two substrates can be controlled precisely. In the light emitting device according to the present invention, an airtight space surrounded by a sealing material with a closed pattern is kept under reduced pressure by attaching the pair of substrates under reduced pressure. A columnar or wall-shaped structure is formed between light emitting regions inside of the sealing material, in a region overlapping with the sealing material, or in a region outside of the sealing material so that the gap between the pair of substrates can be maintained precisely.
US09502678B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose a light emitting display panel. The light emitting display panel comprises a cover plate, a substrate disposed opposite to each other, a plurality of light emitting devices located between the cover plate and the substrate, and a packaging structure surrounding the light emitting devices. The packaging structure comprises at least three rows of protruded frames and a first packaging material which is located between adjacent protruded frames, wherein four sides of each of the protruded frames are looped and the at least three rows of protruded frames are adjacent to and embedded in each other in an outward direction. Adjacent ones of the at least three rows of protruded frames are alternately disposed on the cover plate and the substrate and protrude in opposite directions, and non-adjacent ones of the at least three rows of protruded frames are disposed on the same one of the cover plate and the substrate and protrude in the same direction. In the above light emitting display panel, resin adhesive or desiccant is filled in gaps between the frames so as to prolong an invasion path of water vapor and oxygen gas spatially, an effect of preventing water vapor and oxygen gas is thus increased. The light emitting display panel has advantages of good sealing property, simple manufacturing process and the like.
US09502676B2
To provide a light-emitting panel in which the occurrence of crosstalk is suppressed. To provide a method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel in which the occurrence of crosstalk is suppressed. The light-emitting panel includes a first electrode of one light-emitting element, a first electrode of the other light-emitting element, and an insulating partition which separates the two first electrodes. A portion with a thickness A1 smaller than a thickness A0 of a portion of the layer containing a light-emitting organic compound, which overlaps with a side surface of the partition, is included. The ratio (B1/B0) of a thickness B1 of a portion of the second electrode, which overlaps with a side surface of the partition, to a thickness B0 of a portion of the second electrode, which overlaps with the first electrode, is higher than the ratio (A1/A0).
US09502674B2
A carbon nanotube neuron device and a method of making the same are provided. The carbon nanotube neuron device includes a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate, and a carbon nanotube formed above the insulating layer. The carbon nanotube includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region. The carbon nanotube neuron device further includes a laminate structure surrounding the channel region. The laminate structure includes a first dielectric layer, a conductive layer, and a second dielectric layer. The carbon nanotube neuron device further includes a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed above the insulating layer and surrounding the source region and the drain region, respectively, and a plurality of gate electrodes spaced apart from each other and disposed above the insulating layer. Each gate electrode surrounds the laminate structure that surrounds the channel region.
US09502663B2
A compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including the compound are provided: Substituents in Formula 1 are the same as defined in the specification.
US09502655B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a pixel defining layer defining a pixel region on the substrate; a first electrode on the pixel region; a light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the light emitting layer; a thin film encapsulation layer on the second electrode; a metal pattern on the thin film encapsulation layer and overlapping the pixel defining layer; and a multi-layer thin film layer on the metal pattern and the thin film encapsulation layer.
US09502653B2
A device structure providing contact to conductive layers via a deep trench structure is disclosed. The device includes a first dielectric layer including a first opening. A first conductive layer is deposited over the first dielectric layer and the first opening. A second dielectric layer is deposited on the first conductive layer. The second dielectric layer includes a second opening. A second conductive layer is deposited over the second dielectric layer and the first and second openings. A semiconductor layer is deposited on the second dielectric layer such that the semiconductor layer is not continuous on at least part of the walls of the first or second openings. A top electrode layer is deposited on the semiconductor layer. The top electrode layer is in contact with the second conductive layer on at least part of the walls of the first or second openings.
US09502652B2
A method of manufacturing an EL display device having a panel part includes a step of forming film of an element constituting the panel part, by using a vapor deposition equipment. The vapor deposition equipment is equipped with crucible configured to accommodate vapor deposition material, metal case configured to dispose the crucible therein, and heater configured to heat vapor deposition material in the crucible. Case includes container and lid. Container is configured to accommodate crucible with a gap between the container and crucible. Lid is configured to be removably attached to an opening of container, and includes a jetting port through which vapors of vapor deposition material jet out.
US09502647B2
A resistive memory cell is disclosed. The resistive memory cell comprises a pair of electrodes and a resistance-switching network disposed between the pair of electrodes. The resistance-switching network comprises a group-IV element doping layer and a porous low-k layer. The group-IV doping layer comprises silicon oxide doped with a group-IV element. The porous low-k layer comprises porous silicon oxide or porous hafnium oxide. The group-IV element may comprise zirconium, titanium, or hafnium. The porous low-k layer may be prepared by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) treatment. A method of fabricating a resistive memory is disclosed. The method comprises forming a resistance-switching network on a first electrode using sputtering and forming a second electrode on the resistance-switching network using sputtering. The resistance-switching network comprises a group-IV element doping layer and a porous low-k layer.
US09502646B2
Semiconductor integrated circuit device having encapsulation film and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a resistive layer and an encapsulation film formed to surround an outer wall of the resistive layer. The encapsulation film contains an oxygen absorbing ingredient.
US09502644B1
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive effect device which can improve the through-put and achieve a high MR ratio. A method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes steps of: forming a first ferromagnetic layer; forming a tunnel barrier layer on the first ferromagnetic layer in a first chamber; and forming a second ferromagnetic layer on the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the step of forming the tunnel barrier layer includes steps of: forming a metal layer on the first ferromagnetic layer; oxidizing the metal layer; and, before the step of forming the second ferromagnetic layer, reducing a pressure inside the first chamber to a predetermined pressure at which the metal layer vaporizes, while keeping a temperature inside the first chamber at a predetermined temperature.
US09502640B1
A method of making a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device includes depositing a spacer material on an electrode; forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) on the spacer material that includes a reference layer in contact with the spacer material, a free layer, and a tunnel barrier layer; patterning a hard mask on the free layer; etching the MTJ and the spacer material to transfer a pattern of the hard mask into the MTJ and the spacer material; forming an insulating layer along a sidewall of the hard mask, the MTJ, and the spacer material; disposing an interlayer dielectric (ILD) on and around the hard mask, MTJ, and spacer material; etching through the ILD to form a trench that extends to a surface and sidewall of the hard mask and a sidewall of a portion of the MTJ; and disposing a metal in the trench to form a contact electrode.
US09502639B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory, wherein the semiconductor memory includes: a seed layer including conductive hafnium silicate; a first magnetic layer formed over the seed layer; a tunnel barrier layer formed over the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer formed over the tunnel barrier layer.
US09502637B2
A piezoelectric material is expressed as a mixed crystal including a first component formed of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure and a rhombohedral structure and containing Bi in an A-site and Fe in a B-site, a second component formed of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure and a tetragonal structure and containing Ba in an A-site and Ti in a B-site, and a third component formed of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure and a tetragonal structure and containing Bi and K in an A-site and Ti in a B-site.
US09502632B2
The invention relates to a resonator for the distribution and partial transformation of longitudinal vibrations and to a method for treating at least one fluid by means of a resonator according to the invention. The resonator is designed for the distribution of longitudinal vibrations and the partial transformation thereof into longitudinal vibrations that are superimposed by vibrations oriented towards the center of gravity or approximately towards the center of gravity of a cross-sectional surface of at least one opening of the resonator. The resonator comprises a natural number of parallel elements of at least lambda/2 or a natural multiple thereof, at least one of the lambda/2 elements comprising at least one opening suitable for transmitting the transformed vibrations to a fluid located inside the opening.
US09502630B1
A detector for detecting single photons of infrared radiation. In one embodiment a waveguide configured to transmit infrared radiation is arranged to be adjacent a graphene sheet and configured so that evanescent waves from the waveguide overlap the graphene sheet. An infrared photon absorbed by the graphene sheet from the evanescent waves heats the graphene sheet. The graphene sheet is coupled to the weak link of a Josephson junction, and a constant bias current is driven through the Josephson junction, so that an increase in the temperature of the graphene sheet results in a decrease in the critical current of the Josephson junction and a voltage pulse in the voltage across the Josephson junction. The voltage pulse is detected by the pulse detector.
US09502629B2
In a thermoelectric conversion element comprising a thermoelectric conversion layer formed by using a thermoelectric conversion material, the thermoelectric conversion material includes a polythiophene polymer, which includes a main chain made of a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1), and has a side chain R in a regiorandom array with respect to the main chain, a carbon nanotube, and a non-conjugated macromolecule. In Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US09502612B2
A light emitting diode (LED) device and packaging with enhance heat conduction. An LED in a wafer level processing (WLP) package is disclosed using vias in the silicon to route the electrical connections to the LED backside and a dedicated hole in the silicon with a direct heat conduction route from the LED to the printed circuit board. Certain layers act to promote mechanical, electrical, thermal, or optical characteristics of the device. The device avoids or ameliorates heat dissipation problems found in conventional LED devices. Some embodiments include a plurality of optically permissive layers, including an optically permissive cover substrate comprising phosphors and/or quantum dots.
US09502606B2
A nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting element is provided with: an underlying structure portion including a sapphire (0001) substrate and an AlN layer formed on the substrate; and a light-emitting element structure portion including an n-type cladding layer of an n-type AlGaN based semiconductor layer, an active layer having an AlGaN based semiconductor layer, and a p-type cladding layer of a p-type AlGaN based semiconductor layer, formed on the underlying structure portion. The (0001) surface of the substrate is inclined at an off angle which is equal to or greater than 0.6° and is equal to or smaller than 3.0°, and an AlN molar fraction of the n-type cladding layer is equal to or higher than 50%.
US09502605B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor light emitting device includes forming a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, forming an active layer by alternately forming a plurality of quantum well layers and a plurality of quantum barrier layers on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and forming a second conductivity type semiconductor layer on the active layer. The plurality of quantum barrier layers include at least one first quantum barrier layer adjacent to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and at least one second quantum barrier layer adjacent to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The forming of the active layer includes allowing the at least one first quantum barrier layer to be grown at a first temperature and allowing the at least one second quantum barrier layer to be grown at a second temperature lower than the first temperature.
US09502596B2
An adhesive may be applied to a surface of a reusable carrier. Metal foil may be attached to the adhesive to couple the metal foil to the surface of the reusable carrier. The metal foil may be patterned without damaging the reusable carrier. A semiconductor structure (e.g., a solar cell) may be attached to the patterned metal foil. The reusable carrier may then be removed. In some embodiments, the semiconductor structure may be encapsulated using an encapsulant, with the adhesive being compatible with the encapsulant.
US09502593B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate including an emission area, a sensor area, and an opening area. The display also includes an OLED formed in the emission area of the substrate, wherein the OLED includes an organic light emitting layer interposed between pixel and opposite electrodes, wherein the opposite electrode is configured to firstly reflect light emitted from the intermediate layer. The display further includes a photo sensor formed in the sensor area of the substrate and a partition wall located adjacent to the photo sensor and at least partially surrounding the photo sensor. The partition wall is configured to secondly reflect at least a portion of the first reflected light, and wherein the photo sensor is configured to at least partially absorb the second reflected light.
US09502592B2
A film-forming composition is characterized by containing: a triazine ring-containing hyperbranched polymer containing a repeating unit structure represented by formula (1); and a dissolution-enhancing agent for breaking a hydrogen bond formed at least within the hyperbranched polymer and/or between molecules, between a nitrogen atom in the triazine ring, and a diarylamine-derived NH group. The film-forming composition has excellent dissolvability in organic solvents such as resist solvents, and has good handling and filtration properties at low viscosity. (In the formula, R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group (however, at least one of R and R′ represents a hydrogen atom); and Ar represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring).
US09502587B2
In different exemplary embodiments, a solar cell is provided, including: a substrate with a first region and a second region, wherein the first region includes at least a first electrical conductivity and the second region includes at least a second electrical conductivity which is greater than the first electrical conductivity; and a passivation on the surface of the substrate; and a contact-structure on the surface of the substrate, wherein the contact-structure includes a plurality of contacts; wherein two contacts of the plurality of contacts are disposed at a first distance with respect to each other in the first region; wherein two further contacts of the plurality of contacts are disposed at a second distance with respect to each other in the second region; and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.
US09502581B2
A storage transistor for non-volatile memory can be fabricated to create controlled sharp polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) edges. The edges concentrate the electric field in the storage transistor and are used to enhance tunneling between layers of polysilicon for both program and erase operations. The storage transistor includes first and second polysilicon layers and a tunneling dielectric layer between the first and second polysilicon layers, and the second polysilicon layer includes at least a first edge extending towards the first polysilicon layer.
US09502579B2
A thin film transistor substrate includes a gate electrode disposed on a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate that partially overlaps the gate electrode and includes an oxide semiconductor material; and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, where the drain electrode is spaced apart from the source electrode. The source electrode and the drain electrode each include a barrier layer and a main wiring layer, the a main wiring layer is disposed on the barrier layer, and the barrier layer includes a first metal layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, and a second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer.
US09502575B2
An oxide thin film transistor array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. The oxide TFT array substrate includes a base substrate and an oxide TFT, a gate line, a data line and a pixel electrode provided on the base substrate, the drain electrode of the oxide TFT being connected with the pixel electrode, wherein a connection structure is provided between the source electrode of the oxide TFT and the data line, by which the source electrode of the oxide TFT and the data line are electrically connected, and the resistivity of the connection structure is larger than the resistivity of the source electrode.
US09502561B1
An embodiment is a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of fin structures disposed on the substrate; a plurality of first strained materials disposed on each of the plurality of the fin structures; a plurality of cap layers individually formed on each of the plurality of first strained materials, wherein at least two cap layers are connected to each other; a second strained material disposed on the at least two cap layers which are connected to each other.
US09502560B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. An example device may include: a substrate having a well formed therein, the well including a first section and a second section, wherein the first section has a lower doping concentration and is closer to a surface of the substrate than the second section; a fin structure formed on the surface of the substrate; an isolation layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the isolation layer exposes a portion of the fin structure, which serves as a fin for the semiconductor device; a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the fin, wherein a Punch-Through Stopper (PTS) is formed in only a region directly under a portion of the fin where the fin intersects the gate stack.
US09502553B2
In a cell region of a first major surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first well of a second conductivity type is in an upper surface. A diffusion region of a first conductivity type is in the upper surface in the first well. A first gate insulating film is on the first well, and a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating film. A second well of a second conductivity type is in the upper surface of the first major surface on a peripheral portion of the cell region. A second gate insulating film is on the second well, and a thick field oxide film is on the peripheral side of the second gate insulating film. A second gate electrode is sequentially on the second gate insulating film and the field oxide film and electrically connected to the first gate electrode. A first electrode is connected to the first well, the second well and the diffusion region. A second electrode is connected on a second major surface of the semiconductor substrate. A gate wiring is on the field oxide film, going around a periphery of the cell region, and electrically connected to the second gate electrode. The gate wiring is a silicide of a constituting substance of the second gate electrode.
US09502552B2
There is provided a silicon carbide semiconductor device having an improved switching characteristic. A MOSFET includes a silicon carbide layer, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, and a source electrode. The silicon carbide layer includes a drift region, a body region, and a contact region. The source electrode is in contact with the contact region in a main surface. The MOSFET is configured such that contact resistance of the source electrode with respect to the contact region is not less than 1×10−4 Ωcm2 and not more than 1×10−1 Ωcm2. Moreover, when viewed in a plan view of the main surface, an area of the contact region is not less than 10% of an area of the body region.
US09502551B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer formed over the first semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film contacting the second semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode facing the second semiconductor layer via the gate insulating film. The first semiconductor layer includes an Alxα1-xN layer (α includes Ga or In, and 0
US09502548B1
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, a field plate, a first passivation layer, and a metal layer. The active layer is disposed on the substrate. The source electrode and the drain electrode are respectively electrically connected to the active layer. The gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and above the active layer. The field plate is disposed above the active layer and between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The first passivation layer covers the gate electrode and the field plate. The metal layer is disposed on the first passivation layer, is disposed above the gate electrode and the field plate, and is electrically connected to the source electrode.
US09502537B2
Provided is a method of selectively removing a first region from a workpiece which includes the first region formed of silicon oxide and a second region formed of silicon. The method performs a plurality of sequences. Each sequence includes: forming a denatured region by generating plasma of a processing gas that contains hydrogen, nitrogen, and fluorine within a processing container that accommodates the workpiece so as to denature a portion of the first region, and removing the denatured region within the processing container. In addition, a sequence subsequent to a predetermined number of sequences after a first sequence among the plurality of sequences further includes exposing the workpiece to plasma of a reducing gas which is generated within the processing container, prior to the forming of the denatured region.
US09502536B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor array panel including: formation of a gate line including a gate electrode on a substrate; formation of sequentially a gate insulating layer, an active layer, a data metal layer, and a photoresist etching mask pattern on the gate line; etching the data metal layer with the same shape as the photoresist etching mask pattern; etching the active layer by using the photoresist etching mask pattern; formation of a data line including a source electrode and a drain electrode for completing a channel region on the active layer; and formation of a pixel electrode exposing the drain electrode and electrically connected with the drain electrode, in which in the etching of the active layer, a dry-etch process is performed by using gas including at least one of NF3 and H2.
US09502530B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including the steps of providing a substrate having first type semiconductor regions and second type semiconductor regions, forming a conformal first epitaxy mask layer on the substrate, forming first type epitaxial layer in the substrate of the first type semiconductor regions, forming a conformal second epitaxy mask layer on the substrate, forming second type epitaxial layer in the substrate of the second type semiconductor regions, and removing the second epitaxy mask layer.
US09502528B2
An improved semiconductor structure and methods of fabrication that provide improved transistor contacts in a semiconductor structure are provided. A first block mask is formed over a portion of the semiconductor structure. This first block mask covers at least a portion of at least one source/drain (s/d) contact location. An s/d capping layer is formed over the s/d contact locations that are not covered by the first block mask. This s/d capping layer is comprised of a first capping substance. Then, a second block mask is formed over the semiconductor structure. This second block mask exposes at least one gate location. A gate capping layer, which comprises a second capping substance, is removed from the exposed gate location(s). Then a metal contact layer is deposited, which forms a contact to both the s/d contact location(s) and the gate contact location(s).
US09502524B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a buffer layer on a substrate, an graded aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) layer disposed on the buffer layer, a gallium nitride (GaN) layer disposed on the graded AlGaN layer, a second AlGaN layer disposed on the GaN layer and a gate stack disposed on the second AlGaN layer. The gate stack includes one or more of a III-V compound p-doped layer, a III-V compound n-doped layer, an aluminum nitride (AlN) layer between the III-V compound p-doped and n-doped layers, and a metal layer formed over the p-doped, AlN, and n-doped layers. A dielectric layer can also underlie the metal layer.
US09502522B1
A process of manufacture of high voltage (300-600V) and high current (10-100 A) Schottky diode, which includes the following steps in sequence: provide a N-type silicon wafer; process phosphor deposition and high-concentration N+ phosphorus diffusion; cutting and chemical mechanical polishing; classifying into different voltage groups; processing primary oxidation and lithography; processing boron diffusion, secondary lithography and wiring; process ion implantation and metal spluttering to form the Schottky barrier; process metal evaporation and lithography for front metal; and finally process etching and metal evaporation for rear metal. Instead of the conventional epitaxial process, a diffusion process is employed to form the N+ layer. The final product is equipped with the advantages of Schottky diode and is applicable for high voltage of 300-600V and high current of 10-100 A. The current leakage and defect rate are dramatically lowered while the cost is lowered, thus mass production is facilitated.
US09502521B2
A non-volatile memory semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate having a channel and a gate stack above the channel. The gate stack comprises a tunnel layer adjacent to the channel, a charge trapping layer above the tunnel layer, a charge blocking layer above the charge trapping layer, a control gate above the charge blocking layer, and an intentionally incorporated interface region between the charge trapping layer and the charge blocking layer. The charge trapping layer comprises a compound including silicon and nitrogen, the charge blocking layer contains an oxide of a charge blocking component, and the interface region comprises a compound including silicon, nitrogen and the charge blocking component. The tunnel layer may comprise up to three tunnel sub-layers, the charge trapping layer may comprise two trapping sub-layers, and the charge blocking layer may comprise up to five blocking sub-layers. Various gate stack formation techniques can be employed.
US09502518B2
A high performance GAA FET is described in which vertically stacked silicon nanowires carry substantially the same drive current as the fin in a conventional FinFET transistor, but at a lower operating voltage, and with greater reliability. One problem that occurs in existing nanowire GAA FETs is that, when a metal is used to form the wrap-around gate, a short circuit can develop between the source and drain regions and the metal gate portion that underlies the channel. The vertically stacked nanowire device described herein, however, avoids such short circuits by forming insulating barriers in contact with the source and drain regions, prior to forming the gate. Through the use of sacrificial films, the fabrication process is almost fully self-aligned, such that only one lithography mask layer is needed, which significantly reduces manufacturing costs.
US09502508B2
A method for manufacturing an isolation structure integrated with semiconductor device includes following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of trenched gates is formed in the substrate. A first insulating layer and a second insulating layer are sequentially deposited on the substrate. A first etching process is performed to remove portions of the second insulating layer to expose portions of the first insulating layer. A second etching process is then performed to remove the exposed second insulating layer to expose the trenched gates and to define at least an active region.
US09502506B2
A design structure for fins in a fin array that can be included in a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), the design structure including: a semiconductor fin being on a substrate and having a semiconductor fin height and a first side; a dielectric fin having a dielectric fin height and a second side facing the first side, the dielectric fin extending in a first direction substantially parallel to the first semiconductor fin; a first conformal liner lining a first trough, the first conformal liner extending across the substrate between the first side and the second side and up to approximately the dielectric fin height on the first side and on the second side; and a fill material filling the first trough to approximately the dielectric fin height.
US09502504B2
Lateral SOI bipolar transistor structures are provided including an intrinsic base semiconductor material portion in which all surfaces of the intrinsic base not forming an interface with either a collector semiconductor material portion or an emitter semiconductor material portion, contain an extrinsic base semiconductor material portion. Each extrinsic base semiconductor material portion is of the same conductivity type as that of the intrinsic base semiconductor material portion, yet each extrinsic base semiconductor material portion has a higher dopant concentration than the intrinsic base semiconductor material portion. The intrinsic base semiconductor material portion of the lateral SOI bipolar transistors of the present application does not have any interface with surrounding insulator material layers. As such, any potential charge build-up in the surrounding insulator material layers is shielded by the extrinsic base semiconductor material portions.
US09502503B2
Semiconductor devices includes a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of mesas formed in a semiconductor layer. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer formed on mesas of the semiconductor layer. The thicknesses and doping concentrations of the first and second epitaxial layers and the mesa are selected to achieve charge balance in operation. In another embodiment, the semiconductor body is lightly doped and the thicknesses and doping concentrations of the first and second epitaxial layers are selected to achieve charge balance in operation.
US09502492B2
A semiconductor device includes: a capacitor including a first insulating film between a lower electrode and an upper electrode; and a first laminated structure including a second insulating film and a semiconductor film, the second insulating film and the semiconductor film being located between part or all of a rim of the lower electrode and the first insulating film.
US09502488B2
An organic light emitting display device according to the present disclosure includes: a semiconductor on a substrate including a switching channel of a switching transistor and a driving channel of a driving transistor, the driving transistor being spaced from the switching transistor; a first insulating layer covering the semiconductor; a switching gate electrode on the first insulating layer and overlapping the switching channel and a driving gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer and overlapping the driving channel; a second insulating layer covering the switching gate electrode and the driving gate electrode; a data line on the second insulating layer comprising: an upper data line; and a lower data line; a driving voltage line on the second insulating layer; a passivation layer covering the data line and the driving voltage line; a pixel electrode on the passivation layer; and a first pixel connecting member on the passivation layer.
US09502484B2
A thin-film transistor substrate may include an electrical wiring structure that includes a first electrode, which may be a source electrode, a drain electrode, or a capacitor electrode. The thin-film transistor substrate may further include a first insulating layer that directly contacts a first side of the first electrode. The thin-film transistor substrate may further include a second insulating layer that directly contacts a second side of the first electrode opposite the first side of the first electrode. The thin-film transistor substrate may further include a first filling layer that is disposed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
US09502483B2
There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness. When a drain current of a plurality of current controlling TFTs is Id, a mobility is μ, a gate capacitance per unit area is Co, a maximum gate voltage is Vgs(max), a channel width is W, a channel length is L, an average value of a threshold voltage is Vth, a deviation from the average value of the threshold voltage is ΔVth, and a difference in emission brightness of a plurality of EL elements is within a range of ±n %, a semiconductor display device is characterized in that A = 2 Id μ * C 0 A ( Vgs ( max ) - Vth ) 2 ≦ W L ≦ ( 1 + n 100 - 1 ) 2 * A Δ Vth 2 Δ Vth ≦ ( 1 + n 100 - 1 ) * A * L / W .
US09502481B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting device, (OLED) comprising a substrate on which a driving transistor is formed, a bank formed on the substrate providing a boundary for a pixel region, a first electrode formed on the substrate and electrically connected with the driving transistor, the first electrode comprising a first and second cross sectional area both oriented in a direction perpendicular to a vertical direction of the substrate, the first area adjacent to the bank, the second area surrounded by the first area, an organic layer formed on the first electrode within the boundary provided by the bank, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer, wherein during operation of the OLED a first electric field between the first area of the first electrode and the second electrode is greater than a second electric field between the second area of the first electrode and the second electrode.
US09502476B2
A pixel structure in an organic light emitting display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel. Lengths of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are arranged along a first direction. Widths of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel is arranged along a second direction. A length of the first sub-pixel is greater than a length of the second sub-pixel along the first direction and a length of the third sub-pixel along the first direction. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are orderly arranged along the second direction.
US09502468B2
A nonvolatile memory device having a first resistive element coupled between a common node and a bit line; a second resistive element coupled between the common node and a word line; and a pass transistor having a gate coupled to the common node, a first node coupled to a reference voltage, and a second node coupled to an output, wherein the word line is orthogonal to the bit line.
US09502459B2
An image pickup device includes: a photodiode provided in a silicon substrate, and configured to generate electric charge corresponding to an amount of received light, by performing photoelectric conversion; and a transfer transistor provided at an epitaxial layer on the silicon substrate, and configured to transfer the electric charge generated in the photodiode, wherein the transfer transistor includes a gate electrode and a channel region, the gate electrode being embedded in the epitaxial layer, and the channel region surrounding the gate electrode, and the channel region has, in a thickness direction, a concentration gradient in which a curvature of a potential gradient is free from a mixture of plus and minus signs.
US09502458B2
A sensor pixel detects a photon and outputs a first voltage proportional to a time of arrival of the detected photon. This voltage is converted to a multi-bit digital signal in the format of a thermometer code. A number of counter circuits, one counter circuit per bit of the multi-bit digital signal, are provided to accumulate the thermometer coded outputs. Each counter is configured to increment in response to an active logic state of the corresponding bit of the multi-bit digital signal. Accumulated count values in the counter circuits provide a timing histogram with respect to photon detection.
US09502434B2
The electric characteristics of a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor are improved. The reliability of a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor is improved. The semiconductor device includes an element layer. The element layer includes a first film, a transistor, and a second film. The first film and the second film are partly in contact with each other. The region in which the first film and the second film are in contact with each other has a closed-loop shape when seen from above. The transistor is located between the first film and the second film. The region in which the first film and the second film are in contact with each other is located between a side surface of the element layer and the transistor.
US09502421B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes two different semiconductor materials. The two semiconductor materials are arranged adjacent one another in a common plane.
US09502413B2
A semiconductor device including source drain stressors is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure including a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate. Gate spacers may be disposed on sidewalls of the gate structure and a stressor pattern including an impurity region is disposed on a side of the gate structure. The stressor pattern includes a protruded portion having a top surface higher than a bottom surface of the gate structure and a facet in the protruded portion. The facet is slanted at a predetermined angle with respect to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and forms a concave portion with one of the gate spacers. A blocking insulating layer may extend conformally on the stressor pattern and the gate spacers and an insulating wing pattern is disposed in the concave portion on the blocking insulating layer.
US09502406B1
Provided is a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same. The device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first gate pattern on the first region, a second gate pattern on the second region, and an interlayer insulating layer enclosing the first and second gate patterns. The first gate pattern including a first gate insulating layer and a first gate electrode, the second gate pattern including a second gate insulating layer and a second gate electrode, the first gate insulating layer is thicker than the second gate insulating layer, and a top width of the second gate pattern is larger than a bottom width thereof.
US09502400B2
A semiconductor substrate has at least two active regions, each having at least one active device that includes a gate electrode layer, and a shallow trench isolation (STI) region between the active regions. A decoupling capacitor comprises first and second dummy conductive patterns formed in the same gate electrode layer over the STI region. The first and second dummy conductive regions are unconnected to any of the at least one active device. The first dummy conductive pattern is connected to a source of a first potential. The second dummy conductive pattern is connected to a source of a second potential. A dielectric material is provided between the first and second dummy conductive patterns.
US09502398B2
There are disclosed herein various implementations of composite semiconductor devices. In one implementation, such a composite semiconductor device includes a transition body formed over a diode, the transition body including more than one semiconductor layer. The composite semiconductor device also includes a transistor formed over the transition body. The diode may be connected across the transistor using through-semiconductor vias, external electrical connectors, or a combination of the two.
US09502389B2
Discussed is a display device including a wiring substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode formed on different surfaces, a conductive adhesive layer configured to cover the wiring substrate, and a sub-pixel portion coupled to the conductive adhesive layer to have a plurality of light emitting portions that emit different color lights, wherein the sub-pixel portion has a plurality of first conductive electrodes corresponding to the plurality of light emitting portions, and a second conductive electrode as a common electrode for the plurality of light emitting portions, and wherein an electrode hole is formed on the wiring substrate to electrically connect the second electrode to the second conductive electrode.
US09502388B2
Technology capable of improving reliability of a semiconductor device is provided. In the present invention, a gate pad GPj formed on a front surface of a semiconductor chip CHP1 is disposed so as to be closer to a source lead SL than to other leads (a drain lead DL and a gate lead GL). As a result, according to the present invention, a distance between the gate pad GPj and the source lead SL can be shortened, and thus a length of the wire Wgj for connecting the gate pad GPj and the source lead SL together can be shortened. Thus, according to the present invention, a parasitic inductance that is present in the wire Wgj can be sufficiently reduced.
US09502380B2
A semiconductor package and a method of forming a semiconductor package with one or more dies over an interposer are provided. In some embodiments, the method is performed by placing an interposer with one or more through-substrate-vias (TSVs) on a first adhesive layer overlying a first carrier substrate. Connection structures are arranged along a first surface of the interposer facing the first adhesive layer. A first molding compound is formed over the first adhesive layer and surrounding the interposer. The first molding compound is arranged to expose the TSVs along a second surface of the interposer. A first redistribution structure is formed over the second surface of the interposer and the first molding compound, and conductive bump structures are formed over the first redistribution structure. A first packaged die is bonded to the conductive bump structures.
US09502376B2
A method is provided for connecting parts to be joined. A first layer sequence is applied to a first part to be joined. The first layer sequence contains silver. A second layer sequence is applied to a second part to be joined. The second layer sequence contains indium and bismuth. The first layer sequence and the second layer sequence are pressed together at their end faces respectively remote from the first part to be joined and the second part to be joined through application of a joining pressure at a joining temperature which amounts to at most 120° C. for a predetermined joining time. The first layer sequence and the second layer sequence fuse together to form a bonding layer which directly adjoins the first part to be joined and the second part to be joined and the melting temperature of which amounts to at least 260° C.
US09502374B2
A capillary is utilized to form the wedge wire bond comprised in a wire interconnection. A wire holding device is located above a wire clamp and the capillary to secure the wire while the wire clamp is open and not clamping onto the wire. The wire clamp and the capillary may be lifted relative to the wire in a direction away from the wedge wire bond and towards the wire holding device so as to pay out a length of wire from the capillary. At a predetermined height of the capillary, the wire clamp is closed to clamp onto the wire, and thereafter, the capillary and wire clamp may be moved further away from the wedge wire bond to cause the wire to break away from the wedge wire bond and to form the wire tail with a desired length extending from the capillary.
US09502369B2
Semiconductor device packages include first and second semiconductor dice in a facing relationship. At least one group of solder bumps is substantially along a centerline between the semiconductor dice and operably coupled with integrated circuitry of the first and second semiconductor dice. Another group of solder bumps is laterally offset from the centerline and operably coupled only with integrated circuitry of the first semiconductor die. A further group of solder bumps is laterally offset from the centerline and operably coupled only with integrated circuitry of the second semiconductor die. Methods of forming semiconductor device packages include aligning first and second semiconductor dice with active surfaces facing each other, the first and second semiconductor dice each including bond pads along a centerline thereof and additional bond pads laterally offset from the centerline thereof.
US09502366B2
A semiconductor structure with an under bump metallization (UBM) layer is provided. The semiconductor structure at least includes a substrate, a metal pad disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covering the substrate and an edge of the metal pad, wherein at least one recess is disposed within the insulating layer and a first UBM layer contacts the metal pad. The recess is adjacent to the metal pad and the recess is in the shape of a ring. The first UBM layer contacts part of the recess.
US09502364B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes: a backside redistribution layer; at least one component, disposed over and connected to the backside redistribution layer; at least one chip adjacent to the at least one component; a molding compound disposed between the at least one chip and the at least one component; a via, disposed in the molding compound and connected to the backside redistribution layer; and a front redistribution layer, disposed over the chip and the via, wherein the chip and the at least one component are connected by using the backside redistribution layer, the via and the front redistribution layer.
US09502344B2
Wafer level packaged semiconductor device with enhanced heat dissipation properties. The semiconductor device includes a top and a bottom face and at least one metal pad is positioned on the top and the bottom faces. A top cover is affixed to the top face of the semiconductor device and a bottom cover is affixed to the bottom face of the semiconductor device. Vias extend through the top and bottom covers and an electroplated metal layer extends from an external face of the covers, through the visas to the metal pads on the semiconductor device.
US09502342B2
A method of fabricating a package-on-package (PoP) type of semiconductor package may include providing a lower package with a lower substrate, a lower semiconductor chip, and a lower mold layer and providing an upper package with an upper substrate, an upper semiconductor chip, and an upper mold layer. A through hole is formed to penetrate the upper package, and the upper package and lower package are electrically connected. A thermal interface material is injected into the through hole to form a first heat transmission part between, and in contact with, the upper package and the lower package.
US09502334B2
A semiconductor device package includes a first substrate, which has a lower substrate surface and an upper substrate surface. A conductive dummy gate structure is disposed over the upper substrate surface. An interconnect structure is disposed over the conductive dummy gate structure. The interconnect structure includes a plurality of metal layers disposed within a dielectric structure and at least one of the metal layers is electrically coupled to the conductive dummy gate structure. A conductive through-substrate via extends from the lower substrate surface to an underside of the conductive dummy gate structure and is electrically coupled to the conductive dummy gate structure.
US09502333B2
A semiconductor device is provided, including: a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces and a plurality of conductive vias passing through the first and second surfaces; an insulating layer formed on the first surface of the substrate and exposing end portions of the conductive vias therefrom; and a buffer layer formed on the insulating layer at peripheries of the end portions of the conductive vias, thereby increasing product reliability and good yield.
US09502325B2
A structure and method for fabricating a continuous cooling channel in the back end of line wiring levels of an integrated circuit (IC) chip is provided. This continuous cooling channel may provide a path for a cooling source such as a fluid pumped from an external fluidic-cooling circulation driver to make physical contact locally with and cool the back end levels within the IC chip that may generate heat as a byproduct of the IC device's routine operations. Such a cooling structure is achieved by removing a horizontal portion of a barrier layer from an intermediate region of an interlevel interconnect structure, selective to a vertical portion of the barrier layer located on a sidewall of the interlevel interconnect structure, using gas cluster ion beam etching as well as removing the bulk conductor by additional means.
US09502323B2
Various packages and methods of forming packages are disclosed. In an embodiment, a package includes a hybrid encapsulant encapsulating a chip attached to a substrate. The hybrid encapsulant comprises a first molding compound and a second molding compound that has a different composition than the first molding compound. In another embodiment, a package includes an encapsulant encapsulating a chip attached to a substrate. A surface of the chip is exposed through the encapsulant. The encapsulant comprises a recess in a surface of a first molding compound proximate the surface of the chip. A thermal interface material is on the surface of the chip and in the recess, and a lid is attached to the thermal interface material.
US09502318B2
A polish apparatus including a rotatable table configured to receive a polish pad having a polish surface; a polish head configured to hold a polish object and configured to be capable of placing the polish object in contact with the polish surface while holding the polish object; at least one contact portion being provided with a contact surface and configured to be capable of contacting the polish surface when the table is in rotation; and a measurement portion configured to measure a state of the contact surface of the contact portion being configured to contact the polish surface of the polish pad.
US09502310B1
The present invention discloses a method for integrating a vertical nanowire transistor and belongs to a field of field effect transistor logic device in a CMOS ultra-large scale integrated circuit (ULSI). The method realizes the integration of the vertical-nanowire transistor by combining selective epitaxy and replacement gate on sidewall. In comparison with an existing method for forming a vertical nanowire channel by etching, a size and shape of a cross section of a device channel can be accurately controlled, a consistency of device characteristic can be improved, and an etching damage during the forming of a channel in the existing method can be avoided, thereby the device performance can be improved.
US09502288B2
An interconnect structure is provided that has improved electromigration resistance as well as methods of forming such an interconnect structure. The interconnect structure includes a composite M-MOx cap located at least on the upper surface of the Cu-containing material within the at least one opening. The composite M-MOx cap includes an upper region that is composed of the metal having a higher affinity for oxygen than copper and copper oxide and a lower region that is composed of a non-stoichiometric oxide of said metal.
US09502284B2
An integrated circuit with a metal thin film resistor with an overlying etch stop layer. A process for forming a metal thin film resistor in an integrated circuit with the addition of one lithography step.
US09502276B2
A system for processing substrates in plasma chambers, such that all substrates transport and loading/unloading operations are performed in atmospheric environment, but processing is performed in vacuum environment. The substrates are transported throughout the system on carriers. The system's chambers are arranged linearly, such that carriers move from one chamber directly to the next. A conveyor, placed above or below the system's chambers, returns the carriers to the system's entry area after processing is completed. Loading and unloading of substrates may be performed at one side of the system, or loading can be done at the entry side and unloading at the exit side.
US09502269B2
An apparatus for cooling electronic devices to be used in the vacuum of space is described. a window frame is provided as packaging for an electronic device having a substrate and a chip. The window frame includes an opening to allow a heat pipe to be in direct contact with a backside of the chip. The window frame is hermetically sealed to the backside of the chip. The window frame is also welded to a kovar ring located on the backside of the chip to provide a hermetic seal between the window frame and the substrate.
US09502268B2
A method to provide a wafer level package with increasing contact pad area comprising the steps of forming a first packaging layer on wafer top surface, grinding the wafer back surface and etch through holes, depositing a metal to fill the through holes and covering wafer backside, cutting through the wafer from wafer backside forming a plurality of grooves separating each chip then depositing a second packaging layer filling the grooves and covering the wafer back metal, reducing the first packaging layer thickness to expose the second packaging layer filling the grooves and forming a plurality of contact pads overlaying the first packaging layer thereafter cutting through the second packaging layer in the grooves to form individual package.
US09502267B1
An integrated circuit packaging system, and a method of manufacture thereof, includes: a support structure having: an internal insulation layer having a hole, a device connection side, and a removal mark characteristic of a conductive seed layer removed at the device connection side, a first conductive pad in the hole at the device connection side, and an exterior insulation layer over the first conductive pad at the device connection side; an integrated circuit over the exterior insulation layer; and an encapsulation over the integrated circuit.
US09502264B2
A method for removing oxide selective to a material comprising at least silicon and at least nitrogen is disclosed, the method comprising providing in a reactor a structure having a surface comprising a region, wherein said region comprises a material comprising at least silicon and at least nitrogen, providing on said structure an oxide layer overlying at least a part of said region, and removing said oxide layer selective to said material by etching, thereby exposing at least a part of said at least overlaid part of said region, wherein said etching is done only by providing an etchant gas comprising boron, whereby a voltage bias lower than 30 V is applied to the structure.
US09502260B2
The present invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including: firstly, providing a substrate, a fin structure being disposed on the substrate, a gate structure crossing over the fin structure, and a first hard mask being disposed on the top surface of the gate structure. Next, a dielectric layer is formed, covering the substrate, the fin structure and the gate structure. Afterwards, a second hard mask is formed on the top surface of the first hard mask, where the width of the second hard mask is larger than the width of the first hard mask, a bottom surface of the second hard mask and a top surface of the first hard mask are on the same level. An etching process is then performed to remove parts of the dielectric and parts of the fin structure.
US09502255B2
Methods of repairing damaged low-k dielectric films using UV-activated photosensitive organic compounds are described herein. Methods of sealing pores by exposing porous dielectric films to UV-activated large photosensitive organic compounds are also described. Methods also include mechanically reinforcing dielectric films using photosensitive organic compounds activated by UV radiation. Compounds include at least one photosensitive end group, such as an unsaturated bond or group with high ring strain.
US09502254B2
New photoresists are provided that comprise preferably as distinct components: a resin, a photoactive component and a phenolic component Preferred photoresists of the invention are can be useful for ion implant lithography protocols.
US09502253B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit comprises forming a first doped region in a substrate using a first angle ion implantation performed on a first side of a gate structure. The gate structure has a length in a first direction and a width in a second direction. The method also comprises forming a second doped region in the substrate using a second angle ion implantation performed on a second side of the gate structure. The first angle ion implantation has a first implantation angle with respect to the second direction and the second angle ion implantation has a second implantation angle with respect to the second direction. Each of the first implantation angle and the second implantation angle is substantially larger than 0° and less than 90°.
US09502251B1
A method for fabricating a LDMOS device in a semiconductor substrate of a first doping type, including: implanting a series of dopants into the semiconductor substrate using a first mask, and forming a first region of a second doping type adjacent to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second region of the first doping type located beneath the first region, and a third region of the second doping type located beneath the second region; implanting dopants into the semiconductor substrate using a second mask, and forming a fourth region of the second doping type adjacent to the first, second and third regions, wherein the fourth region extends from the surface of the semiconductor substrate to approximately the same depth as the third region; and implanting dopants into the first region using a third mask, and form a first well of the first doping type.
US09502247B2
The present invention provides a method for forming a coating film for a lithography, comprising the steps of: performing spin coating of a composition for forming a coating film for a lithography onto a substrate for producing a semiconductor device by using a spin coating device provided with an integrated filter in which a filtration membrane and a housing are integrated; and heating the substrate coated with the composition for forming a coating film for a lithography; thereby forming a coating film for a lithography on the substrate, wherein the integrated filter is a filter in which eluting material is in at amount of 3 mg or less per a filter, the eluting material being extracted by circulating an organic solvent at a rate of 10 ml/min for 24 hours. This method enables to form a coating film for a lithography with its coating defects extremely reduced.
US09502242B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide a method and apparatus for forming an IGZO active layer within a thin film transistor (TFT) device. In one embodiment, a method is provided for forming an IGZO active layer on a dielectric surface using a PECVD deposition process. In one embodiment, a method is provided for pretreating and passivating the dielectric surface for receiving the PECVD formed IGZO layer. In another embodiment, a method is provided for treating a PECVD formed IGZO layer after depositing said layer. In another embodiment, a method is provided for forming a multi-layer or complex layering structure of IGZO, within a PECVD processing chamber, for optimizing TFT electrical characteristics such as carrier density, contact resistance, and gate dielectric interfacial properties. In yet another embodiment, a method is provided for forming integrated layers for a TFT including IGZO within an in-situ environment of a cluster tool.
US09502239B2
There is provided a substrate processing method, including: (a) loading a substrate into a processing vessel having a pre-baked film containing a silazane bond; (b) heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying a process gas to the heated substrate; and (c) heating the substrate to which the process gas has been supplied, to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and less than or equal to a temperature at which the pre-bake has been performed.
US09502235B2
According to embodiments of the invention, a thin film transistor (TFT), a manufacturing method of the TFT, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the TFT comprises: forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate formed with the gate electrode; forming an oxide semiconductor active layer, an etch stop layer and a source/drain electrode on the gate insulating layer, wherein the etch stop layer is obtained by an oxidation treatment.
US09502224B2
Provided is a magnetron sputtering target having a ferromagnetic metal element. This magnetron sputtering target includes: a magnetic phase containing the ferromagnetic metal element; a plurality of non-magnetic phases that each contain the ferromagnetic metal element and that are different in constituent elements or a content ratio of constituent elements; and an oxide phase. At least one of the plurality of non-magnetic phases is more finely interdispersed with the oxide phase than the magnetic phase.
US09502223B2
A sputtering apparatus includes a backing plate, a fixing portion, and a shield surrounding the periphery of a target and having an opening. The fixing portion fixes the target to the backing plate by pressing the peripheral portion of the target against the backing plate. The shield includes a facing portion facing the backing plate without the fixing portion intervening between them, and an outer portion formed outside the facing portion. The gap between the facing portion and the backing plate is smaller than the gap between the outer portion and the backing plate. The inner surface of the shield, which faces a processing space, includes a portion which inclines such that the distance between the inner surface and the backing plate decreases from the outer portion to the facing portion.
US09502217B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber which plasma-processes a sample, a first high-frequency power supply which supplies first high-frequency power for plasma generation to the processing chamber, a second high-frequency power supply which supplies second high-frequency power to a sample stage on which the sample is placed and a pulse generation device which generate first pulses for time-modulating the first high-frequency power and second pulses for time-modulating the second high-frequency power. The pulse generation device includes a control device which controls the first and second pulses so that frequency of the first pulses is higher than frequency of the second pulses and the on-period of the second pulse is contained in the on-period of the first pulse.
US09502214B2
An apparatus is provided that performs continuous cleaning of a surface of a grounded material which is coated with an organic substance. The apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes covered with a dielectric and disposed along the surface of the material. The electrodes are connected to a high-voltage generator using a MOS power transistor connected to a step up transformer to convert low-voltage pulses generated from a low-voltage power supply into high-voltage pulses. The apparatus is configured to provide a pulsed electric field wherein the maximum voltage of the positive pulses U+ is greater than the arc-striking voltage Ua, and the maximum absolute value of the voltage of the negative pulses U− is less than the striking voltage Ua.
US09502212B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus capable of measuring a potential of a sample surface by using a charged particle beam, or of detecting a compensation value of a variation in an apparatus condition which changes due to sample charging, by measuring a sample potential caused by irradiation with the charged particle beam. In order to achieve the object, a method and an apparatus are provided in which charged particle beams (2(a), 2(b)) emitted from a sample (23) are deflected by a charged particle deflector (33) in a state in which the sample (23) is irradiated with a charged particle beam (1), and information regarding a sample potential is detected by using a signal obtained at that time.
US09502207B1
An ion source filament clamp has a clamp member having first and second ends. The first end has one of a cam surface and a cam follower, and has first and second portions that are opposed to one another and separated by a slot having a lead opening defined therein to receive a lead of an ion source filament. An actuator pin extends along an actuator pin axis and has first and second sections. The first section is coupled to the first portion of the clamp member. The actuator pin extends through, and is in sliding engagement with, a thru-hole in the second portion of the clamp member. A cam member is operably coupled to the second section of the actuator pin. The cam member has a handle and the other of the cam surface and cam follower and is configured to rotate between a clamped position and an unclamped position. The cam follower slidingly contacts the cam surface. In the clamped position, the cam follower engages the cam surface in a first predetermined manner, thus selectively compressing the first and second portions of the clamp member toward one another and exerting a clamping pressure on the lead within the lead opening while inducing a spring tension between the first and second portions of the clamp member. In the unclamped position, the cam follower engages the cam surface in a second predetermined manner, wherein the spring tension extends the first and second portions of the clamp member apart from one another, therein releasing the clamping pressure on the lead within the lead opening.
US09502206B2
The invention is an x-ray window with a stack of thin film layers including aluminum layer(s), corrosion-barrier layer(s), and/or polymer layer(s). Aluminum layer(s) can provide improved gas impermeability. Polymer layer(s) can increase structural strength. The x-ray window can be substantially transmissive to x-rays but also substantially block visible light and infrared light. The x-ray window can have minimal deflection.
US09502201B2
Provided is a tungsten electrode material that can improve the life of an electrode than conventional by the use of a material in place of thorium oxide. The tungsten electrode material includes a tungsten base alloy and oxide particles dispersed in the tungsten base alloy, wherein the oxide particle is an oxide solid solution in which a Zr oxide and/or a Hf oxide and an oxide of at least one or more kinds of rare earth elements selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu are solid-dissolved.
US09502199B2
An electromagnetic contactor includes a pair of fixed contact portions having a predetermined distance from each other; a movable contact including a pair of movable contact portions disposed facing the pair of fixed contact portions; a movable support body supporting a central portion of the movable contact in an extending direction of the movable contact; a housing receptacle formed from a non-conductive body, housing at least the pair of fixed contact portions and the movable contact; an electromagnet unit causing the movable support body to move back and forth to cause the movable contact portions to contact to and separate from the fixed contact portions; and sliding guides extending along a moving direction of the movable contact for moving the movable contact back and forth in the housing receptacle to regulate a turning displacement of the movable contact. The sliding guides are different from the housing receptacle.
US09502197B1
Disclosed are ergonomic power switches for wearable electronic devices. A wearable electronic device may include a circuit including a power supply, and an ergonomic power switch to selectively close the circuit. The ergonomic power switch may comprise multiple elements that are configured to cause closure of the circuit in response to a connection event. The connection event may occur in response to a portion of a user's body being positioned between the multiple elements. A process may include determining, by a controller of a wearable electronic device, that a connection event has occurred, and setting a power state of the wearable electronic device to a power-on state where power is supplied to multiple electrical components of the wearable electronic device from a power supply of the wearable electronic device.
US09502193B2
A key mechanism including one or more butterfly hinges. Each butterfly hinge may include a double wing design operative to move between a depressed position and non-depressed position. Hinged coupling mechanisms couple respective arms of the wings together. Additionally or alternatively, a key mechanism can include one or more half-butterfly hinges. Each half-butterfly hinge includes a double wing design operative to move between a depressed position and non-depressed position. A hinged coupling mechanism couples one set of corresponding arms of the wings together, while the other set of corresponding arms are not coupled together.
US09502192B2
A non-contact button assembly for a powered surgical instrument includes a light emitter, a rocker switch, and a button shaft. The rocker switch defines a through passage about a longitudinal axis of the button assembly. The button shaft is disposed within the through passage. The button shaft includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a flange positioned therebetween. The button shaft has a deactivated position such that the button shaft is configured to prevent light from the light emitter from illuminating a light detector and the button shaft has an activated position such that the button shaft is configured to permit light emitted from the light emitter to illuminate the light detector.
US09502189B2
According to an embodiment, when a transformer that is connected to a first power supply through a first breaker as well as to a second power supply through a second breaker is detected to be disconnected from the power supplies, a specific phase of the three phases of the first breaker is closed to suppress an excitation inrush current, based on calculated residual magnetic fluxes and a voltage of the first power supply, and thereafter, the remaining two phases are closed. Based on the calculated residual magnetic fluxes and a voltage of the second power supply, a specific phase of the three phases of the second breaker is closed to suppress an excitation inrush current, and thereafter, the remaining two phases are closed.
US09502187B2
The invention relates to a method of controlling switchgear in order to estimate the remanent flux value of a power transformer during disconnection from a high-voltage electrical network using voltage measurements delivered by a capacitive voltage transformer by correcting the transfer function of the capacitive voltage transformer, and in which said value is delivered to a controller that determines the optimum switchgear switching instant.
US09502185B2
The object of the invention is an electrode comprising a continuous current collector (1) wherein 50% or more of the surface of said collector has a roughness Ra1 comprised between 0.8 and 15 μm, measured for a base length comprised between 2 and 200 μm, said collector being coated with a mixture (2) comprising active carbon having a specific surface area greater than or equal to 500 m2/g and a binder comprising a mixture of at least one cellulosic compound and at least one styrenic copolymer. The object of the invention is also an asymmetric supercapacitor comprising at least one electrode according to the invention. The invention also relates to a method for making a carbon electrode for an asymmetric supercapacitor.
US09502182B2
A solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell includes a transparent conductive layer formed on a substrate, microstructures protruding vertically aslant from a surface of the transparent conductive layer, an electron transport layer configured to cover the microstructures and formed of an electron transport metal oxide, a light absorber adhered to inner pores and a surface of the electron transport layer, a hole transport layer configured to cover the surface of the electron transport layer and formed of a hole transport material, and an electrode formed on the hole transport layer. In the solar cell, the thickness of a light absorption layer can be maximized to obtain a high current density and high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
US09502172B2
A wireless power transmitter, which detects a load change in a wireless power transmission, includes a power supply unit, a power converter which converts the driving power supplied from the power supply unit into Alternating Current, a power transmitter which wirelessly transmits the converted driving power to the wireless power transmitter, a temperature measurement unit which measures a temperature of the wireless power transmitter; and a controller which detects a current and load value of the driving power output from the power supply unit, compensates for the load value based on the measured temperature value, and determines a load change of the power transmitter based on the compensated load value.
US09502171B2
An inductor includes an inductor body having a top surface and a first and second opposite end surfaces. There is a void through the inductor body between the first and second opposite end surfaces. A thermally stable resistive element positioned through the void and turned toward the top surface to forms surface mount terminals which can be used for Kelvin type sensing. Where the inductor body is formed of a ferrite, the inductor body includes a slot. The resistive element may be formed of a punched resistive strip and provide for a partial turn or multiple turns. The inductor may be formed of a distributed gap magnetic material formed around the resistive element. A method for manufacturing the inductor includes positioning an inductor body around a thermally stable resistive element such that terminals of the thermally stable resistive element extend from the inductor body.
US09502167B1
An electromagnetic actuator includes a magnetic circuit that includes a stationary core having a first leg, a second leg and a connecting leg that connects the first and second legs, the stationary core being formed of a high temperature ferromagnetic material, and an armature formed of the high temperature ferromagnetic material. The actuator also includes one or more position returning members disposed between the stationary core and the armature and a first winding surrounding the first leg, the first winding being formed a metal wire with ceramic insulation.
US09502161B2
A resistor and an integrated heat spreader are provided. A resistive element having a first surface is in contact with electrically conducting terminals. A heat spreader is provided having at least a portion in thermally conductive contact with at least a portion of the first surface of the resistive element. The heat spreader comprising a thermally conducting and electrically insulating material, and has terminations, each termination adjacent to one of the electrically conducting terminals. Each termination is in thermally conducting contact with the adjacent electrically conducting terminal. A method of fabricating a resistor and an integrated heat spreader is also provided.
US09502158B2
Connector 1 comprising: a plurality of twisted-pair cables 6 each comprising two twisted wires 7, 8, each of said wires 7, 8 being connected to a terminal 23, 24; a plurality of cavity blocks 9, each of said cavity blocks 9 has two cavities 17, 18 for accommodating the terminals 23, 24 of one of said twisted-pair cables 6; a housing 3 having an accommodation chamber 10 for accommodating the plurality of said cavity blocks 9.
US09502154B1
A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is σ1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the second conductor set is σ2, and σ1/σ2 is greater than 0.7.
US09502153B2
A wire harness includes a metal pipe; a high-voltage conductive path; and another conductive path. Another conductive path is configured as an unshielded electric wire. The high-voltage conductive path includes a high-voltage circuit; a shielding member; and an insulating member.
US09502147B2
Technologies are generally provided for enhancing optical coupling between nanostructures, such as a nanowire, and an optical element, such as an optical fiber, for example in order to enable effective optical communication. A nanostructure may be automatically aligned with an optical fiber by suspending the nanowire within a fluid and causing the nanowire to align itself with a tip of the optical fiber also suspended within the fluid. Light may be directed through the optical fiber to induce an optical gradient in the fluid near the optical fiber tip. The optical gradient may attract the nanowire to the tip of the optical fiber, and may cause to align with the optical fiber. Post-alignment, the nanowire may be permanently coupled with the optical fiber to form a nanowire-optical fiber assembly to couple light between the optical fiber and a nanophotonic circuit integrated with the nanowire.
US09502146B2
The invention relates to a process for dissolving a chromium, iron, nickel, zinc and radionuclides containing oxide layer, in particular for breaking down oxide layers deposited on inner surfaces of systems and components of a nuclear power plant, by means of an aqueous decontamination solution containing methanesulfonic acid, which flows in a loop, wherein in regular intervals small amounts of permanganic acid are added, and following reaction of the permanganic acid a second loop is added on in bypass and the dissolved cations and anions are removed by ion-exchange resins from the decontamination solution.
US09502141B2
A core catcher comprising: a cap configured to be secured to a first end of a core liner such that when the first end of the core liner is inserted into sediment a sample sediment core enters the core liner through the cap; a cross-beam coupled to the cap and mounted across the first end of the core liner such that a cross-section of the first end of the core liner is divided into two openings; a flexible member secured to the cross-beam such that the flexible member, the cross-beam, and the cap form a dual-flap valve designed to allow the sediment core to enter the core liner through the two openings and to prevent the sediment core from escaping the core liner through the cap.
US09502139B1
An error in a physical memory realization at a physical memory address is detected. A first physical memory line corresponding to the physical memory address is determined. It is ensured that a duplicate of data content associated with the first physical memory line is associated with a second physical memory line. The physical memory address is remapped to use the second physical memory line for data content.
US09502134B2
The disclosure relates to a shift register, a method for driving the same, an array substrate and a display apparatus, for reducing the wiring space as required by the shift register. The shift register comprising a control unit and a plurality of output sub-units, wherein the control unit comprises a plurality of output terminals which output gate line control signals sequentially according to the control timing sequence during a first preset time period, and output the gate line control signals sequentially according to the control timing sequence during a second preset time period in an order opposite to or identical to an order in which the gate line control signals are output during the first preset time period; each of the output sub-units is connected to a corresponding output terminal of the control unit, and divides the gate line control signal output from the connected output terminal into at least a first gate line control signal and a second gate line control signal, and outputs the first gate line control signal and the second gate line control signal respectively.
US09502122B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided for memory operations. An example system includes: a latch circuit shared by a plurality of memory blocks of a memory device and configured to provide one or more regulation signals for a memory operation; a source line circuit shared by the plurality of memory blocks and configured to provide a source line voltage to the plurality of memory blocks for the memory operation based at least in part on the one or more regulation signals; and a plurality of driver circuits configured to provide a plurality of drive signals to the plurality of memory blocks based at least in part on the one or more regulation signals.
US09502119B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a plurality of voltage boosted circuits. Each voltage boosted circuit may include a power gater configured to select between an array supply voltage and a second voltage, wherein the second supply voltage is greater than the array supply voltage. Each voltage boosted circuit may include may also include a distributed boost capacitor configured to generate, in part, the second supply voltage. Each distributed boost capacitor may be physically located throughout a boosting network. Each voltage boosted circuit may further include a driver configured to generate an electrical signal based upon, as selected by the power-gater, either the array supply voltage or the second supply voltage.
US09502116B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory apparatus includes a memory cell array, a row decoder, a controller. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory strings. The memory strings include a first select transistor and a second select transistor, and are connected to each of a plurality of bit lines. The row decoder applies a voltage to the first and second select transistors. The controller detects a defect of the bit lines based on data read from the memory cells.
US09502108B2
Described herein are techniques related to one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for programming a memory cell through the use of a program pulse.
US09502107B2
Structures and methods for a multi-bit phase change memory are disclosed herein. A method includes establishing a write-reference voltage that incrementally ramps over a write period. The increments of the write-reference voltage correspond to discrete resistance states of a storage cell of the multi-bit phase change memory.
US09502101B2
A first memory cell is programmed to a first level using a first set of program pulses within a first programming voltage range. A second memory cell to be programmed to a second level less than the first level is inhibited while programming the first memory cell to the first level. After programming the first memory cell to the first level, the second memory cell is programmed to the second level using a second set of program pulses within a second programming voltage range, where the first programming voltage range overlaps the second programming voltage range. The first memory cell that is programmed to the first level is inhibited while programming the second memory cell to the second level.
US09502090B2
A memory device comprising a ferromagnetic data nanowire, a ferromagnetic driver nanowire, read element and/or a spaced write element positioned about the data nanowire, wherein driving a domain wall in the driver nanowire remotely drives a domain wall in the data nanowire past the read element and/or the write element.
US09502089B2
In some examples, a memory device may be configured to store data in either an original or an inverted state based at least in part on a state associated with one or more shorted bit cells. For instance, the memory device may be configured to identify a shorted bit cell within a memory array and to store the data in the memory array, such that a state of the data bit stored in the shorted bit cell matches the state associated with the shorted bit cell.
US09502075B2
Archival storage and retrieval of audio/video information is described. Audio and/or video information is digitized, compressed and stored in an intermediate archive format (IAF), which preserves the content at a high-enough quality for subsequent retrieval and conversion into various formats required at the time of use or distribution. A single capture operation is performed with ancillary metadata being added to facilitate subsequent searching, indexing and format conversion. Captured data content is catalogued and indexed at or subsequent to the creation of an IAF file that includes the archived information. The IAF includes a family of audio-video digital encoding formats based on public standards. The encoding format used in any particular application is determined at encoding time from information provided by the archive system user. At encoding, the particular encoding scheme is selected to optimize a tradeoff between storage constraints and end use quality requirements.
US09502071B2
A base member includes a base through-hole which interconnects an upper opening and a lower opening. An insulating sheet portion is disposed at a lower surface side of the base member. The insulating sheet portion covers at least a portion of the lower opening. Lead wires extending from coils extend to the lower surface side of the base member through the base through-hole. The lead wires extend radially outward along a lower surface of the insulating sheet portion while making contact with the insulating sheet portion. The lead wires are soldered to land portions of a circuit substrate. The lower opening is covered with a sealing material. The circuit substrate includes a first region. The insulating sheet portion is defined by a smaller number of layers than the first region.
US09502065B1
Various magnetic stack embodiments may be constructed with a soft magnetic underlayer (SUL) having a first thickness disposed between a substrate and a magnetic recording layer. A heatsink may have a second thickness and be disposed between the SUL and the magnetic recording layer. The first and second thicknesses may each be tuned to provide predetermined thermal conductivity and magnetic permeability throughout the data media.
US09502060B2
The present invention realizes a calibration operation for detecting a motor speed, without employing digital correcting by an external CPU. The calibration operation calculates a comparison reference value corresponding to aback EMF detection signal of a back EMF detector circuit when a zero current flows through a motor and when an arm is fixed. Accordingly, the back EMF detection signal of the back EMF detector circuit is set as the first value and the second value responding to the non-zero current flowing through the motor, and the semiconductor integrated circuit calculates the comparison reference value from the first value and the second value. The difference between the comparison reference value and the comparison input value as the back EMF detection signal of the back EMF detector circuit is reduced by adjusting the gain of an internal amplifier of the back EMF detector circuit by an adjustment unit.
US09502058B2
A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting layer, an insulating base layer on one side thereof in a thickness direction, a conductive pattern disposed on the insulating base layer, an insulating cover layer disposed on the insulating base layer so as to cover the conductive pattern, and a pedestal for supporting a slider which includes a thin pedestal portion. The thin pedestal portion includes a pedestal base layer included in the insulating base layer, a pedestal conductive layer included in the conductive pattern which extends over the pedestal base layer, and a pedestal cover layer included in the insulating cover layer and disposed on the pedestal conductive layer. The conductive pattern includes a first wire placed to extend over the insulating base layer which has a narrower portion, and a dimension of the pedestal conductive layer is 0.5 to 3 times the dimension of the narrower portion.
US09502056B1
A TMR element includes a stack having a sidewall, and an insulating layer in contact with the sidewall. The stack includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a tunnel barrier layer located between the first and second ferromagnetic layers. The insulating layer includes an island-like structure section in contact with only a part of the sidewall, and a coating section covering the island-like structure section and the sidewall. The tunnel barrier layer contains a first oxide. The island-like structure section contains a second oxide. Each of the first and second oxides is a metal oxide or semiconductor oxide. G2−G1 is 435 kJ/mol or smaller, where G1 and G2 are standard Gibbs energies of formation at 280° C. of the first oxide and the second oxide, respectively.
US09502053B1
A magnetic head includes a main pole, a write shield, and a gap section. The write shield includes a trailing shield. The trailing shield includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion and a fourth portion. The second portion and the third portion are located on opposite sides of the first portion in the track width direction. Top surfaces of the first to third portions are coplanar with each other. The fourth portion lies on the top surfaces of the first to third portions. The first portion is higher in saturation flux density than the second to fourth portions.
US09502050B2
A speech communication system includes a speech service compartment for holding one or more system users. The speech service compartment includes a plurality of acoustic zones having varying acoustic environments. At least one input microphone is located within the speech service compartment, for developing microphone input signals from the one or more system users. At least one loudspeaker is located within the service compartment. An in-car communication (ICC) system receives and processes the microphone input signals, forming loudspeaker output signals that are provided to one or more of the at least one output loudspeakers. The ICC system includes at least one of a speaker dedicated signal processing module and a listener specific signal processing module, that controls the processing of the microphone input signal and/or forming of the loudspeaker output signal based, at least in part, on at least one of an associated acoustic environment(s) and resulting psychoacoustic effect(s).
US09502044B2
In general, techniques are described for obtaining decomposed versions of spherical harmonic coefficients. In accordance with these techniques, a device comprising one or more processors may be configured to determine a first non-zero set of coefficients of a vector that represent a distinct component of a sound field, the vector having been decomposed from a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients that describe the sound field.
US09502039B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a dynamic threshold for speaker verification are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, for each of multiple utterances of a hotword, a data set including at least a speaker verification confidence score, and environmental context data. The actions further include selecting from among the data sets, a subset of the data sets that are associated with a particular environmental context. The actions further include selecting a particular data set from among the subset of data sets based on one or more selection criteria. The actions further include selecting, as a speaker verification threshold for the particular environmental context, the speaker verification confidence score. The actions further include providing the speaker verification threshold for use in performing speaker verification of utterances that are associated with the particular environmental context.
US09502035B2
A voice recognition method and device, for improving efficiency and accuracy of voice recognition. The method comprises: receiving a trigger message of an operation class to be operated for operating on a mobile terminal, wherein the operation class is a class divided according to the service function of the mobile terminal (S101); receiving voice keyword information and determining a voice keyword from the voice keyword information (S102); and retrieving a keyword library under an operation class entry to be operated in accordance with the voice key word, and returning a search result (S103).
US09502034B2
A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; a memory; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.
US09502027B1
A method for processing speech, comprising semantically parsing a received natural language speech input with respect to a plurality of predetermined command grammars in an automated speech processing system; determining if the parsed speech input unambiguously corresponds to a command and is sufficiently complete for reliable processing, then processing the command; if the speech input ambiguously corresponds to a single command or is not sufficiently complete for reliable processing, then prompting a user for further speech input to reduce ambiguity or increase completeness, in dependence on a relationship of previously received speech input and at least one command grammar of the plurality of predetermined command grammars, reparsing the further speech input in conjunction with previously parsed speech input, and iterating as necessary. The system also monitors abort, fail or cancel conditions in the speech input.
US09502016B2
An adjustable and foldable shoulder rest for a violin or viola includes a shoulder-engaging body having first and second foldable forks at first and second ends of the body for attaching to the violin or viola, first and second slidable end members for supporting the first and second forks, the first and second slidable end members being slidable between retracted and extended position. In the extended position, the end member is cantilevered beyond its respective slot. The shoulder rest may have a foam cushion with openings attached to the shoulder-engaging side of the shoulder rest. The end members may define rotational housings for receiving respective rotatable drums that receive threaded stems of the forks, thereby enabling the height of the forks to be adjusted and further enabling the forks to fold.
US09502011B2
The invention pertains to a string bender device for use with a stringed instrument, particularly with a guitar. The bending device comprises a mount, an activation lever and a spring device coupled therebetween. The string bender further includes an anchoring arrangement to secure the anchor portion of a guitar string to the string bender. When in use the guitar string anchor is attached to the bending device while the free end of the guitar string is wound around a tuning peg of the guitar. The tension of the string is adjusted using the tuning peg until a desired neutral pitch of the string is achieved. The position of the spring at this tension is defined as the neutral position of the string. The activation lever can then be moved in a first direction to deform the spring in a first direction and move the anchor of the guitar string away from the tuning pegs, causing an increase in string tension and thus raising the pitch of the affected string. Alternatively the activation lever can be moved in a second direction to deform the spring in a second direction and move the guitar string anchor towards the tuning pegs, causing a decrease in tension of the affected string and thus a decrease in pitch. The present invention is advantageous in that it can raise or lower the pitch of the affected string. Furthermore the string bender of the present invention uses existing structures on traditional guitars to facilitate mounting of the string bender thereto.
US09502007B2
A stringed instrument can be manufactured with a neck that contains a back-side soft surface layer and optionally also a front-side soft surface layer, whereby the soft surface layers can increase comfort and enjoyment, and prevent, reduce or alleviate injury during play of the instrument. Alternatively, a stringed instrument can be retrofitted with an installable soft surface component, which can be fitted on top of the surface of the back-side of the neck of the stringed instrument. Further disclosed is a method of using a neck mounted soft surface layer with a stringed instrument.
US09502005B2
A guitar neck joint routing system. The system includes a probe and router assembly comprising a gantry, a probe, and a plurality of routers, and a guitar neck and body nest comprising clamps and vacuum grips for holding a guitar neck and guitar body in place for taking measurements and routing a dovetail joint.
US09502002B2
A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for receiving a proximity input indicator signal associated with an information handling device, the information handling device comprising a display, determining a proximity of a user to the information handling device based on the proximity input indicator signal, and modifying one or more display settings of the information handling device in response to the determined proximity.
US09501999B2
A circuit for generating a horizontal synchronizing signal of a display includes: a first comparator which is used to compare a luminance signal of a Component Video Connector of the display and a first reference signal to generate a compared signal; a control circuit which is used to generate a first digital controlled signal according to the compared signal; a first digital-to-analog converter which is used to generate the first reference signal according to the first digital controlled signal; a second digital-to-analog converter which is used to generate a second reference signal according to a second digital controlled signal generated by the control circuit, wherein the second digital controlled signal is determined by the first digital controlled signal; and a second comparator which is used to compare the luminance signal and the second reference signal to generate the horizontal synchronizing signal.
US09501995B2
A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a source driving circuit, a timing controller, and a gate driving circuit. The source driving circuit converts frame data into a plurality of data voltages, and charges/discharges a first data line according to a data voltage of the plurality of data voltages. The gate driving circuit enables a gate line corresponding to the data voltage. The timing controller sequentially enables a plurality of switch enable lines corresponding to the gate line. A plurality of pixel switches are turned on according to the enabled gate line. A data line switch is turned on according to an enabled switch enable line. The data voltage charges/discharges a corresponding pixel through the turned-on data line switch and one of the turned-on pixel switches.
US09501993B2
The disclosure describes procedures for dynamically employing a variable refresh rate at an LCD display of a consumer electronic device, such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, or a music player device. In some configurations, the consumer electronic device can include a host system portion, having one or more processors and a display system portion, having a timing controller, a buffer circuit, a display driver, and a display panel. The display system can receive image data and image control data from a GPU of the host system, evaluate the received image control data to determine a reduced refresh rate (RRR) for employing at the display panel, and then transition to the RRR, whenever practicable, to conserve power. In some scenarios, the transition to the RRR can be a transition from a LRR of 50 hertz or above to a RRR of 40 hertz or below.
US09501988B2
A display device includes: a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged side-by-side in a second direction with an inter-electrode slit in between; and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in matrix in the first and second directions. Each of the drive electrodes has one or more inner-electrode slits, and a center of the pixel electrode is located in the inter-electrode slit or in the inner-electrode slit.
US09501971B2
The described technology relates generally to an organic light emitting display and a method for driving the same. According to an exemplary embodiment, an image is displayed by dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-fields, and a gamma curve is realized with a combination of a plurality of sub-fields respectively corresponding to a plurality of grays of image data so that image data can be compensated without adding a memory. In addition, the embodiment can extract the one combination by setting a combination of sub-fields that exceeds one frame time among the plurality of sub-fields to be an exception condition.
US09501959B2
A mother substrate includes a display substrate cell defined by a scribe line, the display substrate cell including a plurality of gate lines, a gate circuit part driving the gate lines, and a gate pad part connected to the gate circuit part, a gate test pad part in a peripheral area surrounding the display substrate cell, the gate test pad part being configured to receive a gate test signal, a gate test line part connecting the gate test pad part and the gate pad part, and a switching part connected to the gate test line part and configured to control turning on and turning off of the gate test line part.
US09501944B2
A system and method for assisting individuals in developing and refining memory skills is disclosed. The computer-base memory enhancing system provides users with a memory enhancing process, memory enhancing interface, memory enhancing files, and memory enhancing methods that provide users with tools to enhance memorization. Among the features and functionalities associated with the computer-base memory enhancing system are: (i) a memory enhancing method that suggests components from queries, (ii) a memory enhancing method that suggests component structures for arranging components, and (iii) a memory enhancing method that superposes components in real-world locations (“the augmented reality memory enhancing method”).
US09501941B2
One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method comprising electronically providing content to a user via a display on a learning apparatus wherein the content comprises a plurality of stationary image elements and a plurality of removable image elements at a plurality of locations on the display, detecting when a user shakes the learning apparatus, wherein the removable image elements move away from the plurality of locations, receiving an indication that one or more of the image elements has been selected by a user, and determining a location of placement of the one or more image elements by the user.
US09501936B2
A display system for a subject aircraft is provided. The system includes a processing unit configured to receive air traffic spacing information associated with a lead aircraft and flight information associated with the subject aircraft and to generate display signals associated with the air traffic spacing information and the flight information; and a display unit coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive the display signals from the processing unit and to render a horizontal situation indicator with spacing symbology based on the air traffic spacing information and the flight information.
US09501920B2
A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for monitoring a cargo container are presented. Data items are received by a monitoring system from one or more monitoring devices via a communications network. The monitoring devices are affixed to the cargo container and the monitoring system is located separate from the cargo container. The data items are monitored by the monitoring system to determine if an alert condition exists. An alert is generated by the monitoring system if the alert condition exists.
US09501918B2
A human safety system includes a circuit including at least one power source; a temperature probe in communication with the circuit; at least one use detector in communication with the circuit; and an alert indicator in communication with the circuit. A method of measuring a temperature of a user includes determining whether at least one use detector is active; determining a user temperature based on sensed temperature; and determining whether the user temperature is within an allowable range.
US09501915B1
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for analyzing video streams. In one aspect, a method includes, while receiving a video stream: obtaining motion start information indicating that a portion of the video stream includes a motion event candidate; and segmenting the portion of the video stream into a plurality of segments including an initial segment. The method also includes obtaining a first categorization for the motion event candidate based on the initial segment; and, in accordance with the obtained first categorization, generating a log entry for the motion event candidate including the first categorization. The method further includes: in response to obtaining motion end information, obtaining a second categorization for the motion event based on the plurality of segments; and updating the log entry for the motion event candidate based on the obtained second categorization.
US09501905B2
A gaming machine for providing a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected and displayed in an array of symbol positions on a display, each symbol position associated with one or more of a plurality of regions and each region of the plurality of regions associated with a region specific award. The gaming machine comprises a user interface in communication with a game controller. If a winning combination of symbols occurs such that at least one of the symbols of the winning combination of symbols is displayed in a symbol position associated with a first region of said plurality of regions, the region specific award associated with the first region is awarded. If the same winning combination of symbols occurs such that at least one of the symbols of the winning combination of symbols is displayed in a symbol position associated with a second region of said plurality of regions, the region specific award associated with the second region is awarded.
US09501904B2
A method of and system for conducting multiple competitions of skill for a single performance are described herein. User generated competition groups and system generated competition groups allow users to participate in multiple competitions at once based on answering the same questions or making the same selections related to a single event. The users are informed of each competition either via email, text message or when logging into the network via a website. The users select which competitions groups to join. After joining the desired groups, the users then make their selections related to the event which are transmitted to the network where results are tabulated and transmitted back to the users. The results are separated based on each competition group, so that users can continually know where they stand in each separate competition. With multiple competition groups, users are able to have varying success from the same performance in multiple competitions.
US09501895B2
Methods and devices are presented for facilitating anonymous gameplay in multi-state, multiplayer games, such as poker. A gaming server may allow players to anonymously join instances of a game. The gaming server may represent an anonymous player to himself or herself using a non-anonymous alias, while the gaming server may represent the anonymous player to the other players or entities using an anonymous alias. Additionally, the gaming server may record events occurring in the game, and provide similarly anonymized versions of these events to other players and entities.
US09501888B1
A vending machine that dispense feminine hygiene products. Specifically, this invention is a coin-operated vending machine that dispenses sanitary napkins and tampons. This invention allows a user to purchase a feminine hygiene product by placing a coin or multiple coins in a slot within the vending machine and pressing a product release button. The product is then dispensed to the consumer. The apparatus also provides a mechanism for retrieving a coin in the event that the vending machine is out of a specific feminine hygiene product sought to be purchased. The invention also provides for the ability to have a vending machine that does not require any coin to be inserted in order to obtain the feminine hygiene product.
US09501887B2
A method and apparatus for dispensing objects from automated storage and retrieval systems such as medications is disclosed which may also include a singulator to assure singulation (retrieval of singular objects). The singulator may be an imaging system to confirm and/or identify the objects being dispensed and/or a variable orifice dynamically adjustable to a specific object or pill size, and through which only a single object or pill is allowed to pass. The system may further include a flexible probe so as to reduce the size of the system where the movement of the probe relative to or while retrieving objects is accomplished by advancing/retracting a flexible tube. The method and apparatus may further include an imaging system.
US09501885B1
Currency processing systems, coin processing machines, and methods of imaging coins are presented herein. A currency processing system is disclosed which includes a housing with an input area for receiving coins and receptacles for stowing processed coins. A disk-type coin processing unit is coupled to the coin input area and coin receptacles. The coin processing unit includes a rotatable disk for imparting motion to coins, and a sorting head adjacent the rotatable disk with shaped regions for guiding moving coins to exit channels through which the coins are discharged to the coin receptacles. A sensor arrangement mounted adjacent the rotatable disk includes one light emitting device for emitting light onto a coin surface at near-normal incidence, and another light emitting device for emitting light onto the coin surface at high-angle incidence. A photodetector senses light reflected off the coin surface and outputs a coin-image signal for processing the coin.
US09501880B2
A wireless access control system may include a remote access wireless device that includes a magnetic field generator and a remote controller coupled to remote access wireless device wireless communications circuitry and the magnetic field generator. The system may also include a lock assembly for a door and that includes a magnetic sensor and a lock controller coupled to a lock, lock wireless communications circuitry, and the magnetic sensor. The remote controller may communicate a magnetic field characteristic with the lock wireless communications circuitry, and cooperate with the magnetic field generator to generate a magnetic field based upon the magnetic field characteristic. The lock controller may cooperate with the magnetic sensor to sense the magnetic field, compare the sensed magnetic field to the magnetic field characteristic, and enable lock unlocking when the sensed magnetic field has a sensed magnetic field characteristic that matches the magnetic field characteristic.
US09501878B2
Vehicle event data playback systems described herein may provide users means for reviewing events recorded by a vehicle event recorder. Circumstances relating to vehicle operation may be visually presented in these playback systems. Video playback from multiple recording devices may be synchronized with each other and/or with information related to the operation of the vehicle during the recorded events to affect a presentation of information related to operation of the vehicle. A user may be presented with many data types in graphical and/or intuitive arrangements.
US09501874B2
A flexible condition-based maintenance (CBM) device is disclosed. A CBM device receives a plurality of sensor signals generated by corresponding sensors. The sensor signals indicate real-time conditions of components. The sensor signals are processed to generate sensor data that quantifies the real-time conditions of the components. The CBM device loads a CBM module that implements a plurality of externally invokable functions. The CBM device receives an analytics script. The first analytics script comprises a plurality of interpretable commands, and some of the plurality of interpretable commands are configured to invoke some of the plurality of externally invokable functions. The CBM module invokes a command interpreter module to interpret at least one interpretable command and generate command executable bytecodes. The command executable bytecodes are executed to generate a notification identifying a real-time condition of a component for presentation on a display device.
US09501867B2
A system for displaying three-dimensional landscapes includes a processor and a storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to identify at least one predetermined landscape element in a landscape to be displayed, individually calculate a representation of the at least one predetermined landscape element and cause a display to display the landscape based on the individually calculated representation of the at least one predetermined landscape element and the altitude data.
US09501865B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining a quantity of light received by an element of a scene. In use, a quantity of light received by a first element of the scene is determined by averaging a quantity of light received by elements of the scene that are associated with a selected set of light paths.
US09501855B2
To display images by suitably superimposing a graphics image on a high-dynamic-range image in an easily visible manner.A dynamic range converter (311) converts a SDR graphics image to an HDR graphics image based on metadata. An image combiner (312) combines the graphics image of which the dynamic range has been converted to HDR with HDR content. A dynamic range converter (313) performs display mapping on the HDR content combined with the graphics image based on metadata.
US09501851B2
Various systems and methods are provided that display various graphs in an interactive user interface in substantially real-time in response to input from a user in order to determine information related to measured data points and provide the determined information to the user in the interactive user interface. For example, a computing device may be configured to retrieve data from one or more databases and generate one or more interactive user interfaces. The one or more interactive user interfaces may display the retrieved data in one or more graphs, such as time-series or scatterplots. The user interface may be interactive in that a user may manipulate one graph, which causes an identical or nearly identical manipulation of another displayed graph in real-time. The manipulations may occur even if the displayed graphs include data across different time ranges.
US09501850B2
A display device for displaying a graph structure in which the graph structure has elements. The display device includes a display screen for displaying at least first and second display regions and a display screen processing section configured to display in the first display region at least a part of the graph structure including a first element. The display also includes a control section configured to cause the display screen to display in the second display region, responsive to selection of the first element displayed in the first display region, at least a part of the graph structure including the first element. Additional embodiments include a display method performed by the display device, and a computer program product used in the display device.
US09501845B2
An information processing apparatus obtains shape data including data which indicates vertexes of each of a plurality of polygons representing a stereoscopic object and color data indicating a color of each polygon. The shape data and the color data are converted into shape data and color data in a data format including an area which stores the shape data and an unused area which does not store the shape data. Color data on one of the plurality of polygons is stored in the unused areas corresponding to a plurality of polygons. The converted shape data and color data are output.
US09501844B2
Systems and methods are used to display cell structures of a biological cell. A plurality of cell structures of a biological cell is stored and for each cell structure of the plurality of cell structures one or more stain colors are stored. A selected cell structure is received from an input device. One or more stain colors of the selected cell structure are retrieved. The one or more stain colors of the selected cell structure are displayed. A selected stain color is received from the input device. The selected cell structure is displayed in the selected stain color in an exemplary cell image. Further, a three-dimensional image of a biological cell is stored. The three-dimensional image is displayed on a display that includes a touch screen. A movement selection is received from the touch screen. The three-dimensional image is displayed on the display according to the movement selection.
US09501842B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus capable of adjusting a color of an image of an observation target depending on differences between viewing angles. The image processing apparatus obtains a viewing angle of a first observation target and a viewing angle of a second observation target, and then corrects the color of each observation target by using the obtained viewing angles of the first and second observation targets.
US09501835B2
A method is provided for image monitoring during an interventional procedure by at least one instrument in a patient's vascular system having vessels. The method includes checking, using positional data of the instrument, whether at least a part of the instrument lies outside of the vessels described by the vascular dataset. If at least a part of the instrument lies outside of the vessel through which the instrument is guided and which is described by the vascular dataset, the method further includes determining an adjusted centerline for the vessel in such a way that the part of the instrument molds itself to fit the boundary of the vessel described by the adjusted centerline, updating the vascular dataset on the basis of the adjusted centerline, and determining the overlay image from the updated vascular dataset.
US09501827B2
Methods and systems for detecting at least one chemical species including obtaining a first image from a first electromagnetic radiation detector and obtaining a second image from a second electromagnetic radiation detector. The first image includes a first plurality of pixels and the second image includes a second plurality of pixels, each pixel having an associated intensity value. A first resultant image is generated. The first resultant image includes a plurality of resultant pixels, each pixel having an associated intensity value. One or more regions of interest are determined. The correlation between the first image, the second image, and the first resultant image is determined for the one or more regions of interest using a correlation coefficient algorithm to calculate a first correlation coefficient and a second correlation coefficient. The presence of the chemical species is determined based, at least in part, on the first correlation coefficient and the second correlation coefficient.
US09501823B2
A method is proposed for analyzing an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image of the anterior segment (AS) of a subject's eye. A region of interest is defined which is a region of the image containing the junction of the cornea and iris, and an estimated position the junction within the region of interest is derived. Using this a second region of the image is obtained, which is a part of the image containing the estimated position of the junction. Features of the second region are obtained, and those features are input to an adaptive model to generate data characterizing the junction.
US09501822B2
Automatically selecting time traces from a fluorescence experiment, in one aspect, may include capturing results of the fluorescence experiment in a moving image; localizing sources of fluorescence in the moving image; producing time traces of each fluorescent source by monitoring fluorescence intensity of said localized sources in the moving image over time; removing unuseful time traces from said produced time traces; and selecting useful time traces from said produced time traces based on one or more defined criteria. FRET traces from selected time traces may be further calculated and analyzed. A unified computer-implemented platform in one aspect may include tools to locate single molecules, extract traces, classify smFRET traces according to adjustable parameters, and quantify the kinetic parameters of FRET transitions using analytical procedures such as Hidden Markov Modeling (HMM) procedures.
US09501821B2
Detection of defects during a machining process includes: moving a laser beam along a predefined path over multiple workpieces to be machined so as to generate a weld seam or a cutting gap in the workpieces; detecting, in a two-dimensional spatially resolved detector field of a detector, radiation emitted and/or reflected by the multiple workpieces; selecting at least one detection field section in the detection field of the detector based on laser beam control data defining movement of the laser beam along the predefined path or based on a previously determined actual-position data of the laser beam along the predefined path, wherein each detection field section comprises a region encompassing less than the entire detection field; evaluating the radiation detected in the selected detection field section; and determining whether a defect exists at the weld seam or the cutting gap based on the evaluated radiation.
US09501819B2
An image-based super-resolution method using a cone-beam-based line-of-response (LOR) reconfiguration in a positron emission tomography (PET) image is provided. That is, an apparatus and method for reconfiguring a super-resolution PET image using a cone-beam-based LOR reconfiguration is provided.
US09501812B2
Example embodiments dynamically generate lower resolution maps from high precision vector for use on desktops. Lower resolution maps are dynamically generated on the client side by decreasing coordinate and path precision.
US09501807B2
A detecting system for checking shapes, sizes, and/or positions of products, includes a feeding module configured to transfer the products into the detecting system, a detecting module configured to detect the products, a discharging module configured to remove the products out of the detection system, a conveying module configured to transport the products, a data processing module configured to deal with the data information measured by the detecting module, and an electronic control module configured to control the feeding module, the detecting module, the discharging module, the conveying module, and the data processing module. The detecting module includes a first detection module configured to get size and position images of the products, and a second detecting unit configured to detect a gap between two planes of the products. The present disclosure also discloses a detecting method for products.
US09501806B2
A method of managing a container file for storing data files includes creating a container file including a container file metadata section by creating one or more empty records in a storage device. Each record of the one or more empty records has a data file section reserved for storing a data file, a file metadata section reserved for storing metadata about the data file, and a record metadata section including information about the record and having at least a record status mark indicating that the record is empty. The method further includes setting a container status mark in the container file metadata section to available, after creating the container file.
US09501784B2
The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive audience. Location information is determined (or simply accepted) and used. For example, location information may be used in a relevancy determination of an ad. As another example, location information may be used in an attribute (e.g., position) arbitration. Such location information may be associated with price information, such as a maximum price bid. Such location information may be associated with ad performance information. Ad performance information may be tracked on the basis of location information. The content of an ad creative, and/or of a landing page may be selected and/or modified using location information. Tools, such as user interfaces, may be provided to allow a business to enter and/or modify location information. The location information used to target and/or score ads may be, include, or define an area.
US09501783B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for planning, executing, reviewing, and reporting the results of an advertising campaign to be run on TV. A demand-side platform receives ad slot opportunities from TV programming sources, and analyzes the ad slots to produce a prioritized list of placement opportunities for the advertising campaign to be presented to advertiser/clients. Each ad slot is analyzed with respect to past viewership data and with respect to desired targeting characteristics that may include conventional age and gender targeting, or additionally strategic targeting characteristics. Scores are established for each ad slot with respect to numbers of projected on-target impressions and/or a cost for projected on-target impressions. The scores are sorted to produce the prioritized list. Projected results can be viewed with respect to any or all of network, day, and daypart. After a campaign has completed, viewership data representing actual results is acquired, processed, and reported.
US09501779B2
Access is provided to optimal thumbnails that are extracted from a stream of video. Using a processing device configured with a model that incorporates preferences generated by the brain and behavior from the perception of visual images, the optimal thumbnail(s) for a given video is/are selected, stored and/or displayed.
US09501777B1
Embodiments that include a first module configured to install and work residently within at least a device-to-web bridge to collect the Media Access Control (MAC) address data and secondary identifier information associated with a given mobile computing device are disclosed. An example attempts to use the device-to-web bridge and to pass that information to a second module to call out and send that information over a wide area network to the mobile advertisement targeting system on a central management server site, which stores that information on a MAC address identification (ID) basis in a database. The MAC addresses may be coupled with their secondary identifier and stored within the database. The second module can call and communicate with a mobile advertisement targeting system configured to utilize MAC address data in combination with a secondary identifier for each mobile computing device tracked by the mobile advertisement targeting system.
US09501772B2
A method for authorizing recurring transaction according to one embodiment includes receiving a defined payment amount associated with a user or entity. Additionally, the method includes receiving a first code associated with a first predetermined currency value, where the first code is also associated with the user or entity. Furthermore, the method includes verifying an availability of funds to pay the defined payment amount and authorizing payment of the defined payment amount if funds are available to pay the defined payment amount. Further still, the method includes generating a new code associated with a new predetermined currency value, and sending the new code to a sender of the defined payment amount.
US09501755B1
In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, robotic drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders may be operated upon. A random pattern or other image may be applied to a floor surface of the infrastructure, from which a map may be created that associates locations within the infrastructure to different portions of the image. A robotic drive unit may then reference the map along with images of the floor surface captured by its camera in order to determine its current location, as well as how to reach a desired destination.
US09501749B1
A device receives selection of a classification and regression framework, and receives training data for the classification and regression framework. The device applies the training data to the classification and regression framework to generate a trained model, and monitors performance of the trained model. The device inspects a structure of the trained model, and reduces a size of the trained model. The device generates an object based on the trained model, and provides the object for display.
US09501743B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for tailoring the output of an intelligent automated assistant. One embodiment of a method for conducting an interaction with a human user includes collecting data about the user using a multimodal set of sensors positioned in a vicinity of the user, making a set of inferences about the user in accordance with the data, and tailoring an output to be delivered to the user in accordance with the set of inferences.
US09501726B2
A CPU of a printing apparatus selects one of a plurality of setting permission information items based on sheet property information in a case in which printing processing is performed employing a specific sheet type. Subsequently, the CPU of the printing apparatus performs a setting regarding each of a plurality of printing setting items so as to obtain a setting permitted in the selected setting permission information item in a case in which printing processing is performed employing a specific sheet type. Thus, a printing apparatus capable of executing the printing settings of a plurality of printing setting items appropriately is provided.
US09501719B1
A system and method of determining whether an object captured in a series of images is a three dimensional object or an image of an object by comparing image data of the object captured in the images at various angles relative to the object, to image data of one or more reference images of an actual object. The image data derived from the captured images may vary with the different angles at which such images were captured and such variances may be compared to the reference images, whereas image data of an image of an object will not comparably vary.
US09501718B1
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with image based control of lighting systems are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of a space. The apparatus also includes a matching logic configured to compare the image to templates in a set of templates to determine a current activity occurring in the space. In response to determining that the image matches a template, the matching logic is configured to generate a match signal that identifies the template. A control logic is configured to access one or more stored scenes. Each scene specifies a lighting setting for a controllable characteristic of at least one light fixture. The control logic selects a scene mapped to the identified template. The control logic further causes the controllable characteristic of the at least one light fixture to be adjusted to the lighting setting defined by the scene.
US09501707B2
Methods and systems for bootstrapping an OCR engine for license plate recognition. One or more OCR engines can be trained utilizing purely synthetically generated characters. A subset of classifiers, which require augmentation with real examples, along how many real examples are required for each, can be identified. The OCR engine can then be deployed to the field with constraints on automation based on this analysis to operate in a “bootstrapping” period wherein some characters are automatically recognized while others are sent for human review. The previously determined number of real examples required for augmenting the subset of classifiers can be collected. Each subset of identified classifiers can then be retrained as the number of real examples required becomes available.
US09501695B2
Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.
US09501691B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting blink are provided. After obtaining an eye image sequence of a user, a currently analyzed image and a previously captured image are obtained from the eye image sequence and reflective regions of the currently analyzed image and the previously captured image are filtered, wherein the brightness values of pixels included in the reflective regions are higher than a brightness threshold. Difference pixel amount between the currently analyzed image and the previously captured image is calculated so as to determine whether the user blinks according to the difference pixel amount.
US09501687B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a model relating parameters generated via a first molecular imaging modality to parameters generated via a second molecular imaging modality. First and second feature extractors extract, from images of a region of interest obtained via respective first and second molecular imaging modalities, respective sets of parameters for respective first and second sets of locations. A mapping component associates respective locations of the first and second sets of locations according to their spatial relationship within the region of interest to produce a training set. Each example in the training set comprises a set of parameters associated with a location in the first set of locations and a set of parameters associated with a location in the second set. A modeling component generates a predictive model relating the parameters associated with the first modality with at least one parameter associated with the second modality.
US09501672B2
An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (3) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space (10) and having an opening (31) extending along a front-and-rear direction, and a slider (4) movable on the insulative housing along the front-and-rear direction. The slider includes a base portion (41), an operating portion (44) extending upwardly from the base portion to be exposed outside of the metal shell through the opening, and an actuating portion (45) extending sidewardly from the base portion into the receiving space for ejecting an insertion card. The operating portion is operable to move the slider.
US09501671B2
A reader includes a body and a scan member. The body includes a scan zone configured for placing at least one barcode and an electronic tag. The scan member is mounted on the body and is aligned to the scan zone. The scan member includes a barcode reading module and a RFID reader module. The barcode reading module reads barcode information from the barcodes; the RFID reader module reads electronic information from the RFID tag and writes the barcode information into the electronic tag.
US09501669B2
A method, apparatus, and system for locating mobile devices. The system includes a location-aware mobile device. The location-aware mobile device includes a location-aware mechanism embedded in a platform firmware layer of the location-aware mobile device. The system also includes a central database to receive location information from the location-aware mobile device over a network. If the location-aware mobile device has been stolen, lost, or misplaced, the central database reports the stolen, lost, or misplaced location-aware mobile device and its location to appropriate persons to enable the location-aware mobile device to be recovered.
US09501664B1
Techniques and mechanisms to detect and compensate for drift by a physically uncloneable function (PUF) circuit. In an embodiment, first state information is registered as reference information to be made available for subsequent evaluation of whether drift by PUF circuitry has occurred. The first state information is associated with a first error correction strength. The first state information is generated based on a first PUF value output by the PUF circuitry. In another embodiment, second state information is determined based on a second PUF value that is output by the PUF circuitry. An evaluation of whether drift has occurred is performed based on the first state information and the second state information, the evaluation including determining whether a threshold error correction strength is exceeded concurrent with a magnitude of error being less than the first error correction strength.
US09501661B2
A search index stored within the system having a plurality of individual search index files having information stored therein. At least one of the individual search index files constitutes a term dictionary or a term index type file having internal structure that allows a portion of the individual search index file to be updated, encrypted, and/or decrypted without affecting the internal structure of the individual search index file. A file input/output (IO) layer encrypts the information being written into the individual search index file and to decrypt the information being read from the individual search index file. The file TO layer encrypts and decrypts only a portion of the individual search index file in reply to an operation without requiring decryption or encryption of the individual search index file in its entirety. A query interface executes the operation against the information stored in the memory in its decrypted form.
US09501660B2
Technologies are generally described for privacy protection for a life-log system. In some examples, a method performed under control of a life-log system may include receiving, from a user account, a request to change one or more real life-log data entries relating to a real event that are stored in a first part of a database; removing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event from the first part of the database; and storing, in the first part of the database, one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to a false event corresponding to the real event.
US09501659B2
Various embodiments provide for inheriting social network information from a first user to one or more other users. In various examples, rule-based criteria (e.g., origination, update frequency, access, event occurrence and/or proficiency) are utilized for allowing a first user to bestow (e.g., transfer/share/delegate) social network information (e.g., authorization, access, contact(s), document(s), video(s), file(s), image(s), post(s), blog(s), content, rule(s) and/or control) to a second user.
US09501657B2
There is provided systems and method for sensitive data protection during user interface automation testing. A user may transmit sensitive data to the test website framework, where the sensitive data is encrypted as a data key. The encrypted data key is set by an administrator of the test website and given to the user. The user may enter the key, where the test website framework application utilizes a conversion kit to decrypt the encrypted data key for use in the website user interface automation test. However, the encrypted data key is pulled into a version control system and/or viewed in test results so that the sensitive data remains hidden from view. In various embodiments, the encrypted data key may be entered into a web element, such as a password field, where the password field displays only the encrypted data key during test results.
US09501654B1
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for protecting sensitive data. Aspects include accessing computer readable program instructions having one or more output commands. Aspects also include locating the one or more output commands in the computer readable program instructions. Aspects also include identifying target output variables and output constants in the one or more output commands. Aspects also include modifying the computer readable program instructions to append one or more obfuscate commands to the target output variables.
US09501648B2
An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented process for configuring configuration settings authenticates a user of a predetermined system to form an authenticated user and obtains configurable configuration settings associated with the authenticated user for the predetermined system to form obtained settings. The obtained settings are used in a further portion of a power-on process to configure the predetermined system, whereby configuring the predetermined system alters available resources and associated resource consumption of the predetermined system subject to the obtained settings.
US09501641B2
A method of intrusion detection in a terminal device that supports driving of a plurality of operating systems, is provided. The method includes collecting at a first operating system of the plurality of operating systems intrusion detection data for analyzing whether there is an intrusion in at least a second operating system of the plurality of operating systems; and performing at the first operating system an intrusion detection with respect to the at least a second operating system using the collected intrusion detection data.
US09501635B2
This disclosure describes methods, systems, and application programming interfaces for creating a credential managed account. This disclosure describes creating a new password managed account, defining the password managed account, wherein the password managed account is to access a service on a managed computing device, identifying the password managed account for a lifecycle, and automatically managing the password managed account by updating and changing a password for the password managed account on a periodic basis.
US09501633B2
An information processing device includes a display that displays an input screen including a plurality of images, an image selecting section that selects at least one image within the input screen in accordance with an input operation from a user, and a controller that controls the information processing device on a basis of the image selected by the image selecting section.
US09501629B2
In the event of an unintentional interruption, a token issued by a host system to a client system is used to reestablish communications without disrupting applications on the client system. If the host system provided an Internet Protocol address to the client system to be used during the interrupted communications session, the host system reserves the communications address during an interruption in communications for a period sufficient to permit reestablishment of communications using the reserved address.
US09501626B2
Dispensing machine. The machine includes a number of silos for the storage of smaller objects and a mechanism for dispensing the stored objects into a central receptacle at a designated time or frequency in a combinatorial manner, regardless of the size, shape, or other physical characteristics of the pill to be dispensed. Major components of the device include a number of silos for storing objects of dispersal, a user input interface, a circuit board, an actuator, a central receptacle, a sensor, a storage receptacle, and an alarm. It is preferred that the designated time or frequency for dispersal from each silo is set by a user or a third-party. It is preferred that the machine further includes a capability for wireless connectivity to an intranet or an internet and a mechanism for monitoring access to the central receptacle and for outputting feedback to a user or a third-party.
US09501621B2
Treatment validation techniques include generating a modified treatment target from an original treatment target using a modification process, and comparing induced aberrations provided by the original and modified treatment targets, so as to verify the modified treatment target or the modification process. In some cases, a modification process may include a deconvolution process, a low pass filter process, a scaling process, or an adjustment process. The induced aberrations may include high order aberrations, such as spherical aberration.
US09501612B2
A method for monitoring at least one part of an internal combustion engine based on a variable whose values characterize the operation of the part of the internal combustion engine during different states of the internal combustion engine, including: determining an actual pattern with the actual values of the variable during different states of the internal combustion engine which describe the actual operation of the internal combustion engine; providing a reference pattern for a known operation of the internal combustion engine, the reference pattern including reference values of the variable for different states of the internal combustion engine; and comparing the actual pattern to the reference pattern to determine a similarity between the actual operation and the known operation.
US09501611B2
Method and system for automatically customizing a recorded real time simulation based on simulation metadata. Recorded data corresponding to the real time simulation are received by the computing device. The recorded data are organized according to an original simulation timeline. The recorded data are processed by the computing device to generate customized simulation data based on the simulation metadata. The customized simulation data are organized according to an updated simulation timeline. The updated simulation timeline is generated based on the original simulation timeline. For instance, a new datum corresponding to a plurality of recorded data is generated according to the simulation metadata. The recorded data may comprise an action performed by a user interacting with the real time simulation, an event occurring during the real time simulation, a variation of a parameter during the real time simulation, and a screenshot of a display of the real time simulation.
US09501602B2
In some embodiments, in a method, placement of a design layout is performed. The design layout includes a power rail segment, several upper-level power lines and several cells. The upper-level power lines cross over and bound the power rail segment at where the upper-level power lines intersect with the power rail segment. The cells are powered through the power rail segment. For each cell, a respective current through the power rail segment during a respective SW of the cell is obtained. One or more groups of cells with overlapped SWs are determined. One or more EM usages of the power rail segment by the one or more groups of cells using the respective currents of each group of cells are obtained. The design layout is adjusted when any of the one or more EM usages of the power rail segment causes an EM susceptibility of the power rail segment.
US09501586B2
A method for displaying attributes of a computer system. Displaying, on a user interface, a representation for each of the plurality of groups. Receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of groups to display, based on a selection of one or more corresponding representations of the displayed representations. Displaying, in a first view on the user interface, the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups. Receiving a request to display the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups, in a second view on the user interface, wherein the second view depicts attributes in an alternative manner than the first view. Displaying, in the second view on the user interface, the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups.
US09501574B2
Determining a video audience is disclosed, including: identifying a set of videos based at least in part on a received criterion; querying a video database to retrieve engagements associated with each of at least a subset of the set of videos; identifying a set of audience members associated with the engagements associated with each of the at least subset of the set of videos; and querying a user database to gather events associated with each of at least a subset of the set of audience members.
US09501570B2
A computing system may comprise a processor and a memory having a routing program, the processor being configured to receive a first request having a data record with a unique subscriber identifier, extract the unique subscriber identifier from the first request, and compare a tag of a database table with the unique subscriber identifier. If the tag does not match the unique subscriber identifier, the processor may be configured to process the first request as part of a general test environment. If the tag matches the unique subscriber identifier, the processor may be configured to route the first request to a live test environment associated with the tag.
US09501569B2
A system, method or computer readable storage device to derive a taxonomy from keywords is described herein. A domain-dependent taxonomy from a set of keywords may be automatically derived by leveraging both a general knowledgebase and keyword search. For example, concepts may be deduced with the technique of conceptualization, and context information may be extracted from a search engine. Then, the taxonomy may be constructed using a tree algorithm.
US09501558B2
A compression file formed by compressing an object file is compared in a compressed state with a compression code string that matches with a compression character string of a character string to be searched for. The compression code string acquiring no match as the result of the comparison is decompressed as it is. On the other hand, the compression code string acquiring match is substituted with a substituted character string in a comparison and substitution table generated in advance.
US09501547B2
An intelligent synchronization tool ensures access to desired content in a manner that automatically keeps the content current on the portable media device. A variation threshold or user-specified degree of content variation may be introduced among content downloaded to a user's mobile device to prevent the user from becoming bored. Furthermore, intelligent synchronization may automatically populate the portable media device with popular content to save a user time and/or use passive monitoring techniques to ascertain a user's preferences for subsequent population.
US09501535B2
A processing platform integrates ETL (extract, transform, and load), real time stream processing, and “big data” data stores into a high performance analytic system that runs in a public or private cloud. The platform performs real time pre-storage enrichment of data records to form a single comprehensive record usable for analytics, searching and alerting. The platform further supports sharing of components and plug-ins and performs automatic scaling of resources based on real time resource monitoring and analysis.
US09501531B2
A method for determining relevance for activity feeds is disclosed. Activity feeds are received from one or more business entities. Information is received regarding activities being performed by a user. Context information is received regarding the user. A user context is determined from the information the regarding activities being performed by the user and the context information. The user context indicates the current status of the user. A relevance of the activity feeds is determined based on the user context. At least some of the activity feeds are displayed on a computing device. The at least some of the activity feeds are displayed according to a priority determined by the relevance.
US09501527B1
A method for use in processing database queries performed on a database, having tables made up of outer table data and corresponding inner table data, distributed among storage associated with multiple nodes of a multi-threaded cluster of computers is described. The method involves, on each node, constructing a Bloom filter by writing a local portion of the complete Bloom filter and then receiving and merging Bloom filter components sent from each node using different startingOffset positions and then, once the Bloom filter is complete at a node, using the complete Bloom filter as a join filter in a table join operation, without regard to Bloom filter construction occurring at other nodes.
US09501510B1
Systems and methods for facilitating media fingerprinting are provided. In one aspect, a system can include: a memory, a microprocessor, a communication component that receives media; and a media fingerprinting component that fingerprints the media. The media fingerprinting component employs a fingerprint generation component stored in the memory and includes: a first hash generation component that generates sets of hashes corresponding to versions of the media; and a second hash generation component that computes a final hash based, at least, on hashing the sets of hashes. In some aspects, the media fingerprinting component can generate a flip-resistant fingerprint based, at least, on the final hash. In some aspects, the flip-resistant fingerprint is the final hash.
US09501507B1
A method and apparatus for a data analysis system for analyzing data object collections that include geo-temporal data is provided. One or more temporal granularities are specified for the purpose of generating a geo-temporal data index. The time granularities correspond to temporal ranges expected to correspond to temporal ranges specified in user queries against the data. One or more temporal index bucket groups are generated based on to the specified time granularities. Geo-temporal input data is indexed based on the generated temporal index bucket groups. The system allows a data analyst to specify geo-temporal queries that include both geospatial component and a temporal component. The system transforms geo-temporal queries into one or more second queries that retrieve data items based on the temporal index bucket groups.
US09501499B2
Systems and methods for creating image-based content based on text-based content. A data processing system receives a text-based content item based on which an image-based content item is to be created. The data processing system determines a context of the text-based content item based on the content of the text-based content item and the content of a landing page associated with the text-based content item. The data processing system determines one or more search terms from the determined context of the text-based content item. The data processing system then identifies from an image database, one or more candidate images that match at least one of the search terms determined from the context of the text-based content item. The data processing system then creates an image-based content item based on the text-based content item using at least one of the candidate images.
US09501497B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing location queries. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a location search profile for a user. The location search profile specifies, for each geographic location, a set of references to location resources that were previously requested through user interaction, by the user, with previous search results that were provided in response to a previous location query. A current location query is received from a user device that is associated with the user. In response to receiving the current location query a reference to at least one of the location resources from the set of references and search results responsive to the current location query are selected. In turn, data that cause presentation of the selected reference and the search results are provided.
US09501495B2
This is directed to systems, methods and computer-readable media for media files having timed and untimed location metadata. For example, a media file can include timed location metadata stored in a metadata track of the media file, such that individual timed packets of location information are each associated with different portions of the recorded media. In some embodiments, the location metadata can include information describing the direction the device is facing and/or elevation/tilt of the device relative a horizontal plane (e.g. a plane perpendicular to a line between the device position and the center of the earth) and/or a motion of the device.
US09501489B2
A method that includes a first record that relates to a first subject entity is received and a second record that relates to a second subject entity is received, where it is unknown whether the first subject entity is the same as the second subject entity. A comparison of a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity is performed. A probability value is calculated, at least in part, on a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity.
US09501488B1
Data migration techniques are provided using parallel log-structured file system middleware to overcome file system limitations. A data file is migrated from a first storage tier to an archive storage tier, where the data file exceeds performance and/or capacity limitations of the archival storage tier, by writing the data file to a plurality of sub-files using a parallel data mover process, wherein each of the plurality of sub-files satisfy the performance and capacity limitations of the archival storage tier; and storing the plurality of sub-files to the archival storage tier using a log-structured file system. The log-structured file system optionally comprises a Parallel Log-Structured File System (PLFS) and the archival storage tier optionally comprises a multi disk storage tier. The parallel data mover process divides a size of the data file by a file size limit of the archival storage tier to determine of a number of the plurality of sub-files. The plurality of sub-files are optionally read using a network file system (NFS).
US09501477B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for sharing global lists of media content among multiple apps executing on various client devices. A global list can include a plurality of records for media, each of which can include pointers to media stored elsewhere, a unique identifier for the media, a list identifier for the media, and/or metadata for the media. The global list can be accessed, modified, shared, aggregated, organized, etc. using different apps. These different apps may include apps developed by different developers, apps produced by different companies, apps offered for download by different companies, apps that perform different functions, etc.
US09501476B2
A dynamic classification dictionary is built for use in profiling and targeting users for additional relevant content. Behavioral data is gathered from user activity, and user documents and actions are categorized. Author-generated document classification information is analyzed and assigned a first taxonomic noun to characterize the document. User-generated tags characterizing a portion of the document are assigned a second taxonomic noun. Search terms that resulted in the user accessing the document are identified and assigned a third taxonomic noun. Attributes related to the manner in which the document was accessed are evaluated and assigned a fourth taxonomic noun. The document is processed using pattern rules to extract a fifth taxonomic noun. The taxonomic nouns are aggregated into a composite set of taxonomic nouns, and the dynamic classification dictionary is build by storing the composite set of taxonomic nouns.
US09501469B2
A user provides a query that includes at least two of a subject, a predicate, and an object. A computer system identifies synonyms of one or more of the subject, predicate, and object, and forms new queries from the identified synonyms. The system searches a dataset using the new queries, and possibly also using the user-provided query, to produce search results. The system may process the search results, such as by filtering and/or sorting them. The system provides output representing the search results to the user. The user may use the search result output to identify answers that are analogous to answers to the query originally provided by the user.
US09501467B2
For automated text processing, the inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes an entity tagger, an entity resolver, a text segment classifier, and a relationship extractor. The entity tagger receives an input text segment, and tags named entities with the segment as being a person, company, or place. The entity resolver accesses authority files, and associates the persons and companies named in the text segment with specific entries in the files. The text segment classifier determines whether the text segment includes a relationship event, such as job-change event or merger and acquisition event, and if an event is detected, the relationship extractor determines the event role of entities named in the segment. For example, the extractor determines for a merger and acquisition event, which named company was the acquirer and which was acquired.
US09501464B2
Some embodiments are directed to a computer program for facilitating management and processing of data relating to changing conditions of multiple subjects involved in a government-sponsored social program. The computer program is configured for implementation by a processor to display multiple subjects, which form a group of subjects involved in the government-sponsored social program, in one of a column and row format. Multiple requirements, which each are required to be satisfied within a certain deadline pursuant to the government-sponsored social program, are displayed in the other of the column and row format, such that the displayed multiple subjects and multiple requirements form a matrix. One of multiple identifiers, which are displayed at each of the intersections of the matrix, each indicate status of the requirement relevant to the associated subject, each of the multiple identifiers being visually unique to enable identification of the relevant status.
US09501460B1
A system and machine-implemented method for detecting and processing invisible elements within a web page. A web page is accessed to detect one or more elements in the web page. One or more criteria for identifying web page elements, which are invisible when displayed, are obtained. The one or more criteria are applied to the one or more elements. Based on the applied criteria, a determination is made that one of the one or more elements is invisible. A notification of the invisible element is provided for display.
US09501455B2
A method for processing at least partially unstructured data is provided. The method includes receiving, at a data processing tool, at least partially unstructured data from at least one data source, and processing the at least partially unstructured data to generate at least partially structured data that includes tagged data, wherein processing the at least partially unstructured data includes at least one of processing the at least partially unstructured data using an associative memory application, and processing the at least partially unstructured data using a regular expression processing program. The method further includes transmitting the at least partially structured data to a main application, and incorporating the at least partially structured data into the main application based at least in part on the tagged data, wherein incorporating the at least partially structured data includes at least one of including and excluding data based on the existence, content and/or type of a tag.
US09501453B2
In embodiments there are provided techniques for flexibly displaying information into one or more columns. One technique includes the user interface (UI) receiving from an end user a selection of display criteria configured by an administrative user. Data from a dataset may be selected and/or ordered for displaying according to the criterion selected by the end user. Alternative embodiments may provide displaying positive and negative data, sorting, and fixed locations.
US09501452B2
A method of increasing a weighting factor of an exponentially weighted moving averaging (“EWMA”) filter is provided. The method includes monitoring a data stream containing raw data values, and determining an EWMA value based on the data stream by an electronic control module. The method includes determining if the EWMA value is between a predetermined maximum fault threshold value and a predetermined minimum fault threshold value. The method includes increasing the weighting factor of the EWMA filter to more heavily weigh incoming raw data values of the data stream based on the difference between the first raw data value and a previously calculated filtered value exceeding the calibration value.
US09501450B2
System for collecting ocean data includes a trawl-resistant bottom mooring having a base unit and profiler on board. Method for collecting ocean data includes steps for receiving and executing a configuration file in the base unit and the profiler, collecting data, transmitting the data to a receiving station, and transferring to and archiving the data in the base unit.
US09501446B2
A control unit is described that has at least one communications interface for the exchange of data with at least one peripheral unit, the communications interface being configured for transmitting synchronization signals to the peripheral unit in a first, synchronous operating mode. The communications interface is configured to change a time interval between two successive synchronization signals.
US09501445B2
In a method to operate a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus that includes a number of electronically controlled sub-components, the components and/or the apparatus are controlled by a control unit via sensors and actuators. All relevant configuration data and operating data are stored in respective electronic objects that are stored in an apparatus memory. An electronic object is respectively associated with each component.
US09501431B1
A method and apparatus are provided to enable the remote management of software that is otherwise limited to using local input/output (I/O) only. According to the method and apparatus, a microcontroller is installed on a system board of a server and configured to listen to write requests directed to a first I/O interface. When such requests are detected, data that is part of such requests is intercepted and transmitted over a second I/O interface that is different from the first I/O interface.
US09501429B2
A media processing device includes a key store memory to store a plurality of cryptographic keys and a rule set memory to store a plurality of rules for the plurality of cryptographic keys. The media processing device further includes an integrity module to determine a first cyclical redundancy check (CRC) value from the plurality of rules stored in the rule set memory and compare the first CRC with a second CRC value associated with the plurality of rules. The media processing device further includes an arbitration module to prevent further access to the plurality of rules in the rule set memory responsive to the integrity verification module signaling a mismatch between the first CRC and the second CRC.
US09501427B2
Provided is a primary memory module including a counter for providing a count indicative of the numbers of times the primary memory module has ever been read/written by a processor. With the count, an operating situation of the primary memory module is evaluated so as to optimize memory allocation performed by the operation system, adjust the operating mode of the primary memory module, and send a warning message to a user, for example.
US09501425B2
Each of multiple translation lookaside buffers (TLBs) is associated with a corresponding processing element. A first TLB invalidation (TLBI) instruction is issued at a first processing element, and sent to a second processing element. An element-specific synchronization instruction is issued at the first processing element. A synchronization command is broadcast, and received at the second processing element. The element-specific synchronization instruction prevents issuance of additional TLBI instructions at the first processing element until an acknowledgement in response to the synchronization command is received at the first processing element. After completion of any TLBI instructions issued at the second processing element before the synchronization command was received, the acknowledgement is sent from the second processing element to the first processing element, indicating that any TLBI instructions issued at the second processing element before the synchronization command was received at the second processing element are complete.
US09501420B2
A system and method for recognizing data access patterns in large data sets and for preloading a cache based on the recognized patterns is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a data transaction directed to an address space and recording the data transaction in a first set of counters and in a second set of counters. The first set of counters divides the address space into address ranges of a first size, whereas the second set of counters divides the address space into address ranges of a second size that is different from the first size. One of a storage device or a cache thereof is selected to service the data transaction based on the first set of counters, and data is preloaded into the cache based on the second set of counters.
US09501418B2
The present disclosure relates to caches, methods, and systems for using an invalidation data area. The cache can include a journal configured for tracking data blocks, and an invalidation data area configured for tracking invalidated data blocks associated with the data blocks tracked in the journal. The invalidation data area can be on a separate cache region from the journal. A method for invalidating a cache block can include determining a journal block tracking a memory address associated with a received write operation. The method can also include determining a mapped journal block based on the journal block and on an invalidation record. The method can also include determining whether write operations are outstanding. If so, the method can include aggregating the outstanding write operations and performing a single write operation based on the aggregated write operations.
US09501411B2
In response to a transactional store request, the higher level cache transmits, to the lower level cache, a backup copy of an unaltered target cache line in response to a target real address hitting in the higher level cache, updates the target cache line with store data to obtain an updated target cache line, and records the target real address as belonging to a transaction footprint of the memory transaction. In response to a conflicting access to the transaction footprint prior to completion of the memory transaction, the higher level cache signals failure of the memory transaction to the processor core, invalidates the updated target cache line in the higher level cache, and causes the backup copy of the target cache line in the lower level cache to be restored as a current version of the target cache line.
US09501406B2
A storage control apparatus is communicatively connected to a storage device. The storage device includes a plurality of SSDs. The storage control apparatus includes a processing request controller and a device load detector. The device load detector detects an overload of an SSD by detecting a processing delay of the SSD. When the device load detector has detected an overload of an SSD, the processing request controller suppresses issuance of a request to process write-back with respect to a group by delaying issuance of the write-back.
US09501401B2
In one embodiment, the method includes buffering, under control of a memory controller, received data and an associated program entity in a buffer. The program entity includes first address information and second address information, the first address information indicates an address of the buffer storing the received data, and the second address information indicates an address in the memory to store the received data. The method further includes storing, at the memory controller, management information. The management information includes program information, and the program information includes a pointer to the program entity in the buffer. The method also includes transferring the received data from the buffer to the memory based on the management information and the program entity.
US09501400B2
In a block-erasable nonvolatile memory array, blocks are categorized as bad blocks, prime blocks, and sub-prime blocks. Sub-prime blocks are identified from their proximity to bad blocks or from testing. Sub-prime blocks are configured for limited operation (e.g. only storing non-critical data, or data copied elsewhere, or using some additional or enhanced redundancy scheme).
US09501399B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.
US09501395B2
Two-dimensional compressed data sets can be re-aligned while preserving compression of the data. A set of one or more shifts and a corresponding set of one or more first dimension indices into a two-dimensional compressed data set for re-aligning the two-dimensional compressed data set are determined. Impact of re-aligning upon each vector in the second dimension of the two-dimensional compressed data set is determined while the two-dimensional compressed data set remains compressed. New compressed vectors are created in the second dimension resulting from re-aligning. Compression information is modified for each of the original vectors of the two-dimensional compressed data set that remain after re-aligning based, at least in part, on the new compressed vectors. A re-aligned version of the two-dimensional compressed data set is created with the new compressed vectors, and the remaining original vectors with their modified compression information.
US09501364B1
Creating hybrid image backups of a source storage. In one example embodiment, a method for creating one or more hybrid image backups of a source storage may include comparing hashes of allocated blocks stored in the source storage at a first point in time to hashes of blocks stored in a deduplication system to determine whether each of the allocated blocks is in a first set of blocks that are stored in the deduplication system or in a second set of blocks that are not stored in the deduplication system; associating locations of the blocks in the first set of blocks stored in the source storage with locations of the corresponding blocks stored in the deduplication system; determining whether the deduplication system is in a read-only state or in a writable state; and in response to the deduplication system being in the read-only state: storing the blocks in the second set of blocks in an image backup separate from the deduplication system; associating locations of the blocks in the second set of blocks stored in the source storage with locations of the corresponding blocks stored in the image backup; and defining a full hybrid image backup of the source storage at the first point in time as a combination of the first set of blocks stored in the deduplication system and the second set of blocks stored in the image backup.
US09501363B1
A node failure detector for use in a distributed database that is accessed through a plurality of interconnected transactional and archival nodes. Each node is selected as an informer node that tests communications with each other node. Each informer node generates a list of suspicious nodes that is resident in one node designated as a leader node. The leader node analyzes the data from all of the informer nodes to designate each node that should be designated for removal with appropriate failover procedures.
US09501360B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing sending representations of a read-rebuild inquiry request to storage units and receiving a decode threshold number of encoded data slices in response. The method continues with the DS processing module receiving a remaining number of slice status responses regarding a remaining number of encoded data slices. The method continues with the DS processing module decoding the decode threshold number of encoded data slices to reproduce a data segment and interpreting the remaining number of slice status responses to determine whether one of the remaining number of encoded data slices includes an error. When determining the error, the method continues with the DS processing module generating a rebuilt encoded data slice based on the reproduced data segment to replace the one of the remaining number of encoded data slices that includes the error.
US09501354B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory array; a data-maintaining component, maintaining data read from the memory array or maintaining data used for writing to the memory array; an external input/output terminal; an error correction component, coupling the data-maintaining component and performing error-detection or correcting the data input to the data-maintaining component or output data from the data-maintaining component; a compressing component, coupling between the external input/output terminal and the error correction component and compressing or extending data. The compressing component compresses data provided by the external input/output terminal, provides the compressed data to the error correction component, extends the data provided by the error correction component, and provides the extended data to the external input/output terminal.
US09501348B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for monitoring components in a library by tracking the movement of library components. By tracking the movement of library components, the degradation of library components can be monitored and the reliability of library components determined, allowing unreliable components to be bypassed or replaced, enhancing the reliability of the library and preventing data loss.
US09501345B1
Access to first log data from a first log data source and second log data from a second log data source is obtained. Trigger event log data is defined and the second log data from the second log data source is monitored to detect the defined trigger event log data in the second log data. If the defined trigger event log data is detected in the second log data from the second log data source, the detected trigger event log data in the second log data from the second log data source is correlated with the first log data from the first log data source, and/or at least part of the second log data from the second log data source is inserted into the first log data from the first log data source.
US09501344B2
As the file system of an operating system program might be damaged by a crash, the file system is usually used neither for the selection of data to be dumped from a memory nor for the analysis of the dumped data, and all data contained in one or several areas of the memory are dumped. In order to preserve the integrity of the file system and enable its use after the crash, the memory is divided into a primary and a secondary memory section during a memory setup, file system data are transferred from the primary memory section to the secondary memory section widely out of the control of the operating system program, and a read access of a dump program is directed to the secondary memory section in order to select file system data to be dumped after the crash using error data.
US09501339B2
A system and method may generate executable block diagrams having blocks that run in accordance with message-based execution semantics. A message may include an input data payload that does not change over time, and the message may persist for only a determined time interval during execution of block diagram. A verification engine may provide one or more tools for evaluating and verifying operation of message-based blocks. The verification engine may support one or more verification blocks that may be added to the block diagram and associated with the diagram's message-based blocks. The verification blocks may capture and present messages exchanged among the message-based blocks. The verification blocks may also specify an expected interaction of messages, and determine whether the actual messages are equivalent to the expected interaction.
US09501337B2
Methods and systems for collecting and distributing a plurality of notifications are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of notifications for a client from a plurality of publishers, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications comprises a client identifier and a notification type identifier. The method also includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, authenticating the publisher of the notification upon receiving the notification. The method further includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, determining whether the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification identified by the notification type identifier from the publisher of the notification. The method also includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, outputting the notification to the client when the publisher of the notification is authentic and the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification from the publisher.
US09501313B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards managing computing resources. Managing computing resources can include initializing in a computer system, an application that corresponds to one or more commit signatures, each of the one or more commit signatures correspond to a transaction within the application and determining that a commit signature of one or more commit signatures is saved in a commit block (COB). Managing computing resources can include retrieving, from the COB, in response to determining that the commit signature is saved in the COB, a first set of resource data that corresponds to the commit signature, the first set of resource data contains information for resource usage that corresponds to the application and allocating resources accessible to the computer system based on the first set of resource data.
US09501312B2
An example system includes a registration engine that receives a request to register with a transaction. The request is from a one-phase commit resource manager. The example system also includes a proxy instantiation engine that determines whether a list of registered participants of the transaction includes at least one one-phase commit resource manager. When the list of registered participants is determined to include at least one one-phase commit resource manager, the proxy instantiation engine: (i) creates a proxy for the one-phase commit resource manager, and (2) adds the proxy to the list of registered participants. The proxy supports a prepare operation, commit operation, and abort operation. The system further includes a first-phase coordinator that sends a commit query to each registered two-phase commit participant included in the list. The commit query requests an indication of whether the respective participant can commit the transaction.
US09501306B2
Virtual machines are allocated among servers in a virtual environment, whereby each virtual machine has a current placement. A current fitness score is calculated for each virtual machine based on its current placement. Proposed placement plans are then generated, each plan including a proposed placement of each virtual machine. For each plan, a plan score is created. Each plan score is created by calculating a proposed fitness score for each virtual machine based on a proposed placement of that virtual machine in accordance with that plan, generating a virtual machine score for each virtual machine based on a comparison of that virtual machine's current fitness score and proposed fitness score, and then combining the virtual machine scores. The plan scores are then compared, and a target plan is selected from among the plans. The virtual machines are then reallocated among the servers in accordance with the target proposed placement plan.
US09501300B2
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium may include instructions executable by a processor in a simulation system to perform a simulation. The instructions may include to wait for a plurality of virtual controllers to complete a previous simulation step, write a result of the previous simulation step from each of the plurality of virtual controllers to a shared memory, read an input from the memory to each of the plurality of virtual controllers, initiate a simulation step on each of the plurality of virtual controllers, and upon initiation of the simulation step in each of the plurality of virtual controllers, indicate completion of the simulation, in which the plurality of virtual controllers include a controller model having a plurality of simulation steps and the instructions are configured to be executed by the processor in parallel.
US09501299B2
A processor may include a cause agnostic frequency dither filter (FD filter), which may cause reduction in the frequency transitions while maintaining the performance levels. The FD Filter may minimize the performance loss, which may otherwise accrue from these frequency transitions, while trying to maximize the peak frequency of the processor. The FD filter may determine a minimum and maximum limit, which may be used by a power management unit (PMU) to restrict the number of frequency transitions to be within a specified threshold. The FD filter may determine the maximum and minimum limits based on transition data stored in internal tables captured during one or more time windows (or observation windows). Based on an average system behavior, the PMU may either apply the minimum or the maximum limit over the subsequent time window.
US09501294B2
A digital signage content management system is provided that uses existing interfaces such as web interfaces and turns existing commercially available graphics programs such as web based tools or locally run programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint® into a digital signage platform to facilitate developing and managing digital signage applications through the creation of smart objects and intelligent templates that are easy to create and easy to modify to suit different applications. This enables digital signage content to be professionally created without requiring custom programming for each and every stream of new and/or changing content. The smart objects and intelligent templates can also be used to provide content with changing elements in real-time.
US09501284B2
A processor includes a mechanism that checks for and flushes only speculative loads and any respective dependent instructions that are younger than an executed wait for event (WEV) instruction, and which also match an address of a store instruction that has been determined to have been executed by a different processor prior to execution of the paired SEV instruction by the different processor. The mechanism may allow speculative loads that do not match the address of any store instruction that has been determined to have been executed by a different processor prior to execution of the paired SEV instruction by the different processor.
US09501280B2
A unified architecture for dynamic generation, execution, synchronization and parallelization of complex instruction formats includes a virtual register file, register cache and register file hierarchy. A self-generating and synchronizing dynamic and static threading architecture provides efficient context switching.
US09501277B2
A first operation of comparison of the first initial operand with the second initial operand uses at least one comparison operator in such a way as to obtain a first final result word. A second operation of comparison of the second initial operand with the first initial operand uses the at least one comparison operator in such a way as to obtain a second final result word. Another operation checks the values of the bits of the two final result words in relation to a part at least of r combinations of reference values taken from possible combinations of values of these two final result words. These reference combinations represent a valid result of comparison of the two operands including an equality, a relationship of inferiority and a relationship of superiority between the two operands.
US09501273B1
Embodiments of the present invention may share common data among multiple servers. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a code segment is obtained at a first server from a client in response to the client interacting with a first application hosted on the first server, where the code segment is associated with business logic in the first application. Then, the first application is executed based on the code segment.
US09501272B2
Embodiments described herein include methods and/or systems for updating a medical device. Embodiments include medical devices which are configured for updates in response to various events including connection of a peripheral device to the medical device, a user initiated event, or based on received recommendations.
US09501269B2
A programming model for a processor accelerator allows accelerated functions to be called from a main program directly without a management API for the accelerator. A compiler automatically generates wrapper source code for each accelerator function called by the application source code. The wrapper code is compiled, together with the accelerator source code, to generate an object file that is linked to an object file for the main program. By automatically generating the wrapper code, a programmer can simply and directly invoke accelerator functions without the use of a complex management API. In addition, because the wrapper code for the accelerator is generated automatically, a standard compiler can be used to compile the main program, using standard linkage conventions.
US09501264B2
Methods for correcting inaccurate translation of words or phrases in a mobile app, by users of that mobile app, in which those users can invoke an alternate “correction” function in the mobile app. The correction function allows users of the mobile app to send messages back to a programmer of the mobile app, including alternative translations, comments on translations, connotations of those translations, and other meaning associated with those translations. Edits made by users can be counted, or otherwise statistically measured, to determine a most-popular translation associated with the original text from the mobile app.
US09501263B2
A model manager is provided that manages model derivation and alignment. A realization relationship is created between a source model element and a derived model element. The derived model element is validated to conform to an intent of the source model element. When the derived model element does not confirm to the intent of the source model element, the derived model element and the source model element are synchronized. The synchronizing includes re-aligning one or more portions of at least one of the derived model element and the source model element that no longer conform to the other model element.
US09501261B2
A binary array system and method for operating an electrical system are disclosed. The binary array system includes a binary counter configured to output a number of bit values through a number of bit outputs. Each of the bit values are output through a corresponding one of the bit outputs. The system includes a number of binary array elements. Each of the binary array elements is coupled to a corresponding one of the bit outputs and is configured to provide a unit value based on one of the bit values output through the corresponding one of the bit outputs. The binary array system also includes a controller coupled to the binary counter that is configured to set the bit values of the binary counter.
US09501260B2
A barrel shifter uses a sign magnitude to 2's complement converter to generate decoder signals for its cascaded multiplexer selectors. The sign input receives the shift direction and the magnitude input receives the shift amount. The sign magnitude to 2's complement converter computes an output result as a 2's complement of the shift amount using the shift direction as a sign input, assigns a first portion (most significant bit half) of the output result to a first decoder signal, and assigns a second portion (least significant bit half) of the output result to a second decoder signal. The encoding scheme using a sign magnitude to 2's complement converter allows the decoder circuits to be relatively simple, for example, 3-to-8 decoders for a 64-bit operand value rather than the 4-to-9 decoder required in a conventional barrel shifter, leading to faster operation, less area, and reduced power consumption.
US09501247B2
An image forming apparatus includes a data receiving device, a memory, an image forming device forming an image on a recording medium and a control device controlling the memory to store therein a data aggregate received by the data receiving device. The data aggregate includes image data relating to an image and condition data relating to an image forming condition for forming the image on the recording medium by the image forming device. The control device determines whether command data relating to a command to the image forming apparatus is included in the data aggregate stored in the memory and, when it is determined that the command data is included in the data aggregate stored in the memory, executes a command based on the command data, instead of image formation by the image forming condition relating to the condition data.
US09501233B2
In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving, at a computer system, a request to create a snapshot of a virtual storage device, wherein the virtual storage device virtually stores data at virtual addresses, the data being physically stored at a plurality of physical storage locations that are managed by an underlying storage system associated with virtual storage device. The methods can further include identifying, by the computer system, one or more regions of the virtual storage device that have been written to since a previous snapshot of the virtual storage device was created. The methods can additionally include generating a unique identifier for the requested snapshot; and creating the requested snapshot using the identified one more regions and the unique identifier.
US09501217B2
Providing a mechanism for removal of icons from a dock in response to user input is disclosed. A dock is generated for display in a user interface, the dock comprising a region of the user interface in which one or more icons are presented. An input is received for selecting an icon presented in the dock, the icon associated with an original position in the user interface. A visual indicator of a particular distance to drag the icon before the icon will be removed from the dock is generated for display. A second input for releasing the icon at a second position in the user interface is received. The icon is removed from the dock if a distance between the second position and the original position is within a predefined range of the particular distance.
US09501216B2
A method and system for displaying a screen in a mobile device are provided. The method includes displaying a list of items where the items are arranged in a three-dimensional form, viewed from a side, receiving a command for altering the display form of the list of items, and altering and displaying the image of the list of items, viewed from the side, into an image of the list of items viewed from above. The method and system allow a user to easily and rapidly search for a corresponding item on a screen of a mobile device.
US09501212B2
An embodiment of the invention simplifies management of the “video lifecycle”. An embodiment includes one of more modules that streamline the video publishing process by abstracting technical steps such as video publishing, updating video, unpublishing video, retrieval or statistics concerning video, authorization to process video, validation of video, video metadata processing, video transcoding, and/or video transmission. Other embodiments are described herein.
US09501211B2
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.
US09501208B2
Flexible configuration of process control systems or plants allows draft changes or modifications to be made to parent process objects, e.g., in a configuration environment, without automatically triggering corresponding instantiations and/or downloads of the parent process objects and/or their derived children objects into a run-time system. Parent objects to which draft changes are allowed may include class objects, instance objects, and/or library objects. One or more modifications to a process object may be saved as a draft, and multiple drafts for a same process object may be saved as different versions. Children objects may indicate the particular version of a parent object draft from which they are derived. A user may indicate that a particular draft or version is to be published or approved. Unpublished or unapproved drafts are prevented from being instantiated in the run-time system, whereas published or approved drafts are allowed to be instantiated.
US09501206B2
A processor in an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a predetermined popup menu according to a predetermined operation to an input device for calling a popup menu. The processor causes the display device to superimpose and display, an enlarged image obtained by enlarging an enlargement target region which is a part of a region in an image, according to a predetermined operation for displaying the enlarged image of the enlargement target region. When the input device receives an operation for calling a popup menu relevant to the enlarged image while the enlarged image of the enlargement target region is displayed in the display device, the processor causes the display device to stop displaying of the enlarged image of the enlargement target region, and to display a first enlarged popup menu which is obtained by enlarging the popup menu relevant to the enlarged image.
US09501194B2
A clustered scan method of a capacitive touch device is disclosed. According to the method, n drive lines of the capacitive touch device are divided into multiple clusters. Each of the clusters has a same number of drive lines. The clusters are driven by a clustered scan procedure in sequence. In each clustered scan procedure, the drive lines of the present cluster are driven for b times, wherein b is equal to the number of the drive lines of each cluster. If at least one bordering drive line exists, a bordering clustered scan procedure is executed, and a bordering drive line and some of drive lines of the previous clusters are driven.
US09501185B2
An active array of a capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of first auxiliary electrodes, where the first electrodes are connected to a scan signal transmitting circuit of the capacitive touch panel, and are used for receiving a plurality of scan signals, respectively; the second electrodes are connected to a detecting circuit of the capacitive touch panel; and the first electrodes and the first auxiliary electrodes are fabricated in a same metal layer, and the first electrodes are not connected to the first auxiliary electrodes.
US09501182B2
A mechanism is described for interpreting touches to a pad cover placed over a sensor external to a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing a touch on a pad cover covering a capacitive sensor of a computing device. The sensing may include determining a capacitive intensity that corresponds to an amount of pressure applied to the pad cover via the touch. The method may further include interpreting the capacitive intensity as measured by the capacitive sensor across a pad cover gap to determine the amount of pressure applied to the pad cover, determining user intent based on the interpreted capacitive intensity and the determined corresponding amount of applied pressure relating to the touch, and facilitating an action in accordance with the user intent.
US09501181B2
A touch screen panel includes a substrate comprising a major surface and divided into an active area and a non-active area when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; a plurality of driving electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and generally arranged along a first direction; a plurality of first sensing electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and generally arranged along a second direction; and a plurality of second sensing electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and arranged along the second direction. The shapes of the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode are different from each other.
US09501179B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substantially flexible substrate configured to bend at an edge between a first surface and a second surface of a device. The edge has an angle of deviation between the first and second surfaces of at least approximately 45°. The apparatus includes a touch sensor disposed on the substantially flexible substrate and configured to bend with the substantially flexible substrate at the edge between the first and second surfaces. The touch sensor includes drive or sense electrodes made of flexible conductive material configured to bend with the substantially flexible substrate at the edge between the first and second surfaces. The touch sensor has at least one active area on each of the first and second surfaces.
US09501177B2
A variable mounting sound wave touch pad includes an upper touch pad connected to a microphone to recognize a sound wave. A lower touch pad is spaced apart from the upper touch pad. A plurality of mounting members have one end attached to the lower touch pad and the other end protruding toward the upper touch pad and vary by an actuator which interlocks with the lower touch pad.
US09501173B2
An input device includes a coordinate input unit including an operation surface on which a pressing operation can be performed and detecting contact of an operation body with the operation surface, a pressing detection unit that detects that the operation surface is pressed, and a control unit that processes detection results of the coordinate input unit and the pressing detection unit, in which the control unit obtains the center coordinate of a contact position from the detection result of the coordinate input unit, and compares the center coordinate before the pressing operation with the center coordinate after the pressing operation when there is a pressing operation with respect to the operation surface, and when a difference between the center coordinates is smaller than a threshold value, the center coordinate before the pressing operation is used as a center coordinate at the time of the pressing operation.
US09501171B1
Various implementations related to gesture fingerprinting are described. In one such implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving input from a user entered via an input device; determining a gesture and one or more attributes associated with the gesture based on the input; matching the gesture to a gesture model for the user using the one or more attributes; and optimizing the gesture model based on subsequent input received from the user.
US09501167B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide an integrated input device that is configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by input objects that are in contact with an input region of an input device. The input device is generally configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by an input object that is in contact with the input region using a piezoelectric material. The input device generally includes a plurality of electrodes that are positioned to measure an electrical characteristic of the piezoelectric layer at different points within the input region to determine the position and/or amount force applied by the input object(s). The input device may also include one or more components that are able to simultaneously or sequentially sense the position of an input object using a touch sensing technique that does not rely on the electrical properties of the piezoelectric material to sense the position of the input object.
US09501165B2
An OLED display device with a touch screen includes first and second substrates; organic light emitting diodes in the display area over the first substrate; first pads and second pads in the non-display area over the first substrate; first and second touch electrodes in the display area over the second substrate; touch pads in the non-display area over the second substrate and corresponding to and overlapping the second pads, respectively; and a first adhesive layer between the first and second substrates and exposing the first and second pads, wherein pad contact holes pass through the second substrate, the touch pads, and the first adhesive layer and expose the second pads, respectively, and wherein a conduction means is disposed in each of the pad contact holes and electrically connects each of the touch pads with a corresponding second pad.
US09501164B2
Provided is a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) in which a capacitive touch sensor is embedded, the TFT LCD comprising: a touch sensor source follower TFT formed on a substrate; a first electrode connected to a gate electrode of the touch sensor source follower TFT; a touch sensor reset TFT including the first electrode; an insulator film formed on the first electrode; a second electrode formed on the insulator film; and a display switching TFT including the second electrode, wherein the second electrode is connected to a drain electrode of the display switching TFT; the touch sensor reset TFT and the gate electrode of the touch sensor source follower TFT share the first electrode; and the first electrode is connected to the gate electrode of the touch sensor source follower TFT.
US09501161B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a user interface for facilitating touch input. According to one example, a single desired character is determined upon a touch input being received within at least one area of the user interface. The desired character is appended to an input word string. Furthermore, the input word string and a single desired character are displayed in distinct adjacent areas on the user interface.
US09501151B2
A method to provide simultaneous interaction with content while not disturbing the content being provided is disclosed. Content may be provided to a group of users. At least one of the users may make a gesture. The gesture may be associated with a user identifier and with a content identifier. An event may be stored based on the gesture from the at least one of the users, the user identifier, and the content identifier. The event may be selected from the group consisting of: a vote, a purchase decision, a modification of content, an adjustment of a device setting, or a bookmark. A notice may be provided to the at least one user to indicate that the action requested by the gesture was performed.
US09501150B2
A method, system, and computer program product for moving objects such as a display window about a display frame by combining classical mechanics of motion. A window nudging method commences by receiving a discrete user interface gesture from a human interface device such as a mouse click or a keystroke, and based the discrete user interface gesture, instantaneously accelerating the window object to an initial velocity. Once the window is in motion, then the method applies a first movement to animate the window object using realistic motion changes. Such realistic motion changes comprise a friction model that combines sliding friction with fluid friction to determine frame-by-frame changes in velocity. The friction model that combines sliding friction with fluid friction can be applied to any object in the display frame. Collisions between one object and another object or between one object and its environment are modeled using a critically-damped spring model.
US09501149B2
A haptic representation system is provided that generates a haptic effect in response to sensor input. The sensor input is mapped to a haptic signal. The haptic signal is sent to an actuator configured to receive the haptic signal. The actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the haptic effect.
US09501147B2
Systems using haptic effect output devices with stretch characteristics are provided. In some embodiments, the stretch haptic effect output devices provide stretch effects responsive to software control. In other embodiments, the stretch haptic effect output devices provide stretch effects responsive to user input as well. Moreover, in some embodiments, the stretch haptic effect output devices provide stretch effects in conjunction and coordination with non-stretch haptic effect output devices as well.
US09501144B2
A method and display apparatus for providing content are provided. The method for providing content includes displaying a content UI in which a plurality of content is included, detecting an area at which a user gazes in the content UI, determining a preference for gaze content that is present in the area at which the user gazes by measuring user's brainwaves, and providing the content UI based on the determined preference. The user can be provided with the content UI that is configured more intuitively and conveniently according to the user preference.
US09501143B2
A control system includes an RFID device and an RFID reader antenna configured to receive a signal from the RFID device. The signal is associated with a command. A transmitter transmits the command to an electronic device to operate the electronic device.
US09501141B2
A display device includes an image processing device and a 3D (three-dimensional) display device. The image processing device captures and processes images of a plurality of objects to obtain positions of the plurality of objects. When a distance between at least two of the plurality of objects is smaller than a predetermined distance, the image processing device sets the at least two objects as a first group and sets an object of the plurality of objects that is closest to the first group as a first object, according to the positions of the plurality of objects. The 3D display device adjusts a visible range according to positions of the first group and the first object. A method for adjusting a visible range is also disclosed herein.
US09501140B2
An apparatus method and computer program product for developing and executing NUI applications. The apparatus for developing the NUI application comprising a development platform comprising a design manager for indicating a NUI object and a graphic object, wherein the graphic object is designed to track movements of the NUI object, based on movements of an object captured by a NUI device and associated with the NUI object when the application is executed; an interactive manager for managing interactive actions between the NUI object and the graphic object; and a NUI manager for defining a NUI device to be supported by a computing platform executing the application, wherein the application is developed graphically.
US09501137B2
Technologies are generally provided to switch virtual machines based on processor power states. In some examples, a virtual machine manager (VMM) may determine that a processor configured to execute a first virtual machine (VM) is to execute a VM switch, and cause the processor to enter a low-power state and store a first VM state. The VMM, which may be a VM itself, may then replace the stored first VM state with a second VM state and cause the processor to exit the low-power state. When the processor exits the low-power state, it may load the second VM state and execute a second VM.
US09501135B2
Dynamically switching cores on a heterogeneous multi-core processing system may be performed by executing program code on a first processing core. Power up of a second processing core may be signaled. A first performance metric of the first processing core executing the program code may be collected. When the first performance metric is better than a previously determined core performance metric, power down of the second processing core may be signaled and execution of the program code may be continued on the first processing core. When the first performance metric is not better than the previously determined core performance metric, execution of the program code may be switched from the first processing core to the second processing core.
US09501127B2
A low power detection apparatus and a method for displaying information are provided. When a low power manager drives a proximity detection sensor to generate a proximity interrupt in a state within which the portable terminal is in an idle state, the low power manager drives a motion detection sensor and determines a motion of the portable terminal for a preset time. When there is no motion of the portable terminal for the preset time, the low power manager generates proximity data for displaying screen information and then transmits the generated proximity data to an application processor so as to display screen information which the user desires with low power.
US09501120B2
A power supply circuit includes first to third electronic switches, first to sixth resistors, and a first capacitor. The power supply circuit is coupled to a USB interface. A control terminal of the first electronic switch is utilized to receive a control signal. A first terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to a standby power supply. The standby power supply is also coupled to ground through the first capacitor. The second electronic switch is coupled to the first electronic switch. The third electronic switch is coupled between the second electronic and the USB interface. The disclosure further provides an electronic device having the circuit.
US09501113B2
There is a need to solve a possible system malfunction when a power supply voltage decreases steeply. To solve this problem, a control method is provided for a voltage detection system having an interrupt mode and a reset mode. First and second detection levels are configured. When a power supply voltage is higher than the first detection level, a latch circuit is placed in a first state to enable the interrupt mode. When the power supply voltage becomes lower than or equal to the first detection level, an interrupt signal is generated to change the latch circuit from the first state to a second state and enable the reset mode. A system reset is issued when the power supply voltage becomes lower than or equal to the second detection level in the reset mode.
US09501101B2
The disclosed invention is a frame used to mount a display to a bag or other object. The frame includes a prop to press against the bag front and hold a display angle relative to the bag. The frame may be adapted to hold thin film display and touch control units, may be light weight and hollow, may include a camera or other tools and may be in two parts to hold the display/control unit. The frame may include finger guides on its back side, may be shaped to fit the operator's hands and may be adapted to attach to the object using an attachment flap.
US09501098B2
An interface controlling apparatus and method using a force may generate content control information by analyzing force input information received from at least one force sensor, and may control content based on the content control information.
US09501096B2
The present disclosure relates to technology for positioning a display for interaction and/or virtualization of tangible interface objects. According to an example embodiment, a display positioning system includes a display stand including a positioning portion having a recess, supports connected to the positioning portion, and an insert. The supports are configured to cooperatively support the positioning portion when situated on a support surface. The insert may include an elongated body configured to slidably insert into the recess, the recess may be configured to receive and removably retain the insert, the insert and recess being correspondingly shaped. The elongated body may include an upwardly facing surface having a concavity shaped to receive and removably retain at least an edge portion of a computing device display when the insert is inserted into the recess of the display stand and equipped with the computing device display.
US09501092B1
Systems and methods for phase detection are disclosed. A collapsible three-stage pipeline includes a first register in a first stage having a first clock signal having first clock edges, a second register in a second stage that receives a first signal from the first stage, and having a second clock signal having second clock edges, and a third register in a third stage that receives a second signal from the second stage, and having a third clock signal having third clock edges, wherein each second clock edge has a corresponding first clock edge and a corresponding third clock edge. The circuitry may further include a two-stage pipeline including fourth and fifth stages, a counter that provides an input signal into the collapsible three-stage pipeline and the two-stage pipeline, and a comparator that compares a first output of the collapsible three-stage pipeline and a second output of the two-stage pipeline.
US09501091B2
In a touch panel system of the present invention, a touch pen is configured of an electronic pen that signals can be input into and output from. A touch panel controller includes a synchronization signal transmission unit that transmits a synchronization signal to the electronic pen during synchronization signal transmission periods immediately before each of a first signal line drive period and a second signal line drive period. The synchronization signal transmission unit transmits the synchronization signal of which the waveform is configured of a Manchester-coded pseudorandom sequence having periodicity to the electronic pen during the synchronization signal transmission period. The electronic pen includes a synchronization signal detecting unit that detects the synchronization signal.
US09501090B2
A method and apparatus process a signal include local clock signal generators configured to, based on a reference clock signal, generate operation clock signals for analog channels and, based on a synchronizing signal, adjust a phase difference among the operation clock signals.
US09501089B2
An integrated circuit package including an induction-coupled clock distribution system is disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the disclosure includes a transmission module coupled to a main clock line, a clock reception module coupled to the transmission module, the clock reception module including a clock output line, and an electronic circuit coupled to the clock output line of the clock reception module, the electronic circuit including at least one clocked element and configured to operate synchronously with a clocking signal received through the clock output line of the clock reception module. The transmission module may be disposed on the supporting case of the IC package, and the electronic circuit and the clock reception module may be disposed on the semiconductor die of the IC package.
US09501088B2
The present invention discloses a clock generator comprising: an oscillator operable to generate a reference clock; a multi-phase clock generating circuit operable to generate a plurality of output clocks of the same frequency but different phases according to the reference clock and stop or start outputting the output clocks according to a power control signal; a sequential clock gating circuit operable to sequentially stop or start outputting a plurality of gated clocks according to a gate control signal and maintain an output cycle number relation between the gated clocks even though the multi-phase clock generating circuit stops and then starts outputting the output clocks; and a clock operation control circuit operable to provide the power control signal and the gate control signal.
US09501087B1
A frequency-agile frequency source. The frequency source includes an oscillator having an output and being configured to generate a signal at a first frequency at the output, a first direct digital synthesizer (DDS) having an output and a sampling clock input connected to the output of the oscillator, a filter amplifier block having an input directly connected to the output of the first DDS and an output, and a second DDS having a sampling clock input directly connected to the output of the filter amplifier block. The filter amplifier block is a substantially linear time-invariant element having a frequency response, the magnitude of the frequency response being at least 12 dB lower, at a second frequency within the first Nyquist zone of the first frequency, than at a third frequency above the first Nyquist zone of the first frequency.
US09501085B2
A method and apparatus for generating a desired pulse waveform including: dividing the desired pulse waveform into a plurality of line segments; assigning to each line segment at least a segment identification, a segment initial value, and a segment duration to form a waveform description; providing the waveform description to a pulse generator. The pulse generator is operable to produce a waveform corresponding to the waveform description and to output the produced waveform.
US09501081B2
A proportional-to-absolute-temperature (“PTAT”) circuit includes a bias component; first, second, third, and fourth transistors; an output transistor; and a first resistive component. A first terminal of the bias component is coupled to a voltage supply node. The first and second transistors are connected to a second terminal of the bias component. The third and fourth transistors have different current densities. The first transistor is coupled to the third transistor. The second transistor is coupled to the fourth transistor. The fourth transistor and the first resistive component are coupled to a voltage common node. The output transistor has a control terminal coupled to the second and fourth transistors, a first current terminal connected to an output node, and a second current terminal coupled to the third transistor and the first resistive component. The PTAT circuit is configured to generate at least a portion of a PTAT current at the output node.
US09501079B2
An apparatus comprises a first signal input, a first transistor, a first line, a first circuit coupled to the first transistor through the first line, a second line coupled to the first line between the first transistor and the first circuit, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor through the second line, a second circuit coupled to the second transistor, the first circuit being a replica of the second circuit, a second signal input, and a third transistor coupled to the second signal input and the second circuit. The apparatus maintains a virtual voltage of the second circuit above a predetermined threshold by a voltage associated with the second line. The voltage associated with the second line is based on a difference between a first current associated with a portion of the first line and a second current associated with another portion of the first line.
US09501069B2
Embodiments relate to controlling a temperature of a solid state memory device using queue depth management by monitoring an operating temperature of each of a plurality of solid state drives of the solid state memory device. Based on a determination that the operating temperature of one of the plurality of solid state drives exceeds local device threshold values, the method includes receiving an indication that one or more local measures have been taken by the solid state memory device. Based on a determination that the operating temperature of one of the plurality of solid state drives exceeds a secondary global threshold value, the method includes reducing a queue length for the solid state memory device.
US09501065B2
A display for displaying the condition of an air mattress. The display comprises a plurality of arrays of elements organized in a hierarchy. Each element represents a pressure increment. Each array comprises a plurality of rows and a plurality columns. The elements in each row of an array being distinctive in appearance from the elements in the other rows of the array. A control that operates the elements to indicate the pressure beginning with the first column, of the first row, of the lowest array in the hierarchy.
US09501055B2
Embodiments include engagement management systems and methods for managing engagement with aerial threats. Such systems include radar modules and detect aerial threats within a threat range of a base location. The systems also track intercept vehicles and control flight paths and detonation capabilities of the intercept vehicles. The systems are capable of communication between multiple engagement management systems and coordinated control of multiple intercept vehicles.
US09501042B1
A timing device is provided. The timing device includes a memory device and a processor. The memory device has a first electrical parameter. The processor is configured to sense an initial value of a first electrical parameter of the memory device. The processor is configured to sense a first value of the first electrical parameter of the memory device after a first time period. And the processor is further configured to calculate the first time period according to the initial value of the first electrical parameter and the first value of the first electrical parameter.
US09501040B2
A timer in which primary (household or solar or wind) electrical power is used as a source to direct the primary power to an electrically powered device, such as an appliance or light. Electrical energy for the timer can be provided by the household current (or solar/wind power), optionally suitably transformed or inverted to provide acceptable voltage of either AC or DC to operate a motor or CPU. In case of interruption of the source of the primary electrical power, rechargeable battery(s) housed within the case of the timer will operate the timer until the primary source of electrical power is restored. The case can also accommodate additional rechargeable battery(s) in a charging station, which additional rechargeable battery(s) are not required to power the tinier in the event of loss of primary power.
US09501035B2
An electronic apparatus includes a thermopile array sensor, a reflector, and a temperature detection unit. The thermopile array sensor includes a plurality of thermopile elements arranged in a two-dimensional array pattern and a temperature detection surface divided into a plurality of predetermined regions aligned in vertical and horizontal directions, and the thermopile elements output a temperature detection signal corresponding to a temperature of the respective predetermined regions. The reflector is set at an angle to reflect infrared light emitted from a measurement point located outside of a viewing angle of the thermopile array sensor, so as to allow the infrared light to be incident on the temperature detection surface. The temperature detection unit detects the temperature on the basis of the temperature detection signal outputted from each of the thermopile elements. The thermopile array sensor and the reflector are located inside the electronic apparatus.
US09501034B2
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit containing the drum, a developing unit containing the roller and being movable so the roller contacts and is spaced from the drum, and a first force receiver receiving a force from a main-assembly first force applier by movement of a door from open to closed positions when mounting the cartridge and a second force receiver movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiver by a force received from the first force applier. The second force receiver takes a projected position receiving a force from the second force applier to move the developing unit so the roller moves out of contact with the drum, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
US09501029B2
A connection mechanism includes a connecting portion including a rotation arm rotatable around a rotation shaft, an urging unit configured to urge the rotation arm, and an engagement pin provided on the rotation arm; and a connected portion having an engagement groove formed in a tapered shape in an urging direction of the urging unit so as to allow entering of the engagement pin and holding of the engagement pin by the urging force of the urging unit.
US09501026B2
An image forming device including a photoreceptor with a protective layer, a contact charger; and a metal cleaning blade, wherein the cleaning blade includes a first region and a second region facing the photoreceptor, the first region is of a predefined roughness, and J>h×(cos α/sin β)×d, where α is an angle between the first region and a tangent plane of the second region, β is an angle between the first region and a tangent line of the surface of the photoreceptor at a point of contact with the cleaning blade, h is an amount of depletion of the cleaning blade in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the photoreceptor at the point of contact when the surface of the photoreceptor travels a unit of distance, and d is a predicted total travel distance of the surface of the photoreceptor in a defined time period.
US09501024B2
A drive gear for a generally cylindrical imaging component. The drive gear includes a body for engaging the generally cylindrical imaging component; a cylindrical shaft attached to the body, the cylindrical shaft having an end surface; and three prongs extending longitudinally outward from the end surface.
US09501023B2
A storage unit stores a surface effect selection table in which density values, types of the surface effects, and types of linkage effects as other surface effects related to the types of the surface effects are associated. A reading unit reads the types of the surface effects and the types of the linkage effects corresponding to the density values specified in the first gloss control plane data from the surface effect selection table when type information indicatse test printing. A first generating unit generates second gloss control plane data specifying the types of the surface effects and the gloss regions specified in the first gloss control plane data, and the read types of the linkage effects corresponding to the types of the surface effects and linkage regions. A second generating unit generates special color colorant plane data used by an execution unit from the second gloss control plane data.
US09501017B2
An image forming apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to convert image data based on a conversion condition, an image forming unit configured to be controlled based on an image forming condition, and to form an image based on the converted image data, a measurement unit configured to measure a plurality of measurement images, a first determination unit configured to determine the image forming condition based on a first measurement result of a first measurement image, a generation unit configured to generate the conversion condition based on second measurement results of second measurement images and a feedback condition, and a second determination unit configured to determine the feedback condition based on the first measurement result. The image forming unit sets the determined image forming condition in next timing. The conversion unit updates the conversion condition after the generation unit generates the conversion condition and before the next timing.
US09501010B2
A fixing apparatus includes a tubular rotation member including a conductive layer, a helical coil, a resonance circuit, including a resonance capacitor, formed with the rotation member and the coil, a resonance inverter configured to control the resonance circuit, and a control unit configured to control electric power supplied to the resonance inverter, wherein the conductive layer generates heat with electromagnetic induction caused by magnetic flux generated through the coil, wherein the control unit sets a driving frequency of the resonance inverter according to at least one of a size of the recording medium and a temperature of a non-sheet-passing portion of the rotation member, and wherein the control unit changes a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit according to the set driving frequency.
US09501004B2
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt to fix an unfixed image on a sheet, an induction current generator configured to generate in the fixing belt an induction current that causes heating thereof, a shutdown unit disposed near a surface of the fixing belt and configured to cause shutdown of the fixing apparatus when a temperature of the shutdown unit reaches a first predetermined temperature, a temperature detecting unit disposed near the surface of the fixing belt and configured to detect a temperature at a location of the temperature detecting unit, and a control unit configured to turn off the induction current generator when the detected temperature reaches a second predetermined temperature that is smaller than the first predetermined temperature.
US09501001B2
A device for transferring images from an image donating member to an image receiving medium comprises a substrate, at least two electrodes disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of coating disposed on the substrate having an outer surface for forming a nip region with the image donating member. The at least two electrodes are controllable to produce an electric field and control a position thereof at the nip region to allow transfer of an image from the image donating member to the image receiving medium in an image transfer operation.
US09500996B2
A sealing member is attached to a second member attached to and detached from a first member having a first opening through which powder passes and having a second opening that communicates with the first opening when the second member is coupled to the first member, and prevents the powder from leaking from a coupling portion between the first opening and the second opening. The sealing member includes: a first elastic member with a first surface arranged on the second member; and a second elastic member arranged on at least a part of a periphery of the first elastic member and having hardness different from that of the first elastic member.
US09500993B2
A developing device includes: a first conveying unit provided within a developing agent storage chamber and that is configured to convey developing agent from one end of the developing agent storage chamber to another end of the developing agent storage chamber in a longitudinal direction of a developing agent carrier that is disposed with in a developing chamber and to supply the developing agent from the developing agent storage chamber to the developing chamber; a second conveying unit provided within the developing chamber and that is configured to convey the developing agent from the other end of the developing chamber to the one end of the developing chamber in the longitudinal direction and to supply the developing agent toward a developing agent carrier; and a third conveying unit provided between the one end of the developing agent storage chamber and the one end of the developing chamber.
US09500988B2
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying sleeve, a container body accommodating a developer and rotatably supporting the sleeve, a cover mounted on the container body and configured to cover the sleeve, a first seal fixed to the container body and contacted to the sleeve to seal one end of the sleeve, and a second seal provided on the cover and contacted to the sleeve to seal the one end of the sleeve. The first second seals are disposed without overlapping with each other as seen in the direction of a normal line of the sleeve from a rotation axis of the sleeve. The second seal is disposed such that as seen in a rotational axis direction of the sleeve, it is outside the first seal and between the cover and the sleeve with respect to a circumferential direction of the sleeve and is overlapped with the first seal.
US09500975B2
Provided is a magnetic carrier, including magnetic carrier particles each including: a magnetic carrier core including a magnetic material and a resin; and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, in which: the resin included in the magnetic carrier core has a hydroxy group; a surface portion of the magnetic carrier core includes a specific compound; and the magnetic carrier has an adsorbed moisture amount of 0.40 mass % or less when the magnetic carrier is left to stand in an environment of a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH for 72 hours.
US09500972B2
A toner that comprises a toner particle that contains a binder resin that contains a styrene-acrylic resin and a block polymer, wherein the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment; the polyester segment is obtained by condensation polymerization of: a monomer (a) selected from a group consisting of a prescribed monomer group A; and a monomer (b) selected from a group consisting of a prescribed monomer group B, and the content in the polyester segment of the substructure originating with the monomer (b) as calculated from the following formula is from at least 1.0 mol % to not more than 30.0 mol %: {monomer (b) [mol]/(monomer (a) [mol]+monomer (b) [mol])}×100.
US09500970B2
Provided is a toner that has excellent low-temperature fixability and is capable of obtaining an image having a stable image density, in which the occurrence of image defects is suppressed. The toner includes toner base particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a magnetic material, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles on each of the toner base particles. Each of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles comprises a vinyl resin particle, and inorganic fine particles which are embedded in the vinyl resin particle, and at least a part of which are exposed. The volumetric specific heat of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles and the volumetric specific heat of the toner base particles satisfy a predetermined provision.
US09500959B2
A liquid confinement member supplies liquid to and collects the liquid from a liquid immersion area formed adjacent to a final optical element of an immersion exposure apparatus, and includes a channel formation member that surrounds a portion of the final optical element of the immersion exposure apparatus. The channel formation member includes a hole through which exposure light projected by the final optical element passes, a liquid supply opening through which the liquid is supplied to the liquid immersion area, a liquid recovery opening through which the liquid is recovered from the liquid immersion area, a liquid supply channel by which the liquid is supplied to the liquid supply opening, and a liquid recovery channel by which the liquid is recovered from the liquid recovery opening. At least one of the liquid supply and liquid recovery channels includes a protrusion into a portion of the channel.
US09500954B2
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an optical integrator having a plurality of light entrance facets each being associated with a secondary light source. A spatial light modulator has a light exit surface and transmit or to reflect impinging projection light in a spatially resolved manner. A pupil forming unit directs projection light on the spatial light modulator. An objective images the light exit surface of the spatial light modulator onto the light entrance facets of the optical integrator. The light exit surface of the optical light modulator includes groups of object areas being separated by areas that are not imaged on the light entrance facets. The objective combines images of the object areas so that the images of the object areas abut on the optical integrator.
US09500949B2
The present invention provides a chemically-amplified positive resist composition including a sulfonium salt capable of providing a pattern having an extremely high resolution with low line edge roughness, and also provides a resist patterning process using the same.The present invention was accomplished by a chemically-amplified positive resist composition including: (A) a salt represented by the following general formula (1); and (B) a resin containing a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (U-1) that dissolves by acid action and increases solubility in an alkaline developer, and a resist patterning process using the same.
US09500948B2
A method of patterning a device comprises providing on a device substrate a layer of a fluorinated photopolymer comprising at least three distinct repeating units including a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, a second repeating unit having an acid- or alcohol-forming precursor group, and a third repeating unit having a sensitizing dye. The photopolymer has a total fluorine content in a range of 15 to 60% by weight. The photopolymer layer is exposed to patterned light and contacted with a developing agent to remove a portion of exposed photopolymer layer in accordance with the patterned light, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the removed portion of photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a fluorinated solvent.
US09500947B2
Acid generator compounds are provided that are particularly useful as a photoresist composition component. Acid generator compounds of the invention comprise 1) a cyclic sulfonium salt and 2) a covalently linked photoacid-labile group. In one aspect, thioxanthone acid generator compounds are particularly preferred, including acid generator compounds that comprise (i) a thioxanthone moiety; and (ii) one or more covalently linked acid labile-groups.
US09500943B2
A projection objective includes at least four curved mirrors, which include a first curved mirror that is a most optically forward mirror and a second curved mirror that is a second most optically forward mirror, as defined along a light path. In addition, an intermediate lens element is disposed physically between the first and second mirrors, the intermediate lens element being a single pass type lens. The objective forms an image with a numerical aperture of at least substantially 1.0 in immersion.
US09500939B2
A projection subsystem includes a projector for projecting an image on a projection surface and a safety feature for tuning the projector when presence of a human is detected in front of the projection surface. This safety feature includes: —an apparatus for computing a depth view corresponding to at least a portion of the projection surface, —a camera for acquiring a captured image, —a computing circuit for detecting an object between the projector and the projection surface from this depth view and determining that the object is a human from the captured image, and a control circuit for tuning the projector accordingly.
US09500913B2
A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area, a thin-film transistor formed on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor, a common electrode formed on the pixel electrode, a space formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a roof layer formed on the common electrode. The common electrode and the roof layer include a protrusion protruding from at least one of an upper edge and a lower edge of the pixel area.
US09500907B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first line, a second line, a switching element, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a first alignment film. The second substrate includes a second alignment film. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal molecule kept between the first alignment film and the second alignment film. First anchoring strength is provided on the first alignment film which is a photo-alignment film, second anchoring strength is provided on the second alignment film which is a rubbing alignment film, and the first anchoring strength is substantially equal to or greater than the second anchoring strength.
US09500895B2
It relates to an LCD touch screen and applications integrating single layer capacitive sensor, comprising first underlayer, second underlayer, liquid crystal imaging material and control circuit. It also comprises capacitive touch sensor, which comprises an electrode layer set between the said first underlayer and second underlayer. The said electrode layer comprises electrodes and electrode conductors which are used for electric connection of various electrodes; both of the said electrodes and electrode conductors are set in the same plane. In the invention, the single layer capacitive sensor is set inside of the LCD touch screen, so as to reduce the thickness of the LCD touch screen, conforming to the development tendency of LCD touch screen to thin even ultra-thin ones. In addition, the invention has taken advantage of shielding effect of the black matrix, at the same time of shielding pixel electrode matrix, electrodes and the electrode conductors for the capacitive sensor are also shielded, thus, using effect of the capacitive touch sensor has been enhanced and manufacturing cost is reduced.
US09500893B2
A display device may include a display panel, a light source configured to provide the display panel with light, a bottom chassis on which the light source is disposed, a mold frame coupled to the bottom chassis, and a diffuser plate fixed to the mold frame and configured to emit light from the light source to the display panel. The mold frame may include an upper mold on which the display panel is disposed, a lower mold on which the diffuser plate is disposed, and a first connecting part configured to couple the upper and lower molds. The mold frame may have a gap between the upper and lower molds.
US09500892B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal module and a display device. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal screen and a backlight module. It further includes a side bezel for assembling the backlight module. The side bezel includes a first portion surrounding both sides of the backlight module and a second portion bent inwardly between the liquid crystal screen and the backlight module, and the second portion is provided with a connection structure for connecting and assembling the liquid crystal screen. According to the present disclosure, the bezel-free liquid crystal module, i.e., the liquid crystal screen without any frame or cover, will be provided by means of the connection structure. As a result, it is able to provide an attractive appearance and a simple structure, thereby to provide a user with a perfect and wide visual effect.
US09500891B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of improving display characteristics in an edge region of a display surface of a liquid crystal display panel. In a liquid crystal display device, a frame includes a protruding portion that protrudes from an inner peripheral surface thereof to an inner periphery side between a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit. The protruding portion includes a first surface located on the inner periphery side, on which an optical sheet is arranged; and a second surface located on an outer periphery side and closer to the liquid crystal display panel than the first surface, on which a light blocking member is arranged. The light blocking member protrudes to the inner periphery side with respect to the second surface, and overlaps with the first surface in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal display panel.
US09500887B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus designed to, during continuous manufacture of liquid crystal display panels, feed only a normal sheet to a lamination position for lamination to a rectangular panel and continuously laminate them together while positionally aligning them with each other. In the present invention, plural devices making up the entire apparatus are cooperatively associated with each other to make it possible that, among plural polarizing film sheets comprising a defect-free normal sheet and a defect-containing defective sheet each formed on a carrier film comprised in a strip-shaped film laminate. The normal sheet is reliably peeled from the carrier film by cooperatively associating feeding of the strip-shaped film laminate with a normal-sheet peeling device, and the defective sheet is reliably taken up while being attached to the carrier film, by cooperatively associating the feeding of the strip-shaped film laminate with a defective-sheet path changing device.
US09500876B2
A zoom lens unit comprises a first and fourth lens groups with positive refractive power, a second and third lens groups with negative refractive power. The first and the fourth lens groups are fixed, the second lens group moves toward an image side and the fourth lens group moves when changing a magnification ratio from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The fourth lens group includes a negative resin lens and at least one positive lens. At least one of said positive lenses fulfills following conditions: 1.40
US09500873B2
The present invention relates to a method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image, which is further composed of a multi-view 3D image combination method and a parallax barrier structure design, and is being used in a case when a common flat-panel display screen and a view separation device are used to display a 3D image.
US09500871B2
The disclosure provides a display panel comprising a parallax barrier capable of working with natural light, and the parallax barrier comprises transparent barrier provided with at least one set of pattern which is capable of switching between a light-absorbing state and a light-transmitting state, wherein when the set of pattern is the light-absorbing state, a slit grating for 3D display is formed on the transparent barrier.
US09500867B2
A method of performing a hands-free selection of an object on a display includes displaying various objects within a screen view on a display, and moving a pointer-timer, in response to movements of the headset computer, to a selectable object within the screen view. The method further includes selecting the selectable object if the pointer-timer overlaps the selectable object for a predetermined amount of time. The method may further include transitioning the pointer-timer from a first state to a second state over a predetermined period of time. The pointer-timer may include a collection of elements that sequentially transitions from the first state to the second state, such that the collection of elements gradually changes from all being in the first state to all being in the second state.
US09500857B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a substrate and at least one MEMS unit disposed on the substrate. The MEMS unit includes at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, at least one landing element, and a hinge layer. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate. The second electrode is disposed on the substrate. The landing element is disposed on the substrate. The hinge layer includes a hinge portion and at least one cantilever portion. The hinge portion is connected to the second electrode. The cantilever portion is connected to the hinge portion. The cantilever portion has a first opening and at least one spring disposed in the first opening and connected to at least one side of the first opening. When a voltage difference exists between the first electrode and the second electrode, the hinge portion is distorted and the spring thus touches the landing element.
US09500851B2
An endoscope includes: an insertion portion; an operation portion; a bending wire that causes a bending portion to bend by pulling; a bending operation member that gives pulling force to the bending wire by swinging; an operation force reduction portion including a spring that can press the bending operation member; and a semi-fixation mechanism switch operation member that makes a switch to a pressing state, in which the spring presses the bending operation member, and to a non-pressing state.
US09500848B2
A pattern irradiation apparatus includes a light source unit, an objective, a spatial light modulator, a light blocking member, and a control device. The objective irradiates a sample plane with light emitted from the light source unit. The spatial light modulator is of a phase modulation type and is arranged at a position conjugate with a pupil position of the objective and modulates a phase of the light emitted from the light source unit. The light blocking member is arranged in an optical path between the spatial light modulator and the objective and is configured to block 0-order light generated by the spatial light modulator. The control device makes a correspondence between a focusing position of the 0-order light generated by the spatial light modulator and a position of the light blocking member.
US09500847B2
Total internal reflectance fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy across multiple wavelengths simultaneously
A multiple wavelength total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy system has an objective. A dispersion unit of the system comprises a high-dispersion optical element. The dispersion unit receives illumination light having at least a first wavelength λ1 and a second wavelength λ2, where λ1≠λ2, and splits the illumination light into a first monochromatic beam having the first wavelength λ1 and a second monochromatic beam having the second wavelength λ2. The monochromatic beams are focused onto a back focal plane of the objective, near an outer edge of the objective, at different radial distances from an optical axis of the objective. The dispersion unit is rotatable in order to adjust angles of incidence of the monochromatic beams onto an interface between a substrate and a sample to be imaged, wherein the angles of incidence are greater than the critical angle of the interface.
US09500840B2
A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each being composed of at least one lens element, and comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, and a fifth lens unit having negative optical power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of two or less lens elements, the third lens unit is composed of five or more lens elements, and the condition: 5.0
US09500837B2
An athermalized window assembly intended for mounting in or on the exterior of a vehicle and associated method, the assembly comprising a window arranged with one or more mounting members in an opening in a plate. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the mounting members is between a coefficient of thermal expansion associated with the window and a coefficient of thermal expansion associated with the plate. The mounting members may comprise a plurality of skirts that form a coefficient of thermal expansion gradient between the window and the plate.
US09500835B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for driving an actuator of a camera module in a mobile device. The apparatus includes a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to compare an output of a gyro sensor with an output of a hall sensor configured to sense a position of an actuator to output a digital signal of plural bits, and a differential current digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the digital signal output from the PID controller into an analog current signal. The apparatus further includes a linear driver configured to receive the signal output from the differential current digital-to-analog converter to output a linear driving signal, an H-bridge circuit configured to control magnitudes of a forward driving current and a reverse driving current flowing in the actuator based on the output of the linear driver, and a driving direction controller configured to output a signal controlling a direction of current flowing in the actuator to the H-bridge circuit based on the digital signal output from the PID controller.
US09500825B2
A flexible wiring board includes a conductive film provided on one surface of a substrate. The conductive film includes a plurality of pad portions to which a plurality of connection electrodes are respectively bonded with solder, and a wiring portion extending in a direction crossing a row in which the plurality of pad portions are arranged. The plurality of pad portions include a terminal portion electrically connected with the wiring portion, and at least two land portions located on both sides of the terminal portion while avoiding electrical connection to the wiring portion. The solder includes land solder portions respectively overlaid on the at least two land portions and a terminal solder portion overlaid on the terminal portion. The land solder portion has a shape extending longer than the terminal solder portion along a direction in which the wiring portion extends from the connection electrode corresponding thereto.
US09500822B2
There is provided an optical-electrical hybrid module including a substrate on which a plurality of optical communication modules are arranged, the plurality of optical communication modules transmitting or receiving an optical signal through an optical fiber cable and performing conversion between the optical signal and an electrical signal. A shield case covering the optical communication modules includes a surface inclined in a direction away from a position in which the optical fiber cable is mounted to each optical communication module.
US09500820B2
A fiber assembly (100) includes a printed circuit board (1), an optoelectronic element (2) defined on the printed circuit board and having a top surface (21), a transmission media (3) optical coupling with the optoelectronic element, and an optical cement (4) used for fixing the transmission media to the optoelectronic element. A tip end of the transmission media needs not with polishing processing, and the tip end of the transmission media is directly facing to the top surface of the optoelectronic element in order to realization of optical coupling, the optical cement is enclosing on the optoelectronic element and the tip end of the transmission media, the optical cement is filling a space between the transmission media and the optoelectronic element, the refractive index of the optical cement is close unlimitedly to the refractive index of the transmission media.
US09500807B2
A planar optical waveguide element includes: a substrate; and an optical waveguide comprising a core and a cladding, the core being provided on the substrate so as to include first and second core regions arranged in parallel, the cladding having a smaller refractive index than the core. Also, the core forms a preceding-stage mode conversion portion that converts a mode of input light and a subsequent-stage mode conversion portion that converts a mode of light output from the preceding-stage mode conversion portion, and the first and second core regions are spaced apart from each other at an input end of the subsequent-stage mode conversion portion, and a gap between the first and second core regions is continuously decreased along the light waveguide direction such that the first and second core regions are in contact with each other at an output end of the subsequent-stage mode conversion portion.
US09500796B2
A quantum dot filled tube may include a tube having a cavity therein and a phosphor disposed inside the tube. The tube may include: a first tube including a first filling cavity therein; a second tube including a second filling cavity therein; and a connecting unit including a third filling cavity configured to connect the first filling cavity and the second filling cavity.
US09500777B2
There is provided an antireflection film having a surface haze of less than 1.0%, including: a light transmitting layer; and an antireflection layer, wherein the antireflection layer includes a specific unevenness structure on a surface at a side opposite to a side at which the light transmitting layer is provided, the specific unevenness structure made from specific raw materials.
US09500773B2
A photoconductive switch having a wide bandgap material substrate between opposing electrodes, and a doped dielectric filler that is in contact with both the electrodes and the substrate at the triple point. The dielectric filler material is doped with a conductive material to make it partially or completely conducting, to minimize the field enhancement near the triple point both when the substrate is not conducting in the “off” state and when the substrate is rendered conducting by radiation in the “on” state.
US09500769B2
A monitoring system for turbulence of the atmospheric boundary layer under a wind drift sand flow environment includes: a meteorological tower, a hot-wire bracket and a plurality of observation frames, which are vertically and cooperatively arranged in parallel. The hot-wire bracket is arranged close to the meteorological tower, and the plurality of observation frames are symmetrically distributed on the two sides of a region formed by the meteorological tower and the hot-wire bracket. The meteorological tower is cooperatively provided thereon with a first group of experimental instruments for measurements; the hot-wire bracket is cooperatively provided thereon with a hot-wire probe assembly; and each observation frame is cooperatively provided thereon with a second group of experimental instruments for measurements. The monitoring system can realize advantages of measuring a wall turbulence 3D structure with a high Reynolds number, measuring flow field characteristics, and synchronizing turbulence measurement with sand dust transport measurement.
US09500768B2
The present disclosure relates to a telemetry tool for use in a well. The telemetry tool has a hollow, conductive waveguide through which a non-conductive fluid can flow. A transmitter and a receiver are disposed in the hollow interior of the waveguide, separated by some desired distance. A signal is transmitted by the transmitter, propagated by the waveguide, and received by the receiver.
US09500767B2
A method of correlating physical locations with respective positions along an optical waveguide can include transmitting to the waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitting location, and the waveguide receiving the signal. A system for correlating a physical location with a position along an optical waveguide can include a transmitter which transmits to the optical waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitter location, and a computer which correlates the location to the position, based on the signal as received by the waveguide. A method of determining a position along an optical waveguide at which a signal is transmitted can include modulating on the signal an indication of a transmission location, and transmitting the signal to the waveguide, thereby causing vibration of the waveguide.
US09500756B2
A method of correlating physical locations with respective positions along an optical waveguide can include transmitting to the waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitting location, and the waveguide receiving the signal. A system for correlating a physical location with a position along an optical waveguide can include a transmitter which transmits to the optical waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitter location, and a computer which correlates the location to the position, based on the signal as received by the waveguide. A method of determining a position along an optical waveguide at which a signal is transmitted can include modulating on the signal an indication of a transmission location, and transmitting the signal to the waveguide, thereby causing vibration of the waveguide.
US09500755B2
A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a signal generation unit configured to generate a signal value corresponding to charges detected by a radiation detector; an acceleration detection unit configured to detect acceleration applied to the radiation imaging apparatus; a noise measurement unit configured to measure a noise value based on the detected acceleration; a reduction unit configured to reduce the noise value from the signal value; and a radiation irradiation determination unit configured to determine radiation irradiation based on the noise-reduced signal value.
US09500751B2
An apparatus, a corresponding system, and a method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor panel includes an input device, into which a cassette with a storage phosphor panel therein can be input, and a read-out device, in which the storage phosphor panel can be irradiated with stimulation light and the emission light excited in the storage phosphor panel is detected. In order to enable the cassette that has been input to be locked and/or opened as reliably as possible in conjunction with a simplified construction, at least one mechanical element which can be mechanically driven by a movement of the cassette upon the cassette being input into the input device locks and/or opens the cassette in the input device.
US09500746B2
A targetless tracking device has a detector configured to receive scattered radiation indicative of the presence of an object. The device also has a processor which is configured to calculate a positional relationship between the device and the object based on the scattered radiation, receive an indication of a desired positional relationship to the object, and output an error signal indicative of the positional relationship versus the desired positional relationship so that the device position is able to be controlled to reduce the error signal. The processor creates first and second images at first and second points in time, respectively, and compares the first and second images in order to calculate the positional relationship.
US09500744B2
A laser transponder system for disrupting speed and/or distance measuring LIDARs. The system includes at least two laser transponders, a microcontroller and a user interface. The microcontroller is connected to both laser transponders, and to the user interface. Microcontroller analyzes input from the laser transponders and determines their output. In case an advanced speed measuring LIDAR signal is detected the microcontroller configures the first laser transponder as a transmitting only unit and the second laser transponder as a receiving only unit. Transmissions emanating from the transmitting only unit are not received by the receiving only unit. Disrupting signal periods are selected by the microcontroller algorithm from its pre-stored database according to a detected LIDAR signal. The disrupting signal is transmitted simultaneously with synchronizing a disruption timer for the next period of a disrupting signal and multiple disruption signal periods are timed in parallel on a given synchronization event.
US09500739B2
Systems and methods for estimating and tracking multiple attributes of multiple objects from multi-sensor data are provided. An exemplary method includes identifying features associated with sensor data. The sensor data represents data captured by at least one of a plurality of acoustic and non-acoustic sensors. Identification of the features associated with the sensor data may be based variously on detected sounds, motions, images, and the like. The exemplary method further includes determining, in parallel, multiple probable objects based at least in part on the identified features. Various embodiments of the method also include forming hypotheses based at least in part on associating identified features with the multiple probable objects and attributing the formed hypotheses to channels. Sequence of the formed hypotheses are constructed. The exemplary system includes a tracking module configured to provide the channels and constructed sequences for use in various signal processing, such as signal enhancement.
US09500737B2
Methods and systems for estimating location of a wireless client device are disclosed. In some aspects, a receiver detects a plurality of wireless communication signals from a wireless client device using a plurality of receiver antennas, matches a received signal signature with one of a plurality of stored signatures, and estimates a location of the transmitting client device based on said match.
US09500734B2
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) system to generate an MR phase contrast angiography image of an examination subject, velocity-dependent phase information is impressed on moving spins in the examination subject by switching additional bipolar coding gradients that are in addition to the basic phase coding and readout gradients. For the creation of the MR phase contrast angiography images, the MR signals of the examination subject are read out in raw data space with a non-Cartesian acquisition pattern during a readout gradient. The additional bipolar coding gradients switched such that they proceed along a coordinate system that corresponds to the non-Cartesian acquisition pattern, and such that a coordinate axis of this coordinate system proceed along the readout gradient.
US09500732B2
In the non-contrast 3D angiography, degradation of image quality caused by change of the cardiac cycle and degradation of image quality depending on the blood flow direction are prevented to provide an MRA image of favorable image quality, which is useful for diagnosis. A pulse sequence of the multi echo type for performing sampling of three-dimensional k-space data in a circular or elliptical shape is employed as the imaging sequence, and gated imaging based on body motion information is performed. Heart rate is monitored during the imaging, delay time DT from a gating signal and data acquisition time AT determined according to the cardiac cycle are calculated, and according to these imaging parameters, sampling trajectory and echo train number of the circular sampling are controlled.
US09500725B2
An atomic sensor system includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field along an axis and a probe laser configured to generate an optical probe beam. Beam optics direct the optical probe beam through a sensor cell comprising an alkali metal vapor such that the optical probe beam has at least a vector component along the axis. The system also includes detection optics comprising a photodetector assembly configured to measure a Faraday rotation associated with the optical probe beam exiting the sensor cell and to generate a feedback signal based on the Faraday rotation associated with the optical probe beam exiting the sensor cell. The system further includes a laser controller configured to modulate a frequency of the optical probe beam about a center frequency and to substantially stabilize the center frequency of the optical probe beam based on the feedback signal.
US09500724B2
Encoder including a moveable part with at least one magnetic dipole, at least one Hall Effect sensor with a sensitive area arranged to detect a magnetic field created by the magnetic dipole, at least one circuit board with a main thickness and having an attachment portion on which the Hall Effect sensor is mounted, where the Hall Effect sensor is a semiconductor die sensor with the sensitive area arranged on an external face of the semiconductor die, where the Hall Effect sensor is flip chip mounted onto the attachment portion of the circuit board, with the sensitive area in contact with the circuit board, and where the attachment portion is arranged between the Hall Effect sensor and the magnetic dipole and presents a reduced thickness compared to the main thickness of the rest of the circuit board.
US09500723B2
A magnetic field detection device and a corresponding method for detecting a magnetic field. The magnetic field detection device includes a coil core, a receiving coil coupled to the coil core, a plurality of electrically separated field coils coupled to the coil core, an excitation unit for generating a magnetic field excitation via a particular excitation current of the plurality of field coils coupled to the coil core and an evaluation unit for evaluating a magnetic field signal received via a receiving coil coupled to the coil core.
US09500721B2
A magnetic field detecting device which comprises a magnetic impedance sensor including a magnetic impedance element 1 in which a detecting coil 11 wound around an amorphous wire 10 for detecting and outputting the external magnetic field around the amorphous wire at a rise time and a fall time of the pulse current in case of the pulse current is applied to the amorphous wire and a signal processing device 3 includes two sample-hold circuit 31, 32 for respectively sample-holding the alternate current damped oscillation voltage at the rise time and the fall time of the applied pulse current, wherein the output signal in response to the external magnetic field around the amorphous wire is output based on the detected two alternate current damped oscillation voltages output at the rise time and the fall time of the pulse current.
US09500715B2
Provided is a simple secondary battery tester that obtains, without applying an AC signal for determination based on capacitance, the capacitance of a secondary battery from time characteristics of a current flowing to the secondary battery and a terminal voltage and determines whether the secondary battery is degraded based on the capacitance thus obtained.
US09500713B1
A system and technique for determining a state of charge (SOC) of a battery having at least two terminals and at least one silicon-based anode, or other anode materials exhibiting hysteretic voltage-SOC dependence such as tin-based anodes (whether partial or full dependence). The system and technique determines whether the battery is in a charge mode or a discharge mode of operation, measures a terminal voltage of the battery, and determines the SOC of the battery using (a) a first predetermined relationship between (i) the terminal voltage of the battery and (ii) the SOC of the battery when the battery is in a charge mode, and (b) a second predetermined relationship between (i) the terminal voltage of the battery and (ii) the SOC of the battery when the battery is in a discharge mode. In one embodiment, the terminal voltage is an equilibrium voltage of the battery.
US09500709B2
The invention concerns a method for detecting a failure in a three-phase alternator connected to a three-phase rectifier bridge. The method comprises the following steps — rectifying (70) the voltages generated by the three-phase alternator; — adding (76) the rectified voltages taken at the first and second phases in order to obtain a voltage sum; — subtracting (78), from said voltage sum, twice the rectified voltage taken at the third phase, in order to obtain a voltage difference; — comparing (80) the voltage difference to a high threshold and a low threshold; — detecting (82) a failure when the voltage difference is less than said low threshold or when the voltage difference is greater than said high threshold. The invention also concerns a device for detecting failures and an associated computer programme.
US09500699B2
A surge protection circuit, method, computer readable medium, and use, including: at least one first electronic component having a non-linear characteristic, electrically conductively connected between a tapping point, to which a supply potential is appliable, and a node point; at least one second electronic component having a non-linear characteristic, electrically conductively connected between a tapping point, to which a ground potential is appliable, and the node point; a resistor connected between the node point and a control connection; and a monitoring unit to apply a predetermined voltage to the control connection or to output a predetermined current via the control connection and to detect a voltage/potential at the node point in response thereto, the monitoring unit being configured to identify a malfunction in the surge protection circuit when the detected voltage or the detected potential is not related to an expected voltage or expected potential in a predetermined manner.
US09500695B2
An examination device disclosed herein includes: a power source; an inductor provided between the power source and the semiconductor device; a diode connected in parallel with the inductor, and having an anode connected to a negative side of the inductor and a cathode connected to a positive side of the inductor; and a current cutoff mechanism provided between the power source and the semiconductor device, and configured to cut off an inflow of current to the semiconductor device, wherein the current cutoff mechanism starts to cut off the inflow of the current to the semiconductor device before a timing at which voltage that is applied to the semiconductor device is stabilized, after having experienced a rise to surge voltage, the rise having been triggered by the semiconductor device being turned off, and the current cutoff mechanism completes the cutoff after the timing.
US09500692B2
A detecting circuit for determining a connection status between a first pin and a second pin includes a signal generation unit, a logic unit and a determining unit. The signal generation unit is coupled to the first pin, and arranged for generating a first signal to the first pin. The logic unit is coupled to the signal generation unit and the second pin, and arranged for generating a determining signal according to the first signal inputted to the first pin and a second signal received from the second pin. The determining unit is coupled to the logic unit, and arranged for determining the connection status between the first pin and the second pin according to the determining signal.
US09500686B1
A first capacitor and a second capacitor are charged until voltage at the second capacitor settles to a settling voltage. While charging, the first capacitor is alternately switched between a current source and ground. When the settling voltage is reached, charging of the first capacitor is halted. The second capacitor continues to be charged until voltage at the second capacitor reaches a reference voltage. The amount of time it takes for the settling voltage to reach the reference voltage corresponds to a measure of capacitance on the first capacitor.
US09500679B2
System and method for on-die voltage difference measurement on a pass device, and integrated circuit
A system for on-die voltage difference measurement on a pass device comprises a first voltage controlled oscillator circuit having a first voltage control input connectable to a first terminal of the pass device; a second voltage controlled oscillator circuit having a second voltage control input connectable to a second terminal of the pass device; a first counter circuit arranged to count oscillation periods of a first output signal from the first voltage controlled oscillator circuit and to provide a stop signal when a predefined number of the oscillation periods of the first output signal is counted; and a second counter circuit arranged to count oscillation periods of a second output signal from the second voltage controlled oscillator circuit and to stop counting depending on the stop signal.
US09500668B2
A measuring circuit which includes an evaluation circuit (13, 63); a sensing circuit (39, 40) having a sensing element (6, 55) configured to generate a measuring signal from a measuring object (7) and a transmission line (26, 69) for transmitting the measuring signal to the evaluation circuit (13, 63); and a test signal injection circuit (21) including a signal injector (12) and an injection line (20) connecting a signal output of the signal injector (12) with the sensing circuit (39, 40) for feeding a test signal into the sensing circuit (39, 40) such that the test signal is transmittable to the evaluation circuit (13, 63) over the transmission line (26, 69). The injection line (20) and the transmission line (26, 69) are advantageously interconnected in series via the sensing element (6, 55) such that the test signal can be fed through the sensing element (6, 55).
US09500658B2
The use of Kruppel-like Factor (KLF10) as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for peripheral artery disease and other disease conditions associated with reduced angiogenesis or endothelial progenitor cell dysfunction such as diabetes and stent thrombosis.
US09500656B2
The present invention is directed to the identification of predictive markers that can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are expected to demonstrate long term or short term survival times. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain individual and/or combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with expected short term or long term survival. Thus, by examining the expression levels of individual predictive markers and/or predictive markers comprising a marker set, it is possible to determine predicted patient survival.
US09500655B2
The present invention provides an approach for the determination of the activation states of a plurality of proteins in single cells. This approach permits the rapid detection of heterogeneity in a complex cell population based on activation states, expression markers and other criteria, and the identification of cellular subsets that exhibit correlated changes in activation within the cell population. Moreover, this approach allows the correlation of cellular activities or properties. In addition, the use of modulators of cellular activation allows for characterization of pathways and cell populations. Several exemplary diseases that can be analyzed using the invention include AML, MDS, and MPN.
US09500654B2
The invention generally relates to methods for identifying protein-protein interactions. In certain aspects, methods of the invention involve conducting a protein-fragment complementation assay on a sample to form a protein-protein complex between two proteins in the sample that only transiently interact under physiological conditions, separating the complexes from the sample, and analyzing a protein of the complex using a mass spectrometry technique.
US09500649B2
A method of determining the condition of the oral cavity in a subject is provided by using an analytical tool comprising the following (A), (B), and (C): (A) a reagent for measuring one or more parameters that reflect the dental caries risk for a test sample obtained from the oral cavity, (B) a reagent for measuring one or more parameters that reflect the periodontal disease risk for the test sample obtained from the oral cavity, and (C) a reagent for measuring one or more parameters that reflect the degree of oral cleanliness for the test sample obtained from the oral cavity.
US09500645B2
A microfluidic assay device that defines a micro-fluidic flow channel (44) having a flow axis, in which a series of discrete, axially-spaced apart, transparent hollow flow elements (32) are secured in fixed position, each flow element having at least one axially-extending flow passage through its interior, assay capture agent fixed to the interior surface of the elements for capture of an analyte in liquid flowing through the interior of the flow elements, the device constructed to enable light to be transmitted out of the elements for reading of fluorescence from captured analyte, wherein:the exterior axially-extending surfaces of the flow elements are free of active capture agent, while at least part of the interior surfaces carry deposits of active capture agent exposed to flow through the elements.
US09500644B2
Particle populations and assays are provided which have varying amounts of magnetic material and varying particle concentrations among different subsets of particles. In particular, the particle populations and assays include at least two particle sets with distinct sums of particles which are inversely related to the magnetic material concentration comprising each of the particles within the two particle sets, respectively. A method for processing an assay having such particle sets includes routing the assay in proximity to an imaging plane within a static imaging optical analysis system and generating a magnetic field in proximity to the imaging plane. The magnetic field is sufficient to attract and immobilize a ratio of particles from the at least two discrete particle sets that is different from the ratio of particles comprising the at least two discrete particle sets in the assay as the assay is introduced into the static imaging optical analysis system.
US09500641B2
Compositions and methods for altering cell activity and function by expressing a light-activated ion pump polypeptide in a cell and contacting the cell with light that activates the expressed light-activated ion pump polypeptide. In some aspects of the invention, a light-activated ion pump polypeptide is a modified haloarcula halorhodopsin polypeptide, for example, a modified Halo 57 polypeptide.
US09500630B2
The invention generally relates to ion generation using modified wetted porous materials. In certain aspects, the invention generally relates to systems and methods for ion generation using a wetted porous substrate that substantially prevents diffusion of sample into the substrate. In other aspects, the invention generally relate to ion generation using a wetted porous material and a drying agent. In other aspects, the invention generally relates to ion generation using a modified wetted porous substrate in which at least a portion of the porous substrate includes a material that modifies an interaction between a sample and the substrate.
US09500624B2
A method of operating a system comprising a chromatograph and a mass spectrometer comprises: (a) providing an abundance threshold and a list comprising respective entries for precursor ion species of interest comprising respective precursor-ion m/z ratios; (b) transmitting a first sample fraction portion comprising a plurality of sample-fraction ion species through an ion mobility spectrometer operated in non-dispersive mode to the mass spectrometer; (c) detecting a respective abundance at each of a plurality of sample-fraction m/z ratios; and (d) upon detection of an above-threshold ion abundance at an m/z-ratio corresponding to a first precursor ion species of interest: (d1) inletting a second sample fraction portion into the ion mobility spectrometer operated in dispersive mode such that ions of the first precursor-ion species are preferentially transmitted therethrough; (d2) fragmenting the preferentially-transmitted ions so as to generate product ion species; and (d3) detecting the product ion species.
US09500621B2
Aspects of the present innovations relate to improved systems that may perform capillary electrophoresis (CE) and CE in conjunction with electrospray ionization (ESI) as an input to a mass spectrometry system (MS). Embodiments may use a current sense circuit at a high voltage output from an MS-ESI power supply in conjunction with additional elements to identify fault conditions associated with leakage current, to confirm the continuity of CE connections, and to provide improved system protection.
US09500620B2
A layer system having a layer region, whereby the layer region has a single-crystal silicon substrate with a front side and a back side, and whereby a textured surface is formed on the front side and the textured surface has a topography with different heights and a thin film layer of a metal oxide and/or an oxide ceramic is formed on the textured surface, whereby the thin film layer covers the textured surface only partially.
US09500618B2
Described and illustrated herein are systems and exemplary methods of operating an analyte measurement system having a meter and a test strip. In one embodiment, the method may be achieved by applying a first test voltage between a reference electrode and a second working electrode and applying a second test voltage between the reference electrode and a first working electrode; measuring a first test current, a second test current, a third test current and a fourth test current at the second working electrode after a blood sample containing an analyte is applied to the test strip; measuring a fifth test current at the first working electrode; estimating a hematocrit-corrected analyte concentration from the first, second, third, fourth and fifth test currents; and annunciating the hematocrit-corrected analyte concentration.
US09500617B2
Embodiments of the invention provide transducers capable of functioning as electronic sensors and redox cycling sensors. Transducers comprise two electrodes separated by a nanogap. Molecular binding regions proximate to and within the nanogap are provided. Methods of fabricating nanogap transducers and arrays of nanogap transducers are also provided. Arrays of individually addressable nanogap transducers can be disposed on integrated circuit chips and operably coupled to the integrated circuit chip.
US09500616B2
A test strip having conductive surfaces separated by a spacer layer, wherein the spacer layer is comprised of sections forming a plurality of sample chambers that enable the test strip to be inserted into a test meter in a number of possible orientations. The test strip also includes electrical contact pads on opposing sides thereof such that the test meter may separately engage the contact pads depending on the insertion orientation.
US09500613B2
A chip that measures a number of microbes includes a chip main body in the form of a long plate, and a measuring electrode provided on a first end side in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the chip main body and that is immersed in a measurement liquid. A connecting electrode is connected to the measuring electrode and is provided on a second end side in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the chip main body. Ground electrodes are provided on the second end side in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the chip main body. Conductive patterns provided to the outer peripheral portion of the measuring electrode are connected to the ground electrodes.
US09500610B2
Systems and methods for controlling the temperature of small volumes such as yoctoliter volumes, are described. The systems include one or more plasmonic nanostructures attached at or near a nanopore. Upon excitation of the plasmonic nanostructures, such as for example by exposure to laser light, the nanoparticles are rapidly heated thereby causing a change in the ionic conductance along the nanopore. The temperature change is determined from the ionic conductance. These temperature changes can be used to control rapid thermodynamic changes in molecular analytes as they interact with the nanopore.
US09500595B2
Grade enhancement of mint grade and proof-like coins is disclosed based on a determination of an indication that the coin was a “first strike” coin. First strike is defined by the first 10% or less of coins struck by the same die and may be determined by the location of a physical attribute of the coin present in at most 10% of similar coins struck by the same die. First strike in proof-like coins may be determined by frosted white cameo.
US09500593B2
A device indicates the location of an air leak in a vacuum bag used to process composite parts. The device includes a layer of material on the inner face of the bag that changes in appearance due to an oxidation-reduction reaction in areas of the layer exposed to oxygen caused by a leak in the bag.
